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Can someone please recommend a really well written thriller for me please

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cheeseisthebest · 09/07/2022 13:51

Thank you!

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CatChant · 06/02/2023 17:25

Reginald Hill’s Death of a Dormouse, The Only Game, The Woodcutter.
Philip Kerr’s A Philosophical Investigation and his Bernie Guenther series - the first is The March Violets.
Robert Harris’ Fatherland, Pompeii.
Monstrum by Donald James.
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith.

Chewbecca · 06/02/2023 17:10

I am so glad I found this thread. I recently read Blood Orange and American Dirt whilst on holiday and mentioned to the friend I thought recommended them and they denied it. It must have been this thread that I grabbed the titles from. I enjoyed BO but absolutely loved American Dirt, thanks so much for the recommendation.

maddy68 · 06/02/2023 17:06

Anything by mo hayder

WinterFoxes · 06/02/2023 17:03

zurala · 06/02/2023 16:54

Anything by Alex Marwood. All of hers are brilliant

I agree. She really can write and she has wicked insight into the psychology of the criminal mind. And a very wicked sense of humour.

Quveas · 06/02/2023 17:02

Not well known in England although huge in Europe - Donato Carrisi. THere's a series so start with The Whisperer. And make sure your doors and windows are locked, there's a light on, and a baseball bat under the bed - he knows how to scare the shit out of people!

zurala · 06/02/2023 16:54

Anything by Alex Marwood. All of hers are brilliant

howdoesatoastermaketoast · 06/02/2023 16:54

I know I'm rather late to the party but I've recently discovered the cormoran strike series and also think that they're excellent.

I also love Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier.

KevinsChilli · 06/02/2023 16:39

Definitely Jo Nesbo - the Harry Hole series. They're great!

I really enjoy the books by Matt Wesolowski, begins with six stories. It's written from the point of view of a true crime podcast, I really enjoy them!

wingliner · 29/01/2023 23:52

The Chalkman

Just finished it.
It's amazing

IsFuzzyBeagMise · 31/08/2022 16:16

Skin Deep by Liz Nugent.

the80sweregreat · 31/08/2022 10:15

I like Erin Kelly too. The burning air was very good.

Gubu · 30/08/2022 22:25

Place marking for when I've finished the latest Strike.

And to echo above, love Tana French's books.

Geppili · 30/08/2022 22:11

The Dry Jane Harper

TheEggChair · 30/08/2022 22:11

Any of the Inspector Wallender series by Henning Mankell. My favourite so far is Side Tracked and I'm currently reading the Troubled Man.

Geppili · 30/08/2022 22:10

The Silent Patient Alex Mikailades

Crikeyalmighty · 30/08/2022 22:08

@lemons44 I liked magpie too - read on holiday - neat twist

ApolloandDaphne · 30/08/2022 22:07

Good not his!

ApolloandDaphne · 30/08/2022 22:07

Lots of his recommendations here. I am placemaking so I can look them up.

whatwoulddexterdo · 30/08/2022 22:04

Do you mean
I am I am I am by Maggie oFarrell?
The first story still gives me goosebumps

FatPatsCat · 30/08/2022 08:15

The Chalk Man

Clawdy · 30/08/2022 07:32

MoonBat · 29/08/2022 21:19

Just read The Burning Air and I literally gasped out loud at the big twist! Amazing, did not see it coming at all. SUCH a well written book, I absolutely loved it.

MoonBat that is exactly what I did too!

BCBird · 29/08/2022 21:35

I came across B A Paris by accident and enjoyed her books. Thrillers are not a genre I usually read

MoonBat · 29/08/2022 21:19

Just read The Burning Air and I literally gasped out loud at the big twist! Amazing, did not see it coming at all. SUCH a well written book, I absolutely loved it.

tobee · 29/08/2022 18:39

Bloodybridget · 29/08/2022 12:49

I read Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner recently, I hadn't heard of her before; I thought it was pretty good and liked her detective character. Soon afterwards I was very sorry to learn that she had just died from cancer, she was only in her 50s, I think. I just got the second novel in the series, Persons Unknown, on my Kindle app for a holiday.

Yes I was very shocked to learn this when I heard.

AnyFucker · 29/08/2022 12:54

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