good books - thriller - crime

In my youth I used to love Mickey Spillane - try "One Lonely Night" if you can get it - very tightly constructed with no padding.

Also the early Ian Fleming Bond books - especially his first 2 - "Casino Royale" and "Dr No" - again both very tightly constructed with no padding - totally unlike the films of which only "Dr No" stayed fairly close to the book and was IMO the best Bond film of all.

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petersmart said:
Also the early Ian Fleming Bond books - especially his first 2 - "Casino Royale" and "Dr No" - again both very tightly constructed with no padding -
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Pedant mode:

Dr No was in fact the 5th. 2nd one was Live and let die. 3 Moonraker, 4 Diamonds are Forever, ...

But yes I'm enjoying reading them also.
 
DorsetDude said:
Pedant mode:

Dr No was in fact the 5th. 2nd one was Live and let die. 3 Moonraker, 4 Diamonds are Forever, ...

But yes I'm enjoying reading them also.
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But I WAS right about the content - yes? :lol::lol::lol:

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DorsetDude said:
Pedant mode:

Dr No was in fact the 5th. 2nd one was Live and let die. 3 Moonraker, 4 Diamonds are Forever, ...

But yes I'm enjoying reading them also.
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Hmm. It's been a long time since I read any of the books, but From Russia With Love has to fit in somewhere before Dr No. Bond's Beretta jammed during the fight at the end, and was replaced by the PPK for Dr No.
 
Mo Hayder does some good books in my opinion, have purchased and read them all
 
Just reading the girl with the dragon tattoo, I am not a great reader but am finding it really hard to put this down.
 
If you want something a little more unusual in the genre try Christopher Brookmyre. I'm not a crime/thriller fan usually, but this guy is excellent and a little offbeat.
 
Rapscallion said:
Already recommended Dean! Read the second Parlabane book on holidays last month. Great fun. :thumbs:
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Cool. :)
 
Holy thread revival.

Just been reading about crime fiction on a website and Stieg Larsson does not come out well at all. Interestingly, my Dad who reads lots of crime books agrees.

I quote:
"Stieg Larsson's Salander books are boring and amateurish, they have an unusual protagonist with a great tattoo and nose studs and they come from Sweden which is this cool country most of us couldn't find on a map, so they must be the next big thing and we can't get enough of them. Just as well the author died, really, and couldn't write any more."

"the real criminals here are bloody Stieg Larsson and bloody Henning Mankell, who are on everyone's lips and don't deserve a fraction of the attention they've enjoyed. To be perfectly blunt, when you put their books alongside those of Ian Rankin or David Lawrence, they really aren't much good. "

"Larsson's powers of description are, frankly, laughable: “The man went straight down into the tunnelbana station at Birger Jarlsgaten and bought a ticket at the gate. He waited on the southbound platform – the direction Salander was going anyway – and got on the Norsborg train. He got off at Slussen, changed to the green line towards Farsta, and got off again at Skanstull. From there he walked to Blomberg's Café on Götgaten.”"

"Riveting stuff, eh? It's as though you were really there. Not."

The same article does list lists writers he thinks are good as well. Dennis Lehane, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, David Lawrence, Reginald Hill and Christopher Brookmyre for instance.

Full article here
 
Well i never knew about this thread so excellent revival there dear boy... i am off to read said article too:D
 
Even if the books are weak they make great films and tv though. I've not read any of them bar Agatha Christie. TV seems to make it not worth the effort and they generally make good stories to watch.
 
I was just about to comment before I realised it was a necro thread but.....nobody disses Reacher ;) If you can't get enough of him with all the books and short stories then try "Don't know Jack" by Diane Capri. In fact, read it as soon as you've finished The Killing Floor - same story (well, kind of a sequel) from the other side.

Then treat yourself to everything Jeffrey Deaver has ever written. And if you like early (aka "good") Grisham then you will love Defending Jacob by William Landay.

Ooops. Zombie thread.
 
David Downing has written some exciting thrillers - based in Germany around the time of the last war. All called "Something Station" - first one is "Zoo Station". I've read, I think, 4, of the 6. As historical novels they are clearly based on events around that time. I found them gripping and also interesting for the historical aspects.
 
Worth mentioning Robert Crais again as Ive recently finished Stalking the Angel. Very good. Better than Lee Child I'd say. More (any) wit and humour in them.
 
Worthy read, i am always looking for new Authors, some mentioned above i have thoroughly enjoyed and some new ones to try:D

My latest one i'm about to start is Nicci French, Killing Me Softly... plus a good few of hers in my kindle watch list
 
DorsetDude said:
Worth mentioning Robert Crais again as Ive recently finished Stalking the Angel. Very good. Better than Lee Child I'd say. More (any) wit and humour in them.
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yep - the later ones where he makes more of Joe Pike as a character are probably the best - LA requiem , the last detective, the forgotten man, the watchman, chasing darkness, the sentry etc
 
Also Con Law by Mark Giminez was very good
 
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