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Crime/ thriller series recommendations

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LoveHiking · 06/09/2022 08:08

I like crime, psychological thrillers etc, also true crime. I'd like to get into a good series of crime/ thrillers. Any recommendations?

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YesitsBess · 06/09/2022 20:50

Rivers of London series. Seems a bit woo to begin with but brilliantly written and excellent humour, research and nerdy architecture facts.

BrioNotBiro · 06/09/2022 20:48

Tana French's Dublin detectives are great. I find them quite funny as well as dark - wonderful turns of phrases.

VaVaVoombangabang · 06/09/2022 10:45

Any Jack Olson true crime books. He was an American writer, some of his books are quite disturbing with facts.

ChessieFL · 06/09/2022 10:42

Another recommendation for Cara Hunter.

Also the series by Tim Weaver featuring missing persons investigator David Raker.

lillipilli · 06/09/2022 10:38

I’ll be gone in the dark is originally a book so would recommend that

bigdecisionstomake · 06/09/2022 09:58

I love the DI Fawley series of books by Cara Hunter. I'm also currently really enjoying the Matilda Darke books by Michael Wood.

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LoveHiking · 06/09/2022 09:54

Thanks for recommendations. In case I wasn't clear, it's books I'm looking for.

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Paranoidandroidmarvin · 06/09/2022 08:27

Sorry. That should have said. The stand alone books that Michael wood writes. Although his police drama series Matilda black are good.

Paranoidandroidmarvin · 06/09/2022 08:26

Flickr in the darkness. Just finished and is so good.
The night shift. Very good.
The echo man. So so very good.
The stand alone any Michael wood.

I have many many more 😂

DisplayPurposesOnly · 06/09/2022 08:26

Sue Grafton's A to Z* series

*Actually Y as sadly Grafton died before reaching the end of the alphabet.

lillipilli · 06/09/2022 08:20

Sorry if you watched these already: I’ll be gone before dark and The Vow are absolutely excellent true crime docuseries, on par with The Staircase and making the murderer. They are on sky / now tv but really worth it.

from fiction (including various sort of crime):

Unbelievable
The Sinner
Manhunt for Unabomber
Fargo
Quicksand
Wisting
midnight mass (if you like a light horror)
mare of easttown
the outsider
chestnut man
severance
slow horses
dropout (really enjoyed this one and there was a documentary about it too!)
inventing anna
dopesick

Pollydon · 06/09/2022 08:10

The Merrily Watkins series by Phil Rickman are good.