Book reviews

Psychological thriller

Javier Castillo
The Snow Girl: Kiera disappears and everyone moves on except her parents
John Katzenbach
The Analyst: a birthday threat, fifteen days and a therapist who has lost control
Juan Gómez-Jurado
The Patient: the President on the operating table and a daughter nobody can trade
Javier Castillo
The Soul Game: a teenager is dead and someone still thinks it's a game
Freida McFadden
The Inmate: seeing your ex in prison doesn't count as closure
Camilla Läckberg and Henrik Fexeus
The Mentalist: the trick is not the only thing under suspicion
Camilla Läckberg
The Cuckoo: Fjällbacka remembers what it prefers to forget
Fiona Barton
The Widow: “I didn’t know” is not a complete answer
Carmen Mola
The Mothers: Elena Blanco investigates a horror in a white coat
Romy Hausmann
Dear Child: leaving the cabin does not end the captivity
Ruth Ware
The Turn of the Key: a smart house with no room for a nanny's doubts
Lucy Foley
The Guest List: a wedding with enough secrets to need a seating chart
Juan Gómez-Jurado
Everything Burns: three women with no patience left for playing nice
Jo Nesbø
The Snowman: Harry Hole finds a pattern the snow cannot hide
Mattias Edvardsson
A Nearly Normal Family: love, murder and three versions of the truth
Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca: marrying a widower should not mean competing with a dead woman
Freida McFadden
Dear Debbie: the advice columnist ran out of advice for herself
Pablo Rivero
The Nanny: who gets the keys to your family?
Sarah Pinborough
Behind Her Eyes: the marriage Louise should have watched from a distance
Sebastian Fitzek
Seat 7a: the flight was bad enough before the phone rang
Freida McFadden
The Boyfriend: dating should not require a murder investigation
Alex Michaelides
The Fury: Elliot says he loves Lana and needs her to play the part he wrote
Joël Dicker
Wild Animal: Greg wanted his neighbor's life and started by watching the wife
Helene Flood
Knowing how to listen to others won't tell you where your husband is
Liv Constantine
The Last Mrs. Parrish: Amber wants Daphne’s husband before checking what comes with him
Alex Michaelides
The Maidens: Mariana was hunting a killer and still defending her dead husband
Juan Gómez-Jurado
Lie: the narrator warns you she makes a living from deceit, and you still listen
Shari Lapena
She Didn't See It Coming: the best friend also knew where they kept the keys
Shari Lapena
The Couple Next Door: the baby comes home, but Anne does not get her old life back
Paula Hawkins
The Girl on the Train: Rachel watches a perfect life from a train window and fills in the blanks
Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl: everyone asks whether Amy lied; I want to know why we believed Nick
A. J. Finn
The Woman in the Window: Anna sees something from home, and no one trusts the witness
Freida McFadden
The Housemaid Is Watching: Millie finally gets a home, and the neighbors get a front-row seat
Freida McFadden
Never Lie: trapped by a snowstorm, Tricia finds tapes nobody should be listening to
Freida McFadden
The Housemaid: Millie takes a job in a perfect home, which is usually where the trouble lives
Alex Michaelides
The Silent Patient: Alicia stops speaking, and Theo makes her silence his whole career
Colleen Hoover
Verity: everyone asks whether Verity lied; I started wondering why we believe Jeremy

Psychological thriller

The Snow Girl: Kiera disappears and everyone moves on except her parents

The Analyst: a birthday threat, fifteen days and a therapist who has lost control

The Patient: the President on the operating table and a daughter nobody can trade

The Soul Game: a teenager is dead and someone still thinks it's a game

The Inmate: seeing your ex in prison doesn't count as closure

The Mentalist: the trick is not the only thing under suspicion

The Cuckoo: Fjällbacka remembers what it prefers to forget

The Widow: “I didn’t know” is not a complete answer

The Mothers: Elena Blanco investigates a horror in a white coat

Dear Child: leaving the cabin does not end the captivity

The Turn of the Key: a smart house with no room for a nanny's doubts

The Guest List: a wedding with enough secrets to need a seating chart

Everything Burns: three women with no patience left for playing nice

The Snowman: Harry Hole finds a pattern the snow cannot hide

A Nearly Normal Family: love, murder and three versions of the truth

Rebecca: marrying a widower should not mean competing with a dead woman

Dear Debbie: the advice columnist ran out of advice for herself

The Nanny: who gets the keys to your family?

Behind Her Eyes: the marriage Louise should have watched from a distance

Seat 7a: the flight was bad enough before the phone rang

The Boyfriend: dating should not require a murder investigation

The Fury: Elliot says he loves Lana and needs her to play the part he wrote

Wild Animal: Greg wanted his neighbor's life and started by watching the wife

Knowing how to listen to others won't tell you where your husband is

The Last Mrs. Parrish: Amber wants Daphne’s husband before checking what comes with him

The Maidens: Mariana was hunting a killer and still defending her dead husband

Lie: the narrator warns you she makes a living from deceit, and you still listen

She Didn't See It Coming: the best friend also knew where they kept the keys

The Couple Next Door: the baby comes home, but Anne does not get her old life back

The Girl on the Train: Rachel watches a perfect life from a train window and fills in the blanks

Gone Girl: everyone asks whether Amy lied; I want to know why we believed Nick

The Woman in the Window: Anna sees something from home, and no one trusts the witness

The Housemaid Is Watching: Millie finally gets a home, and the neighbors get a front-row seat

Never Lie: trapped by a snowstorm, Tricia finds tapes nobody should be listening to

The Housemaid: Millie takes a job in a perfect home, which is usually where the trouble lives

The Silent Patient: Alicia stops speaking, and Theo makes her silence his whole career

Verity: everyone asks whether Verity lied; I started wondering why we believe Jeremy