This disturbing little thriller will make you believe in ghosts again. Try not to be alone when you’re reading it at night. Seriously. It has all the best elements of Sigurdardottir’s writing; an isolated village in Iceland, a mystery with something deeply sinister at its core, and people being picked off one by one. Beautiful and […]
Top Five Thrillers
Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan
Wow, this one is so good and so relevant. Holly returns home to Liverpool in 1993 after a term at Oxford, where she was raped. She tells only one friend about the rape, and feels a failure “for being unable to communicate something so crucial-the fact she did not want her body to be invaded […]
He Said She Said by Erin Kelly
There’s so much contained within this beautifully written, slow burning thriller it’s hard to know where to begin. A young woman, Laura, and her partner stumble across a woman being raped at an eclipse festival. They testify as witnesses for the prosecution in the subsequent trial. Sixteen years later Laura and her partner are in hiding – not […]
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl. The God of All Thrillers. If you’re one of the ten or so people on the planet who haven’t read it yet, or seen the excellent movie, you are in for a treat. Why do we love it so much? It’s intelligent, it’s riveting but the true genius of it lies in the strong […]
Defending Jacob by William Landay
This one is soooooo good. Part courtroom drama, part thriller, part classic Classic Moral Dilemma. It brings to mind a vision of book clubs everywhere, sitting around half empty wine glasses asking ‘But what would you do if it were your son?’ And indeed, what would you do if it were your son was suspected […]