9 Books with Surprise Endings

by Liane Moriarty

Deservedly popular Moriarty invigorates the tired social-issue formula of women’s fiction through wit, good humor, sharp... Full review >

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by Tana French

Everyone is this meticulously crafted novel might be playing—or being played by—everyone else. Full review >

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by Doug J. Swanson

An entertaining and provocative portrait of a man whose dichotomies were largely a product of the violent times in which he... Full review >

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by Ian Rankin

Rankin deserves every award he’s been given: an Edgar, a Gold Dagger, a Diamond Dagger. Surely there’s another one waiting... Full review >

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by John Harvey

As Resnick revisits one of Britain’s most painful events, he wrestles mightily with his own grief over the death of his... Full review >

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by Ben Macintyre

Gripping and as well-crafted as an episode of Smiley’s People, full of cynical inevitability, secrets, lashings of whiskey... Full review >

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by James Ellroy

Ellroy is not only back in form—he's raised the stakes. Full review >

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by Sarah Waters

Waters keeps getting better, if that’s even possible after the sheer perfection of her earlier novels. Full review >

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by Denise Mina

As Gallagher faces the ruin of his career, readers will wonder how Alex (The End of the Wasp Season, 2011, etc.) can... Full review >

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