a good book?

[stylinsam]

im of on holiday in 5 days and i want to buy a really good book to keep me entertained whilst sunbathing !
i like true crime stories, crime fiction, i like autobiographys, and true stories
can anyone reccomend anything??

iv just posted this in shopping as well thought id post here to see what you guys come up with?

and yes ray i have finished your book and my boyfriend is now reading it xx

[whiffey]

If you have not read any Sherlock Holmes, try a few of the short stories, absolutely brilliant deductions, e.g. The Speckled Band.

Or some Father Brown detective stories ?

[Champagne]

Read 'Yes Man' by Danny Wallace.

Here's the synopsis:-

"I, Danny Wallace, being of sound mind and body, do hereby write this manifesto for my life. I swear I will be more open to opportunity. I swear I will live my life taking every available chance. I will say Yes to every favour, request, suggestion and invitation. I Will Swear To Say Yes Where Once I Would Say No." Danny Wallace had been staying in. Far too much. Having been dumped by his girlfriend, he really wasn't doing the young, free and single thing very well. Instead he was avoiding people. Texting them Instead of calling them. Calling them Instead of meeting them. That is until that one fateful date when a mystery man on a late-night bus told him to 'Say Yes more'. These three simple words changed Danny's life forever. Yes Man is the story of what happened when Danny decided to say Yes to everything, in order to make his life more interesting. And boy, did it get more interesting.

[stylinsam]

whooo keep em coming i gotta fill 2 weeks hehe!xxxx

[annavc]

Try "Labyrinth" by Kate Mosse. Crime, mystery, history and the holy grail all in one - its great.

Also "The Time Travellers Wife" is a great read too. Can't now remember the name of the author but one of the best books I've read in ages.

[Mr Tall]

Read The life of pi, not in your genre but an amazing book.

[loopyc]

if you like crime try martina cole the best one is lady killer, time travellers wife is a good book, one of the best books i have ever read is addict by steven ? (cant remember his second name sorry) its a true story of addiction brilliant book x

[loopyc]

its steven smith honestly read it sam its brilliant xx

[natalie_1982]

Sami, try reading anything by John Douglas especially Mindhunter and The Cases that haunt us.
He is basically a guy at the FBI who invented criminal profiling, he will walk into a crime scene and reel off without touching anything (sometimes just by looking at photos of the scene) who the person is they are looking for, sex, age, where they work, why they killed this person, who else they have killed, what they used, where they did it, etc etc. It is absolutely amazing. bit gruesom for a holiday but if you like true crime!!!
It's all true stories and the cases that haunt are cases that have never been solved (Jack the Ripper one is so interesting) and his views on if he had been around at the time what he would have done and who he thinks the offender was (includes the Lindbergh abduction and Lizzie Borden).

[teag1rl]

MArtina Cole is very good. Also the crime stuff by James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs. Cant recommend anythinn in particular as I've read so many and they're all blurry now. Beware of James P though, he's written a few I hated about kids with wings (when the wind blows and the lake house).
Maeve Binchy is good for a bit of escapism that isn't full of blood and gore, pyschopathic killers or westend headcases though!!

[whiffey]

Here is The Speckled Band if you want a flavour of Sherlock Holmes.

http://sherlock-holmes.classic-literature.co.u k/the-adventure-of-the-speckled-band/

[stylinsam]

ohh i read that speckled band when i was at school i cant remember much of it though!

[stylinsam]

has anybody read flowers in the attic a friend recomended it to me !?

[annavc]

I read Flowers in the Attic and all the follow up ones years and years ago - good holiday read actually.

[fayelc123]

Hi Sam, I agree with Loobyc on Martina Cole, any of her books are great, also Mandasue Heller and James Patterson are really good.

[cameo]

read Flowers In The Attic quite afew years ago now. Found it very good. I remember I couldn't put it down. It was one in a series of books. Can't remember the other titles though. But i know i read them.

[cameo]

Just remembered, Peteals In The Wind was another one!!

[loopyc]

sam i have flowers in the attic send me your address by email and i will post it you xxx

[cameo]

Sorry. should of said 'Petals'. Ooops!!

[stylinsam]

oh would u loopy thatwould be great i will return it soon as i get back thanks babesxxx

[stylinsam]

oohh im getting all excited now!