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Thrillers and Suspense September 2025 |
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| The Last Ferry Out by Andrea BartzIn this stylish, twist-filled thriller from bestselling author Andrea Bartz, Abby travels to remote Isla Colel to uncover the truth behind her fiancée Eszter’s mysterious death. Among a suspicious group of expats, Abby’s grief-fueled search reveals chilling truths, offering readers emotional depth and a haunting, unpredictable journey. |
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| Dying to Meet You by Sarina BowenFrom the author of The Five Year Lie comes a chilling novel about trust, obsession, and buried secrets. When architect Rowan Gallagher finds her ex murdered outside the mansion she's restoring, she becomes the prime suspect. As she digs deeper, dark truths -- and someone watching her -- suggest she could be next. |
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| The Ascent by Allison BuccolaTwenty years after being the sole survivor of a now-vanished doomsday commune whose members vanished overnight, Lee Burton’s carefully built life begins to unravel. A stranger's sudden offer of answers pulls her back into the mystery she’s long tried to forget, forcing her to confront secrets, rising paranoia, and the fragility of motherhood and identity. |
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| Marguerite by the Lake by Mary Dixie CarterGardener Phoenix Sullivan is drawn into the glamorous, high-stakes world of lifestyle icon Marguerite Gray and her husband, Geoffrey. After a dangerous affair and Marguerite’s suspicious death, Phoenix steps into Marguerite's life at the Rosecliff estate -- only to face ghostly visions and mounting misgivings. |
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| Parents Weekend by Alex FinlayDuring Parents Weekend at an elite California college, five students vanish without a trace. As panic spreads and secrets unravel, FBI Agent Sarah Keller is called in to investigate. Told through multiple perspectives, this suspenseful, character-driven story explores family dysfunction, public scrutiny, and buried pasts. Fans of Mary Higgins Clark will be hooked. |
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| I Did Warn Her by Sian GilbertOnboard a billionaire’s lavish yacht, new stewardess Sasha expects glamour and high pay -- but instead finds secrets, rivalries, and murder. When jewels vanish and a crew member turns up dead, everyone’s a suspect. Claustrophobic, twist-filled, and deliciously voyeuristic, I Did Warn Her is a locked-room mystery with a body count. |
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Mrs. Christie at the Mystery Guild Library
by Amanda Chapman
Tory, conservator at Manhattan's Mystery Guild Library, discovers a woman in the Christie Room who says she's Agatha Christie, there to solve a future murder—so when Tory's cousin Nic gets involved in her talent agent's suspicious death, she turns to Mrs. Christie for help.
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Savvy Summers and the sweet potato crimes
by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
When Grandy Jaspers, the 75-year-old neighborhood womanizer, drops dead at table two of Savvy Summers's soul food café Essie's, she finds herself and her café swamped by bad press, so Savvy and her snooping assistant manager, Penny Lopés, take it upon themselves to find who really killed Grandy.
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