Please recommend me a gripping, enthralling book ..

[SageSeymour]

Not fantasy or sci-fi. I also don't like the Scandinavian stuff or anything about old men climbing out of windows/ Heft etc

I would like something instantly grabby and easy to read. I disliked 'The Goldfinch' as couldn't get into it.

Please and thank you!

[BuddyKringleberry]

I've just finished Into the darkest corner by Elizabeth Haynes. I would definitely recommend it x

[agoodbook]

I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

[puds11isNAUGHTYnotNAICE]

Noooooo! Don't say that! I am just starting The Goldfinch. Mo Hayder Poppet is ace, or the Wasp Factory (Ian Banks). Also The Womens Room or the Handmaids Tale are excellent. I couldn't put them down.

[Stitchosaurus]

I read The Goldfinch yesterday...I was gripped and completely compelled to read it all in one day, but afterwards I did feel slightly let down by it. I second the Handmaids Tale

[Southeastdweller]

Notes on a Scandal is what I recommend though maybe not if you've seen the film.

[snozzlemaid]

I was also going to recommend Into the Darkest Corner. I was gripped and couldn't put it down.

[Elmersnewfriend]

Have you read Gone Girl? It's everything you have said - not a work of genius, but it is instantly gripping and a real page turner.

[Luciferbox]

Another vote for the darkest corner here. Very gripping

[GinnelsandWhippets]

The Crimson petal and the White is fab and really gripping.

[snozzlemaid]

Just seen on another thread that Into the Darkest Corner is 99p on kindle!

[LoathsomeDrab]

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen Kings. It remains the only book I've ever read in a single sitting because I really could not put it down.

[Dollyemi]

Spooky story, Sands of time by Barbara Erskine, takes place on a Nile cruise. Read all of hers once I had read that one

[DuchessofMalfi]

My recommendation would be Gillespie & I by Jane Harris. Alternatively if you like crime novels, then Susan Hill's Simon Serrailler series.

[WhyTheFace]

I've just raced through Gone Girl and Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. Both are grabby and twisty and proper page turners!

[Stealthpolarbear]

In the woods,tana French

[GertrudePerkins]

the Woman in Black - Susan Hill
The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters
Gentlemen and Players - Joanne Harris

[WowserBowser]

The Crimson petal and the White is fab and really gripping

I can't get in to it. There seems to be a lot of walking about. Does it get better then?

[hackmum]

Have just finished Daughter - good, page-turning psychological thriller.

[carlywurly]

Thanks snozzlemaid, just grabbed that little bargain from kindle

And as I typed your name it struck me that we could be neighbours

[burgatroyd]

Husbands secret - don't let the cover deceive you. Read the reviews. Such a great book!
The Help
Dark Matter
Secret History
Sister

[burgatroyd]

I second, In the Woods!

[SageSeymour]

Some great suggestions thank you

I've read into the darkest corner and enjoyed that a lot. Off to download some samples

[tealover1985]

Another vote here for gone girl - I read it in two days couldn't put it down.

[SageSeymour]

Hated Gone Girl though... Same old story - couldn't get into it

[snozzlemaid]

carlywurly Possibly. You'd have to be close to get my name!