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.
Don't say a word by Allison Brennan
Don't say a word
by Allison Brennan

The Angelharts must figure out whether a teen's death is a tragic accident… or a murder.
Denied access by Don Bentley
Denied access
by Don Bentley

As the CIA faces political scrutiny and a devastating Moscow intel failure, newly minted assassin Mitch Rapp is pulled into a deadly clash with Russian operatives, in the 24th novel of the series following Capture or Kill.
Tom Clancy terminal velocity by M. P. Woodward
Tom Clancy terminal velocity
by M. P. Woodward

After a series of brutal murders linked to a revived terror group, ex-commando Bartosz Jankowski leads a kill mission in the Himalayas, while Jack Ryan Jr. races to prevent catastrophe amid international power struggles and deadly pursuit in the mountainous borderlands.
Other people's houses by Clare Mackintosh
Other people's houses
by Clare Mackintosh

DC Ffion Morgan realizes the death of an estate agent in a kayak on Mirror Lake was no accident. While in Cheshire, DS Leo Brady investigates multiple break-ins. Ffion and Leo are about to learn that people will pay a high price to hide their secrets.
The wrong sister : a novel by Claire Douglas
The wrong sister : a novel
by Claire Douglas

When Alice, a successful scientist, is brutally attacked and her husband killed while staying with her sister Tasha's family, Tasha faces a chilling threat that she was the intended target, unraveling dark family secrets that put everyone she loves in danger.
The break-in : a novel by Katherine Faulkner
The break-in : a novel
by Katherine Faulkner

After killing an intruder in self-defense while hosting a playdate at her London home, Alice becomes obsessed with uncovering his identity, unraveling unsettling clues that suggest her seemingly perfect life may be built on hidden betrayals.
Clown town by Mick Herron
Clown town
by Mick Herron

While recovering from injury, former MI5 agent River Cartwright investigates a missing book tied to his late grandfather's secrets that draws in the disgraced spies of Slough House, in the ninth novel of the series following Bad Actors.
Not quite dead yet : a novel by Holly Jackson
Not quite dead yet : a novel
by Holly Jackson

Thirty-six hours after being attacked, Jet wakes in the hospital to grim news that a bone fragment is putting pressure on her brain's arterial wall and will cause a fatal hemorrhage—instead of choosing surgery with a slim chance of survival, she uses her last week to find her murderer.
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.
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.
Please don't lie by Christina Baker Kline
Please don't lie
by Christina Baker Kline

Two years ago, Hayley's parents died in a fire and her sister overdosed, leaving Hayley alone to face a media circus; after she accepts her husband's suggestion to start fresh in the Adirondacks, he grows distant and the widow down the road spews accusations.
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