FT Best of Thrillers to read this summer Catch up on our pick of the best gripping page-turners, from Leila Slimani to Jo Nesbo Savages by Sabri Louatah — vive la différence A family celebrates the prospect of a Muslim president in a socio-political thriller that questions what it means to be French today Saturday, 23 March, 2019 Lullaby by Leïla Slimani — one of the family A nanny wreaks havoc on her affluent French employers in an assured literary thriller that is more than the sum of its parts Saturday, 23 March, 2019 Beautiful Animals by Lawrence Osborne — a ‘crazed beast of a novel’ An attempt to rescue a refugee goes disastrously wrong in this sizzling tale of expat misadventures on a Greek island Saturday, 23 March, 2019 The Fall Guy by James Lasdun — deliciously off This psychological thriller is a masterclass in building a mood of uneasiness Saturday, 23 March, 2019 Macbeth by Jo Nesbo — bloody and bold A Norwegian crime writer’s noirish retelling of ‘Macbeth’ Saturday, 23 March, 2019 Everything You Do is Wrong by Amanda Coe — what lies beneath A subversive, slow-burning thriller offers an absorbing picture of small-town Britain Saturday, 23 March, 2019
