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The Inspector Ikman novels by Barbara Nadel. A Turkish policeman based in Istanbul.
You learn a lot about the city and its culture, as well as being really exciting crime novels.

Donna Leon, writer of the Commissario Brunetti mystery series, set in Venice, is a great favourite of mine. I'm currently reading "The Temptations of Forgiveness" in which we meet the usual cast of characters. Brunetti is a rare fictional detective in having a normal family life - wife and two teenagers. Their dialogue as a family is natural and often amusing. His colleagues include the omniscient and glamorous Signorina Elettra, a source of all possible information to be gleaned from the internet. The interplay of characters combined with a seemingly insoluble plot make this and irresistible read.

I love Stieg Larrson's Millenium trilogy. The follow on novels by David Lagercrantz are very light and weak in comparison. Clare Mackintosh's books are excellent as well.

My favourite thriller book is Girl on the train by Paula Hawkins.

Blacklands by Belinda Bauer was very intense and gripping, almost chewing my nails with suspense. At the moment i am reading Last House on Needleless Street, very spooky

John Buchan-The 39 Steps

Lindsey Davis's falco series. Loved them, could read them over and over.
Plus the spin off with flavia albia.
Really well written

I've just read 33 women by Isabel Ashdown. Some interesting twists. The Simon Serailler series remains a top favourite though.

I love all thrillers/crime novels. Favourites have to be Sue Grafton, Agatha Christie, Jo Nesbo. Also both writers use places around the area I live in. Quentin Jardine and LJ Ross as Have lots lined up to read but at moment re reading all Sue Grafton's again as I now have the "Y" book, but to be truthful I love most crime books.

I love Peter James. Once I start reading his books I can't put them down. Also they are all based in the area I live.

My favourite thriller author is Robert Goddard - he writes such interesting books.

The House at Sea’s End by Elly Griffiths. I love ti try and guess what's coming next and then enjoy the ending.

I don't really have a favourite because I like all of them. If I had to pick one it would have to be Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell. I also like all Stephen King, kathy Reichs, Dean Koontz and many more. I like to try and figure out what the end will be (without cheating). I will read almost anything as I have loved reading since I was little.

Love the Harry Bosch series. My preferred reading is always crime and thriller books as I love the intrigue. I have to like the protagonist though, if they are unlikeable with lots of 'issues' then I don't read the book!

I thoroughly enjoy Peter May's series - currently working my way through the China ones.

I loved the Inspector Montalbano books (in English translation) long before the wonderful Comisario appeared on our TV screen (in Italian with subtitles). They have intriguing plots, brilliant characters, a light touch of humour and the wonderful setting in a part of Sicily that I know well. If you enjoyed watching the series, and the prequels 'Young Montalbano', you would love the original books by Andrea Camilleri.

I'm enjoying 'Pine' by Francine Toon, very scary so I read it in the dining room instead of bedroom!
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I enjoy reading crime/thriller books because they get my brain ticking over as I work through them & their clues.

I was very wrapped up in The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins but at the moment am enjoying the gentler The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, which is also full of humour and witty observations about us oldies!

What an impossible choice to make! I think I would have to say Mark Billingham is one of my faves - have read all of them and they are totally absorbing, page turning, peppered with humour and a huge amount of gritty realism - fabulous!
Read all the Agatha Christies when younger and loved those too. Ditto Ruth Rendell/Barbara Vine - such talent.
I discovered a lesser know writer called Tania Carver who is totally amazing - read all her books which again are total page turners and keep you up all night waiting for the denouement!
A more recent favourite is "The Other Passenger" by Louise Candlish and "I made a mistake" by Jane Corry - highly recommended and brilliant characterisation.
I really enjoy "looking in" on the action in crime/thrillers being grateful its not me, and yet finding total absorbtion in the plots and being knocked sideways when the story suddenly twists and turns unexpectedly.

Don't have a favourite but really enjoyed Orphan X series of books. When there is a double twist and you can't work out what is going to happen - that makes a really good book!

Crime and thriller novels are my favourite genre. I love the suspense and the escapist nature of them.
My all time favourite is A Place of Execution by Val McDermid.

Loved the Red Riding Quartet by David Peace. The historical backdrop and police corruption story are gripping.

I love thrillers. Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was the most memorable and I went on to buy the whole set. I was totally immersed in the story, it was well written.
Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, was another great one.

C J Tudor has to be my new favourite author. Received her first book The Chalk Man as a gift & I’ve been hooked ever since. Now reading The Burning Girls (4th book) which is gripping. Mixture of who dun-nit & the dark & macabre. Thoroughly enjoyed them & recommend.

Impossible to just choose one book. Favourite author must be Val McDermid...just the right amount of suspense and very well written.Also recommend Elly Griffiths for a gentler type of crime novel than the thriller ones.