Thrillers/Suspense

Updated January 21, 2026
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1

Coyote hills
Kellerman, Jonathan
Paper Book
The electric new Clay Edison thriller from the New York Times bestselling, acclaimed father-son duo who write 'brilliant, page-turning fiction' (Stephen King). Clay Edison has left behind the Alameda County coroner's office to strike out on his own as a private...

2

Framed in death
Robb, J. D.
Paper Book
"Manhattan is filled with galleries and collectors who can make an artist's career with a wave of a hand. But one man toils in obscurity, his brilliance unrecognized while lesser talents bask in the glory he believes should be his. Come tomorrow, he vows, the city will be buzzing about his work....

3

The hallmarked man
Galbraith, Robert
Paper Book

4

The woman in suite 11
Ware, Ruth
Paper Book
When the invitation to attend the press opening of a luxury Swiss hotel¿owned by reclusive billionaire Marcus Leidmann¿arrives, it¿s like the answer to a prayer. Three years after the birth of her youngest child, Lo Blacklock is ready to reestablish her journalism career, but post-pandemic travel...

5

Nightshade
Connelly, Michael
Paper Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Introducing Detective Stilwell: a cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island.   Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Stilwell...

6

The secret of secrets
Brown, Dan
Paper Book
Robert Langdon is back in the long-awaited new race-against-time thriller from the global bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she's been invited to give in Prague, Robert...

7

The keeper
Martin, Charles
Paper Book
Bones--Murphy Shepherd's teacher, mentor, priest, and friend--is gone. Devastated by the loss and unsure how to continue the rescue work they started, Murph has no choice but to jump back in when the worst happens. His longtime friend and current United States vice president, Aaron Ashley, has been...

8

Someone is watching
Fielding, Joy.
Paper Book
Perfect for fans of Lisa Gardner, Mary Higgins Clark, and Jenny Milchman, "Someone Is Watching" is a pulse-pounding, edge-of-your-seat novel of suspense that features the extraordinary storytelling gifts of bestselling author Joy Fielding on full display. As a special investigator for a hotshot...

9

The girl with ice in her veins
Smirnoff, Karin
Paper Book
"Lisbeth Salander is back--and maybe better than ever." --Lee Child "Fresh, fearless. . . . One of the great crime series of our time could not be in safer, more capable hands." --Chris Whitaker INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * Lisbeth Salander returns...

10

Forget me not
Willingham, Stacy
Paper Book
Don't miss the gripping new thriller from the author of A FLICKER IN THE DARK about a woman searching for answers to her sister's disappearance decades ago 'Absolutely riveting. Simmering tension and genuine shocks make Forget Me Not a thriller I'll remember for a long, long...

11

The break in
Faulkner, Katherine
Paper Book
'DELICIOUS' STYLIST 'BINGEWORTHY' NITA PROSE 'RAZOR-SHARP' ABIGAIL DEAN Alice only meant to stop the intruder. She didn't mean to hit him so hard. She didn't mean to kill him. The police conclude that she acted in self...

12

Too old for this
Downing, Samantha
Paper Book
BECAUSE OLD PEOPLE DON'T JUST SOLVE MURDERS... A razor-sharp, edge-of-your-seat new thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Samantha Downing 'Equal parts hilarious and disturbing... kept me glued to the pages from beginning to end!'...

13

Guess Again
Donlea, Charlie
Paper Book
Silence of the Lambs meets Cruel Summer in GUESS AGAIN, as #1 internationally bestselling author Charlie Donlea dives into the long shadow of trauma on a small Wisconsin town, hybristophilia and the allure of evil, and the toll the truth can take on those who hunt for it......

14

Not Quite Dead Yet
Jackson, Holly.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * A WASHINGTON POST AND NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * The author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder--now a hit Netflix series--returns with her first novel for adults: an "irresistible" (The Washington...

15

An inside job
Silva, Daniel
Paper Book
Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon must solve the perfect crime in the dazzling new tale of murder, greed, and corruption from #1 New York Times bestselling novelist Daniel Silva. Sometimes the only way to recover a stolen masterpiece is to steal it back ... ...

16

Everyone is lying to you : a novel
Piazza, Jo
Paper Book
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER The #tradwife murder mystery we've all been waiting for. From the bestselling author of The Sicilian Inheritance and the creator of the Under the Influence podcast comes an explosive thriller about two estranged friends, a grisly murder, a...

17

Party of liars
Cox, Kelsey
Paper Book
READERS CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF THESE LIARS . . .'I raced through this book... SO many secrets that will keep you reading late into the night!' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'I absolutely LOVED this - the best psychological...

18

El Dorado Drive a novel
Abbott, Megan
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Turnout comes a simmering, atmospheric novel of friendship and betrayal, following a women-led pyramid scheme in suburban Detroit. "Abbott is a superstar of the suspense genre." --NPR All I want is to...

19

It happened on the lake
Jackson, Lisa
Paper Book

20

Don't let him in
Jewell, Lisa
Paper Book
PREPARE TO BE HOOKED BY THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM SUNDAY TIMES AND MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER LISA JEWELL. * AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Gripping. Shocking. Masterful.' FREIDA McFADDEN 'A thrilling chilling work of...

21

Kill your darlings
Swanson, Peter
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing and Eight Perfect Murders comes an inventive, utterly propulsive murder-mystery in reverse, tracing a marriage back in time to uncover the dark secret at its heart. Thom and Wendy Graves have been...

22

With a vengeance a novel
Sager, Riley
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A haunted past. A train with no stops. Thirteen hours to reckon with the truth. In 1954, Anna Matheson boards a luxury overnight train bound for Chicago that she's commissioned, along with a list of names and a...

23

King of ashes
Cosby, S. A.
Paper Book
'S. A. Cosby's novels always hit the grand slam of crime fiction' MICHAEL CONNELLY 'Cosby sends a shiver down the spine' DAILY MAIL 'A pulsating saga of family secrets and double and triple-crossing' THE TIMES, THE BEST THRILLERS OF 2025 A...

24

The doorman : a novel
Pavone, Chris
Paper Book
Named one of the Best Thrillers and a Notable Book of 2025 by the New York Times A pulse-pounding novel of class, privilege, sex, and murder, from the New York Times bestselling author of Two Nights in Lisbon and The Expats. ...

25

Make Me Famous : A Novel
Ventura, Maud.
Paper Book
Daisy Jones and the Six meets Patricia Highsmith in this addictive, intense novel about the brutal and ferocious road to glory, from the award-winning author of My Husband.  Ever since she was a child, Cléo, the French-American daughter of two academics, has had only one...

26

Heartwood
Gaige, Amity
Paper Book
'Fast-paced and full of grace . . . a memorable meditation on the forms of care' SARAH MOSS 'An unforgettable treat' JANICE HALLETT 'An absolute must-read' ELIN HILDEBRAND 'One of my favourite recent reads' BARBARA KINGSOLVER,...

27

Overkill
Jance, Judith A.
Paper Book
From J.A. Jance, a writer whose thrillers are "hot and getting hotter" (Booklist), the latest in her New York Times bestselling and heart-pounding Ali Reynolds series. Chuck Brewster, the former business partner of Ali Reynolds's husband B. Simpson, once carried on...

28

Killer potential
Deitch, Hannah
Paper Book
'Compelling, creepy and cool . . . a Thelma & Louise for our times' PAULA HAWKINS, author of The Girl on the Train 'Fierce, fun, wild and enraging' CHRIS WHITAKER, author of All The Colours of the Dark 'Razor-sharp...

29

Lethal prey
Sandford, John
Paper Book
Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces to track down a ruthless killer who will do whatever it takes to keep the past buried, in this latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author John Sandford. Doris Grandfelt, an employee at an accounting firm, was...

30

The summer guests
Gerritsen, Tess
Paper Book
INCLUDES A BONUS SHORT STORY BY LEE CHILD AND TESS GERRITSEN, STARRING JACK REACHER AND THE ENIGMATIC MAGGIE BIRD. . . The Summer Guests is the exhilarating and gripping new thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author of The Spy Coast. SPECIAL...

31

Robert B. Parker's buried secrets
Farnsworth, Christopher
Paper Book
" Police Chief Jesse Stone investigates the mystery behind a dead body found strewn with photos of murder victims and placed on top of $2 million in cash, before a mob of hit men converge on Paradise. Just another day in Paradise ...

32

The inheritance
Sakhlecha, Trisha
Paper Book
MOST FAMILY REUNIONS END IN TEARS. THIS ONE WILL END IN MURDER. Lucy Foley meets Succession in this atmospheric new murder mystery that will keep you hooked right until the last page . . . 'Original, compelling, and utterly unputdownable.' ANDREA...

33

Beautiful ugly
Feeney, Alice
Paper Book
" The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists, Alice Feeney, returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage ... and revenge. Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls...

34

Robert Ludlum's the Bourne vendetta
Freeman, Brian
Paper Book
" The hunt for a trove of secret information forces Bourne to decide who lives - and who dies - in this latest installment in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. A hacked database known as the Files has upended the intelligence community....

35

Cross my heart
Collins, Megan
Paper Book
From Megan Collins, a twisty and "terrific" (The New York Times) novel about a heart transplant patient who becomes romantically obsessed with her donor's husband. She has his wife's heart; the one she wants is his. Rosie Lachlan wants nothing...

36

Clever little thing
Echlin, Helena
Paper Book
A MOTHER KNOWS HER CHILD BEST. DOESN'T SHE? 'Brilliant and creepy, I wolfed it down! One of my favourite reads of 2025' LISA JEWELL Charlotte's daughter, Stella, is sensitive and brilliant - perhaps even a genius - but after the sudden death of her...

37

Stuart Woods' Golden Hour
Battles, Brett
Paper Book
Former CIA operative Teddy Fay returns for another exciting adventure in this latest installment in the New York Times bestselling series.

38

Bellevue
Cook, Robin
Paper Book
A young doctor must come to terms with some of the greatest medical advances in history made. In Bellevue, dark truths are revealed in this the gripping suspense-horror from New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook. Twenty-four-year-old Michael "Mitt" Fuller...

39

Robert B. Parker's hot property
Lupica, Mike
Paper Book

40

To die for
Baldacci, David
Paper Book
From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the 6:20 Man returns, this time sent to the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case--and he's about to come face-to-face with his nemesis. Travis Devine has become a pro at accomplishing any mission he's...

41

This girl's a killer : a novel
Wells, Emma C.
Paper Book
For readers of Finlay Donovan is Killing It and The Bandit Queens comes a bright and biting thriller following Cordelia Black, a best friend, a businesswoman, and, in her spare time, a killer of bad men. Ask Cordelia Black why she did it. The answer will always be: He had it coming. ...

42

The waiting
Connelly, Michael
Paper Book
Renée Ballard will need Bosch and his daughter to help bring down her enemies-this is Michael Connelly at his compelling best.

43

The night we lost him
Dave, Laura
Paper Book
From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club Pick The Last Thing He Told Me comes a riveting mystery wrapped in an epic love story . . . 'An engrossing mystery and a story with emotional heft' Shari Lapena, bestselling author...

44

Proof
Michaels, Fern
Paper Book

45

Such charming liars
McManus, Karen M.
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist turns deadly--and dangerously personal--in this twisty thriller from the #1 bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying! For all of Kat's life, it's just been...

46

The boyfriend
McFadden, Freida
Paper Book
A new, twisting thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Teacher and The Housemaid! She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim. Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible...

47

Shades of Mercy: A Porter Beck Mystery
Borgos, Bruce.
Paper Book
In the usually quiet high desert of Nevada, Sheriff Porter Beck faces one of his greatest challenges--a series of unlikely, disturbing and increasingly deadly events of unknown origins. Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, doing the same lawman's job his...

48

The family experiment
Marrs, John (Freelance journalist)
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of The One, the BookTok sensation now re-released with exclusive content in The One Expanded Edition, The Family Experiment is a dark and twisted speculative thriller set in the same universe as John Marrs's bestselling novel The One and The...

49

The god of the woods
Moore, Liz
Paper Book
**AS HEARD IN THE TAYLOR SWIFT DOCUMENTARY, THE END OF AN ERA** AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2024 WINNER OF GOODREADS MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'I was totally gripped' DOUGLAS STUART 'Immersive and enthralling' PAULA HAWKINS 'At first hard to put down....

50

Storm child
Robotham, Michael
Paper Book
'Storm Child is a riveting and absorbing masterpiece - a cancel-your-social-plans and ignore-your-family kind of book. Michael Robotham never lets me down!' CHRISTIAN WHITESOME MEMORIES ARE BURIED FOR A REASON. . . The compulsively readable new thriller by the #1 bestselling...

51

Sentinel
Greaney, Mark
Paper Book
An African coup may force Josh Duffy to choose between his mission and his family in this intense thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Gray Man series. Josh Duffy and his wife Nikki are both working for the State Department's Diplomatic Security...

52

Red sky mourning
Carr, Jack (Joint pseudonym)
Paper Book
NOW AN AMAZON PRIME TV SERIES STARRING CHRIS PRATT With the walls closing in, Navy SEAL sniper James Reece is on a race to dismantle a conspiracy that has forced America to her knees in the latest high-octane page-turner that seems ripped from the headlines from...

53

Our little secret
Jackson, Lisa
Paper Book
He swore he'd never let her go. She should have believed him.Brooke Hastings is ready to end her six-week affair. Gideon Ross is charming and sexy, but he's?not worth throwing away her marriage and family for. So?she breaks it off, hoping Gideon will understand.?? He doesn't....

54

Don't let the devil ride : a novel
Atkins, Ace
Paper Book
Hell is empty... and Addison McKellar's husband is missing.Addison McKellar isn't clueless - she knows she and her husband Dean don't have the perfect marriage - but she's still shocked when he completely vanishes from her life. At first Addison is annoyed, but as days stretch into a week and...

55

Middle of the night a novel
Sager, Riley
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must contend with the long-ago disappearance of his childhood best friend--and the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines...

56

Assassins anonymous
Hart, Rob (Fiction writer)
Paper Book
"The best kind of thriller. . . . Suspenseful, sentimental, and ultimately redemptive, Assassins Anonymous is a can't-miss novel." -- S. A. Cosby,  author of All the Sinners Bleed In this clever, surprising, page-turner, the world's most lethal assassin gives...

57

The midnight feast a novel
Foley, Lucy (Novelist)
Paper Book
An instant New York Times bestseller! "Sharp, stylish and stunning...Foley's best yet." -- Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark "It is an absolute bonkers delight (and I haven't even mentioned the local bird cult yet ......

58

Eruption
Crichton, Michael
Paper Book
THE BLOCKBUSTER THRILLER 'As thrilling and jaw-dropping as Jurassic Park' Don Winslow 'Heart-pounding storytelling at its finest' T.J. Newman 'One of the most entertaining novels I've read in years' Adrian McKinty _____________...

59

Clete
Burke, James Lee
Paper Book

60

Camino ghosts
Grisham, John.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Will an ancient curse darken the skies over Camino Island? Bruce Cable and Mercer Mann are about to find out. Look for John Grisham's forthcoming legal thriller, The Widow. This time, the verdict isn't the end of the story.

61

Twenty-seven minutes
Tate, Ashley
Paper Book
It takes one moment to call for help. So why did he wait? 'The rare gift that delivers it all' ASHLEY AUDRAIN'Truly gripping and deeply satisfying' CHRIS WHITAKER'I was hooked' JANE CORRY'A new thriller writer to watch' ROBYN HARDING'Left me in awe' JO LEEVERS<...

62

Goodbye girl
Grippando, James
Paper Book
A contentious intellectual piracy case leads to an unsolved murder, and Jack Swyteck's client--a pop music icon--is the accused killer. Piracy costs the movie and music industry billions. No one has been able to stop it. But that won't stop Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack...

63

First lie wins : a novel
Elston, Ashley
Paper Book
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through." --Reese Witherspoon Evie Porter has...

64

People to follow
Worley, Olivia
Paper Book
Ten influencers. Ten secrets. One dead body. A pacy, page-turning thriller perfect for fans of We Were Liars, The Inheritance Games and One Of Us Is Lying. 'Agatha Christie meets TikTok . . . a wicked, juicy page-turner' - Alexa Donne, author of...

65

The spy coast
Gerritsen, Tess
Paper Book
A retired CIA operative in small-town Maine tackles the ghosts of her past in this fresh take on the spy thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen. Former spy Maggie Bird came to the seaside village of Purity, Maine, eager to put the past behind her after...

66

After that night
Slaughter, Karin
Paper Book
After that night, nothing was ever the same again ... The unmissable new thriller in the Will Trent series - now a major TV adaptation. Watch Will Trent on Disney+! After that night, nothing was ever the same again ... Fifteen years ago, Sara Linton's life changed...

67

What never happened : a thriller
Hall, Rachel Howzell
Paper Book
It's murder in paradise as a woman uncovers a host of secrets off the rocky California coast in a gripping novel of suspense by New York Times bestselling author Rachel Howzell Hall. Colette "Coco" Weber has relocated to her Catalina Island home, where, twenty years before,...
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