There are a lot of novels out there, especially from the thriller genre, that it is impossible to read all of them. Here I only list the top 5 of the novels I read which were published this year. I had a hard time in choosing the top and even a harder arranging the top books in the order, as they are all fast paced, full of suspense, with great story and all of them make great thrillers. I could have easily given all of them no.1, but I had to rearrange them somehow so..
5. Defending Jacob by William Landay
Defending Jacob is a legal thriller. Andy Barber, formerly an assistant district attorney, sets out to defend his son, Jacob, as he becomes charged with a murder of his fellow student. As the case continues, Andy becomes shocked at how little he knows about his own son and as more of Andy's past is forced to reveal, his family is in danger of breaking down.
4. The Eden Prophecy: A Thriller by Graham Brown
This novel is the third of the Danielle Laidlaw series. After a U.S. Ambassador contracts a virus after opening a threatening letter and a rogue geneticist is found dead after getting tortured, Danielle Laidlaw, an NRI operative, and Hawker, an ex-CIA agent and former mercenary, sets out to investigate.
3. Nocturnal by Scott Sigler
This is the first paranormal thriller I had read and it really did made a great read for me. Homicide detective Bryan Clauser and his partner Lawrence "Pookie" investigates some gruesome serial murders taking place in San Francisco. The strange thing is Bryan discovers the murders through his dreams and describes them accurately before even reaching the crime scene. Even more stranger is the fact that their superiors want to keep the two from discovering the truth. Read the novel as you find the dark secrets behind the murders.
2. Trust your eyes by Linwood Barclay
This is second novel that I read this year and I came across it by pure chance. The novel tells a story of Thomas Kilvride, a map-obsessed schizophrenic. He travels the whole world without stepping outside his room using a site, Whirl360.com. However, everything changes when he sees what looks like a woman being strangled in New York through the site. Without realising, Thomas and his brother Ray, has stumbled upon a conspiracy and now, even though oblivious of the fact, they are in a danger they could have never imagined.
1. The Prophet: A Shepherd Thriller by Ethan Cross
The novel is the second of the series, The Shepherd. This is the story which involves two serial killers, a doomsday cult, a vigilante group and of course the FBI. What better mix can we have? The main story involves Special Agent Marcus William, who is part of a vigilante group known as the The Shepherd, going after another serial killer known to him as the Anarchist. However what they don't realise that the Anarchist is just a small part of a something much bigger. However that's not the only trouble Marcus faces. Francis Ackerman Jr., who is also another serial killer, tries all he can to help Marcus, and Marcus is highly disturbed by this. All this leads to great twists and never-ending suspense in the novel The Prophet.
I will post more detailed reviews of the all the five novels in the course of the week. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy reading the above novels if you have not read them yet. If you have read them, how did you find the above books? Do you also feel that they deserve to be the top 5? Are there any other books you feel should be on the list? Let me know through the comments.
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