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Thrillers and Suspense - May 2026 |
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| Hard Times by Jeff BoydIn this gritty Chicago drama, a police shooting injures a promising Black teen and exposes deep corruption. Teacher Buddy Mack learns his brother-in-law is responsible and faces an agonizing choice between family loyalty and protecting his students. Author Jeff Boyd delivers a compassionate, powerful portrait of injustice and community. |
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The Girls Trip
by Ally Condie
From the author of Reese's Book Club Pick and instant USA Today bestseller The Unwedding, a novel of suspense and friendship about three friends who decide to disappear from their lives for a few days while on a trip to a national park--only to have one of them vanish. Hope, Ash, and Caro met at an online book club. Over the past two years, they've been there for each other in every way--except in person. When each of their lives reach a crossroads, they decide to meet in real life at the gorgeous Sonnet Resort at Eden National Park. Hope, an actress, has become entirely too famous and needs to get away from it all. Ash, a successful online entrepreneur, isn't sure what has happened to her marriage. Caro, a doctor, has lost a patient and doesn't know if she wants to carry on or start all over. And none of them are telling each other the full story ...
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| Strangers in the Villa by Robyn HardingAfter her husband’s betrayal, Sydney agrees to start over by restoring a crumbling Spanish villa into a winery, but their marriage remains strained. When two stranded tourists join them, buried secrets and shifting desires surface, turning their uneasy refuge into a tense, seductive, and increasingly dangerous game. For fans of: Lucy Foley. |
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Shadow Strike
by Brad Taylor
'Shadow Strike' follows Pike Logan as he goes head-to-head with an old enemy and renowned assassin who may hold the key to an escalation that will upend the worldwide balance of power. If Pike fails to find him, the fallout won’t just be personal - it’ll be global.
Pike Logan (20)
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| Last One Out by Jane HarperFive years after her son vanished, Ro Crowley returns to a dying Australian mining town still shadowed by grief and suspicion. As she revisits the past, overlooked clues emerge, exposing buried secrets and rising danger in a haunting, slow-burning mystery about loss, family, and a community unraveling under pressure. |
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A Cruise to Die for
by Heather Graham
Heather Graham returns with a gripping thriller set on a luxury cruise ship where two agents must track down a serial killer before yet another body is found.
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| Killing Me Softly by Sandie JonesA tragic hit-and-run shatters the seemingly perfect marriage of Freya and Charlie, exposing jealousy, addiction, and betrayals. As suspicion deepens and secrets unravel, their once-devoted bond turns toxic, revealing how far each will go to protect themselves in this dark, propulsive tale of guilt, obsession, and deception. |
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Short Circuit
by Wolf Haas
'Shirt Circuit' is an electrifying puzzle of a novel, inspired by MC Escher’s optical illusions, in which two mirrored plots - a man waiting for an electrician and a mafia informant entering witness protection - gradually intertwine to solve each other.
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Too Close to Home
by Seraphina Nova Glass
'Big Little Lies' meets 'The House Across the Lake' in this suspenseful thriller set in an idyllic, affluent lakeside neighbourhood where the tranquil façade is shattered when a woman goes missing, causing the community’s carefully hidden secrets to begin bubbling to the surface.
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| A Good Person by Kirsten KingAfter casting a drunken hex on her ex, Lillian is horrified when he turns up dead -- and not only does she learn he had another romantic partner, but Lillian becomes a prime suspect. Determined to prove she’s the “real” grieving girlfriend, she spirals into obsession, denial, and chaos in this darkly funny, twisty debut about narcissism, loneliness, and self-delusion. |
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A Killer in the Family
by Amin Ahmad
After an arranged marriage to the daughter of Abbas Khan, a New York real estate tycoon, Ali begins to hear rumours about his new father-in-law - accusations of corruption, hidden affairs, and even worse secrets that underlies Abbas' success. To uncover the truth, Ali launches his own investigation, which takes him deep into Abbas' past. As he closes in on the truth, Ali must decide: can he remain part of the Khan family, and pay the moral price demanded by unimaginable wealth and power?
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| The Survivor by Andrew ReidAfter being fired on his first day, Ben Cross boards a New York City subway and becomes the target of a killer who taunts him with secrets from Ben's past. As bodies fall, disgraced detective Kelly Hendricks races to stop the threat in this tense, fast-paced thriller packed with twists and claustrophobic suspense. |
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Sanctuary
by James Cleary
In this debut novel set in the near future, climate disasters have crippled the U.S. and civil unrest has escalated into something darker. Billionaire John Brandt anticipated this and channeled his money into being prepared for the great unraveling. Now Brandt and his family retreat to Sanctuary, their underground bunker - a vast luxury mansion beneath the Nebraskan Great Plains. But they are not alone. Above ground a group of raiders are desperate to survive and will use any means possible to accomplish that goal.
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The Counting Game
by Sinéad Nolan
In Sinéad Nolan's debut novel, when a teenage girl disappears from her small Irish town and a therapist is brought in to break the silence of the only witness, old wounds are reopened in a search that becomes a race against time.
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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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