If you like Patricia Cornwell, Jeffrey Deaver

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Kathy Reichs, Tess Gerritsen, Lisa Gardner etc which other authors would you recommend? I have two weeks off now and nothing to do so need some books to download.... I love a crime drama but do prefer American series (no idea why, just do).

Any recommendations gratefully received. Thanks x

Harlan Coben

Harlan Coben or Karin Slaughter

Lawrence Block (the Matthew Scudder series), James Lee Burke, Sue Grafton, Michael Connolly, Val Mcdermid are all very good.

The Michael Connelly and James Lee Burke books will keep you going for a good while.

The Robert Crais novels featuring Elvis Cole.

A bit older but the Ed McBain 57th Precinct novels are excellent.

Take a look at the Robert Hunter series by Chris Carter. I used to be a big Patricia Cornwell fan back in the day and these felt like her early works. Really gripping, heart racing stories that kept me up way later than I should have been.

I’ve not read any of hers for years though as I thought they went downhill and felt almost manufactured.

Minette Walters

Mark Billingham

Peter James

I liked Kate Rhodes' Alice Quentin series.
Have you tried James Patterson and Alex Cross?
I have all the Scarpetta series and the Rizzoli series too as well as most of Val McDermid's
Shame Scarpetta went a bit weird in the later books and wish Tess Gerritson would have a new Rizzoli book out. I'll be following other suggestions here too.

Melinda Leigh
Karin Slaughter
Lee Child
CJ Box
Michael Connelly

(I know Lee Child isn't American but the Reacher books are set there).

UK authors to try:
Val McDermid
Ian Rankin
Peter Robinson
Robert Galbraith

and, as pp says, Mark Billingham's Tom Thorne novels.

Scandi - Jo Nesbo, Camilla Lackberg, Jussi Adler-Olsen

M.J Arlidge has a great series about a female D.I catching serial killers.

Jeffrey Deaver , the Lincoln Rhyme series. Also Patricia Cornwell , the earlier books.

Denise Mina are good.

Karin slaughter, harlen coben, val mcdermid,

Oh, and J d robb - bit futuristic and quite a lot of sex (which I sometimes skip over as it's sometimes a bit over the top)

@3rdNamechange

Jeffrey Deaver , the Lincoln Rhyme series. Also Patricia Cornwell , the earlier books.

Sorry , just realised these are in your title 🙄

I'm a fan of James Patterson. A bit off subject but I also really like Jeffery Archer.

Michael Connolly is the best I think. I quite like Karin Slaughter but feel there's quite a lot of gratuitous violence especially in the early books. The Nicci French ones are good too . Looking at my shelves, I also quite like the Lisa Gardener books with DD Warren as the detective. If you haven't read the Sue Grafton alphabet series, might be worth checking out.

Thanks everyone, some great suggestions here which should keep me going 😃

The Stillhouse lake series by Rachel Caine

Lee Child - Reacher
Linwood Barclay
Harlan Coben - prefer the non-Myron Bolitaire books

Not American but great: the Logan Macrae series by Stuart Macbride
Peter May

@Thebookswereherfriends I really enjoyed those books. I noticed the other day whilst watching a TV series that it was co-written by MJ Arlidge. I hadn't realised he wrote screenplays as well as novels but I guess it makes sense.

I've just ordered the first Roy Grace novel on the recommendations of pp.

I've got 3 Michael Connelly Harry Bosch novels on my kindle to read - I've been saving them for the Christmas break as a treat The series "Bosch" on Amazon prime is very good too.

Jonothan Kellerman is very good.

Quintin Jardine's Skinner series
R D Brady The Belial series

Karen Rose, they are a Mother/Daughter team and the books are very good.
James Patterson - The Murder Club series, again good reading and you can easily finish a book in an evening.
Val McDermid, excellent reading.

Laura Lippman is an excellent American crime writer. She writes the Tess Monaghan PI series as well as stand- alones.

Richard montanari. Graphic, but very good.

Stephen Booth the Cooper and Fry series, Anne Cleves (I’ve only read the Shetland series, not the Vera ones), Stieg Larrson The girl with the dragon tattoo trilogy, PJ Tracey the Grace McBride series.