Fiction - Thrillers - Suspense

What do you do when you're accused of an unspeakable crime and know you're innocent, but the evidence against you is so compelling? After six years as a high school English teacher, Alexis Jordan thinks her biggest problems are a case of burnout and...

Juliet and Henry never met. Yet their lives resonate across generations when Juliet finds a photo with an urgent message in her uncle Henry's final belongings."[A] refreshingly original work of fiction...a bewitchingly dark tale, as emotionally engrossing as it is boldly unconventional." -Kirkus Reviews...

Jack Noble found freedom from the CIA. A rogue assassin doesn't care.When Jack Noble is sent to Brugge, Belgium to wait for further instruction, he finds himself at battle with a group of thugs harassing local businesses. But they aren't his only problem...A rogue...

The CIA wants him for Frank Skinner's murder. A shadow agency working for the highest bidder is after him. He's on the run in Europe, but their closing in. And he's ran out of places to hide. Is this the end of Jack Noble?JACK....

When Celia, a Florida art curator, purchases the haunted house of her brother's deceased fiancé, the spirits threaten her life and her career. To rid the home of the malevolent ghosts, she enlists the help of her brother, Oscar, and Adrian, the best friend...

From the internationally best-selling author, a twisted, multi-layered spin on the classic horror novel In the wake of his parents' tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town...

December 12th, 2019, Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer Dark Mill South escapes into town to complete his revenge killings, in this riveting sequel to My Heart Is a Chainsaw from New York...

"Take my word for it, James Reece is one rowdy motherf***er. Get ready!" --Chris Pratt, star of the #1 Amazon Prime series The Terminal List The #1 New York Times bestselling Terminal List series continues as James Reece embarks on a global journey of...

The publisher of a family-owned newspaper serving Huhman County, Missouri has been missing for over a year...Until an arm bone found in the woods turns the missing-person case into a homicide investigation.After exposing a false alibi, Sheriff Francis Hood focuses on the surviving family...

In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga with a writer grieving the death of his daughter while battling earthly and supernatural outlaws. Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his daughter Fannie Mae dies suddenly....

Brace yourself for a scorching new series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose, where San Diego means sun, surf, sand...and serial killers. Sam Reeves is a kindhearted psychologist who treats court-ordered clients. After one of his patients--a pathological liar--starts...

A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white rust belt town. But she's not the first--and she may not be the last. ... It's watching. Liz Rocher is coming home ... reluctantly. As a Black woman, Liz doesn't exactly have...

Author: Jeff LindsayISBN-10: 8885786634ISBN-13: 9798885786638Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/22/2023Format: Library BindingWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.51w x 1.10dLarge Print

Conversational Therapy is a debut collection of challenging and unusual short stories and one-act plays.In A KEEPSAKE MEMORY, a wrongfully imprisoned girl tries to escape the confines of an abandoned mental asylum and the treacherous hands of a psychotic doctor placed in charge of...

Who can you trust when you can't trust yourself?When Ella hears of her father's death, the last thing she wants is to return to the childhood home where he subjected her to years of trauma. But motivated by revenge, she and partner Dan do...

Family loyalties, deadly feuds, and international drug wars are brought to life in Ninie Hammon's new intergenerational tale inspired by the story of the Cornbread Mafia in rural Kentucky.The year is 1978. Riley Hannacker is running the Cornbread Mafia and he has expanded it...

The perfect holiday or the perfect nightmare... I sit sipping champagne in the warm water, bubbles frothing around me as I admire the breath-taking view of gorgeous blue skies and mountains. I can't believe I'm here, at this stunning holiday home. It's to die...

Five names on a list. The first two are dead.The third is yours.A rip-roaring, addictive, intense and emotional thriller for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware, Phoebe Morgan, CL Taylor and Lisa Jewell... * * * * * * * Beth Belmont runs every...

Two young Israeli boys discover an ancient red clay jar in a hidden cave tucked away in the Judean Desert near Qumran. Inside the jar are several scrolls written by the Essenes two thousand years earlier, before the Great Jewish Revolt, including one legendary...

With Extinction, #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston has written a page-turning thriller in the Michael Crichton mode that explores the possible and unintended dangers of the very real efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other long-extinct animals. Erebus Resort, occupying...

"Superb characters and alluring prose make for a truly exceptional read." --Kirkus Reviews Secrets and half-truths litter Renia Baranczka's past, but the city of Paris had offered the refuge of her dream job. The specialty plant shop kept her busy, but also had brought...

Three betrayed women with revenge in common channel their fury in a twisting novel of psychological suspense by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Jane Doe and False Step.A women's boxing class is the perfect place for betrayed wife Katherine to work out her...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Wish Me Dead: The murder of several politicians at sea has shattering implications for a local lobsterman and a young boy in this action-packed thriller.Israel Pike was a killer, and he was an honest...

The paths of two young men collide and spark unexpected violence in a Wisconsin town where three boys went missing in the 1970s in this "intricate, haunting novel" (Michael Koryta, author of An Honest Man). What if? What if Sean Courtland's old Chevy truck...

In this "highly entertaining" New York Times bestseller from Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille, Army CID Special Agents Brodie and Taylor "are the modern warriors the world needs" (BookReporter) and they're on the hunt for the cold-blooded murderer of one of their fellow agents....

They should have been watching. But my little girl is gone... On this crisp October day, the class of six-year-old children are wrapped up warm in gloves and coats for their trip to a local farm. They giggle as they stroke the animals and...

#1 INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER - A serial killer is spinning a sinister web and Detectives Joona Linna and Saga Bauer are caught dead center. This pulse-pounding descent into the chilling world of The Spider is another shocking thriller in the Killer Instinct series. Three...

"Gut-wrenching. . . . A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Dayis a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive."--New York TimesNow available with a contemporary look, a beautifully written novel of American history, set at the end of the Great War; an...

Master of suspense Steve Alten always takes readers to the edge with his non-stop, adrenaline-charged novels. Just in time for the movie, this new edition of his New York Times and USA Today bestselling sequel to MEG shows just how deep fear can run...

A team of Chinese Communist assassins comes to America to kill a young Math genius and his CIA protector.The gangs of Milwaukee take the ChiComs on.China Code: In this darkly comic thriller, young Bernie Weber is about to prove the Riemann Hypothesis, the most...

Cover Art (c) Roger Kopman. An airplane departs Los Angeles with 406 souls onboard, but arrives in Sydney, Australia with 384 passengers, 18 cabin crew, 4 pilots and... one dead man! Where did passenger No. 407 come from? With the Prime Minister of one...

"John Rebus stands accused: on trial for a crime that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. But what drove a good man to cross the line? Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke may well find out. Clarke is tasked with the...

You don't have to win, just don't lose.High stakes and low politics combine with deadly effect in the new thriller, Bastard Verdict, by James McCrone.A second referendum on independence looms, and a Scottish official enlists elections specialist Imogen Trager, a by-the-numbers, if rarely by-the-book...

My son said he walked his girlfriend home. But now she is missing...Our new home was meant to be a chance for us to start again, to make new friends and forget the past. And as I look around the barbeque we've thrown for...

The gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller featuring New Orleans detectives Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson . . . The scent is unmistakable-gardenias, sweet and delicate, the same perfume that his beautiful first wife, Jennifer, always wore. Opening...

Four women went on a weekend of fun to Miami. Four best friends who were inseparable.No one returned.The story made national headlines, and even after weeks of searching for them, they were never found.What happened to them?Are they still alive?Ten years later, the teenage...

Alastair, a man who runs a business based on his ability to interact with and banish spirits, encounters a young girl on the run by the name of Rachael, who has the same ability as him. The two join forces to bring peace to...

Clemency Shaw, the wife of a prominent doctor, has died in a tragic fire in the peaceful suburb of Highgate. But the blaze was set by an arsonist, and it is unclear whether she or Dr. Shaw was the intended victim--or did the doctor...

"He is unsurpassed in the subtle manipulation of mood... You forget you're just reading a story" - Publishers Weekly The latest bestseller from the ultimate craftsman of the dark fantastic, Ramsey Campbell. Joe Hunter has begun to adjust to the loss of his wife...

Enjoy three heart-racing thrillers from the New York Times bestselling master of suspense.23 1/2 LIES: Lindsay Boxer's estranged father is gunned down execution-style, and her investigation uncovers life-altering truths. (with Maxine Paetro) FALLEN RANGER: To Rory Yates, being a Texas Ranger means absolute loyalty...

Deadly deception, dirty drugs, and dangerous dreams.Luca Romero's journey to becoming a writer is shattered by a web of deceit and betrayal. Trapped on a dangerous drug farm, Luca fights to survive while another woman takes her place in the limelight.Marissa Vargas, daughter of...

The Prickling is a fiction thriller about an overworked paralegal, Ashley, struggling in her personal life. She goes to the mountains for the weekend to clear her head and make some tough choices. While hiking with her dog, she falls, strikes her head, and...

IN BANEFORD, EVELYN MAY'S DISCOVERY OF A COLONIAL HOUSE WITH A TROUBLED PAST LEADS HER INTO A WORLD WHERE THE DEAD WALK AND SECRETS ARE DEADLY.In "Ritual at Dyeworks," the second book of Ali Kaden's Baneford series, real estate broker Evelyn May finds herself...

Sydney West finds a new beginning in the college town of Colorado Springs. The only catch - his memory has been wiped clean of everything but the uncanny ability to read people and suspicion it's all part of a bigger plan.With the help of...

When anyone could be the enemy...You watch your back...An Australian Billionaire creates a global network of unwitting killers. When Scott's sister, Nicki stumbles upon her boss's secret, Danny, Scott and Nicki are drawn into a deadly world where anyone can be the enemy...While visiting...

Montana Blues is an unusual mystery-thriller, a story told from two points-of-view - a determined Black man and a spirited White woman who together face racial violence on a spectacular landscape.Dawson Koloko grew up playing football in a rough neighborhood of Long Beach, California....

All NEW from bestselling psychological thriller writer Keri BeevisMead House was once our childhood home.Despite my fears, I always knew we would have to return to face the demons of our past.Back to the place where it happened, to where, as carefree teenagers, we...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER December 12th, 2019, Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer Dark Mill South escapes into town to complete his revenge killings, in this "superb" (Publishers Weekly) sequel to My Heart Is a...

Haven Ford arrives in the small village of Mortimer West on the back of a troubled voicemail asking for his help. But the baggage he carries is far more than the rucksack slung over his shoulder.Rafferty Henderson has lived his whole life in the...

One girl murdered...another one missing...and a medical examiner desperate to uncover the truth in When I'm Dead, the latest Black Harbor mystery by acclaimed author Hannah Morrissey. On a bone-chilling October night, Medical Examiner Rowan Winthorp investigates the death of her daughter's best friend....