While You Wait for Gone Girl

I just finished Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, the plotty thriller that everyone and their brother has a hold on this summer. No spoilers: it's as good as they say it is, keep it on your list! Here are some lesser-known titles to tide you over until your hold arrives.

Last year's must-read plot twist novel was Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson. Reminiscent of Memento, the main character wakes up every morning missing most of her memory. She sees a forty-something in the mirror, but the last thing she remembers is being a twenty-something college student. This is not her beautiful house, and certainly not her beautiful husband. If you haven't read it yet, now is the perfect chance to peer into her diary as she tries to piece together the missing years. Read on for more ominous thrillers!

Titles similar to Death Comes to Pemberley

Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James has been very popular.  The story takes Jane Austen's beloved couple from Pride and Prejudice, Darcy and Elizabeth, and involves them in murder and mayhem.  If you haven't gotten your hands on a copy or you already finished it and want more here are a few other titles you may enjoy. 

Carrie Bebris has written several books featuring a mystery solving Darcy and Elizabeth.  Later in the series some other Austen characters also make appearances, as you might guess from reading some of the clever titles like The Intrigue at Highbury or Matters at Mansfield.