Anonymous wrote:Lisa Jewell is great! I liked None of this is True and Then she was gone

+1 Lisa Jewell. If you like Ruth Ware, you’ll like her books also.

Anonymous wrote:God of the woods by Liz Moore.
I'm halfway through it and can't put it down.

I clicked on this thread specifically because I just finished God if the Woods and loved it so much! I’m listening to All the Colors of the Dark. I’m having a hard time getting into it right now but I’m going to stick with it.

I read a ton of thrillers this year that I really enjoyed.
Things Don't Break on Their Own by Sarah Easter Collins
The God of the Woods
Like Mother, Like Daughter by Kimberly McCreight
Safe and Sound by Laura McHugh
What Happened to Nina by Dervla McTiernan
The Hunter by Tana French
Kill For Me, Kill For You by Steve Kavanaugh
California Bear by Duane Swierczynski
The Substitution Order by Martin Clark
Small Town Sins by Ken Jaworoski

A couple that are coming out in 2025 that i read as galleys:
The Inheritance by Trisha Sakhlecha
Dead Money by Jakob Kerr

Because of this thread, I bought God of the Woods last night, and I just finished it.

I'm unsure if I enjoyed it. Certainly it was effective in how the loose ends were tied up, but people didn't act realistically, and there were too many timelines & characters that didn't need to be included. In particular, there was one character with a POV chapter or two whose perspective was unnecessary.

I was born in the 60s, so I should have identified with the women who were living in the 1970s, but their experiences didn't ring true.

But it was well-written and it kept my interest, so there's that.

Just finished The Hike by Lucy Clarke - it was really good. Great setting - remote mountain hike in Norway, and good character development between a group of four female friends. Definitely recommend.

One of my recent faves that I couldn’t put down was Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanon.

I just read Going Zero and liked it a lot.

Anonymous wrote:The Only One Left by Riley Sagar is my current favorite!

Just finished this in an afternoon and enjoyed it.

The best serial killer books are a trilogy by JD Barker - The Fourth Monkey Killer.

They are SO good!

I love Frieda! I’ve read almost all of her books - I even enjoyed the Coworker (and everyone seems to hate it…). I can’t find another author quite like her but I’ve read lots of thrillers.

I wouldn’t rate any of these that I’ve listed below 5⭐️ (I’m a harsh critic with a short attention span!) but these are recent reads of mine, I finished them and they entertained me:

The Arrangement
What Have You Done - Shari Lapena
Kill for me, Kill for You
What Lies in the Woods
the Prediction - Faith Gardner
The Next Mrs Wimberly
A Familiar Stranger - AR Torre


Currently reading The Drowning Woman and am enjoying it so far!