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Thrillers and Mysteries
Plot twists, espionage, murder and more..
Plot Twists
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The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
What Readers said:
sharp and aerodynamic
gripping, compelling, unfolding nightmare
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
What Readers said:
crazy plot twists
rich and colorful
Verity
Colleen Hoover
What Readers said:
clear, tight & smooth
a dark thriller
Shutter Island
Dennis Lehane
What Readers said:
flare and mystery
a fascinating psychological thriller
Fingersmith
Sarah Waters
What Readers said:
preplotted, contrived and dry
very twisty and tricksy
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
What Readers said:
dark, dark book
dark and disturbing novel
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
What Readers said:
clever and innovative
a classic country house mystery
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton
What Readers said:
sharp, clear and dramatic
poetic and witty
Behind Her Eyes
Sarah Pinborough
What Readers said:
brilliantly well written
mystery and thriller
The Wasp Factory
Iain Banks
What Readers said:
first person narrative
frank's very strange altar/retreat
Espionage
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John le Carre
What Readers said:
beautifully crafted novel and very entertaining
angry, grim
Casino Royale
Ian Fleming
What Readers said:
violent, sadistic, misogynistic
cold war spy novel
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
John le Carre
What Readers said:
a mole hunt
brilliantly written, plotted and imagined
Slow Horses
Mick Herron
What Readers said:
clever original tense
above average, nicely complicated
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Ben Macintyre
What Readers said:
fantastic
well-researched and written
The Day of the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth
What Readers said:
well-researched and well-written
fast paced political thriller
Need to Know
Karen Cleveland
What Readers said:
tight and fast pace
suspense filled thriller
The Cold War: A World History
Odd Arne Westad
What Readers said:
long and fascinating
a fascinating memoir
Red Sparrow
Jason Matthews
What Readers said:
masterful story telling
complex, nuanced, intricate
The Bourne Identity
Robert Ludlum
What Readers said:
its sense of place
overwrought and melodramatic
Murder
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The Guest List
Lucy Foley
What Readers said:
a young couples wedding
overdramatic with weak characters
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
What Readers said:
outstanding mystery
a stand-alone
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton
What Readers said:
sharp, clear and dramatic
poetic and witty
Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
What Readers said:
a great murder mystery
a hercule poirot mystery
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
What Readers said:
crisp non-florid prose
murder mystery detectives
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn
What Readers said:
dark, dark book
dark and disturbing novel
The Cuckoo's Calling
Robert Galbraith
What Readers said:
classic mystery fiction
old private eye style
The Hunting Party
Lucy Foley
What Readers said:
bright, witty, intelligent writing
slow moving book
The Westing Game
Ellen Raskin
What Readers said:
samuel w. westing's will
a possible murderer
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
What Readers said:
quick, simple, fast paced
unique voice and tone
Unreliable Narrators
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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
What Readers said:
love or hate book
lack of vulgar words
The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
What Readers said:
sharp and aerodynamic
gripping, compelling, unfolding nightmare
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
What Readers said:
sick torture pornography
tongue and cheek style
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski
What Readers said:
complexity and inventiveness
pretentious and boring
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
What Readers said:
crazy plot twists
rich and colorful
Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk
What Readers said:
radical and disjounted
pop culture trash
The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins
What Readers said:
lackluster and muddy
dark, twisty middle
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
What Readers said:
a 999 line poem
a transcontinental murder mystery
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson
What Readers said:
weird and macabre
lyrical and descriptive
The Shadow of the Torturer
Gene Wolfe
What Readers said:
elegant and literate prose
dour, lifeless and ponderous