Michael Connelly 1895
- What it is
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A trial at the heart of the story · a threat that keeps growing
- Genre
- Crime Thriller Mystery
Everything below shares at least two of these traits, or sits with it in some reader's stack. We tell you why as you go.
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Nobody is entirely good · properly scary
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No clean hands here · nothing is quite what it seems
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Nobody is entirely good · it's hiding a secret
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You end up rooting for the wrong people · it ties your stomach in a knot
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Nobody is entirely good · it's hiding a secret
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You end up rooting for the wrong people · it tells it with no filter
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Nobody is entirely good · it tells it straight
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Nobody is entirely good · it messes with your head
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You end up rooting for the wrong people · love in the middle of danger
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One more chapter, then another · it tells it straight
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Unsettling from the first page · nothing is quite what it seems
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Unsettling from the first page · it won't tell you everything at once
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You read it holding your breath · you'll keep turning it over for days
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A threat that keeps growing · it's hiding a secret
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You read it holding your breath · you'll keep turning it over for days
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Unsettling from the first page · a twist at the end that changes everything
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You read it holding your breath · the truth comes out bit by bit
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Unsettling from the first page · it won't tell you everything at once
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A threat that keeps growing · it's hiding a secret
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A threat that keeps growing · it's hiding a secret
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