Most thrilling book you have ever read?

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You will love Valentine, Andrea. Let me know what you think when you're finished will you? You can message me.

[Andrea]

Will do! Reading deconstructing Amelia next

[Andrea]

Oops reconstructing Amelia!

[[deleted user]]

Haha. :)

[Dave]

Shutter island and the Dragon Tattoo trilogy wre great. I liked Cape Fear by MacDonald best

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I loved Shutter Island-the book and the movie. Cape Fear, the book the movies were based on? I'd like to read that. Dragon Tattoo trilogy...what genre would that fall under? I've heard a lot of good stuff about it.

[Tom]

Most thrilling classic for me was Dracula - the original by Bram Stoker. One of the truly great reads of all time.

Another great reads is The Magus by John Fowles.

More recent: Mystic River by Dennis Lehane.

Dragon tattoo trilogy.

Not just Silence of the Lambs, but the one that preceded, Red Dragon, and the one that followed, Hannibal.

And I agree: The Poet by Connelly.

Then there is my favorite thriller/mystery of the past 30 years: Eight Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block.

Favorite spy thriller: Tears of Autumn by Charles McCarry.

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I think the most edge-of-my-seat book I have read was The Innocent by David Baldacci. My favorite book that I just couldn't put down was Under the Dome by Stephen King. I read it in 12 days, which I think was extraordinary for me due to the length of it.

[Tom]

I read The Stand (original version) in 4 days. Stephen King can do that to you.

[Dave]

Both mystery and thriller

[[deleted user]]

Haven't read The Stand. Not into post apocalyptic books.

[Malina]

Tom wrote: "I read The Stand (original version) in 4 days. Stephen King can do that to you."

One of my favorites!

[Dennis]

I read Dean Koontz Phantoms and only laid the book down one time to eat!

[Dennis]

Thanks for the books M! :-)

[Tom]

Aaron{{REBLAST}} wrote: "Haven't read The Stand. Not into post apocalyptic books."

You read The Stand and you will be.

[Gram]

Power Of The Dog - Don Winslow (a too close to the truth account of the "War on Drugs". A thriller that leaves you thinking.)

By Reason of Insanity - Shane Stevens (read it when it first came out in 1978 and was stunned by the violence)

[Nina]

I was hooked to Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta series (at least the earlier books) at one time.
The most chilling are Thomas Harris's books, which I still can't finish...(probably because I've seen the film first)

Among others, I was impressed by
Fredrick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal
Nelson DeMille's The General's Daughter
John Le Carre's George Smiley books.
They remain my favorites to this day.

BTW, it was mentioned somewhere in this thread (sorry, I don't remember who) that The Spy Who Came in from the Cold wasn't made into a film but it was. I remember watching it starring Richard Burton. Book was better, though.

[[deleted user]]

The Talisman is one awesome book so far!

[Michael]

I enjoyed "Under the Dome" until the end. I like Stephen King, but there are a few of his books where the ending seemed too contrived.

[Nance]

Denny wrote: "I read Dean Koontz Phantoms and only laid the book down one time to eat!"
I also liked Watchers and Lightning by Koontz. He made totally bizarre story lines somehow believable.

[Betsy]

The Standby Stephen King. Don't read it if you want to sleep. Ha ha.

[Rhian]

john has been busy and posted this on many threads

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Rhian wrote: "john has been busy and posted this on many threads"

I've seen two (I'm not counting the one author thread I saw where he posted); I'm going in to look around for others. Thanks.

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Nancy wrote: "John wrote: "I have just had a most extraordinary experience, and I must tell someone about it.
I had a phone call from a girl, Cali Smith, she called herself. She wanted a copy of my new book, Cou..."

I was just trying to inject some entertainment. No one has to read the post.
There is so little happening on the site, I tried several possibilities to catch somebody's attention.
I will delete this post.
Sorry for the inconvenience.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

John wrote: "Nancy wrote: "John wrote: "I have just had a most extraordinary experience, and I must tell someone about it.
I had a phone call from a girl, Cali Smith, she called herself. She wanted a copy of my..."

Well, it's hard to miss considering its size.

[Nance]

For me, the most thrilling book I have read was Alan Folsom's "The Day After Tomorrow", not to be confused with the mediocre movie of the same name. This book was a thrill a minute!

[Rhian]

I wouldn't mind but its so long it was taking an age to scroll passed it

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

We accept your apology, John - it's just better to put your post where it actually belongs!

[Eduardo]

I know they don't qualify as "thrillers" in the canonical sense of the word, but Fire and Ice (Game of Thrones), first 2-3 books, had me on pins and needles often and powerfully enough to qualify in the spirit of the law, as it were. When your heart is pounding while you're lying on the couch with a book, you know you're reading a thriller.

Eduardo Suastegui
Story-telling that captures the heart

[Rob]

A really memorable thriller for me is Diehl's Primal Fear. A truly great twist I think.

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Rob wrote: "A really memorable thriller for me is Diehl's Primal Fear. A truly great twist I think."

I'm not a big thriller person, but I liked that one.

[Frank]

Paul 'Pezski' wrote: "Tough one!

For, the stand out thrillers (rather than detective or mystery books, from which I tend to look for something else) are probably

Straw Men
Possibly the finest thriller I..."

Hi Paul. Good choices. Thought you'd like to know: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold was made into a movie, back in 1965. It starred Richard Burton.

[Meg]

Darkness Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane scared heck out of me. I thought it was brilliant!

[Sylvester]

The Holcroft Covenant by Robert Ludlum (just one of a few).

[Lisa]

I just read The Long Walk which was AMAZING. Definitely feeling Stepehn King right now.

[Skye]

sounds good

[Brizo]

"The Eye of the Needle" by Ken Follett would be my choice.

[Skye]

That is GOOD

[Bumba]

My personal favorite would be 'Devotion of Suspect X' by Keigo Higashino. I have to say it's quite a thriller

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

Bumba wrote: "My personal favorite would be 'Devotion of Suspect X' by Keigo Higashino. I have to say it's quite a thriller"

Oh! I liked that book, but even more astounding, my husband liked it more than I did!

[C.]

Has to be .Most terrifying book, I ever read in my life,couldn't put it down until I finished with a racing heart,and I never forgot it.

Hate remembering it now with the Ebola outbreak!

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

C. wrote: "Has to be .Most terrifying book, I ever read in my life,couldn't put it down until I finished with a racing heart,and I never forgot it.

Hate remembering it now with ..."

I just can't read virus type thrillers -- they're too creepy. Give me an axe murderer any time, but the virus thrillers sometimes seem too plausible if they're well written.

[Skye]

In the Deep Woods, by Conde

[Skye]

Maybe It by King

[Jan C]

Brizo wrote: ""The Eye of the Needle" by Ken Follett would be my choice."

I'd probably agree with your choice.

[Titas]

Well for me, as one the most thrilling was

Now You See Me by S.J. Bolton

[Red]

One of the best I ever read was Lady Killer by Ed McBain. It might be the first book I read by him. The plot pulled me in straight away. The cops get an anonymous note in the morning that just says the author will kill the lady that night, and they have to work out from that who the victim might be and how to stop the murder from happening. Like a lot of his early work, the writing was taut and suspenseful. I really enjoyed it.

[Red]

Miss M wrote: "Though I was much, much younger at the time of reading, I remember that Michael Connelly's The Poet scared me witless..."

That was the first of Connelly's books that I read. Awesome book. There's a moment near the end where I thought I picked up on a clue and knew who did it, but I was wrong. I think Connelly is a great writer, but I really did not enjoy The Reversal.

[Skye]

He is my favorite writer.

[Zoe]

The most thrilling and the most surreal book I have read is The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson its just sooo page turningly addictive and just incredibly strange its difficult to describe hehe.