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whyhastherumgone · 05/08/2017 16:41

Just read Then She Was Gone and found it really gripping - looking for a follow up read, so tell me, which books did you struggle to put down? Ideally looking for a thriller/mystery type

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iklboo · 05/08/2017 16:51

Kindle or print book? I read Extracted by R R Haywood and the follow up Executed. Really good books. I'd hesitate to say sci-if but there's an element of time travel - it's really well done though, not naff.

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iklboo · 05/08/2017 16:51

Sorry, meant on kindle.

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channelthirtytwo · 05/08/2017 19:24

I just finished One Last Summer at Hideaway Bay in floods of tears. So good I read it in two days. Not a thriller though.

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midsomermurderess · 05/08/2017 22:17

The Secret History.

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FerretsAreFeminists · 06/08/2017 00:26

The Kind Worth Killing and Her Every Fear, both by Peter Swanson.

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FerretsAreFeminists · 06/08/2017 00:27

Also, Dead Woman Walking by Sharon Bolton.

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newnamechange84 · 06/08/2017 00:38

I've just read 'I see you now' by Clare Mackintosh in one day. Couldn't put it down!

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notapizzaeater · 06/08/2017 00:52

The serial killers daughter, loved it - just downloaded his previous book

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waycat · 06/08/2017 16:19

I would highly recommend the Blackhouse Trilogy (aka The Lewis Trilogy) by Peter May.

I've read all three twice and both times I was totally addicted. The second reading provided me with so much more than the first reading, and right now I'm considering a third reading in the very near future.

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whyhastherumgone · 06/08/2017 16:41

ooh thank you for all of these. :)
Kindle or print, either is good. I am off to check reviews and read the blurb on some of these suggestions

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bluemumsbluedog · 18/08/2017 22:06

Last seen alive by Claire Douglas. I started reading it last night and finished about 1am I couldn't put it down.

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Happilyneverafterrr · 18/08/2017 22:08

The couple next door

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HemanOrSheRa · 19/08/2017 00:17

I've just finished The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter. It's a stand alone if you've read any of her other books.

The story line is shockingly brutal, very much like Karin's other books, but the love between two sisters is wonderful.

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hookiewookie29 · 20/08/2017 20:19

Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes.
Brilliant page turner......couldn't put it down!
Also anything by Sharon Bolton

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judgejudyandexecutioner · 27/08/2017 12:49

The Stone Man by Luke Smitherd was an amazing read. I was feeling a bit jaded with fiction so much more of the same and then a friend recommended this book which was only an audio book. Now it's on kindle so I gave it a go and it was a phenomenal read.

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Cherrypi · 27/08/2017 19:15

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch.

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melissasummerfield · 27/08/2017 19:18

Ive just read a great thriller - the girlfriend by michelle francis and thought it was great!

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Wormysquirmy · 27/08/2017 19:21

Shamelessly following

Outlander had me hooked

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gemmiebaby · 27/08/2017 19:26

He Said She Said by Erin Kelly was good. Have just finished After I've Gone by Linda Green. Read in less than 24hrs! Fantastic book

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antimatter · 27/08/2017 19:48

His bloody project if you haven't read it yet

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Serenrose · 27/08/2017 20:18

Ones which stand out for me are:

Atonement - Ian McEwan
Ordinary thunderstorms and Restless - William Boyd
We need to talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver
Pp mentions Erin Kelly, I've read a few of hers (the poison tree, the ties that bind and the sick rose) and found them all gripping.

My all time favourite though- Rebecca , Daphne DuMaurier I remember reading it in the staff canteen (something I never do) as I literally could not put it down! Love it!

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ScarletSienna · 27/08/2017 20:22

I See You by Clare Mackintosh. However, I've read that her other book is even better!

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PinkIndustry · 27/08/2017 23:30

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

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woman12345 · 01/09/2017 08:32

The Road is a real page turner, I agree. Smile
William Boyd's brilliant too.

Just read 'A Manual for a Cleaning Woman' by Lucia Berlin. Collection of short stories. Funny and truthful; great writer.

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Whatshouldmyusernamebe · 10/09/2017 19:32

Just following for recommendations. I've read a few of these. :)

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