10 Plot Twists You’ll Never See Coming

Taking a slight shift, this haunting thriller takes on a mystery that feels quite eerie. Joe O'Loughlin finds himself in a situation where he’s trying to convince a woman not to kill herself. Unfortunately, the woman jumps to her death, leaving O’Loughlin traumatized and possessed by the idea that he failed at saving her. That is, until years later when the deceased woman’s daughter shows up to reveal that there must be another force at work.

This thrilling adventure adds a political layer to a teen gone missing. That teen happens to be the daughter of Judge Margot Burr-Nadir and she goes missing right as Margot is about to take on a role in the Supreme Court. To make matters more intense, Margot’s search for her daughter starts to expose an entirely different reality for a group of teenagers, including one who goes by Prophet, who have escaped an Abatement Center and are on the run from a corrupt man who goes by title The Wizard. Yeah, a lot to unpack there. This read will truly feel like a race to the end.

You had to know this one made the list. Verity is one of the buzziest thrillers out right now, and with good reason. New York Times Bestseller Author Colleen Hoover brings us along Lowen Ashleigh’s journey as a ghostwriter for injured bestselling author Verity Crawford. As Lowen prepares for the gig, she comes across an autobiographical manuscript by Verity, and let’s just say… It's disturbing. With the newfound information and Lowen’s increasing fondness of Verity’s husband Jeremy, Lowen finds herself going down a dangerous path of choices to make.

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LAPD detective Morris Baker—a Holocaust survivor who drowns his fractured memories of the unspeakable in schnapps and work—is called to the scene of a horrific double-homicide. The victims are John Huston, a once-promising but now forgotten film director, and an up and coming young journalist named Walter Cronkite. Clutched in the hand of one of the dead men is a cryptic note containing the phrase “beat the devils” followed by a single name: Baker. Did the two men die in an attack fueled by better-dead-than-red sentiment, as the Hueys are quick to conclude, or were they murdered in a cover-up designed to protect—or even set in motion—a secret plot connected to Baker's past?
In a country where terror grows stronger by the day, and paranoia rises unchecked, Baker is determined to find justice for two men who raised their voices in a time when free speech comes at the ultimate cost. In the course of his investigation, Baker stumbles into a conspiracy that reaches deep into the halls of power and uncovers a secret that could destroy the City of Angels—and the American ideal itself.

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