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    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!!!

    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!!!

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    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.

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    Nelson Demille

    Quote Originally Posted by 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.
    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.

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    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. i recommend SHADOWS

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    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...

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

    It's going to be launched this Friday.

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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.

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    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

    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)...

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    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. )

    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.

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    ^ 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

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ada
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    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by maysapaw
    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.

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    ^ okay, i stand corrected.

    Ada - saw it in Singapore airport 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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    i liked The Dante Club

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    reviving this thread

    AUTHORS:

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

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    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.

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    try this

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

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