Reddit mentions: The best crime thriller books

Harry Stubbs Stories, by David Hambling - 1920's former boxer trying to make his way in the world and stumbling into a vastly more alien world than he previously believed it to be. Pulpy. Very good.

Cthulhu Armageddon, by C.T. Phipps - This reads like fantasy with a backdrop of post-apocalypse. The monsters and magic are explained in Lovecraftian terms. Great read if you like fantasy adventure, and even better if you like Lovecraft.

Cthulhu Attacks, by Sean Hoade - This reads like a monster movie and that makes it great. Big ole monster rises, world is effected. Great stuff.

No Hero, by Jonathan Wood - This is kind of like James Bond meets Cthulhu, except James Bond doesn't know how he got the James Bond job or why he's the only one who can do it. This is the beginning of a great series.

Tales of the Al-Azif, by a smattering of authors (myself included, sorry) - Probably the most fantastical of the bunch, it follows the first draft of the Necronomicon through the years as it passes from hand to hand to in search of the right master to release it's plague upon the world. Great crossover story that also works as a sampler tray of some of today's great fantasy and mythos writers.

If you like audiobooks, these are all good! Oh, and they've got dope kindle versions too!

Dreadnought, by April Daniels

Sovereign, by April Daniels

Telling Lies Online, by Miranda MacLeod

And Playing the Role of Herself, by K.E. Lane

Annie On My Mind, by Nancy Garden

The Gravity Between Us, by Kristen Zimmer

Everything Leads to You, by Nina LaCour

Kiss The Girl (Soho Loft Book 1), by Melissa Brayden

Just Three Words (Soho Loft Book 2), by Melissa Brayden

Ready or Not (Soho Loft Book 3), by Melissa Brayden

The Princess Affair, by Nell Stark

Santa Olivia, by Jacqueline Carey

Saints Astray (Santa Olivia sequel), by Jacqueline Carey

Ask the Passangers, by A.S. King

The Miseducation of Cameron Post, by Emily M. Danforth

The Dark Wife, by Sarah Diemer

Protector of the Realm, by Gun Brooke

Zero Visibility, by Georgia Beers

Popcorn Love, by KL Hughes

How Sweet It Is, by Melissa Brayden

Her Name in the Sky, by Kelly Quindlen

Turn Back Time, by Radclyffe (btw, most Radclyffe books have audiobook versions)

The Color of Love, by Radclyffe

Trauma Alert, by Radclyffe

Above All, Honor, by Radclyffe

Taking Fire, by Radclyffe

Infinite Loop, Meghan O'Brien

The Brutal Truth, by Lee Winter

Miss Match, by Fiona Riley

Like Jazz, by Heather Blackmore

Shield of Justice, by Radclyffe

Casting Lacey, by Elle Spencer

Calendar Girl, by Georgia Beers

It Should Be a Crime, by Carsen Taite

Trigger, by Jessica Webb

Desire by Starlight, by Radclyffe

Rescued Heart (Puppy Love Book 1), by Georgia Beers

Run to You (Puppy Love Book 2), by Georgia Beers

Dare to Stay (Puppy Love Book 3), by Georgia Beers

Just Jorie, by Robin Alexander

Just Juliet, by Charlotte Reagan

At the Water's Edge, by Harper Bliss

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So, it was a fun book, but I found more than a few aspects of it to be a bit unbelievable and aggravating.

• All of what follows is something that you will learn about the setting in the opening chapter or two, and while it is background material that is absolutely relevant to the plot, is not itself about any of the characters or events of the book... so I don't think that it is spoiler material. Still, I've enclosed it in spoiler blocks just to be safe.
  
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  [Spoiler](/s "The nominal concept of the setting is that everybody alive has a high capacity digital storage device embedded in the base of their skull/neck that keeps track of everything they do/say/learn/experience. As such humans are basically software... you can put any consciousness in any body. Bodies can be grown, or confiscated, or traded. Any event that kills a person but doesn't destroy the storage device doesn't kill the person permanently... he/she just downloads into a new body... possibly one that was a clone of the old body, or possibly an upgrade or downgrade depending upon finances. In fact, there is no need to even go back into a body as one can run one's consciousness entirely inside a virtual environment... and at a much faster rate than a human brain would support. This is not a concept in the background... the story revolves around this idea. ")
  
  [Spoiler](/s "If you find that to be a believable idea, then you'll love the book. I don't. I think that too much of how we think is intrinsic to the mechanism of how our brains work. You couldn't put a genius mind into the body of mentally disabled person... you'd end up with a mentally disabled person with vague memories of being a genius. Personally, I don't think it could work even in less extreme cases than that: I strongly suspect that information and meaning as it is experienced in a human is encoded symbolically into neurons in a way that is utterly different and incompatible with the way similar or even identical information is encoded into the neurons of any other human... that is the way any individual thinks is essentially encrypted relative to the way any other individual thinks... and that this is a property that is physically encoded in the shape and genetics of individual neurons in the brain such that it could never be separated from the brain. (This is consistent with what we know about how brains work from fMRI studies... when you look at a picture, or do a task such as multiplication, the same general regions of the brain light up for you as anyone else, but the pattern of activation isn't exactly the same... ever). ")
  
  [Spoiler](/s "But lets say we choose to ignore the fact that the premise is more than a little incompatible with what we know of neurobiology. The premise is also self contradictory in ways that are annoyingly implausible but convenient for the plot. Without getting into spoilers, Altered Carbon takes place in a society that has the ability to copy and digitize the consciousness of a human, create functional independent AIs, run simulations of humans so realistic that the simulations don't know that they are simulations or that the environment that they are in is simulated, move such software-human-identities between bodies, and yet still treats human consciousness as a black box! You want to extract a particular fact from a stored mind? You have to actually boot that mind up into a body or software simulated environment, and ASK IT with language! I mean, if the author wants to explore the consequences of human identity as software that's great, but GO ALL THE WAY! Extracting information from a stored consciousness, given all the other things this civilization can do, should be child's play... as simple as typing in search terms in a search engine... the fact that the consciousness is not running should only make it easier. ")
  
  [Spoiler](/s "All in all, a fun light reading, but not as intriguing as it could have been. In many ways, Kiln People by Brin explored much the same subject matter, and did so in a more intellectually rigorous manner. Oddly, the fact that the mind-copying technology is much less believable in Brin's book (and analogue rather than digital in nature) makes the over all story much more believable because it lets the story focus more upon the metaphysical, social, and moral implications.")

This is from a RPG and there was a novel, so I will pretend it is an appropriate category. Aaand I guess it is not necessarily a religion, but rather the way the cosmos works and some people are aware of it and at accordingly on faith that they are correct, so I will just assume I am answering the question and ignore the haters. :)

In Unknown Armies, there is a complex cosmology. The Invisible Choir (AKA Invisible Clergy) is made up of 333 Archetypes (think Jung) who are humans who have ascended because they epitomized a role in the human collective unconscious better than anyone. The roles are not set in stone and all the early ones (the mother, the father, the warrior) were filled pretty early in human history. More complex ones fill in more slowly (the messenger, the flying woman, the MVP, the mystic hermaphrodite, the woman everyone can have except you) later in history. It is even possible to kick the current Archetype out of their slot by playing the role of that archetype more in line to the current zeitgeist than the old one does (e.g. replacing the messenger with the Heisenberg messenger; replacing "the woman everyone can have except you" with "the man who succeeded instead of you"). People who play these roles (you do not have to feel it, you just have to do it) are called Avatars who have weird powers based on the Archetype they follow and the top one in the world at any time is called the Godwalker and starts feeling active resistance from the current Archetype. Therefore you get a constant stream of people who are trying to unseat the current Archetype and ascend to the Invisible Choir so that they can influence the balance of personalities of the Choir.

Once all 333 slots fill, the Invisible Choir merges into the Godhead, the universe ends, a new universe is born according to the new Godhead's wants and the whole thing starts over with a new empty choir.

Ta Dah!

The officially licensed books are all standalone, so you can read them in any order you like.

If you're looking for recommendations, my top three are:

• Elite: Reclamation - Features political wheeling-and-dealing on a grand scale, between Federation and Imperial diplomats, vying for control of a system rich in tantalum - vital to the production of the newest generation of FSDs. If you're interested in discovering the dark sides of the Federation and the Empire in a 3300's edition of the Odyssey, here's your book.
  
  
• Elite: And Here the Wheel - Looking for a fast-paced story told from the perspective of an Ex-Fed Robin Hood, who gets caught up in a mess between the Federation, Imperial, Alliance, and... other... intelligence operatives looking to crack crowns and dig up alien treasure? Look no further!
  
  
• Elite: Out of the Darkness - Set in 3275, this action packed tale offers you the greatest canonical exposé on the Thargoids. It features a butt-kicking Thargoid-hating female detective and her tinfoil-hat hacker pal, as they try to get to the bottom of several mysteries that threaten to upset the fate of humanity.
  
  Anyway, hopefully those little blurbs help you prioritize your reading list.

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Half Past Monday
By M Erpenbeck

>After marrying his med school sweetheart, Dr. Dominic Rivera thought his life was perfect. But his wife, Clarissa, has dark secrets, and the consequences of her past trauma have been buried all these years. When current events push her over the edge, the confident doctor’s life completely falls apart.

>Dominic would do anything to change what happened. His only chance lies in an old inventor friend’s scribbles, stored away in a forgotten attic. This tool will let him change his wife’s history—but at what cost? Even though he only has time to alter one moment, the repercussions follow him back to the present. He saves his wife, unknowingly at the expense of others.

>A single day can alter who a person becomes. When a young boy sees his mother killed, his own path turns dark. Back in the present, Dominic is thrilled when everything seems to be right again. He gradually notices small differences, ones that are seemingly unconnected. But when his daughter is kidnapped, Dominic realizes the gravity of what he has done. Lost among the dusty roads of a ghost town, he must prove himself innocent and find his little girl—before it’s too late.

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I'd love this eBook!

Yesterday, I got to hang out with some friends I haven't seen in a while!

Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue.

Thanks for the contest! Enjoy your AC!

If she loved Harry Potter, some urban fantasy might be worth trying. Dresden Files is one of the archetypal examples that everyone brings up, though it does have a first-person Guy Perspective complete with a bit of a staring problem and some unconscious condescension/patronization (early-series in particular, he does get better on that one). I still love the books and I know a bunch of wimminfolks do as well, but it's worth noting in case that'd be a big turn-off. Skip straight to the third book if you try Dresden tho - first two are skippable and not the best intro. Some people say skip to fourth, but those people are wrong. Third-book intro place ftw.

To run through a couple other urban fantasies:

Twenty Palaces: Very very good IMHO, but a bit (kinda) (sometimes a lot) bleak and sad. YMMV.

Magic Ex Libris: Books are magic. A bit cheesy but a fun premise. I read the first two and I might keep going if I ever diminish the size of Mt Readmore.

Eric Carter: Pitch-black supernatural LA noir. If she doesn't like GoT b/c it's too dark this is a definite no-no, but I thought I'd mention just because I like these books and you never know.

Aaand there's a bunch more UF out there but I'm kinda worn out on typing right now. Hope some of this helped!

Every bit of advertising for ED is aimed at convincing potential customers they have a rich and immersive game world to play in. Of course it's a quality they are trying to push.

Simulations are about immersion. You can easily find hundreds of posts from players who speak specifically about 'immersion' -- you're trying to dissect the word it when it's meant to be applied generically in the sense of how rich the game universe feels.

It also drives design decisions that developers make. Finding the balance is tricky, as evidenced by this entire ship transfer debate. Every person does have different ideas/feelings about what they find immersive, but collectively most people can agree on where some boundaries should be. There likely is not a market for a hard sci-fi simulation game; I don't dispute that our time as players is a precious resource. I will not be upset if they offer instant ship transfer.

The lore accommodates FTL via the ED novels.

Not just one entry:

• The Missing Man: A Morton Farrier novella
  
• Cold Blooded Lover: Volume 3 (Don't Call Me Hero)
  
• Lost In You
  
• For Now: Notes on living a deliberate life
  
• Prominence: A Space Opera Adventure: Volume 1 (Blackstar Command)
  
• Tombyards & Butterflies-A Montague and Strong Detective Novel
  
• Exposure: Volume 2 (Crazy Amy)
  
• The Brave Line
  
  These are all just the ones currently on the first page of entries.
  
  If they were inadmissible, you'd think Amazon would specify it.

Congrats, man! My friend did the same thing with his self-published novel (made it free for awhile) and saw a spike in "sales." It's a damn good book.

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It's revenge you want?

https://www.amazon.com/Pale-Horse-Coming-Earl-Swagger/dp/1531837271

I love the Swagger books and the Reacher books but the Swagger books are definitely better written. The Reacher books are a breezy read compared to Swagger not that Swagger is anything challenging. Just a little less like bubble gum.

I'll play!

http://www.amazon.com/Make-Rain-Blonde-Double-Teams-Motorcycle-ebook/dp/B00QFLB3RC

*I cannot believe no one has seen the transparent panties!!! You have no idea how happy you make me! I love it when I'm right!!!

Don't know why someone downvoted you...

Kiln People is a fantastic book. Great sci-fi with an interesting premise.

David Brin wrote a great novel that explores this somewhat called Kiln People. It's a fun and pretty easy read, and directly deals with those questions! It's a murder mystery involving temporary human avatars made from a kind of recyclable slurry that people upload consciousness to.

I forgot to mention there's a bar in this book named Wyla's. Not sure if that place is still in Plattsburgh, but that's the inspiration for the name!

I wanted to circle back to this thread to let folks know that Vigilante Angels Book I: The Priest is now available in paperback and Kindle ebook (99 cent sale).

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Book II: The Cop is available for preorder at the same link

Hey! I'm in your second preferences, but I'm getting some initial good feedback on my medical thriller:

Link

I can gift you a copy on Smashwords if you want.

I'm finishing The City and The City, by China Mieville. It's becoming one of my favorite books, but it takes some work to get into it. It's a mystery novel about a detective investigating the death of a young woman. He lives in a city which shares the same physical space with another city, but both ignore each other's presence. Because of his investigation he is forced to travel to the other city and question the way things are set up.

I'm a lawyer, so I don't know any books about nursing. Florence Nightingale was awesome, maybe a book on her? Also, it seems like every one of my friends who went into a health related field read The Physician, but I don't know much about it.

Not bad :).

I think you need a better, thicker, more futuristic font. Serif fonts work better on works more related to older periods. Sans-serif fonts work better for sci-fi.

The red numerals look a bit out of place (and they make me think of Cixin Liu's Three Body Problem, which used a similar device in its plot). I think the skyscraper image is more arresting without them. However, if you want the concept, maybe get an artist to do you an image that doesn't look photoshopped.

Finally, I think you may want to look at slightly duller colours. The blue almost feels too cheerful and the sinister effect of the numbers is lost. It looks like a giant alarm clock, not a menacing countdown.

Here are a few ideas from professional cover art:

Altered Carbon

Crashing Heaven

The Wind-Up Girl

The Immortality Game

I like those generally because they say 'serious, gritty, futuristic sci-fi'. The subdued colours and more alien skyline bring out a sense of conflict much better. The skyscraper image is fine, but you need a filter or overlay to give it a rougher edge.

Qotd: What kind of clone? Like in Kiln People? if it was like that, I'd say, do my photo editing that I'm behind on, another to do all the flyer hanging I need to get done (and travel for), and a 3rd to tackle my to-do lists. My original self will stay here and pet cats.


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The City and the City by China Mieville. Link.

Detective story set in a fictional Eastern European city. More than that I don't know beyond having enjoyed the first two chapters when I read them in the bookstore and having had it recommended over and over again to me.

The Immortality Game has an AI that 'lives' on the web and tries not to let anyone know it exists, and at the same time it cleverly sabotages any other code that anyone tries to put on the web that could become another AI.

I found China Mieville's "The City & The City" to be quite an interesting book.

OK I tried to do a spoiler alert with formatting but I am not with it enough to do so at this hour.

So - try out Kiln People for size.

www.amazon.com/Kiln-People-Books-David-Brin/dp/0765342618/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=kiln+people&qid=1572919327&s=books&sr=1-1

• edit - sorry for all the edits.

China Mieville's The City and The City.

Once I managed to wrap my head around the concept, I couldn't put it down.

Here is the mobile version of your link

The only two I haven't seen listed already are:

• Gun, With Occasional Music - Jonathan Lethem
  
  
• Kiln People - David Brin

If you have an amazon.com account you can read a preview in your browser here:

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Sorry it's actually, "The City and The City". The author is China Mieville.
http://www.amazon.com/City-China-Mieville/dp/0345497511

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_%26_the_City