Thriller genre books (195)


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First Lie Wins : Reese's Book Club Pick (A Novel) by Ashley Elston EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through.”—Reese Witherspoon Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist. The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know... continue


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Five Survive by Holly Jackson EN

Rating: 3 (2 votes)
Description:
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series comes a new blockbuster thriller about a road trip that turns deadly. Eight hours. Six friends. Five survive. Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Her best friend - the older brother - his perfect girlfriend - a secret crush - a classmate - and a killer. When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize this is no accident. They have been trapped by someone out there in the dark, someone who clearly ... continue

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Fremd by Ursula Poznanski, Arno Strobel DE

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
Description:
Vertrau oder stirb Stell dir vor, du bist allein zu Haus. Plötzlich steht ein Mann vor dir. Er behauptet, dein Lebensgefährte zu sein. Aber du hast keine Ahnung, wer er ist. Und nichts in deinem Zuhause deutet darauf hin, dass jemand bei dir wohnt. Er redet auf dich ein, dass du doch bitte zur Vernunft kommen sollst. Du hast Angst. Und du verspürst diesen unwiderstehlichen Drang, dich zu wehren. Ein Messer zu nehmen. Bist du verrückt geworden? Stell dir vor, du kommst nach Hause, und deine Frau erkennt dich nicht. Sie hält dich für einen Einbrecher. Schlimmer n... continue

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Gallows Rock by Yrsa Sigurdardottir EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Iceland flag Iceland
Description:
On a jagged, bleak lava field just outside Reykjavik stands the Gallows Rock. Once a place of execution, it is now a tourist attraction. Until this morning, when a man was found hanging from it... The nail embedded in his chest proves it wasn't suicide. But when the police go to his flat, a further puzzle awaits: a four-year-old boy has been left there. He doesn't seem to have any link with the victim, his parents cannot be found, and his drawings show he witnessed something terrible. As detective Huldar hunts the killer, and child psychologist Freyja looks for the boy's parents, the mystery u... continue



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Het echte leven by Adeline Dieudonné NL

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
In een gewelddadig gezin kleurt een traumatische ervaring het leven van een 10-jarig meisje en haar 6-jarige broertje, waarna het zusje haar best doet om haar somber geworden broertje weer te laten lachen en zich op school vastbijt in natuurkunde waarin zij uitmunt.

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HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Netherlands flag Netherlands
Description:
"Originally published as Hex in 2013 by Luitingh-Sijthoff in Amsterdam"--Colophon.

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Himself by Jess Kidd EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2016Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 20171950. A teenage girl is brutally murdered in a forest. But, somehow, her baby survives.1976. A mysterious and charming young man returns to the remote coastal village of Mulderrig, seeking answers about the mother who, it was said, had abandoned him on the steps of a Dublin orphanage.With the help of its oldest and most eccentric inhabitant, he will force the village to give up its ghosts. Nothing, not even ... continue