detective or private eyes.

[huxley]

I just finished reading the "Chinatown" script, and I'm interested in more detective stories or private eye story.

I know of sherlock holmes, james patterson's "Cross"

does anything come to mind :either books, or tv, films, ect...

thanks.

 

[funes]

Lots of stuff comes to mind:
For more in the Chinatown vein, check out Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, James Cain - these guys practically created the hard-boiled detective.
For something more Holmesian, you should definitely try any of the Nero Wolfe mysteries by Rex Stout. The prose is clear and snappy and Stout plays fair with his readers (you know everything Wolfe knows). My own personal favorite detective fiction of all time.
For something quite different, try any of the Rex mysteries by Eric Garcia - the premise is kinda out there, but the writing is excellent.

 

[Stewart]

How about the Maigret novels by Georges Simenon?

 

[TDFuhringer]

Dennis Lehane's books starring Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are outstanding. I strongly recommend starting with "A Drink Before the War". If you like that one, you'll enjoy the rest too.

I can't post links yet so just Google "Dennis Lehane" and there are good descriptions of his books there.

 

[eyez0nme]

Lots of stuff comes to mind:
For more in the Chinatown vein, check out Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, James Cain - these guys practically created the hard-boiled detective.
For something more Holmesian, you should definitely try any of the Nero Wolfe mysteries by Rex Stout. The prose is clear and snappy and Stout plays fair with his readers (you know everything Wolfe knows). My own personal favorite detective fiction of all time.
For something quite different, try any of the Rex mysteries by Eric Garcia - the premise is kinda out there, but the writing is excellent.

Uh.. where's Ross MacDonald?

 

[funes]

Uh.. where's Ross MacDonald?

Sorry, I haven't read anything by Ross MacDonald, and am reticent to recommend authors "sight unseen". Maybe I'll have to give Mr. MacDonald a try.