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Thrillers and Suspense
October 2025

Recent Releases
Too Old for This
by Samantha Downing

In Samantha Downing’s wry, twist-filled new novel, 75-year-old Lottie Jones -- once a notorious serial killer -- lives quietly under a new identity. But when a journalist starts digging into her past, Lottie must confront old crimes and consider new ones to stay hidden. Murder, however, isn’t so easy at her age.
The Wasp Trap
by Mark Edwards

At a glamorous London dinner party, six old friends are forced into a deadly game: confess their darkest secrets or face elimination. Tied to a long-buried psychological experiment from 1999, their past resurfaces with chilling consequences. The Wasp Trap is a fast-paced, suspenseful thriller about truth, betrayal, and hidden psychopaths.
House of Monstrous Women
by Daphne Fama

Set against the backdrop of the 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines, this gothic horror follows Josephine, a grieving young woman who accepts an invitation to a childhood friend’s eerie mansion. Promised her heart’s desire if she wins a mysterious game, Josephine must survive a house that hungers for blood.
Jenny Cooper Has a Secret
by Joy Fielding

In this darkly clever psychological thriller, a lonely widow forms an unsettling bond with a 92-year-old dementia patient who claims to be a killer. When a resident suddenly dies, Linda must decide whether Jenny’s shocking confessions are fantasy -- or the truth. A tense, gripping story of trust and deception.
Emma on fire by James Patterson
Emma on fire
by James Patterson

After a devastating family tragedy, Emma Caroline Blake plans a bold act at Ridgemont Academy to shake her classmates, teachers and even her father out of their complacency and determined to turn her grief into a catalyst for change. 
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer
by Ragnar Jonasson

When Iceland’s most famous crime novelist vanishes without a trace, young detective Helgi Reykdal must unravel the secrets of her shadowy past before the press and a possible killer get there first. Clever, atmospheric, and steeped in golden-age mystery tradition, Jonasson’s latest is a masterful homage to classic whodunits.
Hollow spaces : a novel by Victor Suthammanont
Hollow spaces : a novel
by Victor Suthammanont

When siblings Brennan, a lawyer, and Hunter Lo, a disgruntled war correspondent, reunite to investigate their father's murder trial, they uncover long-buried secrets.
Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham
Forget Me Not
by Stacy Willingham

Returning to coastal South Carolina for the summer, journalist Claire Campbell takes a job at a vineyard near where her sister vanished decades earlier—and when she uncovers a disturbing old diary, she begins to suspect the past holds deadly secrets, from the best-selling author of A Flicker in the Dark. 
Stillwater
by Tanya Scott

Trying to escape his violent past, Jack Quinlan assumes a new identity as college student Luke Harris. But when ruthless crime boss Gus resurfaces, Luke is dragged back into the underworld, forced to resurrect lethal skills and fight for survival in this gritty, fast-paced debut thriller for fans of Jack Reacher.
The Dead Husband Cookbook
by Danielle Valentine

When book editor Thea Woods is tapped to work on the memoir of celebrated chef Maria Capello, she expects a career reboot -- but instead finds herself isolated on a remote upstate farm, unraveling decades-old secrets behind Maria’s husband’s mysterious disappearance. In this deliciously dark thriller, suspicion and dread simmer beneath a veneer of culinary fame.
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