Everyone, who follows my blog regularly, knows that I love reading books, which invariably allow me to detach myself from reality and relax a little bit. Unfortunately, this school year my autumn evenings are very short and I can’t always let myself find time even for these short moments of pleasure. I’ve been recently fond of reading books, which make me think … it doesn’t mean that I turn myself out at work … it’s a totally different kind of thinking and analyzing facts. A few years ago I discovered a sort of passion in myself, a like for crime and detective stories, I love searching for information related to the topics of my interest … however, while taking part in the escape room games my gray matter didn’t do that well.
I fell in love with detective stories of such authors as Harlan Coben, Tess Gerritsen or Jo Nesbo. Thanks to this new budding love, which started from getting to know the earlier mentioned writers, I also got to know some other interesting authors of this particular genre. Today, I’d like to present you some books, which I had a chance to read during my summer holidays and which will definitely make your long autumn evenings more pleasant.
1.Kathryn Croft – While you were sleeping
That’s one of those books which will keep you all in suspense until its very end and one of those books whose climax would surprise even the sharpest minds. Kathryn Croft, a British author of bestselling crime stories, this time also doesn’t let her readers down. It’s a psychological thriller, which you must definitely add to your list!
Tara Logan is an average woman struggling with usual everyday problems. She’s got a great family: a husband Noah – who admittedly has got some past, but he tries to rebuild the trust of his wife. She also has got two children: a real troublemaker teenage daughter – Rosie and a very clever, as well as understanding eleven-years-old son – Spencer. However, the peaceful life of this family will soon change forever …
One morning a respectable wife and mother wakes up in the bed of her neighbor, who’s also her close friend’s husband. Surprisingly, she can’t remember much from the other night. The way she found herself in her friend’s bedroom is a real mystery to her. She doesn’t remember at all what has really happened between her and her handsome neighbor Lee. Do you think it’s bad? You couldn’t be more wrong … it can all get even worse. After waking up Tara also realizes that her friend is dead.
Due to huge gaps in her memory she isn’t sure whether she really killed Lee. Not knowing how to behave, Tara decides to leave her neighbor’s home quickly and to forget about what has just happened to her. In this way she doesn’t want to expose her family to such a trauma related to this kind of a grave crime. She doesn’t share her secret with anyone, however she cannot forget about the whole case because of an on-going investigation.
Following the chain of events happening around her – Tara becomes very suspicious. She keeps watching her daughter, who starts acting up even more. She also keeps observing her husband, who is probably trying to hide some dark secrets from his wife. The woman starts wondering whether anyone else also knows her little secret. Soon the police begin to focus on Tara, which forces her to get to know the truth.
Solving this mystery isn’t easy at all and will cost the main character lots of effort. Will she be ready to accept what she discovers?
2.S.K. Tremayne – The ice twins
This book is a non-obvious psychological thriller. A family burdened with a tragedy – a death of one of their identical twins – after a year from this traumatic incident decides to turn its members lives upside down. Angus and Sarah Moorcroft together with their only living daughter Kirstie decide to move to a small island, which Angus inherited after the death of his grandmother. The family hopes that this change of the environment will help to forget them about the unpleasant events of the past year, as well as to fix previously happy family.
However, they don’t know that the nightmare will also catch them in such a middle of nowhere. Their living daughter – Kirstie – starts claiming that a year earlier her parents made a mistake and that in fact she is their lost daughter Lydia. Will this confession worsen already strained relations between the spouses?
The upcoming winter season forces Angus – the main family breadwinner – to leave the island in the search of a stable job. Sarah together with her daughter stay on this wild and eerie island on their own. The woman feels a little bit odd far from everything she knows well. That’s why, she grows anxious. The uncertainty related to her living daughter’s identity only makes this feeling stronger.
A huge storm, which ravages the island and seriously damages the old house, forces Sarah and Kirsty to get to the truth. Will the truth set them free? Is Sarah ready to accept what she discovers? How tragic outcomes will this awakening have? What really happened on that fatal day?
3.Tess Gerritsen – Ice cold
Tess Gerritsen is one of my favorite authors, that’s why when I noticed this book on one of the bookstore shelves I already knew that I had to get it!
I’ve always been fascinated by the mechanism in which the sects operate, this book admittedly doesn’t allow its readers to gain too much insight into this practice, however its somehow related to this intriguing topic.
Kingdom Come is one of those places which welcomes everyone with open arms, especially all desperate and weak people who need an apparent spiritual guidance. However, something really bad has happened in this particular settlement and all the evidence of a crime is covered in a thick layer of snow.
After finishing a medical conference, one of my favorite characters of Tess Gerritsen’s books – Maura Isles – who is an outstanding pathologist with a dark family background, decides to go on a ski trip together with a group of friends. By accident they reach an eerie place. They find twelve identical houses in a seemingly hospitable valley. Their owners left their meals in a hurry. All the food occurred to be frozen to a bone … and what’s even scarier there’s not one single person in sight.
After a few days and a few traumatic attempts to leave this deserted place by a group of lost friends … the police find a car wreck with burnt bodies inside, everyone assumes that one of the victims is missing Maura Isles.
However, a close friend of the worldwide known pathologist – detective Jane Rizzoli – cannot come to terms with the death of her friend and she starts an investigation of her own.
What will an insightful eye of detective Rizzoli discover? What terrible secrets does the valley of Kingdom Come hide? Will justice be done?
I hope that these books will successfully fill your time during long autumn evenings! I’m sure that all fans of detective stories will find here something for themselves! What books do you recommend?
See you around!
Yours,
Passion Piece
I seriously always love a good book to read, going to add all three of these books to my amazon wish list!
Happy to hear that I inspired you to add these books to your wish list! :)
Thanks for the suggestions. My wife is the reader in the house. I will share with her.
Hope she will enjoy her time reading these books! :)
These do sound like some fabulous books! I love to read, so I'll them to my list.
Oh, they are! You'll definitely enjoy reading them. :)
Great recommendations! I also love to read to escape reality - so good for the soul!
It's an amazing way to relax! Can't wait for Christmas to have some time for reading! :)
These look like some really great books! I want to check out the Ice Twins, that sounds like one I would really love.
Indeed, it was a really thrilling book. :)
There is nothing like snuggling up under a blanket with a cup of tea and a good book. These sound like some books I really need to check out some more about them.
I couldn't agree more with you when it comes to the blanket and a cup of tea! Hope you'll find some time for checking out some of these books! :)
I love suspenseful, psychological thrillers! I don't have a lot of time to read but have really taken to listening to audiobooks to and from the office. I want to give While You Were Sleeping a listen. It sounds like it is right up my twisty, turn-y alley!
I think that audiobooks are a great alternative to paper books, especially when we don't have enough time for traditional reading. :)
I've never heard of these and they sound so interesting! Suspense books are definitely my fav.
That's great to hear that I could introduce you to something new! :)
I am always looking for good book recommendations! I have not heard of any of these but I will keep them in mind for my next shopping trip!
Hope you'll have a chance to buy them, they're really worth it! :)
I love reading books too. Problem is, I just don't have the time to read them anymore.
It's a problem of adults ... too bad we always lack time for something. :)
Fajnie - I spot some Polish books! These all sound like wonderful reads on a chilly fall night.
These are just Polish translations, but if you want to practice your Polish ... it's a great chance to do that while reading them! :)
books are great for the mind body and soul! thank you for sharing these reads with us!
I couldn't agree more with you! They certainly enrich us as people! :)
These books sound so good! Isn't the third one part of a series that was on television in the U.S., Rizzoli and Isles? Love your plot summaries! Thanks for sharing!
You're right the third book was filmed. :)
Great recommendations! I dont read much but would love to read a good book. I would love to read the one with suspense Kathryn Croft – While you were sleeping
That's a good choice, it's difficult to predict how the whole story is supposed to end. :)
I have never heard of any of those books but i am always looking for some new books to read!
Hope you'll find here something for yourself! :)
These sound like amazing reads. I will add them to my reading list. Thanks for the reviews!
I'm glad I could add something to your reading list. :)
I know I have seen a lot of Tess Gerritsen's works at the library but I have never picked one up. This one sounds sufficiently interesting and creepy. I will have to check it out for sure.
Her books are really worth reading, so hope that next time you visit the library, you'll finally choose a good book to read. ;)
Looks like a pretty nice set of books. I would love to try the 2nd one!
It's certainly a good pick! :)
I love love books. Thanks for the review on Kathryn Croft - while you were sleeping, and I am checking it out on Amazon right now. xoxo
Hope you'll find one at a good price. :)
These are good reads! I will need it to enjoy some alone time. Thank you!
One needs to find some time for relaxation! :)
I am trying to get back to reading again. Thank you for your recommendations
Hope you'll be able to get back to reading soon! :)
Thanks for sharing such an amazing collection books, though I am not a big reader, but will share it with my friends.
Sometimes one doesn't need to be a big reader to find something for himself. :)
Reading books is a fun hobby! I am so certain how good reader you are! You had every detail in a very short summary and for 3 books! Amazing!
Thank you! I love reading books and can't wait for my Christmas break to start reading some new thrillers. :)
Wow, z chęcią sięgnęłabym po każdą z tych książek :D Uwielbiam wszelkie thrillery :))
Mam nadzieję, że będziesz miała okazję przeczytać którąś z moich propozycji. :)