Wow, I’ve found a soul mate!
Nero and Archie have been pals of mine for decades. I have a shelf of tattered paperbacks — not all of the novels, but many.
And I share with you the rather delightful ability to forget and enjoy all over again, probably one of the few benefits of advancing age!
If you like Connelly, you’ll probably also love Ian Rankin’s novels featuring Edinburgh detective John Rebus, a Scottish clone of Harry Bosch. Again, an excellent writer, but do read them in order.
I will check those out, I need a new detective.
Another series I’ve enjoyed are the Dr. Siri novels by Colin Cotterill.
Now, in a way these are stinking communist books, it’s sort of Quincy in 1970s post US defeat in Laos. And Dr. Siri himself was a commie solider for many a decade.
But somehow the characters are still sweet. There’s a pretty big supernatural element to the stories, as there is in a lot of things I’m running into lately (stories, not real life, not yet anyway!) and I’m sorry but some part of me thinks that’s kind of cheating. I mean, when the dead person comes to you in a dream and reveals who killed them?
It can still make a good story. We did enjoy that TV show “medium” a good deal.
I’m pretty sure Dr. Siri would not be every freeper’s cup of tea, but I’ve liked them.