Good Suspense/Thriller Books

[Ada]

I need your recommendations, bookworms! What suspense/thriller books should I get? I want something really unpredictable, something that will keep me guessing until the last chapter (if it's a whodunit type of book.)

I've noticed these are the popular suspense/thriller authors in Powerbooks. What can you say about them?

1. John Sandford
2. Tami Hoag
3. Iris Johansen
4. Patricia Cornwell
5. Michael Connelly

Btw, has anyone read "An Instance of the Fingerpost"?

[chez-o]

stephen king...

[Ada]

chez-o: I've read most of his books and I'd like to stay away from his horror books for a while. I did get his The Green Mile recently. I haven’t had the chance to read it yet, though. Is The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon a horror novel?

[davanita]

Ada: John Sandford is good! If you like serial-killer type of novels. He's my sister's and my fave writer that we have all his books. I suggest his first "Prey" series book, "Rules of Prey". It's not exactly a whodunit but "how-do-they-get-the-killer" type. Once you start reading hem, I'm sure you'll be hooked too.

I actually don't like Stephen King too much. Parang tsambahan ang books niya. Hindi lahat maganda, bilang lang.

Anywayz, happy reading, Ada!

[sampaguita]

Ada:
John Grisham novels are definitely suspenseful! Although they lean towards more legal cases and such, they're really good reads. If you've seen the movie versions of his novels ("The Firm", "The Client", "The Pelican Brief", "The Rainmaker", "A Time To Kill", etc.) and you loved them, pick up a copy of the book, it's ten times better!

Agatha Christi is also great with mystery and solving them. My favorite is "And Then There Was One". She also has a lot of continuing series, kinda like Nancy Drew but with more dangerous plots and greater advetures. And her novels are usually always unpredictable.

If you think you can stomach demons and guts, try the Anne Rice novels. I used to read them religiously, then I got a clue and decided they were far too gruesome for me to really enjoy.

Good luck and enjoy! Lemme know what you think about them when you get a chance to read.

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[Kaboom!]

Grisham's books really are better and more suspensful than his movies. There's a reason why he's made millions off his writing ability. I always get dissapointed in the movie versions.

I also love reading Michael Crichton. Although the last book of his I've read was "Airframe", he's one of the better suspense writers out there for me. A lot of his work also get coverted to movies.

Peace.

[Kamatayan]

Try the books of Mark Frost "The List Of Seven" and "Six Messiahs", it's a detective/thriller cum horror mix. Creepy and well paced...

David Morell's books are also good...

[chez-o]

ada: the girl who loved tom gordon is good.....parang blair witch: a girl got lost in the ofrest....cool....
i also recommend balck and blue by anna quindlen

[Ada]

davanita: I'm currently reading "Eyes of Prey." If I like it, I might get more of Sandford's books.

I agree with what you said about King. I've read a lot of his books but enjoyed very few of them. Sometimes he spoils a good story with a really lousy ending.

sampaguita: Grisham's books are okay but I stopped reading them after I read The Chamber. It was so awful I wanted to burn it. Same thing with Anne Rice. I quit reading her books after Lasher. It was pure torture as well.

I think I've read one of Christi's books but I didn't enjoy it much so I stayed away from her. Got any titles you'd recommend?

Kaboom!: Love Crichton too! He's so versatile. I was quite disappointed with Terminal Man, though, so I haven't read any of his books since.

[Telcontar]

I like Stephen King, John Grisham and of course my favorite Tom Clancy.

[Verxeno]

Tom Clancy... what can I say but I agree with Telcontar.

Telcontar: You got taste man!!!!

As for Clancy the reason I like his books is because of the way he explains the tech details of the equipments used in the story.

And he really knows how to spin a story out of some incidents which happens in real life.

[davanita]

Ada: Eyes of Prey is actually the first Sandford book I read, and it's good! Hope you get hooked to him as we did. So far, so good ba? :)

I tried reading Clancy's "The Hunt for Red October"...I didn't finish it, I didn't even reached half of the book! I felt like I needed a submarine handbook while reading it. I agree that he's good at research and details, but not that much. Maybe I'm not cut out for him, or maybe it's really a guy type of book, I don't know...

What I'm reading right now is Asimov. Only recently did I become hooked. The problem is, his best books are the first ones yata, and it's not in the market! Bummer! :(

[Kamatayan]

Davanita: You should definitely read Asimov's "Foundation Series" it's probably his best work...

[Ada]

davanita: Yep, the book is good. I hope to finish it by today.

How about medical thrillers? Any suggestions?

[davanita]

Kamats: I'm trying to, kaya lang kamalasan...the book I bought was the last one in the series pala! I saw it in book sale kasi and I didn't know it was part of a series. The first three ones...I don't know if I'll find copies pa. Paano ko mababasa? Grrrr!

Ada: For medical thrillers, Michael Palmer (? not sure here), and Robin Cook. I don't read their books but it's highly recommended by my friend who reads them...

[Kamatayan]

Davanita: yeah haven't seen any of his first 3 books in the series being sold in stores. Sometimes I see books 4,5 and 6 pero yung first three talaga walang mahanap. I just borrowed them from a friend in fact... Sayang the first three are the best in the series...

[sampaguita]

Ada:
Grisham isn't as gruesome as Rice, his deal a lot with realism and that's what makes his books so interesting. Maybe you may want to try another of his novels? I really enjoyed "The Runway Jury". It may even be one of my faves from him. I'm telling you, the knowledge the guy has is mind-boggling!

As for Christi, try reading the book I mentioned above. There's also "The Mirror Cracked from Side to Side" and "Cat Amongst Pigeons". The Poirot series are interesting. I like Christi's mysteries because they deal with an older decade and a different land (usually traveling through Europe). Christi offers something different from the mystery books I'm used to.

[PuNkChick]

tittle: Hannibal

ganda nyan whew :)

[Ada]

sampaguita: I've read Runaway Jury and it was definitely better than The Chamber. I'll see if I can find the Christi novels you mentioned. Thanks. :)

[acridmouth]

I love Robin Cook. Di ba he's the master of medical thriller books? He's really great. His one book "Outbreak" deals with an ebola outbreak in the United States. The other one "Mutation" is all about a kid, who, because of his dad's intervention to his genes, turned out to be a living nightmare to the people around him. Such thrilling books. Highly recommended. But I don't know what are his current works.

Then of course....the master of macabre himself...Stephen King! I love Insomnia, Pet Sematary, It and Christine. He's the bomb!

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[Zen]

Ada, regarding The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon... the story's more of the girl's imagination going haywire and trying to freak herself out while she's lost and alone in the woods hehehe

[cannabis sativa]

If serial killers are your type then pick up some James Patterson books (they made a movie out of one of his books..."Kiss the Girls) and "The Alienist" and "The Angel of Darkness" by Caleb Carr...this time about serial killers back in the 1800s

[Ira]

I agree with Cannabis...Caleb Carr's books are really, really excellent. Unlike a lot of authors, his works are consistently high quality and great reads.

[uptowngirl]

ada, i love Patricia Cornwell's books. ang galing!

Try mo rin book ng Iris Johansen. I can't remember all the titles, but Ugly Duckling is a good one. :D :D :D

[bing2x]

I too, like cannabis, love james patterson.
he's one of my fave authors. try his alex cross series;

1-along came a spider
2-kiss the girls
3-jack & jill
4-cat and mouse
5-pop goes the weasel (most recent)

I can't wait for his soon to be published
'cradle and all'. not an 'alex' book but a
re-written version of his 80's horror classic
'virgin'.

jeffery deaver is also good. he has the 'lincoln rhyme' series.
the ones i have are 'the coffin dancer' and
'the bone collector'. the next one coming out
is 'the empty chair'.

also try these;
'snow falling on cedars' - david gusterson
'the pilot's wife' - anita shreve

happy reading...

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[bugsbunny]

you should try reading the book version of Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. the original one. its a good read. i read it before the movie was shown and i must say i was disappointed with the movie because the book was more graphic and more imaginative.

you should also try A Time To Kill by John Grisham. out of the books I read by him, which is from the start until The Rainmaker, this is actually the better one.

that is if you havent read these ones yet. its not actually unpredictable, you can actually what will happen in the end but the events that lead to the end are amazing, exciting, thrilling and you should just read it.

kung gusto mo ng light na suspense book, you should try Christopher Pike's books. they're really good although very light.

[steph]

books by richard north patterson are good as well...medyo courtroom na suspense din... try mo :)

[_Mase_]

I loved THE RAINMAKER.
Kpet me laughing all day.

And I like Tom Clancy. **** Francis is really neat-o...he writes about mysteries in the life of jockeys...plus, most of his characters are very funny.

But my ultimate author is Mary Higgins Clark. My fave bookwas Weep No More, My Lady.

Agatha Christie rules, and so does Robin Cook, Michael Crichton.

I could just DIE reading them.

[asterisk]

Just finished this book by Nelson DeMille called "Plum Island." Nice story with exciting and unpredictable twists. Engaging din. Kaya lang turn-off ang pa-macho, pa-devil-may-care, pa-nonchalant effect ng voice.

[gracia]

SIDNEY SHELDON, STEPHEN KING AND MICHAEL CRICHTON..THE ARE THE GODS OF SUSPENS/THRILLER

[PUGSLEY]

I would say Books of Mary Higgins Clark are real awesome. ;)

[BabyFATS]

Sorry, people, I never really got past Christopher Pike. :D :D :D

[acridmouth]

Try "The Hammer of Eden" by Ken Follett. I'm still on chapter one, but the reviews on the front pages are enough for me to recommend this book.

[Jacob]

Michael Connelly is the best! Check him out on www.michaelconnelly.com (http://www.michaelconnelly.com)

[neth_row]

John Sandoford's Prey series is good....gusto ko tuloy maging detective ;) i haven't read 'eyes of prey' and 'mind prey', favorite ko yung 'sudden prey'....

richard north patterson's 'degree of guilt' and 'eyes of a child' are also commendable....but no one beats john grisham when it comes to courtroom dramas....'testament' and 'chamber' na lang di ko pa nababasa....

[Manco]

Originally posted by Ada
I need your recommendations, bookworms! What suspense/thriller books should I get? I want something really unpredictable, something that will keep me guessing until the last chapter (if it's a whodunit type of book.)



James Ellroy's novels have always been unpredictable. Try his "L.A. Quartet" novels specifically BLACK DAHLIA and THE BIG NOWHERE (hell, try 'em all).

BLACK DAHLIA is about an infamous murder case (which I think is still unsolved up to this day) way back in the late '40s and Ellroy gives it a fictional resolution. This, I think is his darkest and most perverse novel.

THE BIG NOWHERE is far more complex and more intriguing. It involves corrupt cops, leftist actors and a killer who uses dentures patterned after a wolverine's set of teeth.

For more straight-forward thrillers, try Stephen Hunter's DIRTY WHITE BOYS and THE DAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. Also look for Greg Rucka's Atticus Kodiak series. These books are guaranteed page-turners.

[_Mase_]

I happen to like courtroom drama, so I suggest William Bernhardt. I like his style of writing...maybe you should try him. I don't think he's popular, though.

[flyderman]

Ada, I recommend Thomas Harris' Red Dragon.

;)

[angeldaw]

Originally posted by BabyFATS
Sorry, people, I never really got past Christopher Pike. :D :D :D



Oh GOd. I also love Christoper Pike. i have almost all of his books. GRABE!!!

-- Pero now i am reading Sidney Sheldon. His new book is good. " The sky is Falling" pero sympre the best pa rin *** "Memories of Midnight"

[Bellarine]

I finished John Saul's THE HOMING last week. It was sooooo creepy. right now i'm reading CREATURE also by Saul. I'm only on chapter one. I'll let you know if its any good. :)

Try reading Thomas Harris. The man is a genius! RED DRAGON was amazing!!!!

[VioletJersey]

nais lang pong buhayin ang thread na ito!!! hehehe...

i would have to recommend John Sandford as well... i'm proud to say that i have all his Prey novels esp the 3 novels na di na ni-release sa Pinas - Easy Prey, Chosen Prey... and his latest Mortal Prey (released last May)... kung di pa ako pumunta ng US, di ko pa malalaman ang mga novels na ito!!! DAMN YOU Powerbooks and National for not selling his works!!! :grrr:

if you guys can get a copy of Bari Wood's Doll's Eyes that's another great suspense/thriller novel!?! if you've seen Annette Benning's In Dreams... it was actually based on this novel... the movie was okay... pero mas scary ang novel!!!

[Michelle1]

Try Nelson Demille's books. I love this guy. He has great wit and is a great storyteller.

Asterisk, the sequel to Plum Island is Lion's Game. It's even more exciting and provides a better and wittier John Corey.

[maysapaw]

Try Nelson Demille's books. I love this guy. He has great wit and is a great storyteller.

Asterisk, the sequel to Plum Island is Lion's Game. It's even more exciting and provides a better and wittier John Corey.

up ko lang yung thread....



also love Nelson Demille

my first book of him was Lion's game after that i got hooked....

read almost all of his books...Plum Island, Charm School, By the rivers of Babylon, Mayday, The Gold Coast, General's Daughter....

to read naman is Night Fall (the 3rd of John Corey's adventure) and Up Country.

another author David Morell also deliver the goods - i especially like Assumed Identity, his brotherhood series is also good.

[Cougar]

i have also read some books by John Saul. his style of writing is not as artistic as other horror masters like stephen king's or dean koontz's. but his books are fun to read. well, not really fun, but, entertaining, i guess. :glee: i recommend SHADOWS

[dixiewhiskey]

try Dixie City Jam by James Lee Burke. Neo Nazi's, Southern Jews and a discovered sunken Nazi shipwreck, a good read. most of Burke's work is set in New Orleans and has this laid back but dark feel...

[Johnny Quantum]

You might want to check out PENUMBRA, three novel drak fantasy / horror novels by David Hontiveros.

It's going to be launched this Friday.

[Ada]

Currently love:

John Sandford: almost have all of his books.
Jonthan Kellerman: I like that his main character is a child psychologist. He develops his characters well.
John Katzenbach: Love how he writes. I've only read one of his books (The Madman's Tale) and its only flaw was Katzenbach didn't give a good enough motive for his bad guy to do the things he did (which to me is a cop-out.)
Dennis LeHane: Love this use of analogies and sense of humor.

Not too fond of:

Michael Connelly: don't really like his writing style, too dry (although I'm currently reading his "City of Bones").
Richard North Patterson: Don't like writing style; plot has too many loopholes. Bored to tears with the fews books of his I've read.
Ken Follett: So-so. I'd probably read his books if I didn't have any other choice.

I still haven't convinced myself to buy a book suspense/thriller book by a female author. Just have a feeling that when it comes to this genre, males write better.

[maysapaw]

I hope your love for Michael Crichton was rekindled...on his more current books I like Timeline (goodness, when i watched the movie, i almost didn't read the book).

His latest one, State of Fear is so - so...too many data on global warming....and the characters are kind of weak..

I was just checking Barnes & Noble and Amazon sites to see reviews on Michael Connelly - mukhang maganda yung latest nya na Lincoln Lawyer...hmmmm...might check it out...

Will check out John Sanford books too...mukhang maganda nga sya since from the time he was introduced to you (way back in 2000) eh, you got hooked with his writing :D

On Nelson De Mille, i just finished his Night Fall, though its good, mas gusto ko pa rin yung Lion's Game (hehehe, im just so in love with this book)...

[Ada]

maysapaw: Haven't read a Crichton book in ages. I don't even remember the last book of his I read. (Edit: Just read my old posts in this thread. Timeline was the last Crichton book I read. That was 5 years ago. :D)

John Sandford is great if you're into crime fiction. Hope you can read his books from the oldest to the newest since he developes his main character from book to book and he refers to incidents in previous books. Btw, there are tons of Sandford books in Booksale. :)

[maysapaw]

^ i just saw in the bookstore 3 of john sandford's books, namely, Hidden Prey, Broken Prey and The Hanged Man's Song....

I think i'll try out The Hanged Man's Song first before I venture in the Prey series....I hope it's a good book to start...im not sure im into crime fiction but i love a book that will keep me guessing as well as offer some thought provoking process :D

[Ada]

Hey, I don't have copy of "Hanged Man's Song". Where'd you see a copy? :) I don't think I have Broken Prey either. That's the thing with most of his books having "prey" in the title: after buying more than a dozen of them, you start forgetting which ones you have.

[Cougar]

Currently love:
I still haven't convinced myself to buy a book suspense/thriller book by a female author. Just have a feeling that when it comes to this genre, males write better. not true. the #1 bestselling mystery author of all-time is a female. Dame AGATHA CHRISTIE. one of my faves. female novelists may not write about spies, governement conspiracies, military ek ek, but they also do know how to build suspense.

I think i'll try out The Hanged Man's Song first before I venture in the Prey series....I hope it's a good book to start...im not sure im into crime fiction but i love a book that will keep me guessing as well as offer some thought provoking process i have read some of john sanford's prey series. they aren't whodunit. the identity of the serial killer is usually already identified in the first few chapters. sandford's prey series are more on how lucas davenport chases/captures the criminal. not whodunit.

[maysapaw]

^ okay, i stand corrected.

Ada - saw it in Singapore airport :D Times Bookstore. I didnt buy that book, instead I bought the first Prey book, and the one titled Night (something). Will start reading the books by next week.

[Ada]

not true. the #1 bestselling mystery author of all-time is a female. Dame AGATHA CHRISTIE. one of my faves. female novelists may not write about spies, governement conspiracies, military ek ek, but they also do know how to build suspense.
Sorry, I guess I didn't make myself clear. I was referring to female authors who write good crime-fiction. And correct me if I'm wrong but Christie's book don't fall under this category right? Her genre's mystery ala Murder She Wrote?

Forgot to include Jeffrey Deaver (of The Bone Collector fame) in my list of fave crime-fiction authors.

[GeRaLd_19]

I've recently been hooked up with David Baldacci's works. Galing din pala ng author na to.

Yung Prey series ba ni John Sanford connected yung mga books sa isa't isa? I've recently purchased the first prey novel, may nakikita pa akong ibang prey series novels but I didn't buy them kasi baka connected yung story, gusto ko kasi in order yung pagbasa ko kung sakali.

[bobbypins]

Try Patricia Cornwell if you're into CSI-type thrillers. Aside from being one of the pioneers (she was writing Forensic Detective Thrillers wayy before CSI became popular), she's also great at coming up with unexpected but believable twists in the story. Addicting I tell you.

Try to stick to her Kay Scarpetta series. The Body Farm, Point of Origin, among others, are good. I also want to read her analysis on the Jack the Ripper case. Haven't gotten around to buying it yet though. Anyone who's read it?

Just a small tip, don't read Cornwell's Southern Cross. It was reallyyy boring, or maybe that's just me. It's not part of her Kay scarpetta series though, must've been an experimental novel.

[grendel]

i liked The Dante Club

[C.I.C.C.I]

reviving this thread

AUTHORS:

1. Jeffrey Archer
2. Nelson DeMille
3. Vince Flynn
4. Ken Follet
5. Stephen Frey
6. Robert Ludlum

[kipoyph]

Suspense/Thrillers?

I must say the best came out of the 70s/80s at the height of the Cold War.

If you loved the Bourne movies with Matt Damon. Try reading the original book and a few other Robert Ludlum titles. Here are his best titles:

1. The Bourne Identity
2. The Holcroft Covenant
3. The Matarese Circle
4. The Parsifal Mosaic
5. The Chancellor Manuscript

Also,
Ken Follett's early novels
1. The Key To Rebecca
2. The Eye of the Needle
3. Lie Down with Lions

Frederick Forsythe
1. The Day of the Jackal
2. The Dogs of War

Stephen Hunter
1. A Time to Hunt (the character Bob "the Nailer" is the basis of Mark Wahlberg's character in the movie, Shooter)

For techno/military thrillers, of course Tom clancy, the early ones
1. The Hunt for Red October
2. Red Storm Rising

David Morrell (author of First Blood)
1. Brotherhood of the Rose

Yan lang muna.

[fauxhawk]

The trilogy of Red Dragon , Silence of the Lambs and of course Hannibal all by Thomas Harris ..... lecter is just pure class..

[C.I.C.C.I]

Hardback
395 pages
Copyright 1999
ISBN 0-671-02319-5

TRANSFER OF POWER - VINCE FLYNN



What if America’s most powerful leader was also its prime target?

Vince Flynn’s shattering thriller, Term Limits, soared onto national bestseller lists and marked the emergence of a new master of political fiction in the same league as Tom Clancy. In USA Today , Larry King called Term Limits “a page-turning read,” while critics and readers nationwide praised its riveting premise of Washinton undersiege --- a scenario made chillingly real by this superb storyteller. Now, Flynn infiltrates America’s power structure at its very core, in a new novel that places the president of the United states in the direct line of terrorist fire.

TRANSFER OF POWER

On a busy Washington morning, amid the shuffle of tourists and the brisk rush of government officials, the stately calm of the White House is shattered in a hail of gunfire. A group of terrorists has descended on the Exectuive Mansion, and gained access by means of a violent massacre that has left dozens of innocent bystanders murdered. Through the quick actions of the Secret Service, the president is evacuated to his underground bunker, but not before almost one hundred hostages are taken.

While the politicians and military leaders argue over how to negotiate with the terrorists, one man is sent in to break through the barrage of panicked responses and political agendas surrounding the chaotic crisis. Mitch Rapp, the CIA’S top counterterrorism operatvie, makes his way into the White House and soon discovers that the president is not as safe as Washintgon’s power elite had thought. Moving stealthily among the corridors and secret passageways of the White House, stepping terrifyingly close to the enemy, Rapp scrambles to save the hostages before the terrorists can extract the president from the safety of his bunker. In a race against time, Rapp makes a chiling discovery that could rock Washington to its core: someone within his own government is maneuvering in hopes that his rescue attempt will fail.

With the cracking tension and explosive action that made Term Limits “a roller-coaster, edge-of-your-seat thriller” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Vince Flynn delivers TRANSFER OF POWER --- a blockbuster novel that carries us just beyond today’s headlines.

[nozmail]

The trilogy of Red Dragon , Silence of the Lambs and of course Hannibal all by Thomas Harris ..... lecter is just pure class..

is hannibal rising good too?

[C.I.C.C.I]

Paperback
402 pages
Copyright 2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-04732-0
ISBN-10: 0-671-04732-9


THE THIRD OPTION - VINCE FLYNN

When diplomacy has failed and military intervention is deemed inappropriate, our leaders sometimes take
THE THIRD OPTION

CIA counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp falls prey to government forces with an agenda of their own after Dr. Irene Kennedy is named the successor to dying CIA director Thomas Stansfield --- a choice that enrages many inside the world's most powerful intelligence agency. Her detractors will resort to extreme measures to prevent her from taking the reins --- which makes Rapp an expendable asset. But which Mitch Rapp is no one's pawn, and he will stop at nothing to find out who has set him up.

[sonseeker]

the woods by harlan coben

the girls he adored by jonathan nasaw

[C.I.C.C.I]

Hardback
Large print
520 pages
ISBN 1-518724-196-X
Copyright 2001

SEPARATION OF POWER - VINCE FLYNN

CIA director Thomas Stansfield is dead --- a fact many individuals in and around Washington, D.C. are pleased to hear. But their happiness proves to be short-lived once they learn that Stansfield's successor is the late Director's close friend and protege, Dr. Irene Kennedy. Her plan of action is to pursue the very goals Stansfield established --- something Stansfield's fiercest enemies don't want to hear. And something they refuse to accept.

Meanwhile, Israel has discovered that Saddam Hussein is close to entering the nuclear arms race --- and they've vowed to stop the Iraqi madman before he can get his hands on the ultimate weapon. With the Middle East teetering on the precipice of chaos and devastation, the president of the United States is forced to act. The commander in chiefs secret weapon? None other than the CIA's top counterterrorism operative, Mitch Rapp. Israel has given the United States only two weeks to take the nukes out. After that, they'll do whatever it takes to destroy the weapons themselves. With the haunting specter of World War III looming, Rapp races against time and impossible odds --- navigating the deadly alleys of Baghdad, tearing through the corruption-riddled streets of Washington, D.C., and taking drastic measures against anyone who gets in his way.

[wonder_chaser]

books by Agatha Christie, Patricia Cornwell, Anne Rice, James Patterson, Mary Higgins Clark top my list for good suspense/thriller books.

pero sige bibili na rin ako ng books ni John Sanford, try lang although i remember i already read one of his 'Prey' books.

[ricin]

If you are looking for some good thriller/suspense boks, books by James Patterson , second on the list of best paid authors in the world and callled "the man who can’t miss" by Time Magazine, are good ones as well as John Grisham's.

[C.I.C.C.I]

Hardback
372 pages
ISBN:0-7434-5395-6
Copyright 2003


EXECUTIVE POWER - VINCE FLYNN

CIA superagent Mitch Rapp battles global terrorism in a high-octane follow-up to The New York Times bestselling Separation of Power --- another chilling authentic adventure from the master of the political thriller.

Mitch Rapp's cover has been blown. After leading a team of commandos deep into Iraq to prevent Saddam Hussein from joining the nuclear arms race, he was publicly hailed by the president as the single most important person in the fight against terrorism. But after years of working covertly behind the scenes, Rapp now lives in the glare of the public spotlight, lauded by the nation and an easy target for virtually every terrorist from Jakarta to London.

As special advisor on counterterrorism to CIA director Dr. Irene Kennedy, Rapp is ready to fight the war on terrorism from CIA headquarters rather than the front line. That is, until a platoon of Navy SEALs, sent to the Philippines to save an American family kindnapped by radical Islamic terrorists, is caught in a deadly ambush. The mission had bee too secret --- so who told the enemy? All evidence points to the State Department and the Philippine embassy. But a greater threat still lurks. An unknown asassin working closely with the highest powers in the Middle East is bent on igniting war. Now, with the world watching his every move, will Rapp be able to overcome this anonymous for and once again keep the flames of war from raging?

Transporting us into an intriguing geopolitical puzzle of deadly motives, covert operatives, and all the true-to-life insider detail we've cpme to expect from Vince Flynn, Executive Power is a high-flying story that delivers shattering suspense with the velocity of a 9mm bullet.

[slinky08]

books ni Ridley Pearson especially yun Lou Boldt series. detective-csi type of fiction sya.

[NeoXGarde]

Well, you guys might as well try Anne Rice Son's Novels, Christopher Rice.

Im Reading The Snow Garden. ^_^

[coldhearted]

^^^ up ,up

[lukas_d_gr8]

Some of agatha christie's short stories are disturbing

[nek_02]

Para maiba naman, this one is a non-fiction book I finished just recently.

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

(He's the same author of Into the Wild, the book from which the movie of the same title starring Emile Hirsch and directed by Sean Penn was based.)

It is the author's personal account of what is believed to be the greatest climbing disaster on Mt. Everest in the summer of 1996. Krakauer was a member of a commercial expedition that was scheduled to summit Everest on May 10, 1996 while on assignment for Outside magazine.

It's an easy read, suspenseful, difficult to put down, and very tragic. The fact that it is a true story definitely adds more thrills and scares.

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all this authors that i mentioned are highly recommended1. david baldacci 2. philip margolin 3. nancy taylor rosenburg 4. tom clancy 5. robert ludlum 6. richard clark 7. vince flynn 8. daniel silva 9. micheal connelly 10. frederick forsyth 11. gayle lynds 12. jeffrey deaver 13. stephen white 14. richard north patterson 15. john sanford 16. sandra brown 17. steve martini 18. john grisham 19. irish johansenn 20. margaret truman 21. james patterson 22. john sanford 23. joel rosenburg 24 sydney sheldon*okay* you guys might also want to recommend some good ones

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Currently love:

John Sandford: almost have all of his books.
Jonthan Kellerman: I like that his main character is a child psychologist. He develops his characters well.
John Katzenbach: Love how he writes. I've only read one of his books (The Madman's Tale) and its only flaw was Katzenbach didn't give a good enough motive for his bad guy to do the things he did (which to me is a cop-out.)
Dennis LeHane: Love this use of analogies and sense of humor.

Not too fond of:

Michael Connelly: don't really like his writing style, too dry (although I'm currently reading his "City of Bones").
Richard North Patterson: Don't like writing style; plot has too many loopholes. Bored to tears with the fews books of his I've read.
Ken Follett: So-so. I'd probably read his books if I didn't have any other choice.

I still haven't convinced myself to buy a book suspense/thriller book by a female author. Just have a feeling that when it comes to this genre, males write better.


try nancy taylor rosenburg and sandra brown, gayle lynds books

[doggonegirl]

Okay yung kay Kathy Reichs. Forensic thriller. One good thing, hindi bogus yung forensic procedures niya kasi she herself is a forensic anthropoligist. If you watch Bones, based sa novels niya yun. Same main character - Temperance Brennan. The books are way better. Boes is lame, IMO. I can't even stand watching it. LOL

John Grisham is okay. Kaya lang kapag marami ka nang nabasa na works niya, parang monotonous na yung novels niya. Pero it's very thrilling. Like Reichs, di din bogus kasi Grisham is a former lawyer.

I've read one Sheldon novel- Doomsday Conspiracy. Overall, tight book siya but I totally hated the cop-out and preachy ending. Dinaig pa ang Wizard of Oz sa deus ex machina ending. Okay na sana, ang ganda ng flow. Sinira ng ending.

Stephen King - I read his From the Buick 8 and honestly, I didn't like it at all. Nagsayang lang ako ng oras na nagbasa. Aside from the constant use of flowery words and long-winding sentences, walang pinatunguhan yung story. Masmaganda pa yung teen horror na Are you afraid of the dark na kuwentuhan ng teenagers kesa doon. So after than I never bothered reading his books again *peace*

[beybes1708]

Trick of Light - David Hunt
The Donor - Frank Robinson
The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
basically anything (esp. Lake House, The Jester) by James Patterson <--this guy is the man! next to Dan Brown of course.

[trizara]

i'm currently re-reading 2005 thriller "Lovely Bones" of Alice Sebold. it's quite depressing yet a good read. actually, it's now the newest movie of Lord of the Rings Director Peter Jackson to be shown on December. you may watch the trailer here (http://iam3x.blogspot.com/2009/08/september-more.html)... :)

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Some of agatha christie's short stories are disturbing

In what way? Care to elaborate?

[C.I.C.C.I]

hardback
429 pages
Copyright 2007
ISBN 978-0-525-95029-5

THE SANCTUARY - RAYMOND KHOURY

In the powerful new thriller from the author of the international bestseller THE LAST TEMPLAR, a genetecist and a CIA agent embark one a deadly quest to find the most dangerous book in the world and discover a secret that has destroyed everyone in its path for centuries.


Naples, 1750. In the dead of night, three men with swords burst into the palazzo of a marquis. Their leader, the Prince of San Severo, accuses him of being an imposter, and demands to know a secret only the marquis harbors. In the fight that ensues, the false marquis escapes over the rooftops of Naples, leaving behind a burning palazzo and a raging prince now obsessed with finding his quarry at any cost.


Baghdad,2003. An army unit on a routine mission makes a horrifying discovery: state-of-the-set, concealed lab where dozens--men, women, children --- have died, the subjects of gruesome experiments. The mysteriota scientist they were after, a man believed to be working on a bioweapon and known only as the hakeem --- the doctor --- escapes, taking with him the startling truth about his work. A puzzling clue is left behind: a circular symbol of a snake feeding on its own tail.

As the power of the symbol comes to light, revealing the centuries of destruction left in its wake, one unsuspecting woman stands at the centre of a conspiracy that could change the world forever. In the masterful hands of international bestseller Raymond Khoury, The Sanctuary delivers the same rapid-fire suspense and provocative scholarship that made The Last Templar a coast-to-coast blockbuster.

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paperback
349 pages
copyright 1999
ISBN 0-425-17769-6

THE PASSENGER - PATRICK A DAVIS

Colonel John Quinn was a young, ambitious Air Force pilot with a stellar career ahead of him --- until an Iraqi missile grounded his dreams of flight forever. Assigned to the Pentagon, he seens onl a future of boring desk jobs. Then a military Learjet crashes just afer takeoff with no survivors. And Quinn is called in to lead th most important investigation of his life --- because the plane was carrying only one passenger... The President's brother.

[F-A Soldier]

If you like historical fiction, Sarah Joh Rowland's Japanese themed Sano Ichiro series, set in Tokugawa Japan. The only thriller series (I've liked other thriller books) that I followed.

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If you like historical fiction, Sarah Joh Rowland's Japanese themed Sano Ichiro series, set in Tokugawa Japan. The only thriller series (I've liked other thriller books) that I followed.

DUDE! "Shinju", the first book in the series is one mean mofo of a thriller. hehe

Gusto ko rin 'yung "Shibumi" ni Trevanian.

"Summer of Katya", also by Trevanian, is billed as a romantic thriller, and the thriller aspect of it will make you hate Trevanian and become a rabid fan in the same stroke.

For series, I grooved on Eric Lustbader's "Jake Maroc/Jian" and "Nicholas Linnear/Ninja" sets.

$ 0.02 ko lang po... *okay*