Suspense

Discover newly released suspense releases.
Updated December 4, 2025
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The Secret of Secrets
Dan Brown
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The world's most celebrated thriller writer and author of The Da Vinci Code returns with his most stunning novel yet--a propulsive, twisty, thought-provoking masterpiece that will entertain readers as only Dan Brown can do. ...
Ward D
Freida McFadden
Paper Book
Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital's inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation....
The Crash
Freida McFadden
Paper Book
A brand new psychological thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden! The nightmare she's running from is nothing compared to where she's headed. Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So...
Famous Last Words
Gillian McAllister
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "This novel blindsided me with twists and surprises that had me gasping...and with a poignancy about relationships and love that one rarely finds in the genre. A brilliant, brilliant book." --Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author ...
Don't Let Him In
Lisa Jewell
Paper Book
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell, three women are connected by one man in this "shocking" (Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author) thriller. He's the perfect man....
Too Old for This
Samantha Downing
Paper Book
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A retired serial killer's quiet life is upended by an unexpected visitor. To protect her secret, there's only one option left--what's another murder? From bestselling author Samantha Downing. Lottie Jones thought her crimes were behind her...
The Tenant
Freida McFadden
Paper Book
A new, jaw-dropping thriller from the instant #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boyfriend and The Housemaid! There's no place like home... Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments...
The Death of Us
Abigail Dean
Paper Book
"A page-turner par excellence, written with unobtrusive brilliance, [and] full of sharply observed lines . . . The Death of Us lives up to the hype." --Stephen King "The Death of Us is astonishingly good--Abigail Dean's the real thing." --Mick Herron,...
Forget Me Not
Stacy Willingham
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...
Midnight Black
Mark Greaney
Paper Book
With his lover imprisoned in a Russian gulag, the Gray Man will stop at nothing to free her in this latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. A winter sunrise over the great plains of Russia is no cause for celebration. The temperature barely rises above...
Havoc: A Novel
Christopher Bollen
Paper Book
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist A New York Times' "Best Thriller of the Year" In the vein of The Bad Seed comes a twisty, atmospheric psychological suspense about a meddlesome elderly guest at a decadent luxury hotel who believes she has left her problematic past...
Shattered Sanctuary
Nancy Mehl
Paper Book
Was this the last thing she'd ever see? Would she be able to make things right before it was too late? "God . . ." was all she got out before he lunged toward her. Grappling with the aftermath of a tragic incident that altered her life, ex-police officer and bestselling mystery...
The Unraveling of Julia
Lisa Scottoline
Paper Book
"A compelling thriller with excellent twists!" (Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author) in which 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. ...
All This Could Be Yours: A Novel
Hank Phillippi Ryan
"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 Perfect Divorce
Jeneva Rose
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling thriller The Perfect Marriage Till death do us part. Yours. Not Mine. It's been eleven years since high-powered attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam,...
The Doorman
Chris Pavone
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 and AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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 Oligarch's Daughter
Joseph Finder
Paper Book
"Any new novel by Joseph Finder is a ticket to reading pleasure, and this one is hands down his best ever."--Stephen King "This is Finder at his finest--a perfect everyman-in-peril story, first building an ominous drumbeat of menace, then exploding in action and intrigue and...
Retreat: A Novel
Krysten Ritter
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Multitalented Krysten Ritter is back with a sexy, breakneck thriller that immerses readers in the sometimes glamorous and sometimes deadly life of a con artist. Full of surprises and edge-of-your-seat scenes, Retreat is a wild ride."--Mary Kubica, New York Times...
Julie Chan Is Dead
Liann Zhang
Paper Book
INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER One of NPR's Books We Love for 2025 For fans of Bunny and Yellowface, this razor-sharp debut thriller blends biting satire with chilling suspense, as a young woman steps into her deceased twin's influencer life--only to...
The Compound
Aisling Rawle
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 ...
Clown Town
Mick Herron
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "May be the best Slow Horses book to date."--The Wall Street Journal THE NEW NOVEL IN THE SERIES BEHIND SLOW HORSES, AN APPLE ORIGINAL SERIES NOW STREAMING ON APPLE TV Jackson Lamb and the bad spies...
The Business Trip
Jessie Garcia
Paper Book
"A stunning and accomplished debut, with hugely relatable characters and an addictive storyline that kept me turning the pages well into the night. Bravo!" --BA Paris, New York Times bestselling author "Wow, The Business Trip was nonstop twists and turns. I loved the...
One in Four: A Thriller
Lucinda Berry
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...
The Locked Ward
Sarah Pekkanen
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 Locked...
Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell
Gillian French
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...
Defense Protocol
Brian Andrews
Paper Book
The stakes are sky-high when a power-mad Chinese president threatens Taiwan in the #1 New York Times bestselling Jack Ryan series.   For decades, Taiwan has been a thorn in the side of the Chinese government. An independent nation to the rest of the world, it is...
Nemesis
Gregg Hurwitz
Paper Book
No greater friend. No deadlier enemy. The explosive new novel in the New York Times bestselling Orphan X series is flipping the acclaimed series on its head. Find out why series superfans and new readers alike are calling it a "knockout" (firstCLUE).<...
The Lake Escape
Jamie Day
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...
Girl Lost
Kate Angelo
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...
Count My Lies
Sophie Stava
Paper Book
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK SOON TO BE A HULU TELEVISION SERIES STARRING LINDSAY LOHAN AND SHAILENE WOODLEY "The very definition of a page-turner! This smart, original, twisty story had me gripped from the first to the last page." --Liane...
They All Fall the Same: A Novel
Wes Browne
Paper Book
Cannabis kingpin Burl Spoon has reigned over the Jackson County area for three decades, building a powerful backwoods empire. But behind a well-run organization, his personal life is crumbling - his daughter can't stay clean; his son has hated him since coming out; and after enduring years of...
So Far Gone
Jess Walter
Paper Book
National Bestseller Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize "A warm, funny, loving novel. . . . It's an American original."--Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake "Searing and sublime ... Walter is a slyly adept...
An Inside Job
Daniel Silva
Paper Book
Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon must solve the perfect crime in the dazzling new tale of murder, greed, and corruption from #1 New York Times bestselling novelist Daniel Silva. "Daniel Silva spins a yarn better than any living author and I appreciated the chance to disappear...
Exit Strategy
Lee Child
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. The "blockbuster" (Esquire) new Jack Reacher thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child, featuring "the best villain yet" (USA...
Nobody's Hero
M. W. Craven
Paper Book
"Exhilarating and darkly comic. . . Craven effectively mixes the unvarnished brutality and high body count of Lee Child with the black humor of Mick Herron. . . A must read." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "This high-body-count romp is told with such...
The Perfect Home
Daniel Kenitz
Paper Book
Fixer Upper meets Gone Girl in this suspenseful and witty domestic thriller set in the world of home renovation TV--featuring a woman who becomes public enemy #1 after a horrifying discovery prompts her to flee her celebrity husband with their twin babies. Dawn...
The Dark Maestro
Brendan Slocumb
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...
Tell Me What You Did: A Novel
Carter Wilson
Paper Book
ONE OF THE BEST MYSTERY-THRILLERS OF THE YEAR -- Marie Claire She gets people to confess their crimes for a living. He knows she's hiding a terrible secret. It's time for the truth to come out... Poe Webb, host of a popular true crime podcast, invites people to...
It Happened on the Lake
Lisa Jackson
In an intense, twisty, Hitchcockian standalone spin on Rear Window from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson, a woman returns to the Oregon town where a nightmare unfolded 20 years ago--and is waiting to engulf her again. For fans of J.T. Ellison, Paula Hawkins, Karin...
Untouchable (A Joe DeMarco Thriller Book 18)
Mike Lawson
Paper Book
In the latest pulse-pounding thriller from Edgar and Barry Award finalist Mike Lawson, beloved Washington DC "troubleshooter" Joe DeMarco finds himself assigned an impossible case: help take down the President of the United States. Brandon Cartwright was a rich guy worth a couple...

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