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Any recommendations for really good psychological thrillers?

23 replies

twiddlingthumbs69 · 01/09/2026 18:14

Just that really.

Preferably set in UK.

i usually like authors: JP Delaney, Adele Parks, Lucy Foley, Lisa Jewell, Gillian Flynn but I’ve exhausted all of their books so any recommendations would be great 😊

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Bonden · 01/09/2026 19:29

Nicci French

Imsixtyandiknowit · 01/09/2026 19:45

Erin Kelly.
Clare mackintosh
Jane casey

Manchestermummax2 · 01/09/2026 20:28

Mark Edwards
Claire Douglas

LoughboroughBex · 01/09/2026 20:33

Ruth Ware
Alice Feeney
John Marrs
Alex Michaelides

Catherine Ryan Howard and Andrea Mara are Irish writers

SereneGoose · 01/09/2026 20:36

Andrew Taylor...the judgement of strangers trilogy.

SereneGoose · 01/09/2026 20:38

Actually called the Roth trilogy...audible = vvg

TheCurseIsLifted · 01/09/2026 20:39

LoughboroughBex · 01/09/2026 20:33

Ruth Ware
Alice Feeney
John Marrs
Alex Michaelides

Catherine Ryan Howard and Andrea Mara are Irish writers

Andrea Mara is incredible and Noone saw a thing is set in London

efeslight · 01/09/2026 20:43

Old school Barbara Vine who also wrote the Ruth Rendell books
Belinda Bauer

twiddlingthumbs69 · 01/09/2026 21:10

Thank you. Great recommendations. I’m now busy buying 😀

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Kajjsa · 02/09/2026 09:35

I just finished Jane Casey’s Everything she didn’t say which I enjoyed. Quite twisty.

AbsintheMakesTheHeartGrowFonder · 02/09/2026 12:37

SereneGoose · 01/09/2026 20:36

Andrew Taylor...the judgement of strangers trilogy.

I love those books SO much and yet I hardly ever meet anyone who has read them! They're brilliant.

LilloLil · 02/09/2026 12:40

I’ve just started rereading all my Ruth Rendell books. They are so brilliant.

I’ve also just got into Alice Feeny.

SereneGoose · 03/09/2026 18:19

AbsintheMakesTheHeartGrowFonder · 02/09/2026 12:37

I love those books SO much and yet I hardly ever meet anyone who has read them! They're brilliant.

Aren't they though! I love the unreliable narrator genre...and he's got such an intimate and slightly shivery style!

Gateappreciation · 03/09/2026 21:58

Three hours - Rosemary Lupton

Ilovemyshed · 03/09/2026 22:03

Val McDermid

CheeseAndSaladCreamSandwich · 03/09/2026 22:05

John Marrs

TheLadybirdsAuntie · 10/09/2026 07:45

Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

DisplayPurposesOnly · 10/09/2026 07:51

Gillespie and I - Jane Harris

Tinseltrauma · 10/09/2026 08:06

Another vote for both Clare Mackintosh and Jane Casey.

MadameMacaron · 13/09/2026 16:21

Anything by Sabine Durrant. Real page turners. Interesting characters, usually in holiday settings.

HavingABlether · 13/09/2026 17:24

LoughboroughBex · 01/09/2026 20:33

Ruth Ware
Alice Feeney
John Marrs
Alex Michaelides

Catherine Ryan Howard and Andrea Mara are Irish writers

My first CRH was 56 Days; it was excellent.

HavingABlether · 13/09/2026 17:28

I would list JP Delaney and Gillian Flynn amongst my absolute favourites.

Would also recommend some of my recent reads

  • The Therapist by BA Parks
  • Our House by Louise Candlish (vg)
  • Magpie by Elizabeth Day

Following for some more ideas!

HikingPineapple · 13/09/2026 17:55

Araminta Hall
Emma Bamford - eye of the beholder

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