10 new action-packed thrillers for fans to tickle your nerves

1. "Deadly Influence" by Mike Omer

The long-awaited novelty from the best-selling author "Inside the killer" And "How will you die». The main character of the new detective series is called Abby Mullen. She is an NYPD lieutenant, skilled negotiator, and divorced mother of two.

Abby grew up in sect "Family". Its ringleader, Father Wilcox, did terrible things under the guise of a flower business. For other followers of the sect, everything ended tragically - they died in a fire. But Abby and her friends Isaac and Eden survived. The heroine kept up a correspondence with Isaac, but did not hear anything about Eden until someone kidnapped Nathan, the eight-year-old son of a friend. Mullen will not be able to stay away - suddenly the criminal will negotiate. But will the difficult memories of childhood interfere with the cause?

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2. An Airplane Without Her by Michel Bussy

In December 1980, on the border of Switzerland and France, he suffered crash plane that flew from Istanbul to Paris. There were 169 people on board. In the fall, everyone died, except for a three-month-old girl. Suddenly, there were two families claiming custody: wealthy and poor. Both those and other relatives are convinced that this is their granddaughter.

It is not possible to reveal the secret of the identity of Lisa Rose or Emily even after 18 years. The private detective Credul Grand-Duc, who has been looking for the truth all these years, decides to commit suicide, but before that he leaves a notebook for the girl with all the information on the case. The solution to the riddle dawns on the old detective a second before he pulls the trigger...

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3. The Patient's Secret by Loret Ann White

Psychotherapist Lily Bradley and her husband, a professor, and two children live happily in a beautiful house on a quiet street. But one morning, the husband returns from a run covered in blood and hides the stained clothes in the barn. A couple of minutes later, the police arrive and arrest him for the murder of the beautiful neighbor Arwen. Will Mrs. Bradley, in such a situation, be able to maintain the calmness to which she always encourages her clients?

The plot of this thriller is based on the real story of Canadian Jasmine Richardson, who in 2006, along with her boyfriend, killed her parents and younger brother. The girl was then 12 years old. She spent a decade in mental hospital, came out and got a new name. How she feels at liberty, whether she realized what she has done and what she is doing now - fantasized Loret Ann White.

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4. "Dark Daisy", Alice Feeney

Sealed Detective in the spirit of the classic works of Agatha Christie. The story is told from the perspective of 29-year-old Daisy, who has suffered from heart problems since childhood and feels broken.

At the end of October, she travels from London to Cornwall for her grandmother's 80th birthday. Her divorced parents and two older sisters will also gather there. Grandmother believes that this is her last year among the living, and wants to say goodbye to loved ones. From midnight to morning in the old estate on the peninsula, protected from civilization by the tide, there will be several murders. Here is a coincidence: at the first dinner, the family jokingly discussed ways to commit a crime and go unpunished.

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5. "When You Disappeared" John Marrs

Debut novel by bestselling authorThe one. The only one». This is an "anti-family" saga about how important it is to trust your other half, because any omissions can turn into a snowball and destroy relationships.

Catherine and Simon found themselves in just such a situation. They have been together since school, they themselves built a dream house, gave birth to four children, were the main support and support for each other, despite the coldness and misunderstanding in the parental families. But one misunderstood event turned everything in Simon's head, exposing the darkest corners of his soul. From a loving husband, he turned into cold-blooded sociopath and left his family after the tragedy - the death of his youngest son.

Katherine was left alone with three jobs, a bunch of debts and children missing her father. Only a quarter of a century later, she finds out why Simon left and what he did. Readers are waiting for a tense story until the last paragraph and a finale in the spirit of Shakespeare's tragedies.

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6. Everyone Lies, Camille Grebe

For fans of the oppressive atmosphere of Scandinavian noir and those who liked the previous recommendation. Mary had a hard time. For a long time, she alone raised her son with Down syndrome, whose father disappeared from the horizon. But luck smiled at her: she married Samir. He speaks broken Swedish and has a teenage daughter, Yasmin. But the relationship between father and daughter is strained.

When Yasmin goes missing, Sameer becomes the first suspect. Standard procedure, Maria thinks, just check the facts and alibis. But what if her ideal spouse is hiding something? In fact, all people lie from time to time.

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7. The Book of Accidents, Chuck Vending

Listed as one of The New York Public Library's Best Books of 2021, the novel is a cross between Stranger Things and thrillers Gillian Flynn.

Maddie and Nate Graves are a married couple with a young son. Nate used to live near Ramble Rocks. In this place, in a field of stones, the serial maniac Edmund Reese was going to kill 99 girls, considering this their mission on Earth. The offender was caught and sentenced to death in the electric chair. But why, knowing the terrible history of the place, Nate decided to bring his family here? After all, even years later, the darkness does not sleep here.

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8. "Snow Girl" by Javier Castillo

Javier Castillo is called Spanish Stephen King. What is this if not recognition? In 1998, Aaron Templeton walked with his daughter Kira at the New York Thanksgiving Parade. The father just for a moment released the girl's hand, and now Kira had already disappeared into the crowd.

Police found Aaron's daughter's cut off hair and clothes, but found no witnesses or leads. Five years have passed. Parents never recovered from the disaster, when suddenly a new blow - a videotape with a grown-up Kira in an unfamiliar place. She's alive, so she can be found. Ambitious journalist Miren Trigs gets down to business, because her life is somewhat reminiscent of Kirina.

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9. "The Past Takes Revenge" by Emily Gounis

The story begins in 1945. Tessa James, an old midwife of the Vicarage, is arrested on charges of involuntary manslaughter of Evelyn Hilton of Yew Manor. A woman and her baby are dying during childbirth Tessa doesn't have time to help them.

In 1969, the six-year-old daughter of Richard Hilton, who once accused Mrs. James of the death of his first wife, disappeared from the Vicarage House. This time, the main suspect is Bobby James, Tessa's great-grandson. What lies behind this family animosity and enmity? Willow, Bobby's daughter, does not believe in her father's guilt. She finds a mysterious letter and begins her own investigation.

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10. "Rock, Paper, Scissors" by Alice Feeney

Amelia and Adam Wright have been married for a long time, but every day they are increasingly moving away from each other. When the couple wins a trip to Scotland, Amelia decides it's a chance to bond and rekindle their feelings. She is not upset even by her husband's lamentations during a car trip.

In a terrible snowstorm, the couple gets to the old Blackwater Chapel, the doors of which were initially locked, and then, as if by magic, opened. Adam has a bad premonition: it's good not just to build relationships, but just to survive this vacation!

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