Thrillers and Suspense
January 2026

Recent Releases
Spasm by Robin Cook
Spasm
by Robin Cook

From the master of the medical thriller (The New York Times). Jack and Laurie return in another fast-paced spine chiller about a deadly bioweapon that could disrupt the world order as we know it. 
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
by Ace Atkins

In Cold War-era Atlanta, 14-year-old Peter Bennett’s hunch about his mom’s boyfriend being a Soviet spy sets off a chain reaction of chaos. With help from a washed-up writer and a formidable drag queen, he’s swept into a maze of assassins, double agents, FBI intrigue, and ’80s-soaked danger in this action-packed and comedic thriller.
Impostor Syndrome: A Thriller by Andrew Mayne
Impostor Syndrome: A Thriller
by Andrew Mayne

Two fearless investigators unite to stop a media-savvy serial killer from carrying out a cataclysmic crime for all the world to see in a riveting thriller by a Wall Street Journal bestselling author. 
The Second Son: A Thriller by Simon Gervais
The Second Son: A Thriller
by Simon Gervais

A pulse-pounding yet soulful espionage thriller for fans of Brad Thor, Jack Carr, and Mark Greaney, delivering plot twists so explosive, it took two top suspense writers to pull it off. 
Stuart Woods' Blown Away by Brett Battles
Stuart Woods' Blown Away
by Brett Battles

Teddy Fay whisks away to join Peter and Hattie Barrington in Palm Springs. But his hope for a relaxing vacation vanishes when he attends a prominent actor's birthday party and witnesses a heated squabble between two women, only for one of them to turn up dead the next day. 
Saint of the Narrows Street by William Boyle
Saint of the Narrows Street
by William Boyle

As an Italian American family's decades-old secret begins to unravel, they will have to bear the consequences--and face each other--in this thrilling south Brooklyn-set tragic opera of the highest caliber from crime fiction luminary William Boyle. William Boyle is the master of Brooklyn-set crime fiction and Saint of the Narrows Street is his magnum opus. 
Listen by Sacha Bronwasser
Listen
by Sacha Bronwasser

A twisty, slow-burn mystery set in Paris and the Netherlands that has become an international bestseller, now in English for the first time. 
Crooks: A Novel about Crime and Family by Lou Berney
Crooks: A Novel about Crime and Family
by Lou Berney

 From award-winning author Lou Berney comes an electrifying new novel that follows a uniquely American crime family on an unforgettable journey across four decades. You've never met a family like the Mercurios. They say the American dream is going farther in life than your parents ever did. 
Wild Instinct by T. Jefferson Parker
Wild Instinct
by T. Jefferson Parker

The hunt for the truth is the deadliest game. Lew Gale, a former Marine sniper, now an Orange County California Sheriff's detective, is assigned to track and shoot a mountain lion that has killed a man in Caspers Park, located in the rugged country east of Laguna Beach, California. The investigation takes a chilling turn when Lew and his new partner, Daniela Mendez, discover that Bennet was dead long before the lion got to him. 
The Day I Lost You by Ruth Mancini
The Day I Lost You
by Ruth Mancini

The internationally bestselling author of The Woman on the Ledge returns with a twisty thriller about a missing child and three adults whose shared secrets and hidden history could prove deadly. 
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