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Thrillers and Suspense April 2026 |
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| White River Crossing by Ian McGuireIn 1766, a Hudson Bay Company outpost launches a perilous expedition northward after rumors of gold. Among traders and Indigenous guides, the ruthless John Shaw and reflective seaman Thomas Hearn confront brutality, betrayal, and the merciless sub-Arctic wilderness, as greed and moral compromise push survival to its limits in Ian McGuire’s gripping historical thriller. |
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| Evil Genius by Claire OshetskyIn 1970s San Francisco, 19-year-old Celia Dent chafes under an abusive marriage while working at a telephone company. When a coworker is murdered, she begins testing boundaries, exploring danger and desire. Surreal, darkly comic, and noir-tinged, this tense debut charts Celia’s bold, often unsettling journey toward freedom and self-discovery. |
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| How to Survive in the Woods by Kat RosenfieldEmma Sharp, raised by a doomsday prepper, is desperate to escape her controlling husband, Logan. Teaming up with his ex, Taylor, she embarks on Maine’s perilous Hundred Mile Wilderness, where survival, betrayal, and hidden motives collide. Every step tests her wits, endurance, and the lengths she’ll go to reclaim her life. |
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| Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief by Benjamin StevensonErnest Cunningham, former mystery author turned amateur sleuth, faces his trickiest puzzle yet in this 4th outing. Trapped in a Huxley bank with a masked robber and a room full of thieves, Ernest must untangle overlapping heists -- and a murder -- before the police arrive. This latest series installment is clever, twisty, and delightfully fiendish. |
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| Nowhere Burning by Catriona WardRiley and her brother Oliver escape their abusive home under cover of night, heading for Nowhere, an abandoned ranch once owned by the murderous Leaf Winham, now a refuge for runaway children. As investigative journalists arrive to expose the ranch’s secrets, the siblings must confront hidden dangers and the deadly cost of sanctuary.
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I Came Back for You
by Kate White
Ten years after her daughter, Melanie, was murdered, Bree Winter is finally moving on with a new love, a new home, and a new beginning. Then a deathbed confession from the convicted killer throws Bree's life into a tailspin all over again. He readily confesses to murdering four girls. But not Melanie. At first, Bree and her ex-husband don't buy a word of it. Until inconsistencies about the crime emerge. So does the dreadful feeling that the monster who shattered Bree's family isn't lying. The only way she can get to the truth is to power through the trauma and return to the town in upstate New York where Melanie's life came to a brutal end.
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| A Sociopath's Guide to a Successful Marriage by M.K. OliverLalla Rook, a suburban London mother, is determined to secure wealth, status, and a perfect family -- by any means necessary. When an intruder disrupts her plans, she kills him, then juggles body disposal, birthday parties, and social climbing. This twisted, darkly comic first-person thriller explores ambition, manipulation, and a disturbingly unflappable protagonist.
Available as an eBook from Hoopla only. |
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