B.A. Paris: Behind Closed Doors

Perfect marriage. Perfect husband. Well, the wife is not perfect, but a prisoner. A prisoner of complete idiocy.

Behind Closed Doors (affiliate link) by B.A. Paris is a highly praised thriller that has nothing thrilling in it. The entire book is just about the wife's life as a prisoner, and how she ended up there. Nothing exciting happens at any point.

Why so few books marketed as (psychological) thrillers really aren't?

 

 

 

SPOILERS!!

BEWARE!!

Behind Closed Doors is not suitable for animal lovers!

The main reason why this book should be burned at the stake is what happens to a small, helpless dog. The only consolation is that at the end the murderer of the dog in question experiences the exact same fate himself. If you can't stand the death/torture/murder of a dog/animal, don't read this book!

The husband threatens the main character that if you don't obey, I'll put your sister in an institution. Well, in this situation, that institution would be the better place for her, so the main character should have just said, please do that!

Sebastian Fitzek: Passenger 23

According to Passenger 23 (affiliate link), many people disappear from cruise ships every year. Is this true? According to the book's closing words, yes. The book also says that the most perfect way to commit suicide is to jump off the ship into the water. No mess, no body.

The main character of the book is police officer Matias Schwarz, whose wife and child disappeared while on a cruise many years ago. Now Matias is lured onto the ship to investigate a strange case in which a girl who disappeared from the ship and was thought to be dead has been found alive. What really happens on ocean liners around the world?

I like Sebastian Fitzek's writing style. His thrillers have really exciting events, unlike many others.

Warning: The subject of this book is revealed in the end to be so horrific that many readers will not be able to bear it.

Sandra Brown: Deadline

Star reporter Dawson has just returned from a war zone, traumatized, when his FBI agent godfather asks him to investigate a case he left unsolved. Of course, in doing so, Dawson also meets the woman of his dreams.

Sandra Brown, who writes romantic thrillers, is one of my favorite authors. There are few thrillers where I devour every word, but this is usually the case with Brown's books.

But not now. Deadline (affiliate link) started off sticky for me. Right at the beginning, it was hard to keep track of what and who, as if this was the second part of a book series and the first part had not been read. And there were also descriptions of things that didn't interest me at all, like a woman's beach day with her children. Uh, how does this advance the plot? Not at all. It's just trying to prove that this woman is a perfect mother. And a perfect woman?

But Sandra Brown can write. There are enough events. One plot twist completely surprised me.