Thrillers

Ann Garvin Turns Up the Suspense in “Tell Two Friends”

Ann Garvin’s new novel, Tell Two Friends, features a handful of her hallmarks: laugh-out-loud humor, deep friendship between women, a charmingly flawed yet relatable main character, and circumstances that feel impossible to navigate. But Tell Two Friends marks a departure for Garvin. Notably, she braids elements of suspense and foreboding…

Laura Anne BirdSeptember 8, 2026

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

A Civil War Mystery Unearthed Through Genealogy

W.F. Whitson's Nettles' Secret is a dual-timeline novel, and the payoff is a book that's as much a piece of genealogical detective work as it is a Civil War adventure. Whitson opens in present-day Memphis, drops his narrator Tim Clary, a law clerk still processing his grandfather's death, into a…

BookTribAugust 31, 2026

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Jon Land Shares His Top Thriller Recs of the Month for Late Summer Reading

Jon LandAugust 31, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

The Scandal and Lies Are Just the Beginning of This New Historical Mystery Series

Desperate men are the most dangerous men of all. Oxford University, November 1950. In Kate Westbury’s The Oxford Guide to Scandal and Lies, two students clash over a library carrel, an experience unpleasant enough that neither is likely to want to repeat the encounter. Especially when the encounter is over…

Neil NyrenAugust 28, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Supernatural Secrets and Murder Collide in “The Whitechapel Full Moon Society”

Without reading the book's description, I immediately thought the novel The Whitechapel Full Moon Society by Elizabeth DeLozier had something to do with the supernatural from the title. But when I read the book’s description and saw the words “Jack the Ripper," I was thrown for a loop. What does Jack…

Y. M. NelsonAugust 25, 2026

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Author Lindy Ryan’s Top Spine-Chilling Book Recs for Sweltering Summer Nights

August is overflowing with haunted places, cursed bloodlines and monsters that thrive in the shadows of the past. From folk horror and apocalyptic nightmares to slasher, supernatural romance and gothic mysteries, this month’s releases prove that some secrets refuse to stay buried — and some horrors are only just waking…

Lindy RyanAugust 24, 2026

Thrillers

An Incident From the Past Draws the Martini Club Back Into Action in “The Shadow Friends”

In bestselling author Tess Gerritsen’s third installment of The Martini Club mysteries, The Shadow Friends (Thomas & Mercer), the members of the club — Maggie, Declan, Ben, Ingrid and Lloyd — have reached the stage of life when retirement should mean a good meal, good booze and early to…

Jodé MillmanAugust 25, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Sarah Vaughan’s “Based on a True Story” Spins a Tangled Web of Family Secrets and Lies

Seldom since Daphne du Maurier put readers on edge has a walk along the high Cornish cliffs signaled so much suspense and danger. Sarah Vaughn’s sixth thrilling novel, Based on a True Story, begs to be read in one long sitting. Its evocative tagline is: “All families have secrets. But…

Linda HitchcockAugust 24, 2026

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An Exploration of Crime and the Possibility of Redemption

C.L. Morrissey’s debut novel Redemption Initiative: The Good Samaritan is an evocative and compelling read that stays with you beyond the last page. Showcasing intimate familiarity with the criminal justice system, the story pulls no punches. A reformed criminal who finds his own redemption “by dragging others toward it” launches…

Anne Eliot FeldmanAugust 20, 2026

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The Thrill List Starts 2026 Off with a Bang!

January wastes no time reminding us why thriller and mystery fiction remain such irresistible winter reading. This month’s most compelling new releases span the full spectrum of suspense, from pulse-pounding conspiracies and courtroom battles to psychologically devastating reckonings with grief, identity, and buried secrets. These are stories fueled by obsession,…

Jon LandJanuary 16, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Terror Comes From Within in Kailee Pedersen’s The Minimalist

Terror comes in many different forms. There is physical terror, emotional and mental terror, and group terror. The worst form of terror, many will argue, is the terror that lives in our own brain. This terror is explored in Kailee Pedersen’s new novel The Minimalist. The Minimalist describes a harrowing…

Matthew McCartyAugust 19, 2026

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A Nostalgic Night Out Turns Deadly in Jim Antonini’s “Candyland”

Jim Antonini's Candyland is a novel that captures a very specific time and place with such vivid detail that readers will feel like they've spent a night out with the characters rather than read about them. Antonini trades the seedy backwoods of West Virginia for the smoky pool halls and…

BookTribAugust 17, 2026

Thrillers

A Newly Sold Home Hides a Dark Past in Catherine Ryan Howard’s “Buyer Beware”

Would you buy a haunted house? Some people might, while others would get back in their cars and race off at the first spooky sound. Sometimes people will buy a house for its historical significance, like a castle or manor that dates back several centuries. There is also a rule…

José H. BogránAugust 11, 2026

Fiction Miscellany Thrillers

Why the Late ’90s Are Such a Perfect Fiction Setting

It's true. Millennials and Gen Xers love nostalgia. There's a reason so many of us keep mining that time period of our childhood in the 1980s and ‘90s for fiction. Nostalgia isn't just about reliving our carefree past when our knees were stronger, our skin was firmer, and our hair…

Leslye PenelopeAugust 11, 2026

Fiction Thrillers

Riley Sager’s “The Unknown” Is His Creepiest Thriller Yet

I was already a huge fan of Riley Sager before The Unknown. I’ve read all of his previous best-selling thrillers and even got the opportunity to interview him once. So I was pretty sure right from the start this would be a good book. I just didn’t know it was…