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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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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.

ZoChan · 28/08/2022 10:33

John marrs all the way!

Saucery · 24/08/2022 07:56

We Begin At The End, Chris Whitaker. I read a lot of thrillers but this one really stood out.
For thrillers with a slightly supernatural twist I recommend John Connolly’s Charlie Parker series.
Agree with suggestion of Mark Billingham, apart from Rabbit Hole, which is just rubbish. Luckily it’s a stand alone and not in the Tom Thorne series.

Devo1818 · 24/08/2022 07:48

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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cheeseisthebest · 20/08/2022 18:05

Yes the burning air twist is fantastic. I've read all her books.

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Nunenco · 19/08/2022 19:59

Just finished Heatwave. Totally loved it and feeling a little lost looking for my next read. Thank you for recommending this one.

I read Blood Orange & The kind worth killing some time ago and liked these also. Looking for my next summer read now.

TossieFleacake · 16/08/2022 15:33

Linwood Barclay ... Most of his are great, fast paced page turners.

Erin Kelly ... totally agree about the Burning Air, what a twist, I had to go back and re read as I couldn't believe it.

Mo Hayder ... the Jack Caffrey series but these are pretty gory too, read them in order.

Harlen Coben.

Lisa Jewel ... some of her later releases are good thrillers.

Helen Callaghan ... Dear Amy.

Jo Nesbo ... the Harry Hole series.

XingMing · 16/08/2022 15:11

My most recent thriller discoveries have been Joel Dicker, a Swiss author who writes about the USA, and Chris Hammer, who is Australian. Not a dud between them!

NashvilleQueen · 13/08/2022 11:34

Day of the Jackal. Detailed and compelling from the off. One of the best thrillers ever written. Fully deserves its classic status.

MoonBat · 13/08/2022 11:31

I have just read Heatwave by Kate Riordan, as recommended by some on here, and loved it! Very suspenseful and beautifully written. Similar to The Push in terms of subject matter, and I really enjoyed both.

MoonBat · 12/08/2022 13:59

Also going to be checking out a lot of these suggestions! My kindle is going to be packed...

MoonBat · 12/08/2022 13:58

Blood Orange was brilliant but I thought the other one by the same author was a bit meh, it's called It Ends At Midnight or something.
Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothschild is great, although less of a thriller exactly.
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley was fantastic.
Also really enjoying books by Alice Feeney (Rock Paper Scissors is my favourite so far), Gillian McAllister and Teresa Driscoll. Adele Parks has written some thrillers recently but I haven't enjoyed them as much as her romances, I've guessed the "twists" almost immediately which makes it less fun.

KimWexlersPonyTail · 12/08/2022 13:50

The kind worth killing for by Peter Swanson

The house of correction by Nicci French

We know you know by Erin Kelly

The other passenger by Loise Candlish

The book of you by Clair Kendal

Wildehorses · 12/08/2022 13:24

Another vote for American Dirt, you will literally want to shut the world out and keep reading from page one. Sooooo good.

justasking111 · 12/08/2022 13:17

Jake Needham is an author to check out

beguilingeyes · 12/08/2022 13:10

Tamar by Mal Peet
A Kiss Before Dying - Ira Levin...or anything by Ira Levin really. The Stepford Wives and Rosemary's Baby are both superb.

SpringSpringTime · 05/08/2022 12:21

You’ve probably read it, but Rebecca

Username2101 · 05/08/2022 12:20

I've really enjoyed Chris Carters books.

lemons44 · 05/08/2022 08:07

I didn't enjoy Blood Orange.

Some of the ones I've enjoyed recently:

Magpie by Elizabeth Day
The guest list by Lucy Foley
The hunting party by Lucy Foley
The holiday by T M Logan
Just my luck by Adele Parks
The wedding by Ruth Heald

Tinarose21 · 05/08/2022 07:38

The Castaways- Lucy Clarke
Just My luck - Adele Parks

goldfinchonthelawn · 05/08/2022 00:01

Alex Marwood writes brilliantly. Anything by her is worth reading. Same with Belinda Bauer - really good thriller writer.

Tana French is good.

I like Kate atkinson's Jackson Brodie series but they are not conventional thrillers.

For really fast paced twisty books, I enjoyed Tell No One by Harlen Coben and No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay. Not great literature but brilliant page turners. The alphabet series by Sue Grafton is addictive too.

ElegantlyTouched · 04/08/2022 23:48

Jalisco · 16/07/2022 13:44

Try the series of books by Donato Carrisi. I mention them as (mostly) a series because you don't want to read the series out of order. They are the scariest, deepest thrillers I have ever read. I totally can't put them down.

I enjoyed the ones I've read so far except the back story really began to annoy me. Has it yet been resolved or is it still dragging on?

heronsinflight · 04/08/2022 21:43

Old, but Raymond Chandler was a hell of a writer.

stayathomer · 03/08/2022 21:52

Yup I’d agree with Jane Harper, also Andrea Mara and Jo Spain

HolyCarp · 17/07/2022 09:03

The Lost Man by Jane Harper. Atmospheric, tense, very well written. It's set in Australia, and she writes so well about the land, and the climate.

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