Best Thrillers 2020
The New York Times
By Sarah Lyall

THE SEARCHER, Tana French
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, Gilly Macmillan
ONE BY ONE, Ruth Ware
THESE WOMEN, Ivy Pochoda
THE EIGHTH DETECTIVE, Alex Pavesi
THE GUEST LIST, Lucy Foley
YOU AGAIN, Debra Jo Immergut
MOONFLOWER MURDERS, Anthony Horowitz
HI FIVE, Joe Ide
THE PATIENT, Jasper DeWitt

Not a bad list, but I have a quibble with the use of the term “thriller.” MOONFLOWER MURDERS by Anthony Horowitz a “thriller?” I don’t think so. But it is a term used so broadly now that it has lost its original meaning.