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Is there a gripping psychological thriller?

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1wokeuplikethis · 07/07/2015 16:07

Can anyone recommend one to me please? I'm fed up!

I've just finished the lie and thought it was blah. Rambly and kind of immature in style.

Prior to that I read girl on the train and really liked it.

Also really enjoyed the magpies.

Hated before I go to sleep.

Thought gone girl was a bit cack.

I seem to go against the grain of most people! If Amazon reviews are anything to go by.

I'm fed up of feeling deflated after finishing a book. I want something gripping, chilling, unputdownable, mysterious, with decent dialogue and not rambley descriptions. Does it exist and If so, what is it called?

Thanks

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kateandme · 14/07/2015 03:46

Qrfggfdffggg wo where has this thread been all my life.love all these,and so many to try.

I no she's always mentioned but one of the best is Karin slaughter.

Wicked girls was Brill.

Chevvy Stevens has a few.

I cnt remember the names but some of the Nordic writers are fab.
There's one called the qaurry.

Katherine webb

Stealthpolarbear · 13/07/2015 20:57

Psychological thrillers are my favourite light read but it seems to be straying into check lit. I get fooled by the coves but then feel cheated when I get to the end and nothing of substance has happened.
I love tana french, all of them but particularly in the woods. Going to read it again when I get a couple of days to myself

Stealthpolarbear · 13/07/2015 20:49

Marking place thanks all

Wisteria1979 · 13/07/2015 20:46

The hypnotist by Lars Kepler. Very gripping, couldn't put it down. It's the first of his joona linna books. I have read the first three or so and they are all of a really high standard.

applecatchers36 · 13/07/2015 20:38

The silent wife by A.S.A Harrison, a story of a marriage that goes badly wrong, very gripping
Anything by Sophie Hannah

ambermoon1989 · 13/07/2015 20:22

anything by minette Walters has me hooked :):)

aeon456 · 12/07/2015 05:06

I plan to read this book next:-

'The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair' by Joel Dicker

www.amazon.co.uk/Truth-about-Harry-Quebert-Affair/dp/0857053094

hackmum · 08/07/2015 08:27

I like the Nicci French books. And there are loads of them, so if you enjoy the first one, they'll keep you busy for a while. I would try Killing Me Softly or Beneath the Skin to start.

Pussycatbow · 08/07/2015 06:41

Try something vintage, like Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr Ripley).

DuchessofMalfi · 08/07/2015 06:31

Can't see that anyone has mentioned Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes. Forgot to add this one yesterday - I read it from someone else's recommendation and thought it utterly gripping and quite chilling. Much much better than Before I Go to Sleep, which I didn't really like either.

JillBYeats · 07/07/2015 23:02

"The Safest Place" by Suzanne Bugler
"Unravelling Oliver" by Liz Nugent
Anything by Linwood Barclay or Harlan Coben
"I am Pilgrim" Terry Hayes

StaircaseAtTheUniversity · 07/07/2015 22:54

Marking place for ideas.

IDoAvocado · 07/07/2015 22:50

Closer than you think - Karen Rose

jenenberry · 07/07/2015 22:43

Also bookmarking. I love these threads.

ashtrayheart · 07/07/2015 22:36

'The playdate' by Louise Millar was very good, I've just downloaded 'the hidden girl' by the same author. I love easy read psychological thrillers.

Feenie · 07/07/2015 22:30

The Safest Place and This Perfect World by Suzanne Bugler are both very good, OP.

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 07/07/2015 22:29

The Wicked Girls is excellent.

Feenie · 07/07/2015 22:25

Ooh, added A Kind of Intimacy too, sounds really good.

Feenie · 07/07/2015 22:24

Added Can't Let Go to mine!

Hygge · 07/07/2015 21:42

Thank you Feenie, I've added it to my wish list now. Smile

Feenie · 07/07/2015 21:23

Hygge, Paula Daly has another one coming out on 27th August, selfishly too late for my holiday!

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1wokeuplikethis · 07/07/2015 21:13

I am bookmarking this page in my internet until I've tried every recommendation on here.

Thanks everyone!

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Fridaysbookworm · 07/07/2015 20:16

I have just finished reading 'I let you go' by clare mackintosh and found it really gripping/couldn't put it down till id finished

Hygge · 07/07/2015 19:56

The two Paula Daly books are good. The first is What Kind of Mother Are You? and the second is Keep Your Friend's Close.

I enjoyed both and lent them to my Mum, who keeps ringing me up to say "Tell me what happens…no, don't!"

I just recommended Can't Let Go by Jane Hill on another thread, it's about a woman receiving threatening anonymous letters regarding something she did twenty years earlier.

I also recommended Nicci French, although I prefer the older books that aren't part of a series, but the series books are good too.

A Kind of Intimacy by Jenn Ashworth is good, a little different to the ones you have mentioned but the creepiness builds up and the main character is very well written.

The Collector by John Fowles. It's an old book but a gripping one.

Clueing4looks · 07/07/2015 18:40

Mo Hayder - the treatment or pig island
mark billinghams 'Thorne' series (starts with sleepyhead)
mark gimenz - the abduction