I get so many messages asking what my top thriller read has been for 2022. It is so hard to pick just one! So I decided to put together a list of my top 10 best thriller reads I’ve come across this year. If you’ve read them, I’d love to hear your thoughts!
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Genre: Thriller/ Fiction
Daisy Darker hasn’t seen her family in years, but with her Nana’s 80th birthday approaching that is about to change. Daisy heads to the gothic house situated on an island. When the high tide comes in, it prevents anyone from coming or going.
But when Nana’s body is found and then another body washes ashore as the tide recedes, the Darker family must confront hidden secrets before the killer ends them all.
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The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
Genre: Thriller/ Fiction
This book is three mysteries tied into one heart-pounding read. Detective Chief Inspector Samuel Owusu learns that the bones at a crime scene are related to an unsolved investigation that left three people dead in a mansion. Rachel Rimmer learns her husband’s body was found and now she must answer questions about his past. Then there is Lucy Lamb who is haunted by a tragedy that changed her future forever. These three will find themselves more entangled than they thought when it comes to solving these grizzly crimes.
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The Family Across the Street by Nicole Trope
Genre: Thriller/ Fiction
Hogarth Street is where every family wants to live. It is lined with perfect trees and idyllic white houses. The Wests just moved in and they appear to be the perfect family—loving marriage and adorable five-year-old twins.
However, the façade begins to crack when neighbors start to question why the family never joins in with any activities. Then the blaring sirens erupt down the street and an unimaginable tragedy changes Hogarth Street forever.
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Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier
Genre: Thriller/ Fiction
Paris Peralta is found covered in blood holding a razor while her celebrity husband lies dead behind her. She is arrested and charged with the crime, but Paris is more worried about the secrets of the past coming to light. Readers then meet Ice Queen, Ruby Reyes. She was charged 25 years ago with committing an almost identical murder as Paris. But Ruby knows about Paris’s past and now that she is released, she is coming for Paris. Can you ever escape your past?
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The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow
Genre: Thriller/ Fiction
Alice Ogilvie disappeared for exactly five days after her basketball-star boyfriend, Steve, broke up with her, refusing to talk about where she went. But when Steve’s new girlfriend, Alice’s ex-BFF, disappears and doesn’t come back, Alice pairs up with Iris to figure out who’s behind the murder.
Unlike the police, Alice doesn’t think Steve is the murderer. So the two turn to Agatha Christy for help in solving this twisty mystery.
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A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
Genre: Thriller/ Fiction
Chloe Davis was 12 when six local teenage girls went missing in her small town. A few months later, her dad confessed to the murders, was charged, and put behind bars for life. Twenty years later, Chloe is getting married and is finally able to put her past behind her.
But when a local girl turns up missing, and then another, history is repeating itself and Chloe is shaken to her core. Will the killer get unmasked or is Chloe just being fearful, letting her past haunt her?
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The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
Genre: Thriller/ Fiction
In 1977, wealthy and unusual Beth Greer was seen leaving a crime scene where two men were shot dead with eerie notes left on them. Beth was never charged, but in 2017, Shea Collins – who runs a true crime website – wants to interview Beth about the cold case. Beth agrees, but Shea finds her mansion more than odd. She even swears to see someone in the window. What secrets is Beth hiding? Is Shea meeting with a manipulative killer? Or is there someone or something else behind that fateful night?
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The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda
Genre: Thriller/ Fiction
Abigail Lovett is the manager of The Passage Inn. It’s an upscale resort in a North Carolina mountain town. Even though it’s known for its hiking, it is also known for its string of unsolved disappearances. When a journalist becomes the next victim, Abigail starts to look more closely at those around her.
She begins to discover how little she knows about the town and the people. Will outsider Abigail be able to figure out who’s behind the disappearances or will she become the next victim?
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Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter
Genre: Thriller/ Fiction
It’s 1982 in Longbill Beach and Emily Vaughn, a popular, pretty, athlete, is on her way to prom. But what everyone doesn’t know is she has a secret–a secret she takes to her grave when she’s murdered.
Now nearly 40 years later, U.S. Marshal Andrea goes to Longbill to finally bring the killer to justice. But it’s not that simple because Andrea may turn out to be the next victim if she doesn’t get ahead of the whodunnit mystery.
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Kismet by Amina Akhtar
Genre: Thriller/ Fiction
Ronnie Kham never thought she’d leave New York. That is until she meets socialite Marley Dewhurst. Ronnie gets seduced by Sedona and mesmerized by yoga and hikes, when she’s thrust into this new world.
But when the socialites start turning up murdered, the spell breaks and Ronnie learns that this place isn’t all she thought. This unhinging nightmare surrounding Ronnie might not be one she can escape unscathed.
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