Editorial selection · not a reader-score ranking

Ten thrillers that keep you guessing

Disappearances, closed circles and conflicting accounts. This editorial reading route reveals no endings.

1. #1

   Lumi editionThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd✦Agatha Christie8.3LumiScore

   First published 1926

   The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

   Agatha Christie

   3–4 raters

   A village murder interrupts Poirot’s retirement, making the way information is told worth close attention.

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   +Want to read
2. #2

   Lumi editionThe Couple Next Door✦Shari Lapeña—LumiScore

   First published 2016

   The Couple Next Door

   Shari Lapeña

   Insufficient ratings

   Dinner with neighbours leads to a family crisis that puts familiar relationships under pressure.

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   +Want to read
3. #3

   Lumi editionHunting Party✦Lucy Foley—LumiScore

   First published 2018

   Hunting Party

   Lucy Foley

   Insufficient ratings

   A snowbound gathering of old friends turns a Scottish hunting lodge into a closed-circle mystery full of tensions.

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   +Want to read
4. #4

   Lumi editionThen she was gone✦Lisa Jewell—LumiScore

   First published 2017

   Then she was gone

   Lisa Jewell

   Insufficient ratings

   A missing daughter and a new encounter make a mother reconsider her past.

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   +Want to read
5. #5

   Lumi editionIn a Dark, Dark Wood✦Ruth Ware—LumiScore

   First published 2015

   In a Dark, Dark Wood

   Ruth Ware

   Insufficient ratings

   A hen weekend reunites old acquaintances in a remote setting where their shared history begins to chafe.

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   +Want to read
6. #6

   Lumi editionI Let You Go✦Clare Mackintosh—LumiScore

   First published 2014

   I Let You Go

   Clare Mackintosh

   Insufficient ratings

   A fatal road accident connects a police investigation with a new life on the Welsh coast.

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   +Want to read
7. #7

   Lumi editionThe Woman In Cabin 10✦Ruth Ware—LumiScore

   First published 2017

   The Woman In Cabin 10

   Ruth Ware

   Insufficient ratings

   A travel journalist believes she has witnessed something disturbing on a luxury cruise but struggles to be heard.

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   +Want to read
8. #8

   Lumi editionHis and Hers✦Alice Feeney—LumiScore

   First published 2020

   His and Hers

   Alice Feeney

   Insufficient ratings

   A reporter and a detective become involved in the same murder, and their perspectives complicate certainty.

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   +Want to read
9. #9

   Lumi editionWatching You✦Lisa Jewell—LumiScore

   First published 2018

   Watching You

   Lisa Jewell

   Insufficient ratings

   Curiosity about neighbours becomes entangled with secrets and a murder in an apparently ordinary neighbourhood.

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10. #10

    Lumi editionLast Thing He Told Me✦Laura Dave—LumiScore

    First published 2021

    Last Thing He Told Me

    Laura Dave

    Insufficient ratings

    A missing husband leaves a brief instruction, prompting his wife and daughter to investigate his past.

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    +Want to read