Thrillers and Suspense
April 2025
Recent Releases
All the Other Mothers Hate Me
by Sarah Harman

Former pop star and struggling single mom Florence Grimes is an outsider at her son Dylan’s elite London school. When his bully, Alfie, vanishes, suspicion falls on Dylan, forcing Florence to investigate. As she uncovers startling secrets, she must navigate wealth, deception, and her own path to redemption.
This Book Will Bury Me
by Ashley Winstead

A once-celebrated amateur detective turned public pariah, Jane Sharp recounts her group's descent into the dark and deadly Delphine Massacres case, where fame, fractured evidence, and their own missteps blurred the line between solving crimes and becoming part of the tragedy.
Girl Anonymous
by Christina Dodd

Maarja Daire, a fine arts mover, avoids attention until an explosion at the Arundel mansion thrusts her into the spotlight. Her bravery draws Dante Arundel’s interest, but their shared past -- marked by a deadly feud -- resurfaces. As secrets unravel, danger, passion, and a ruthless enemy threaten their fates in this suspenseful tale.
The Human Scale
by Lawrence Wright

FBI agent Tony Malik travels to Gaza for a family wedding but becomes entangled in a complex murder investigation with an Israeli officer, navigating deeply rooted tensions, personal discoveries, and a volatile political landscape as they work together to uncover the truth amidst corruption and violence.
I Would Die For You
by Sandie Jones

When Nicole Forbes opens her door to an interview in 2011 about British 80s band Secret Oktober on the same day her daughter goes missing, she suspects a connection and must revisit her past, which includes sister Cassie's teen obsession with Secret Oktober's frontman Ben Edwards and his eventual interest in Nicole.
The Last Session
by Julia Bartz

When a catatonic woman shows up at the psychiatric unit, social worker Thea swears she knows her from somewhere. She's shocked to discover the patient holds a link to a traumatic time in her past. Thea follows a trail of clues to a remote center in Southwestern New Mexico, where a charismatic couple holds a controversial monthly retreat. Forced to participate in increasingly intimate exercises, Thea finds herself inching closer not only to her missing patient, but also to tantalizing answers about her harrowing past.
Nobody's Fool
by Harlan Coben

Backpacking in Spain, Sami Kierce wakes up covered in blood, his girlfriend Anna dead, and he runs—then years later he sees Anna in his night school classroom, she bolts, and he must find her to solve the mystery that has haunted him.
Retreat
by Krysten Ritter

Con artist Liz Dawson takes a job handling an art installation in the home of wealthy Isabelle Beresford, and when she's mistaken for Isabelle herself, she insinuates herself into the deceptive and dangerous world of the Punta Mita resort community.
Saltwater
by Katy Hays

Thirty years after Sarah Lingate's mysterious death on Capri, her daughter Helen returns with the family for their annual retreat, only to uncover a buried necklace, renewed suspicions, and dangerous secrets, as betrayal and paranoia threaten to rupture the family and claim more lives.
The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne
by Ron Currie

In Waterville, Maine, crime matriarch Babs Dionne faces a drug kingpin's enforcer and her youngest daughter's mysterious death, unleashing her fierce determination to protect her family, her empire, and her town from the chaos threatening to consume them.
The Second Sun
by P. T. Deutermann

In March 1945, Captain Wolfe Bowen investigates a captured German U-boat carrying Japanese civilians and mysterious cargo, triggering a race against time to determine Japan's potential atomic weaponry and report the findings to newly inaugurated President Truman.
The Summer Guests
by Tess Gerritsen

In Purity, Maine, former spy Maggie Bird and her Martini Club of ex-CIA operatives are drawn into the search for a missing teen with ties to their past, as they confront an innocent friend's wrongful suspicion, a buried corpse, and dark secrets that threaten to unravel everything they've worked to protect.
White King
by Juan Gomez-Jurado

A brilliant forensic mind and key figure in the Red Queen project, Antonia Scott is forced into a deadly game by the psychotic mastermind Mr. White, and must solve three complex crimes to save her kidnapped ally.
The Writer
by James Patterson

When the husband of bestselling true-crime author Denise Morrow is found dead in their luxury apartment, NYPD Detective Declan Shaw must unravel whether she is a target, a victim, or the mastermind behind a chilling plot.
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