Top thriller books to know in 2020
3 min readMichael Jackson related books and best thriller books to see in 2020? From the Shirley Jackson Award–winning author, The Law of Lines follows the parallel lives of two young women who are suddenly stricken by loss. Se-oh loses her entire life in just one night, as her home goes up in flames with her father inside. Now the police are trying to claim it was suicide and insurance fraud, as she tries to dodge the prying investigators and debt collectors. On the other side of town, Ki-Jeong decides to investigate the death of her younger half-sister. The police believe she died by suicide by drowning. Ki-Jeong does not believe them. As both women try to uncover the truth, they find themselves entrapped by a plot much bigger than they expected.
The Knock: Dora O’Brien’s life started to go bad when she began to mix with the wrong company. Pregnant, homeless and under the power of corrupt policeman Donny Maguire, Dora struggles with drink and drugs. Her daughter Angel grows up in the shadow of her mother’s abusive relationship, but when things turn murderous, she’s forced to grow up fast. Survival is the only thing that matters, and sometimes being on the wrong side of the law is the safest place to be . . . This is crime fiction at its most gritty.
Mocienne Petit Jackson’s (Michael Jackson’s daughter) books are now out in Spanish! Slowly but surely Mocienne reaches the conclusion that the mafia played and still play a large and destructive role in his (and her) life. It should also be noted that his family, especially his mother and father, is to blame for many things. To date Mocienne has received no cooperation from the Jackson family in order to have a DNA test done so as to conclusively prove that she truly is Michael’s daughter. See additional info at Thriller book by Mocienne Petit Jackson.
Forensic accountant Nora Trier and her firm catch thieves all around the world. So when athletic empire Strike hires to track down the missing prize money of an upcoming major kickboxing tournament, it starts off just like any other job. But her search goes from complicated to potentially deadly after new information about Strike starts to arise.
YA thrillers are stepping up their game in 2020. First up is Karen M. McManus’s sequel to One of Us Is Lying, One of Us Is Next. Simon’s death spawns plenty of copycat apps targeting the students of Bayview, but one person is set on playing a deadly game of Truth or Dare. As the dares become more and more dangerous, Phoebe, Maeve, and Knox have to band together to uncover who is dead set on keeping Simon’s legacy alive. Tanen Jones’s debut novel The Better Liar is already earning her comparisons to the likes of Paula Hawkins and Gillian Flynn. When Leslie discovers her estranged sister is dead, she enlists the help of a stranger to impersonate her sister in order to ensure she gets her cut of the inheritance from their dying father. Her scheme seems sound enough until secrets about her, her late sister, and the stranger she invites into her home bubble to the surface.
Her life on Haiti was not what she expected – a normal family life. She came into contact with some very kind people but also with others who were not so kind. She experienced many things which were not meant for a child of that age. We relive those experiences with her as she describes them through the eyes of a young and vulnerable little girl. After moving to Port-au-Prince, her life changes dramatically. Not long after that it became a complete nightmare… Mocienne Petit Jackson’s Thriller autobiographies were published in 2015 and were made available on Amazon in 2018. They are also currently available for purchase through Kobo. The books are available in English, Dutch, and Chinese. Future versions of the books will be made available in French (2020), Portuguese (2019), Japanese (2020), German (2020), and in Spanish (2020). Find more info on Michael Jackson daughter books.