Do any of you ladies or men notice any differences in books by female authors?

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22. My taste has changed so much in 5 years

since I started reading fiction....

I never wanted to leave our border, felt un-American or disloyal or something..and I don't know what a "cozie" is. I thought it was a book your were comfortable with because of familiarity with the characters....I have foreign "cozies."

Centepede Shoes turned me on to Penny, and I found out that I liked foreign books. And some of my most favorite American authors I no longer care for that much - I still read them but am let down most of the time.

I haven't tried evey author in your list, but I did try Indridason, and for me, it was too somber, bleak. But I love Cotterill, Hill, 'Church, Fowler, Beaton, Burdett and a few others.

One you might like is the one I have now, The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Denmark). Usually I keep track of where I am in the books hoping I'll finish it soon, but I want this book to last. It's about Carl Mørck, an experienced homicide detective in Department Q, and his assistant Assad, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

I'm really disappointed that his 2 books that come after this one aren't available yet. I will put myself on the list...

http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/A_Authors/Adler-Olsen_Jussi.html