“Try Mark Billingham (Inspector Thorne)
Also theres Linwood Barclay. He`s american and writes stand alone novels which I find are very good.”

“Iain Banks, the wasp factory”

“Read a few books lately, here's a few i found brilliant.

Stieg Larrson Trilogy (The girl with the dragon tattoo/the girl who played with fire/the girl who kicked the hornets nest)

Linwood Barclay - No time for goodbye

Dan Brown - Da Vinci Code

The Millennium Trilogy is probably my favourite set of books of all time though.”

“Ruth Rendell”

“Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman if you like fantasy. I couldn't get through the second Millenium book after ploughing my way through the first. It may be something to do with the translation but it seemed very preachy and the fun stuff about Lisbeth was removed.
I liked 'The Da Vinci Code' but then read 'Angels and Demons' which is DREADFUL. Every chapter ends with a cliffhanger. Eventually I was mentally going "Da Da Daaah" at the end of each chapter which made it more entertaining.
'The Night Circus' is gorgeous and should be read with hot chocolate.”

“I love Terry Pratchett but I thought we were suggesting detective type books.”

“Karin Slaughter for crime/detective novels with a nasty twist.”

“To flossyflathat, darkchuck,EvolvedJonno ,reallyyoung G , jenoh
and Little_OLe-G . Thank you for your response to my post ,
there are a few there that I shall have a look at. I have read
all Dan Browns Books except The Lost Symbol , I think they
are brilliant .
Thanks again
Terry .”

“Lee Child's Reacher novels are a good read and Janet Evenovich Plum stories for a bit of humour?”

“My all time favourite is The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig.”

“I loved Paolo Coelho's The Alchemist and The Pilgramage but the book that I read time and time again is Jane Eyre, I never tire of it and always find a sentence or passage that I had previously missed, it never fails to delight!”

“A few years ago, I read The Day Of Independence, about corruption in The Vatican. I have recommended it to a few people but we can find no trace of it but I'm almost certain the author was Paolo Coelho. Can anyone help?”

“Paolo Coehlo has not written any book with a title even vaguely similar. Could you be meaning The Millenari Shroud of Secrecy?”

“Paolo Coelho's books ar certainly different but brilliant never
the less - worth recommending I believe but somehow I don't
think he wrote 'The Day Of Independance'

Thanks for reminding me about Lee Child and Reacher mutton8,
it's a long while since I read one of his .”

“Paolo Coelho wrote seven books in all but unfortunately
cara_mia ' The Day Of Independance ' was not amongst
them. Are you sure it was put out in book form under
that title .”

“For the record - Richard Ford wrote ' Independance Day '
does that help ?”

“The Richard Ford novel is about a middle aged American and has no religious connotations.”

“Thanks Missfoodlove you have surprised me - I have never
come anywhere near reading it and not seen the film .”

“Oi! Foodlove! 'Jane Eyre'? That's not a detective novel!”

“neither is Terry Pratchett jenoh”