Which Mystery Thriller Should You Read This October? Which Mystery Thriller Should You Read This October?October has several new mystery thriller releases. Puzzled where to start?If you haven't found the perfect spooky read to dive into this month, take our short four-question-quiz to find your next favorite mystery thriller!You Should Read: <a href="https://www.novelsuspects.com/external/title/9780316509756/">The Shadows We Hide</a>Our mystery thriller pick for you is The Shadows We Hide by Allen Eskens.Journalist Joe Talbert investigates the murder of the father he never knew, and must reckon with his own family’s past, in this “brilliant sequel” to the national bestseller The Life We Bury (Publishers Weekly).Joe Talbert, Jr. has never once met his namesake. Now out of college, a cub reporter for the Associated Press in Minneapolis, he stumbles across a story describing the murder of a man named Joseph Talbert in a small town in southern Minnesota.Full of curiosity about whether this man might be his father, Joe is shocked to find that none of the town’s residents have much to say about the dead man-other than that his death was long overdue. Joe discovers that the dead man was a loathsome lowlife who cheated his neighbors, threatened his daughter, and squandered his wife’s inheritance after she, too, passed away–an inheritance that may now be Joe’s.Mired in uncertainty and plagued by his own devastated relationship with his mother, who is seeking to get back into her son’s life, Joe must put together the missing pieces of his family history — before his quest for discovery threatens to put him in a grave of his own.You Should Read: <a href="https://www.novelsuspects.com/external/title/9781538761458/">Redemption</a>Our mystery thriller pick for you is Redemption by David Baldacci.Detective Amos Decker discovers that a mistake he made as a rookie detective may have led to deadly consequences in this compelling Memory Man thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.Decker is visiting his hometown of Burlington, Ohio, when he’s approached by a man named Meryl Hawkins. Hawkins is a convicted murderer. In fact, he’s the very first killer Decker ever put behind bars. But he’s innocent, he claims. Now suffering from terminal cancer, it’s his dying wish that Decker clear his name.It’s unthinkable. The case was open and shut, with rock solid forensic evidence. But then Hawkins later turns up dead with a bullet in his head, and even Decker begins to have doubts. Is it possible that he really did get it wrong, all those years ago?Decker’s determined to uncover the truth, no matter the personal cost. But solving a case this cold may be impossible, especially when it becomes clear that someone doesn’t want the old case reopened. Someone who is willing to kill to keep the truth buried, and hide a decades-old secret that may have devastating repercussions...You Should Read: <a href="https://www.novelsuspects.com/external/title/9781538731598/">The 18th Abduction</a>Our mystery thriller pick for you is The 18th Abduction by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.Detective Lindsay Boxer’s investigation into the disappearance of three teachers quickly escalates from missing persons to murder in the newest Women’s Murder Club thriller.For a trio of colleagues, an innocent night out after class ends in a deadly torture session. They vanish without a clue — until a body turns up. With the safety of San Francisco’s entire school system at stake, Lindsay has never been under more pressure. As the chief of police and the press clamor for an arrest in the “school night” case, Lindsay turns to her best friend, investigative journalist Cindy Thomas. Together, Lindsay and Cindy take a new approach to the case, and unexpected facts about the victims leave them stunned.While Lindsay is engrossed in her investigation, her husband, Joe Molinari, meets an Eastern European woman who claims to have seen a notorious war criminal — long presumed dead — from her home country. Before Lindsay can verify the woman’s statement, Joe’s mystery informant joins the ranks of the missing women. Lindsay, Joe, and the entire Women’s Murder Club must pull together to protect their city, and one another — not from a ghost, but from a true monster.You Should Read: <a href="https://www.novelsuspects.com/external/title/9780316457484/">The Night Fire</a>Our mystery thriller pick for you is The Night Fire by Michael Connelly.<a href="https://www.novelsuspects.com/excerpts/new-michael-connelly-book-2019-the-night-fire/">Read the first five chapters on Novel Suspects.</a>Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renée Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch’s mentor, the man who trained him—new from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, John Jack Thompson, is dead, and his widow gives Bosch a murder book, one that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD twenty years before — the unsolved killing of a troubled young man.Bosch takes the murder book to Detective Renée Ballard and asks her to help him discover what about this crime lit Thompson’s fire all those years ago. As she begins her inquiries — while still working her own cases on the midnight shift — Ballad finds aspects of the initial investigation that just don’t add up.You Should Read: <a href="https://www.novelsuspects.com/external/title/9781538732915/">Jessica's Promise</a>Our mystery thriller pick for you is Jessica's Promise by Jill Childs.This USA Today bestseller dares to ask the heart-stopping question: What do we really know about those who care for our children?Teresa’s heart stops when she enters her daughter’s bedroom to find that her sweet, trusting little girl is gone. Teresa can’t bear to think who would take a terrified three-year-old from her mother in the middle of the night, but all the signs point to someone close to home. Hasn’t Jessica’s stepfather been acting a little odd? Or is it, as Teresa is beginning to fear, something to do with Angie, her daughter’s babysitter who lives next door…?Gentle, retired Angie-she must be lonely, with only her memories to keep her company in that big, old house. And she’s always had a special connection with Jessica… But was trusting Angie with her precious daughter the biggest mistake of Teresa’s life?Best way to organize your bookshelf:What's your dream vacation look like?Best comfort food:Finally, what's your go-to music genre? You Might Also Like Which Amateur Sleuth Are You? Which Mystery Thriller Should You Read This October? The Best New Crime Fiction of October 2019
