I like old detective fiction

[Marthe48]

I'm listening to audio books, the novels about Paul Temple by Francis Durbridge, written in the 1930s-40s. So many of the main characters in the old novels were private citizens who wrote detective fiction, or had some other tenuous link to the police. Paul Temple and his wife, Steve Trent, are new to me. His wife wrote stories for the newspaper, and her given name was Louise Harvey, but wrote her article as Steve Trent. Anyway, they get involved in some really dangerous plots, and get shot at, survive booby traps, drive sabotaged cars that blow up, other life-threatening hazards. I think it if were me, one case would be more than enough. lol

[Chainfire]

1. I am watching crime dramas on Brit Box. They are mostly modern. What I can't understand is why in the name

of Sam Hell, do the cops, who are unarmed, go down in the basement without backup when they are looking for psyco serial killers. Are they on dope? No matter how much I scream at them to "Don't do it" do they listen, do they pay attention???? Nope. I think that all Brit Cops must be doofus, but, of course it may have something to do with how much alcohol that they consume.

I would recommend that you watch the Peter Gunn series if you haven't lately.

[Marthe48]

2. Or cops who figure out whodunit

usually dangerous psychos and go after them without telling anyone on the force where they're going. lol

[AllaN01Bear]

3. peter gunn .on tubi .

[Hotler]

4. Nick Danger ... Old time radio ...

Lots of free audio and E-books plus other interesting stuff here, just saying.
https://www.openculture.com/

[Marthe48]

6. When I worked I listened to otr.org

I worked from home for 9 years, and started listening to old radio shows. Old Time Radio has hundreds of shows, different categories. I really enjoyed listening. I had collected Silver Age novels and loved reading them, so listening to the radio shows and audio books was the next step. I love all the British mysteries too, and find a lot of them on You Tube.

I've found some good things on gutenberg.org, and if I get some free time, want to explore Internet Archive. The possibilities are endless

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

5. Don't know if you're into more recent novels of that genre, but if you do

I ran across a writer named Remington Kane on my Kindle Unlimited account. Me, I like spy and assassin novels and the more complex the better. Kane is like reading old pulp fiction, and he is ... prolific. His "Tanner" novels are about an assassin with a code who takes contracts only on people who deserve it, yada yada. There are more than 50 volumes in that series. Another of his series centers around the "Caliber Detective Agency," currently standing at nine volumes in the series, and that's the one I think you may enjoy. It's not at all deep or intellectual, but it has many of the features you describe in Francis Durbridge's work.

[Marthe48]

7. I'm always up for something new

I'll bookmark this thread for future reference.

I listen to a lot of audio shows, blocks out the noise from outside

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

9. Kane's stuff doesn't appear to be available on audiobook,

but you can always put on a good pair of headphones that'll both block the noise from outside and give you music to read by.

[Marthe48]

10. I'll let you know if I find anything

if not, searching will help me notice what is out there that I might like

[Diamond_Dog]

8. This sounds right up my alley, Marthe48.

Thanks for the recommendation!