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Im so excited about this new series that sarah and i have created. The best psychological thriller books by authors like tania carver and karin slaughter know theres nothing more disturbing than whats happening inside your own head. Discover the best psychological thrillers in best sellers. Best crime and thriller books of 2020 pan macmillan. The girl on the train by paula hawkins, gone girl by gillian flynn, behind closed doors by b. Here, the narrators are unreliable, the terrors are psychological, and the settings are as familiar to us as our own backyards. A new swedish television series set in the 1950s is being filmed in the.
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