Top thriller books to know in 2020? Our Dark Secret: As a teenager in the 1970s, Elizabeth was clever and overweight, a perfect target for bullies. Then Rachel and her family moved to town, and everything changed. She was drawn to bright, beautiful Rachel like a moth to a flame. Their friendship wasn’t exactly equal, but Elizabeth would do anything for Rachel. Then the first body was found . . . When, twenty years on, another body is found, Elizabeth is desperate to keep the secrets of her teenage years secret. But she can’t keep running from her past. Can she? This intelligent crime thriller book is a must-read for fans of Jenny Quintana’s The Missing Girl.
Mocienne Petit Jackson’s (Michael Jackson’s daughter) books are now available in Spanish! Part two of the three-part autobiography of Mocienne Petit Jackson starts with an extended description of the kidnapping of Mocienne and her life in The Netherlands. Subsequently we read how her life turned out with her adoptive family – where she and her cousin Délivrance stayed.Gradually she discovers that her real father is Michael Jackson.At the age of 15 she left her adoptive family, lived at a boarding school for 4 years and then got a place of her own. We follow her throughout the time when she passed through her teenage years and entered maturity – which was not always easy.Mocienne meets a man who she has a child with. However, this commitment was not to be.We learn about the problems she encounters with the Child Protection Services, followed by many court cases. At first, the court cases related to her own situation, later on they turned into a battle for her son. The one unacceptable situation followed yet another unacceptable situation.We also learn about the many traumatic events of the main character, her depressions and countless struggles to process the misery linked to her life and her strife to let it go. The writer clearly explains these struggles through vivid flashbacks. Find even more details at https://www.kobo.com/nl/nl/ebook/thriller-traicao.
A historical crime thriller set ten years after the arrival of the Mayflower on American shores, full of religious conflict and claustrophobic mystery. The new colony is not what many of its settlers were promised. Run by a fervent puritan man, many have had to give up their hopes of religious freedom in a new world. As the tensions start to grow amongst different sects and the colony becomes more and more isolated, it might be too late when the next boat arrives. Told from the perspectives of women in the colony, Beheld takes a dark and innovative look in the early days of American colonization and the cabin fever trope.
Legal circumstances aside, Ms Jackson also expresses a strong personal sentiment toward Michael Jackson. She claims that, although the relationship she had had with her father did not manage to fully develop, he had indeed loved her and he was glad to have her as his child. At present, Ms Jackson is seeking to make a name for herself as her own individual. Thriller, for example, offers unique insights on her life by including stories concerning unusual and difficult situations that she experienced while living in the Netherlands. She argues extensively, for instance, that the harshness of the Dutch political system has had a significant impact on her character, and that by writing about it she can express a sense of frankness. Explore extra info at Michael Jackson daugther books.
Jess Lourey’s Unspeakable Things has a plot that sounds designed to make us lose sleep at night. Set in a small Minnesota town in the 1980s, Cassie has a lovely life, aside from the weird parties her parents throw, but all of that changes when the boys of the town begin to disappear one by one, only to return . . . changed. Chris Hauty’s thriller debut, Deep State, is generating plenty of early buzz. Set against the backdrop of Washington DC, the newly elected president is a divisive figure who is stoking the country’s political turmoil. When the White House chief of staff turns up dead, it soon becomes clear there’s a nefarious plot to undermine democracy that is running throughout the capitol: the Deep State is real, and it must be exposed at any cost.
In New York, residents are fighting for membership to the exclusive, women-only workspace, the Herd. But then, the organization’s widely admired founder disappears on the eve of a big announcement. The Herd soon descends into chaos, particularly after police reveal they suspect foul play. As everyone comes under suspicion, two sisters—one an employee of the Herd, another an aspiring member—become entangled in the mystery and must confront the secrets they’ve been keeping from each other. Pulsing with suspense, this twisty story also tackles some timely themes, including the competitive world of media, female ambition, and the cost of success.
