Sunday, June 5, 2022

Seven suspense titles in which paradise is not what it seems

Laura Griffin is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than thirty books and novellas. She is a two-time RITA® Award winner (for Scorched and Whisper of Warning) as well as the recipient of the Daphne du Maurier Award (for Untraceable). Her book Desperate Girls was named one of the Best Books of 2018 by Publishers Weekly.

Griffin's latest romantic thriller is Midnight Dunes.

At CrimeReads the author tagged seven "suspense novels [that] will take you from the white sands of the Caribbean isles to the windswept cliffs of New Zealand. Adventure awaits, but don’t expect a smooth trip." One title on the list:
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel revolves around an end-of-summer party in Malibu. The year is 1983, and everyone who is anyone among Southern California’s sun-kissed elites wants an invitation to the annual blowout at the cliffside home of the famous Riva family, whose members include a famous surfer, photographer, and supermodel. In a story deftly told through flashbacks and multiple viewpoints, Reid builds layer upon layer of suspense until the reader knows that when the fateful evening finally arrives, each key guest is on a collision course and the legendary party is destined to go up in flames.
Read about the other entries on the list.

Malibu Rising is among María Amparo Escandón's eight top books about living in Los Angeles.

--Marshal Zeringue