[PW] ?Grisham Meets Evanovich?

George Casler george.casler at gmail.com
Wed May 28 05:20:42 PDT 2008


>From the "more wit and comedy than suspense" requirement, I would
without hesitation recommend Lawrence Block's Bernie Rohdenbarr
series, as well as Lillian Jackson Braun's "The Cat Who" series, and
John Mortimer's Rumpole series.

On 5/27/08, K. Bary <karenbary at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a readers advisory request from another librarian:
>   I had a patron today who wanted some authors/books that would be a mix of a legal thriller and a comedy. Sort of a Grisham meets Evanovitch sort of thing. She wanted more wit and comedy than suspense.
>  The only author/title I could come up with after searching the catalog, internet, and the RA books here at College Hill was Paul Levine's Solomon vs. Lord.
>  I'm told that the patron does not like Lisa Scottoline.  Do any of you have other suggestions?
>
>  Karen Bary
>  Westminster Public Library
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