20 of Your Favorite Thrillers from Around the World
This Riot Recommendation is sponsored by Hades by Candice Fox.
On a dark night in a junkyard on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia, Hades Archer disposes of things other people either don’t want, or cannot face. Old machinery and dead bodies are dismembered with equally cool precision, until two children are delivered for disposal, still alive. Hades nurses them back to health and raises them as his own. They are twins, a boy and a girl, whom he names Eric and Eden.
Flash forward: the twins, now adults, are detectives in the Sydney Metro Police homicide squad, when a series of bodies turn up with vital organs missing. A serial killer is stealing organs from healthy people and selling them to the desperately ill. Eric and Eden team up with Frank Bennett, a tarnished detective fighting his own demons, as they track down a madman who lives for the kill…
A good thriller quickens the pulse, compelling readers to turn the page to find out what happens next, and thrillers featuring distant settings can be transportive, inviting you to peek around the darkened corners of exciting new landscapes. We asked you to share your favorite thrillers from around the world, and you responded. Here are 20 of your favorites! The Voices by F.R. Tallis Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg, translated by Tiina Nunnally The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Red Dragon by Thomas Harris The Wicker Man by Anthony Shaffer and Robin Hardy The Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbø, translated by Don Bartlett The Stand by Stephen King The Kurt Wallander series by Henning Mankell The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series by Stieg Larsson Spares by Michael Marshall Smith JaJar City: A Reykjavik Thriller by Arnaldur Indridason, translated by Bernard Scudder Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra The Dinner by Herman Koch, translated by Sam Garrett The Alex Morrow series by Denise Mina Dark Matter: A Ghost Story by Michele Paver Border Angels by Anthony Quinn Alex by Pierre Lemaitre, translated by Frank Wynne The Treasure Hunt by Andrea Camilleri, translated by Stephen Sartarelli The Father by Anton Svensson, translated by Elizabeth Clark Wessel Playing For Thrills by Wang Shuo, translated by Howard Goldblatt
On a dark night in a junkyard on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia, Hades Archer disposes of things other people either don’t want, or cannot face. Old machinery and dead bodies are dismembered with equally cool precision, until two children are delivered for disposal, still alive. Hades nurses them back to health and raises them as his own. They are twins, a boy and a girl, whom he names Eric and Eden.
Flash forward: the twins, now adults, are detectives in the Sydney Metro Police homicide squad, when a series of bodies turn up with vital organs missing. A serial killer is stealing organs from healthy people and selling them to the desperately ill. Eric and Eden team up with Frank Bennett, a tarnished detective fighting his own demons, as they track down a madman who lives for the kill…
A good thriller quickens the pulse, compelling readers to turn the page to find out what happens next, and thrillers featuring distant settings can be transportive, inviting you to peek around the darkened corners of exciting new landscapes. We asked you to share your favorite thrillers from around the world, and you responded. Here are 20 of your favorites! The Voices by F.R. Tallis Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg, translated by Tiina Nunnally The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Red Dragon by Thomas Harris The Wicker Man by Anthony Shaffer and Robin Hardy The Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbø, translated by Don Bartlett The Stand by Stephen King The Kurt Wallander series by Henning Mankell The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series by Stieg Larsson Spares by Michael Marshall Smith JaJar City: A Reykjavik Thriller by Arnaldur Indridason, translated by Bernard Scudder Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra The Dinner by Herman Koch, translated by Sam Garrett The Alex Morrow series by Denise Mina Dark Matter: A Ghost Story by Michele Paver Border Angels by Anthony Quinn Alex by Pierre Lemaitre, translated by Frank Wynne The Treasure Hunt by Andrea Camilleri, translated by Stephen Sartarelli The Father by Anton Svensson, translated by Elizabeth Clark Wessel Playing For Thrills by Wang Shuo, translated by Howard Goldblatt
