Thrillers and Suspense
October 2025

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.

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Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell
Don't Let Him In
by Lisa Jewell

Grieving widow Nina falls for the charming Nick Radcliffe, but her daughter Ash grows suspicious. Meanwhile, Martha begins to question her own husband’s secrets. As the two women's lives intersect, they uncover a web of lies spun by a dangerous con man in this tense psychological thriller from bestselling author Lisa Jewell.
The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Bewitching
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A graduate student researching a mysterious horror author uncovers dark family secrets and a haunting past linked to witchcraft and disappearances spanning decades. Silvia Moreno-Garcia weaves a multi-timeline gothic horror rich with folklore, suspense, and power struggles, delivering a chilling tale of legacy, survival, and supernatural terror.
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.
Central Park West : a crime novel by James B. Comey
Central Park West : a crime novel
by James B. Comey

A federal prosecutor, Nora Carleton, enters into a high-stakes investigation involving conspiracy, corruption and danger when a mobster she is trying to convict offers information about an assassination in the first crime novel from the former director of the FBI.
Locked In by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Locked In
by Jussi Adler-Olsen

In the thrilling conclusion of the Department Q series, Carl Mørck is framed and imprisoned, targeted by a violent criminal organization linked to his past. With the help of Merete Lynggard, Hardy, and his team, he must uncover the truth, clear his name, and resolve long-standing mysteries.
Beautiful ugly by Alice Feeney
Beautiful ugly
by Alice Feeney

"Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there...but his wife has disappeared. A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can't sleep, and he can't write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible--a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife. Wives think their husbands will change but they don't. Husbands think their wives won't change but they do"
Hotel Melikov
by Jonathan Payne

In this uproarious sequel to Citizen Orlov, former fishmonger-turned-Minister of Security Orlov finds himself caught in a brutal civil war in an unnamed Central European country. Forced to spy for both sides and take refuge in a mountaintop convent with nuns harboring deadly secrets, Orlov navigates absurd political chaos with sharp satire and comic wit.

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Every single secret : a novel by Christina Dodd
Every single secret : a novel
by Christina Dodd

A woman lives alone in an isolated lighthouse on the coast of California ... until a man appears on her doorstep who knows every single secret she's kept since one fateful night.
A killing cold by Kate Alice Marshall
A killing cold
by Kate Alice Marshall

When Theodora Scott visits her fiancé's secluded family estate, she uncovers eerie ties to her forgotten childhood, unraveling a deadly secret the powerful Daltons will stop at nothing to protect, even if it puts her life at risk.
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