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If I like Lisa Jewell and Louise Candlish...

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BetsyBobbins · 09/08/2023 11:35

What could you recommend me please?

I like their books (Jewell more than Candlish) and I'm trying to find similar books. I read Nicci French the other day and I really didn't like it, I thought it was badly written and predictable.

I like my murder mysteries and thrillers like The Girl on the Train and the above, what can you recommend me please? Thanks

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daffodilandtulip · 10/08/2023 12:11

Claire Douglas
Gillian McAllister

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BetsyBobbins · 10/08/2023 12:15

@Blancc Chill please, we like different things and we have to agree to disagree on that. I read one book of theirs and didn't like it, so won't be reading any other and that's that.

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Ambertonix · 10/08/2023 14:57

Shari Lapena and Claire Macintosh

Papergirl1968 · 10/08/2023 15:06

I'm three quarters of the way through Jodi Picoult's Small Great Things. I've read a lot of her books but this one...well, it's the best book by any author I've read for ages. Just hope the ending lives up to the rest of it!

Blancc · 10/08/2023 15:30

BetsyBobbins · 10/08/2023 12:15

@Blancc Chill please, we like different things and we have to agree to disagree on that. I read one book of theirs and didn't like it, so won't be reading any other and that's that.

Do what you like - whether that be comma splicing yourself or reading mindless drivel and dismissing anything which makes you think too hard.

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BetsyBobbins · 10/08/2023 15:46

@Blancc Are you related to them? Because only that can explain the level of fandom you're displaying here.

Regular chat thread:
"Can you recommend me some books?"
"Yes, writers A, B and C"
"Aw, too bad I didn't like a book written by A"
"Cool, how about D instead?"

You:
"How dare you not to enjoy the highest form of literature of Nicci French? Highly acclaimed and awarded authors, equivalent to Shakespeare, your uneducated fool!"

Me: "Erm...maybe you should go outside and touch some grass, it's such a nice day today 👀"

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Wallabyone · 10/08/2023 15:47

BetsyBobbins · 10/08/2023 15:46

@Blancc Are you related to them? Because only that can explain the level of fandom you're displaying here.

Regular chat thread:
"Can you recommend me some books?"
"Yes, writers A, B and C"
"Aw, too bad I didn't like a book written by A"
"Cool, how about D instead?"

You:
"How dare you not to enjoy the highest form of literature of Nicci French? Highly acclaimed and awarded authors, equivalent to Shakespeare, your uneducated fool!"

Me: "Erm...maybe you should go outside and touch some grass, it's such a nice day today 👀"

🙈

Wallabyone · 10/08/2023 15:48

Have you tried some of Lisa Jewell's older stuff? Very different to her thrillers, but also very readable and fun 😊

CherryMojito · 10/08/2023 15:48

Blancc · 10/08/2023 15:30

Do what you like - whether that be comma splicing yourself or reading mindless drivel and dismissing anything which makes you think too hard.

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Bitchy!

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BetsyBobbins · 10/08/2023 15:55

Wallabyone · 10/08/2023 15:48

Have you tried some of Lisa Jewell's older stuff? Very different to her thrillers, but also very readable and fun 😊

I'll have a look at her early works, hopefully they involve comma splicing to death and aren't anything that doesn't make me think too hard.

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tennissquare · 10/08/2023 15:58

The Woman who lied by Claire Douglas.
Very good, similar to None of this is true by Lisa J. I read them in the same week on holiday, I live in SW London and at some points got a bit confused by all the places I knew - like was it real life???

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BetsyBobbins · 10/08/2023 16:04

tennissquare · 10/08/2023 15:58

The Woman who lied by Claire Douglas.
Very good, similar to None of this is true by Lisa J. I read them in the same week on holiday, I live in SW London and at some points got a bit confused by all the places I knew - like was it real life???

Yes, that's why I like Jewell's and other writers books set in London, it feels familiar. I also love Ann Cleaves and her DI Perez's books make me to want to go and live in Shetland, so there's that too 🙃

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ClemmyTine · 10/08/2023 17:07

I've just read ' I know who you are ' by Alice Feeney,.. it was v good.

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BetsyBobbins · 10/08/2023 17:32

ClemmyTine · 10/08/2023 17:07

I've just read ' I know who you are ' by Alice Feeney,.. it was v good.

Is that the one with the dead boyfriend and she's an alcoholic? I think I read that

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Bumpinthenight · 10/08/2023 17:52

Rachel Abbott
Sarah Pearse

Tim Weaver
Harlan Coben
Linwood Barclay

ClemmyTine · 10/08/2023 23:18

BetsyBobbins · 10/08/2023 17:32

Is that the one with the dead boyfriend and she's an alcoholic? I think I read that

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No, she's an actress and was sort of kidnapped as a child. Her husband goes missing and she is accused of killing him.

AdamRyan · 10/08/2023 23:23

I let you go by Claire Mckintosh
Try Beneath the Skin by Nicci French- very good imo, don't like their other booke
Gone Girl if you haven't read it
Into the darkest corner by Elizabeth Haynes
I love Tana French- you might like Faithful Place

ArenaAthena · 10/08/2023 23:31

Andrea Mara
Louise Douglas
Lauren North

ArenaAthena · 10/08/2023 23:32

Lisa Jewell was interviewed
on the You're Booked podcast recently and listed lots of books/authors she likes.

maryberryslayers · 10/08/2023 23:50

K L Slater

42coats · 10/08/2023 23:56

Hats off to Jewel for churning them out but my god they're such unrealistic piles of...

jeorge · 14/08/2023 19:41

42coats · 10/08/2023 23:56

Hats off to Jewel for churning them out but my god they're such unrealistic piles of...

The latest one is such shite.

ticketstickets · 14/08/2023 20:30

I love both those writers too, although I agree some of Jewells books are better than others.

I really like and think are similar in many ways: Barbara Vine, some but not all of Ruth Rendell - they are the same person in case you didn't know, but I like the vine books better in general. Many of Rendells books are great too although I strongly dislike any 'series' ones so not the Chief Inspector Wexford ones. Erin Kelly also has some really good books although, again, some are better then others.

I have read many of the others and they are good but not quite the same.

lazymum99 · 16/08/2023 18:02

Belinda Bauer
michael Robotham - Cyrus Haven series

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BetsyBobbins · 16/08/2023 18:53

Bought this one and it took a minute to get going but now I'm hooked and can't put it down 👍🏼

If I like Lisa Jewell and Louise Candlish...
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