New author recommendations please! - Page 2

Call me Alison · 07-19-2012, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by purple_x

Have you read anything by Karin Slaughter? I absolutely LOVE her books, each one is a different story but the same main characters which you learn more about as the books go on.
They are crime fiction (so like Patricia Cornwell and John Grisham)
Start with the first one in the Grant county series 'Blindsighted' and go from there.

Also Mark Billingham is fantastic too, he has quite a few books out.

my friend popped round a mark billingham one for me today, buried, have you read that one?

not read any of his before.

i do apologise for keep jabbering on with this thread, i hear the word books and my head spins around like the hams and a piece of cucumber lol xxx

PinkPrincess · 07-19-2012, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by starbug

Many of Stephen King's books aren't actually horror stories. 'Misery' is more of a thriller. Try 'Rosa Madder' or 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon'.

I had to read Misery for a book group I was in and it gave me nightmares!! I've also read Rose Madder and I enjoyed it but I've tried to read other books of his and I just find them a bit weird

Call me Alison · 07-19-2012, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by PinkPrincess

I had to read Misery for a book group I was in and it gave me nightmares!! I've also read Rose Madder and I enjoyed it but I've tried to read other books of his and I just find them a bit weird

if you like thrillers myself and my friend zara are mad on them def read erica spindler!!

xx

Charley101 · 07-19-2012, 02:29 PM

Okay, forget Stephen King

PinkPrincess · 07-19-2012, 02:32 PM

Thanks for all the recommendations. There's a second hand bookshop round the corner from where I live, I think I'll go on Saturday and try and get some that have been mentioned here

Charley101 · 07-19-2012, 02:33 PM

My brother absolutely loves Terry Pratchett, although I have never read any of his book myself.

Lougarry · 07-19-2012, 02:45 PM

Ooh, yes, Karen Rose is good.

I'm not a great Stephen King fan but I did like 'It'.

PinkPrincess · 07-19-2012, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Lougarry

I'm not a great Stephen King fan but I did like 'It'.

I have an irrational fear of clowns due to watching that film when I was a kid

Lougarry · 07-19-2012, 02:49 PM

I was already scared of clowns before I read it... No chance of recovering from that phobia now....

Call me Alison · 07-19-2012, 02:50 PM

the bit where the blood is in the sink, I'm 28 and still look in the sink when i walk in the bathroom!! i'm very sad lol x