Can anyone recommend me a book?

Question

I need a new book, but I just don't know where to start.....

Ive just finished reading all the 'Odd Thomas' books by Dean Koontz and found them very enjoyable.....i would like to read something along the same lines but from a different author,

Something thats different and has a few twists, i don't just want a plain detective story.,


Thanks for any recommendations.....the best one gets the points.

Answer 1

G-Spot (by Noire) is an absolutely AMAZING book, my FAVORITE! I recommended it to my friend and she read it in 3 days, cover to cover! I'd read it TWICE!



BlackExpressions book club review:

Nineteen-year-old Juicy Stanfield is living every girl’s dream. She’s dripping with diamonds, rocks the latest gear and lives in a luxury penthouse. See, Juicy’s “sugar-daddy” is Granite “G” McKay, a 46-year-old gangster and owner of the G-Spot, a popular strip club in Harlem. He took in Juicy and her brother Jimmy after their grandmother died and in return he gained control of every aspect of their lives.

Although Juicy enjoys the lavish lifestyle G provides, she grows bored in the bedroom with a man that’s old enough to be her father. Her hormones spin out of control when G’s adult son returns home, and the trouble begins when their casual romp turns into something more. In a game where loyalty means everything, Juicy learns that freedom may come at a hefty price.

Answer 2

Well... My main genre to read it Mystery/Suspense/Thriller:

James Patterson:
Double Cross, You've Been Warned, Jack And Jill, 7th Heaven

Mitch Albom (mainly writes stuff that makes you cry):
For One More Day, Five People You Meet In Heaven

Dan Brown:
Deception Point, The Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons, The DaVince Code

John Grisham:
Playing For Pizza, A Time To Kill, The Appeal, A Painted House, Skipping Christmas

Bad Luck and Trouble ~~ Lee Child
Consent To Kill ~~ Vince Flynn
I Heard That Song Before ~~ Mary Higgins Clark
The Mission Song ~~ John le Carre
The Kill Artist ~~ Daniel Silva
The Double Agents ~~ W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV

*All books available on ebay and amazon.

Yeah well, these are parts of my faves. Or at least the ones that I can see from where I'm sitting now.

Hope I helped!

Answer 3

I often recommend a book called "The Traveler" by John Twelve Hawks. It's a book set a bit ahead of our time, though most things are familiar; what is unfamiliar is the way the characters go about their lives. The book is usually fast-paced, sometimes urban-- Harlequins against the Tabula in regards to "travelers," a special kind of people-- they are ALL a bit different!

I also like the book "Ghost Story" by Peter Straub, which starts with a bang and just keeps right on going in the best pitch about the unknown I've ever read.

The Ripley series by Patricia Highsmith presents a very different kind of mystery, starting with "The Talented Mr. Ripley," and continuing for another six novels or so, up to her death... I found the series to be wonderfully different, and Ripley a great antihero-- if you can't find them in your favorite bookstore, ask them to order them for you, or try the library.

A couple of Highsmith's books were made into movies-- two of the Ripley ones, and "Strangers on a Train," though of course the books are different and in my opinion better. She was a master of conflict looked at from a 'different' viewpoint.

Good luck in finding the type of books you want, I'm sure you'll get quite a list to choose from!--

Answer 4

the skin gods by richard montanari? ive read it, and its a good read

i think this book is definately what u are looking for, it has plenty of twists in it :)) read the review, very good

Don't worry about this being the second in the set because the book it a very good standalone in its own right. This is a very good, complex, plot which has you second and third guessing and in my case at least, completely fooled by the red herrings. There are good insights into the key characters, adding to that already disclosed earlier,and a very good high tension pace in the plot.

I consider this book to be above the usual run of the mill crime books. far surperior in content, atmosphere and writing. Well worth buying. I intend to buy the next in the set when it's out in 2008.

Answer 5

Anything by Jeffrey Deaver, Andrew Taylor, Reginald Hill (The Death of Dalziel) or John Harvey (latest Gone to Ground has new characters). Tess Gerritsen's latest, The bone Garden, is less gory and more interesting than her others. Donna Leon's books set in Venice also very good.
From the "golden age", Dorothy Sayers (Lord peter Whimsey) is much more literary and atmospheric than Agatha Christie. Also recommend Margery Allingham from that period, more humorous and great characters..

Answer 6

James Patterson writes pretty good stuff, as does Patricia Cornwell, if you like Dean Koontz.

If you like murders with twists, might I suggest Agatha Christie? She is old school, but her stories always have twists. Try a classic like Ten Little Indians or Murder on the Orient Express.

Answer 7

I cannot say it's going to be what you're looking for, but I recently read a book called "Rose Madder" by Stephen King. It was like a suspenseful mystery story, but it's almost like a horror as well. It's not very long, but very enjoyable (at least to me). It had some strange twists, and is real life, yet fantasy at the same time. I hope you like it.

Answer 8

Try Dean Koontz's recent tales - The Good Guy and the Husband. They'll keep you on the edge of your seat and entertain you as well.

Answer 9

Harry Potter, The Inheritance series,

Answer 10

Try some James Patterson books, they have a nice twist at the end, they're pretty easy reading too.