Historical mystery/thriller/crime for dh?

[Acinonyx]

Any suggestions? Had all the Ken Follet. Can you recommend something and put me out of my misery?

A MNer recommended CJ Sansom (Shardlake) to me & it was really good. I would definitely take a look.

Is it just historical mystery or more contemporary as well?

I'll check that out, thanks. Not sure. He tends to like historical stuff particularly - not sure he would read a thriller otherwise so I'm safer if I can keep it historical.

Last year I bought a Ken Follet that he already had - so we gave it to his dad before he remembered how, er, graphic it is I need to keep a record of what he's already had.

Those look great - thank.

I would also recommend the Shardlake books (They are a series, the first one is Dissolution - its better to read them in order IMO) - very good books.

Other things I've had recommended to me (but not read yet) are Ariana Franklin's books, and Robert Harris's Imperium.

Has he read Ken Follett's Pillars of The Earth? - its a good story, not exactly a thriller, but lots of intrigue and adventure. and there's a new ken Follett historical one out this Christmas called Fall of Giants -still only in hardback though I think.

Iain Pears, An Instance of the Fingerpost - a historical thriller set in Enlightenment times, written in 4 different voices, really good ending.

Iain Pears also writes some art history murder mysteries, bit lightweight and obviously a niche interest

I think he's read Robert Harris but not Franklin.

We've got Instance of the Fingerpost but I didn't know he wrote art history mysteries - I'll have a look at those.

Just remembered that you do have to start with the first one, as the main villain pops up in later ones and helps him out.
(I read no 2 first, then no1, and it was a waste of time reading the first one at all by that point!)
They're verrrrry quick reads.

Name Of The Rose? umberto eco goodness.

My DH is totally hooked to 'The One from the Other' by Philip Kerr at the moment. He keeps going to bed early to read it and missed his stop on the Tube the other day because he was so engrossed! It's set in Germany immediately after ww2.

Just remembered the Christopher Fowler 'Bryant and May' books (again, best read the first one first -after that it doesn't much matter) set during the war, they are a bit off-beat, but I like his style and love them.

Agent Zig Zag It's not a novel but it's really interesting and kept both DH and FIL enthralled.

The Suspicions of Mister Witcher - Historical/ Crime and true.

The Unburied by Charles Palliser - v. snowy and Christmassy.

Susanna Gregory has two series that I like, the Challoner series is best.

James McGee's Matthew Hawkwood series - Ratcatcher, Resurrectionists and Rapscallion in that order, about one of the original Bow Street Runners.