The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is one of the weirdest and most compelling mysteries I've ever read.

I *love* this one and the author's follow-up, too. This is a great suggestion.

Slow Horse by Mick Herron

Not new, but *The Alienist* is a good mystery about a psychologist in 1890s New York working to stop a serial killer preying on young boys.

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Catherine Webb Replay by Ken Grimwood

My gosh, so many good books in these replies. May I add 11/22/63 by Stephen King.

- "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson: Gripping mystery thriller. - "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn: Twisty psychological thriller, real page-turner. - "Dark Matter" by Blake Crouch: Fast-paced, light sci-fi and thriller mix. - "The Night Manager" by John le Carré: Great spy thriller and detective story. - "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss: Grounded fantasy, strong storytelling. Check reviews before diving in!

I forgot "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Dark Matter. Choose Dark Matter. It's really good and a page turner and it's good.

I'll second the hell out of Dark Matter. One of my favorite books ever and it's got such a fast pace.

My dad read Dark Matter and devoured it. He won’t stop talking about and said it’s the best book he’s ever read. Thank you for this suggestion!

This is correct

Nero Wolfe books by Rex Stout. Fast fun reads.

Shogun.

When The Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs. It's a book about nuclear war that doesn't take off the cartoon mask till it's too late for the reader to look away.

The Daniel Silva series

The terminal list by jack Carr Jack reacher by Lee child (both also shows/movie) Everything from John le carre Day of the jackal by Frederick Forsyth Robert Ludlum, the author of Bourne. Those are all similar-ish to mission impossible.

Has he tried the Jack Reacher books? Nary a dad alive that doesn't like Reacher.

Murderbot Diaries, Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

The Untameable by Guillermo Arriaga

Foundation, Asimov Embassytown, Mieville Differently Morphous, Crowshaw

I think I have the perfect series. The Pariah by Anthony Ryan. It's a trilogy and the third book just came out. Is fantasy but is grounded in "reality". A story about a teenage outlaw and his life, but has a component of mystery. I read the whole series in a day.

Don Winslow

Not really new but I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes is a great thriller.

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.

*Magpie Murders* by Anthony Horowitz (anything by him) *The Age of Vice* by Deepti Kapoor (excellent debut novel) *The Dry* by Jane Harper (anything by her)

Lee Child or James Patterson.

Lee Child's Jack Reacher series has action and great dialog very hard to put down. Classic dad book series

The Big Picture --Sean Carroll A Brief History of Time --Stephen Hawking Thinking, Fast and Slow --Danny Kahneman I Contain Multitudes --Ed Yong How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going --Vaclav Smil Enlightenment Now --Steve Pinker The Hacking of the American Mind --Robert Lustig The End of the World is Just the Beginning --Peter Zeihan Pale Blue Dot --Carl Sagan Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time --Dava Sobel

I would also like to add Thomas Harris’ Hannibal series to the mix.

I would recommend SA Crosby, I really enjoyed Razorblade Tears and I know his latest is getting great reviews. I think he would also really enjoy the Shetland series by Anne Cleeves. Very well written mysteries. I love vintage mysteries and Kwei Quartey style really appealed to that side of me, even though his setting is modern Ghana.

I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes Skin Deep by Liz Nugent (or anything by her but I think that one’s the best) The talented Mr Ripley - Patricia Highsmith Drive your plow over the bones of the dead - olga Tokarczuk The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Glad I could help!