There's a world of trouble in these five must-read new thrillers. Indulge in some armchair globe-trotting, with locations ranging from rural England to blood-spattered Madrid and 20th-century China. 'Black Wolf' By Juan Gómez-Jurado Gómez-Jurado's crime novels move like crazy between violent gangsters, duplicitous cops and a female criminal mastermind who could be pulling all of their strings.
The real lure of the series, though, is a pair of memorable main characters: detective Jon Gutiérrez, who is gay, sardonic, obsessed with his weight and always on the outs with his bosses on the Bilbao, Spain, police force (feel free to picture architect Frank Gehry's masterpiece, the Guggenheim art museum in Bilbao, constantly lurking behind him). And Antonia Scott, who is brilliant, haunted by tragedy and increasingly dependent on a mysterious pill she uses to supercharge her already uncanny brain. 'Trust Her' By Flynn Berry "Trust Her" can be read on its own, but it's a sequel to previous novel "Northern Spy," about sisters Tessa and Marian, whose lives are being made miserable by the Irish Republican Army.
In "Spy," Marian joined the IRA and Tessa, who narrates, managed to free her and help her create a new life. Both are living in Dublin, with young kids and new jobs, when the IRA finds them and pulls them back in. "Trust Her" is a page-turner with heart: Berry is great at tender observations such as Tessa's recollection of bathing her newborn: "I still remember the face on h.