Mystery and Suspense: The Best Psychological Thrillers of 2021 to Keep You on the Edge of Your Seat
If you are a fan of mystery and suspense novels, you are in for a treat this year. 2021 has brought some of the most thrilling, heart-pumping, and mind-bending psychological thrillers to the market. Here are the 10 best psychological thrillers of 2021 that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
1. The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
As chilling as its title suggests, The Sanatorium takes place in an abandoned sanatorium turned a luxury hotel. The novel's protagonist, detective Elin Warner finds herself investigating the disappearance of the guests one by one, all while dealing with her own troubled past.
2. Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane
In Darby Kane's debut novel, Pretty Little Wife, we follow Lila Ridgefield, a perfect wife in a perfect town, until her husband suddenly goes missing. The novel will keep you guessing until the very end - what happened to her husband, and is Lila the killer as the locals start to suspect?
3. The Push by Ashley Audrain
The Push is a psychological thriller that explores motherhood and the relationship between mother and daughter. Blythe, the central character, realizes that something is wrong with her daughter, something that might go deeper than just typical teenage rebellion.
4. The Survivors by Jane Harper
In Jane Harper's latest novel, we explore the secrets and lies of a small coastal town in Tasmania. Kieran Elliott, a survivor of a terrible accident, returns home to confront his traumatic past and discovers unsettling truths about his family's history and the town's dark secrets.
5. The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
Inspired by Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, Rachel Hawkins' novel, The Wife Upstairs, is a gripping tale of love, secrets, and murder. In the novel, Jane, a dog walker in a wealthy community finds herself attracted to her wealthiest client, Eddie Rochester, whose wife recently passed away in a terrible accident.
6. The Burning Girls by CJ Tudor
In The Burning Girls, we follow Reverend Jack Brooks, a single mother, as she moves to a new town with her daughter to start a new life. However, she soon discovers that the town has a dark past, with a history that locals would rather forget.
7. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
A departure from her usual contemporary romance novels, The Four Winds is a historical novel set during the Great Depression. We follow Elsa Martinelli, a single mother who decides to leave her drought-stricken home in Texas with her two children and move to California to start a new life.
8. Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson
Peter Swanson's Every Vow You Break is a tense psychological thriller that centers around a young bride-to-be who discovers her fiancé has a dark and dangerous past, putting her life in danger.
9. The Pusher by Ed James
The Pusher is a crime thriller that showcases the dangerous underworld of drug-dealing and the darkness and desperation it breeds. Detective Scott Cullen struggles to find a serial killer killing drug users in broad daylight in Edinburgh.
10. The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean
A haunting story of survival and the lengths one woman will go to escape captivity, The Last Thing to Burn is a chilling psychological thriller that will stay with you long after you turn the last page.
In conclusion, 2021 has treated us to some of the best psychological thrillers in recent times. These nail-biting novels will keep you up all night, rooting for the protagonist, and trying to solve the mystery. So grab one of these books, sit back, relax, and get ready to fall into the world of mystery and suspense.