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Haven't had a book grip me for awhile. The last ones were the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series.
I just requested several books by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir online from my library, but they're all checked out right now.
I don't mind being scared, but I don't like books about demons and devils (like the Exorcist -type stories). Must be my Catholic upbringing, but they give me nightmares even though I'm lapsed LOL!
I find Steven King a bit too creepy.
I find serial-type crime books annoying - where I feel like I need to go back and read all twenty novels with so-and-so the star detective, in order to know what's going on. I prefer stand-alone books without the recurring darling detective.
I like a good ghost story, too. In fact, a good ghost story/mystery would be perfect!
Any suggestions will be really appreciated! Thanks!
Oh, and they can be old or new. I don't care. Just looking for a good read.
From the title I was thinking maybe we liked the same kind of books ... but from your post, maybe not. The biggest difference I think is that I LOVE series books, mostly because if I find a new author who just wrote book #20 and I end up loving the book & author, there are 19 books that I can go back and read!
I had a similar thread a few months ago and got lots of great suggestions, so I'm sure people will chime in.
I feel soooooooo sorry for people who never learned the absolute joy of reading for pleasure!!
Does your library have a website where you can put in an author and get other authors that you might like? I have not updated my library card and cannot get to the NCLive website or I would look for you. Maybe you know some other library users from North Carolina and they will help you with this or maybe your library has something like it. I imagine most libraries do or maybe Amazon. I have never tried it on Amazon.
I just finished The Woman by David Bishop and it was a little bit of a thriller. I liked it even though it started out slow, and now I plan to read several of his books. Got two of them for free on bookbub.
Does your library have a website where you can put in an author and get other authors that you might like? I have not updated my library card and cannot get to the NCLive website or I would look for you. Maybe you know some other library users from North Carolina and they will help you with this or maybe your library has something like it. I imagine most libraries do or maybe Amazon. I have never tried it on Amazon.
Who is your favorite mystery writer?
My library doesn't have that feature. So hard to think of writers, I read so much. I love Lisa Gardner, but I've read everything she's written so far.
I loved Stieg Larsson's books, but of course, he died.
I don't like political thrillers or spy novels. My pea brain can't wrap itself around all the politics or conspiracy theories LOL! I don't want to have to think that hard when I read fiction.
I just finished The Woman by David Bishop and it was a little bit of a thriller. I liked it even though it started out slow, and now I plan to read several of his books. Got two of them for free on bookbub.
Hmm, my library doesn't have that one. I saw a couple of titles by a David Bishop, it said they were science fiction? Wonder if it's the same guy or not.
Mary Higgins Clark writes stand-alone mystery/thrillers. I have to admit, though, that I like her EARLY books much more than her later ones (haven't read her in several years now) ... in many of the later ones I could tell who the villain was basically as soon as he was introduced. That was disappointing as I LIKE to be surprised. In her later books her heroines always seemed too perfect as well (IMHO).
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If you are into area specific sleuths you may enjoy JA Jance. She does a female sheriff in southeast AZ, Brady~~ a female stick my nose in from Sedona, Ellie Mcbeal ~ and a male homicide detective in Seattle ,Washington.
Another would be Tony Hillerman. His series is about a Navaho policeman in the four corners region. Kind of gives you a look at indian customs.
third suggestion would be Sue Grafton A is for, etc. about female PI in Santa Therisa, cal.
Need more? I've a couple others but trying to match set criteria.
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