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Frederick Forsyth - more thriller than crime but really gripping books.

Elizabeth George (Inspector Lynley)

Have you tried any Josephine Tey or Margery Allingham?

They’re practically historical novels now, but really well written & plotted, with great characters.

PD James? Or is she recent enough that you’ve read hers?

Tony and Susan or otherwise named Nocturnal Animals. Read it last year on holiday and couldn't put it down. Can't remember author.

In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes.
The Martin Beck series by Sjöwall and Wahlöö.

Have you read Ruth Rendell, PD James? Older obvious ones like Agatha Christie or Ngaio Marsh ? Dorothy Simpson is from the 80s or 90s i think

Val McDermid may be stating the obvious. There is lots; it's a particularly lively arena at the moment.

Minette Walters. Lesley Grant-Adamson. MIchael Dibdin. Sara Paretsky.

Can't beat Barbara vine.

I take it you've read the Ian Rankin novels about Inspector Rebus?

If you want something stranger then John Connolly's Charlie Parker novels are very well written.

Have you read Stuart MacBride? He's quite new but brilliant.

Older, Michael connelly?

Phil Rickman - amazing

Peter Robinson
Peter May
Lee Child
de Mille
All very good.

The Thomas Harris - Hannibal Lecter books are brilliant. Better than the films in my opinion.

Recently read The Seamstress by Maria Duenas - very enjoyable. Fashion, glamour, spies and set in the 30s/40s. Strong female characters too.

Silence of the Lambs and The Day Of The Jackal are the best thrillers I’ve ever read (though to be fair I’m not a huge thriller fan).

In terms of fluffy funny crime stories Sarah Caudwell’s four novels set around a chamber of scatty barristers are underappreciated gems.

Reginald Hill,
Ian Rankin,
Peter Robinson,
Quite recent but have you tried Denzil Meyrick and Ben Cheetham?

Fleshmarketclose....whose book are you named after? That's a rankin isn't it?

Yes I'm an avid reader and love Rankin
OP I'm currently reading Damien Boyd and enjoying them or what about Ann Cleeves?

Mirage is very good (thriller).

I’d forgotten about Minette Walters. I loved her books in the 90s.

fantastic thread

thank you

Patricia Cornwall or Kathy Reich for forensic novels?
The alphabet series by Sue Grafton about a PI

Celia Fremlin. "The Hours Before Dawn" has just been re-published in a vintage edition. All about a new mother struggling with a baby who won't sleep, and strange things happening......it's a compulsive read, and written many years ago.