Sometimes, the person you think you know best is not what they seem. Harlan Coben's hero kept his promise for six years but a stranger at the graveside is about to pull everything apart. Gillian Flynn dismantles a marriage from both directions, neither narrator to be trusted. A Brighton businessman in New York on September 11th walks out of his old life into a new one, and Roy Grace spends six years catching up. Mary Higgins Clark's Laurie Moran finds that what lay hidden in Dr Martin Bell's private life was the one thing nobody was meant to discover. By the time you have finished reading these books, you'll trust no one!
Harlan Coben, 'Six Years' - Jake kept his promise for six years but a graveside stranger changes everything. Coben delivers a brilliant pay-off.
Gillian Flynn, 'Gone Girl'- Amy Dunne disappeared on her fifth wedding anniversary. The marriage unravels in both directions at once, beautifully and mercilessly.
Peter James, 'Dead Man's Footsteps' - On September 11th, Ronnie Wilson saw his escape and took it. Roy Grace, six years on, is rather less impressed.
Mary Higgins Clark, 'You Don't Own Me' - Dr Martin Bell's private life was carefully managed until Laurie Moran started asking the questions nobody else thought to ask.