Best suspence/mystery thriller

[Dida]

So, I found a copy of Dan Brown's Digital Fortress laying around in this house in which I am currently residing. Expecting another Da Vinci Code or Angels and Demons treat, I eagerly read it.
Well, Digital Fortress turned out to be utter crap.
Given that I like the Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons and maybe "A Study in Scarlet", would you care to suggest some other similar but more refined reading?

 

[Hornblower]

You mean a thriller with theological overtones?

 

[Dida]

no, not necessarily with a theological overtune. I just want a fast paced thriller, with a mystery and well written.

 

[Tabasco Sauce]

no, not necessarily with a theological overtune. I just want a fast paced thriller, with a mystery and well written.

Read Fatherland by Robert Harris.

 

[Hornblower]

Yes Fatherland was very good. In fact anything by Robert Harris is good.
Following that line anything by Martin Cruz is also good. Gorkii Park, Red Square etc.
The Jason Bourne Series (Bourne Identity, Bourne Ultimatum, Bourne Supremacy) are also very good. Much better than the movies.

 

[bhsup]

Pretty much anything by Robert Ludlum. He's the king. If you land on the Bourne series, please forget the movie versions (the Matt Damon ones at least). They are so far off the books it isn't even funny, as Hornblower pointed out. The Richard Chamberlain one is more faithful to the book.

EDIT: My personal favorite from Ludlum is either The Holcroft Covenant or The Icarus Agenda.

 

[nc-1701]

Anything by Michael Crichton would be perfect...

 

[The Yankee]

Pretty much anything by Robert Ludlum. He's the king. If you land on the Bourne series, please forget the movie versions (the Matt Damon ones at least). They are so far off the books it isn't even funny, as Hornblower pointed out. The Richard Chamberlain one is more faithful to the book.

EDIT: My personal favorite from Ludlum is either The Holcroft Covenant or The Icarus Agenda.

Agreed. The ending for the first Bourne movie wasn't even the same as the first Bourne book. Enjoyable in its own sense to an extent, but not what you would expect. Still, look at his collection.

Maybe it's not quite on the same genre (haven't read it in ages), but I did enjoy Icon by Frederick Forsyth as well.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

I'll third Fatherland, at least as a good read

 

[Tabasco Sauce]

Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove is also a very good read.

 

[LightFang]

Dan Brown is not a very good writer...

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000844.html

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[Zardnaar]

The lAst Crusader. Read it last year and its got the Templar Knights in i. A bit cliche maybe but I liked it (at the airport where I bought it anyway).

 

[happy_Alex]

I quite liked digital fortress. The one with the meteorite is way better though... Deception Point

 

[Phlegmak]

When Gravity Fails.

 

[Atlas14]

Anything by R.L. Stine