We might associate thrillers with cops and detectives solving mysteries in gritty urban settings, but the latest must-read thriller novels take place in exotic or otherwise foreign locales. It’s a refreshing change of pace, whether the protagonist is going undercover as a writer at the retreat in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala, in search of her vanished daughter or hunkering down at a spa resort in the Indian Himalayas after a job loss only for there to be a murderer among the guests. Two of our top thriller novels are set in the far-flung but still-trendy Maldives: one with a plot built around a reality television show gone awry and another about a girlfriends’ getaway timed with not only one woman’s divorce but also the anniversary of a tragedy in their shared past.

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Now that August has arrived, these page-turners are the perfect reads to take on a lengthy plane ride or, if circumstances have you staycationing this year, to your favorite stretch of local shoreline.

Summer Solstice seems like the perfect time to debut a luxury hotel in the British countryside where everyone’s wearing linen and sipping CBD cocktails, right? Foley’s seventh thriller novel takes you into The Manor’s opening weekend, presenting various points of view, from the newly minted kitchen help to a sleuthing attendee who’s pretty sure this resort is not what it seems, not to mention that of the........

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