If you like YA thrillers & mysteries

Updated July 11, 2025
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A study in Charlotte : a Charlotte Holmes novel
Cavallaro, Brittany
Paper Book
The first book in a witty, suspenseful new series about a brilliant new crime-solving duo: the teen descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. This clever page-turner will appeal to fans of Maureen Johnson and Ally Carter. Jamie Watson has always been intrigued by Charlotte...
I know what you did last summer
Duncan, Lois
Paper Book
It was only an accident but it would change their lives forever. Last summer, four terrified friends made a desperate pact to conceal a shocking secret. But now, someone has learned the truth, and the horror is starting again. There is an unknown avenger out there who is stalking...
Come out, come out, whatever you are
Foxfield, Kathryn
Paper Book
The bestselling author of Good Girls Die First is back with a new page-turning thriller for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus. Welcome to the reality game show that'll scare you to death! Have you got what it takes to last the night? On the reality show It's Behind You!, five...
Good girls die first
Foxfield, Kathryn
Paper Book
  Welcome to the most gripping thriller of the year: hugely entertaining, high-octane and read-in-a-single-sitting. Mind games. Murder. Mayhem. How far would you go to survive the night? Blackmail lures sixteen-year-old Ava to the derelict carnival on Portgrave...
They'll never catch us
Goodman, Jessica, 1990- author.
Paper Book
"Razor-sharp and keenly precise. Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn!" -Tiffany D. Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of White Smoke A fast-paced thriller about two sisters on their cross-country team and the new girl who threatens their success-and...
A good girl's guide to murder
Jackson, Holly
Paper Book
The New York Times No.1 bestselling and multi award-winning YA crime thriller and TikTok sensation that everyone is talking about. Now a major BBC series! 'A taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller', GUARDIAN 'Prepare to be murdered by this book. Dark...
The cousins
McManus, Karen M.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying comes your next obsession. You'll never feel the same about family again. Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each another, and they've never even met<...
Nothing more to tell
McManus, Karen M.
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of One of Us is Lying comes another page-turning thriller from the Queen of Crime . . . Someone got away with murder. The most terrifying part is that they're back - or maybe they never left. . . Five years ago,...
You'll be the death of me
McManus, Karen M.
Paper Book
Ivy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close - best friends back in middle school. So, when Cal pulls into campus late for class, and runs into Ivy and Mateo, they decide to ditch school. Just like old times. But they're not the only ones skipping school that day. When the trio spot classmate...
The cabin
Preston, Natasha
Paper Book
There may only be one killer, but no one is innocent in this thriller from Natasha Preston, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE CELLAR! A weekend partying at a remote cabin is just what Mackenzie needs. She can't wait to let loose with her friends. But a crazy night of fun...
The cellar
Preston, Natasha
Paper Book
A gripping, ripped-from-the-headlines, twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling thriller author Natasha Preston! Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her-and three other girls- Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect flowers. His family. But flowers...
The lost
Preston, Natasha
Paper Book
A twisty psychological thriller from Natasha Preston, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller author of THE CELLAR! It's a fight for survival in a building designed to ensure that no one makes it out alive. In Piper's hometown, teenagers keep disappearing, and everyone assumes...
14 ways to die
Ralph, Vincent author.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller! ONE KILLER. THIRTEEN VICTIMS. A MILLION VIEWS. A decade ago, Jess lost her mother to the Magpie Man, an infamous serial killer who is still at large and planning to kill again. Now, she's going to use her new platform as the star of a YouTube reality...
Lock the doors
Ralph, Vincent
Paper Book
LOCK EVERY DOOR Tom's family have moved into their dream home. But pretty soon he starts to notice that something is very wrong - there are strange messages written on the wall and locks on the bedroom doors. On the OUTSIDE. The previous owners have moved just across the...
Five total strangers
Richards, Natalie D.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller A "page-turning thriller that will keep readers guessing until the very end" (School Library Journal) about a road trip in a snowstorm that turns into bone-chilling disaster, from New York Times bestselling mystery author and "master of tension" (BCCB) Natalie D...
Four found dead
Richards, Natalie D.
Paper Book
A terrifying thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers and Seven Dirty Secrets! The last show has ended, but the nightmare is just beginning. Tonight, Riverview Theaters is closing forever, the last remaining business in a defunct shopping mall. The...
Seven dirty secrets
Richards, Natalie D. author.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller From the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers and "master of suspense" (BCCB), Natalie D. Richards, comes a pulse-pounding YA thriller about a girl who goes on a mysterious scavenger hunt, only to discover that someone knows her worst secret...
Killer content
Roache, Kiley
Paper Book
A group of famous TikTokers begin turning on each other when one member is found dead at their beachfront Malibu mansion in this twisty thriller. The six teenagers who make up the Lit Lair have it made. A beachfront mansion, millions of followers, stunning good looks, and...
The new girl
Sutanto, Jesse Q. author.
Paper Book
From the BookTok viral author of The Obsession comes a new YA thriller for fans of Gossip Girl and Euphoria. *BuzzFeed Highly Anticipated Thriller of 2022 *PopSugar Best YA Book *Netgalley Most Anticipated Novel of 2022 She's a liar. A cheater. A murderer. And it's...
The obsession
Sutanto, Jesse Q. author.
Paper Book
A fast-paced teen revenge-thriller from the author of Dial A for Aunties, The Obsession will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end. Boy Meets Girl. Boy Stalks Girl. Girl Gets Revenge. Logan thinks he and Delilah are meant to be. Delilah doesn't know who...
How to survive your murder
Valentine, Danielle
Paper Book
Scream meets Happy Death Day in this terrifying stand-alone horror novel from YA scream queen Danielle Valentine, which is now available in paperback. "This terrifying book reads like a horror movie. No, wait. It has the suspense and shocks and screams of TEN horror...
Missing Abby
Weatherly, Lee.
Paper Book
When 13-year-old Emma bumps into her old friend Abby on the bus one Saturday afternoon, she later realises that she was the last person to see Abby before her mysterious disappearance. Amidst the media frenzy and everyone's struggle to come to terms with the possibility of Abby's death, Emma starts...

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