Literary thrillers, anyone? - Page 3

Originally posted by: MochaQueen

Is An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena?

Yess its by her. Prefer her writing over Lucy's. Who is Lisa Jewell? I don't think I've read her books. Does she have any famous ones?

Jar of hearts by Jennifer Hillier is an amazing recent read for.

Has anyone read Tell Me Your Dreams by Sidney Sheldon?

I have only read Sidney Sheldon in thrillers.

Local woman missing

Hidden pictures.

Originally posted by: Phosphorus

Local woman missing

Hidden pictures.

On my list

I have read so many-most of the ones listed in the thread..as I only read mystery books.I try to avoid very violent novels and books on serial killers,I used to read the Scarpetta series..not anymore, they upset me.I also try to avoid chid abuse,domestic violence books.I read cozy mysteries in between.I have finished the 4th book in the Thursday murder club series.I didn't like the last one much..so reread(heard) the 3rd and first.

I just finished The kind worth killing, last night..liked it enough to read the next one in the series.

I prefer audiobooks as they allow me to move around. Atomic habits calls it stacking-do 2 things at the same time

Couple of books by not very famous authors..

The Club by Ellery Lloyd- A Reese bookclub pick-i don't know why it didn't get the best ratings(I am so hard to please)

The murders at fleat house by Lucinda Riley-Famous,but the only mystery book she wrote, unfortunately( she is no more).

.P.S. Just 1 audio book by Louise Penny available in India

I liked The Silent Patient by Alex Micheledes, but I hated The Maidens.

Originally posted by: Joannna

Jar of hearts by Jennifer Hillier is an amazing recent read for.

I liked her Things we do in the dark(it does have a backstory of child abuse by mother)but,is not a dark or violent book.Jar of hearts seems to be violent..I think serial killer story..her little secrets is on my list..

Originally posted by: GaramAloo

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.

That series terrified me years ago when I watched..I got nightmares

Thank you for Elly Griffith reco.I haven't read any of her books.Too violent?

Originally posted by: you2

I liked her Things we do in the dark(it does have a backstory of child abuse by mother)but,is not a dark or violent book.Jar of hearts seems to be violent..I think serial killer story..her little secrets is on my list..

I haven’t read any of her other books. Will try