{"id":24220,"date":"2025-12-15T08:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/?p=21050"},"modified":"2025-12-15T08:11:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:11:29","slug":"its-a-thrill-a-minute-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/joburg-south\/blog\/2025\/12\/15\/its-a-thrill-a-minute-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a thrill-a-minute this December"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>For lovers of a great thriller, here\u2019s a list you\u2019ll want to keep. Our faves for December include \u2026<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Ruth Ware\u2019s<strong> The Woman in Suite 11<\/strong> \u2026 a follow on to her brilliant The Woman In Cabin 10, which you may have watched on Netflix (and if you haven\u2019t, you should). In Suite 11, Lo Blacklock back, this time at the press opening of a luxury Swiss hotel owned by a reclusive billionaire. And again, what promises to be a wonderful spoil turns out to be somewhat harrowing \u2026 a proper page turner! Simon and Schuster<\/p>\n<p>Two women checked in. Only one checked out. <strong>In A Murder in Paris<\/strong>, author Matthew Blake explores what would happen if a memory \u2013 one of a hotel room, a pillow, a lifeless body \u2013 could get you killed. Past secrets, buried memories, a great thriller. Harper Collins<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Shroud of Hades<\/strong> by Andy McDermott is a Wild and Chase adventure \u2026 one in which the world\u2019s richest man is dead, his final act being a billion dollar bounty on the person he blames. As action packed as what you always expect, and get, from McDermott. Headline<\/p>\n<p>The final novel by the legendary writer Nelson DeMille, with Alex DeMille, <strong>The Tin Men<\/strong> is all alliances, animosities and secret agendas and the new generation of warfare and weapons. Sphere<\/p>\n<p>Torrential rain causes a landslide on a motorway in Scotland, which reveals a body hidden in the tarmac. Val McDermid\u2019s <strong>Silent Bones<\/strong> is a Karen Pirie thriller \u2026 and the Queen of Crime doesn\u2019t disappoint \u2026 a gripping, puzzling thriller that\u2019ll keep you guessing. Sphere<\/p>\n<p>Two fabulous reads from James Patterson. <strong>Return of the Spider<\/strong> is an Alex Cross thriller, with Alex finding a hidden cabin with a stash of gruesome trophies and diaries \u2026 and he needs to retrace the steps of his long-ago investigation. <strong>Billion Dollar Ransom<\/strong> by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski sees five people kidnapped \u2026 all different locations, all at the same time. And while families are prepared to pay up, the FBI agent on the case doesn\u2019t want to pay. She wants to find them. Century<\/p>\n<p>And last but not least of the best thriller writers \u2026 <strong>Knife in the Back<\/strong> by Karen Rose. It\u2019s the story of a cop, convicted and jailed for something she didn\u2019t do, who\u2019s now released but being targeted by the same people who framed her before, this time demanding she delivery drugs or they\u2019ll hurt her teenage son. Twists and turns and a terrific read! Headline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For lovers of a great thriller, here\u2019s a list you\u2019ll want to keep. Our faves for December include \u2026 Ruth Ware\u2019s The Woman in Suite 11 \u2026 a follow on to her brilliant The Woman In Cabin 10, which you may have watched on Netflix (and if you haven\u2019t, you should). 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