Fiction - Thrillers - Suspense

"Gritty and suspenseful, Chosen draws us into the obstacle-strewn path of domestic adoption." --Juliette Fay, author of Shelter MeA young caseworker increasingly entangled in the lives of adoptive and birth parents faces life-altering choices when an extortion attempt goes horribly wrong in Chosen. Written...

"Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart. I love her books."--Carolyn Hart Another deft and daffy Bed-and-Breakfast mystery from the indomitable Mary Daheim--"The reigning Queen of the Cozies" (Portland Oregonian)--Loco Motive races full speed ahead with mystery and hilarity, as B&B hostess...

"Road Dogs is terrific, and Elmore Leonard is in a class of one."--Dennis Lehane, author of Shutter Island and Mystic River "You know from the first sentence that you're in the hands of the original Daddy Cool....This one'll kill you."--Stephen King Elmore Leonard is...

In Cuba, Castro has finally relinquished power. . . . now a mysterious exile (Che Guevara?) returns to finish the revolution.When a strange man appears in rural towns around Cuba quietly advocating a new kind of politics he calls "the True Republic," old-timers begin...

Tucked away in a cozy cul-de-sac on Heraldsgate Hill, Judith McMonigle Flynn hopes for smooth sailing in her longtime role as an innkeeper. But Judith's skill in dealing with guests is matched only by her knack for coming across corpses.Mystery lovers who enjoy madcap...

Twelve years have passed since Nehemiah Trust left his hometown of Shibboleth, Alabama. Now a successful aide in Washington DC, Nehemiah is shocked when his brother Billy and high-school girlfriend Trice show up on his doorstep warning that something is stealing the life of...

The USA TODAY bestseller!WINNER of the best thriller in the National Film Awards 2023Inspired by a true story...*Now a major motion picture starring Samantha Bond, Emily Berrington and Ben Lloyd-Hughes*'A dark, sexy thriller where no one is who they seem. I devoured it! You...

'A red-hot, non-stop rollercoaster of a book' - Lisa JewellWhat would you do if your husband framed you for murder?Five years ago, Olivia Sutherland was convicted of plotting to murder her husband.Now she's finally free, Olivia has three goals. Repair her relationship with her...

You've got to fight for everything when you start with nothing. Susan Knight has a good life. So she turns a blind eye to the gambling winnings her husband Donny puts through the books at her salon. After all, he needs some way to...

'The Circle meets Black Mirror in a thrilling, plausible and gripping debut. Frighteningly inventive.' John Marrs, bestselling author of The One'Wow wow wow! What a story that was!... An unputdownable thriller... Absolutely brilliant read that had me on the edge of my seat!' NetGalley...

'Wow! This book kept me on the edge of my seat and every time I thought I knew what was going to happen there was another fabulous twist. I loved it.' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Well! I HORSED through The Nurse, pure HORSED! Tense, pacey, unputdownable.'...

Detective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus return to Los Angeles when a kidnapping hits close to home--in this breathtaking new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman.Peter and his partner, Detective Tyler McAdams, are thrown into an unsolved case and propelled into...

Detective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus return to Los Angeles when a kidnapping hits close to home--in this breathtaking new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman.Peter and his partner, Detective Tyler McAdams, are thrown into an unsolved case and propelled into...

A Phenomenal Book Club Pick!For fans of Everything I Never Told You and The Mothers, a deeply moving and unflinching debut following a young Vietnamese-Australian woman who returns home to her family in the wake of her brother's shocking murder, determined to discover what...

A Phenomenal Book Club Pick!For fans of Everything I Never Told You and The Mothers, a deeply moving and unflinching debut following a young Vietnamese-Australian woman who returns home to her family in the wake of her brother's shocking murder, determined to discover what...

Brooklyn's toughest female detective takes on Dallas in this "violent, sexy, and completely absorbing" Edgar Award nominee, the first novel in the acclaimed Betty Rhyzyhk series (Kirkus Reviews). Dallas, Texas is not for the faint of heart. Good thing for Betty Rhyzyk she's from...

The woman's skin was almost transparent. Her light hair darkened at the tips. Her lips were blue and slightly parted. But all Mackenzie could focus on were the eyes. Those arctic eyes that looked glassy like glistening marbles. She could see her own reflection...

WHAT IF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL WERE JUST ANOTHER REALITY SHOW?A series of controversial callsTony Stravnicki is an old-school assistant coach who lives for the game-often to the detriment of his family. After a difficult loss, he is fed up and suspicious about the number of...

A SEAT AT THE TABLE sizzles with scandal and mystery. The story immediately grabs the reader's attention, thrusting them into a catastrophic fiery downtown blaze heightened by the discovery of a body. Identification of the victim opens an array of suspects and inspires a...

A SEAT AT THE TABLE sizzles with scandal and mystery. The story immediately grabs the reader's attention, thrusting them into a catastrophic fiery downtown blaze heightened by the discovery of a body. Identification of the victim opens an array of suspects and inspires a...

Can a disillusioned former cop track down a missing girl before it's too late? Seven years ago, criminologist Ben Ames thought he'd change a big city police force from the inside. He failed. Now he's a private detective trailing insurance frauds and cheating spouses...

They killed her husband. Now, they're coming for her son.Lauren Kaine has everything she ever wanted - a fabulous home, a shiny Lexus, a bright sixteen-year-old son, and a loving husband with a lucrative internet career. Tonight, she walks hand-in-hand with William beneath the...

"A vibrant, superbly written tale. It's a fast-paced, tightly knit, family drama with a female protagonist at the heart who, despite painful adolescence memories and present financial and personal hardship, has the courage and tenacity to confront her life's challenges head on." -Helen Trepelkov,...

The fourth Merry Folger nantucket mystery After a trying case, detective Merry Folger begrudgingly agrees to take a leave from work to meet her fussy future in-laws in Greenwich, but it isn't long before she is summoned back to Nantucket. The body of a...

Los Angeles 1930. The man hanging on the cross at Mission San Fernando Rey definitely wasn't the Savior. The best that could be said of him was that he was a corrupt financier, the worst a rapist and child molester who traded in political...

Like any good weapon, Sam Abel can't go unused for long. After narrowly escaping death in Germany, he's returned home to the nation's capitol to play a different kind of spy game. Tasked with stealing secrets stateside, Sam must lurk in the shadows once...

As a young medical student in Boston, Kate White is barely hanging on. The stress of interning at a top-tier teaching hospital, compounded by her father's recent death and her upcoming wedding to a superstar surgeon, are proving to be too much to handle....

The Keynote: FinlandBy: Audrey Galen NestorWhen Ryan Murphy, world-renowned financial consultant, is invited to be the keynote speaker at the G20 Winter Summit, it's business as usual. That is, until the event is moved for "security reasons" to a remote location...in Finland.Finland. Really? Talk...

In this twisty new stand-alone novel from internationally bestselling author Nicci French, a young woman agrees to do a favor for her first love--but when things go horribly wrong, one small task turns into a murder investigation that completely upends her life, ensnaring her...

I spy with my little eye...Mia Labont is going insane.Or is she?After losing her beloved father and enduring a devastating miscarriage, she cannot surface from the depths of her depression. She suffers a suicidal breakdown that launches her into a perilous journey of madness...

Read Barbara Hamilton's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. "Abigail Adams could become my favorite historical sleuth." (Sharon Kay Penman) Abigail Adams, wife of attorney John Adams-who is deeply involved with the Sons of Liberty-is shocked when one of the Sons is...

They killed her husband. Now, they're coming for her son.Lauren Kaine has everything she ever wanted - a fabulous home, a shiny Lexus, a bright sixteen-year-old son, and a loving husband with a lucrative internet career. Tonight, she walks hand-in-hand with William beneath the...

The United States of America is a nation of racial intolerance and has been for centuries. In the imagined near future of K 3: The Divided States of America, the KKK has terrifying power over the country. Resistance seems to be a futile effort,...

Ever since the former rich girl-turned-Cleveland cemetery tour guide banged her head on a headstone, she sees dead people. Worse still, she hears them--and they won't shut up Now it's Didi Bowman, a poodle-skirted relic from the Great Beyond, who's bending Pepper's ear, complaining...

NORTH, the exciting debut novel of award-winning playwright and poet Roy Robbins, has been published by Beach Glass Books. Available in a $22.00 hardcover edition, the critically acclaimed novel begins when Hal Parker, a market research executive delivered into therapy by his divorce, returns...

When his song is over, so are youUnder a starless winter night in rural Cornwall, four killers dressed in bizarre folkloric garb brutally invade the home of the wealthy West family. They destroy the posh house and kill the terrified family.All but one: traumatized...

Los Angeles 1930. The man hanging on the cross at Mission San Fernando Rey definitely wasn't the Savior. The best that could be said of him was that he was a corrupt financier, the worst a rapist and child molester who traded in political...

A Death at the Potawatomi ClubBy: Stephen TimbersOn a quiet morning at the prestigious Potawatomi Club, Charlie Bailey arrives for his weekly game of golf. After entering the empty locker room, the last thing Bailey expects to find is his family friend Scottie Bradshaw,...

Sea of DarknessBy: Joan Edwards EllerSea of Darkness is a story about a fifteen-year-old named Bruce. Profession? Serial killer. He knows nothing of love or family values, only torment, pain, and loneliness. He has killed sixty people, and he couldn't tell you why.You are...

A secret organization. A dangerous assassin. A deadly mission.Targeting the scum of humanity, Arielle's next mission of preventing a murder presents problems she's never faced before.Ones that will test her limits.Under pressure to complete the mission, Arielle and her dedicated team plunge further into...

Mark Burnell's Chameleon features international spy Stephanie Patrick in a thriller continuing her story from The Rhythm Section, a major motion picture from the producers of the James Bond film series, starring Blake Lively and Jude Law. Lisbeth. Bourne. Eve. Stephanie. What do you...

Couples are found dead in their wealthy homes in suburban Los Angeles, with seemingly nothing to connect them. As Jessie dives deep into this wealthy town, she comes to realize an awful truth: this killer is hiding in plain sight, ready to strike again....

Tampa, Florida, home to swaying palm trees and miles of sandy beaches under cloudless, blue, sunny skies, has always been paradise to Hallie Miller, who appears to have it all: a thriving legal career, a teenage daughter about to leave for college, and a...

The courage to walk into the flames.The knowledge to come out when the job's done.The memory arrived unbidden, just suddenly there, sharp as broken glass. The child had come to him again, as she had countless times since the first awful midnight years ago....

Every battle leaves its mark... Ex-Special Forces soldier Alex Abbott escaped the Middle East under a cloud and now lives hand-to-mouth in Singapore. Scraping a living as a gun for hire and estranged from his family, Abbott is haunted by ghosts of the past,...

New York Times bestseller Allison Brennan's next Lucy Kincaid thriller, Stolen! Nothing is more important to private investigator Sean Rogan than his relationship with FBI trainee Lucy Kincaid. But when his past catches up with him, Sean faces an ultimatum: clear his name and...

A dedicated CIA agent becomes an unexpected ally to a woman haunted by the kidnapping of her family, in this thrilling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel.Theodora Morgan is fashion royalty. Founder of a wildly popular online shopping service, she...

"Colorful characters, including the unusual perspective of Shadow the dog, make this series an enjoyable read for any animal lover." Toby Neal, USA TODAY Bestselling Author of the Paradise Crime Mysteries & ThrillersA kidnapped girl. A merciless killer. Can this stressed-out dog trainer stop...

Two girls at war. One a TikTok star. The other a non-conformist. Enter: a mysterious notebook, a tribal curse-and a strange ability to change the future. Now, one of the girls is accused of murder. The truth takes time to unravel. Perfect for fans...

"Who hasn't wondered what alternate versions of their lives might look like?...As relatable as it is suspenseful cleverly exploring adulthood, identity, and shifting realities."--Margarita Montimore, USA Today bestselling author of Oona Out of Order An inventive page-turner about the choices we make and the...