What is a good book...?

Question

What is a good book to read that has to with mystery and supsence?

Answer 1

I have to agree wuth delirium_sj, Neil Gaimon is an amazing author. I was first introduced to him with his, "Neverwhere" novel, and I highly recommend him to anyone.

Also, I don't recommend checking out Dan Brown. I, for one, found his books rather predictable and I don't know what all the fuss is about.

Try to check out Alexie Sherman's "Indian Killer". It's a great book - serial killer scalping white people in Seattle. It was good, I read it while flying out to Seattle.

Answer 2

Neil Gaiman is AWESOME! Mostly known for his graphic novel series Sandman. Most of his work has elements of fantasy in them but they are just too good to pass up even if you're not a fan of fantasy. When thinking Mystery and Suspense....American Gods comes to mind, then Neverwhere, Anansi Boys, and one I really like...more love story mixed with suspense...Stardust, there is another that is full of short stories that is just great, there is suspense and mystery in it as well called Smoke & Mirrors. As you can probably tell Gaiman is my favorite author, ever since Sandman I've bought everything he's written and have not wasted a single dollar, everything satisfies. ^_^

Answer 3

Old man and the sea. Not much mystery, but I guess you could call it some suspense. It's short and easy to read. Very quick to read, simple language and regardless of the story, it's just very, very well written, even if you don't like the author, Earnest Hemmingway.

Answer 4

The Vivero letter by Desmond Bagley.Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is torn apart when his brother is murdered by a mob hit man, whose bait was a family heirloom - a sixteenth-century gold tray. The trail takes Wheale from Devon to Mexico and the wild tropical rain forests of Yucatan. In dense jungle, he helps two archaeologists locate the rest of a fabled hoard of gold - treasure from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. But his brother's enemies are on Wheale's trail, and with them are the Chicleros, a vicious band of convict mercenaries.

Landslide by Desmond Bagley.Bob Boyd wakes up in a hospital with no memory,the only surviver of an accident.He was burned badly all over and needed extensive plastic surgery which was payed by a mysterious sponser.He is told that he's a geology student with a bad history.However Bob recovers and gets on with his life.Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment.His accident and the Matterson family have more in common than he thought.

Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum.Forget the movie.The book is the real article."The Bourne identity" is the story of a man without a past, rescued from the Mediterranean Sea by some fishermen. He is very ill, and his body has suffered the impact of many bullets. The man is taken by the fishermen to a doctor in a nearby island, who helps him to recover physically and mentally. Our protagonist doesn't remember who he is, but with the help of the doctor he finds some clues he doesn't like too much. He only knows for certain some things, for instance that his face has been altered by plastic surgery, that he knows a lot about firearms and that he carried on him a microfilm that contains the code to an account of four million dollars.

In the Swiss bank where the account is he also finds a name: Jason Bourne. But... is he Jason Bourne?. He cannot remember, and if it were for quite a few people, he won't. From the moment he leaves the island onwards, our man without a past will be followed, and attacked. He doesn't understand why, but he reacts in order to stay alive. Add to this already interesting mixture a woman he takes as a hostage, Marie, a number of assasins (including the most famous assassin in the world, Carlos), and the possibility that he is, as a matter of fact, also an assassin, and you will understand why this book is so good. The main character will be hunted all throughout the book not only by the "bad guys", but also by the "good" ones (mainly agents from the USA Government). You won't be able to stop reading this book, and you will find yourself asking aloud to nobody in particular "who on earth is this man?" and "what started this whole mess"?.

The door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.

The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.

Read both Odd thomas and Forever odd by Dean Thomas.These books are about Odd Thomas who see dead people and is compelled to solve crimes.

Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront.It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard who works as a detective.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters - vampires,werewolves,fallen angels,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.

Answer 5

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Better than The Da Vinci Code

Answer 6

Go to Amazon.com and search:
"Lost from Atlantis Book 1"
"Death by Murder David Lindsay" - you have to search that way.
and "Super Spaghetti."

They're all available for free right now through Kindle Unlimited, which you can get with a free trial - Google how to get it. Then you can read it online or with a free Kindle phone app if you don't have a Kindle.

Answer 7

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Answer 8

Intimate Intentions by Angie Daniels
this is a great book & it will keep u guessing at every turn.
also it a love story that will almost keep u at the edge of yur seat.

Answer 9

'Common Passions' by Taylor Smith
'Nothing Lasts Forever' by Sidney Sheldon
'To Love Again' by Danniel Steele

Answer 10

Anything from Dean Koontz or Michael Crichton. You will not be disapointed with either.

Try Watchers by Koontz, or Timeline by Crichton.