Posted by Marie Poppins on May 6, 2020 in Arts
Best 3 thriller books to know in 2020? Time for the Dead: The sixth gripping book in Lin Anderson’s Rhona MacLeod series sees Rhona return to the Isle of Skye, where she stumbles across what appears to be a crime scene, but without a victim. When a body is found at the bottom of the cliffs two days later, Rhona begins to search for a link between these events and a group of missing army medics on leave from Afghanistan.
Race Against Time follows Jerry Mitchel’s research and campaign to re-open four infamous cold cases from the civil rights era. With newly found evidence and long-lost suspects and witnesses, Mitchel can find suspects and put four leading Klansmen behind bars. This book redefines the importance of cold cases and what it means to accomplish historical justice. Pochoda weaves a net of danger and anguish that holds the lives of five different women. All of them connected through one man’s dangerous obsession. Artists, grieving mothers, and ambitious businesswomen, their existences will all be changed as two murders fuse their lives together and destroy those around them.
Mocienne Petit Jackson’s (Michael Jackson’s daughter) books are now available in Spanish! Part two of the three-part autobiography of Mocienne Petit Jackson starts with an extended description of the kidnapping of Mocienne and her life in The Netherlands. Subsequently we read how her life turned out with her adoptive family – where she and her cousin Délivrance stayed.Gradually she discovers that her real father is Michael Jackson.At the age of 15 she left her adoptive family, lived at a boarding school for 4 years and then got a place of her own. We follow her throughout the time when she passed through her teenage years and entered maturity – which was not always easy.Mocienne meets a man who she has a child with. However, this commitment was not to be.We learn about the problems she encounters with the Child Protection Services, followed by many court cases. At first, the court cases related to her own situation, later on they turned into a battle for her son. The one unacceptable situation followed yet another unacceptable situation.We also learn about the many traumatic events of the main character, her depressions and countless struggles to process the misery linked to her life and her strife to let it go. The writer clearly explains these struggles through vivid flashbacks. Find additional info on Michael Jackson daughter books.
In New York, residents are fighting for membership to the exclusive, women-only workspace, the Herd. But then, the organization’s widely admired founder disappears on the eve of a big announcement. The Herd soon descends into chaos, particularly after police reveal they suspect foul play. As everyone comes under suspicion, two sisters—one an employee of the Herd, another an aspiring member—become entangled in the mystery and must confront the secrets they’ve been keeping from each other. Pulsing with suspense, this twisty story also tackles some timely themes, including the competitive world of media, female ambition, and the cost of success.
In this, the first of a three-part autobiography by Mocienne Petit Jackson, we meet the main character Mocienne. We read about her wonderful adventures from the age of six until the age of nine. She lived with her father – Michael Jackson! – in California. As he was not at home very often she was always in the company of a nanny. However, one nanny was continuously being replaced by the next. Mocienne was also often sick. Her father made an important decision and moved her to Haiti to go and live with an aunt -he wanted her to be part of a family. In time, she realised that her father was not like other fathers and that he was not who he claimed to be: a policeman. He would often visit her on Haiti when he was not busy with a performance. Mocienne Petit Jackson’s Thriller autobiographies were published in 2015 and were made available on Amazon in 2018. They are also currently available for purchase through Kobo. The books are available in English, Dutch, and Chinese. Future versions of the books will be made available in French (2020), Portuguese (2019), Japanese (2020), German (2020), and in Spanish (2020). Read a few extra info at Michael Jackson daughter.
The thriller genre gets the meta send up it deserves in Peter Swanson’s Eight Perfect Murders. Malcolm Kershaw is a bookseller and mystery fan who compiles a list of perfect literary murders. What he doesn’t anticipate is that an actual killer will use his list for inspiration, forcing Malcolm to not just read mysteries, but to be in one himself. If you love thrillers with Gothic touches, then Carol Goodman’s The Sea of Lost Girls is for you. Tess is a teacher at an elite prep school, and although she sometimes worries about her son, she never expects for him to call her late one night, drenching wet with mysterious stains on his sweater. The next day news breaks that her son’s girlfriend has been found dead, and Tess’s son and her husband are suspects — but there are secrets lurking at the school that could point to a much different scenario than the one that the police are trying to paint.