30 Day Book Meme - Day 14

 I'm answering today's question, because when I'm at work this evening (it's Friday where I am, by an hour and a half), I plan to be deep into reading the new SM Stirling, The High King of Montival and seeing what happens NEXT...

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Day 14 – Favorite book of your favorite writer - Since I picked 3 authors, you get three answers!

Agatha Christie - I've already given Murder on the Orient Express and After The Funeral some love, so for this one, I have to go with Death on the Nile or And Then There Were None.  (You may be noticing my inability to pick just ONE!)  Nile is one of my favorites because it's got that closed-room case feel mixed with the obvious suspect being unable to have done it.  Colonel Race is also part of a fabulous cast of characters.  The 1978 movie adaptation with Peter Ustinov is excellent, also.  And Then There Were None is probably one of her best-known works, and it gets read over and over because it's good.  It's creepy and intense, and I prefer the book ending where everyone dies, because otherwise there is no puzzle for the authorities to solve.  It rocks, and I wish some would do a good English-language movie that follows the book.

Amanda Quick - My favorite of hers is currently The Perfect Poison, because the characters are good, the romance is better, and the plot is very nicely done.  It's so good, I own it in hardcover and paperback, AND audiobook format.  It just has something about it that makes me love it, although I can't quite put my finger on it.  I also like how she bounces back and forth between past and present in the Arcane Society timeline, and it's setup so the writer can always have a Better Idea.
 

Peter David - Q-Squared, hands down, is his best work.  I am prejudiced by being a Picard/Crusher fan, and this book playing heavily on that relationship but - it is awesome.  His knowledge for and love of Trek shows through in the book, and it has parts that just make you want to rip your heart out, along with parts where you just cannot stop laughing.  Some of the humor is dark, but sometimes you have to laugh or cry.  It's also got an excellent time-travel/multiverse hook, and when they get a little tangled up, it's pretty intense.  It brings together TOS and TNG, and I know the book has been out for like 12 years, just go read it. 

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