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BostonPL_Top Ten Thrillers of the 2010s

The librarians at the BPL pick their top ten thrillers of the past decade! Disagree with our choices? Tweet us @BPLBoston and let us know! #BPL2010sTopTen

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  • An amnesiac attempts to reconstruct her past by keeping a journal and discovers the dangerous inconsistencies in the stories of her husband and her secret doctor.
    BookNew York : Harper, 2011. — FICTION WATSON S
  • Nick and Amy appear to have it all, but when she disappears on their fifth wedding anniversary, is it possible that Nick is responsible?
    BookNew York : Crown Publishers, c2012. — PS3606.L935 G66 2012
  • Meeting at an East Village bookstore, aspiring writer Guinevere Beck and store employee Joe Goldberg embark on an intimate relationship, only to suffer deadly consequences when their passion spirals out of control.
    BookNew York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2014.
  • An annual school Trivia Night ends in a disastrous riot leaving one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but evidence shows it might have been premeditated.
    BookNew York : Amy Einhorn Books , [2014]
  • Obsessively watching a breakfasting couple every day to escape the pain of her losses, Rachel witnesses a shocking event that inextricably entangles her in the lives of strangers.
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2015. — FICTION HAWKINS P
  • Reluctantly accepting an old friend's invitation to spend a weekend in the English countryside, Leonora awakens in a hospital badly injured, unable to recall what happened and confronting a growing certainty that someone involved has…
    BookNew York : Scout Press, 2015. — FICTION WARE R
  • Jean stands by her husband when he is suspected in the disappearance of a two-year-old girl but when he dies suddenly years later, she is ready to tell all. But things are much more complicated than they seem...
    BookNew York, New York : New American Library, [2016]. — FICTION BARTON F
  • An agoraphobic recluse languishes in her New York City home, drinking wine and spying on her neighbors, before witnessing a terrible crime through her window that exposes her secrets and raises questions about her perceptions of reality.
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018].
  • Follows the relationship between a working French-Moroccan couple and their too-good-to-be-true nanny, whose devotion to their children spirals into a psychologically charged cycle of jealousies, resentments and violence.
    BookNew York : Penguin Books, [2018]. — FICTION SLIMANI L
  • A therapist becomes dangerously obsessed with uncovering the truth about what prompted his client, an artist who refuses to speak, to violently murder her husband in a way that triggers mass public speculation.
    BookNew York, NY : Celadon Books, [2019]