Just finished Stieg Larssons trilogy for Questionland Seattle

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Just finished Stieg Larssons trilogy

And am looking for a summer read that's comparable. I have already read most works by Grishim, Patterson, and Dan Brown. I'm looking for something published in the last five years that I shouldn't have missed.

Thanks for any help & tips fellow questionlanders!

SurleyYurMom asked in Books & Writing about 1 year ago | Report

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Some really stellar recent thrillers that you might enjoy are:

"Heartsick,": by Chelsea Cain.
The start of this Portland author's excellent Gretchen Lowell series. I loved that the advance copy of this one arrived in a blood stained evidence bag. (-: Good grisly serial killer thrillers w/ a nice NW vibe.

"The King of Lies," by John Hart
Another thriller depicting besmirched Southern lawyers struggling w/ moral challenges? Hart totally gives Grisham a run for his money with this terrific series debut that is unmistakably Southern in its feel, and totally gripping.

For a good gritty crime thriller, try Marcus Sakey's "The Blade Itself," a well constructed thriller about a guy trying to go straight, and pulled back into the life.

Have you tried Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's Pendergrast series, starting w/ "Relic"? Fun exotic adventures with a lot of delightful implausibilities and great atmosphere.

Michael Gruber's stuff is really good, too - his Jimmy Paz series, starting w/ "Tropic of Night" (crammed w/ interesting cultural stuff - African legends and horrible crimes), and his later standalones, such as "Book of Air and Shadows" - a good literary thriller involving Shakespearean skullduggery - the sort of book that Da Vinci Code wants to be, but isn't, imo. Ditto "Ex Libris" by Ross King, and "The Syracuse Codex," by Jim Nisbet.

Finally, for pure irresistable action, if you haven't become a part of the legion of Lee Child fans, you've a treat in store.

David Wright answered in Books & Writing about 1 year ago | Report

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I discovered Lee Child last year, and tore through every single book as fast as I could find them. My only complaint is that he doesn't write them fast enough! He writes the strongest female characters of any action novelist I can think of.

Geni commented about 1 year ago | Report

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Is THAT why he has so many female fans? I thought it was because the dashing British Child was catnip to the ladies. Seriously - his women fans were lined up around the block when he spoke at the Central library a year or so ago.

Yeh though - those books are a blast. Not quite the same thing, but there's a fun action series by Richard Stark (actually Donald Westlake, RIP) that are gritty heist novels, and just a blast to read.

David Wright commented about 1 year ago | Report

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That's only part of the reason he has so many female fans. I mean, let's face it, the predominant type of male novelist is not anybody you'd daydream about. But his looks wouldn't matter a whole lot to ME if what he was writing for female characters were ciphers, damsels-in-distress, etc.

Child reminds me of Elmore Leonard in many ways. I suspect he read a lot of Leonard in his younger days.

Geni commented about 1 year ago | Report

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