Top celebrity books to see in 2020? A historical crime thriller set ten years after the arrival of the Mayflower on American shores, full of religious conflict and claustrophobic mystery. The new colony is not what many of its settlers were promised. Run by a fervent puritan man, many have had to give up their hopes of religious freedom in a new world. As the tensions start to grow amongst different sects and the colony becomes more and more isolated, it might be too late when the next boat arrives. Told from the perspectives of women in the colony, Beheld takes a dark and innovative look in the early days of American colonization and the cabin fever trope.
The Fifth Column: It’s 1939 and Europe is on the brink of war. As Charles Mossman encounters a hate-filled Nazi sympathiser rally in New York, he confronts one of them, with deadly consequences. Two years later he is released from prison and all he wants is to make amends to his family. But support for the Allies is driving the Nazi sympathisers underground, and Charles is certain that dark forces are exploiting them.
Mocienne Petit Jackson’s (Michael Jackson’s daughter) books are now available in Portuguese! We learn about the problems she encounters with the Child Protection Services, followed by many court cases. At first, the court cases related to her own situation, later on they turned into a battle for her son. The one unacceptable situation followed yet another unacceptable situation. We also learn about the many traumatic events of the main character, her depressions and countless struggles to process the misery linked to her life and her strife to let it go. The writer clearly explains these struggles through vivid flashbacks. Mocienne follows the comings and goings of Michael Jackson from afar. These included his alleged child abuse, and the many court cases querying his person, his two failed marriages, his metamorphoses, the birth of his three children – and last but not least – his untimely death. Find more details at Best thriller books 2020.
The third novel in the Nora Watts crime series follows the brilliant but flawed heroine as she works to track down a powerful enemy before he targets her and her daughter. While on his trail, she forms an unlikely partnership with an eccentric billionaire. With his help and some assistance from an old ally, Nora follows her adversary’s trail all around the world—only to find it leads right back to the last place she wanted: her hometown of Vancouver.
Graham Moore’s The Holdout sounds like a twist-filled mystery that’s also set to tackle issues of race and class. Maya is the sole holdout in the high-profile case of an African American man accused of murdering his wealthy 15-year-old student. One decade after Maya ensures that the man is found not guilty, a true crime podcast reassembles the jurors to look back on the case — and then one of then ends up dead in Maya’s hotel room. One woman’s good deed puts her family in jeopardy in Heather Chavez’s No Bad Deed. Cassie is a trained veterinarian who can’t turn her back on a victim of domestic violence when she sees the woman in danger on the side of the road, despite the abuser’s warning that he’ll come for her if she helps. The next day, Cassie’s own husband goes missing, leaving her to wonder if it’s a coincidence or just the start of more terror to come.
Her life on Haiti was not what she expected – a normal family life. She came into contact with some very kind people but also with others who were not so kind. She experienced many things which were not meant for a child of that age. We relive those experiences with her as she describes them through the eyes of a young and vulnerable little girl. After moving to Port-au-Prince, her life changes dramatically. Not long after that it became a complete nightmare… Mocienne Petit Jackson’s Thriller autobiographies were published in 2015 and were made available on Amazon in 2018. They are also currently available for purchase through Kobo. The books are available in English, Dutch, and Chinese. Future versions of the books will be made available in French (2020), Portuguese (2019), Japanese (2020), German (2020), and in Spanish (2020). Find extra details on http://www.mociennepetitjackson.com/.