Thursday, 30 October 2014

Halloween Recommendation: Part Four: Psychological Thrillers



 
 Ultraviolet
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Publication Date: June 2nd 2011             
Publisher:  Orchard       
 
Once upon a time there was a girl who was special.
This is not her story.
Unless you count the part where I killed her.

Sixteen-year-old Alison has been sectioned in a mental institute for teens, having murdered the most perfect and popular girl at school. But the case is a mystery: no body has been found, and Alison's condition is proving difficult to diagnose. Alison herself can't explain what happened: one minute she was fighting with Tori -- the next she disintegrated. Into nothing. But that's impossible. Right?
 
 
 Once upon a time there was a girl who was special.

This is not her story.

Unless you count the part where I killed her.

Come on, tell me you're not the least bit interested after that hook? Also, set in a mental institute. Need I say more? Okay, Ultraviolet was more of a psychological thriller in the beginning before it went all sci-fi on us, but It's still one of my favourites to read around Halloween.





Dangerous Girls
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Publication Date: August 1st 2013        
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

Elise is dead.
And someone must pay.

Anna, her boyfriend Tate, best friend Elise and a group of close friends set off on a debaucherous Spring Break trip to Aruba. But paradise soon turns into a living nightmare when Elise is brutally murdered.

Soon Anna finds herself trapped in a foreign country and fighting for her freedom. As she awaits the judge's decree, it becomes clear that everyone is questioning her innocence. To the rest of the world, Anna isn't just guilty, but dangerous. As the court case unfolds the truth is about to come out, and it's more shocking than you could ever imagine




Dangerous Boys
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Publication Date: August 14th 2014        
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
 

 Three teens venture into the abandoned Monroe estate one night; hours later, only two emerge from the burning wreckage. Chloe drags one Reznick brother to safety, unconscious and bleeding; the other is left to burn, dead in the fire. But which brother survives? And is his death a tragic accident? Desperate self-defense? Or murder?
Chloe is the only one with the answers. As the fire rages, and police and parents demand the truth, she struggles to piece together the story of how they got there-a story of jealousy, twisted passion, and the darkness that lurks behind even the most beautiful of faces




You should all know by now that Abigail Haas is the queen of psychological thrillers.
 I haven't read Dangerous Girls (it is going to be my Halloween read though) but Dangerous Boys is one of the best psychological thrillers I've read all year. I'd got as far to say it's the best psychological thriller I've read, ever.


What're you reading for Halloween?