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Author Craft / Re: Readers--what would you like to see?
« on: November 02, 2006, 09:04:44 PM »I'd like to see more books in line with the Dresden series - Paranormal Detective stories - with a male main character. The genre seems swamped with female leads (ie. L.K. Hamilton). And before anyone brands me a Chauvinist - I've read all of Hamilton's books - loved the first 1/2 dozen - as well Kim Harrison and Charlaine Harris. They're great - they give me a quick fix - but more and more they rely on romance/sex/etc to move the story along - and not enough mystery/plot.
Has anyone stumbled across a series - or even a lone book - that fits the bill. It would have to be fairly new - or fairly old - as I've read just about everything on the B&N bookshelf.
Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels; The Devil You Know had a UK release in April, Vicious Circle just out last month, gettable online or due for US publication starting April of next year. There's one more sold, and I believe three more are intended altogether. I didn't stumble across them, exactly, I've been a huge fan of Mike Carey's work on Lucifer for years, but it doesn't feel like that's a deal-breaker on the recommendation.