Book Club – Four Thrilling Reads

People would kill to have Faye’s life. A lovely apartment, a gorgeous husband, an adorable daughter. What more could she want?

Which is why it’s a little odd that she now finds herself in a police station. Does, perhaps, the woman who has everything, have something to hide?

The truth, it appears, is that her life is not what it seems. And she’s been caught out. But she’s not going to go down without a fight. Camilla Lackberg’s The Gilded Cage is a thrill a minute read. Harper Collins, available from exclusivebooks.co.za

Blizzards. Strikes. Bodies. Power cuts. Terrorist threats. And Showaddywaddy’s Greatests Hits topping the album charts. 1979 started off badly, and it got worse. But, for journalist Allie Burns, someone else’s bad news was the sound of opportunity knocking.

So it may well be the winter of discontent, but she’s one of the few women in the newsroom, and she’s chasing her big scoop.

In 1979, the first of Val McDermid’s Allie Burns series, the journalist and a colleague are exposing the criminal underbelly of respectable Scotland, risking, obviously, making powerful enemies. Things hot up when she uncovers a  home-grown terrorist threat, and comes up with a plan to infiltrate the group … a move where putting a foot wrong could be fatal.

Val’s upped her already sky-high thriller level in this one … it’s not only the icy weather that makes it chilling. Little Brown, available at exclusivebooks.co.za

It’s Karen Rose. And there’s a cult. Do  you need to know anything more before you rush out and buy this one? FBI Agent Tom Hunter is chasing leads to find the cult that damaged some of his closest friends.

They managed to escape, but one of the cult’s leaders is hunting them down. He’s out of control; the only person who he may listen to is cult leader Pastor, a person no-one outside has ever seen.

When serious injury has Pastor having to venture outside the cult compound, it’s Tom’s chance to act, and bring the cult down.

You had us a cult … you know Say Goodbye is going to a gripping, thrilling, and keep you up all night. Headline. available at exclusivebooks.co.za

Hollow’s Edge is a picture-perfect neighbourhood, with a close-knit community, one where everyone has each other’s backs. In theory.

But one night, a couple are murdered, and one of locals, Ruby, is convicted of their murder. Fast forward two years, and the person branded a thief and sociopath by her friends and neighbours is freed by mistrial.

Ruby’s back. Her return sends shockwaves through the community, residents turn on each other, and it’s soon obvious not everyone was honest about the night the Truetts died.

Such A Quiet Place by Megan Miranda is a red hot thriller. Corvus, available at exclusivebooks.co.za