Destination Thrillers

Beautiful places, terrible crimes. Check out these destination thrillers for an escape!
Updated September 19, 2022
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And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
Paper Book
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
Paper Book
It's here, in the first volume of Patricia Highsmith's five-book Ripley series, that we are introduced to the suave Tom Ripley, a young striver seeking to leave behind his past as an orphan bullied for being a "sissy." Newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan, Ripley meets a wealthy...
The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF IN A DARK, DARK WOOD Featured in TheSkimm An Entertainment Weekly "Summer Must List" Pick A New York Post "Summer Must-Read" Pick ...
The Beach
Alex Garland
Paper Book
The irresistible novel that was adapted into a major motion picture starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The Khao San Road, Bangkok -- first stop for the hordes of rootless young Westerners traveling in Southeast Asia. On Richard's first night there, in a low-budget guest house, a fellow...
The Guest List
Lucy Foley
Paper Book
Don't miss Lucy Foley's new book, The Midnight Feast, coming June 18th! A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR "I loved this book. It gave me the same waves of happiness I get from curling up with a...
Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, now a Hulu original series "If three characters were good in Big Little Lies, nine are even better in Nine Perfect Strangers." --Lisa Scottoline, The New York Times Book Review From the #1...
The Searcher
Tana French
Paper Book
Best Book of 2020 New York Times |NPR | New York Post "This hushed suspense tale about thwarted dreams of escape may be her best one yet . . . Its own kind of masterpiece." --Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post "A new Tana French is always cause...
The Expats
Chris Pavone
Paper Book
The international thriller that Patricia Cornwell says is "bristling with suspense" about an American abroad who finds herself in complex web of intrigue.   Can We Ever Escape Our Secrets?   Kate Moore is a working mother, struggling to make...
Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam
Paper Book
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award (Fiction) One of Barack Obama's Summer Favorites A Best Book of the Year From: The Washington Post * Time * NPR * Elle * Esquire * Kirkus * Library Journal * The Chicago...
One by One
Ruth Ware
Paper Book
Something in the Water
Catherine Steadman
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A shocking discovery on a honeymoon in paradise changes the lives of a picture-perfect couple in this taut psychological thriller debut--for readers of Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and Shari Lapena. "A psychological thriller that...
The Flight Attendant
Chris Bohjalian
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER  A NATIONAL INDIEBOUND BESTSELLER  From the author of The Guest Room, a powerful story about the ways an entire life can change in one...
The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse
Paper Book
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK | An instant New York Times bestseller! "An eerie, atmospheric novel that had me completely on the edge of my seat." --Reese Witherspoon "This spine-tingling, atmospheric thriller has it all... and twists you'll never see coming." --Richard...
The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley
Paper Book
Don't miss Lucy Foley's new book, The Midnight Feast, coming June 18th! THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension - an undeniably engrossing guessing game."  -- Vogue "[A] clever,...
Tangerine
Christine Mangan
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A juicy melodrama cast against the sultry, stylish imagery of North Africa in the fifties." --The New Yorker The last person Alice Shipley expected to see since arriving in Tangier with her new husband was Lucy Mason. After the accident at Bennington, the two...
Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney
Paper Book
Rock Paper Scissors is the latest exciting domestic thriller from the queen of the killer twist, New York Times bestselling author Alice Feeney. Think you know the person you married? Think again... Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time....
Searching for Sylvie Lee
Jean Kwok
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick & Emma Roberts Belletrist Book Club Pick! NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY New York Times * Time * Marie Claire * Elle * Buzzfeed *...
The Travelers
Chris Pavone
Paper Book
A pulse-racing international thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Expats and The Accident   It's 3:00am. Do you know where your husband is?   Meet Will Rhodes: travel writer, recently married, barely solvent, his...
We Were Never Here
Andrea Bartz
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * "This book is every suspense lover's dream and it kept me up way too late turning pages. . . . A novel with crazy twists and turns that will have you ditching your Friday night plans for more chapters."--Reese Witherspoon
Reckless Girls
Rachel Hawkins
Paper Book
Instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller Indie Next Pick and LibraryReads Pick From Rachel Hawkins, the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs, comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set on an...
Who is Maud Dixon?
Alexandra Andrews
Paper Book
"Part Patricia Highsmith, part All About Eve and pure fun."―Maria Semple Florence Darrow has always felt she was destined for greatness, but after a disastrous affair with her married boss, she starts to doubt herself. All that changes when she sets...
Every Vow You Break
Peter Swanson
Paper Book
"Hitchcockian chills and thrills abound in Swanson's latest mystery, a twisty tale of survival and deception. " - O, the Oprah Magazine A bride's dream honeymoon becomes a nightmare when a man with whom she's had a regrettable one-night stand shows up in this electrifying...
Hostage
Clare Mackintosh
Paper Book
"No one writes a twist like Clare Mackintosh."-Paula Hawkins "A nail-biter of a thriller."-Shari Lapena The explosively addictive locked-room thriller from New York Times bestseller Clare Mackintosh! A claustrophobic thriller set over twenty hours on one airplane flight,...
The Safe Place
Anna Downes
Paper Book
Superbly tense and oozing with atmosphere, Anna Downes's debut, The Safe Place, is the perfect summer suspense, with the modern gothic feel of Ruth Ware and the morally complex family dynamics of Lisa Jewell. Welcome to paradise...will you ever be able to leave?...
Shiver
Allie Reynolds
Paper Book
In this propulsive locked-room thriller debut, a reunion weekend in the French Alps turns deadly when five friends discover that someone has deliberately stranded them at their remote mountaintop resort during a snowstorm. When Milla accepts an off-season invitation to Le Rocher,...
The Vacation: A Novel
T. M. Logan
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR TV DRAMA on Netflix (UK) and SpectrumTV (US) "T.M. Logan's latest nail-biter...THE VACATION is a virtual holiday."--Washington Post In The Vacation, a captivating thriller from T. M. Logan, the bestselling author of Lies...
Two Nights in Lisbon
Chris Pavone
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND NATIONAL BESTSELLER. "There's no such thing as a book you can't put down, but this one was close." --Stephen King "Smart suspense at its very best." --John Grisham Tautly wound and expertly crafted, Two...
The Guilt Trip
Sandie Jones
Paper Book
They All Fall Down
Rachel Howzell Hall
Paper Book
For fans of thrilling contemporary suspense, Rachel Howzell Hall's brilliant stand-alone novel brings seven sinners to a private island for a reckoning that will leave you breathless. It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. Delighted by a...
Breathless
Amy McCulloch
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A vertigo-inducing page-turner by an author who brings the high-stakes world of expert mountain-climbing to life on the page." --Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid A young woman's once-in-lifetime...
Her Dark Lies
J. T. Ellison
Paper Book
"Elegant, propulsive, and utterly unputdownable... The work of one of our most talented thriller writers at the very top of her game." --Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Confessions on the 7:45 Fast-paced and brilliantly unpredictable, J...
Friends Like These
Kimberly McCreight
Paper Book
A GMA Buzz Pick  "Kim McCreight's thrillers are smart, propulsive and impossible to put down." --Laura Dave, author of The Last Thing He Told Me In this relentlessly twisty literary thriller from New York Times bestselling author Kimberly McCreight, a desperate...
The Wild Girls
Phoebe Morgan
Paper Book
FOUR FRIENDS. A LUXURY RETREAT. IT'S GOING TO BE MURDER. 'An exhilarating, read-in-one-sitting ride' Louise Candlish 'A deadly cocktail of lies, secrets, obsession' T.M. Logan 'A heart-stopping rollercoaster of a read' B A Paris ...
Stranded
Emily Barr
Paper Book
The Weekend Away
Sarah Alderson
Paper Book
***Now a Netflix Original movie, starring Leighton Meester, streaming globally.*** Miles from home. Trust no one. Suspect everyone. Orla and Kate have been best friends forever. Together they've faced it all - be it Orla's struggles as a new...
The Perfect Escape
Leah Konen
Paper Book
The perfect girls' weekend turns deadly in this twisty unforgettable thriller that is perfect for fans of Shari Lapena and Riley Sager. A girls' weekend to die for. New friends Sam, Margaret and Diana are thrilled to be getting out of the city for a girls'...
The Chalet
Catherine Cooper
Paper Book
**The Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller** Longlisted for the CWA New Blood Award Four friends. One luxury getaway. The perfect murder. 'Pure adrenaline' ERIN KELLY 'An intense thriller' HEAT ...
The Ex-Husband
Karen Hamilton
Paper Book
It's an offer she can't refuse . . . and might not survive. Charlotte has an unsavory past, but she's on the straight and narrow these days. She was so young then -- she married the wrong man, falling for Sam's sweet-talking charm and charisma, and got caught up in his con-artist games.
The Wedding Night: A Novel
Harriet Walker
Paper Book
After ending her engagement, a woman decides to go on a much-needed getaway with her friends to clear her head--but she soon realizes her secret may be the one thing she can't get away from. "A twisty, tense and claustrophobic tale of secrets, manipulation and soured...

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