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Lendorien asked:


I’m a huge fan of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe series. I like them partly for the humor and partly for the fact that they are written in a style the precludes a lot of the garbage seen in many modern novels, Ie… incessant swearing, main characters who are utterly unlikable or disfunctional, grotesque and bizarre sexual kink related murders,etc.

I’m looking for some a couple detective series that are mostly clean in content, entertaining and not hard boiled. You know, more in the style of the traditional murder mystery.

I’ll list a few I know and like and a few I don’t to give people some idea of what I’m looking for.

I’ve enjoyed:
The various **** Francis novels
Rex Stout novels
The Ellis Peters Brother Caedfael mysteries
Sherlock Holmes
Agatha Christie, not so much.

Disliked:
Mystery thrillers like Robin Cook
the A for Alibi, B for Burglery series
Anything with overly described grotesque serial murders.

Thanks in advance!
I have read the Cat Who… series. They were mildly entertaining, though… a cat that helps solve mysteries? I like cats, but that’s just silly.

As for John Grisham’s stuff, it never quite appealed to me.

Thanks!

Peter