Suspense

Discover newly released suspense releases.
Updated September 4, 2024
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Middle of the Night
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...
The Secret: A Jack Reacher Novel
Child, Lee
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher!    A string of mysterious deaths. A long-classified mission. A young MP with nothing to lose. 1992. All across the United States respectable, upstanding citizens...
Eruption: Following Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton Started Another Masterpiece--James Patterson Just Finished It
Crichton, Michael
Paper Book
The biggest thriller of the year: A history-making eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the US military is far more terrifying than any volcano. "The book is a classic summer beach read...Eruption will...
A Talent for Murder
Swanson, Peter
Paper Book
A newlywed librarian begins to suspect the man she married might be a murderer--in this spectacularly twisty and deviously clever novel by Peter Swanson, New York Times bestselling author of The Kind Worth Killing and Eight Perfect Murders. Martha Ratliff conceded...
Still See You Everywhere
Gardner, Lisa
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a "frightening, full of twists, and completely satisfying" thriller in which Frankie Elkin must locate the long-lost sister of a serial killer (Karin Slaughter).  Five-year-old Leilani Pierson has...
Camino Ghosts
Grisham, John
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Escape to Camino Island, where bookseller Bruce Cable and novelist Mercer Mann always manage to find trouble in paradise. Don't miss John Grisham's upcoming Framed, his first work of nonfiction since The Innocent Man!
Matterhorn
Reich, Christopher
Paper Book
A sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold in this alpine thriller from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Reich. Robbie Steinhardt lives a peaceful life. A fixture of his small alpine village, he tends cattle, minds...
Red Sky Mourning: A Thriller
Carr, Jack
Paper Book
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 the "hottest author on the thriller scene today" (The Real Book Spy), #1...
The Heiress
Hawkins, Rachel
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A January Indie Next Pick and LibraryReads Pick "The reigning queen of the Gothic thriller." --Entertainment Weekly THERE'S NOTHING AS GOOD AS THE RICH GONE BAD. When Ruby McTavish...
Anna O
Blake, Matthew
Paper Book
#1 International Bestseller GMA Buzz Pick * A Today Show Pick * A People Magazine Pick "A riveting, unsettling crime novel that will keep you turning pages well past your bedtime. Is Anna O a sleeping beauty or a sleeping killer? Matthew Blake's tension-filled thriller is...
One Perfect Couple
Ware, Ruth
Paper Book
Harkening to Agatha Christie's classic And Then There Were None, this high-tension thriller follows five couples trapped on a storm-swept island as a killer stalks among them--from Ruth Ware, the New York Times bestselling author who "is turning out to be as ingenious and...
The Spy Coast: A Thriller
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...
The Haters
Harding, Robyn
Paper Book
The bestselling author of The Party and The Drowning Woman returns with a twisted tale of fame, obsession, and the dark recesses of social media.. Camryn Lane is living her dream. After years of struggle and rejection, her first novel has finally been published. Her...
The Housemaid Is Watching
McFadden, Freida
Paper Book
A twisting, pulse-pounding thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaidand The Coworker "You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back-...
Assassins Anonymous
Hart, Rob
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...
I Need You to Read This
Maxwell, Jessa
Paper Book
The author of the "clever, atmospheric, and creepy" (Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author) The Golden Spoon returns with a sly and addictive new mystery about an advice columnist searching for answers about her predecessor's murder. Her most...
Nightwatching
Sierra, Tracy
Paper Book
Unputdownable · Psychological Suspense · Horror · Tense · Gripping A FALLON BOOK CLUB PICK "Pulse-pounding locked-room suspense." --Elle "Nightwatching is like nothing I've read before. I wolfed it down in two sittings; it's...
What Have You Done?
Lapena, Shari
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Dark · Addictive · Twisty · Chilling · Domestic Suspense "Lapena is a master of manipulation." --USA Today The new unputdownable novel from the "queen of the one-sit read," and New York Times...
Our Little Secret
Jackson, Lisa
Paper Book
#1 New York Timesbestselling author Lisa Jackson puts a sexy, twisty, gender-reversed spin on Fatal Attractionin this addictive tale of escalating obsession, betrayal, and violent delights for readers of Peter Swanson, Allison Brennan, Carola Lovering and Stacy...
City in Ruins
Winslow, Don
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller! "The final shattering installment in a gangland trilogy to equal The Godfather. If you like Scarface and Goodfellas, this is where it's at." -- Stephen King "City in Ruins is Don Winslow showing the rest of us how it's done. Winslow has saved the...
Listen for the Lie
Tintera, Amy
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller A Good Morning America Book Club Pick "A world-class whodunit." --Stephen King "An extremely successful high-wire act, balancing between dark comedy and darker thrills." --Alex Michaelides, #1...
The Perfect Son
McFadden, Freida
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden All families have secrets. But some secrets are deadly. Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until, one quiet evening, two detectives show up at her front door. "Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son could...
This Is Why We Lied: A Will Trent Thriller
Slaughter, Karin
Paper Book
WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC! "Expect from a Karin Slaughter crime thriller . . . just the right amount of twists, turns, shocks, surprises and domestic thrill and shrill." -- Parade The next thrilling suspense featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton from Karin Slaughter, New...
One big happy family
Day, Jamie
Paper Book
"An unputdownable and gripping thriller with nonstop twists and turns!" --Freida McFadden, New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid The next riveting summer suspense by the bestselling author of THE BLOCK PARTY, Jamie Day. Could this...
I Will Ruin You
Barclay, Linwood
Paper Book
"Linwood Barclay's I Will Ruin You is a page-turner that also has important things to say. You'll get your money's worth out of this one." -Stephen King In the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Linwood Barclay, a teacher's act of heroism inadvertently makes him the target...
House of Glass
Pekkanen, Sarah
Paper Book
"Wow, I loved this one so much! I didn't want it to be over because I was enjoying it so much, but I couldn't stop turning pages! House of Glass is a gripping thriller that was packed with surprises and compelling characters." -- Freida McFadden The next...
Tom Clancy Act of Defiance
Andrews, Brian
Paper Book
A rogue nuclear Russian submarine is steaming toward the East Coast of the United States. For President Jack Ryan, memories of past events may seem stunningly vivid, but the dangers are terrifyingly real in the latest entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series. US...
The Midnight Feast
Foley, Lucy
Paper Book
"Irresistible...Blair Witch meets Fyre Festival." - People "Sharp, stylish and stunning...Foley's best yet." -- Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark "A deliciously juicy, smartly paced blend of folk horror, psychological...
Eye of the Beholder
Bamford, Emma
Paper Book
Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Vertigo, the author of the "subtle and ominous" (Lee Child) debut Deep Water returns with a wholly original and sinister novel about the beauty industry, a ghostwriter, and the reappearance of the lover she thought was dead. ...
The Fury
Michaelides, Alex
Paper Book
**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "Alex Michaelides hits the trifecta with his third novel, The Fury. The highly original story presents the reader with the king of all unreliable narrators, enough twists and turns to power two novels, and a host of...
You Know What You Did
Nguyen, K. T.
Paper Book
Artist Annie Shaw seems to have it all: a dream career, a devoted husband, and a whip-smart teenage daughter. But when her mother, a Vietnam War refugee, dies suddenly one night, Annie's carefully curated life starts to unravel. She's spent her adulthood trying to escape her difficult upbringing -...
Flashpoint : an FBI thriller
Coulter, Catherine
Paper Book
Agents Savich and Sherlock are back in the latest installment in Catherine Coulter's #1 New York Times bestselling FBI Thriller series, where the past refuses to stay buried. A year has passed since Elizabeth Palmer was nearly killed with hundreds more in the attempted bombing of St. Paul...
Hunted
Mukherjee, Abir
Paper Book
In this "flawless" (Lee Child), action-packed thriller that will "keep you guessing until the very end" (Ruth Ware), two parents facing catastrophe must find their lost children before the unthinkable can happen. Named an Amazon Best of the Month...
Think Twice
Coben, Harlan
Paper Book
A man presumed dead is suddenly wanted for murder in this thriller of secrets, lies, and dangerous conspiracies that threaten to cover up the truth.   Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball...
The Secret Hours
Herron, Mick
Paper Book
A gripping spy thriller from the bestselling author of Slow Horses, about a disastrous MI5 mission in Cold War Berlin--an absolute must-read for Slough House fans. Set in the MI5 world of Slow Horses, now an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ starring Gary...
Red River Road
Downes, Anna
Paper Book
Anna Downes's extraordinary next thriller Red River Road follows a woman desperate to discover what happened to her sister on a solo road trip through the Australian outback. Katy Sweeney is looking for her sister. A year earlier, just three weeks into a solo vanlife...
Our kind of game : a novel
Copeland, Johanna
Paper Book
"A riveting and suspenseful debut. Copeland's contemporary take on the balance of power in relationships, and the desire for control, is not to be missed."--New York Times and #1 international bestselling author Karin Slaughter A gifted new suspense writer makes her sizzling...
The Hitchcock Hotel
Wrobel, Stephanie
Paper Book
A Hitchcock fanatic with an agenda invites old friends for a weekend stay at his secluded themed hotel in this fiendishly clever, suspenseful new novel from the international bestselling author of Darling Rose Gold. Alfred Smettle is not your average Hitchcock fan. He is...
Bye, Baby
Lovering, Carola
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A March 2024 Indie Next and LibraryReads Pick "Powerful, relatable and crazily addictive, Bye, Baby takes an unflinching look at the battling forces of toxicity and love which define so many female friendships. I couldn't put it...
Murder Road
St James, Simone
Paper Book
A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases. July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn....
Some Murders in Berlin: A WWII Historical Fiction Novel (Original)
Robards, Karen
Paper Book
This pulse-pounding, brilliantly twisting new historical thriller is a gripping tale that will leave you questioning everything. September 1943: Berlin is the heart of darkness--and the last place Dr. Elin Lund wishes to be. An expert in psychological profiling, she's...
Someone in the Attic
Mara, Andrea
Paper Book
From a #1 internationally bestselling author comes an atmospheric, chilling novel about a family who thinks there's someone hiding in their attic "Andrea Mara is a star." --Lee Child You thought you were home alone. Anya is enjoying a...

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