Hi guys, need some recs.

Has anyone read any good dark, thriller mysteries like Gone Girl? Bonus points if it’s also a little sexy.

I’m in need of a juicy literary distraction :)

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Gillian Flynn and it’s such a page turner

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Yeah anything by Gillian Flynn

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The Silent Patient, The Butterfly Garden, Emma in the Night, My Sister's Grave, The Witness, The Family Upstairs, Then She Was Gone, The Wife Between Us, Anonymous Girl, The Good Neighbor, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Death of Mrs. Westaway, Pretty Things, A Dark Lure, The Last Mrs. Pariah, The Passenger

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Agreed!! Couldn’t put it down!

I would add The Girl on the Train.

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Came here to say this!

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The Woman in the Window was pretty entertaining in that genre. The Prague Sonata was excellent. It's not quite a lady thriller genre, but has a woman main character, a mystery involving music, WWII and takes place mostly in Prague. It's also not sad.

Max Brooks’ Devolution started off a little slow, but within a chapter or two I was hooked. Not quite a mystery but the same eerie, high stakes vibe.

Yaaaasss agree with this one. Such a good book.

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LOL this cannot be a serious comment ........

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