Thrillers

I guess most of these would be described as time fillers or bedtime reading. That said, these are a few that held my attention for whatever reason. Your mileage may vary.

James Rollins Section

I've read most of Rollins' work - and I liked them all, although the last couple get a bit formulaic. Plenty of action, mixed in with lots of rather implausible science and miraculous escapes - but entertaining for all that!

  • Sandstorm

    • This was the first Rollins novel that I read. Despite an unbelievable escape (shades of "in a bound he was free") and some extremely implausible science, it was highly entertaining.

    • The Judas Strain
    • The Doomsday Key
    • The Last Oracle
    • Excavation
    • Map of Bones
    • Black Order
    • Subterranean
    • Ice Hunt
    • Deep Fathom
    • Amazonia

    Matthew Reilly

    • Temple
    • Scarecrow
    • Area 7
    • The Six Sacred Stones
    • Contest
    • Seven Ancient Wonders

    Colin Baldwin

    David Baldacci

  • The Camel Club
  • Absolute Power
  • Stone Cold

    • Christopher Brookmyre Section

    Brookmyre gets a section to himself because I've read and enjoyed pretty much all his books except his most recent, Pandaemonium - which was frankly awful. Some are better than others - but most have the dark humour mixed in with the Scottish psyche that is his trademark. He's very much on my wavelength in terms of his views of the world and humour - but he expresses himself very much better than I can. If you don't like (very) coarse language, then avoid. There are some real laugh out loud moments in many of his books - and it's not always easy to explain to your fellow travellers why you're disintegrating with laughter in the middle of a train carriage - as I have done more than once! He's a funny guy in the flesh as well - he usually gives a talk at the Edinburgh Book Festival where most of the audience end up in stitches.