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Thrillers and Suspense - September 2026 |
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| Time to Burn by Ellery LloydFilmmaker Phoebe Hunt's latest documentary takes a dangerous turn when a time-travel excursion leaves a woman with painful connections to Phoebe's own past stranded in World War II-era London. Combining an inventive science fiction premise with psychological suspense, this atmospheric thriller delivers surprising twists, emotional depth, and thought-provoking questions about guilt, redemption, and rewriting history. |
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The Amateur
by Chris Bohjalian
When a young woman, a golf prodigy, kills a caddy with a stray ball at the country club, the investigation of this freak accident reveals a dark and shocking tale of secret affairs and predatory men, and suddenly a teenager is on trial.
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| Plant Lady by Minyoung KangYoohee's popular plant shop is known for reviving struggling plants -- but some customers seek help with far more dangerous problems. When abusive men begin disappearing, a determined detective starts asking questions. This darkly witty and atmospheric suspense novel pairs botanical charm with sharp social commentary, emotional depth, and satisfying vigilante justice. |
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The Boat House
by Fern Michaels
Running their inherited marina in a quirky, picturesque New Jersey shore town, siblings Madison and Lincoln Wainright discover what could be a map to Captain Kidd’s lost treasure in this second 'Twin Lights' novel by Fern Michaels.
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| The Man by Laura SimsA 1960s housewife discovers a new sense of purpose through photography, but her growing artistic success is overshadowed by the reappearance of a sinister figure from her past. Atmospheric and deeply unsettling, this psychological thriller blends slow-building suspense, unreliable perceptions, and a nuanced exploration of trauma and creative ambition. |
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Heart of Glass
by Jennifer Hillier
In this new psychological thriller from Jennifer Hillier, a serial killer recants his long-ago confession regarding a small-town high school girl - and her then-best friends are forced to confront what really happened that night and what's happening now.
Jennifer Hillier lives in Oakville, ON.
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The Women in White
by Sarah Pekkanen
In 1964, four women became the subjects of parapsychology experiments, and later mysteriously vanished. Decades later, Riley Bell accepts a caretaker job for an elderly widow named Betty. As the story unfolds across two timelines - Betty’s 1960s era of 5 o’clock martinis and high-stakes experiments, and Riley’s quest to uncover the truth about the missing women - old secrets rise to the surface. And the only way to survive is to confront the mystery that has lingered for 60 years.
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They Say a Girl Died Here
by Sarah Pinborough
'They Say a Girl Died here' is a genre-bending mystery about two murdered girls, a town with dark secrets, and a race to break a deadly cycle.
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The Truth about Ruby Cooper
by Liz Nugent
Ruby Cooper and her sister, Erin, live an idyllic life in their close-knit church community in Boston. But when Ruby is 16, she is involved in an incident that causes her family’s world to implode. Across decades, the fallout leaves a wake of destruction behind Ruby in Dublin and Erin in Boston. Not that Ruby wants to think about the past. But it can’t stay a secret forever.
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What They Did
by Rio Youers
In 'What They Did', a dark, deadly secret between two friends tears them apart, only to reunite them decades later as they are forced to confront what happened that night or lose all they hold dear.
Rio Youers lives in southwestern Ontario.
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The Secret Dinner
by Raphael Montes
Four childhood friends, eager for a taste of city life, swap rural Brazil for an apartment in Copacabana, Rio and are soon sucked into a dark world of secret dinner parties catering to the twisted fantasies of Rio’s elite. As they fall deeper into this dark underworld, the stakes get higher and the consequences deadlier, revealing the twisted depths that lurk within each of them and threatening not only their friendship but also their lives.
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Clean Slate
by Brianna Labuskes
In 'Clean Slate', crime scene cleaner Olive Hunt discovers the same strange item at the crime scenes of two back-to-back suicides. Then a third body drops and Olive knows what the police refuse to see: these aren’t suicides - they’re murders. A killer who’s been cleaning up his work - knowing she’ll clean up after him. A killer who wants her to follow. And follow she must. No matter how terrifying the trail becomes.
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