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Recommend a book to me please?

I have really been in the mood lately for a good Crime/Murder novel. I think its from Bones, NCIS, and CSI overload.

Iv never really been into this genre, so I need some help. Please suggest some!

Oh, and no kid books please. And if possible, have a short description of the book. I do like longer books usually, but if its good enough, anything will do.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Patricia Cornwell-

    Blow Fly-The Last Precinct-Black Notice-Cause of Death-From Potter's Field-The Body Farm-Cruel & Unusual-All That Remains-Body of Evidence-Post Mortem-Trace

    These are the Kay Scarpetta mystery books... She's a coroner and solves the crimes by autopsy and checking out the crime scenes..start with

    Post Mortem - Under cover of night in Richmond, Virginia, a human monster strikes, leaving a gruesome trail of stranglings that has paralyzed the city. Medical examiner Kay Scarpetta suspects the worst: a deliberate campaign by a brilliant serial killer whose signature offers precious few clues. With an unerring eye, she calls on the latest advances in forensic research to unmask the madman. But this investigation will test Kay like no other, because it's being sabotaged from within and someone wants her dead.

    Body of Evidence -- Reclusive author Beryl Madison finds no safe haven from months of menacing phone calls -- or the tormented feeling that her every move is being watched. When the writer is found slain in her own home, Kay Scarpetta pieces together the intricate forensic evidence -- while unwittingly edging closer to a killer waiting in the shadows....

  • 5 years ago

    A Certain Slant of Light - Laura Whitcomb A Kiss In Time, Beastly, Cloaked - Alex Finn Anna Dressed in Blood - Blake Blood and Chocolate - Annette Klause Carrier of the Mark - Fallon Dark Lover – Ward Falling Under - Gwen Hayes Grave Mercy - LaFevers Haven - Kristi Cook Sea Witch - Kantra Sookie Stackhouse Series - Charlaine Harris Vampire Academy – Mead

  • 1 decade ago

    And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

    It's about 10 strangers that are gathered on an island and one by one they all end up dying.

    I haven't read it myself but I have heard from several people that it is an amazing book and the author is great too.

  • 1 decade ago

    suggested:

    Whispers, Tick Tock, and False Memory by Dean Koontz

    The Easy Rawlins Series by Walter Mosley

    The dexter series by Jeff Lindsay

  • 1 decade ago

    Here is a list of Horror/Murderish novels:

    The da Vinci code by Dan Brown

    Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (sequel to the da Vinci code)

    Crank by Ellen Hopkins

    Glass by Ellen Hopkins (sequel to Crank)

    Burned by Ellen Hopkins

    Impulse by Hopkins

    Lisey's Story by Stephen King

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

    Desperation by Stephen King

    Deception Point by Dan Brown

    Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

    Basically any Stephen King novel will please you.

    Crank by Ellen Hopkins is very crime-ish. It's about this girl who gets into all these drugs, and it's a story about how a drug named Crank ruins her life and it's really good!!

    Impulse, the sequel, is awesome, too.

    Glass and Burned, her other novels are great reads, too. They are all about drugs and teens but they are fantastic.

  • deb
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay

    No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay

    Mad River Road by Joy Fielding

    Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz

  • 1 decade ago

    Nora Roberts

    Lee Child

    Mary Higgins C;ark

    Kay Hooper

    James Patterson

    Patrica Cornwall

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    A new earth by Eckart Tolle

    Building on the astonishing success of The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle presents readers with an honest look at the current state of humanity: He implores us to see and accept that this state, which is based on an erroneous identification with the egoic mind, is one of dangerous insanity.

    its such a great book. i find myself reading it alot. im only 17 and i adore this book so much and it has tought me alot. please read it. i believe you will for sure enjoy it!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The Alex Rider series are amazing! Its about spy stuff....so it kinda relates to crime. Its about a teen spy who does missions. Their is action, death, guns, and fighting. GOOD LUCK

  • Dee
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    I heard the book Sweeney Todd is really good. I love the movie

    but i really recomend anything by Gregory Maguire, i suggest start with Wicked! he is great and his books are pretty dark.

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