I write mysteries and I love to read them. The mysteries I write are traditional and cozy. The focus is on my sleuth as she solves murders, her relationships, and on the local setting. These past few years I've enjoyed reading mysteries quite a bit edgier than the ones I write. These books are filled with characters that are often unstable or emotionally damaged. The murders are more brutal; the plots are more complex. Psychological thrillers veer off in many directions, and the person narrating the story is not always reliable. You can't take for granted that what a character says is true. Your best bet is to observe the action and enjoy the ride!
I was in a constant state of suspense as I listened to The Silent Patient. A therapist in a psychiatric facility is intent on unlocking the secrets of a female patient who never speaks. She is a famous painter, believed to have murdered her husband. Each chapter reveals another layer of the story behind the murder. I was totally blown away when the ending arrived. Never a dull scene or unnecessary word.
"An unforgettableâand Hollywood-boundânew thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." âEntertainment Weekly
The Silent Patient is a shocking psychological thriller of a womanâs act of violence against her husbandâand of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.
Alicia Berensonâs life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of Londonâs most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him fiveâŠ
This brilliantly-crafted novel revolves around a wedding that takes place on an island. The characters are well-defined and not especially likable. In fact, everyone involved in the wedding party brings along enough emotional baggage to sink the island. One guest is shocked to discover her lover is present and not who she thought he was. And then someone is murdered, heightening the tension! A wonderful psychological thriller!
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*Over 1 million copies sold worldwide*
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*Goodreads Choice Awards winner for Crime & Mystery 2020*
A gripping, twisty murder mystery thriller from the No.1 bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
'Lucy Foley is really very clever' Anthony Horowitz 'Thrilling' The Times 'A classic whodunnit' Kate Mosse 'Sharp and atmospheric and addictive' Louise Candlish 'A furiously twisty thriller' Clare Mackintosh
A dark academia mystery thriller set in contemporary St Andrews, with snappy dialogue and a strong sense of place.
When Ellie Meikle moves to the picturesque seaside town of St Andrews to study for her PhD in Ancient History, she soon feels as if she has made a mistake. SheâŠ
A writer is working on a true crime book when she goes out into a snowstorm and discovers a child. Many years earlier, two young girls ventured out into the night. One returned to discover her parents have been murdered and her brother is a suspect. The other girl never returns. Who is this child and how did he get there? Going from the current mystery to the cold case years earlier, the solutions to both are resolved with a truly surprising punch.
âFully realized, wholly absorbing and almost painfully suspenseful...The journey is mesmerizing.â âNew York Times
A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf.
True crime writer Wylie Lark doesnât mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where sheâs retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence. It would be perfect, if not for the fact that decades earlier, at this very house, two people were murdered in cold blood and a girl disappeared without a trace.
This was the first Lisa Jewell mystery I read. When I finished it, I went on to read several more. Kim is thirty-nine and raising her grandson Noah because her daughter Tallulah has disappeared. She and her boyfriend Zach, who lived with Kim, have gone out for the evening and never returned home. The police discover they ended up spending the evening with a group of young people from a nearby school. As the story progresses, we learn more about these young people and about Tallulah's secret relationship with their leader, a volatile woman. And finally we find out what happened that fateful night.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes âher best thriller yetâ (Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author) about a young coupleâs disappearance on a gorgeous summer night, and the mother who will never give up trying to find them.
On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend disappear after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend.
One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods that border the same estate. Known locally as theâŠ
Three months after four-year-old Holly Gebhardt was kidnapped, she was inexplicably returned to the same park from which sheâd vanishedâŠwith no memory of the ordeal. Though a local handyman was convicted, suspicion also fell on his friendâHollyâs mother, Cecily. The troubling doubts about her involvement shattered the family, forever drivingâŠ
Zoe commutes to her job every day on a crowded train on the London underground. She discovers that someone is posting advertisements in a local paper saying which women take which trains. And there's a photograph of herself, claiming she's up for some "discreet casual action." Who is behind this and why? Zoe becomes suspicious of everyone in her lifeâher boss, her significant otherâwondering who is cruel enough to set up unsuspecting women that commute by train. She's shocked when she finds out the truth, part of which she never discovers. A final zinger.
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You do the same thing every day. You know exactly where you're going. You're not alone . . .
When Zoe Walker sees her photo in the classifieds section of a London newspaper, she is determined to find out why it's there. There's no explanation: just a grainy image, a website address and a phone number. She takes it home to her family, who are convinced it's just someone whoâŠ
Carrie Singleton is just off a hot string of murder cases centered around the spooky local library in Clover Ridge, Connecticut. She could really use a breakâbut no such luck, as she; Smoky Joe, the resident cat; and Evelyn, the libraryâs ghost, are drawn into another tantalizing whodunit.
If youâre intrigued by the psychology of relationships this is the novel for you.
Described as a modern-day Rebecca, this is a story of a bereaved manâs obsession with his deceased married lover, Michelle. Determined to find out all he can about Michelleâs life when she wasnât with him,âŠ
Dr. Mark Lin, a cynical and disillusioned internist, is the target of a hacker known as Doctor Lucifer. Three patients at Ivory Memorial Hospital suffer from medication errors, created by the hacker, yet Mark is forced to take the blame. He knows a computer worm is spreading and crippling networkâŠ
