The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Do you like to take a chance to discover new authors' books? OR, do you like to have it recommended to you before reading it?
Like many other authors before me, I have a book available on Amazon, "The Winter Man - Resort to Violence", and not having it noticed yet. There's only so much social media posts I can make to attract readers. Even Amazon has deleted my great reviews for the book without notifying me any reason they did it.
So, hit me up with answers you may have or what your latest undiscovered read may be.

I've tried a slew of new-to-me authors over the years. Sadly, too many of them disappointed either right from the get-go or after 2 or 3 entries in their series. Even some long established but new-to-me authors have been dropped from my 'To Read' list after disappointing me.
It's been several years since I tried a new author who caught and held my interest over the long haul. One was Jeff Carson with his Dave Wolf series and another was Tom Lowe with his Sean O'Brien series (although to be honest, his last few entries have been a bit of a letdown).