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Thrillers and Suspense May 2026 |
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| Hard Times by Jeff BoydIn this gritty Chicago drama, a police shooting injures a promising Black teen and exposes deep corruption. Teacher Buddy Mack learns his brother-in-law is responsible and faces an agonizing choice between family loyalty and protecting his students. Author Jeff Boyd delivers a compassionate, powerful portrait of injustice and community. |
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The Girls Before
by Kate Alice Marshall
There is a girl in a basement. The door has stopped opening. The light is gone. Stranger is trapped in the dark, with only her imagination and the scribbles on the wall left by long-dead girls to keep her company. Nearly out of food and water, she makes one last attempt to escape. But if the door opens at last, will it mean salvation, or only the beginning of her fight to survive?
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| Last One Out by Jane HarperFive years after her son vanished, Ro Crowley returns to a dying Australian mining town still shadowed by grief and suspicion. As she revisits the past, overlooked clues emerge, exposing buried secrets and rising danger in a haunting, slow-burning mystery about loss, family, and a community unraveling under pressure. |
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| Killing Me Softly by Sandie JonesA tragic hit-and-run shatters the seemingly perfect marriage of Freya and Charlie, exposing jealousy, addiction, and betrayals. As suspicion deepens and secrets unravel, their once-devoted bond turns toxic, revealing how far each will go to protect themselves in this dark, propulsive tale of guilt, obsession, and deception. |
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| A Good Person by Kirsten KingAfter casting a drunken hex on her ex, Lillian is horrified when he turns up dead -- and not only does she learn he had another romantic partner, but Lillian becomes a prime suspect. Determined to prove she’s the “real” grieving girlfriend, she spirals into obsession, denial, and chaos in this darkly funny, twisty debut about narcissism, loneliness, and self-delusion. |
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The Method
by Matthew Quirk
Actress Anna Vaughn is fearless--on screen, at least. She tends to play doomed brunettes with a badass streak, and has put in countless hours training for parts and learning how to fight, shoot, and drive like a pro. She likes to believe she is as tough as her characters, but off-camera she leads a far quieter life. When her best friend Natalie, her rock, disappears after a night out with a mysterious new man, the signs point to foul play and a circle of spies operating in Manhattan. Anna must use all the tricks she's learned for her roles to hunt for her missing friend.
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Jigsaw: An Alex Delaware Novel
by Jonathan Kellerman
This one looked like a slam dunk: a young woman found dead at her kitchen table, DNA on cigarette butts linking quickly to an ex-boyfriend with a criminal record. Or so homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis thought. Then everything changed and a quick close turned into a mind-bending whodunit. That's when Milo called in psychologist Alex Delaware, his best friend and a long-term consultant on "those cases." The ones that are different
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The Keeper
by Tana French
On a cold night in the remote Irish village of Ardnakelty, a girl goes missing. Sweet, loving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged to the son of the local big shot. Instead, she's dead in the river. In a close-knit small town, a death like this isn't simple. It comes wrapped in generations-old grudges and power struggles, and it splits the townland in two.
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