It’s the year 2022, and many avid readers of mystery thrillers would have missed out on some books from 2021. Below is a list of 20 Best Mystery Thrillers Of 2021.
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Prior to Owen Michaels disappearance, he manages to sneak a note to his new wife, to protect Hannah. Hannah knows precisely who Owen is looking to protect: his daughter, Bailey, who tragically lost her mother as a young girl.
Her desperate attempts to contact Owen fail, and his boss is detained for fraud. When the police begin interrogating her, Hannah realizes that her husband isn’t the person whom he claims to be. She realizes that Bailey could be the key to uncovering Owen’s true identity and the reason he vanished. Together, they attempt to find out the truth. However, as they begin to put the pieces together, they discover that their lives will never be the same.
Billy Summers is a man in the room who has an assault weapon. He’s a professional killer and among the top of the industry. But he’ll be able to do it only when the target is an incredibly bad person. Now Billy wants to quit. Billy is among the top killers in the world. He is a decorated Iraq veteran, and an experienced Houdini in the sense of disappearing when the job is finished.
This enthralling, hard-to-put-down novel is a war-themed novel as well as a love note to small-town America, and the residents who live there. They are determined to take revenge for the wrongs of an incredibly villainous man. It’s about luck, fate, love, luck and a complicated hero who has one last chance at redemption. It’s a story that you can’t put down and you’ll never forget.
The Delaneys seem to be a very happy family. Even after many years of being together, the former coaches of tennis Joy and Stan continue to win tournaments. Now that they’ve quit their family business, they have all the time to relax. The four children they have are living their lives and although it’s possible to be claimed that they did not achieve their goals, nobody declares that publicly.
However, now Joy Delaney has disappeared and her children are now re-examining their parents’ marriage as well as their family’s history with fresh, terrified eyes. Does her disappearance have anything to do with the mysterious guest at their house the year before?
Chief inspector Armand Gamache is asked to supervise a crowd at an event held at the Universite of l’Estrie in Quebec. The Chief Inspector is skeptical. What is the reason to ask the head of homicide to ensure security for an unimportant, or even boring lecture?
However, dangerous notions about who should live for a society to flourish are becoming popular, fueled by the work of the famous Prof. Abigail Robinson. For every person enticed by her ideas, there’s another one who is horrified by the ideas. If a crime is committed within days of the presentation, it’s evident that the crowds are filled with the craziness.
To find out all the details, Gamache needs to take his personal views regarding the polarizing Professor aside. However, as her theories gain ground, the lines between the right from the wrong, between good or wrong rapidly becoming blurred, especially when the investigation takes a turn unexpectedly near to home.
The streets are teeming with chaos in Hollywood on a New Year night. In her graveyard shift, LAPD detective Renee Ballard seeks for a lead as revelers shoot their guns in the air. When reports begin to pour in of shattered windshields as well as other damages, Ballard is called to the scene of an honest owner of a car shop who was fatally wounded by one of the bullets at a street celebration.
It’s not long for Ballard to conclude that the bullet may not have come out of the air. The investigation of Ballard leads her to examine a different unsolved murder investigation that was previously conducted by the detective Harry Bosch.
Ballard and Bosch join forces again to discover the place where the new and old cases meet. They must be on their guard. The criminal who has remained in the dark for so long, knows they’re coming for him.
Fern Castle works at the local library. She dines along with her sister Rose every night of the week. She stays clear of crowds and bright lights as well as loud sounds whenever is possible. Fern is well-organized in her life, and she is not afraid of disrupting it.Rose realizes she is unable to become pregnant. Fern sees her chance to compensate her sister for all the good things Rose has done to her. Fern is able to have a baby to pay back Rose. All she has to do is find an appropriate father.
Fern’s mission is to shake the foundations of the life she’s meticulously constructed for herself, and reveal secretive thoughts that she believed to be buried.
30 years ago Vincent King became a murderer. He’s now been released from prison and is now back in his home town from Cape Haven, California. There are some who don’t like seeing him. For instance, Star Radley, his ex-girlfriend and the sister of the girl whom he killed.
Duchess Radley, Star’s thirteen-year-old daughter, is a part-carer and guardian for her brother Robin as well as her extremely unhappy mother. In her efforts to safeguard Star, Duchess inadvertently sets an unfortunate chain of events with devastating consequences, not just for her family but the entire town.
A budding writer dies before finishing their first novel. His teacher, Jake, (himself a unsuccessful novelist) assists himself in completing the story.
The result is a huge success. But what if someone Someone knows? If Jake isn’t able to determine who is he dealing with, He’s in danger of suffering something greater than the end of his professional career.
From the writer of the world’s #1 bestseller novel The Silent Patient comes an unforgettable literary thriller that combines Greek mythology with psychology along with the murder.
St Christopher’s College, Cambridge is a secluded world for the majority of students. For Mariana Andros, it’s the place where she met her late husband. For her niece Zoe it’s the sad scene of her best friend’s death.
As mystery and memory engulf Mariana, she discovers an entire society which has been shaken by the death of one of their own.
Behind its beautiful appearance is an intricate web of anger and jealousy, which originates from a privileged group of students referred to informally as The Maidens. They are a group under the sinister influence of the mysterious Professor Edward Fosca.
The Maidens is a tale of love and grief that is what makes us who we are and what drives us to kill.
Just stepped off a plane for New York. There are one hundred and forty-three additional passengers aboard. What you aren’t aware of is that just 30 minutes before the flight, the family of the pilot was taken hostage.
To ensure his family’s survival, everyone on your plane has to die.The only way that the family will be able to survive will be if the plane pilot obeys his instructions and crashes the plane.
Enjoy your flight.
Leigh Collier has worked hard to create what appears to be a normal existence. She’s a successful professional as a defense attorney as well as a daughter who’s doing well at school, and her divorce is fairly civilized. Her life is as normal as she had imagined it to be.
However, Leigh’s normal life hides an experience that was not typical. A childhood that was marred by secrets, damaged by betrayal and destroyed by a shocking crime of violence.
A case comes across her desk to defend a wealthy man who is who is accused of rape. It’s the most high-profile case she’s ever had and could change her life, in the event that she prevails. However, when she meets with the defendant, she realizes it’s no accident that he’s picked her as his lawyer. She is familiar with him. He knows her. In addition, he knows what transpired 20 years ago, and the reason why Leigh has been running.
If she isn’t able to defend him, the loss will be much greater than the court case. The only person that can assist her is her estranged, younger sister Callie, whom Leigh would never solicit help from. Now, she’s left with no option.
The sequel to the record-breaking million-copy, best-selling Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman.
It’s Thursday the next day.
Elizabeth has received an email from an old friend with whom she has had a long relationship. He has made a huge mistake and needs Elizabeth’s help. The story includes the theft of diamonds and a vicious mobster, and a serious threat to his own life.
As the bodies begin to pile up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the search for a murderer who is ruthless. And what if they discover the diamonds? Wouldn’t it be an added bonus?
This time, they’re confronting an adversary who isn’t averse at slaying four septuagenarians. Will The Thursday Murder Club be able find the perpetrator (and those diamonds) before the killer can finds them?
Aurora is a town of a few hundred residents located in an old forest on the shores of the state of Minnesota’s Iron Lake. It’s the summer of 1963. For 12-year-old Cork O’Connor, it’s the whole world. Its rhythms are like his heartbeat. However, when Cork finds the body of a person whom he admired hanging from the tree of an abandoned logging camp, it’s the first of the sequence of events that make him question the things he believed to be true about his town and his family as well as himself.
Cork’s dad, Liam O’Connor, is Aurora’s sheriff. It is his responsibility to prove that it was a suicide, as all evidence suggests. In the background of his father’s formal investigation, Cork starts to search for the answers for himself. Together father and son are facing the most difficult decision of choosing between what their minds believe is truthful and what their hearts tell them is true.In this enthralling tale of a boy and a city on the edge of change, popular writer William Kent Krueger shows that there are mysteries that can be resolved while others challenge our comprehension.
Ike Randolph was released from jail 15 years ago. He is devastated to hear that his son Isiah was murdered along with his white spouse, Derek. Although he didn’t fully accept the son he loved, Ike is broken by the loss.
Derek’s dad Buddy Lee was as ashamed of Derek being gay as Derek was of his father’s criminal history. However, Buddy Lee – with seedy connections in the criminal underworld is desperate to find out who killed his child. Determined to do more for them in their final moments as they would in their lives, two tough ex-cons have to confront their own opinions about their sons – and one another while they pour down the wrath of those who caused their boys harm.
A revenge thriller, and an emotional tale about redemption. This book is a powerful portrayal of sorrow for those who have lost loved ones and also for those who have made mistakes that cannot be fully undone.
Recently graduated from college, Richard Chizmar returns to his home town just as a curfew gets imposed and a watch for the neighborhood is set up. In the process of getting ready for his wedding and pursuing his writing career, he finds himself in the middle of a real-life horror tale. Inspired by the horrific incidents, Richard writes a personal story about the reign of serial killers terror, not realizing that the events are likely to be a source of worry for him for the long time to be.
An enthralling, scary and heartbreaking piece of meta fiction. ‘ Chasing the Boogeyman does what true crime often fails to do: it gives an uplifting and chilling ending’ (Stephen King). Chizmar’s ‘Brilliant. Absolutely fascinating, completely compelling and instantly touching’ (C.J. Tudor, New York Times bestseller) the writing is fully on display in this striking novel that will remain with readers long after turning the last page.
The story is set in 1944 Chicago, the Edgar Award-winning Naomi Hirahara’s enlightening and moving new novel is the tale of a girl who is looking for the truth behind her beloved older sister’s tragic death. The book will bring to light the challenges faced by a Japanese-American family that was released from the shackles of Manzanar in World War II.
A plane that has been abandoned. A dead body. A tiny town is at risk of explosion. Chris Whitaker Winston did not notice it as much as feel it passing through their home and into the trees along the waterway. A Sheriff trying to get re-elected and haunted by his history. The mysterious plane that crashes in his home island. The daughter is returning back home, seeking refuge from worries. The FBI pilot arrives to aid. The mystery surrounding the plane that was abandoned and the dead body ignites long-running tensions between races, a moment of reckoning is drawing closer for the city that is Oak Island. When Ghosts Go Home is an exciting new novel from award-winning novelist Wiley Cash.
Chrissie has the ability to take sweets from the store without being caught. The most secure hiding spot for hide and seek is the wall for handstands. Then she discovered a new trick. It creates a sparkling sherbet-like sensation inside her stomach. You don’t experience such a rush at home when food is scarce and attention even more scarce.
A quarter of a century later, Julia is trying to be a mother to her five-year-old daughter Molly. She’s always anxious about the cost of shoes and food for her daughter and what other mothers are thinking of her. She is most worried about the social services poised to remove Molly away.
The calls begin. Julia isn’t able to answer because it’s evident that the person calling is aware of exactly what transpired in the past. It’s time to confront the facts What if forgiveness and redemption were ever feasible for someone who’s committed a murder?
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Daniel lives a luxuriant life in the town of universities located in Athens, Georgia. He has a few close acquaintances, a steady salary as a pilot for an airline that is regional and, of course for a few wonderful weekends in the Fall the university football games. He thinks he’s an extremely fortunate person, despite being aware that he’s been suffering from a chronic illness since he was a young child. It caused him to be unable to speak or move around without the aid of a wheelchair.
In his home where he is largely confined, Daniel spends the hours that he’s away from the computer, chatting with angry air travelers and looking out over his porch. A young lady walks by often enough that seeing her through the windows has become a part of his daily routine. In the morning, he’s certain that he’s seen her being abducted.
Lila Nash is on the edge of securing her dream job as a prosecutor in the office of the direction of the Hennepin County Attorney-and has settled to a comfortable life with her partner, Joe Talbert. When an innocent woman is dragged out of her home by the Mississippi River, barely alive and unable to walk, the proceedings in the office become personal.Police believe that the suspect may be the local photographer Gavin Spenser, but the investigation is a slow-burn as the evidence dwindles. It is apparent that Gavin was aware of the investigation and nobody knows the care he put into his preparations.
As committed Lila is to get Gavin to prison, the more inaccessible justice is. Fighting a new boss who is avenging and plagued by the ghosts of her own unimaginable assault which she’s kept hidden for over eighteen decades, Lila knows the clock is running out. In a battle against an evil mastermind Lila will need everything she has to beat a killer and to break free from the grip of her history.
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