Fiction
Related: About this forumI liked the Columbo TV series and still do. I haven't been able to find any fiction books about Columbo,
such as there are about Murder, She Wrote.
Well, anybody know of any books SIMILAR to Columbo shows?

EYESORE 9001
(28,631 posts)try Poker Face starring Natasha Lyonne as a woman on the run from the mob, the feds, etc., armed only with her wits and the uncanny ability to detect any lie - no matter how artfully it is told. After watching one episode, I said to myself, this is Columbo redux. There are three seasons out now. I hope theres a 4th.
LoisB
(11,185 posts)raccoon
(31,965 posts)unblock
(55,443 posts)Some really, really good whodunits.
Many whodunits have an ending reveal and the author could have justified it any way. The movie "clue" even had alternate endings, each of which was, ok, that works.
But ellery queen made a point of giving enough clues so that you could solve it before the final reveal. There was, afaik, always only one correct conclusion. Any other solution would leave key bits of evidence unexplained or require implausible scenarios.
Most other murder mystery shows always seemed to be loose enough that the author could go in any direction at the end. I always found ellery queen much more satisfying.
Of course, columbo usually wasn't a whodunit so much as a howdunit or how is columbo going to prove it or extract a confession. You pretty much knew the guy he spent the most time talking to was the guilty one....
John1956PA
(4,317 posts)werdna
(1,073 posts)https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/henry-clement/
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/william-link/
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/lee-hays/
No claims about how good they might or might not be!