Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Eight thrillers that turn home into a place of mortal danger

Karen Dionne is the USA Today and #1 international bestselling author of The Marsh King’s Daughter, a psychological suspense novel set in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wilderness published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in the U.S. and in 25 other languages.

Her new psychological suspense novel is The Wicked Sister.

At CrimeReads Dionne tagged eight favorite that "turn the characters’ homes from a place of safety into a place of mortal danger," including:
Out, by John Smolens

Del Maki is recovering from hip surgery when a very pregnant home health care nurse visits him at his isolated cabin in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wilderness on the eve of an epic snowstorm. That this novel takes place in an area I know well and love isn’t the only reason it’s first on my list. Dangers from the storm, dangers from the unsavory characters who end up sheltering at the cabin—it’s clear from the first pages that this story is not going to end well.
Read about the other entries on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue