The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Hi

New to Good Reads and this group, looking forward to getting to know the system and all of youse.

In this genre, I suppose I like the police procedurals best (Tana French, Mo Hayder, Stuart MacBride, Peter Robinson, Reginald Hill, Karin Slaughter, and so on) although I'm also a big fan of Harlan Coben's non-Bolitar books, and anything by John le Carré.

Welcome Fionna. Lots of fans of all your favorite authors here and I'm sure you'll discover lots of new authors to enjoy.

tis a lovely place to discuss mayhem of all kinds....feel at home and welcome fionna. (isnt Fionna the name of inspector Wexford's wife??)

Hi Fionna, thanks for joining us! Have fun exploring the threads. (And speaking of fun, don't forget to look at the Fun and Games folder. Mayhem indeed!)

Hi Fionna :-) I'm new too. Hey when you say you're a big fan of Harlan Coben's non-Bolitar books, that makes me think - you see the one and only book of his that I read was a Bolitar one and I didn't like it so was put off the author. Whats good about the non-B ones?

Thanks for the welcome, everyone.

isnt Fionna the name of inspector Wexford's wife??

I don't know, but I doubt it, somebody would have told me before now :D

Whats good about the non-B ones?

Well, I don't read the Bolitar books (anymore, I read a couple) for various reasons, but the biggest one is that I don't like the narrative voice, so while the stories were okay I just wanted to thump Myron all the time.

Then what I like about his other books are the *twists*! They start with some impossible situation (like a video of a dead wife turning up showing she is still alive) and then just get so tense and twisty and exciting while the main character finds out what the hell has actually happened, and then the end is jaw dropping.

Love the sound of that :) Especially the end being jaw dropping