Thrillers and Suspense
March 2026

Events @ Your Library!
 
Women's History Month: Wreck This Journal Workshop
Saturday, March 21, 2:00 PM
Downtown Library
300 Park Avenue
Celebrate Women's History Month by telling your story - wreck this journal style! Let punk pages, joyful expression, angry art, and historical pride flow through you as you craft your lived experience among other women!
 
Saturday Sunrise Yoga 
Various Saturdays, 9:00 AM
Del City Library
4330 SE 15th Street
Let the stress of the day melt away by joining us for sunset yoga. This class is a combination of meditation and gentle, restorative movements. No prior yoga experience is necessary. 
 
Beginner Native Flowers
Saturday, March 28, 1:00 PM
Belle Isle Library
5501 N. Villa Avenue
Begin your gardening this spring with this specialist led program! Prairie Rose Plant Co. will offer basics, tips, and tricks to gardening with flowers native to Oklahoma. Afterwards, chat with the specialists and grab a free native flower seed packet to get you started!
Metro Grows is a program that lends gardening tools from the library, provides library events geared towards gardening, and provides Discovery Backpacks for kids ages 4-12.
 
Recent Releases
The Fair Weather Friend
by Jessie Garcia

Faith Richards, Detroit’s most beloved weathercaster, vanishes between broadcasts -- and turns up dead. As grief ripples through Channel 9 and Richards’ devoted fan base, her intern, a determined aunt, and a widening circle of suspects uncover the unsettling truth behind a carefully curated public persona. For fans of: Joy Fielding.
Dirty Metal
by Allison Lamothe

New York’s underbelly refuses to stay buried in this gritty 1990s noir debut. When tabloid reporter Parker Snow stumbles onto the murder of a nursing student, she defies orders to chase the truth, unraveling mob violence, ignored victims, and her own haunted past in a city built on lies.
In Her Defense
by Philippa Malicka

A London libel trial becomes a psychological chess match in this debut novel. As celebrity chef Anna Finbow battles her daughter’s controversial therapist in court, the truth emerges through the unreliable testimony of Anna's former assistant -- revealing obsession, manipulation, and the uneasy power dynamics binding three women at the center of a public scandal.
Very Slowly All at Once
by Lauren Schott

A windfall promises salvation for a struggling suburban couple. When Mack and Hailey Evans begin receiving mysterious checks, their financial fears ease, but the money carries brutal demands. As blackmail and violence escalate, their marriage and carefully built American dream begin to collapse under the cost of staying afloat.
The Bone Queen
by Will Shindler

A desperate search for her missing daughter draws journalist Jenna Tipton into a nightmare. Following her missing daughter to the remote island of Athelsea, Jenna uncovers a sinister legend, buried violence, and a community hiding dark truths, forcing her to confront whether the mythical Bone Queen is a horrifying myth, madness, or deadly reality.
Such a Perfect Family
by Nalini Singh

Tavish Advani’s fairytale marriage is shattered when he returns home to find his wife gravely injured and her family decimated in a fiery explosion. Haunted by his past relationships and eyed as the prime suspect, Tavish must unravel buried secrets and hidden motives to prove his innocence before the flames consume what remains.
Paper Cut
by Rachel Taff

Lucy Golden, infamous for escaping a murderous California cult as a teenager, thought her past was behind her. But when a high-profile documentary threatens to unearth long-buried secrets, she must confront the desert, her family, and online critics, navigating fame, memory, and danger in a darkly addictive, twist-filled suspense debut.
 
Blade
by Wendy Walker

Years after surviving the elite Palace skating academy, Ana Robbins returns -- not as a student, but as a defense attorney for a teen accused of murder. As she investigates, buried rivalries, past abuses, and long-held secrets resurface, forcing Ana to confront the toxic world that shaped her in this gripping psychological thriller.
Resources from Your Library!
Metro Grows
Metro Grows is a program that lends gardening tools from the library, provides library events geared towards gardening, and provides Discovery Backpacks for kids ages 4-12.
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