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Win a £100 Amazon voucher, a copy of The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter and a bundle of her best selling books worth £55

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LucyBGransnet (GNHQ) Thu 15-Apr-21 10:06:59

To celebrate the release of The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter, we've teamed up with HarperCollins to offer one lucky Gransnetter the chance to win a £100 Amazon voucher and a set of 5 bestselling Karin Slaughter books, including her latest paperback, The Silent Wife, and an early proof copy of her new book, False Witness – not out until June!


The bundle includes:
- The Silent Wife (RRP £8.99)
- False Witness (exclusive early proof copy) (RRP £20.00)
- The Good Daughter (RRP £8.99)
- Pieces of Her (RRP £8.99)
- The Last Widow (RRP £8.99)

4 runners up will each receive a copy of The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter.

To enter simply tell us... What is your favourite crime/thriller book and what do you love about reading thrillers? We will be picking a winner after 11am on 13th May.

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You can find out more about The Silent Wife here:

Looking for your next page-turner? Make Karin Slaughter’s latest thriller, The Silent Wife, your new read. This No.1 Sunday Times crime thriller is full of twists and turns, with characters you’ll root for and an emotional punch that will leave you reeling. If you haven’t read Karin Slaughter before, now is the time!

He watches.
A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she’s wrong. A predator is stalking the women of Grant County. He lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim.

He waits.
A decade later, the case has been closed. The killer is behind bars. But then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead, and the MO is identical.

He takes.
Although the original trail has gone cold – memories have faded, witnesses have disappeared – agent Will Trent and forensic pathologist Sara Linton must re-open the cold case. But the clock is ticking, and the killer is determined to find his perfect silent wife….

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Morgie52 Wed 21-Apr-21 13:10:03

I love the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child

moggie57 Wed 21-Apr-21 13:15:15

i like kathy ellis with inspector petersen . its about two police inspectors in a sleepy little village near dartmouth .its a good family read and there nothing too gory. even humourous at times .but always got a twist to the end of the story ,not what you expect to happen..

Bobdoesit Wed 21-Apr-21 13:21:49

What a lovely prize! I’ve read The Good Daughter and Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter and know I would enjoy The Silent Wife.
I’m very partial to the Roy Grace books by Peter James and have read the entire series (so far). It’s difficult to pick which one of them is my favourite as each one is my favourite when I’m reading it. smile I enjoy the excitement that builds and builds as I turn the pages. I’m not very good at guessing ‘whodunit’ so it’s always a surprise to me.

s861421 Wed 21-Apr-21 13:32:28

The other passenger, just a basic whodunnit but with so many twist and turns its just brilliant.

tinysidsmum Wed 21-Apr-21 14:09:44

I love to be gripped by a good crime thriller, so many good ones, at the moment I am going through a Lee Child phase. All the Jack Reacher books are gripping to the ends.

MichD Wed 21-Apr-21 14:31:45

It's hard to choose a favourite but I'll plump for 'A Study in Scarlet' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle because it was one of the first crime books I read. I love following the twists and turns and trying to decipher the clues, find out who the villain is.

TheMaggiejane1 Wed 21-Apr-21 14:40:24

I’m currently ‘revisiting’ Agatha Christie books. I love the period they are written in and the wonderful characters. It’s amazing that they are still so popular after all this time.

Molly10 Wed 21-Apr-21 14:45:55

I love a good thriller particularly psychological ones. There are so many great ones so its hard to choose a favourite. I love a lot already mentioned on the thread including Girl with the dragon tattoo, early James Patterson and Lee Child although I'm not so keen on some of the collaberations they do. Having read The Sentinal, Jack Reacher has definitely lost his punch. I'm ashamed to say I have not read any Karin Slaughter yet but she is definitely on my list.

LesleyFi Wed 21-Apr-21 14:46:50

Alex Gray with ‘Glasgow kiss’. Love reading about my city and its underbelly .....a side of my hometown that fortunately I don’t ever experience but I’m not so naive that I don’t know it exists!

Echame Wed 21-Apr-21 14:54:30

My all time favourite has to be Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn..the first time I picked it up I just couldn't put it down and I've re-read it several times since. I always enjoy a good thriller as it takes me away for a while from my oh-so-stressful role as a full time carer to my very disabled 80 year old brother into a different world, albeit a bit of a gruesome one sometimes!

AlysonH Wed 21-Apr-21 15:02:36

I am a huge fan of crime/thriller novels starting from reading Agatha Christie back in the day. Now love anything by Tess Gerritson or Ian Rankin or the like. One of my recent favourite reads was the Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton. Very cleverly plotted and complex...

devonnanny Wed 21-Apr-21 15:03:26

Ann Cleeves - currently enjoying The Long Call as its set near where I live.

MichStew Wed 21-Apr-21 15:16:49

It may be a rather niche area of crime but I have really enjoyed all the George Smiley books by John Le Carré. They are so well-written with developed characters populating a murky world.

Tapdance6 Wed 21-Apr-21 15:24:51

I have never read any Karen Slaughter books so this would be a good time to get into murder mysteries. They sound intriguing from start to finish.

bre5joh8 Wed 21-Apr-21 15:26:15

love Agatha Raisin books although television version is rubbish - first description of Agatha is totally different from tall blonde on TV. Also like JDRobb's books Don't know what I would have done during this "lock down" without my books!

kgnw28225 Wed 21-Apr-21 15:37:09

I like any book by Chris Carter, he has a degree in psychiatry. A student at John Hopkins university, the youngest and by all accounts the cleverest that they have had. His thesis was made into a book, which students in this field are still taught from.
With a profile like this, he is all of the way there as a writer.
He has written about six or more books so far, each one is excellent, if like me your enjoy reading about how the phsyco serial killer mind works.. Of course there are a lot of other authors, who’s books I love reading , Including Karen Slaughter, Marc Billingham, Peter James, early James Patterson, ‘Along came a spider’, four blind mice, his books then were - off the wall- with characters totally bizarre, and unpredictable. I could go on all day about books I like , so I had better stop now.. But I am sure you have my genre.

MrsHappy Wed 21-Apr-21 15:58:19

My favourite book is Past Caring by Robert Goddard. It is two stories in one book and both are gripping. It's one of those books you are desperate to know what happened and especially why. The characters are beautifully drawn and so very human. I have read it several times and is one of my go to holiday books. It still engrosses me every time.

greenfinger5 Wed 21-Apr-21 16:03:26

My favourite crime writer has to be Agatha Christie, I have so many of hers I like but 'the mirror cracked' is one of my favs.

aligiraffe Wed 21-Apr-21 16:22:30

I'm not sure whether I have a favourite book but I certainly have favourite authors. I have read most of Karin Slaughters books from the Grant County Series through to Will Trent & some stand alone ones, I have read all of Jo Nesbo books &I do enjoy the Jack Reacher series although I'm not sure if they are classed as Crime/Thriller. I read Amazon free books each month on the lookout for new authors in this genre. I love trying to work out 'who did it' & usually when you get down to the last 100 pages the pace picks up & I can't put a book down until I know the villian & how they did it.

Mags17 Wed 21-Apr-21 16:33:59

I like Lee Child's books but my favourite is Michael Connelly and Bosch which I have been reading for over 20 years.

wallers5 Wed 21-Apr-21 17:07:00

Love thrillers set during the War. Also Dick Francis about the horse racing world. Also Wilbur Smith.

Lizzies Wed 21-Apr-21 17:35:38

My favourite crime novel is anything by Val McDermid. I read crime and thrillers because it is a puzzle I can hopefully solve before the end. I do read all kinds from cosy mysteries to scary psychological thrillers.

orly Wed 21-Apr-21 17:47:41

I have only just discovered the amazing author Val Mcdermid and what an impact she has made, opening up a new landscape of reading adventures for me. The challenge of trying to work out the nature and intention of the characters makes for a real page-turner experience. "Broken Ground" is the last book I read and the plot, linking events in the closing days of WWII over the years to the present day, with characters you could touch are proof of the
skilful storytelling genius, Val Mcdermid.

helen55 Wed 21-Apr-21 18:25:05

I'm currently reading Sleeping in the ground by Peter Robinson. I love reading and then watching the series on TV.

TooTiredToDance Wed 21-Apr-21 18:30:26

I'm a Lynda La Plante reader. I find her books brilliant and enjoy every single page. ?