Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Seven dark thrillers about friendships gone wrong

Leah Konen is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied journalism and English literature. She's the author of several young adult novels, including Love and Other Train Wrecks and The Romantics. She lives in Brooklyn and Saugerties, NY, with her husband, their daughter, Eleanor, and their dog, Farley.

All the Broken People is her first thriller.

At Electric Lit, Konen tagged seven "books that center women’s complicated relationships with each other," including:
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

It’s your classic girl meets boy but the boy is her boss and his wife is about to become her new best friend story. Though the love triangle is firmly set-up between single-mom Louise, her boss David, and David’s beautiful wife Adele, the true sparks and tension come through in the battle of wits between these two unlikely friends. Add an ending that’s unlike anything you’ve ever read in a suspense novel, and you’ve got a manically modern and inventive read.
Read about another entry on the list.

Behind Her Eyes is among Camilla Bruce's eight novels to make you question reality.

--Marshal Zeringue