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Need a new crime / thriller writer please?

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diabolo · 22/01/2012 18:58

I am a voracious reader and I have run out of books / authors and really, really need you to recommend someone to me, (preferably with a huge back catalogue that I can really get my teeth into).

I've read everything by: Val McDermid, Ruth Rendell, Karin Slaughter, Tess Gerritsen, Patricia Cornwell, Agatha Christie, Mary Higgins-Clark, Jeffrey Archer, Lee Child, Jo Nesbo, Sidney Sheldon and Michael Connelly.

Is Reginald Hill worth pursuing? (I loved the Woodcutter) but haven't read anything else by him.

What about Mo Hayder? I read Pig Island and it made me feel very strange inside. Are her other books so disturbing?

Is there someone I should be reading and have somehow missed?

Please help, I need stimulation.....

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elainenicholsons · 16/05/2012 18:54

Harlan Coben.

I find new writers at the Harrogate Crime Writers' Festival (this year it's 19th-21st July).
harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/crime/

Northernexile · 11/05/2012 11:48

Dennis Lehane is fab, and I love love love anything by Christopher Brookymyre.

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DottyDot · 10/05/2012 17:15

Harrogate! Grin

Whizkidwithacrazystreak · 10/05/2012 16:26

I've just started and am enjoying The Expats by Chris Pavone. I feel very similar to the main character actually but only dreamt of living the secret agent life....!

hanahsaunt · 10/05/2012 16:18

Dottydot - Harrogate festival was the highlight of moving to York last year and missed it then because of can't remember what and will miss this year because dh is working and I can't take the (4) dcs. Hmph. Hoping to bribe persuade my mum to help out.

DottyDot · 10/05/2012 16:13

Ooh great thread - have read lots of the authors mentioned but also some I haven't heard of so am also off to google and buy lots

I like JD Robb too - Nora Roberts in disguise so very fluffy/easy to read but I like the combo of crime and sci fi and all the sex

And if you like crime fiction, is anyone going to the Harrogate crime writing festival this year? I went for a day last year and got to meet my hero Lee Child. I'm there for two days this year and have booked in for all sorts of sessions - quite a few of the authors mentioned are going to be there. Posting on my phone do can't do a link but google Harrogate crime writing festival. Grin

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diabolo · 10/05/2012 16:02

Wow! Have just found the Shardlake series by C J Sansom and they are unputdownable.

I have just finished Dark Fire and now have to wait 2 days for Sovereign to arrive Angry

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member · 14/03/2012 09:11

I put some recommendations earlier in the thread but wanted to add another that I've recently read (99p kindle edition that was good & definitely shows potential for the future)

Mark Sennen is the author, Touch is the title.

empirestateofmind · 14/03/2012 09:00

I have just finished Birdman- I was on the edge of my seat and couldn't put it down towards the end.

I am now toying with what to go for next from the list.

Dolly- you read fast! I have only managed one book in a week!

skrumle · 13/03/2012 16:47

I love Christopher brookmyre (or Chris as he now seems to be!) and minette Walters is fab. Kate Atkinson is good too.

All of them have some books that are much better than the others though...

PleaseChooseAnotherNN · 12/03/2012 21:25

Another vote for Kathy Reich love her books. I like James Patterson's murder club series.

DollyTwat · 12/03/2012 21:16

OK I've read all of Mo Hayders books now, they are all fab, very, very chilling stuff. She has had me gripped with every book

who next to read then!!

wadecollins · 10/03/2012 22:39
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duckdodgers · 10/03/2012 08:59

Loads of my favourite authors mentioned here!

If I had to pick 1 that you haven't read definitely read Mark Billingham, Sleepyhead is a fantastic book.

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diabolo · 09/03/2012 19:51

Sorry everyone for not being back for ages, I didn't realise people were still recommending things for me.

If I live to be 100, it won't be enough time to read all you've recommended, thank you.

In a bizarre twist, I find myself currently reading the "Conqueror" series, by Conn Iggulden, about the amazing Khan dynasty. They are Wilbur Smith-ish and I am devouring them. This is the first and it is brilliant..

www.conniggulden.com/2011/wolf-of-the-plains/

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empirestateofmind · 07/03/2012 23:15

Great thread. My new Kindle arrived yesterday and I have downloaded Mo Hayder's Birdman after reading about it here. I love finding a new author to devour!

Piccalilli2 · 06/03/2012 21:54

In the woods (tana French) was disappointing but the likeness and faithful place are both excellent

edam · 04/03/2012 10:28

I just read Kind of Cruel by Sophie Hannah which is a great psychological thriller. However, I then bought one of her previous books thinking 'hurrah, I've found a new author I like with a back catalogue' and was really disappointed - the same elements and devices all over again. Seems to be a one trick pony. Still, worth reading Kind of Cruel. Also agree with Patricia Wentworth, if you've never read any of hers you are really in for a treat.

couldiBEwearinganymoreclothes · 04/03/2012 10:18

I've recently discovered Graham Hurley. He writes about a detective called Faraday and there are about 11 Faraday novels so plenty to get your teeth into! He has also written several stand-alone non-crime books but I haven't tried any of those yet.
I read one Tana French (In The Woods) and was hugely disappointed. I was racing through the book trying to get to the end and find out what happened - but then one of the main threads isn't resolved!! I was so frustrated I threw the book at the wall.

Piccalilli2 · 03/03/2012 07:43

Tana French, Reginald Hill, Dennis Lehane

EarthMotherImNot · 03/03/2012 06:27

James Patterson is my currant favourite crime writer, in particular his Alex Cross novels.

elkiedee · 03/03/2012 04:38

I echo the recommendation for Denise Mina and John Harvey. Someone must have recommended Ian Rankin but I don't see it. Americans: George Pelecanos, Dennis Lehane. Lawrence Block's Matt Scudder series would keep you busy for a while. Scandinavian crime - the Martin Beck series by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo was written in the 1960s and early 70s but I really enjoyed it. Karin Fossum, Arnaldur Indridason, Henning Mankell.

seriouslytwisted · 01/03/2012 18:48

I like Sara Paretsky's VI Warshawski novels too. If you're looking for a slightly different crime novel - The Collector by John Fowles, about a man who kidnaps a beautiful art student, is seriously disturbing.

ESBay · 22/02/2012 14:45

Harlan Coben, Nikki French, Peter Robinson, Stephen Booth and Linwood Barclay. Coben and Barclay American but both fast-paced writers. French, Robinson and Booth all English and all really good. Robinson and Booth's books all feature same detectives and French has just started a series. Called Blue Monday. Definitely worth a read.

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