The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Hey there, Cory


Some of my favourites in those genres are

The Straw Men, which starts as a great cop-chasing-murderer thriller and gets more intense. Probably the best serial killer novel I've ever read - and, yes, I an including Thomas Harris in that.


Every Dead Thing is just astonishing. In a similar vein to the Straw Men, cop and killer, very dark, very well written. It made Connolly the first non-American to win the CWA award.


Val McDermid is such a good writer, really any of her books. Perhaps The Distant Echo or A Place of Execution


Christopher Brookmyre is another superb Scottish crime writer - very dark and very,very funny. His books are in series but you can pretty much jump in anywhere.

Nearly everything by Michael Connelly.

The Last Coyote
The caveat, however,, if you read this author, read it in order.

Skye wrote: "The Last Coyote
The caveat, however,, if you read this author, read it in order."

I'll second that, Skye. The way Connelly grows Bosch over the series makes it almost mandatory.

Yes, Qullracer; I learned from experience: haphazardly, I read City of Bones, and grabbed whatever I could find at work. In other words, it was random and I later discovered his Harry Bosch books should be read in sequence.

Read my MEMORY (by Sharon Ervin) to check out a woman writing from a man's point of view. I like some romance, but not too much. Let me know what you think. This is my twelfth publish novel. Number 13 will be out next month.

I'm currently reading HIDDEN PREY by John Sandford. Not too rough, solid writing that gets a reader into the story and holds him.