Suspense

Discover newly released suspense releases.
Updated December 23, 2024
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Eruption
Michael Crichton
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...
Middle of the Night
Riley Sager
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 Last One at the Wedding
Jason Rekulak
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of the runaway hit, Hidden Pictures, comes a stunning new work of domestic suspense "Part conspiracy thriller, part family drama, The Last One at the Wedding kept my heart racing and my mind...
Worst Case Scenario: A Novel
T. J. Newman
Paper Book
"Worst Case Scenario is the best thriller I've read so far this year. It's a chilling idea with great characters and near-perfect execution." -James Patterson When a pilot suffers a heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner...
Act of Defiance
Brian Andrews
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...
Red Sky Mourning: A Thriller (7) (Terminal List)
Jack Carr
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...
One Perfect Couple
Ruth Ware
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 Haters
Robyn Harding
Ebook
The bestselling author of The Party and The Drowning Woman returns with a terrifying tale of a writer caught up in a web of ever-growing menace and terror that will keep readers guessing to the last page.     Camryn Lane...
Anna O
Matthew Blake
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...
Nightwatching
Tracy Sierra
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...
The Perfect Son
Freida McFadden
Audiobook
The Hitchcock Hotel
Stephanie Wrobel
Paper Book
THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER!  "A clever, sinister fun-house ride." -People "Jaw-dropping." -Riley Sager "Hugely readable and tremendous fun." -Alex Michaelides A Hitchcock fanatic with an agenda invites old friends for a...
The Chaos Agent
Mark Greaney
Paper Book
Artificial intelligence leads to shockingly real danger for the Gray Man in this latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. A car accident in Japan. A drowning in Seoul. A home invasion in Boston. Someone is killing the...
A Very Bad Thing
J. T. Ellison
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes a taut thriller about one author at the pinnacle of her career, whose past threatens to destroy everything she has--and everyone she knows. A great writer knows when to deliver a juicy plot twist. But for one author,...
You Know What You Did: A Novel
K. T. Nguyen
Ebook
In this heart-pounding debut thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell and Celeste Ng, a first-generation Vietnamese American artist must confront nightmares past and present. . . . Annie "Anh Le" Shaw grew up poor, but seems to have it all now: a dream career, a stunning home, and a...
In Too Deep
Lee Child
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done...
Our Kind of Game: A Novel
Johanna Copeland
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...
Capture or Kill
Vince Flynn
Paper Book
Mitch Rapp faces an Iranian foe bent on destabilizing the Middle East in the newest thriller from Vince Flynn's #1 New York Times bestselling series that answers the question Vince Flynn fans have been asking for thirteen years: what role did Mitch Rapp play in the operation to Capture...
Arkangel
James Rollins
Paper Book
Currently in development as a TV series from Amazon MGM Studios, a story of a thrilling hunt around the globe, pitting nation against nation, as ancient myths of a lost continent prove all too real--the latest novel in the bestselling Sigma Force series from James Rollins, #1 ...
Bye, Baby: A Novel
Carola Lovering
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...
The Bad Weather Friend
Dean Koontz
Paper Book
Benny is so nice they feel compelled to destroy him, but he has a friend who should scare the hell out of them in this breathtaking new kind of thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz. Benny Catspaw's perpetually sunny disposition is tested...
Lilith
Eric Rickstad
Paper Book
From the internationally bestselling author of I Am Not Who You Think I Am--a New York Times Thriller of the Year--comes Lilith, an incendiary powerhouse of a novel that strikes straight at the wounded heart of America. Mother. Hero. Villain. Killer. After her son, Lydan, suffers...
The Devil's Fortress (The Nick Flynn Series)
Dale Brown
Ebook
City in Ruins
Don Winslow
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...
Murder Island: Patterson's Scariest Thriller Since The Summer House (Doc Savage)
James Patterson
Paper Book
They thought they found heaven on earth. But their paradise becomes a nightmare when Professor Brandt Savage and his girlfriend Kira Sunlight stumble on a terrifying conspiracy​. When professor turned crime-fighter Brandt "'Doc'"Savage and his girlfriend Kira...
Shanghai
Joseph Kanon
Paper Book
Named a Best Mystery & Suspense Book of the Year by BookPage and CrimeReads "A steamy, thrilling crime story" (The Washington Post) from New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon set in pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and squalor exist side...
I Will Ruin You
Linwood Barclay
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...
Break Every Rule
Brian Freeman
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne series comes a breathtaking thriller about a man whose only chance to rescue his family is to return to the past he thought he'd left behind. Tommy Miller is a man with deadly skills, hiding in Florida under a false...
The Bitter Truth
Shanora Williams
Ebook
What Have You Done?
Shari Lapeña
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...
Lone Wolf
Gregg Hurwitz
Paper Book
The New York Times bestselling Orphan X returns in this "crackerjack new thriller" (Kirkus Reviews) and "crushingly brilliant piece of fiction" (Best Thriller Books)! Once a black ops government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the Program, went...
This Girl's a Killer
Emma C. Wells
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-...
The Blue Hour
Paula Hawkins
Paper Book
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK "The best Paula Hawkins yet - by a tense and haunting mile." - Lee Child "An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller... truly exceptional." - Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The God of the Woods "A masterful...
Someone in the Attic: A Novel
Andrea Mara
Ebook
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...
Devil's Kitchen: A Novel
Candice Fox
Paper Book
This tight-knit, four-person unit has worked together to save countless lives and stop out-of-control fires before they cause major destruction....

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