8 Books That Explore Family and Crime
Family drama doesn’t always equate to criminal activity. But in the case of these thriller suspense books, it most certainly does. The protagonists go about their lives, contented and convinced that all is right in their world. They are shocked when the unthinkable happens: some traumatic event that proves someone they love and thought they knew intimately is not who they seemed. Secrets are revealed and happy families shattered in these seven crime thrillers that prove being family is not always enough—and sometimes it’s too much.
A horrific crime ends the lives of three teenage girls—their lives, but not their existence. The girls' spirits remain close to their hometown, a small, everybody-knows-everybody sort of community in rural Texas. They recall the circumstances of their deaths as they keep watch on the ice cream shop where they died, their devastated loved ones... and the murderers, who seem set to get away scot-free.
It is the summer of 1876, and Jenny Bonnet is dead. Not many respectable people care about the shooting death of a free-spirited cross-dresser, but Jenny's friend Blanche is not about to let the killer get away with this crime. But Blanche only knew Jenny for a short time. Where to start? Blanche's investigation takes her deep into Jenny's world, which is filled with figures as unconventional, as tragic, and as memorable as Jenny herself was.
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Eileen Gonzalez is a freelance writer from Connecticut. She has a Master’s degree in communications and years of experience writing about pop culture. She contributes to Book Riot and Foreword Reviews, and she occasionally tweets at @eileen2thestars.