My feed
Premium

Please
or
to access all these features

Find your new favourite book or recommend one on our Book forum.

What we're reading

Need some good thriller/whodunits

14 replies

tintinenamerique · 12/09/2014 19:23

As the title suggests, I'm going on holiday soon and want some page turners.
Loved 'Before I go to Sleep'.
Any suggestions?

OP posts:
Report
Twotallladies · 12/09/2014 19:34

If you'd like something vintage, I've just finished The Postman always Rings Twice by James Cain. A fast, short read. Her and Alys, Always by Harriet Lane also good fast reads but more contemporary. One of my all time favs is Asylum by Patrick McGrath -- very gothic.

Report
munchkin2902 · 12/09/2014 19:42

The Tana French books in order. Or SJ Bolton books.

Report
Ladyflip · 12/09/2014 19:43

The Amber fury by Natalie Haynes, especially if you did classics at school. Excellent book.

Report
DuchessofMalfi · 12/09/2014 22:27

The Cuckoo's Calling - Robert Galbraith aka J K Rowling is a good crime novel in the traditional style. I liked it, not read The Silkworm yet. Also liked Tony Parsons' The Murder Bag.

If you like historical crime novels, then S J Parris' Giordano Bruno series is good - begins with Heresy.

Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London is enjoyable. As is Susan Hill's Simon Serrailler series beginning with The Various Haunts of Men.

Report
DuchessofMalfi · 12/09/2014 22:31

Also agree Harriet Lane'a Alys, Always and Her are excellent, quiet slow burning thrillers that just creep up on you.

Report
RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 13/09/2014 21:41

YY to the first Galbraith. The Silkworm was a load of rubbish though.

How about some Raymond Chandler? The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye are his best.

Report
BestIsWest · 14/09/2014 16:23

I liked the Peter May Lewis trilogy. Good suggestions above too re Robert Galbraith and Susan Hill.

Report
Clawdy · 14/09/2014 20:24

The Burning Air - Erin Kelly
Daughter - Jane Shemilt

Report
spanky2 · 14/09/2014 20:29

All Jo nesbo.
Yrsa sigurdadottir

Report
TsukuruTazaki · 14/09/2014 20:34

Stieg Larsson if you haven't read them all already
Child 44

Report
YeGodsAndLittleFishes · 14/09/2014 20:38

Nicky Upson writes really involves and intricate (sometimes shocking) novels. Josephine Tey is her main character, who herself wrote whodunits in 1930s/40s which are simple and elegant. I like both.

Report
Lovelydiscusfish · 14/09/2014 22:17

I love thrillers!
A Kindle only one I was recommended recently was Power in the Blood, by Roland Kuhlmeyer (think I have spelt the name correctly), which is about a telly-Evangelist and some Islamic terrorists, from different groups within Islam, plus some others ... I'm not describing it well, but it was one of the most gripping books I've read for ages, and also quite funny in parts.
I also really enjoyed The Woodcutter, by Reginald Hill, about a guy falsely accused of heinous crimes, who goes to prison, ends up living in the rural North ... It's really quite good, and again, a real page-turner.
I also think Kate Atkins' Jackson Brodie series is very good. Especially "When will there be good news?"

Report
imaginative · 15/09/2014 16:45

Have you read 'Before I go to Sleep'? Can also highly recommend 'What Laura Saw' by Sarah King, and 'Eeny Meeny, by MJ Arlidge.

Report
tintinenamerique · 15/09/2014 17:55

Wow. Thanks for all the recommendations. That should keep me busy for a while

OP posts:
Report
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.