Fiction - Thrillers - Suspense

A fabulous read packed with suspense, unexpected twists, glamour and humor. Prepare to be gripped from the first to the last page! --Liane Moriarty For readers of Lisa Jewell, Liv Constantine, and Megan Miranda, a lightning-paced psychological thriller about two women, a tragedy that...

Artist Karl Erikson hadn't been himself in the days before his death. He'd been anxious. Fearful. Obsessively religious. Odd for someone who'd been a lifelong atheist.The house is broken into six weeks after his funeral. The investigator asks his widow: Is there anyone who...

Some wounds never heal . . . Henry Christie has never forgotten the day he was brutally assaulted as a young constable while chasing a teenage shoplifter down a Blackpool alley. Tommy Benemy went missing soon after his arrest, but although Henry promised Tommy's...

No one even knew they were together. Now one of them is dead.56 DAYS AGOCiara and Oliver meet in a supermarket queue in Dublin and start dating the same week COVID-19 reaches Irish shores.35 DAYS AGOWhen lockdown threatens to keep them apart, Oliver suggests...

Fate, misfortune and opportunity entangle three rivals in a quick-paced suspense thriller.CEO Suzanne Simpson fends off accusations of corporate money laundering on two continents as a global pandemic wreaks havoc on Multima Supermarkets. Fugitive Howard Knight flees from the Caribbean to Asia, trying desperately...

Claire Fontaine is convinced that her ex-husband killed their teenage daughter all those years back and believes he's capable of killing again. When she sees him move in with another woman, to play step-father for a girl the same age as the one she...

St. Petersburg, Zurich, Shanghai, and Miami are the background for this extraordinary novel that takes place during the post-Soviet era. A large part of the Russian economy has criminal origins, and a number of former mafia heads have become the driving force behind many...

The terrorist threat has changed. The consequences haven't.When her fiancé, a CIA operative accused of treason, is killed overseas, intelligence analyst Maggie Jenkins smells cover-up and sets out to clear his name. Maggie disobeys direct orders and travels to Tbilisi, Georgia, to follow a...

*Instant National Bestseller In this explosive new thriller from international bestselling author Daniel Kalla, an experimental vaccine is deployed to battle a lethal outbreak--until patients start dying of unknown causes. An ordinary day The city of Seattle is stunned when a deadly bacteria tears...

They find her just as the sun is beginning to rise in the early morning mist. They had begun at dawn, the group of searchers keen to get going. A missing child spurred everyone on. In the end, it was a flash of colour,...

A gripping thriller about a man's quest for the daughter no one else believes is still alive, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man and The Hiding Place. An ID Book Club Selection - "C. J. Tudor is terrific. I can't wait to...

His cover: courthouse janitor. His cause: justice. But when Paul McGrath uncovers a shocking connection to a file of missing evidence, he finds the truth sometimes hits a little too close to home. An intelligence agent-turned-courthouse janitor, Paul McGrath notices everything and everyone--but no...

You shared a secret with the wrong person. Janey Markham is thrilled to be moving with her family to Buckingham Crescent, the smartest address in a desirable suburban town. Worried she'll be excluded by the glossy local mothers, Janey is thrilled when she meets...

In this psychological thriller, a missing patient raises concerns in a New York hospital, but as others start disappearing every dark possibility becomes more and more likely. To Senior Midwife Lucy Ryuan, pregnancy is not an unusual condition--it's her life's work. But when two...

Previously Published as Robert B. Parker's WonderlandNOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING MARK WAHLBERG AS SPENSER Old friends. Small favors. Bitter rivals. Stirred together, it all makes for one explosive cocktail in this New York Times bestselling thriller that has Spenser feeling the heat... Henry...

BESTSELLING AUTHOR COLLECTION Reader-favorite romances in collectible volumes from our bestselling authors.SUNSETS & SECRETS After an easy day studying coral in the Bahamian ocean, Amanda Blayne returns to shore looking forward to a cool drink and a lazy afternoon. But the tranquil waters turn...

A horrific crime that defies explanation, a rookie FBI agent in uncharted territory, and an extraordinary hero for the ages: an investigation spirals out of control in this heart-pounding thriller.Odessa Hardwicke's life is derailed when she's forced to turn her gun on her partner,...

Bestselling and award-winning author Lisa Scottoline reaches new heights with this riveting novel about how a single decision can undo a family, how our past can derail our present, and how not guilty doesn't always mean innocent. Allie Garvey is heading home to the...

A rescue dog, an ex-Marine, and an ex-convict are caught in the crosshairs of a ruthless gang in remote Washington state in this "first-rate thriller" (Associated Press) for "fans of CJ Box and Michael Koryta" (Booklist). After fifteen years behind bars, Mason Burke owns...

On the eve of announcing his run for Congress, a charismatic Chicago politician causes a deadly accident. Panicked, he frames his best friend, a good-hearted alcoholic, and flees the scene. As one man tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered life, the...

Deep within an ancient Aztec canal system on the outskirts of Mexico City lies Isla de las Munecas...a reportedly haunted island infested with thousands of decrepit dolls.While there to film a television documentary, several friends discover a brutal murder. Soon fear and paranoia turn...

"Don't miss it. This is a great one " -- Stephen KingSoon to be an Amazon TV seriesI am the legion of the night ...He appears in the darkness like a ghost, made of shadows and fear--the Midnight Man. He comes for the parents...

In PERILOUS TRUST, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy brings you the first book in a new romantic suspense series OFF THE GRID: An FBI Trilogy offers three breath-stealing books filled with action-packed plot, heart-stopping romance, and page-turning suspense.It was one dark...

He'll make sure she never wants to leave... Holly never thought she'd move back to her home town, but then something terrible happened. She doesn't know if she can recover. But she knows she can never tell another soul. People say her neighbour, David,...

"Riveting...friendships are pitted against truth with dead-on dialog and unforgettable characters"--Mystery Crime Blog. Book of the Year for Mystery/Suspense by USA Book News. Choose to Read Ohio program Choice. Hutch Van Buren is fifteen years old, playing sports and searching for arrowheads in a...

All she wanted was the truth, but she'll wish she never found out.When Catherine wakes up alone one morning, she thinks her husband has gone for a run before work. But Simon never makes it to the office. His running shoes are by the...

I watch.I study. I prowl. I hunt. I always go in with a plan. A set of rules for myself. I don't take unnecessary risks. That's how I've been able to evade capture all these years.But there's something about this girl that is different...

From critically acclaimed author Barbara Bourland, comes an "impressively intelligent thriller," nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, about a young painter who tracks the mysterious life and death of her role model, uncovering strange secrets that lead to the truth of her demise...

The #1 NYT bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in this thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense.Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by...

Exiled from the LAPD, Harry Bosch must clear his name, uncover a ring of prescription drug abuse, and outwit a clever killer before it's too late.Harry Bosch, exiled from the LAPD, is working cold cases for the San Fernando Police Department when all hands...

When reclusive novelist Senna Richards wakes up on her thirty-third birthday, everything has changed. Caged behind an electrical fence, locked in a house in the middle of the snow, Senna is left to decode the clues to find out why she was taken. If...

"Two terrific female characters, both with secrets. Add Michael Robotham's clean prose and whipcrack pacing. The result? A book you won't be able to put down, although you may occasionally want to hide your eyes." --Stephen King "A premium delivery." --PeopleMeghan doesn't know Agatha,...

Making a Murderer meets Scandal in this story of police corruption, family secrets, and illicit affairs from bestselling author K.A. Tucker, celebrated for her "propulsive plot twists and searing seduction" (USA TODAY).Noah Marshall has known a privileged and comfortable life thanks to his mother,...

New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni tackles hot-button issues in this riveting legal thriller featuring attorney David Sloane. When a widow asks Sloane to take her case against the military, Sloane knows it's a lost cause but can't turn her down, even if...

NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A literary crime thriller with "a clever plot that always surprises, told with dark humor and dry wit" (The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice), this brilliant debut follows a famous author whose wife--the brains behind his success--meets...

In this suspenseful thriller, a journalist who stumbles upon a deadly crime while pursuing the scoop of a lifetime will find her strength and conviction tested in new and frightening ways. TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation...

INCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDELL'S FINAL NOVEL, DARK CORNERS In the stunning climax to Rendell's classic 1998 novel A Sight for Sore Eyes, three bodies--two dead, one living--are entombed in an underground chamber beneath a picturesque London house. Twelve years later, the house's new...

The Monster in the Box is the latest addition to Ruth Rendell's "masterful" (Los Angeles Times) Inspector Wexford series. In this enthralling new book, Rendell, "the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world" (Time), takes Inspector Wexford back to his first murder case--a woman...

Some mistakes you have to live with . . . One victim succumbs to an overdose. Another is brutally bludgeoned to death. Each, in turn, will pay. Because you never forget the friends you make in high school--or the enemies . . . And...

From the author of the international bestseller Only Time Will Tell, Jeffrey Archer picks up the sweeping story of the Clifton Chronicles with The Sins of the Father.Only days before Britain declares war on Germany, Harry Clifton, hoping to escape the consequences of long-buried...

A murder close to home...Nature lovers Kyla Quintana-Johnson and her mother Kim Quintana have been brutally murdered on a popular trail in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, and grief weighs heavily on Summer "Sam" Westin.Duty calls...Kim and Kyla ran Washington Wilderness Quest, an...

When bride-to-be Julia De Marco comes face-to-face with a famous photograph, the startling image of a little girl behind the iron gate of a Russian orphanage, a girl who looks exactly like her, she sets off on a dangerous search for her true identity-her...

The much-loved comic thriller by the author of the Edgar Award-winning The Butcher's Boy is now, by popular demand, back in print, featuring a new Introduction by bestselling author Carl Hiaasen. When Leroy "Chinese" Gordon breaks into a professor's lab at the University of...

While investigating a double homicide in an isolated northern Wisconsin town, FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers uncovers a high-tech conspiracy that twists through long-buried Cold War secrets and targets present-day tensions in the Middle East.In his most explosive thriller yet, bestselling author Steven James...

Dan Wells introduced us to John Wayne Cleaver in the chilling novels I Am Not a Serial Killer and Mr. Monster. In I Don't Want to Kill You, Cleaver faces his toughest challenge yet. John Wayne Cleaver has called a demon---literally called it on...

This James Lee Burke classic features Son Holland, the great-grandfather of beloved hero Billy Bob Holland, as he flees a Louisiana prison camp with a Native American woman and a fellow prisoner in tow.James Lee Burke steps back three generations to reveal the lightning-paced...

The first in a fast-paced, heart-pounding thriller series from celebrated author Jen J. Danna, Exit Strategy stars Gemma Capello, an elite member of the NYPD's Hostage Negotiation Team, who will stop at nothing to rescue the deputy mayor and others held captive at City...

Optioned by Netflix and a most anticipated book from Bustle, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, and LitHub!An unsettling, seductive psychological thriller about a young woman with multiple personalities, perfect for fans of Caroline Kepnes and Clare Mackintosh"An electrifying, thought-provoking, and unflinching novel." --Jean Kwok, New...

Be careful what you wish for never rang truer After years of plotting, Mason Louisville finally has what he always wanted. Upon selling Blaire Petit into believing that she was his wife post her brain injury, he expects things to be smooth. But the...

Art dealer Portia Malatesta is devastated when she learns that thirteen works of art were robbed from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. To help uncover the whereabouts of the artwork, she sets out to construct a psychological profile of the thief. By analyzing the...