Thrilling Books That Take Your Breath Away!

As Halloween approaches, it brings with it an atmosphere of mystery and an unexpected desire for dark novels that elevate the imagination. It is the time when a page can turn into a gateway to a nightmarish world, full of mystery, thrilling developments, and of course... horror!

So, it is the best time to add to your list a book that promises to immerse you in a chilling, terrifying, and mysterious world!

"Salem's Lot" by Stephen King

Salem's Lot

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Ben Mears, a successful author, returns to Salem's Lot to write a novel based on the years he lived there as a child, in an attempt to exorcise the fears that haunt him from his childhood. He was a witness to an event in the old house on the hill, where now resides a man who causes him inexplicable anxiety. At the same time, strange events are happening in the town - a child disappears, a dog is brutally killed - and the list keeps growing... Soon, fear will replace anxiety...

Of course, first on the list of thriller books could not be anyone else but the master of the genre, Stephen King. The iconic novel by this author, enriched with over 150 pages of rare material, deals with the return of the writer Ben Mears to Salem's Lot in order to write a novel about the house that still haunts him today.

But things are not so simple, as a series of inexplicable events happening in the town will terrify you and magically place you in the eerie setting that King has so intricately composed. The chilling scenes of the book, as you can imagine, are not few, while his writing style makes you want to get to know better the several characters, by King's standards, and to reach the end at all costs.

"My Good Child" by Romy Hausmann

My Good Child

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He creates the day and the night. Like a God.

A cabin in the forest, without windows. Lena's life and her two children follow strict rules: meals, toilet, study, everything obediently follows a predetermined schedule. The father takes care of the food, protects them from the dangers of the outside world, and ensures that his children always have a mother - no matter the cost.

But one day, the mother manages to escape. And then the real nightmare begins. Because many things indicate that the father is willing to sacrifice everything to get back what belongs to him. The police, along with Lena's family, desperately try to piece together a puzzle that doesn't seem to fit together. What is really happening and what is the product of madness?

Phenomenal thriller book, delightfully dark and claustrophobic that will continue to haunt you long after reading it. Excellent writing style, first-person narration that will not tire you at all and will make you want to read it in one go. The story begins with the escape of the heroine mother who is abandoned injured in a forest....and the mystery begins!

Although the narration starts from the end and makes you believe that you have understood everything about the plot, I assure you that you have been completely deceived... The twists follow one another, leaving me with my mouth open. With family relationships at the core of the book, the author explores with sharp precision the emotions and motivations of the characters, uncovering secrets that prove that you can never be sure even about your closest people.

"Save Me" by Dimitris Simos

Save me

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Three sisters are preparing to return to the village where their mother lives on the occasion of their father's memorial. However, one sister never comes. A few kilometers away, police officer Loukidi discovers the body of a woman, distorted. Is the missing sister the next victim? In their attempt to find her, they will drown in the past. To save themselves, they must swim in the raging river with the secrets that the Mushroom Forest has hidden for so many years.

A psychological thriller that will not leave you in peace until you reach its last page. The concise descriptions present situations and landscapes in a simple and non-exaggerated way, thus placing you in Komotini, the setting of the events.

The author explores family relationships, the relationships between the three siblings and their mother, which, although they seem to be an unbreakable bond of love, the disappearance of the youngest sister will reveal guilty secrets. Secrets that reflect the problematic society we live in and have many social implications. The title of the book is not accidental at all, as the whole reading aims to confront you with corruption, injustice, and the silence prevailing in small communities in the countryside, leading you to seek redemption, salvation.

"The Experiment" by Sebastian Fitzek

The Experiment

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It wasn't murder... It wasn't rape... It wasn't torture... It was something much worse.

Three women disappear without a trace. One week is enough for the psychopath known as the Mindbreaker to destroy them. No one knows the method he uses, but by the seventh day, they will be psychologically dead, buried alive in their own bodies. Only one thing is known: the bizarre riddles he leaves with each victim.

Shortly before Christmas Eve, the Mindbreaker will strike again. In a luxurious psychiatric clinic outside Berlin, the snow falls heavily, making the place even more inaccessible and isolated. Doctors and patients realize with horror that the maniac who has been terrorizing the city for some time is among them.

Trapped inside the clinic, their only way out is to unite to protect each other. However, on a night of unspeakable terror like this one, he will prove to them that there is no escape...

Undoubtedly one of the best books by an author who enjoys misleading you from the very first moment of reading.

The book welcomes you with the phrase by Woody Allen "I'm not afraid of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens" and this is exactly the phrase that lingers in your mind as you read Fitzek's psychological thriller mystery.

The narration takes place in the setting of a luxurious psychiatric clinic (didn't expect that, huh?) with doctors and patients constantly in danger from the psychotic Mindbreaker who roams among them. Trapped inside the clinic due to the snow, the characters will experience the ultimate nightmare not knowing who to protect themselves from and who to trust in their struggle for survival. Throughout the reading, you will encounter various puzzles (those left by the psychotic on his victims) which are solved but not all of them. The mystery that remains unsolved until the end is how the Mindbreaker manages to trap the souls of his victims without killing them and whether these souls can ultimately be set free. This is exactly what anyone who takes part in the Experiment will discover...

Hint: Don't miss the book's epilogue as it contains more than just the usual thanks!

These are just a few of the many thriller books that promise to captivate you from the very first page, as nothing is as it seems even if for a moment we believe we are close to solving the mystery... Explosive twists, suspense, guilty secrets, and unexpected events are some elements that make up a very good thriller book that will leave you wondering until the end of the reading!