What are some more books like these?

Question

Break no Bones - Kathy Reichs
The Detective - Roderick Thorp
Ricochet - Sandra Brown
Intensity - Dean Koontz
The Bourne Series - Robert Ludlum
Nothing Lasts Forever - Roderick Thorp

I don't want something with supernatural or sci-fi elements. Crime dramas, detective stories, or mystery novels are what I really love to read.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You may think you know Hannibal Lecter from the movies, but Thomas Harris's Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal are intense, well thought out, very interesting insight into the psychology of the sociopath, and just darned good reading.

Answer 2

Read the Ripley series in chronological order, by Patricia Highsmith... starting with "The Talented Mr. Ripley." I know, there was a movie of it-- I saw it too before I read the book, and reading the book was as usual a more satisfying experience, even though the movie was well-done. The Ripley series is one of my favorites, and I can't ever leave it unmentioned!

"The Bone Collector"-- and I've forgotten the author but a librarian will tell you; it's another book made a movie, but the book again with much more detail and also getting into the head of the criminal...

Try all the Alex Cross mysteries written by James Patterson... they are also chronological, but can be read out of order too; they involve a cop who is also a psychologist and so a profiler of serial murderers. These, too, have led to a couple of movies. And they also get in the head of the criminal.

If you can find them, the British write wonderful myteries, and I'm talking beyond Agatha Christie... Michael Innes, Julian Symons, Ruth Rendell, even those odd little books by Jonathan Gash with a (crooked?) antique lover as the protagonist; these books can employ sly humor on one page followed by a heinous crime the next...

Did you yet read the series about Easy Rawlins by Walter Mosley? They are also chronological, starting again with one made into a movie: "Devil In A Blue Dress." I think it's a good series, full of action-- in fact I own every book Mosley has written about crime.

Ian Fleming for espionage? More by Kathy Reichs? Well, you get the idea here... and wishing you most happy reading.

Answer 3

John Le Carre is not to be ignored. Le Carre spent a good deal of time in the British Diplomatic Corps; and if he wasn't an actual field agent, he worked closely with them. Although a bit dated now, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" are classics. No hi-tech gadgets, just good old fashion spy craft.

Tony Hillerman is a personal favorite of mine, but I must admit his new stuff doesn't compare well with his earlier works. Most of Hillerman's mysteries are set in the Navajo Reservation and his attention to cultural details and ability to write descriptively have earned him the title of Grandmaster in the Mystery Writer's Guild. Most of his stories feature either or both of his Navajo Tribal Police investigators. Officer Jim Chee is a traditionalist, who is torn between staying a law officer and becoming a shaman, or medicine man. Lt. Joe Leaphorn was sent to boarding schools as a child and has lost much of his cultural identity; but his methodology helps him see patterns to the criminal activities. I recommend "The Ghostway" and "The Talking God;" but there are several collections of Hillerman's stories out there.

Answer 4

The Black Echo (and the whole Harry Bosch series) - Michael Connelly
Dead Cert - Dick Francis
Pig Island - Mo Hayder
Red Harvest - Dashiell Hammett
The Quiller Memorandum - Adam Hall
Bangkok 8 - John Burdett

Answer 5

Here are a few really awesome books you should not miss

1) The Fifth Horseman - Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins (this one is an unbeatable political drime)
2) Running Blind- Desmond Bagely

The alistair Maclean books are just unbeatable. Also go for Agatha Christie. She is the best.

Answer 6

Try Vachass, Stewart Woods, Baldacci, Lynn Hightower and the mystery section of your library.

Answer 7

you really have to check out books by James Patterson. The first one I read of his was Four Blind Mice. It was a hard book to put down. check out the link I sent http://www.allreaders.com/topics/info_14180.asp It is a series about a detective named Alex Cross

Answer 8

Try Shadow of the Wind, I'm sorry I can't remember the author's name and I gave the book to my mother when I finished it so i can't even just go look for it! It's a really great read though!

Answer 9

try by Robert ludlum the matarase circle, the chancellor manuscript, relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln child, terminal by robin cook

Answer 10

Try this website, it's awsome: http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/

Also want to mention Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz. It was amazing.