Good Mystery/Thriller Novels These Days? (best, crime, characters, authors)

[Forever Blue]

What good mystery/thriller novels (and/or currently popular mystery authors) are there nowadays?

[winrunner]

Tana French (Dublin Murder Squad Series)


Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series)


Both of these are excellent mystery writers. I was turned on to them by members in this sub-forum and for that I am most grateful

[Forever Blue]

Great, thanks.

Also, I prefer current-day stories (not historical crime) & prefer not to read a series in which I have to read them in a sequence.

Any other suggestions?

[Dockside]

Try Franck Thilliez, author of Born to Kill and Syndrome E.

Both books are the definition of mystery/thriller.

Another good book is Start Shooting by Charlie Newton.

[nightlysparrow]

Crime mystery novels by Michael Connelly. They're all set in SoCal. He has a number of characters in a number of series going, but each novel can be read separately. He is a former crime reporter for the LA Times.

MichaelConnelly.com

[Forever Blue]

Thanks guys. I went to B&N today & I recall seeing Michael Connelly's book called Crossing today.

I got The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins today. It seems good & I read an article that says it's the fast-selling adult novel in history, so that says quite a bit.

Any others?

[i_love_autumn]

IMO, for a thriller, it would be hard to top ~~"One Second After" by William R. Forstchen


New York Times best selling author William R. Forstchen now brings us a story which can be all too terrifyingly


real...a story in which one man struggles to save his family and his small North Carolina town after America


loses a war, in one second, a war that will send America back to the Dark Ages...A war based upon a weapon,


an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP). A weapon that may already be in the hands of our enemies.


Months before publication, One Second After has already been cited on the floor of Congress as a book all


Americans should read, a book already being discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a truly realistic look


at a weapon and its awesome power to destroy the entire United States, literally within one second. It is a


weapon that the Wall Street Journal warns could shatter America. In the tradition of On the Beach, Fail Safe


and Testament, this book, set in a typical American town, is a dire warning of what might be our future...and


our end.

[Forever Blue]

i_love_autumn, great, thanks for sharing.

[i_love_autumn]

Originally Posted by Forever Blue

i_love_autumn, great, thanks for sharing.

You're most welcome. I read the 2-chapter sample and believe it is going to be a 'white-knuckle' read! I'm waiting for it to be returned to my library, but I am 4th in line!

[Snootylooter]

Originally Posted by i_love_autumn

IMO, for a thriller, it would be hard to top ~~"One Second After" by William R. Forstchen


New York Times best selling author William R. Forstchen now brings us a story which can be all too terrifyingly


real...a story in which one man struggles to save his family and his small North Carolina town after America


loses a war, in one second, a war that will send America back to the Dark Ages...A war based upon a weapon,


an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP). A weapon that may already be in the hands of our enemies.


Months before publication, One Second After has already been cited on the floor of Congress as a book all


Americans should read, a book already being discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a truly realistic look


at a weapon and its awesome power to destroy the entire United States, literally within one second. It is a


weapon that the Wall Street Journal warns could shatter America. In the tradition of On the Beach, Fail Safe


and Testament, this book, set in a typical American town, is a dire warning of what might be our future...and


our end.

There is also a sequel - "One Year After" which is also quite good!