The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Does anyone have any recommendations for books that feature natural disasters (earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, tornados, tsunamis, etc.), and people who work in these fields?

Most "disaster thrillers" people have recommended aren't really about the events themselves, but "normal people" surviving in these situations. I'm looking for something specifically with main characters like seismologists or vulcanoligsts or even meteorologists; books that actually prominently feature the disasters themselves and predicting and mitigating them.

It can be a small event, or a large scale, but I'm not looking for "end of the world" books. Are there any books out there like this?

For reference, I just readRogue Wave and really liked it.

I am not familiar with "Rogue Wave" but I will look it up. I know you are looking for fiction books but a real life disaster took place in Johnstown, PA on May 31, 1889. It took more than 2000 lives. A damn was made by millionaires looking to cash in on the tourist trade by creating a lake despite repeated warnings of the danger. One book on this topic is by David McCullough, "The Johnstown Flood". How about an oldie but goodie, "The Towering Inferno"?

How about Pompeii by Robert Harris. It's not a mystery, we all know what happens, but it is written from the point of view of a civic employee who is trying to figure out what is happening.

Annette wrote: "I am not familiar with "Rogue Wave" but I will look it up. I know you are looking for fiction books but a real life disaster took place in Johnstown, PA on May 31, 1889. It took more than 2000 live..."

There was a fictional book about the Johnstown Flood - In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden by Kathleen Cambor. Not sure if it is a thriller yet or not.

Jan C wrote: "Annette wrote: "I am not familiar with "Rogue Wave" but I will look it up. I know you are looking for fiction books but a real life disaster took place in Johnstown, PA on May 31, 1889. It took mor..."

No, it's not a thriller. My book group read it -- much more just good old historical fiction.

The Sixth Winter - John Gribbin

Does an epidemic count? How about The Andromeda Strain?

Not a mystery - Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson - meteorologist and a disaster.

Jan C wrote: "Not a mystery - Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson - meteorologist and a disaster."

That is a GREAT book, Jan C. I think it was the first book I'd ever read by Erik Larson, spurring me on to read his others.

Nancy wrote: "Jan C wrote: "Not a mystery - Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson - meteorologist and a disaster."

That is a GREAT book,..."

Me, too.