The best recent crime and thrillers

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"The Amateur" by Chris Bohjalian is a literary thriller about a golfer whose life is upended by a freak accident.
"Claws Out!" by Bella Mackie satirizes a manipulative grifter and the entitled daughter who opposes her.
"Plant Lady" by Minyoung Kang is a "weird girl" tale of female revenge set in a Korean city, involving a plant shop owner with a dark secret.
"Children of Wolves" by Lawrence Osborne features an American investigator tracking wealthy, self-styled radicals in Turkey.
"Mad Mabel" by Sally Hepworth is a moving and funny story about an 81-year-old ex-convict whose past catches up with her in Melbourne.

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