![]() A world of physical pain, deprivation, competition, and artistic expression. This year she explores her signature forms of dread within a new world perfectly suited to her immense skills: ballet. ![]() – Molly Odintz, CrimeReads Senior EditorĪbbott’s work is so intensely visceral, summary just can’t do it justice. When he’s attacked by a stranger in his moment of infidelity, Oliver focuses on hiding the truth from his boyfriend and evading the stranger’s continued pursuit, in a thriller that gives new meaning to the “fight or flight” response. In Bath Haus, the perfect exemplar of this trend, restless Oliver knows he should be happy with his long-time doctor partner, but he finds himself straying to the local bath house nonetheless. ![]() The great age of the gay thriller has arrived!!! For so long, gay characters were either either extremely problematic villains or overly respectable charmsters designed to soothe heterosexual audiences, as Vernon writes about here, but lately, gay thrillers are finally allowing queer characters the moral range of, well, real people. Check back in the coming days for more of the Best Books of 2021. The CrimeReads editors select their favorite crime novels, mysteries, and thrillers of the year.
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