Five words from the blurb: identity, past, forgotten, overnight, trust Before I Go To Sleep centres on Christine, a woman who wakes up every morning unable to recognise her own husband. An accident left her without the ability to memorise new events and so she forgets the previous day every time she goes to sleep. In an effort to understand more about [...]
Posts under ‘Thriller’
The Devotion of Suspect X – Keigo Higashino
Translated from the Japanese by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander Five words from the blurb: Tokyo, ex-husband, shattered, Police, genius I hadn’t heard of this book until one of my sister’s friends recommended it to me, but I love Japanese thrillers and so decided to give it a try. I’m pleased that [...]
The Child Who by Simon Lelic
Five words from the blurb: murdered, schoolmate, solicitor, defend, dilemna Simon Lelic’s debut novel, Rupture, is one of my favourite books from the last decade. I wasn’t as impressed with his second, The Facility, but I was still keen to see what his new book would be like. The Child Who falls some where between the two. [...]
Hen’s Teeth – Manda Scott
Short listed for 1997 Orange Prize Five words from the blurb: mysteriously, dead, hens, scientists, Glaswegian Hen’s Teeth is a thriller set on a farm near Glasgow. One of the farm’s owners is discovered to have died from a heart attack, but because her brother died in the same way, just two weeks earlier, her friends are [...]
Piercing – Ryu Murakami
Translated from the Japanese by Ralph McCarthy Five words from the blurb: ice pick, confront, demons, psychosexual, murder Piercing is a dark, fast paced thriller set in Tokyo. The book begins with Kawashima, a new father, stroking his daughter’s skin with an ice pick. He has a strong desire to cut her tiny body, [...]
In The Woods – Tana French
Five words from the blurb: detective, body, woods, family, secrets Tana French is an author who has been raved about so much that I have forgotten where I first heard about her. I am often disappointed by thrillers and so was nervous about approaching this book, but I shouldn’t have worried – In the Woods [...]
