I spotted this challenge on Crime by the Book’s Instagram page and I thought I’d give it a go in a blog post. The challenge is this, show a thriller with:
- Your favourite detective
- Your favourite villan
- Your favourite plot twist
- A creepy setting
- An unreliable narrator
- A cover your obsessed with
- An ending you never saw coming
My favourite detective:
![Someone Else’s Skin (DI Marnie Rome 1) by [Sarah Hilary]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51ViDJuZJtL.jpg)
I love Detective Inspector Marnie Rome in Sarah Hilary’s police procedural series. I go back to these book so often and I loved seeing her develop over the course of six books. I’m hoping she is going to return in a new book soon.
My favourite villan:
![Evil Games: A gripping, heart-stopping thriller (Detective Kim Stone Crime Thriller Series Book 2) by [Angela Marsons]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51oJbzzBUBL.jpg)
I love Dr Alexandra Thorn in the Kim Stone books by Angela Marsons. She made her first appearance in book two in the series, Evil Games and I always get really excited whenever she has appeared in the series since.
My favourite plot twist:
![I Let You Go: The Richard & Judy Bestseller by [Clare Mackintosh]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41A0BLBlzoS.jpg)
The twist in I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh really blew my mind. I read it a good few years ago now and I still haven’t forgot about. It remains one of my all time favourite reads.
A creepy setting:
![The Lingering by [SJI Holliday]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51mBqwDy5VL.jpg)
The Lingering by SJI Holliday has a really creepy setting. It really gave me chills as I was reading it. It’s the perfect ghost story.
An unreliable narrator:
![Behind Her Eyes: The No. 1 Sunday Times best selling thriller with a shocking twist, now a major Netflix series! by [Sarah Pinborough]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41tt9cgc-eL.jpg)
The characters in this book really held my attention and they are definitely unreliable. Behind Her Eyes was recently adapted for Netflix and I thought they did a really good job with it.
A cover your obsessed with:
![The Sanatorium: The spine-tingling breakout Sunday Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick by [Sarah Pearse]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51-R17UMK8L.jpg)
I really like this cover for The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse. I think it really draws you into the setting.
An ending you never saw coming:
![When They Find Her: An unputdownable thriller with a twist that will take your breath away by [Lia Middleton]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51AJgAmMq0L.jpg)
The ending in When They Find Her by Lia Middleton really took me by surprise.
What would your answers be? Let me know.
Love this Jacob and might join in if I can work out my answers!
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Looking forward to seeing your answers if you decide to do it.
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Oooh I LOVE this idea/ challenge! And some great books on here, some I’ve read, some I’m adding to my TBR list now 😉 Great post!
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Excellent. Thank you!
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Totally agree with your choice of “I Let You Go”. The plot twist in that book actually made me gasp and stop reading for a few minutes. Wow!
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I still think about that twist, years after I read it!
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