June 12, 2009

Mystery reference

I thought I'd heard of most of the good mystery/crime novel websites, but I haven't seen Stop, You're Killing Me before. How does it bill itself? It

is a resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books. We list over 2,800 authors, with chronological lists of their books (over 32,000 titles), both series (3,200+) and non-series. Use the alphabetical author and character links above Top or the special indexes in the left column. And it’s perfectly fine with us if you print our pages for your private use, especially for a trip to your local library or bookstore.

The series feature is especially useful if you've just found a new author and then discovered you read the 13th book in the series without realizing it was part of a long-running storyline.

Here's an example: I have several of the earliest Lucas Davenport novels by John Sandford sitting in my to-be-read pile. This list of all of them will keep me from inadvertently picking up a duplicate at a bookstore or the library.

Check it out.

Posted by Linkmeister at June 12, 2009 10:16 AM | TrackBack
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I'm a lover of mystery, crime, thriller, spy and suspense books as well. But I just depend on our local library to help me out with titles. They have lots, and will get me anything they don't have. Nice ladies!
Cas
Now I'm on my way to see the "Stop You're Killing Me" site.

Posted by: cassie-b at June 12, 2009 12:04 PM

What a great site! I can see this is going to be one of my favorite resources. Thanks for the tip.

And I was about to ask if you knew about the LibraryThing site, when I took a closer look on the right side of your page and saw it. LOL For a mystery, suspense, detective story lover, I'm really observant, aren't I??? Anyway, I found my way there from another reference this week and, now, with your reference to "Stop You're Killing Me", I'm in book paradise. I may not come up for air for a month!! LOL

Posted by: Illanoy Gal at June 13, 2009 02:24 AM

I signed up for a lifetime membership in LT in September 2005. Here's my profile over there.

Posted by: Linkmeister at June 13, 2009 08:54 AM