The Silent Patient was one of the most popular books of 2019. Written by British–Cypriot author Alex Michaelides, this thriller was an impressively successful debut. The novel’s style is heavily inspired by the writing of Agatha Christie and is narrated by psychotherapist Theo Faber. The story is all about a patient in a psychiatric facility. … Read more
In 2017, author Celeste Ng published her award winning novel, Little Fires Everywhere. Since then the novel based in Shaker Heights, Ohio, has gone from success to success. Winning the number one spot of The New York Times fiction bestsellers list. In 2020 the novel was adapted into a television series on Hulu. The mini … Read more
Dark psychological thrillers are all about creating a suspenseful, twisted, and memorable narrative based around characters who may not always have the best intentions or positive characteristics. But with whom we can still sympathize in one way or another thanks to how the author portrays them, and one of the best to do it is … Read more
Six of Crows is a duology which is part of the wider Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo. It can be read separately from the Shadow and Bone trilogy. Set in the crime-filled slums of Ketterdam, the story follows Kaz Brekker, a teenage criminal prodigy, who must perform a deadly heist to become rich beyond his wildest … Read more
Thrillers have long been a staple within the world of literature. Nothing quite beats the feeling of turning page after page of a thriller, feeling your palms get sweaty as our protagonists race against the clock to save the world against massive threats to our survival. One of the most popular books in the genre … Read more
The majority of readers were enchanted by the Gone Girl story, whether they first read the book when it was published in 2012 or after the Ben Affleck-led movie adaptation was released. This psychological thriller kept us turning pages till we eventually found some form of resolution, and tricked so many of us with its … Read more
When I first read Without Merit, I couldn’t put the book down. I read it all in one sitting (that’s 384 pages!), desperate to get to the plot twist and find out the truth about Merit’s secrets. Without Merit follows the Voss family, who are anything but normal. They live in a church, and the … Read more
Psychological thriller novels are filled with so much mystery and suspenseful plot twists that it always makes it incredibly hard to know exactly where the story is going, and that’s certainly true of Emma in the Night. It’s one of Wendy Walker’s most popular novels among her wide catalog of thrilling stories that have kept … Read more