Mysteries/Thrillers with a hint of supernatural

If you read John Connolly, you'll know what I am looking for. Not vampires or werewolves, but something just a little spooky. Got any recommendations for me?

Dean Koontz books always have a supernatural tilt to them, but it doesn't dominate the storytelling. It's basically very realistic and gritty, with some supernatural elements thrown in.

I highly recommend Tom Piccirilli. Many of his books are noirish crime/mystery/thrillers with supernatural elements. You might want to try Headstone City or The Midnight Road for some of his with a hint of supernatural. November Mourns delves more into a southen, gothic with supernatural elements.

Barbara Michaels writes mystery stories with supernatural overtones.

She is an alter ego of Elizabeth Peters who writes very funny murder mystery books ... "another year, another body".

The Agent Pendergast mystery/thrillers are amazing, and the mysteries are anything but mundane. Start with Relic.

#3 timdt...I read The Midnight Road and loved about the first third, enough so that I downloaded a novella of his to my iPod Kindle app after reading just a little way into it. But then something happened in the rest of the book, or maybe it was just me noticing it. It seemed as though he spent way too much time describing the main character's emotions and inner life, and there didn't seem to be much actually going on in the story. Did you find that at all, or was it just me? Because I really liked the book at first, and was very excited to have more of his books to read.

In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead has a strange atmosphere;
might be the hallucinogens though. ;-)

#6 - Tom Piccirilli is a talented writer but his work can be on the moody side and may not be your cup of tea. Midnight Road was my first of his and I had doubts that I would like him as well. But there was something about his writing and the story and characters were just odd enough that I wanted to try more. For more pure story telling, try The Cold Spot and it's sequel.

#8 timdt...Okay, then I might give The Cold Spot a try. Thanks!

The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie is an unusual one for her, and has a hint of the supernatural that I enjoyed.

The Merrily Watkins books by Phil Rickman definitely starting with The Wine of Angels

Stephen King: The Green Mile, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and Dolores Claiborne

James Rollins: Map of Bones and Sandstorm Rollins. I haven't read as many Rollins as I have of King, so he may have written better books.

Zig Zag by Jose Carlos Somoza.

Cant go wrong with Stephen king

The Descent and its sequel Deeper aren't mysteries in that there's a detective and all that, they're more thrillers but w/a definite supernatural element about them. The tone and intent of each is really different though since they were written a decade apart. I liked them for what they were.

Oh and here's an oddball - Under the Skin by Michael Faber. Weird, weird, weird book. Don't read too much about it if you intend to read it.

Peter James 's early work is quite good and has a touch of the supernatural. Host and Prophecy spring to mind. I think Dreamer too. i enjoyed all of them.

If you haven't tried Michael Koryta I would definitely recommend him. I loved The Cypress House.

Ooooh, so many good suggestions. Thanks, all.

tim_mo - I haven't read Koontz in about a hundred years. Any specific recs?

Storeetllr -I've read Relic already -- love me some Prendergast, but they're often almost too supernatural.

timdt - I will definitely look up Tom Piccirilli - I adore the southern gothic stuff.

mainrun - I've read Rollins - The Black Order? Definitely worth going back for more since you've given me specific ones to try.

pinkozcat - Oh, Barbara Michaels. I read all those years ago. I don't think she writes those anymore. They were so wonderfully gothic and creepy.

lorenzotan - Cypress House it is!

Bookmarque - I will check those out. I am a thriller fan for certain.

And to everyone else - thanks again! I see much downloading and many hours of reading in my future.

I'd check out F. Paul Wilson's Repairman Jack books. Solid thrillers with a little bit of supernatural thrown in. The Tomb or Legacies is a good place to start.

Iris Johasen Fatal Tide, One the Run, Dark Summer, Killer Dreams All have mystery and a little something extra. Nora Roberts has a 3 book series called the Garden Series that has a ghost that is pretty spooky especially in the one, The Red Lilly.

Tottman - I'd forgotten Repairman Jack -- he's been recommended to me before. I will definitely be downloading those.

Kay - I've read all the Johansens. Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't her daughter the supernatural aspect? If there's more, I don't remember it. I liked them a lot (except the last ones which I thought were not as good as the earlier parts of the series).

Just finished Florence and Giles, a gothic thriller that is truly scary and unputdownable.

Dan Simmons wrote a couple of excellent thrillers with supernatural aspects (but not dominating the story) -- Song of Kali and The Terror were great reads to me.

Mark of the Lion by Suzanne Arruda and Graveyard Dust by Barbara Hambly both include a hint of the supernatural.

Just began to read diana gabaldon Outlander. The 1940`s gal slips into the Scottish past. Diana is considered one of today`s great writers. Difficult to put her in one category of writing. She seems to fit in many genres. She was a featured speaker at the Tucson Book Fair in March. Certainly intelligent, cute and wonderfully adept with spoken words as well as written.