Please suggest some gripping, unputdownable thrillers!

[TheFreaksShallInheritTheEarth]

My perimenopausal brain has turned to mush, I’m sleeping poorly so always tired, and have some things worrying me so my concentration is shot to pieces and I’m finding it hard to read the usual literary fiction I enjoy!

Please suggest some thrilling books that I will get sucked into and not be able to put down. Well written, ideally, but certainly gripping!

TIA 🙂

I love the Strike series by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling). A bit gory in places though.

Thanks for that. I have no problem with gory, so I’ll look them up!

The Dry by Jane Harper
Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

I love all and everything by Lars Kepler. Swedish noir, proper grim. Start with The Hypnotist and go from there. Enjoy!

Not really thrillers but the Wool trilogy from Hugh Howey is very gripping, well written and makes you think a bit without being too onerous to read.

I’m really enjoying Knife Edge by Simon Mayo at the moment.

I recently enjoyed Stephen King's Mr Mercedes.

DCI Kett series - Alex Smith
Gus McGuire series - Liz Mistry
Nikki Parekh series - Liz Mistry

3 hours by Rosamund Lupton. Incredibly well written imo and I literally couldn't put it down.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - I missed it first time round and have just read it - gripped!!

The Doctor by Lisa Stone - Really enjoyed this book especially as I warmed to the female characters

The Burning Air by Erin Kelly. Got a twist I never saw coming, and I usually spot them half way through!

I've just read The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish in 24 hours. Better writing than many thrillers IMO and the ending wasn't what I was expecting. I think it's 99p on kindle at the moment.

Kolymsky Hights by Lionel Davidson. I've only listened to the audio book but it was fantastic. Described it sounds far fetched but it was so gripping I believed it all.

The Lacey Flint series by Sharon Bolton or the Jack Caffery series by Mo Hayder are excellent.

I Let You Go by Clare Macintosh

An absolute belter.

I just finished The Housewarming in 2 days, loved it, couldn't put it down.

This it's actually free on kindle

Anything by Donato Carissi - although you'll have to read them in English unless your Italian is good (mine isn't!). It is rare that I read any crime thrillers that I cannot guess the outcome of long before I get there. These left me guessing right to the end. Try The Lost Girls of Rome as a way in.

Fantastic, thank you all so much!

I'm really looking forward to investigating all of these on Amazon and buying a few.
Well, it's not like I can do much else at the moment! Hope others find some reading inspiration here

Anything by Alex Lake.... amazing books

@Bearsbearsbears40

I’m really enjoying Knife Edge by Simon Mayo at the moment.

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A real page turner....

@moondust001 Great recommendation as I was actually looking for something in Italian and my local library has all of Carrisi's books!

I loved The Book of You by Claire Kendall

Into the darkest corner - by Elizabeth Haynes