Literary thrillers, anyone? - Page 4

Really? Why?

I thought the writing in Maidens was better, though the twist in The Silent Patient was more compelling.

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...

Are those in English?

Originally posted by: bollyqueen0

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?

Yeah I think her most popular one is The Family Upstairs

Originally posted by: Petrichor80

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

The Maidens was really disappointing after reading The Silent Patient. And the author just added characters in it from his previous book just for the sake of it, it made no sense

Originally posted by: MochaQueen

ENOUGH 😭

Originally posted by: MochaQueen

Are those in English?

You would research on Wikipedia, I think...I read them either in the original language or in German translations...In English I only read authors who write in English or if there doesn't exist a translation in German.

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.

Yes, very interesting!

Tana French = I would recommend her, too...and, of course Ecco's "The Name of the Rose", too

Val McDermid = I'm a fan of her Tony Hill/Carol Jordan novels (but like the others, too)

Robert Galbraith = I read some of the novels with Cormoran Strike (the Cookoo's Calling is the 1st of the series)

PD James = the same series, to me, too

Elizabeth George = Lynley and Havers

Karin Fossum = yes! (my first had been "When the devil holds the candle")

Also, I like Abir Mukherjee's crime novels...

Originally posted by: Clochette

Yes, very interesting!

Tana French = I would recommend her, too...and, of course Ecco's "The Name of the Rose", too

Val McDermid = I'm a fan of her Tony Hill/Carol Jordan novels (but like the others, too)

Robert Galbraith = I read some of the novels with Cormoran Strike (the Cookoo's Calling is the 1st of the series)

PD James = the same series, to me, too

Elizabeth George = Lynley and Havers

Karin Fossum = yes! (my first had been "When the devil holds the candle")

Also, I like Abir Mukherjee's crime novels...

Yep "When the devil..." is a hard one to read, Fossum is really good at showing the dark brutish side of human existence and how ones decisions can sometimes have horrifically unforeseen consequences. The one that left me feeling really bleak at the end was "Hell Fire".

I hadn't heard of Abir Mukherjee, his work looks interesting - thanks for the rec!

No, I wouldn't say that - Elly Griffiths' style is more 'cozy' than gritty especially the ones with Dr. Ruth Galloway who is a forensic archaeologist.

Her Harbinder Kaur Scotland Yard mysteries are slightly (maybe) more violent. But I liked the unusual perspective of the British Sardarni navigating a dangerous male-dominated profession while dealing with her Indian parents expectations.