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Looking for an Intelligent Thriller for my Book Club....

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CDMforever · 24/10/2011 22:58

Enjoyed Sister by Rosamund Lupton and am toying with Megan Abbott's book which was mentioned here.

Would like relationships to figure as well as the tension etc.

Not too gory either.

Any suggestions??

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mandylifeboats · 26/10/2011 22:56

Try Elizabeth/Liz Rigbey, "Summertime" or "The Hunting Season", absorbing plots and well developed characters

LaPruneDeMaTante · 26/10/2011 21:54

Ignore me, I've confused thriller and whodunit.
Blush

LaPruneDeMaTante · 26/10/2011 21:53

"Case Histories" kate Atkinson v v good (subsequent Jackson Brodie ones not v good at all).

Agree with Restless, it's a total page-turner too.

stickylittlefingers · 26/10/2011 21:51

I just read Spies of Warsaw, which I loved. It's set just pre WWII. It's a wonderfully evocative book, tense without being silly or gory, and I fell in love with the main character Blush.

LaPruneDeMaTante · 26/10/2011 21:49

"An Instance of the Fingerpost" also by Iain Pears - historical thriller.
"What a Carve Up!" by Jonathan Coe is also a thriller of sorts - I mean it's a whodunit with a lot else going on (also v timely as the NHS is slowly hived off to private companies)

Greedygirl · 26/10/2011 21:44

Restless by William Boyd? I loved this first time around but reading that review back I can't remember half of it so it must be time to read it again! I have a shocking memory.

notnowImreading · 26/10/2011 17:42

Stone's Fall, by Iain Pears, is quite fun - a Victorian mystery with mistaken identities and skulduggery on an international scale. I didn't think I'd like it from the cover but it bore reading well and has enough twists and turns and interesting characters to give plenty to talk about.

satyricon · 26/10/2011 17:19

The Name of the Rose? By Umberto Eco.

Also a pretty decent film, but the book's better.

The City and the City by China Mieville is fantastic and his new one, Embassytown, is supposed to be very good as well. Great writer. Don't be put off by the genre label he's getting stuck with: very talented man.

IndridCold · 25/10/2011 15:54

The Exception by Christisn Jungersen would be my recommendation. It doesn't really start as a thriller as it builds up slowly, but I found it a real page turner.

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CDMforever · 25/10/2011 14:28

oyuoyu I LOVED The Secret History but think we've all read it.

Will look up andrew taylor.

More suggestions please!!

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oyuoyu · 24/10/2011 23:01

An oldie, really, but how about Donna Tartt's The Secret History?

issynoko · 24/10/2011 23:00

I like this guy's stuff....not gory, does have relationships and good plotting.....

www.andrew-taylor.net/

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