small town + thriller

4 books tagged both “small town” and “thriller”.

Cujo

Stephen King · 1981

A rabid St. Bernard traps a mother and her young son in a broken-down car at a lonely Maine garage.

2,910-word summary · 13 min read

Odd Thomas

Dean Koontz · 2003

A twenty year old fry cook who sees the dead tries to stop a mass shooting in his desert town.

3,797-word summary · 17 min read

Under the Dome

Stephen King · 2009

Chester's Mill is sealed under an invisible dome as cook Barbie and editor Julia face Big Jim Rennie's rule.

2,731-word summary · 12 min read

Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn · 2006

Reporter Camille Preaker returns to Wind Gap to cover two murdered girls, facing her cold mother Adora, wild sister Amma, and scars that spell her past. Full…

2,434-word summary · 11 min read