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ginlover5 · 13/04/2020 11:41

In need of some good books to download on my kindle. I've just finished the other wife which I really enjoyed and I started reading the family upstairs but couldn't get into it. I don't know why but I much prefer reading books in first person. Other recent books I've read and really enjoyed:
Gone without a trace
Behind closed doors
Through the wall
After I've gone
The silent sister
The other woman
One little mistake

I don't know why but I've really struggled this year to find any books that are as good as some mentioned above. Got so much spare time at the moment so if you have any good domestic thriller reconnections please let me know

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choc27 · 27/05/2020 10:40

@HollowTalk I finished Remember Me and loved it! Would highly recommend. I've also just read Little Friends by Jane Shemilt and would also recommend that. On the look out for the next read now.

ginlover5 · 21/04/2020 19:15

Only just caught up with this thread have some more on my list now which I will get round to reading! I'm currently reading 'her name was rose' and it seems really good so far

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FabulouslyElegantTits · 19/04/2020 18:29

Thankyou @HollowTalk

Both of the ones I've recommended fit then 👍🏻

HollowTalk · 19/04/2020 16:03

@FabulouslyElegantTits A domestic thriller is one where the danger lies within your immediate friends, family or colleagues, rather than from a serial killer on the loose!

FabulouslyElegantTits · 18/04/2020 21:15

Fab, I need this thread.

I've just read 'My lovely wife' which I enjoyed and also 'Hold my hand' by Michael Ford.

I'm not sure if they are 'domestic thrillers as I don't know what they are!! but both great reads with really odd twists.

givemebooks · 18/04/2020 20:42

The rumour and Who did you tell both by lesley Kara
the murder game by rachel abbott
The last thing she told me by linda green
Sticks and stones by jo jakeman
One more lie - amy lloyd
Seven days by alex lake
Truth hurts by rebecca ried

Not family domestics but still great!
Gone by leona deakin
The chain- adrian mckinty
Nothing important happened today - will carver
The flatshare by beth o leary
Daisy jones and the six by taylor jenkins ried
the two lives of lydia bird by joise silver

givemebooks · 18/04/2020 20:21

Hey I do book reviews! My stand Outs have been...

Any book by Cara Hunter! Bloody brilliant
Haven't they grown - Sophie Hannah
Little White Lies - Phillipa East

Something different look no further than sweetpea and the 2nd in the series In Bloom by C J Skuse! Awesome and about to become a series on sky! Also he new book Alibi Girl is sooooo good!

Teenage, paranormal, theatre and Ouiji boards and heart break go for I Am Dust by Louise Beech

Twisty, chilling and thrilling and book by CJ Tudor

I have lots more if you want any more recommendations! :)

BikeRunSki · 18/04/2020 19:53

Douglas Kennedy-
A Special Relationship
The State of the Union
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Big Picture

In fact most of his stuff. Ignore the silly, girly covers.

bumblenbean · 18/04/2020 19:49

Louise Doughty
Cara hunter
Sarah Hilary
Tim weaver’s series about a guy finding missing people - really good
A good enough mother by Bev Thomas (think that’s her name!)- really enjoyed that

SirVixofVixHall · 18/04/2020 19:48

Also have just read Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton and could not put it down. i stayed up until two to finish it.

user1471453601 · 18/04/2020 19:48

Platform 7 by Louise doughty might fit your bill

SirVixofVixHall · 18/04/2020 19:43

Still Missing by Beth Gutcheon. She is a wonderful writer.

applesnotoranges · 18/04/2020 16:04

Just read The Snow Killer snd The Soul Killer by Ross Greenwood. I don't normally read thrillers but I was given these by a Facebook group to review. I enjoyed the first one and really enjoyed the second one. If you like the Jackson Brody novels I think you'll like them.

Hope this is useful

Mummyonline · 18/04/2020 15:51

I'm enjoying The Rumour by Lesley Kara

choc27 · 18/04/2020 10:05

I will do Hollow.
Five, glad you enjoyed it, hopefully I will!

FiveShelties · 17/04/2020 23:41

I have just finished Here to Stay by Mark Edwards and enjoyed it. Will definitely read more of his and hopefully avoid the bad ones.

RedMoonRising · 17/04/2020 23:32

The Couple on Cedar Close
Jane Harper's most recent book, I can't remember the name - the Last Man?

DrinkSangriaInThePark · 17/04/2020 23:29

The Silent Patient was New York Times bestseller and is excellent, I've just finished it and couldn't put it down.

HollowTalk · 17/04/2020 23:25

Oh great! Let me know what you think of it.

choc27 · 17/04/2020 19:18

Thanks Hollow I've just bought that for my next read.
Currently reading another Mark Edwards Here to Stay. Hope it's not one of his rubbish ones!
Loving most of the authors mentioned as well.

Rayn · 16/04/2020 22:19

Lucy Clarke
CL Taylor
Claire Mcintosh
Claire McGowan
Adele Parks

TheCanterburyWhales · 16/04/2020 21:32

The Mark Edwards ones listed are very good, but some of his others are awful, so watch out!

Lucy Clarke is quite good, once you get past her obsession with the sea and the word "salt" which at first does your head in she uses it so often!

I'm reading one by Rachael Abbott at the moment, first one I've read of hers, Right Behind You, enjoying it so far, unlike many of the ok-but-immediately-forgotten "best friend/ex/neighbour turns out to be a knife wielding homicidal maniac" it's quite well written.

Cara Hunter is good, really enjoy hers. Not necessarily domestics, more general crime as written from the police pov but worth a read.

Just looking through my kindle, I've also read domestic psycho thrillers by Louise Csndlish, Fiona Barton, Shalini Boland, Lesley Kara, Alex Marwood, Rachael Sargeant, Teresa Driscoll.

All in the last 6 months and haven't the foggiest what any of them were about which gives an indication of how (not that) good they were!

HollowTalk · 16/04/2020 11:10

I loved Remember Me by Amy McLellan - the paperback is out today but the kindle version has been out since November.

It's a fantastic story about a crime being committed but the witness has face-blindness. Such a great premise for a plot.

There's the added advantage that Amy is a Mumsnetter Grin

choc27 · 16/04/2020 10:24

I am also reading The Other Wife. I recently read Follow me home by Mark Edwards and have read The Magpies too. Would recommend both.

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