Best books of 2017 by L. A. Keller

The biggest bookseller in the world is Amazon so when the best seller list comes out, people pay attention.  Here are three of the best books of 2017 in the mystery, thriller and suspense genre as listed on Amazon..

Amazon's top pick with 1,432 almost all five star reviews:
The Dry by Jane Harper
After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades to attend the funeral of his best friend, Luke. Twenty years ago when Falk was accused of murder, Luke was his alibi. Falk and his father fled under a cloud of suspicion, saved from prosecution only because of Luke’s steadfast claim that the boys had been together at the time of the crime. But now more than one person knows they didn’t tell the truth back then, and Luke is dead.
Amid the worst drought in a century, Falk and the local detective question what really happened to Luke. As Falk reluctantly investigates to see if there’s more to Luke’s death than there seems to be, long-buried mysteries resurface, as do the lies that have haunted them. And Falk will find that small towns have always hidden big secrets.


Mississippi Blood: A Novel (Natchez Burning) by Greg Iles
As the final installment in the series the book received some major endorsements in addition to more than 1700 reader reviews.

“One of the longest, most successful sustained works of popular fiction in recent memory… Prepare to be surprised. Iles has always been an exceptional storyteller, and he has invested these volumes with an energy and sense of personal urgency that rarely, if ever, falter.”
—    Washington Post


Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito
This is a surprise to me as the book has only 83 customer reviews. I have to wonder how Amazon determines the 'best books of 2017".
A mass shooting has taken place at a prep school in Stockholm’s wealthiest suburb. Eighteen-year-old Maja Norberg is charged for her involvement in the massacre that left her boyfriend and her best friend dead. She has spent nine months in jail awaiting trial. Now the time has come for her to enter the courtroom. How did Maja—popular, privileged, and a top student—become a cold-blooded killer in the eyes of the public? What did Maja do? Or is it what she failed to do that brought her here?
Prussian Blue (A Bernie Gunther Novel) by Philip Kerr



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Leslie


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