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A couple of suggstions: Rebekah Send a noteboard - 21/11/2010 06:26:49 PM
So I'm looking for recommendations of good detectives or psychological thrillers, not too gruesome (i.e. no Karin Slaughter and all), not too gloomy (which rules out most of the Swedes ), and if possible with some romance thrown in. I tried suggesting Nicci French (not that I've ever read those, so I might be mistaken about what they're like), but she didn't seem too enthusiastic about those. I would've suggested Millennium, which for the most part would've been a good fit I think, but I'm a bit hesitant about a few of the more gruesome aspects, in the first book particularly.

Has she read Ian Rankin's Rebus books? They're not gruesome, they're filled with a lot of Scottish humour (i.e. dark), and there are small elements of romance in them.

I also suggest Alafair Burke. I've only read one, I know, but it was very good. I've got another here at the moment.

And if anyone knows good contemporary romance, family chronicles, and the like, not Harlequin-like but not too literary either (i.e. no Byatt), that'd be good too.

Has she read Georgette Heyer? Not modern, but set (mostly) in Regency England. Hilarious, charming, and definitely happy-making.

Marian Keyes is fun, and Cecilia Ahern is supposed to be good.
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A couple of suggstions: - 21/11/2010 06:26:49 PM 691 Views
Ahern was fairly lambasted as far as I am aware - 22/11/2010 12:54:43 AM 562 Views
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