Good Mystery/Thriller Book recommendations?

[Anonymous]

Matthew Shardlake series by CJ Sansom. Around Henry VIII- historical mysteries!

[Anonymous]

Girl on a Train

[Anonymous]

Anything by Robert Crais

[Anonymous]

Michael Connolly -- esp. his Harry Bosch books. Try to find the first one, Black Echo. You have a lot to look forward to!

[Anonymous]

I'm an avid mystery reader but don't like thrillers. Even within mystery, there are a lot of sub-genres, so it helps to know what you're into. For example, are you ok with dark and gritty? Do you like more interpersonal relationship narrative?

By the way, hoping for good things from Girl on the Train, the Kind Worth Killing, and the Daylight Marriage, but am on the library wait list for all (92nd for Girl on the Train, so it must be the "it" book).

[Anonymous]

Descent by Tim Johnston

Literary thriller. It builds with lots of character development, but I raced through the last 100 pages. I had to put it down at one point because I wasn't sure I could handle the suspense!

[Anonymous]

I Am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes. This isn't the usual stuff I read, but that book had me practically hyperventilating.

I thought Girl on the Train was kind of stupid. Not quite sure exactly what all the hype is about.

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Anonymous wrote:Girl on a Train

A really lame book despite the great marketing effort.

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U is for "Undertow" by Sue grafton.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Girl on a Train

A really lame book despite the great marketing effort.

Trashy book but such an enjoyable page-turner.... I loved it!!

[Anonymous]

Girl on the train was decent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you like spy type mystery/thriller?

I happened to pick up The Counterfeit Agent at the airport recently and enjoyed it. I didn't realize when buying it that its a series about a particular agent. But it stands on its own - you don't need to know about the other books.

The author is Alex Berenson and it's the John Wells series. I think the whole series is good.

I second the recommendation for Olen Steinhauer's Milo Weaver series. I also liked The Cairo Affair.

Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon series.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Michael Connolly -- esp. his Harry Bosch books. Try to find the first one, Black Echo. You have a lot to look forward to!

+1

[Anonymous]

These are my favorite books as well. I have a long metro ride every day, so usually read 2-3 ,mysteries a week and some stand out more than others: Tana French, Michael Connelly, T. Jefferson Parker (took me a couple tries to get into him though), Dennis Lehane, Walter Mosley, George Pelecanos, Laura Lippman.

I did love I Am Pilgrim, which was mentioned above. Girl On A Train was fine. Nothing special but easy to read and quick.

A series that doesn't seem to be as popular as I wish it were is Michael Robotham's about a London psychiatrist.