Great Mysteries and Thrillers for Adults

These great mysteries and thrillers will have you staying up late to figured out whodunit and why!

Updated May 4, 2026
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The best kind of people
Whittall, Zoe
Paper Book
George Woodbury is a teacher at a prestigious Connecticut prep school. He is voted Teacher of the Year every year, after he rescued the school from a gunman attack. On his daughter's 17th birthday this beloved husband and father, is arrested for sexual impropriety with teenage girls on a skiing trip...
My lovely wife
Downing, Samantha
Paper Book
Every marriage has secrets. Everyone has flaws. Your wife isn't perfect - you know that - but then again nor are you. But now a serial killer is on the loose in your small town, preying on young women. Fear is driving your well-behaved young daughter off the rails, and you find yourself...
The silent patient
Michaelides, Alex
Paper Book
The passengers
Marrs, John
Paper Book
'Provocative, terrifying and compulsive. Another savagely clever near future thriller' - Cara Hunter, bestselling author of Close to Home. From author of THE ONE - now a major Netflix series - and soon to be published THE FAMILY EXPERIMENT! --...
The river
Heller, Peter
Paper Book
Lie to me
Ellison, J T
Paper Book
Readers will devour this stunning page-turner about the disintegration of a marriage as grief, jealousy, betrayal and murder destroy the facade of the perfect literary couple. New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison takes her exceptional writing to a new level with this breakout novel. ...

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