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I feel bad about this topic because I haven’t read a lot of books from this genre and to think that it’s not just a simple mystery/thriller but a MIND-BLOWING one! So, honestly, today’s topic is the hardest for me! Haha. Some of the books I’m going to share are not 100% mystery/thriller. Rather, these books have somehow felt mysterious and gave a pang of thrill (at least, for me).
1. Girls of Glass by Brianna Labuskes
It takes more than a lie to hide the dark secrets of this picture-perfect family.
When the granddaughter of one of Florida’s most powerful judges disappears, it triggers a personal trauma for Detective Alice Garner: the kidnapping and murder of her own child. As a flood of painful memories comes rushing back, Alice sees herself in the guilt-ridden and emotionally fragile mother Charlotte Burke, who has become the target of a rush to judgment.
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2. Paper Towns by John Green
Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs into his life—dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows.
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3. White Cat by Holly Black
Cassel is cursed. Cursed by the memory of the fourteen year old girl he murdered. Life at school is a constant trial. Life at home even worse. No-one at home is ever going to forget that Cassel is a killer. No-one at home is ever going to forget that he isn’t a magic worker.
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4. Red Glove and Black Heart by Holly Black
Red Glove: In Cassel Sharpe’s world, they go together. Cassel always though he was an ordinary guy, until he realized his memories were being manipulated by his brothers. Now he knows the truth – he’s the most powerful curse worker around. (Read more on Goodreads)
Black Heart: Cassel Sharpe knows he’s been used as an assassin, but he’s trying to put all that behind him. He’s trying to be good, even though he grew up in a family of con artists and cheating comes as easily as breathing to him. (Read more on Goodreads)
5. The Perfect Liar by Thomas Christopher Greene
Susannah, a young widow and single mother, has remarried well: to Max, a charismatic artist and popular speaker whose career took her and her fifteen-year-old son out of New York City and to a quiet Vermont university town. Strong-willed and attractive, Susannah expects that her life is perfectly in place again. Then one quiet morning she finds a note on her door: I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
(Read more on Goodreads)
Have you read any of these books? I’d love to know your thoughts about it!
How about you? What are your Top 5 Mind-Blowing Mystery/Thriller? 🙂
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Shanah - Bionic Book Worm says
Great list! I need to look into all of these!
bookishkimberly says
Yes, you might enjoy these books especially Holly Black’s!
Beware Of The Reader says
I am so happy I was not the only one having a hard time with today’s topic!!
bookishkimberly says
It was indeed a hard one! Haha. But hopefully, you enjoyed the topic too! 🙂
thepunktheory says
Paper Towns is a great pick! Although I really hated Margo 🙈
Jenny in Neverland says
Great post! Paper Towns is one of my favourite books. Thriller is probably my favourite genre. My top would be Last Seen Alive by Claire Douglas!
Jenny
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