Who Is Your Favorite.......

[Isolde]

Character of Mysteries....

I am talking like Miss Marple, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Max Smart, James Bond, Remington Steele, MacGyver... anyone from book, magazine, tv or movie.

And I am not talking mystery WRITER....I am talking actual characters. Who captures your imagination and makes you want to actually BE them when you sit down to read that book, watch that tv show or movie or pick up that magazine?

They can be funny like Max Smart...suave like James Bond or ingenious like MacGyver...it doesnt matter...who is your fav?

 

[Mustang Sally]

I'm not much into mysteries, but since I'm already here, I may as well admit I did really love Nancy Drew when I was about 12. Read that series religiously for a couple of years.

 

[ShyGuy68]

The only one I can think off right now is the figure "John Clarke" that are potrayed in many of Tom Clancy's book.

 

[Bubblegum *sugarless*]

Sharon McCone from the series by Marcia Muller. I really enjoy the variety of female detectives that are becoming popular. I think Sharon is the grittiest. I also love the Nancy Drew series. I read them all as a kid and just recently started collecting the series for my daughters. I'm even re-reading them.

 

[JenJ]

James Bond and Nancy Drew just started collecting the Nancy Drew books for my daughters.

 

[Simply Me]

Ahhh The Nancy Drew and Hardy boys.. I love them growing up. Also loved Agatha Christie, but then she started incorporating too many characters in her stories, and was very confusing.. Love to read John Grisham (sp), have a few of his books.. I just love to read period.

 

[Weird Harold]

I was once limited to no more than one Hardy Boys book per library visit -- I've outgrown them now though.

I have read every Hardy Boys novel, every Nancy Drew novel, and Every James Bond novel (by the original authors, and usually in first editions as soon as the library got them.

My favorite fictional detective has to be the original Master Detective and Role Model for all fictional detectives: Sherlock Holmes!

 

[Mischka]

I don't want to be him, but I always enjoyed Hercule Poirot. His manner was crisp yet endearing.

 

[ohiobbw]

Has anyone read Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books?

I haven't read them yet, but I've heard that they're extremely funny!
They are mystery/comedy books

 

[*bratcat*]

Trixie Beldon...

 

[Angel]

My mom had the entire collection of Trixie Belden books. I adored them when I was younger.

 

[xanadu]

Patricia Cornwell

I adored Nancy Drew as a girl (read 'em all) and I wanted to be a coroner when I grew up. Dr. Kay Scarpetta is the perfect combination of both...the female version of "Quincy." A coroner who gets to solve murder mysteries. I want to be her!

 

[LustyWench]

I loved Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Trixie Belden and Encyclopedia Brown.


I don't really read any mystery series as an adult. I read a few mysteries but they feature different "heroes/heroines".

 

[Juliangel]

I like Kinsey Millhone from Sue Grafton. She is on book #16 now P is for Peril.

 

[Todd]

I always wanted to do Nacy Drew as I grew up.

But I like the way macgyver could do just about anything with a pin and a gum wrapper

 

[CorporateKitten]

Kay Scarpetta

From many of Patricia Cornwell's novels....she is elegant, tough as nails and still maintains her femaninity(sp?)

And with all of those qualities, she suffers lifes challenges in her personal life and her life is portrayed in a light which makes her easy to identify with by the reader. No glamour, No lights. Just doing her job.

 

[Desert Amazon]

Re: Kay Scarpetta

 

[CorporateKitten]

McGyver

In the McGyver era, I was busy watching Micheal Knight on Night Rider. I really liked the car!

 

[TinaG13]

Wonder Woman.....

 

[*bratcat*]

OMG

 

[CelticsHeart]

John Rebus

Check out Ian Rankin for his detective named John Rebus.

He is a wonderfully human character, warts and all. A detective in Scotland who hates his job, his life and football fans, drinks too much and can`t hold down a relationship...ooops I am making him seem awful!

Try reading it..He comes across better,

Heart

 

[Valdimer]

None of what you said, the best one is none other than FLETCH!! With that witty attitude, the womenizing, and just plain ol fantastic humor, Fletch has them all beat.........

 

[MysteryJKR]

They can be funny like Max Smart

you got it right there babe. "missed it by.. that much!" I use that line all the darn time.

 

[WildHoney]

I was in love with Joe Hardy of the "Hardy Boys" mysteries. You know what? I still am. Maybe that's why I can't seem to commit myself to one man. I've been searching for Joe Hardy all my life. LOL

WildHoney (has anyone else noticed that the scotch bottles are getting much smaller)

 

[Ticklish Girl]

My favorites are Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro from Dennis Lehane's series. They're intelligent and sexy, but they also have a dark side. Every case is a struggle against evil. What I like is the fact that Patrick and Angie are "the good guys", but they're not angels. Each case offers a heavy temptation to become as bad as the villain they're hunting. They struggle to clear the case, but they are also struggling to hold on to their humanity. Lehane makes you care about them and root for them.