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[Scepticalscribe]

Any recommendations for a good modern day thriller?

How modern?

Personally, I love the Arkady Renko series by Martin Cruz Smith.

They take his protagonist (a Russian homicide specialist) from the time of the Soviet Union (Gorky Park), through the glasnost years (Polar Star), the collapse of the Soviet Union (Red Square) and the post Soviet era, right up to Putin's Russia.

These latter books include Havanna Bay (set in Cuba), Wolves Eat Dogs (set in Chernobyl), Stalin's Ghost (back in Moscow and elsewhere, an excellent book), Three Stations (the least good, in my view), and Tatiana, (some of which is set in Kaliningrad).

 

[AVBeatMan]

How modern?

Personally, I love the Arkady Renko series by Martin Cruz Smith.

They take his protagonist (a Russian homicide specialist) from the time of the Soviet Union (Gorky Park), through the glasnost years (Polar Star), the collapse of the Soviet Union (Red Square) and the post Soviet era, right up to Putin's Russia.

These latter books include Havanna Bay (set in Cuba), Wolves Eat Dogs (set in Chernobyl), Stalin's Ghost (back in Moscow and elsewhere, an excellent book), Three Stations (the least good, in my view), and Tatiana, (some of which is set in Kaliningrad).

Thanks for your reply. I will check them out.

Started reading "Perfect Remains" by Helen Fields. Read the first few chapters. Absolutely terrifying, as in "horrific".

 

[whooleytoo]

Finished The Loney, by Andrew Hurley, as a 'filler' between trilogies. (I normally don't read many standalone novels, especially ones this short).

Not quite a horror, but definitely a bit on the creepy side. A bit like The Wicker Man, perhaps, in terms of the context/mood. Really enjoyed it, as a quick read.

 

[rhett7660]

Finished book six and yup, on to book seven!!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Re-read a few chapters from (the excellent) Longitude by Dava Sobel.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

@SandboxGeneral: I think that you might enjoy "Longitude" by Dava Sobel, a really interesting and well written history book; for one thing, there is a nice vignette about Cassini in it.

 

[AVBeatMan]

Re-read a few chapters from (the excellent) Longitude by Dava Sobel.

I read and enjoyed that book. Fascinating. I remember from the book that the "clock" that John Harrison made is still available to view today in Greenwich. (correct me if I'm wrong as it must of been about 10 years since I read the book).

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I read and enjoyed that book. Fascinating. I remember from the book that the "clock" that John Harrison made is still available to view today in Greenwich. (correct me if I'm wrong as it must of been about 10 years since I read the book).

All four clocks exist; over twenty five years ago, I saw an exhibition - a surprisingly low-key exhibition - on John Harrison (complete with all four legendary clocks, though I hadn't fully realised their significance as I hadn't read Longitude at the time - all puns intended - for it hadn't been published) in the British Museum.

I am pretty certain that they must be exhibited in Greenwich (which is also well worth a visit).

But, it is a wonderful (and beautiful produced) book; I loved the pictures of all four clocks.

 

[S.B.G]

@SandboxGeneral: I think that you might enjoy "Longitude" by Dava Sobel, a really interesting and well written history book; for one thing, there is a nice vignette about Cassini in it.

Thank you for the suggestion. I read the description on Amazon and it sounds like a fascinating read. I'll add it to my list.

Currently I'm reading "The Greatest Story Ever Told - So Far. Why Are We Here?" By Dr. Lawrence Krauss.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Thank you for the suggestion. I read the description on Amazon and it sounds like a fascinating read. I'll add it to my list.

Currently I'm reading "The Greatest Story Ever Told - So Far. Why Are We Here?" By Dr. Lawrence Krauss.

Actually, make that at least two nice vignettes about Cassini.

I think you'll enjoy it - it is well written, beautifully produced, tells a great story, the science is fascinating and the characters compelling.

 

[Macky-Mac]

I'm re-reading Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt.

I'd previous read it in high school many years. It was the only one of his novels I'd ever read until recently.....I just finished his book Main Street and decided to read a couple more

 

[hawkeye_a]

Vengeance by George Jonas

Watched the movie(again) and really liked it so, i’m curious about the book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vengeance_(Jonas_book)

 

[LizKat]

David Ignatius, The Quantum Spy. Just started it. Loved The Increment which is the previous one of his spy novels I'd read.

 

[Europa13]

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Fly By Night by Frances Hardinge.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Twilight Robbery by Frances Hardinge.

 

[ThisBougieLife]

American Pastoral by Philip Roth

 

[sman789]

Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix. Good times lol.

 

[Gutwrench]

Two brief biographical-type books on Alexandre Dumas.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Two brief biographical-type books on Alexandre Dumas.

Let me know how you find them.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Looking for the literary equivalent of comfort food; that means a work I have probably read before and know well and like a lot.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I just started reading Journal Of A Mountain Man.

https://www.amazon.com/Journal-Moun...preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

 

[Macky-Mac]

Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis

 

[Shanghaichica]

Just finished the tea girl of hummingbird lane by Lisa See.

Now reading a discovery of witches by Deborah Harkness.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

This is good one

Brilliant, isn't it?

I'm enjoying the sequel - Twilight Robbery - as well.