So you love Crime Fiction?

I do. Well, I guess I do. I never knew there were so many kinds of "crime" books out there. I recently learned about "Hardboiled" crime fiction. Wiki states that "The name comes from a colloquial phrase of understatement. For an egg, to be hardboiled is to be comparatively tough. The hardboiled detective—originated by Daly's Terry Mack and Race Williams and epitomized by Hammett's Sam Spade and Chandler's Philip Marlowe—not only solves mysteries, like his "softer" counterparts, he (and often these days, she) confronts danger and engages in violence on a regular basis."

Hmmm.

I have a Squidoo lens (http://www.squidoo.com/AdrianMcKintyandLeeChild)that features 2 authors with "hardboiled" characters. I find myself recommending the books by Adrian McKinty and Lee Child over and over. I absolutely find their two creations, Michael Forsythe and Jack Reacher, fascinating.

McKinty's series about Michael Forsythe has only three titles (so far), and all are great reads. Begin with Dead I Well May Be. It can be quite violent and unsettling at times, but do not give up. What Michael goes thru is very relevant to why he becomes so "hardboiled".

Jack Reacher is also green around the yolk. Begin reading this series with Killing Floor. It may not answer all the reasons about why Reacher is so tough, but it gives you an inkling. I actually read Echo Burning first. That book got me hooked and I was ecstatic to discover that there were lots of titles in this series. I recently completed the 12th of these novels. I was somewhat disappointed in the book as a whole, but not with the series and Reacher. See my review of Nothing to Lose at (http://www.squidoo.com/nothing_to_lose).

Give these two Hardboiled Authors a looksee.

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Nothing to Lose by Lee Child

I finished reading Lee Child's 12th Jack Reacher novel a few weeks ago. I spent at least a week writing a lens (page) on Squidoo about it. Go visit Nothing to Lose by Lee Child - the 12th Jack Reacher Book.

The book was pretty good. I am a slow reader, but I finished it in a few days. Jack Reacher is such a compelling creation and I love reading about all the situations he gets stuck in. He is like a troublesome chick magnet! He usually gets a girl and gets a fight as well.

Mostly, I liked the book because it was set in my favorite state, Colorado. I lived there for three years and cannot get back there enough. Lee Child did a wonderful job creating the mood for this Colorado setting with his descriptions of the flat plains to the east of the Rockies.

While surfing the web doing "research" for my Reacher lens, I discovered quite a bit of buzz about a possible movie of one of Mr. Child's books. Who should (or Could) play Jack Reacher. Boy was this fun to contemplate! If you go to my lens mentioned above, you will find the actors I believe would do a bang up job. My personal favorite is Ray Stevenson.