Literary thrillers, anyone? - Page 2

By the way Shubho Bijoya everyone

Originally posted by: bollyqueen0

I have a problem with that author's writing but can't really explain it. I've read Hunting Party as well and something was just missing. An Unwanted Guest is no masterpiece but is the quickest I've read a book in a while.

SAME! Glad I found someone who shares the same opinion. I didn't understand the hype about that book. It was all so predictable.

Same with books by Lisa Jewell

Is An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena?

I bookmarked the thread as there are a lot of thrillers I didn't read yet...

I liked Gone Girl and Sharpe Objects and Dark Places (Flynn). I loved all the Higashino novels that got translated.

I've a loooooong list of writers (female/male) I read and read including

Elizabeth George - Minette Walters - Donna Leon - Val McDermid - Dorothy L. Sayers - Agatha Christie - Joy Fleming - Mary Higgins-Clarke - Paula Hawkins - Ruth Rendell - Patricia Highsmith ...

Harlan Coben - Michael Connelly - Michael Robotham - John Grisham - Jonathan Kellerman - Scott Turow - Rex Stout - Raymond Chandler ...

I stop here as I also read Skandinavian authors, French, German and Italian ones. Basically, if I stumble about a new (to me new) author and I like the writing, I tend to try to read all the books already published...

Same to you dear!!!!

Shubho Bijoya and loved looking at your book list too.

You may want to read The Maidens by Alex Micheledes, it was even better than the silent patient.

Originally posted by: mintyblue

Same to you dear!!!!

Shubho Bijoya and loved looking at your book list too.

You may want to read The Maidens by Alex Micheledes, it was even better than the silent patient.

Thank you for your suggestion but I didn't like A Micheledes's writing style much. I don't know whether I would want to read his writings further 🙈

Originally posted by: Clochette

I bookmarked the thread as there are a lot of thrillers I didn't read yet...

I liked Gone Girl and Sharpe Objects and Dark Places (Flynn). I loved all the Higashino novels that got translated.

I've a loooooong list of writers (female/male) I read and read including

Elizabeth George - Minette Walters - Donna Leon - Val McDermid - Dorothy L. Sayers - Agatha Christie - Joy Fleming - Mary Higgins-Clarke - Paula Hawkins - Ruth Rendell - Patricia Highsmith ...

Harlan Coben - Michael Connelly - Michael Robotham - John Grisham - Jonathan Kellerman - Scott Turow - Rex Stout - Raymond Chandler ...

I stop here as I also read Skandinavian authors, French, German and Italian ones. Basically, if I stumble about a new (to me new) author and I like the writing, I tend to try to read all the books already published...

This is exactly how I read

I am noting down your recommendation because your taste seems to match mine

Read the silent patient. was shocked by the twist in it.

Gone girl is in my TBR list

Originally posted by: MochaQueen

SAME! Glad I found someone who shares the same opinion. I didn't understand the hype about that book. It was all so predictable.

Same with books by Lisa Jewell

Same for me

Cool topic! I recommend checking out other books by Tana French, especially The Likeness. I'm a big fan of the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling). Others authors I like in the British literary thriller genre - Val McDermid (The Wire in the Blood series based on her novels is also awesome), PD James (Inspector Dalgliesh series), Elizabeth George (Inspector Lynley series) and Elly Griffith.

I recently came across Karin Fossum's novels - she's Norwegian and her plots are pretty dark but they fit the literary thriller genre. I started with The Indian Bride (if you can disregard the ridiculous Indian names, the almost throwaway twist in the end shook me) and worked my way through all her other books in about a month and half.

My absolute favorite book in this genre though is a medieval murder mystery 'The Name of the Rose' by Umberto Eco. Highly highly recommended.