Crime novels are very popular at the moment. Those who love intrigue and thrilling investigations devour thrillers without restraint. This is the case for the 45% of English people who simply fall for this type of literature. It really arouses curiosity and encourages perseverance. In the list we present to you, there are 55 thrillers not to be missed for Christmas or at least to be read absolutely in the course of one's life!
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Rape and torture, once again! The two captains of the judicial police, Anthony Rauch and Marion Mesny are determined to arrest the author of these atrocities: Alpha who sees in his crimes, the meaning of his life. In the hunt, the two colleagues get closer, but hesitate, because unlike Marion, Anthony wants to keep his past secret.
Ludivine Vancker, a lieutenant in the Paris research department, is determined to solve a case of sordid and terrifying events. Ordinary citizens dead from fear, men with their throats slit alive... Vancker will soon discover that the devil knows she is on his trail.
Clarice Starling, a newly minted FBI agent, finds herself up against Hannibal Lecter, a serial killer psychiatrist. He has been asked by the police to try to anticipate the actions of another psychopath who is bringing America to its knees. Lecter only wants to talk to Clarice, on the condition that she tells him about her fears and her childhood.
While criminals are ranked from 1 to 25 according to their level of animosity, the man nicknamed Sqweegel, the man who slaughtered the family of federal agent Steve Dark, is at 26. Although he has promised to stop hunting psychopaths, Dark is the only one who can stop this man who is rampaging across continents using the worst cruelties.
In 1944, a mother lies on the floor of her house in a Swedish town. 30 years later, in the early 80's, several others met the same fate. Today, new clues are surfacing and, as with every wave, female cops are there to investigate at the risk of their lives, except that this time...
Malin became this ambitious policewoman because, as a teenager, she discovered the body of a little girl who could never be identified. Working with Hanne, a profiler, and Inspector Peter, she finds herself investigating this murder, as the body of another child has been discovered in the same place.
In the Hawks squad, Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido discover the body of one of their colleagues, thrown from the window of a luxury train. The case is suspicious, pressure to drop the investigation mounts and they seek the help of Darret, a relentless comrade who seems to fear neither the Russians nor the secret service.
Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido of the Hawks investigates the discovery of the thoroughly bleach-washed corpse of an American artist. When they learn that the woman in question was searching for missing paintings, unlikely leads open up.
Assigned to the Cold Case Unit at the expense of a former superior who is looking for an opportunity for revenge, Harry Bosch reopens an investigation into the alleged suicide of a young mixed-race woman who died 18 years earlier in a Los Angeles ravaged by racial tensions. Harry suspects a white supremacist in disguise.
Martin Servaz arrives in a remote valley to investigate a series of murders whose sophistication and staging suggest a meticulous criminal. Between the mysteries, the terror, the horrified cries coming from a mysterious forest, Servaz deals with inhabitants who want justice.
In a Paris of the 1830s, Valentin Verne, a vice inspector, tracks down a vicious character with unhealthy inclinations for children. At the same time, he is investigating the inexplicable suicide of a politician's son. With scientific explanations, Valentin, a pharmacist by training, begins to see the end of the tunnel.
Two twins disappear: one is found dead after a few months. 29 years later, history repeats itself. The only outcome of the investigation: to understand what really happened in August 1989, the year the first twins disappeared. Let yourself be fascinated by this gripping and captivating book.
Cold and savage executions, victims with no particular profile, and a serial killer who always sends a snide letter to journalists: Major Duhamel's team is bubbling with rage without coming up with a serious lead until the stamp used by the killer alerts them.
The mysterious landscape of the monastery at the end of the Path of the Dead did not bode well for Detective Grace Campbell. She finds herself confronted with a man whose name is known only to her and who has been murdered in the worst possible way. Little did she know that she was staking her career on one of the greatest mysteries in history...
Detective DD Warren and her collaborator Flora Dane find themselves on a macabre crime scene: 4 members of the same family are murdered and a 16 year old girl disappears. Is she a suspect or a victim, because it seems that she has planted clues for the investigators? One thing is sure: she is the key to this case.
When Lauren Tranter came to love her twins, an evil woman came to her house, threatening to trade her children for his. The babies disappear, but are found: Lauren is convinced they are not hers. Investigator Jo Harper, against the advice of her superiors, decides to investigate.
"Catch me if you can," Sydney detective Harriet Blue recognizes the voice on the other end of the line. It's Reagan Banks, the serial killer who ruined her brother's life before he committed suicide and whom she vowed to kill herself. She accepts the challenge, but at what cost?
At the point of death, Benedetta Toso testifies to two policemen, Guido Brunetti and Claudia Griffoni, that her husband was killed for money. Without waiting, the investigators open an inquiry and discover a disturbing reality: the whole city of Venice is threatened by the author of the murder.
Is it fate? Louis, a student with the scars of a mysterious childhood accident on his hands, finds himself in the middle of a mystery when the ornithologist he worked for dies. Following the migration of storks to the ends of the earth, he faces his past and discovers a path strewn with horrifying murders.
Sam Spade follows the trail of the Maltese Falcon, a mysterious and coveted statuette that cost his colleague his life while he was on a simple stakeout. Femme fatales, policemen, gangsters of all stripes... everyone seems to want to put obstacles in his way.
Not believing in the suicide of his brother, the columnist, Jack McEvoy leads his own investigation. He discovers several cases of suspicious suicides in the FBI files and intends to make this case the biggest scoop of his career, even if it means becoming the target of the person behind these mysterious deaths.
He is not only the detective who investigates the kidnapping of two celebrities, Alex Cross is also a doctor of psychology whose wife has been killed by an unknown killer. Who will drop the suspect's 'mask' since the FBI is also involved?
After beating cancer, Jip Sand decides to go back to his roots to figure things out. He returns to his hometown Paradise to reconnect with his family and his daughter. But his daughter has mysteriously disappeared. There, he rediscovers his childhood town with its dark sides.
Konrad, a former policeman, learns of the murder of a woman who contacted him to help her find a child she had abandoned 50 years earlier. Taken with remorse, he intends to elucidate the murder and finds himself confronted with a religious anti-abortion group without missing the story of a young woman who was raped 50 years ago...
After a bomb explodes in an elementary school, bloodthirsty reporters flock to the scene in search of the evening's scoop. Among the astonished people, we find detective Holly Gibney who by experience sees a strange behavior from one of the reporters. This is the beginning of this captivating thriller where we find again the detective Gibney that we have already read in the trilogy of Mr Mercedes.
In the beginning, it was about decapitated horses. Later, it's men and women pierced by arrows, then hung on old oak trees in a mystical forest. Helen Grace, a relentless detective, intends to discover the identity of the faceless killer, even if it means plunging into darkness.
Journalist Jack McEvoy feels the noose tightening around his neck when two homicide detectives accuse him of the murder of a woman he had dated. He uses his investigative skills to get out of this delicate situation, even if it means digging up other corpses killed under similar circumstances.
Enjoying the joy of their 2 years of marriage, Karen and Tom's life is turned upside down when Karen has a car accident in an unfriendly neighborhood. A neighborhood where she would never normally set foot... Her convalescence will not be easy: she knows that a stranger is coming to their home in their absence!
Sarah bitterly regrets having let go of her daughter Clementine's hand when they were on a sailboat... Four years later, she has not yet made her mourning when she sees Gabrielle. A little girl with the same curls as Clementine and the same age... This time, she will not let go of her hand...
Who killed the young man discovered dead on his barge? Three women gravitated around him: his aunt, his neighbor and his one-night lover. Manipulations, lies, heavy pasts, resentments, deep hatred, these women who do not know each other each have a motive, but who committed the irreparable?
William's intelligence is impressive: he takes advantage of the love that the women he meets have for him to kill them slowly. Psychological murder without bloodshed... just the manipulation of an aggravated narcissistic pervert who knows how to circumvent the law and take advantage of the feelings of others.
Angela Powell is attached to the image of the perfect family she portrays with her son and husband. A stain appears on the family portrait when two female employees accuse her husband of sexual harassment and rape. Faced with a determined investigator, Angela, in spite of herself, supports her husband, in order not to reveal a heavy secret.
After Ellie's disappearance when she was 15, her mother had never been able to fully move on. But she has rebuilt her life with Floyd, a single father. When she meets his daughter, she discovers that she is the spitting image of Ellie, except that she was 9 years old.
Ten years after the disappearance of her son Esteban, Maddi, a general practitioner, returns on a pilgrimage to the beach where she lost him. There she discovers a little boy who is the spitting image of Esteban, a mysterious child who wears the same bathing suit as her son.
A woman in her sixties, widow of a world-famous photographer, spends a stay in a luxurious hotel in the South of France. Without explanation, she stabs a stranger with violence before falling into silence. Her son tries to explain his mother's behavior by going back into her past.
This book is perfect for lovers of scary stories. Indeed, it tells the story of Henry and Sunday, political characters in the United States who are involved in troubled affairs. There will be very thorough investigations with mysteries, but above all passion.
This thriller is a closed-door style since everyone is on a ship on a cruise. It tells the story of a real cruise at Christmas. It tells of several dramas that combine disappearances, hijackings and threats. Intrigue and suspense will be at the rendezvous, nothing surprising since this book sees the collaboration of two queens of crime novels: Mary and Carol Higgins Clark.
As the title suggests, the book tells the famous story of Maigret working from home on Christmas Day. It evokes a story full of surprise and intrigue that begins with the phrase "Tomorrow I sleep in." Afterwards, the investigations follow one another with leads, clues... quite an adventure.
The story tells of the various investigations following the attempted suicide of a woman. She left a letter in the mailbox of Christine Steinmeyer, a radio host who lives in Toulouse. It all begins on Christmas Eve. The story turns very quickly and the listeners accuse the actress of non-assistance. Insults and threats multiply until Martin Servaz appears, the only one who can get her out of this situation.
A nine-year-old street boy has never been able to spend a Christmas with his family. He just does a little job with Miss Claudine Burroughs and Squeaky Robinson who will become their foster parents. It is the appearance of Quand Worm that changes the story because he saw two thugs kidnapping a young woman. The investigation starts in order to save the young woman. However, the damsel in distress did not need any help!
This is the story of Charlotte Pitt and her cantankerous grandmother named Mariah Ellison whose Christmas party turns into a complete disaster. The little adventurer will spend her life traveling the world until she is killed in the morning. Investigations and intrigue then begin to surface!
This is the story of Charlotte Pitt and her cantankerous grandmother named Mariah Ellison whose Christmas party turns into a complete disaster. The little adventurer will spend her life traveling the world until she is killed in the morning. Investigations and intrigue then begin to surface!
It all begins with Emma and David, a man devastated by the tragic death of his wife and the unexpected disappearance of his daughter. The two lovers marry six years later and have a son together. But one day, a young girl who claims to be David's missing daughter disrupts their already stable situation. But as the saying goes, always beware of strangers, the girl is not clean.
It all happens on Christmas Eve in a mansion in the depths of England. There is a museum with masterpieces that an aristocrat has collected. But the latter is the victim of a suspicious death. His invited guests will receive gifts when they read his will and the ex-chief inspector named Higgins will receive a special present: "Three crimes, and death lurking".
In short, this is the story of Agatha Raisin who couldn't get over her separation with James Lacey. To try to forget him, she organizes a big party for her friends. A few days before, Mrs. Tamworthy warned her that a member of her family was going to murder her before Christmas, and that's what really happened. Agatha feels a little guilty and decides to investigate to find the murderer. She doesn't rest on her laurels, she is determined to trap the murderer before the New Year.
It's a bit of a chase story by Alpha, Marion Mesny and Antony Rauch. They watch and chase each other all over Paris. The city of light suddenly becomes a real battlefield. All three of them are intelligent people with a great deal of knowledge in police investigation.
Alice decides to take in a stranger who has lost all sense on the beach, because she felt sorry for him. On the other side of the world, in London, Lily waits impatiently for the arrival of her missing husband. It is then between the two complex situations that the intrigues take place. The man is still trying to remember things that really happened.
Marc Vasseur lives as if in a dream in a beautiful villa, with well-designed green spaces... But this dream turns into a nightmare when his wife disappears, leaving behind only a simple message of explanation. To top it all off, the police seem to lose interest in the case and file it away. But the plot begins when Marc sees a photo of a young woman wearing his wife's medallion. There is something fishy going on and the investigation must be reopened.
Vincent Lapaz is a guide that life has not spoiled too much. He only gets bad news. Lightning strikes a person who is very dear to him. He doesn't think it's an accident, he thinks it's a murder. He befriends a young gendarme to find out the truth.
In this book, Martin Servaz confronts the ghosts of his past. Everything happens in a valley far away from the world, there are scenes of gruesome murders, macabre, calls for help, the community is on the verge of chaos. The investigations continue and the people are desperate for justice.
A series of murders in one of the Parisian regions and everyone panics. Everyone is in the firing line, literature teacher, guidance council, simple person... The murderer is very clever, he knows how to manipulate the press. The commander Duhamel launches then in the investigation to find the culprit.
Henri Saint-Donat has been assigned to a post in Marseille and is confronted with his first account settlement. The traffickers lock the body in a car trunk before setting it on fire. The gangs are very clever and they know how to cover their tracks. This makes the commander's job very difficult.
The story begins long ago during Malin's teenage years. At that time, she found a girl who died and was buried in the forest. It was impossible to identify the girl at that time. Years later, Malin has become a cop and she takes up this investigation that haunts her. Surprise, another body has been found near the first crime scene!
This is the story of a father Lieutenant Gabriel Moscato who goes in search of his daughter. He falls asleep in 2008 and wakes up in 2020. His daughter, Julie, has disappeared at the age of seventeen, leaving only her bicycle resting on a tree. Time passes very quickly, but the investigations have not given any answers.
The story takes place during the All Saints' vacation when Olivier Leroy visits a large house without being invited. The next day, a disturbing-looking man moves in next door to him, in a house that has been dilapidated for a long time. He decides to conduct his own investigation to find out if the neighbor is reliable or not.
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