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Dazzle me, folks! Let me know some great and great-priced thrillers you've read on the Kindle. Hey, you can even promote yourself.
Cheers,
Mark Terry
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« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2011, 07:20:39 PM » |
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Right -- self promotion only in the Book Bazaar. . .(and I've edited your post to remove the link to your site) but I'll move this thread to the book CORNER where you're likely to get more people to respond.  |
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« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2011, 12:59:39 PM » |
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Okay. Thanks. I still like recommendations.
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« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2011, 01:21:12 PM » |
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My definition of a thriller writer is someone who compels you to turn the page. Not some tricked-out story of bombs, missles, terrorist etc (although the can be present).
How about: Chuck Palahniuk for starters
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« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2011, 01:25:15 PM » |
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I've only just started reading the series, but I highly recommend Lee Child.  Definitely bombs, missiles, and terrorists. And a compelling hero saving the day. |
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« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2011, 06:40:48 PM » |
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Patrick Lee, Michael Palmer, and Vince Flynn come to mind.
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« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2011, 07:05:56 PM » |
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Ken Follett, Dean Koontz....
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« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2011, 08:49:53 PM » |
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Brad Meltzer, Dean Koontz, David Baldacci, Lee Child...those are the ones that come to mind off the top of my head.
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« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2011, 06:50:04 AM » |
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James Grippando and Harlan Coben come to mind and no one has mentioned those yet.
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« Reply #11 on: April 10, 2011, 11:37:40 AM » |
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They haven't been mentioned yet, but I consider Michael Connelly and John Connolly good thriller writers.
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« Reply #12 on: April 10, 2011, 01:11:03 PM » |
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Michael Connolly is good for very straight forward cop mysteries. Almost feels like your watching a good detective movee
Ton Clancy is obviously very famous and, other than one book, I wouldn't necessarily recommend him here, but if you like techno-thrillers and haven't read "The Hunt for Red October" it's a very fun/fascinating read.
JA Konrath is a smooth storyteller who writes detective books and horror/thrillers. His books are kind of unique in that they are intense (with violence mostly) but are also light at the same time - he writes with an underlying sense of humor. It's fun, accessible writing, but some might need to develop a taste for it.
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« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2011, 11:42:52 AM » |
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I'm a huge Lisa Gardner fan and recently finished reading her latest, Love You More.  Not quite as thrilling as Live to Tell, but still a great read. |
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« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2011, 09:47:21 PM » |
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Lee Child's been mentioned a few times, and I like Eisler also.
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« Reply #15 on: April 12, 2011, 07:59:24 AM » |
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Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon series. Great character and some of the best writing on the market today.
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« Reply #16 on: April 12, 2011, 09:56:40 AM » |
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Helps to know where you are coming from. For example, have you gone through Gardner, Ludlum and Lustbader? A lot of the more recent thriller books are more interesting once you've read the predecessors they are actively trying to imitate, spoof, or diverge from  Do you like the "24" style one man army (Flynn, Wynne, and sometimes Morrell) or the more technothriller writer like Clancy, Coyle, and Bond? Barry Eisler is a relatively recent stand-out for sure. Nice locales, interesting character background, good tips on scotch But I find the thriller genre in particular to be very susceptible to series sequelitis and burn-out and very hard to find a new author that feels fresh. |
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« Reply #17 on: May 02, 2011, 05:41:03 PM » |
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Back in the mid-20th Century, I really enjoyed thrillers by Helen MacInnes--lots of really great Cold War stuff that had a Bourne sensibility. Maybe because lots of them were set in Europe.
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« Reply #18 on: May 02, 2011, 06:56:43 PM » |
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Alistair MacLean. He rocks.
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« Reply #19 on: May 02, 2011, 07:12:56 PM » |
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Nice that someone mentioned Alistair MacClean. He was one of the originals. Gun of Navarone is still a classic.
Tom Clancy I can live without. He's an example of an author who doesn't respect his readers-- he came to Fort Campbell to speak and acted like he was above it all-- and he had officers from 5th Special Forces, the Nighstalkers of TF-160, the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne in the audience. He was an insurance salesman and never spent a day in uniform.
Mark Bowden does nonfiction but he writes with fantastic insight. Blackhawk Down reads like a thriller. The TF-160 and Delta commanders there were people I worked with and they said his book is pretty spot on.
Same with Eric Haney's Inside Delta Force. He pretty much burned his bridges inside the community with that and you've got to wonder if he was all the places he said he was, but for me the book felt real. Just those little details that tell you.
Hey, anyone read Allan Eckert? His Wilderness War series was classic.
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« Reply #20 on: May 03, 2011, 02:11:42 AM » |
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Alistair MacLean. He rocks.
I'd agree with this one. For writers in the same group there's also Hammond Innes and Desmond Bagley. Gavin Lyall's books are less known, but definitely worth a look. |
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« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2011, 03:26:41 AM » |
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I really like Karin Slaughter. She has a series called Grant County. She is one of my favorite writers. I also like some of the books that James Patterson does like the Women's Murder Club series.
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« Reply #22 on: May 03, 2011, 08:25:07 AM » |
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Joseph Finder is a great choice for thoughtful, corporate thrillers. Company Man's an excellent one.
I agree on MacLean. Clive Cussler's good for high adventure also.
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« Reply #23 on: May 03, 2011, 02:22:58 PM » |
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Check out the folks over at http://thrillerwriters.org/ for a slew of great thriller authors, including those nominated this year for awards. |
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