Top Ten Psychological Thrillers of 2016
25 Oct 2016
Shadows on shower curtains. Footsteps in supposedly empty places. Calls from inside the house. Sure, these raise hairs. But nothing rattles the spine like a psychological thriller. What is more terrifying than not knowing who to trust? Perhaps not being able to trust yourself? If you’re looking for a great, chilling read, look no further than the top ten psychological thrillers of 2016.
Until I Met Her
Natalie Barelli
Emma was stunned when her author friend Beatrice asked to use her name to publish her latest book. But does the renowned crime author have something dark in store for Emma? Betrayal has a way of pushing people to do terrible things…
Release date: June 16, 2016
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The Body Reader
Anne Fraiser
Detective Jude Fontaine was held captive for three years, suffering isolation and torture at the hands of her captor. Freed, and with a new thirst for justice, Fontaine returns to Homicide. Collegues doubt her mental stability, but they cannot deny her remarkable ability to read body language. With her heightened abilities of detection, Fontaine is determined to stop the man murdering young women, the very one who held her prisoner.
Release date: June 21, 2016
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The Butterfly Garden
Dot Hutchison
The FBI make a horrific discovery when they find a garden, filled with women kept prisoner by a man known as the Gardener. While debriefing Maya, one of the tattooed “butterflies,” Agents Victor Hanoverian and Brandon Eddison link piece after gut-wrenching piece of a twisted puzzle…yet they can’t help but feel Maya is keeping something from them…
Release date: June 1, 2016
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The Things We Wish Were True
Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
The picturesque town of Sycamore Glen, North Carolina, is not as perfect as outward appearances let on. With troubling pasts and threatening secrets pressing at the surface, an accident at the community pool shakes Sycamore Glen to its core. As lives begin to unravel, will anything save them from each other?
Release date: September 1, 2016
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Before You Leap
Keith Houghton
Greg Cole thought he’d made it to a place far from his past, from the murder of his sister and the man responsible. But when the murderer is released with an airtight alibi, Greg’s past catches up with him. Can the talk therapist survive a dive into his own psyche? How much can he trust himself?
Release date: November 1, 2016
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Nutshell
Ian McEwan
Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. What’s more, she’s set a plan in motion with the help of his brother, Claude. Their plot isn’t without witnesses though. Namely, Trudy’s yet to be born child…
Release date: September 13, 2016
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The Sister
Louise Jensen
Grace’s best friend Charlie died, and she can’t get past it. Following a search for Charlie’s father, a woman claiming to be Charlie’s sister comes forward. Grace welcomes Anna into her life with open arms and an open heart. But soon things begin to dissappear and Grace has the strange feeling someone is following her…
Release date: July 7, 2016
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The Girls
Emma Cline
As the 1960s draw to an end, Evie Boyd is a teenager intrigued by a group of girls with careless freedoms she longs for. She finds herself pulled in by the alluring Suzanne, an older girl and member of a cult led by an extremely persuasive man. Their run down ranch strikes Evie as exciting, and she begins spending more and more time there, away from her family, and closer to violence…
Release date: June 14, 2016
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Saving Sophie
Sam Carrington
Karen’s anxiety keeps her from leaving her home. Her daughter, Sophie, arriving home drunk one evening, escorted by the police, doesn’t make her life easier. 12 hours later, Sophie’s friend is missing. Sophie claims to know nothing, but Karen knows she’s more involved than she’s letting on, and worse yet, may be in danger.
Release date: August 12, 2016
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Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty
Sam and Clementine have a wonderful relationship, two wonderful children, and a bright future as a family. While visiting Clementine’s closest friend, Erika, and her husband, they extend an invitation to their neighbor’s barbecue. Soon they’ll be wishing they stayed home.
Release date: July 26, 2016
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