Think books are just for relaxation? Think again—thrillers are just the genre for anyone who likes a little excitement between the pages.
We’ve got a few recommendations that are sure to get your heart pounding this spring break:
Dante’s Wood
Lynne Raimondo
Seventh Street Books, $11
From one of the North Shore’s own—get in on the ground floor of the Mark Angelotti series. You won’t be able to put it down.
Caravan of Thieves
David Rich
Dutton, $10
The latest from a former Chicagoan, this book serves up thrills on par with a Baldacci or Clancy. Rich’s Rollie Waters knows how to work it from all sides—but does he get away with the money?
T
he Shining
Stephen King
Knopf Doubleday, $8
King=classic thrillers. If you believe in the adage that books are always better than the movie, then why haven’t you read this yet?
Inferno
Dan Brown
Knopf Doubleday, $18
For your summer reading list: Brown’s latest adventure with Robert Langdon is due in May. This time, the professor is taking on the Dante masterpiece.
Killing Floor
Lee Child
Penguin, $10
The first in the famous Jack Reacher series—gruesome and gritty, you’ll be hooked after just one book.
A Killing in the Hills
Julia Keller
St. Martin’s Press, $15
This Pulitzer-winning journalist is flexing her fiction muscle with her debut novel about killings in a small West Virginia town and the mother-daughter duo that set out to solve the crime.
Dark Places
Gillian Flynn
Crown, $11
If you liked last summer’s “Gone Girl,” then you shouldn’t miss Flynn’s sophomore effort. Libby Day’s family was massacred and her brother was blamed—but did he really do it?
Before I Go To Sleep
S.J. Watson
Harper Collins, $10
Woman loses memory. Husband says he still loves her. Woman doesn’t know husband. Is he out to hurt or help? This isn’t “The Vow,” people.
Want more recommendations? You can read more of Kelly’s reviews at chicagonow.com/litzyditz.
