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Thrillers and Suspense - August 2026 |
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| Murder at the Spirit Lounge by Jess KiddFormer nun Nora Breen investigates when a celebrated medium dies during a séance and the attendees begin dying one by one under seemingly supernatural circumstances. Fearing Detective Inspector Hilary Rideout may be next, Nora races to expose a clever killer in this atmospheric postwar cozy mystery filled with ghostly intrigue, sharp wit, and impossible deaths. |
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Ransom
by Daniel Silva
Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon searches for the missing wife of a British billionaire in the electrifying new tale of greed, corruption, and betrayal from bestselling novelist Daniel Silva.
From its irresistible opening chapters to its heart-pounding climax and shocking final twist, Ransom is a riveting, page-turning tour de force that proves yet again why Silva is the reigning master of international intrigue and suspense.
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Helpless
by Jessica Knoll
It’s been 12 years since Faye Heron broke Henry Spalding’s heart. When they reunite at an old college professor's funeral, Faye is drugged, kidnapped, and brought back to Henry's remote mountain cabin. As her week of captivity unfolds, a years-old mystery begins to take shape - one that will rewrite history as Faye remembers it and reveal an astounding, cataclysmic truth.
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Dreams of Bronze
by Läckberg Camilla
Faye's ex-husband is dead, but she is threatened by her father who is still on the run from prison. Faye gathers her circle of women and enlists the help of the only man she trusts to plan the final revenge. But will she succeed, now that her father seems to be working with a criminal network and is more dangerous than ever?
Faye's Revenge (3)
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Hot Girl Murder Club
by Ashley Winstead
Ten years ago, aspiring singer-actress Scout Sage lost the only thing that mattered: her sister, Georgia. Ever since Georgia's mysterious death at a Hollywood party, Scout's done her best to honor her memory, clawing her way through the industry and collecting a network of climbers along the way, fellow hot girls in stilettos with cutthroat ambition, a new Hollywood order. But when a slew of targeted murders makes headlines across L.A., all pointing to Scout as the killer, she turns overnight from a mid-tier pop star into the world's most famous (alleged) murderer. Now everything she's worked to build--including the justice she wants for Georgia--will fall apart unless Scout can prove she's not guilty.
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Three Reasons for Revenge
by Dervla McTiernan
In 'Three Reasons for Revenge', a detective searches for the connection between a woman who reported an assault, then disappeared, and the delivery of three packages delivered to three people with contents that reveal a secret that will destroy the recipients' life.
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Sisterhood Above All
by Kathleen Barber
Being a Gamma at Southern State University means belonging to the most exclusive sisterhood there is. For Ava, it means even more - it’s the last connection she has to her beloved late mother, and she’ll do anything to wear the Gamma letters. But she never guessed the cost of membership would be so high. Three women, two houses, one dead body: rush has never been this messy.
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Sacrifice
by Lynda La Plante
The final thrilling novel in the bestselling Detective Jack Warr crime series. Detective Jack leads Scotland Yard's fledgling art fraud unit, its survival hinging on exposing a suspected forgery - a multimillion-dollar Basquiat. When his informant, gallerist Ester Langton, is brutally murdered, Jack's hunt spirals into obsession. Clues point to Adam Border, a reclusive genius hiding in a decayed Sicilian villa haunted by Mafia ties and violent secrets. As Jack abandons family and duty to pursue him, he's drawn into a world where brilliance and madness collide, masterpieces mask psychosis, and death stalks every shadow. In chasing the truth, Detective Jack Warr must decide which side of the law he's on . . . once and for all. DC Jack Warr (6)
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Icarus 17
by Charles Cumming
In the newest entry in Charles Cumming's bestselling BOX 88 series, master spy Lachlan Kite heads to Athens, Greece, after an old flame asks for help locating her missing son.
Box 88 (4)
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The Parisian Heist
by Jo Piazza
From glittering auction houses to the idyllic canals of Amsterdam and the grand museums of Paris, the lives of two women converge as they uncover the the dark secrets of the Swanson family, the most notorious art dealers in business, and team up to mastermind a daring heist inside the Musée d’Orsay.
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A Neighbor's Guide to Murder
by Louise Candlish
In Columbia Mansions, secrets don't stay behind closed doors for long. It's rare for a room to open up in London's storied Columbia Mansions, and lonely Gwen is thrilled when her neighbor's new subletter, Pixie, brings a friendly breath of fresh air to its stuffy halls. Their unexpected bond soon becomes the bright spot in Gwen's quiet life. But Gwen can't help noticing cracks beneath Pixie's cheerful surface--especially when it comes to her questionable financial arrangement with her live-in landlord, Alec. As suspicions mount, Gwen's protective instincts go into overdrive, triggering a dangerous chain of events no one is prepared for. The last thing Columbia Mansions wants is a scandal on its hands ... Let alone a murder.
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Backtrack
by Marc Cameron
1977. D Wayne Cutter is a former U.S. Army Green Beret, part-time horseshoer, and a full-time Texas deputy sheriff with a second grandchild on the way when a quiet Sunday morning ends in murder and a manhunt. The theft of five million dollars in diamonds from an armored truck leaves two guards dead, one outlaw tracked down and taken out by Cutter, and another, Ricky Lee Pink--two-hundred-forty pounds of teenage rage--sentenced to life. The diamonds were never recovered. And Pinky never forgot that heist gone violently wrong.
2026. Following in the righteous footsteps of his late grandfather, Deputy U.S. Marshal Arliss Cutter gets word that Pinky has been granted release. Nursing a grudge for decades, Pinky vows to avenge the murder of his criminal mentor and find the whereabouts of the stolen gems that he believes is a buried Cutter family secret. Boarding an Alaskan cruise ship, and joined by two miscreant cellmates and his penpal girlfriend, Pinky aims for Anchorge--home to his ultimate target: everyone Arliss holds near and dear. Arliss must move fast because Pinky has the edge. And he has the mind to make the last living Cutter pay.
Arliss Cutter (8)
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Pretty Dead Things
by Kelsey Cox
'Pretty Dead Things' follows a cast of beauty pageant contestants trapped under the same roof by a deadly storm, each individually reckoning with the death one girl five years ago, and each ready to settle scores that will leave more than one person dead.
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Perfect Life
by Meredith Lavender
Welcome back to Winter Park, where looks can kill and secrets refuse to stay buried. Este Walker didn't move to Florida to make friends. Five years ago, she ghosted her life in California to reinvent herself among the lakefront estates of Florida's elite. With a cocktail in hand, more money than she could ever spend, and a past she intends to keep hidden, she's finally content--or, you know, close enough. Her husband, Beau, and her best friend, Nora, are the only company Este needs. But when someone she'd much rather forget resurfaces, the past begins to close on her. And then a mysterious death turns Winter Park upside down--and Beau, who's keeping secrets of his own, is implicated, . Thrust into a high-stakes murder investigation, Este must unravel a web of lies and deception to answer the question: What exactly happened in California, and has it come back to haunt her? More important: How is she going to get herself out of this mess?
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Hide and Seek
by Soren Sveistrup
In this psychological thriller, a woman's disappearance and an innocent children's game seem to be linked to a decades-old cold case and it's up to detectives Naia Thulin and Mark Hess to solve the case before a violent killer strikes again. From the author of 'The Chestnut Man' and creator of the hit TV series 'The Killing'. Soon to be a Netflix original series.
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