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John Saul is a great suspense writter. no gore, but thrilling.
to me mystery and suspense are very close, while thriller makes me think of something gorey about to happen
Can anyone recommend their favorite thrillers? Not necessary horror, but "page-turning suspense?"
Anything by William Kent Krueger. I'd start with IRON LAKE and go from there.
C.J. Box's Joe Pickett books are excellent. They're thriller/mysteries set in Wyoming.
If you're wanting something more in the horror vein, you can't go wrong with Stephen King.
I like John Connolly's stuff as well. They sort of straddle the line between a traditional thriller and horror, since there are definite supernatural elements to the stories.
No one is writing better "crime fiction" than Elmore Leonard. I'm not sure I'd call them thrillers though, since they are equal parts grim action and humor.
I just read Desperation & The Regulators by Stephen King, (Regulators under Richard Bachman) and I enjoyed both. Both books utilize the same characters, in much different ways, in completely different, (but same) stories. How is it possible? Read them both, doesn't matter which first. I read Desperation first. They are more thrillers than mysteries, and full of the scary stuff he is famous for.
I liked The Bone Collector (better than the movie featuring Denzel Washington, even). I just recently ordered The Woman in White, and The Monk, and added them to my stack.
If you've never read Bugliosi's account of Charles Manson, try Helter-Skelter, but read it during the day, or with the lights on. Gave me the 'boogie man' creeps.
What's the dividing line between 'mystery' and 'thriller'? Seems kind of blurry to me.
I tend to think along the lines of Agatha Christie and the like for a mystery, while thrillers might be things like The Bone Collector, or a few books that border along the lines of horror.
I just picked up an Agatha Christie bundle at the flea market. I was so excited! For a buck, I have a few that I love...but when I untied the bow at home, I discovered how fragile these books were. I already had one page detatch, so now I won't read them for fear of further damage.
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