Steven Pacey

53 books

Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris

Gentlemen and Players

St Oswald’s #1

Joanne Harris

422 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Ghosts of Sleath by James Herbert

The Ghosts of Sleath

David Ash #2

James Herbert

416 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud

The Golem's Eye

Bartimaeus #2

Jonathan Stroud

570 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie

The Heroes

First Law World #2

Joe Abercrombie

512 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark medium-paced
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen

The Keeper of Lost Causes

Department Q #1

Jussi Adler-Olsen

400 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

Last Argument of Kings

The First Law #3

Joe Abercrombie

672 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Let The Right One In

Let the Right One In #1

John Ajvide Lindqvist

513 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie

A Little Hatred

The Age of Madness #1

Joe Abercrombie

480 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton, an Autobiography by J.G. Ballard

Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton, an Autobiography

J.G. Ballard

272 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography adventurous slow-paced
A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris

A Narrow Door

St Oswald’s #3

Joanne Harris

320 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced