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A good read, please. Modern thriller for preference, limited gore and DEFINITELY no dead, dying, lost or murdered children. Ta.

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sparkysparkysparky · 19/02/2015 19:15

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Cornishblues · 21/02/2015 10:49

Day of the jackal - not hot off the press, but a page turner.

DontForgetTheLightAlesLawrence · 21/02/2015 10:08

Actually the first Jackson Brodie - Case Histories - does feature missing children. So you might want to avoid.

DontForgetTheLightAlesLawrence · 21/02/2015 10:06

Second Life was absolutely appalling.

Yes Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie. LOVE.

MJ Arlidge quite good but a bit 'torture porn'.

Love Serailler too. Even though they are frightfully Middle class.

confusedandemployed · 21/02/2015 10:01

I need to add a caveat about the Simon Serrailler series: I'm just starting no. 8 and I fear it will be a disturbing storyline about children. Trouble is, I'm so involved in the running themes of the lives of Simon and his family I have to read it (or rather listen on audiobook).

Nerf · 20/02/2015 23:53

Just finished Second Life and its dreadful. I also avoid horrible children related deaths etc and Gore;have you tried Sophie Hannah?

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sparkysparkysparky · 20/02/2015 18:40

My wishlist getting nice and long. many thanks - keep 'em coming if you get chance

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imaginative · 20/02/2015 18:24

The Memory Box by Eva Lesco Natiello. What Laura Saw by Sarah King.

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sparkysparkysparky · 20/02/2015 17:43

I love VI Warshawski series - I'm running out of new ones and have reread many.

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Takver · 20/02/2015 16:49

I've recently come back to the VI Warshawski novels by Sara Paretsky, there's quite a few written more recently (I used to read them in the 80s!). On the whole they're not too violent, and I don't remember any of them featuring children, a lot of them seem to centre around industrial disputes / political corruption.

thelittlebooktroll · 20/02/2015 10:08

SJ Watson's Second Life. Not as good as Before I Go to Sleep, but no dead children. I am the same as you in that I avoid books where any harm comes to a child.

confusedandemployed · 19/02/2015 20:42

Oh and the Dr Ruth Something series by Elly Griffiths. A couple are about children but the subject is very sensitively handled IMO and the stories are great.

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sparkysparkysparky · 19/02/2015 20:14

Thanks. I have read Girl on a train. Suggestions most welcome.

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confusedandemployed · 19/02/2015 20:03

I love Peter James's Roy Grace series, Susan Hill's Simon Serrailler series (although one of them was about children), Denise Mina is excellent and Peter May's trilogy which starts with The Blackhouse.

LexLoofah · 19/02/2015 19:59

Before I go to Sleep by SJ Watson? I thought it was thrilling anyway

lastlines · 19/02/2015 19:53

Have you read The Girl on the Train? If you don't like much gore, that rules out a lot of thrillers! Have you read Anne Cleeves' books? The Shetland series is good.
Tana French is brilliant, so is Marion Keyes, and Rosamund Lupton's Sister is good too.

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