Best-selling writer Jeffrey Deaver is one of the most notable names in the thriller genre. From his Lincoln Rhyme series to his new Audible Original collection of stories, Unsettling, Deaver has made his mark with pulse pounding, binge-worthy listens. Here are some of his favorite listens.
Nobody does alternative universes and time travel better than Koontz. This gripping tale follows a father and daughter living in the shadow of a past tragedy as they battle evil forces and navigate through a fantastical vision of the world. I love the narrators.
This is my kind of book (both what I write and what I listen to). The author’s compelling hero, Frankie Elkin, is searching for a missing Haitian teenage girl. The media, the public, and the police don’t care about her disappearance, and Elkin has to investigate on her own—a search that involves peeling away layers of secrets that some people wish desperately to keep hidden.
Like everybody, I’m exhausted by the pandemic, but author Wright (one of my favorites) has penned an irresistible rollercoaster of a thriller about a predatory virus. As always, he has not only done his homework but also brings his considerable skills as a suspense writer to the game.
A brilliant, harrowing novel of a woman living in the US who reluctantly returns to her native England to settle some family affairs—and must confront a past that she’s been trying desperately to avoid all her life.
I’m thoroughly engrossed by this nonfiction account of three generations of the Sacklers, the family known for their impressive philanthropic efforts—and for the business tactics regarding OxyContin, which have resulted in tragedy, as well as the fall of their empire.
This novel is obviously out of my genre (and age range!) but I took my nieces’ recommendation and decided to give it a listen. The result: I listened to the story in two sittings. The tale is of a young girl in wartime England striving against familial and societal adversity. It’s by turns wrenching, charming, and overwhelmingly heartwarming. And it has a superb narrator, too.
