The Best Cliffhanger Endings of the Past 15 Years
Here
they are—the books that left us breathless in the last 50 pages. Some
are traditional thrillers, some whodunits and some roller-coaster novels. Which ones have you read?
By Dawn Raffel
10 of 17
The Oxford Murders
By Guillermo Martinez
208 pages;
Penguin Books
The Premise:
In this brainy thriller by an Argentine math PhD, the narrator arrives at
Oxford after graduating from the University of Buenos Aires. Soon, he and a well-known
logician get caught up trying to solve a series of killings, following what appear
to be mathematical clues. (Although the book was big in Argentina,
Spain and the UK, American readers might've missed it.)
Why the Ending Is a Stunner: Not only are the killer and the
motive a
surprise, but there's also an
entirely unwitting accomplice.
— Dawn Raffel
Published 11/16/2015
