Best 5 Crime Thrillers You Must Read

Ayesha Khan
4 min readSep 29, 2023

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Not everyone can recognize the significance of books. It is only recognized by the readers. Like, glasses are only valued by those having weak eyesight. Books are the essence, they are rainbow, they are food to the life of readers. However, people tend to read their most favored genre. It can be horror, crime thriller, romance, friendship, murder mystery, classical, history, and many more. People preferring crime thrillers are more likely to read a suspenseful and page-turner novel. They like reading a text that can give their emotions a roller coaster ride, moving through murder to investigation with dark secrets and twisted stories to curiosity then police encounters, and a lot more. Psychologically disturbed characters with broken families and lone hearts moving in their lives with no hope. Hence, it is the most popular genre. In addition, there are a great number of novels that have been popular for decades. Here are the most popular five crime thrillers you must read:

  1. The Silent Patient:

One of the most beautifully written less complexity book by Alex Michaelides. Containing a female lead with a traumatic childhood and astonishing artistic character. It is written with a touch of humble emotions, guilt, and regrets with thrilled spying. At a number of turns, it can give your bones a chilling sensation. The plot goes through a twist which provides the reader a suspenseful moment. In addition to it, this book is a great page-turner and can compel you to read in one go.

2. The Girl In The Ice:

When it comes to crime thrillers and murder mysteries, ‘The Girl In The Ice’ by Robert Bryndza is an amalgamation of dark secrets, huge lies, morally grey characters, and hypocrites. It involves a proficient detective having great history in solving murder cases and divulging murderers. The daughter of a popular politician got murdered and Detective Erika Foster was hired but the killer was smart and tried to harm the detective. Unfortunately, Erika Foster got away and put forward her potential to link the red threads and arrest the murderer.

3. One Of Us Is Lying:

The novel ‘One Of Us Is Lying’ by Karen M. McManus is based on a school murder case in which a group of students were found to be accused of murder. The accused students go through investigations and police involvement along with media and bullying. It possesses a touch of romance, friendship, school affairs, social media, and many dark secrets involving the social life of bullies. At some points, the moments are so well written that readers can feel them around. It articulates the courage of students who investigate and solve the case and prove themselves innocent.

4. A Slow Fire Burning:

This book is based on murder which opens a series of dark secrets and great lies by Paula Hawkins. It also involves child pornography and a brush of horror sensation. A man got murdered on a boat and his girlfriend was accused. The investigation passes through his aunt and uncle who also lost their child. Somehow, the investigation links the two death and reveal a number of private affairs. The murdered man had a traumatic childhood and a wild imagination in addition to it, he had a broken family. This book takes the reader to the edge.

5. I Know Who Did It:

It is a work of deep imagination which shows a cult of Christians by Steve Mosby. The people of the cult made their rules and started punishing others for their sins and rewarding them for their good deeds. A child of a detective died in an accident. Later, he found that his child was alive. This book has psychological characteristics along with murders and deep secrets that can get your bones chills. In addition, the story contains sinful characters and violent moments. The plot undergoes a twist that link the mysteries and makes it a great thriller novel.

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Ayesha Khan

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