Book suggestions??

[mcraig]

I'm looking for a thriller, a book that keeps you turning the pages. I want one with a bit of gore, one that plays with your mind a bit.

Don't want one with any legal stuff, or anything that goes through the motions of a court case.

Anybody have any suggestions??

Thanks. =]

[ladyalex]

Have you tried anything by Jeffrey Deaver ?

If you saw the film 'The Bone Collector', he wrote the novel on which it is based.

[mcraig]

Thanks I'll check him out. =]

[snow.maiden]

That was a good one ladyalex.

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[shaneystar2]

I've just read The Rosary Girls by Richard Montanari..more gore than you could shake a stick at .His other one was good too The Skin Girls .
Have a look at
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/
Under mystery and thrillers .One of the best websites for all the latest fiction .Click on something you might like and you get all the authors books and a brief synopsis .I use it all the time to feed my penchant for blood and guts :))

[tickledtrout]

I am reading Cody Macfadyen's The Face of Death at the moment. It is a sequel but they don't need to be read in order. Its very good, has some gore and definately plays with your mind

[LeMarchand]

Anything by Michael Marshall, can't remember how much gore there is though.

Also, "Birdman" by Mo Hayder - possibly the sickest concept for a serial killer I have ever read.

[Aprilis]

LeMarchand, I looked up some reviews of 'Birdman' and they've convinced me to place an order with Amazon, along with 'The Treatment' by the same author.

I have to say mcraig, 'Birdman' appears to fit the description of just what you are looking for. I've been sitting on an Amazon gift voucher for a couple of months and, thanks to your thread and LeMarchand's recommendation, I have some new reading material to look forward to!

[tickledtrout]

Birdman does sound good, may have to get that myself. I bought Mark Billingham this afternoon as well, which looks interesting

[mcraig]

thanks to everybody for the suggestions, will check as many of them out as i can.

hope everybody enjoys all their new reading material!!

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[saxy_jag]

Anything by Jim Kelly. The stories are set in the Fens and usually centre around a years old corpse being discovered, which leads to people trying to cover up old secrets and the detective (a local reporter with a penchant for keeping pasties in his coat pocket) sets out to solve the mystery. There's usually at least one more gruesome corpse found at some point in the story, and the stories are all really well 'twisted' at the end.

Link here:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/jim-kelly/

[taliesin238]

False Memory by Dean Koontz!!! Awesome book!! Its not gorey but its most certainly not your average thriller either!!

[garybfsl]

Any of Andy MacNab' s books.