Hi guys Ive been in a reading slump, and i get too bored reading a big novel, i used to read a lot but work and doom scrolling got out the worst of me, I need to read a mystery thriller novel that i cant put down and it literally grips my soul i tried reading plenty but i had to put them down bcz they were too boring or too dragged
I loved the silent patient when it came out but im looking for something more please suggest!!
by Delulu_gaia
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When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy. I’m about a third of the way through and it’s fantastic so far. It’s a little bit horror as well.
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters?
Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a “baby farmer,” who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby’s household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves—fingersmiths—for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home.
One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives—Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud’s vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of—passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum.
With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways…But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals.
*Recursion* by Blake Crouch is a popular book here because it’s a trippy time/dimension hopping adventure. Only thing I’ve read that’s quite like it is another one of this author’s books *Dark Matter.*
*Come with Me* by Ronald Malfi is billed as a horror book, this one is more of a very well written thriller/murder mystery than a splattered gore fest filled with a looming threat. We have our MC who is dealing with the tragic death of his wife after he discovers her hidden and apparently obsessive research into the deaths of several young women. We follow the MC’s very realistic and rational process of figuring out what she’s been up to, including some very cool revelations along the way.
*Fantasticland* is a gritty horror where amusement park employees are trapped in a Lord Of The Flies-esque battle for their lives after a hurricane traps them inside. Told in a series of interviews, the narration is the star here. It takes some major suspense of disbelief to get through, but it’s a thrilling read.