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fred flinstone
10:06 Mon Oct 17
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Any of the Laidlaw series by William McIlvanney
Anything by Alan Furst (although these don't have gore they are great thrillers)
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frank marker
9:59 Mon Oct 17
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Gorky Park
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only1billybonds
9:52 Mon Oct 17
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'The Afghan. Frederick Forsythe is a cracking thriller.
If you like a good courtroom drama,John Grisham has done so.e good stuff.
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Syd Puddefoot
9:42 Mon Oct 17
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Read everything by Le Carre and strangely the Little Drummer Girl ranks among my favourites.
Does not fit the OPs bill though, so I am going to encourage him to try them anyway or branch out and try "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving. Masterful.
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Godwinson
9:31 Mon Oct 17
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The Dancer Upstairs by Nick Shakespeare is a seriously good thriller - it's set during the Maoist uprising in Peru in the 80s and has a fair bit of gore.
The film's not bad either. Viva Presidente Ezequiel!
I also recommend the Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell. If you'e a Cold Warrior like me, you'll love both.
The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett is also worth a shout, as is everything by Le Carré with the exception of the Little Drummer Girl. Not too much gore though.
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OLD GEEZER
9:13 Mon Oct 17
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Eeny Meeny by M J Aldridge
The first DI Helen Grace series.
Read is and I bet you read all off them
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kirok1
9:02 Mon Oct 17
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Damen Brooke series by Steven Dunne are good. Start off with a serial killer and then carries on out from there.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/133287-damen-brook
The Lies of Locke Lamora is the first in the Gentleman Bastard series and is fantasy but chiefly concerned with very long cons. Damned well written.
https://www.goodreads.com/search?q=the+gentleman+bastard
Only trouble is that he's taking too bloody long to write them.
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8:56 Mon Oct 17
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Tim Weaver, Linwood Barclay and various Scandinavian authors.
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Blackythebanktramp
8:48 Mon Oct 17
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The bourne trilogy books- miles better than the films
THe passage trilogy by Justin Cronin really good take on an apocalyptic future with a vampire twist
Or a bit different - American pyscho bret Easton Ellis
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Roby
8:40 Mon Oct 17
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The Jack Reacher books by Lee Child are all pretty average.
The Enemy is the best one by an absolute mile though and a really, really good thriller.
Well written too unlike a lot of the other Reacher books which I have suspected for a while are actually ghost written.
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Noah
8:13 Mon Oct 17
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwkdGr9JYmE
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lab
8:02 Mon Oct 17
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I knew it would only be a matter of time .
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Off The Shin
8:01 Mon Oct 17
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The Flid and The Goose by Brian Swift.
Best book youll ever read , published later this year.
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bruuuno
8:00 Mon Oct 17
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Being able to read = 3 zoltan points
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wurzel
7:51 Mon Oct 17
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Don't know if it fits your criteria but I read a great book not long ago, 'Shantaram' by Gregory David Roberts.
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Alan
7:10 Mon Oct 17
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"Have you read the entire Thorne series by MB? "
Yep, and the complete McCrae series.
McCrae's gobby boss is DI Steel, a brilliant character.
Another good thriller writer - Simon Kernick.
Anything by him, but a good start is 'Severed'
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lab
7:10 Mon Oct 17
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Thanx.
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lab
7:10 Mon Oct 17
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Blimey than chaps , thought I might only get a what's this got to do west ham answer !
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only1billybonds
7:04 Mon Oct 17
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*boss
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only1billybonds
7:02 Mon Oct 17
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Alan.
Yes,Mcrae is an excellent character as is his gobby female bods (her name escapes me)
Have you read the entire Thorne series by MB?
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Alan
6:32 Mon Oct 17
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only1billybonds 6:29 Mon Oct 17
I was just going to post about Stuart MacBride.
Love his Logan McRae series.
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