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Top three in order:
Swan Song, Robert McCammon - McCammon's prescient and "shocking" vision of a post-Apocalyptic nation, a grand epic of terror and renewal. By far my favourite book of the year.
I Am Pilgrim, Terry Hayes - Billed as a spy novel pushed screaming and kicking into the twentieth-first century and a thriller that's a journey into the future of terrorism. It's long and has its faults, but still a real page turner.
The Wire in the Blood, Val McDermid - This tense psychological thriller is the second in the series but my first experience of the novels featuring Dr. Tony Hill and his team of profilers.
Best freebie:
Inheritance, Thomas Wymark - One of a loose series of psychological suspense and mystery thrillers in which Thomas Wymark delves into the dark and hidden places of our minds.
Notable series I've been reading this year, as well as my usual faves (Jack Reacher & Harry Hole):
Shetland Quartet - Ann Cleeves
Department Q - Jussi Adler-Olsen
On my TBR list thanks to the suggestions in this thread:
The Kind Worth Killing, Peter Swanson
The Guilty One, Lisa Ballantyne
The Road Cormac, McCarthy
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