Recommend me a fiction detective (that includes drama, supernatural, psychological, thriller) novel?
I recently got this mood of reading fiction detective (that includes drama, fantasy, horror, mystery, psychological, thriller, and/or supernatural) novel 
But, please, no lame novels with fancy covers. I might lose my mood of reading it.
- polaris_innocent
Tags: Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Reading Fiction, Supernatural, Thriller Novel
May 28th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
I always thought “Turn of the Screw” was a great psychological novel, although there is no “Hero detective.”
I also really like, in a more modern sense, Iris Johansen. Stay away from her early romances: they have those covers you wrote about. But her later work is great for suspense and interesting CSI-type stuff.
Don’t forget, for mass-market: Dean Koontz.
Oh, and one last one: “Indian Killer,” by Sherman Alexie, my all-time favorite writer.
This is a really strange and eclectic list. Hope I’ve been of help.
May 30th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Well, this book has detectives, fantasy, horror, mystery, psych thriller and supernatural elements all rolled into one.
Mulengro– Charles De LInt
May 31st, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Hi, some I enjoyed
-Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
-’The Bone Collector’ by Jeffery Deaver (well, most of the Lincoln Rhyme novels are pretty enjoyable)
-The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub
-’Mystic River’ and ‘Shutter Island’ by Dennis Lehane
-Rising Sun by Michael Chrichton
I would not recommend much Koontz, except ‘Fear Nothing’ and ‘Seize the night’, but I don’t know if they qualify as detective fiction (although there’s a mystery in each)
James Patterson has a detective, Alex Cross, but not all of his novels are good.
I have heard that Wilkie Collins’ ‘The Moonstone’ is pretty good, but haven’t had the chance to read it.
June 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 am
My favorite detective is Alex Cross, a retired cop that is recruited by the FBI. Cross is a psychiatrist, so he has a better understanding of what goes inside the psychopath criminals’ mind.
The author is James Patterson. It would be ideal if you could read the books in the order they are released, since Alex Cross usually mention his old cases.
An other collection I enjoy is the Sue Grafton Series (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries):
“A” is for Alibi;
“B” is for Burglar;
“C” is for Corpse;
“D” is for Deadbeat;
“E” is for Evidence;
“F” is for Fugitive, and so on.
I believe the last book was “S” is for Silence.
Hope this helped you. Good reading!
June 5th, 2009 at 1:31 am
I’ve always enjoyed Tony Hillerman and Nevada Barr. They both have the perfect blend that you’re looking for, plus an educational purpose. Tony Hillerman writes mysteries that take place on the Navajo indian reservation in the Four Corners area, so you get a lot of culture out of reading him. Nevada Barr’s character is a forest ranger named Anna Pigeon, and each book takes place in a different national park around the country. If you do decide to read either one of these authors, make sure you start with the first book published, as the characters’ stories progress throughout each book. Enjoy!