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Thrillers and Suspense June 2026 |
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The Last Mandarin
by Louise Penny
A gripping thriller about family and power co-written by Louise Penny, #1 bestselling author of the Gamache novels, and Mellissa Fung, an award-winning journalist. A mother and a daughter race against time in this all-too-real thriller that reaches from Tiananmen Square all the way to the White House. When security and fire alarms go off simultaneously all around the world, setting off a panic, the signal is traced back to China. The Last Mandarin is an electrifying study of absolute power and voracious greed, political terror and personal conviction. But it is also an intimate examination of choice, of sacrifice, of memory and myths, both cultural and personal.
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The Divorce
by Freida McFadden
A brand-new, gripping thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid. What is a happily ever after really worth? Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family...Then--he kicks her out, hires the city's best divorce lawyers, drains their accounts, and takes up with a 20-something. It's a brutal end to the story. Naomi should accept defeat and piece together the shattered remains of her life. Instead, Naomi fixates on her husband's new girlfriend. What begins as cynical curiosity soon twists into obsession--and then into something far darker.
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Storm Warning: A Dez Limerick Thriller
by James Byrne
Dez Limerick has his considerable skills pushed to the limit when, to rescue a friend, he has to get to--and get into--a state of the art facility on full lockdown, with considerable forces determined to stop him. Desmond Aloysius Limerick--'Dez' to all who know him--is a man with a shadowy past, certain hard-to-replicate skills, and a reputation as a good man to have when the going gets tough. It's those skills that are now in demand when the State Department comes calling looking for his help. A multinational scientific research facility on the coast of Newfoundland has gone dark, the facility on full lockdown, and no one can get in or out. No one knows what is going on, but it can't be good.
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The Fourth Option
by Jack Carr
When law enforcement, the courts, and the prison system fail, there is a fourth and final option. #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr launches a new thriller series. Disillusioned by the government and institutions he dedicated his life to serving, former Navy SEAL and CIA ground branch operative Chris Walker is about to end his life when he receives a call that saves it. The wife of a teammate he lost in Afghanistan has now lost her son to the opioid crisis and needs Walker's help. Thrust into a conspiracy that goes deeper than he ever imagined, Walker must go up against the system and the very Constitution he once swore an oath to support and defend in order to find justice for his friend's widow. Get ready for a new kind of hero. Justice is coming.
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| Five by Ilona BannisterAt a suburban London train platform, five strangers await the 7:06 train to the city -- while readers know one of them will die within minutes. As tensions mount and hidden histories surface, this gripping psychological thriller examines trauma, judgment, and the split-second choices that alter lives forever. |
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| A Deadly Episode by Anthony HorowitzA film adaptation of the first Hawthorne and Horowitz mystery spirals into real-life murder when the actor playing Hawthorne is stabbed on set. As suspicion spreads across a chaotic production, the detective duo uncovers links to a past miscarriage of justice. This metafictional whodunit, 6th in the series, blends showbiz satire, layered mystery, and clever misdirection. |
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The Final Target
by Nora Roberts
A young author becomes the object of a fan's desire--and rage--in the gripping thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Nature. He showed up at Arden Bowie's debut author appearance with a copy of her novel and an eager smile. He showered her with compliments and got her autograph. Then he came to her next event. And the one after that. Dustin was just an aspiring writer who wanted advice, Arden reassured herself. But after giving in to one of his incessant invitations and chatting with him over coffee, she discovered that ignoring her inner alarm bell had been a terrible mistake.
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| The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn ClarkeSix aspiring authors are summoned to a secluded Scottish island, where they discover a celebrated novelist has died and a high-stakes contest will determine who completes his final manuscript. Evoking the spirit of Agatha Christie, this twisty locked-room mystery mixes rivalry, dark humor, and publishing world satire. |
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| Mad Mabel by Sally HepworthThe quiet Melbourne life of elderly Elsie unravels when her troublesome neighbor is found dead, exposing Elsie's hidden identity as a once-notorious juvenile killer. As police and documentarians press for answers, Elsie recounts her troubled past. Through dual timelines, this darkly witty thriller explores memory, justice, and buried violence. |
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The Fine Art of Lying
by Alexandra Andrews
Reese's Book Club May '26 Pick - From the critically acclaimed author of Who is Maud Dixon? comes a riveting new novel about a young wife and mother thrust into a world of wealth and privilege, whose rash mistake sets off a domino effect of murder and betrayal.
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26 Beauties: A Women's Murder Club Thriller
by James Patterson
SFPD's Sergeant Lindsay Boxer's best friend, Claire Washburn, is named medical examiner of the year. But an uninvited guest crashes the Women's Murder Club's party: a concerned father seeking investigative reporter Cindy Thomas's help in locating his missing daughter. And she's not the only one. Lindsay's been investigating the deaths of a Jane Doe washed up on a nearby beach, and a young woman found in Golden Gate Park. What if all these cases are connected?
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Ironwood: A Catalina Novel
by Michael Connelly
Sworn to protect a scenic island meant to be far from the evils of the mainland, Detective Sergeant Stilwell can feel danger closing in. Detective Sergeant Stilwell knows that his posting on Catalina Island is no paradise, but to most residents, it seems blissfully separated--by twenty-two miles of ocean--from the troubles of Los Angeles County. But now a threat is coming to his safe haven. Acting on a tip from a confidential informant, Stilwell and his deputies watch a plane land in the middle of the night at the Airport in the Sky, a remote airstrip in the mountains. A duffel bag of drugs is dropped and the deputies move in, but things quickly go sideways.
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