If you like your plot twists ludicrous and your characters shallow, then this is the thriller for you.
Thriller
Gallows Rock by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
A man is found hanging from a rock with a nail in his chest – so, not suicide then- and an unidentified boy is found alone in the dead man’s apartment. Why?
The Mist by Ragnar Jonasson
Brilliant Icelandic crime fiction. An isolated farmhouse. A blizzard which knocks out the electricity. A knock at the door….
Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier
This smart, sassy little thriller delivers shocks right up to the end.
The Trespassers by Meg Mundell
Published in 2019, The Trespassers is eerily prescient. The UK is in the grip of a deadly pandemic; its economy has collapsed. Migrant workers travelling to Australia by ship become increasingly wary of one another when an infectious disease breaks out on board, killing some of the passengers. Some recover, but the vessel is branded […]
Riptides by Kirsten Alexander
This slow burning thriller from the author of the Half Moon Lake is the literary equivalent of an icy cold beer on a hot day; deeply satisfying.
The Dilemma by B.A. Paris
This is a lovely little domestic thriller involving two rather big secrets and the married couple who keep them from one another.
I Thought I Knew You by Penny Hancock
An ugly accusation tests a friendship. Could any mother doubt her daughter when she says she’s been raped? Would any mother believe her son was the rapist?