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What’s your favorite Detectivity/Crime/Thriller/Suspense novel ever?

What’s your favorite Detectivity/Crime/Thriller/Suspense novel ever?

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Karen

Inferno by Dan Brown is my favourite thriller novel that I’ve read. 🙂

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Lauren

Currently a 3rd of the way through it ?

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Karen

@Lauren It’s awesome! And the movie is really good, despite how underrated it was.
I had seen the movie before I read the book. Both the movie and the book are great! Loved them both!

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Lisa

I really like Tana French.

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Ann

EVER? That’s a big ask! My most consistent pleasure is in Michael Connelly’s novels featuring Harry Bosch! It offers a character study as well as a criminal investigation……

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Asheleigh

Anything by Chevy Stevens. Particularly Still Missing though.

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Elizabeth

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

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Aqs

“Baily rajptun ki malika ”
A Urdu novel..

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Siri

Oooh! That’s a tough one! It’s impossible to choose between The Complete Sherlock Holmes (yes, that’s counted, since you can buy it in one volume!) My favorite Harry Bosch novel (deciding would be another issue), and The Complete Nero Wolfe (this doesn’t exist yet in one volume, but I feel like if we all demand it, the publishing company could make this a reality!)
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Lauren

Oh have the complete Sherlock Holmes volume ?
It can now be sat open flat on my lap as it has been read and re-read by two generations. It is high time I look for a replacement as I’m now taping pages back in.

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Siri

Picture please!??

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Lauren

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Lauren

This edition was published in 1981. 9 years before I was born

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Siri

???Lau@Laurenve got the hardcover version with the original illustrations from the London Newspaper thingys–but my daughter is asleep in the room it’s in at the moment

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Maria

JD Robb – In death series

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Dante

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn.

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Erin

I like Patricia Cornwell and James Patterson

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Jami

Karen Slaughter

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Bill

Ellery Queen, Nero Wolf, and the Bourne series(first 3 books).

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David

Until Proven Guilty (J.P. Beaumont #1), it has some interesting twists, and it’s locations are local to me.

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Katelyn

YOU by Caroline Kepnes!!!
Pretty girls by Karen slaughter
Dark places by Gillian Flynn
The butterfly garden by dot Hutchinson

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Rodfranco

Mr. Mercedes by the only one @Stephen

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Anne

Where Are the Children, by Mary Higgins Clark.

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Siri

Oh! That’s a good one! Scared the crap out of me when I read it at 12!?

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Anne

I was 14. I liked it so much, I re-read it immediately. Then I gave it to my mom and insisted that she read it also!

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Lina

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

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Steve

A Man Without Breath by Phillip Kerr is, in my opinion, a modern classic of the noir style.

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Keri

I have two: Sue Grafton’ s alphabet series and Harlan Coben Myron Bolitar series.

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Dorothy

Devil in a Blue Dress, Walter Mosley, anything Sherlock Holmes.

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Maria

Mayday by Thomas Block. Couldn’t put it down and finished it in one sleepless night!

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Trish

I like David Baldacci’s series. They are all good.

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JosephQuestion author

Amos Decker and John puller series

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Wendy

The Rebus books.by Ian Rankin
Then the V I Warshawski books by Sara Paretsky

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Odessa

Patricia Cornwell’s Scarpetta series

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Dorine

William Landay – Defending Jacob
(Legal thriller)

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Justin

ATM, and probably for a long time; “the girl with the dragon tattoo” by Stieg Larsson. <3 however, "Far From You" by Tess Sharpe is a close second.

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Richard

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. Everybody raves about the Silence Of The Lambs, but I found that book to be almost overwhelming in detail (almost a technothriller) which affected the quality of storytelling. Red Dragon was much more accessible, and contained fascinating interactions between the killer and the painting not transcribed into the film.

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Michelle

This was my favorite book for many years. Still in my top 5.

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Harriet

I think Sue Grafton’s books are my favorites. I awaited V and W with bated breath, and I don’t think X, Y or Z have come out yet but I’ll snap them up (even in hard cover) as soon as they do.

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Trish

I love these too!

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Sheralyn

A simple plan was very good, don’t know about favourite as I don’t read this genre much.

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Jillian

The Vanished Man or The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver <3

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Michelle

I’ve always been a fan of James Patterson’s Alex Cross series, Cornwell’s Scarlett’s, Iris Johansson, and Kellerman’s Alex Delaware but I am now totally enthralled with all things Jeffrey Deaver. His attention to detail and character development have me hooked.

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Jillian

Master of Twists! ?

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Gitta

Before I go to sleep by SJ Watson and I let you go by Clare Mackintosh.

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Jessica

i’m a big fan of john hart and joseph finder books

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Tricia

Jane casey and louise @Louise and casey hill

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Karina

Myron Bolitar by Harlan Coben

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Kania

I used to like Kellerman, both Faye and Jonathan, and then I got to know Lynda La Plante, and it brings me to all British crime stories and writers like Val McDermid and then I got to know Stieg Larson trilogy which then brings me to my new love to Scandinavian noir, like Jo Nesbo, Asa Larson… And the latest one I also like Japanese author called Tetsuya Honda… So many of them to name

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Karina

You could also try Parker Bilal en Barbara Nadel!!

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Vashishtha

Sherlock Holmes book series.. Just love that..!

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Jan

the Richard Jury series by Martha Grimes. Every book seems to have an adorable enticing youngster that reminds us of the magic and quality of life in the young – in all circumstances.

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Misty

I love John Sanford and his Prey series and Virgil Flowers series.

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Frédérique

Patricia Cornwell’s Scarpetta serie is really good. I love The Da Vinci Code, The Hound of the Baskersville by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie books especially Ten Little Niggers.

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Samantha

Chris Carter and Jullianne hoffman!

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Agnieszka

Steig Larsson’s Millennium series

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Suzanne

Tess Gerritsen’s Rizzoli and Isles books and JD Robb’s In Death series.

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Chrissie

That’s all ecxellent authors Kania, love them as well as James Patterson.

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Dinah

JD Robb, Martina Cole, Karen Rose and so many more!

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Michelle

I like all of Fay Kellerman’s Dectective & Rina Decker books. I also enjoyed Harlan Coben’s .yron Bolitar books. Currently discovered Michael Robotham; gonna do more of that 🙂

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Dale

Jack Reacher series by Lee Child

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Queequeg

The Hound of the Baskerville’s. My first “scary” book. I read it when I was nine, such a precocious child, but I have loved it (and Sherlock Holmes) since then!!!!!

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Gill

I love Kate Ellis books the Wesley Peterson series are set in Devon and Joe Plantagenet in York. They are good reads

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Margarida

Orient express murder by Agatha Christie

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Carolyn

Mystic River , Dennis Lehane.

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Kathryn

Coffee house mystery books

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Roberta

Kathy Reichs the Bone series

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Badi

everything by agatha christie

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Leon

Harry Hole

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Olufunmi

John Grisham, Fay Kellerman

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Lara

Sherlock Holmes ^^ I got it last Christmas in English and I’ve read it like four times ^^

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Sue

Got to be anything with Rebus in, Ian Rankin writes so well.

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Julie

Anything by Davis Silva.

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Kristine

I pick authors, Sharon Bolton and Michael Robotham

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Maryellen

The Poet by Michael Connelly…

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Rejhane

The girl with the dragon tattoo – Stieg Larsson

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Leonard

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Madhurina

For me it is always Agatha Cristie and P.D James

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Ameira

Two of my favourite authors!

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Denise

The Department Q series by Jussi Adler Olsen

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Blessing

The gate house (can’t remember the author though) and so many others.

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Gina

John Sandfords Prey series, I’ve read 18 of them so far!!

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Nilen

Arsene lupin,sherlock holmes and hercule poirot books. Can’t decide on one:(

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Robin

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes

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Candice

Midnight Voices- John Saul

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Ameira

I couldn’t pick a single favourite. Love So many it’s too hard to choose.

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Leah

Perry Mason!!

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Germaine

You have stirred memories! Listening to the tv series tune in my head right now.

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Melva

Too hard to decide

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Marye

And Then There Were None

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Karina

All the books written by M.J. Arlidge

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