A reader needs some help

[rolanni]

As I prove every year with my Books Read list, writers -- or at least this writer -- have no time to read. You guys, though, read lots (*is jealous*), and are therefore in a unique position to help out a fellow reader.

The situation: Said reader has read and approves of Fledgling and Saltation; they have dabbled in Vorkosigan territory, but ultimately found that Miles didn't quite hit the spot ("slightly too Carl Hiaasen"). Their usual sort of pleasure reading tends in the direction of British and Scandinavian murder mysteries.

What science fiction titles, bearing in mind the above criteria, would you recommend to this reader?

I'm thinking maybe autopope's Laundry novels, and possibly CJ Cherryh's Foreigner novels, but after that, I'm stumped.

So -- go for it, Hive Mind. And thank you very much.

Comments

[yoneit.livejournal.com]

I venture to suggest Sharon Shinn's Wrapt in Crystal which combines mystery and science fiction.

A very out-of-print mix of fantasy and mystery is Robert Randisi's Once Upon A Murder.

Making notes of books to find for myself...