Thriller eBooks That Provide Great Entertainment

A good thriller eBook grabs all of your attention and leaves you in suspense when the story plot ends. They can help you burn your calories after you have finished reading. Here are some of the most popular thriller eBooks that will increase your oxygen intake.

Megan Miranda's The Girl From Widow Hills

Olivia disappears from her hometown one night while she is sleepwalking. Luckily, she is found safe and sounds several days later. Having experienced the life of fame from a young age, Olivia decides to move away and change her name. She starts sleepwalking days later after her 20th anniversary, only to wake up next to the dead body of a friend she knew. The mystery created in this book has earned it a place among the top 2020 best thriller novels.

His & Hers - Alice Feeney

As usual, there are two sides to every arising story. In most cases, the truth lies somewhere in-between the suggested answers. Alice Feeney features a solid psychopath whose past secrets are revealed when Jack and Anna find themselves mixed up in the case.

His & Her - Alice Feeney

Alice Feeney’s “His & Her’s “ is about Kate Rhodes’ recent installment of the Ben Kitto series. The series causes Scilly Isles’ Deputy Chief of Police to race against time and battle all the possible threats and murder cases.

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True crime books which have been adapted for the small and big screen

We often discover many real-life mysteries through TV series and movies, but many of those works are based on excellently-researched and well-written books. Here are a couple of true crime books which have gone on to be adapted for the small and big screen.

Black Klansman

The 2018 movie adaptation of Ron Stallworth’s books won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, which should make the book itself a must-read. Black Klansman tells the real-life story of Colorado detective Ron Stallworth who starts out investigating the activities of the Ku Klux Klan by posing as an interested potential and ends up going undercover in the notorious white supremacist group.

In the book, Stallworth details how he and a fellow detective gathered information about the Klan by attending meetings and speaking to members on the phone and subsequently sabotaged many of their activities.

At times, it paints a bleak picture of a divided America, but also details the extraordinary efforts of Stallworth and his colleagues to confront the hate.

Dirty John (and Other True Stories of Outlaws and Outsiders) by Christopher Goffard

The book is a collection of writings by LA Times journalist Christopher Goffard, who began writing about the underbelly of LA life a decade or so ago. One of the stories he uncovered was that of the conman who terrorizes a family in California and which formed the basis of the 2017 podcast Dirty John. From that sprang the Netflix series starring Connie Britton and Eric Bana, which is a fictionalized account of the Dirty John. In this book, readers can discover the origin of that story, as well as many other, told in Goffard’s unique and compelling writing style.

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Mystery fiction which peels back the layers

One thing we know for sure in mystery fiction is that nothing is ever as it initially seems. If it was, the police would have everything wrapped up in the first few chapters. However, what is also apparent is that when they tug at one little thread, a lot of different things can start to unravel. Here are a couple of mystery novels which involve peeling back the layers.

Deadly Secrets by Terry Odell

Gordon Hepler didn’t bank on a desk job when he joined the police force and rose through the ranks, but Mapleton, Colorado is a quiet town and his promise to his former boss and mentor means he has to deal with the mundane day-to-day stuff.

However, it isn’t long before he’s back on the street when a series of traumatic events rock the sleepy down and Hepler quickly makes the connections. First a fatal car accident, then a mugging, a burglary and then a gruesome murder all throw a spotlight on Mapleton. Hepler must find out what’s behind it all while uncovering some pretty dark secrets about the town’s inhabitants.

The Dark Town I: When You’re Gone by Marguerite O'Callaghan

The first of a new mystery trilogy, When You’re Gone begins with the disappearance of Lydia’s twin sister Kate. She alerts that police and the CCTV footage shows that she was at a London nightclub shortly before her disappearance.

While the police pursue a sex-trafficking lead, Lydia does some investigating of her own and discovers some dark secrets about her sister which involve some seeding places and people. Can Lydia get to the bottom of Kate’s secret life before it’s too late?

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Cracking the case: Why a murder mystery weekend may be for you

If you are the sort of person who loves reading mystery novels and often has it all figured before you reach the end, then you might also be the type to revel in a murder mystery weekend. It is a fun and challenging pursuit for fans of mystery fiction and invites those taking part to crack the case, while enjoying a break in a country house or other grand setting.

In England, many period properties are the settings for murder mystery weekends or dinners and have the advantage of evoking the works of Agatha Christie, with costumes and setting seeming to have leapt straight of the pages of her best known books.

The US also has a well-established tradition of murder mystery breaks, with historic houses, rural settings or indeed more central locations playing host to ‘whodunits’.

What happens at a murder mystery weekend?

Guests much work together in teams to solve a murder. Actors in costumes will often play out a scene and the guests themselves can be suspects. Different clues are given at it is up to the ‘investigators’ to pick up on them and use them to crack the case.

Murder mystery weekends not only promote teamwork, they also encourage critical thinking and are a great workout for the ‘little grey cells’ as Hercule Poirot would call them.

They are also a great way for friends to bond over a common interest while providing a stimulating exercise for a weekend away and the prevalence of this type of entertainment means they are often high-quality productions.

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April Fool’s Day and the mystery of the Swiss spaghetti tree

April Fool’s Day is a day for playing pranks on people and generally trying to fool them by spinning tall tales. It’s a tradition which many in the media have latched onto as well, with many newspapers running spoof stories on April 1 and TV news programs containing far-fetched reports which they pass off as fact.

This kind of practice has been going on for decades, but one such story had British TV viewers in the 1957 stumped. On April 1 of that year, the BBC’s main current affairs show Panorama ran a story about a family in Switzerland who had a spaghetti tree. The report showed the family ‘harvesting’ the spaghetti tree and cooking and eating it. It was given and added air of authenticity by respected broadcaster Richard Dimbleby doing the voiceover.

This was also at a time when there were very few television networks operating and not many shows on them, so people believed much of what they saw without questioning it. The April 1 report on Panorama was believed to have been watched by around eight million people.

Another factor was that spaghetti was pretty rare in Britain at the time and many people may not have realized that it didn’t in fact grow on trees. The plot thickened further when people began to phone the BBC the following day to ask for advice on how they might grow their own spaghetti tree.

However, the BBC were eventually forced to come clean and explain to viewers that the whole thing had been a hoax.

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Take a flick through these books which were adapted for Netflix

One of the great things about on-demand TV services like Netflix is that you can burn through an entire series of your favorite show without having to wait a week for the next instalment. Well, that was how it was supposed to be. Now, the latest episodes of many of the most popular shows are drip fed to viewers on a weekly basis.

However, did you know that many of the most talked-about shows on Netflix started out as books? So rather than wait for the instalment to drop, or even to dive deeper into the story, why not check out these books.

You by Caroline Kepnes

What looks like it might be shaping up to be sweet love story between two shy protagonists quickly morphs into a disturbing psychological thriller when bookstore worker Joe brings his obsession with Guinevere, an up and coming writer, to a whole new level. However, Guinevere is not all she seem either and it is very much a case of ‘don’t judge these books by their covers’.

Bird Box by Josh Malerman

There is something ironic about the fact that there are few people who haven’t seen that image of a scared Sandra Bullock with a blindfold on. Bird Box has proved a hit on Netflix, but the novel by Josh Malerman is a terrifying, dystopian thriller which will keep readers gripped and scared in equal measures.

Mindhunter by John E Douglas

John E Douglas documents his quarter-of-a-century of service in the FBI in this behind-the-scenes look at some of the most gruesome cases he has had to deal with. Douglas has come face-to-face with some of the most notorious killers in American history including Ted Bundy and Charles Manson.

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