Carrollton Public Library: Thrillers and Suspense: May 2026

Recent Releases

Strangers in the Villa
by Robyn Harding

After her husband’s betrayal, Sydney agrees to start over by restoring a crumbling Spanish villa into a winery, but their marriage remains strained. When two stranded tourists join them, buried secrets and shifting desires surface, turning their uneasy refuge into a tense, seductive, and increasingly dangerous game. For fans of: Lucy Foley.

Last One Out
by Jane Harper

Five years after her son vanished, Ro Crowley returns to a dying Australian mining town still shadowed by grief and suspicion. As she revisits the past, overlooked clues emerge, exposing buried secrets and rising danger in a haunting, slow-burning mystery about loss, family, and a community unraveling under pressure.

Killing Me Softly
by Sandie Jones

A tragic hit-and-run shatters the seemingly perfect marriage of Freya and Charlie, exposing jealousy, addiction, and betrayals. As suspicion deepens and secrets unravel, their once-devoted bond turns toxic, revealing how far each will go to protect themselves in this dark, propulsive tale of guilt, obsession, and deception.

A Good Person
by Kirsten King

After casting a drunken hex on her ex, Lillian is horrified when he turns up dead -- and not only does she learn he had another romantic partner, but Lillian becomes a prime suspect. Determined to prove she’s the “real” grieving girlfriend, she spirals into obsession, denial, and chaos in this darkly funny, twisty debut about narcissism, loneliness, and self-delusion.

The Survivor
by Andrew Reid

After being fired on his first day, Ben Cross boards a New York City subway and becomes the target of a killer who taunts him with secrets from Ben's past. As bodies fall, disgraced detective Kelly Hendricks races to stop the threat in this tense, fast-paced thriller packed with twists and claustrophobic suspense.

Sorry for Your Loss
by Georgia McVeigh

The story of two people, both as magnetic as they are dangerous, who get caught in an electric game of cat and mouseThe question is, Who is the predator and who is the prey? Meet Iris: a dark soul with a propensity for obsession, still reeling from a recent loss, who relies on a local grief group to keep her grounded and out of trouble. And now meet Jack a cagey widower who shows up at a meeting one night and jolts both of them back to life. From the moment Jack first takes a shabby plastic chair in the circle, he is positively dashing. And Iris can't help but feel that fate has brought them together. But their chance encounter sends them racing through a series of hairpin twists where nothing is as it seems and no one plays by the rules. As Iris is drawn deeper into Jack's world, she begins to realize that her own deceptions may be no match--or maybe they're the perfect match?

Spoiled Milk
by Avery Curran

In 1928, Emily Locke's final year at the isolated Briarley School for Girls is derailed when Violet, the school's brightest star, falls to her death on her eighteenth birthday. Emily and her buttoned-up rival Evelyn are, for once, in agreement: Violet's death was no accident. There's an obvious culprit, the French schoolmistress with whom Violet was getting a little too close--they only need to prove it. Desperate for answers, Emily and her classmates turn to spiritualism, hoping for a glimpse of wisdom from the great beyond. To their shock, Violet's spirit appears, choosing pious Evelyn as her unlikely medium. And Violet has a warning for them: the danger has just begun. Something deadly is infecting Briarley. It starts with rotten food and curdled milk, but quickly grows more threatening. As the body count rises and the students race to save themselves, Emily must confront the fatal forces poisoning the school.

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