What book next?

[tickledtrout]

What can I read, I like crime mainly but I am open to suggestions

[Bathsheba]

Excellent TT! I'm proud of you x

[Louisa 69]

I'm reading "In The Woods" by Tana French. It's brill it's one of those books you just can't put down.

[taliesin238]

Have you ever read the good old fashioned novels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?? Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant read, light reading but great nevertheless!!!

[tiggerblue10]

Have you read any classics Tickle? Wuthering Heights and Tess of the D'Urbervilles are very good as is Les Liaisons Dangerouses.

[paddywak]

I agree with tiggerblue try some of the classics, you dont get rubbish hanging about for a couple of hundred years

[tickledtrout]

Have got In the Woods but want to save it for hols in april if I can, the same with Oliver Twist. Not really read many classics, the last one was Hard Times.

[jojojojoanne]

the bible?, just to say you have read it.

[meglet]

You could also try www.readitswapit.com where you cab swap books forf free. I love true crime books, The Jigsaw Man was a good one (and weirdly enough it was the one I was looking for the other day when I found that the only book in my collection that was turned the wrong way round was The Excorsist!).

I found Fred and Rose, Wicked Beyond Belief (about the Yorkshire Ripper) and Bloodstain (about Peter Falconio) particularly good.

[heathfield]

Anything by Michael Connelly

[bimbo123456]

Have you tried Kathy Reichs. She writes the books that have been made into the "Bones" series on TV. It is about a forensic antropologist. The books are well written and the main character is a sassy woman. What more could you ask?

[tickledtrout]

Have read a couple of Michael Connolly and most of Kathy Reichs, enjoy the books better than the programme.
If you like her you may enjoy Kathryn Fox she is good as well

[yogasun]

I agree with Bathsheba ''We Need to Talk about Kevin'
is a must.
My friend recommended'' A Thousand Splendid Suns' by Hosseini - anyone else read it?

[tickledtrout]

I think that I need to look into this We Need to Talk About Kevin.
A thousand splendid suns is down for the hols. It drives hubby crazy that I take loads of books on our holiday, do read most of them tho

[shaneystar2]

Hi again tickled.... I like Kathy Reichs and am hooked on the Bones series .....those books by Kathryn Fox look good ..have just reserved them at the library ..
I had never heard of this author so hope I am in for a good read .I used to like Patricia Cornwell but she has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous ..

[jonukas]

Hi Tickledtrout, have you tried any of James Patterson's books ? I have never been disappointed with any of he's yet.

[pingping]

Harlan Coben writes a stonking crime/thriler. make sure you read his stand-alone novels though rather than his Myron Bolitar series, which while still good, are a bit over the top! I can highly recommend Tell No One and The Woods.

I also like Linda Fairstein, Clare Francis and Michael Connelly whom others have recommended.

[derrynoose]

What about
Simon Beckett
Mark Billingham
Lee Child
Robert Crais (not the Elvis Cole books)
John Harvey
Graham Hurley
Arnaldur Indridason
Stuart Macbride
Ian Rankin
JohnSandford (His Lucas Davenport "Prey"series)?

[tickledtrout]

Wow thanks have only read two of those before ; Ian Rankin and Stuart Macbride

[auntiebertie]

Another vote for Lee Child and Michael Connelly - but my douze points always goes to Robert Goddard - a stonking good read - always a few murders and a fantastic plot. I always suggest that new readers start with 'Into the Blue'.

[tickledtrout]

Thanks never read Lee Child or Robert Goddard will have a look