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Thrillers and Suspense April 2026 |
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| This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany CrumBenny Abbott and Joy Moore, beloved hosts of a hit survival podcast, are used to sharing others’ near-death stories -- but when Joy and her husband vanish, their own lives become the mystery. With police suspecting Benny and only Joy’s unfinished memoir as a clue, he must unravel hidden secrets, unspoken love, and dangerous truths before it’s too late. |
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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. |
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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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Long Way Down
by Lisa Kusel
Deni Rydell thinks her life will change once she marries Cal Cooper Jr., heir to a mining fortune. But when Cal and his parents die in a plane crash, her dreams collapse. She turns to Cal’s brother Grant, fresh from rehab, but he’s entangled with the mysterious Erika. Meanwhile, detective Robyn Torres investigates a brutal murder, only to uncover dark secrets tied to the Cooper family -- threatening everything Deni thought she knew.
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The Man on the Endless Stair
by Chris Barkley
When troubled but talented young author Euan meets decorated novelist Malcolm Furnivall, he feels his luck has finally changed. Malcolm takes Euan as a protégé, vouching for him in the rarefied literary scene in the 1950s. But lately, Malcolm has not been himself. Consumed by his work, he cuts an increasingly isolated figure and has become convinced that something terrible will befall him. He summons his loved ones to his secluded island in the Hebrides and -- to everyone's surprise -- entrusts Euan with the task of completing his masterpiece.
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Woman Down
by Colleen Hoover
Petra Rose once set pages ablaze with her writing -- until a viral backlash over her latest film adaptation derailed her career. Labeled a fraud and starved of inspiration, she retreats to a remote lakeside cabin as her finances dwindle. When Detective Nathaniel Saint arrives with unsettling news, he sparks the very creativity she thought she’d lost -- blurring the line between her fiction and the real man becoming her muse.
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59 Minutes
by Holly Seddon
Carrie is a young mother desperate to reunite with her daughter. Frankie, newly pregnant, faces a romantic vacation that takes a terrifying turn. Then there's the enigmatic older woman determined to protect her teenage daughter, Bunny, no matter what. Across South England, these three women must navigate survival amidst chaos when the country receives a nuclear bomb alert. With only 59 minutes before mass destruction, will they make it to their loved ones in time?
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Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Revenge
by Brian Freeman
Treadstone chief Shadow uncovers a vast Chinese spy network led by the elusive Bai Ze -- an agent Jason Bourne encountered eight years ago, though he can’t remember it. Teaming up with amnesiac reporter Laney Reese, Bourne follows a tangled trail to a reclusive billionaire and a trap baited with the one thing he can’t resist: the truth about his past.
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Her One Regret
by Donna Freitas
When real estate agent Lucy Mendoza disappears from a Rhode Island supermarket, leaving her infant daughter behind, questions spiral: was she kidnapped -- or did she choose to escape the life of motherhood she secretly resented? Donna Freitas weaves multiple perspectives into a tense story exploring societal pressures on women, maternal ambivalence, and the bonds between friends.
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Dear Debbie
by Freida McFadden
Advice columnist Debbie Mullen has spent years guiding women through troubled marriages -- until her own life unravels. Jobless, suspicious of her husband, and struggling with her daughters, she stops playing nice and starts taking her own advice -- seeking payback on those who’ve wronged her most.
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The Cormorant Hunt
by Michael Idov
Exiled in the Republic of Georgia after exposing a sweeping CIA conspiracy, Ari Falk is hailed as a hero by some and a traitor by others -- until a new mission pulls him back into the fray. As war grips Europe and political schemes threaten the global balance of power, Ari joins forces with brilliant CIA officer Asha Tamaskar to stop the ruthless Felix Burnham and his radical allies.
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Other People's Fun
by Harriet Lane
Ruth is alone, unnoticed, and at a loss: her marriage has ended, her daughter is leaving home, and her job is leading nowhere. But luckily Sookie is back in her life-vivid, self-assured Sookie, who never spared the time for Ruth when they were teenagers, but who now seems to want to be friends Ruth is caught up in Sookie's life, she sees that everything is not as Instagrammable as Sookie would have you believe. As the truth about Sookie becomes clearer, so too does the choice Ruth will have to make.
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My Husband's Wife
by Alice Feeney
On the eve of her big break, artist Eden Fox returns home to find a stranger in her house -- one who looks just like her -- and a husband who claims she’s his wife. Six months earlier, a dying woman named Birdy inherits the same house and uncovers a sinister clinic that predicts death dates. As their stories collide, truth and identity blur -- and someone is lying.
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The Storm
by Rachel Hawkins
St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama is known for its deadly hurricanes, the century-old Rosalie Inn that has survived them all, and Lo Bailey -- the hometown girl accused of murdering political heir Landon Fitzroy during Hurricane Marie in 1984. When a true crime writer arrives to revisit the case, inn owner Geneva Corliss hopes the publicity will save her struggling hotel. But the writer brings Lo with him, claiming she’s back to clear her name. As another storm barrels toward the coast, Geneva begins to suspect Lo may be chasing more than redemption -- and that some secrets are more dangerous than any hurricane.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Côte Saint-Luc Public Library
5851 Cavendish Blvd.
Côte Saint-Luc, Quebec H4W 2X8
514-485-6900csllibrary.org/ |
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