Destination Thrillers

Beautiful places, terrible crimes. Check out these destination thrillers for an escape!
Updated September 19, 2022
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And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
Paper Book
Agatha Christie's world-famous mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious...
The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware
Paper Book
"From the bestselling author of Richard and Judy pick, In A Dark, Dark Wood comes Ruth Ware's next compulsive page-turnerThis was meant to be the perfect trip. The Northern Lights. A luxury press launch on a boutique cruise ship. A chance for travel journalist Lo Blackwood to recover...
The Beach
Alex Garland
Audiobook
The Guest List
Lucy Foley
Paper Book
*Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Crime Fiction Book of the Year* * The June 2020 Reese's Book Club pick* *The Times Best Crime Fiction of the Year pick* *Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award* A gripping, twisty murder mystery thriller from...
Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty
Paper Book
From the no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, and Big Little Lies with new novel Apples Never Fall out now.NOW A MAJOR TV MINISERIES ON AMAZON PRIMEThe retreat at health and wellness resort Tranquillum House promises total transformation. Nine stressed city dwellers are...
The Searcher
Tana French
Paper Book
Best Book of 2020 New York Times |NPR | New York Post "This hushed suspense tale about thwarted dreams of escape may be her best one yet . . . Its own kind of masterpiece." --Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post "A new Tana French is always cause...
The Expats
Chris Pavone
Ebook
Kate Moore is an expat mum, newly transplanted from Washington D.C. In the cobblestoned streets of Luxembourg, her days are filled with play dates and coffee mornings, her weekends spent in Paris or skiing in the Alps. Kate is also guarding a secret - one so momentous it could destroy her neat...
Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam
Paper Book
A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award (Fiction) One of Barack Obama's Summer Favorites A Best Book of the Year From: The Washington Post * Time * NPR * Elle * Esquire * Kirkus * Library Journal * The Chicago...
One by One
Ruth Ware
Paper Book
"The Agatha Christie of our generation." --David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Diabolically clever." --Riley Sager, author of Final Girls The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Turn of the Key and In a Dark...
Something in the Water
Catherine Steadman
Paper Book
"A psychological thriller that captivated me from page one. What unfolds makes for a wild, page-turning ride! It's the perfect beach read!"--Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick) How far would you go be truly happy? Erin is a...
The Flight Attendant
Chris Bohjalian
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER  A NATIONAL INDIEBOUND BESTSELLER  From the author of The Guest Room, a powerful story about the ways an entire life can change in one...
The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse
Paper Book
High in the Swiss Alps, a luxury hotel opens in what was once a sanatorium, but the new design can't hide the building's dark history for long . . . This is the chilling debut from the hottest new talent in crime fiction. AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A REESE...
The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley
Paper Book
Don't miss Lucy Foley's new book, The Midnight Feast, coming June 18th! THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension - an undeniably engrossing guessing game."  -- Vogue "[A] clever,...
Tangerine
Christine Mangan
Paper Book
Rock Paper Scissors
Alice Feeney
Paper Book
The instant New York Times bestseller from the author of Sometimes I Lie 'Not just fiendish but positively Feeneyish - dark, ingenious and very clever' Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home Ten years of marriage. Ten years of secrets. ...
Searching for Sylvie Lee
Jean Kwok
Paper Book
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick & Emma Roberts Belletrist Book Club Pick! NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK BY New York Times * Time * Marie Claire * Elle * Buzzfeed *...
The Travelers
Chris Pavone
Paper Book
Will Rhodes is an award-winning correspondent for The Travelers, on assignment at a luxury Argentinian resort - fine wines and gourmet food, polo fields and the looming Andes.But Will's life is about to be turned upside down when a new flirtation turns into something far more dangerous, and he only...
We Were Never Here
Andrea Bartz
Paper Book
A REESE WITHERSPOON'S BOOK CLUB PICK**SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM PRODUCED BY GREG BERLANTI, SARAH SCHECHTER AND MOLLY SIMS** YOUR BEST FRIEND KILLED A MAN. NOW SHE NEEDS YOUR HELP . . . BUT CAN YOU REALLY TRUST HER MOTIVES?
Reckless Girls
Rachel Hawkins
Audiobook
The gripping new thriller and instant New York Times bestseller, perfect for escapist reading! The holiday of your dreams... When Lux and Nico get the chance to sail to a remote island off the coast of Hawaii, they're thrilled. It's the trip they've been dreaming of their...
Who is Maud Dixon?
Alexandra Andrews
Paper Book
Every Vow You Break
Peter Swanson
Paper Book
The exceptionally twisty - and twisted - new thriller from the master of suspense, Peter Swanson.
Hostage
Clare Mackintosh
Paper Book
'A NAIL-BITER OF A THRILLER' SHARI LAPENA'HYPNOTICALLY GOOD' LEE CHILD'FEELS LIKE A BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE' LISA JEWELLYou can save hundreds of lives.Or the one that matters most . . . The atmosphere on board the inaugural non-stop flight from London to Sydney is...
The Safe Place
Anna Downes
Paper Book
Superbly tense and oozing with atmosphere, Anna Downes's debut, The Safe Place, is the perfect summer suspense, with the modern gothic feel of Ruth Ware and the morally complex family dynamics of Lisa Jewell. Welcome to paradise...will you ever be able to leave?...
Shiver
Allie Reynolds
Paper Book
In this propulsive locked-room thriller, a reunion weekend in the French Alps turns deadly when five friends discover someone has deliberately stranded them in a deserted mountaintop resortWhen Milla is invited to a reunion in the tiny resort that saw the peak of her...
The Vacation: A Novel
T. M. Logan
Ebook
Two Nights in Lisbon
Chris Pavone
Paper Book
A woman wakes up to discover her new husband is missing and sets out on a wild race of power, politics, and revenge in this international thriller from New York Times bestselling author Chris Pavone.You think you know a person...Ariel Pryce wakes up in Lisbon, alone. Her husband...
The Guilt Trip
Sandie Jones
Paper Book
The Guilt Trip is the compelling, twisty novel from Sandie Jones, the author of The Other Woman, and perfect for fans of T. M. Logan's The Holiday.They went away as friends.They came back as suspects . . .Jack and Rachel. Noah and Paige. Will and Ali. Five friends who've known each other for years....
They All Fall Down
Rachel Howzell Hall
Paper Book
For fans of thrilling contemporary suspense, Rachel Howzell Hall's brilliant stand-alone novel brings seven sinners to a private island for a reckoning that will leave you breathless. It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. Delighted by a...
Breathless
Amy McCulloch
Paper Book
IT'S ICE COLD. YOU'RE MILES FROM HELP. AND ONE OF YOU WILL BE NEXT... When struggling journalist Cecily Wong is invited to join an expedition to climb one of the world's tallest mountains, it seems like the chance of a lifetime. She doesn't realise how deadly...
Her Dark Lies
J. T. Ellison
Paper Book
"Elegant, propulsive, and utterly unputdownable... The work of one of our most talented thriller writers at the very top of her game." --Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Confessions on the 7:45 Fast-paced and brilliantly unpredictable, J...
The Castaways
Lucy Clarke
Paper Book
*A Waterstones Thriller of the Month selection & the Sunday Times bestseller* A SECRET BEACH. A HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME. WISH YOU WERE HERE? THINK AGAIN... 'We're tipping it as one of 2021's best reads' Marie...
The Wild Girls
Phoebe Morgan
Paper Book
FOUR FRIENDS. A LUXURY RETREAT. IT'S GOING TO BE MURDER. 'An exhilarating, read-in-one-sitting ride' Louise Candlish 'A deadly cocktail of lies, secrets, obsession' T.M. Logan 'A heart-stopping rollercoaster of a read' B A Paris ...
The Weekend Away
Sarah Alderson
Audiobook
***Now a Netflix Original movie, starring Leighton Meester, streaming globally.*** Miles from home. Trust no one. Suspect everyone. Orla and Kate have been best friends forever. Together they've faced it all - be it Orla's struggles as a new mother or Kate's messy divorce. And...
The Ex-Husband
Karen Hamilton
Paper Book
She's safe from him, a thousand miles from harm. Or so she thought.'Immediately gripping. Once I started I couldn't stop' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ REAL READER REVIEW'Perfect holiday reading' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ &...
The Wedding Night: A Novel
Harriet Walker
Paper Book
What do you do when the wedding of your dreams turns into a nightmare?When Lizzie calls off her wedding in the south of France only a week before the big day, not even her closest friends know why. But since the chateau is already paid for, they figure it's the perfect place to take Lizzie's...

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