apart from agatha christie, mary higgins clark, and other very famous authors
2007-04-06 11:34:22 · 22 answers · asked by Rosanna 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Dean Koontz, especially his earlier work is a bit on the horror side. Like "House of Thunder" "Mr. Murder" and other gems.
2007-04-06 11:39:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jack Ketchum, Douglass Clegg, Tom Piccirrilli, Aaron Elkins, Bill Pronzini, Bob Weinberg, Raymond Chandler, Tony Hillerman, F. Paul Wilson, T.M. Wright, Peter Straub, Preston & Child, Robert McCammon, Jim Thompson, Shirley Jackson, Jeff Strand, Richard Matheson
2007-04-06 21:57:39 · answer #2 · answered by cthulhu63 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't read Patricia Cornwell unless you like being patronised. She writes as a technophobe telling an IT consultant how to use a computer - she knows less than the average person, but imagines herself an expert. She leaves glaring errors in her novels(like a gymnast who has hit puberty), steadfastly refuses to tie up loose ends, and all in all tells her very interesting stories as if she can't quite remember which bits were important when she first heard them from whoever came up with them in the first place.
Read Tess Gerritsen. She can be breederific, but other than that she is pretty damn no-nonsense and a joy to read.
2007-04-09 18:31:14 · answer #3 · answered by blue_teen_queen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dean Koontz has a bit of both and of course Stephen King.
Charlaine Harris has a new series out called 'Grave sight'
a bit of mystery detective style with a twist.
2007-04-06 18:41:06 · answer #4 · answered by melissa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you like horror, try some of the real classics, such as Poe, Guy de Maupassant, and some of the gothic novels also - if you check out that section on Amazon you'll find lots!
2007-04-10 16:58:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neil Gaiman
Garth Nix
Clive Barker
David Eddins
Kathy Reichs
Peter James
Shaun Hutson (aquired taste)
James Herbert
There are loads - just depends on the style you like -
2007-04-07 02:33:00 · answer #6 · answered by dancingmaveric 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
News of the world. Its not a book but with the deaths in America and Iraq and the possibility of Iran building nuclear weapons, its pretty horrible, and full of mystery.
2007-04-06 18:54:53 · answer #7 · answered by Hi T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try RH Stavis, Scott Nicholson, Robert McCammon, Doug Clegg.
OR type in their names (christie, clark, etc,) on Amazon, and poke around until they pop up "other recommendations"
2007-04-06 18:40:11 · answer #8 · answered by Buffy Summers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
T S Wright - A Manhattan Ghost Story
Read this and you'll see where a few hollywood directors/scriptwriters got the ideas for their movies from.
2007-04-08 14:37:49 · answer #9 · answered by AndyB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer is a SERIOUSLY good book. but Nancy's other books aren't horror/mystery
2007-04-06 19:40:30 · answer #10 · answered by jynxpixie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋