Contemporary Thrillers

Try these books if you're looking for:

• contemporary books
• thrillers/legal thrillers/adventure books
• a focus on characters and relationships
• a focus on story and action
• read like Ann Cleeves and Gillian Flynn

In the Woods 
Tana French
MYSTERY FRENCH Dublin M #1
French writes with a similar tone to Gillian Flynn. In the Woods is the first in a moody, police psychological series where things do not always end up as one would expect. Detective Rob Ryan must investigate a chilling murder which brings back 20 year old memories of the violent murder of 2 companions.

A Share In Death 
Deborah Crombie
MYSTERY CROMBIE Duncan #1
Both Cleeves and Crombie write suspenseful, intricately plotted police novels. A Share in Death is the first in a series. Inspector Kincaid is vacationing incognito until a new acquaintance is found murdered in the hotel. This requires him to resume his true identity.

Still Life 
Louise Penny
MYSTERY PENNY Three #1
Penny like Cleeves writes intricately plotted police procedural novels. In the novel, Still Life (first in a series), a much loved member of a community is found murdered in the woods. Will Inspector Gamache be able to find enough small clues to locate the murderer?

Dark Tide 
Elizabeth Haynes
MYSTERY HAYNES
Haynes writes thrillers with suspenseful plots that are similar to the writing style of Flynn. Genevieve is starting a new life living on a houseboat far away from her secret past. She is horrified when a body washes up by the boat and she recognizes it as someone linked to her life she left behind.