Suspense

Discover newly released suspense releases.
Updated March 19, 2026
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
The secret of secrets : a novel
Brown, Dan
Paper Book
The world's most celebrated thriller writer returns with his most stunning novel yet--a propulsive, twisty, thought-provoking masterpiece that will entertain readers as only Dan Brown can do. Robert Langdon, esteemed professor of symbology, travels to Prague to attend a...
Don't let him in
Jewell, Lisa
Paper Book
All This Could Be Yours
Ryan, Hank Phillippi.
Paper Book
"Engrossing--with a twist that left me reeling!" --Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid Is a debut author's blockbuster bestseller about to ruin her life? A glamorous book tour becomes a deadly cat...
The hitchhikers / Chevy Stevens [large print]
Paper Book
TRN
Edge of honor : a thriller
Thor, Brad
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor returns with an exhilarating new Scot Harvath thriller. After six months abroad, America's top spy returns to a new administration, a new set of global priorities...
Girl lost
Angelo, Kate (Romance fiction writer)
Paper Book
A LOST BABY Luna Rosati found acceptance and comfort with her childhood foster family, but when she became pregnant at sixteen, she gave the baby up for adoption and left without a word. Now a CIA counterintelligence officer, Luna wants to reconcile her fractured sense of self by finding...
Antihero
Hurwitz, Gregg.
Paper Book
DISCOVER Evan Smoak's most complex mission yet - with his usual skills off the table, how can he bring vengeance for those who most need it? Sometimes two wrongs do make a right . . . 'Non-stop action and a wonderful lightness of touch. Hurwitz kills it again<...
Too old for this
Downing, Samantha
Paper Book
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Equal parts hilarious and disturbing, Too Old for This kept me glued to the pages from beginning to end!" --#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden A retired serial killer's quiet life is upended by an...
Run on red
Ihli, Noelle W.
Paper Book
A rural country road. No cell signal for miles. A terrifying game of cat-and-mouse. By the time Laura and Olivia notice the headlights tailing them through the hills, it's too late. What seems, at first, like a case of road rage quickly unfolds into a heart-pounding chase--and a...
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......
59 Minutes
Seddon, Holly.
Paper Book
The internationally bestselling author of the "brilliant, gripping must-read" (Glamour) Try Not to Breathe brings suspenseful thrills in this unputdownable novel following three women as they face an incoming nuclear attack. Nuclear missile threat to South...
The confessions : a novel
Carr, Paul Bradley
Paper Book
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A high-octane and "hugely entertaining" (Chris Pavone, New York Times bestselling author) thriller about a supercomputer and the secrets we keep from one another--perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, Harlan Coben, and Gillian Flynn. ...
Blood oath
Urszenyi, Steve
Paper Book
In this action-packed thriller, Special Agent Alex Martel's fight becomes personal when her father is abducted by rebel forces. In the heart of Africa, CIA Special Agent Alexandra Martel's safari with her father spirals into a deadly game of betrayal when he is kidnapped by...
The death of us
Dean, Abigail
Paper Book
Denied access : a Mitch Rapp novel
Bentley, Don
Paper Book
"[A] callback to what makes Rapp such a special character, and a white-knuckle reminder of why this series remains the gold standard of the political thriller genre." --The Real Book Spy Don Bentley completes the trilogy begun with American Assassin by taking Mitch Rapp...
Forget Me Not
Willingham, Stacy.
Paper Book
A pulse-pounding new Southern thriller from the author of the runaway bestseller A Flicker in the Dark. Twenty-two years ago, Claire Campbell's older sister, Natalie, disappeared shortly after her eighteenth birthday. Days later, her blood was found in a car, a man was...
A box full of darkness
St. James, Simone
Paper Book
"From the book's chillingly creepy setting, which previously appeared in The Sun Down Motel (2020), to a nerve-jangling plot that effectively borrows from a mix of genres to the writing itself, which shimmers with a dazzlingly sharp sense of wit, everything about St. James' latest is done...
Silent horizons : a thriller
Robichaux, Chad
Paper Book
USA TODAY bestseller! He's gone behind enemy lines countless times before. But this time, he's going alone. Foster Quinn is more than a former Force Recon Marine. He's a husband. A father. A faithful brother to his teammates. When one of them is killed...
The unraveling of Julia : a psychological thriller
Scottoline, Lisa
Paper Book
A young widow inherits a mysterious Tuscan estate and finds herself thrust into a dangerous conspiracy--twisty and transportive, this is suspense with a passport.    "A compelling thriller with excellent twists!" --Karin Slaughter, New York Times...
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. ...
The wasp trap
Edwards, Mark (Fiction writer)
Paper Book
A stingingly brilliant new psychological thriller from the 5 million copy-bestselling author of Here to Stay and The Magpies "Mark Edwards really is in a league of his own." Lisa Jewell ****** A hot summer that ended in tragedy....
Julie Chan is dead : a novel
Zhang, Liann
Paper Book
TRN
Friends and Liars: A Novel
Frick, Kit.
Paper Book
From "edge-of-your-seat suspense" (Booklist) author Kit Frick comes an insidious thriller about four estranged friends trapped in a powerful family's deadly games at a luxe estate in the Italian countryside. It's been five years since heiress Clare Monroe tragically...
The compound : a novel
Rawle, Aisling
Paper Book
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK Nothing to lose. Everything to gain. Winner takes all. "Every bit as addictive as your favorite guilty pleasure binge-watch, but with all the substance of a literary classic."--Oprah Daily ...
The boomerang : a thriller
Bailey, Robert
Paper Book
John Grisham meets Yellowstone in a gripping political thriller by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Robert Bailey, as one man fights for family against a government with a shattering secret. The president of the United States has terminal cancer. Chief of Staff...
One small mistake
Smith, Dandy
Paper Book
Falls to Pieces
Corleone, Douglas.
Paper Book
A mother and daughter in hiding are threatened by more than secrets and lies in a twisting novel of paranoia, revenge, and psychological suspense by bestselling author Douglas Corleone. For two years, Kati Dawes and her teenage daughter, Zoe, have lived off the grid in Hawaii,...
It should have been you
Mara, Andrea
Paper Book
Get ready for your new obsession - the unputdownable new thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of ALL HER FAULT, now a break-out TV show starring Sarah Snook. Your neighbours have secrets. How far would they go to keep them? *WINNER Crime...
Ruth run : a novel
Kaufman, Elizabeth
Paper Book
A Crime Reads Best Book of the Year! "A wildly fun and thrilling read in this age of digital theft, Ruth Run introduces us to an irresistible heroine and, in Elizabeth Kaufman, a scintillating new voice in contemporary fiction." --Maria Semple, author of Where'd You...
Leverage : a novel
Gowani, Amran
Paper Book
"A pulse-pounding plot propels a narrative steeped in the language and culture of tech bros....An exciting and timely debut of an original voice." --People, Best Books of the Month A hotshot hedge fund employee must risk everything to save his job--and his life--in this...
You killed me first
Marrs, John (Freelance journalist)
Paper Book
"Electrifying and page-turning, John Marrs is not to be missed."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden "I am such a fan of John Marrs' books and You Killed Me First is another five star read."--#1Sunday Times bestselling author Sarah Pinborough<...
One in four
Berry, Lucinda
Paper Book
Instant USA Today bestseller. When a reality show about former child stars overcoming addiction culminates in murder, their therapist must take a closer look into their lives--and her own, from USA Today bestselling author Lucinda Berry. Dr. Laurel Harlow...
Going home in the dark
Koontz, Dean R.
Paper Book
When hometown horrors come back to haunt, friendship is salvation in a novel about childhood fears and buried secrets by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz. As kids, outcasts Rebecca, Bobby, Spencer, and Ernie were inseparable friends in the idyllic...
No one would do what the Lamberts have done
Hannah, Sophie
Paper Book
'No one writes twisted, suspenseful novels quite like Sophie Hannah'. Liane Moriarty The twistiest murder mystery you are ever likely to read? A story about a family that does the unthinkable? Both? Or something else altogether? You think it will never happen to you....
Crossfire
Smith, Wilbur A.
Paper Book
A race against time Courtney series thriller from the Master of Adventure, Wilbur Smith
Shaw Connolly lives to tell
French, Gillian
Paper Book
A page-turning, compelling thriller about a woman who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her sister's disappearance. Shaw Connolly is no stranger to trauma. As a fingerprints analyst, she's one of the first on-site for crimes, including murder scenes and a...
The locked ward : a novel
Pekkanen, Sarah
Paper Book
New from Sarah Pekkanen, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of House of Glass and co-author of The Wife Between Us. A shocking psychological thriller about the complex bonds of sisterhood―and what happens when they are stretched to the breaking point, The...
Last seen
Ellison, J. T.
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes a twisted psychological thriller about the bonds of family and the disconnect between memory and the truth. Come here. Come closer. Halley James knows her marriage is over. But she's not prepared for the...
The lake escape
Day, Jamie
Paper Book
The next riveting summer suspense by the author of THE BLOCK PARTY and ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY, Jamie Day. WILL THIS BE THE BEST WEEK OF THEIR LIVES... OR THE LAST? JULIA, DAVID, AND ERIKA grew up together spending summers at their idyllic Vermont lake homes for as...
Mrs Spy
Robotham, Mandy
Paper Book
'Dark, twisty, and thoroughly entertaining, Mrs Spy is a Thursday Murder Club for spies. You won't be able to put it down' - Ava Glass, author of Alias Emma Get ready for a pulse-pounding, laugh-out-loud ride through 1960s London as Maggie Flynn, unexpected...
The dark maestro : a novel
Slocumb, Brendan
Paper Book
His cello made him famous. His father made him a target. "In this perfectly crafted thriller, Slocumb acts as the master conductor, bringing together a twisty plot and gorgeously wrought characters." -The Boston Globe Curtis Wilson is a cello prodigy, growing...
Impostor syndrome : a thriller
Mayne, Andrew
Paper Book
Two fearless investigators unite to stop a media-savvy serial killer from carrying out a cataclysmic crime for all the world to see in a riveting thriller by a Wall Street Journal bestselling author. The FBI calls on former agent Jessica Blackwood to look at a puzzling crime....

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.