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189 past books matching Suspense
Haunted by a mission gone wrong, DIA operative Matt Drake is pulled back into the field to rescue a scientist with a deadly secret.
Without Sanction
Mystery · Thriller · Political Thriller · Suspense
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Haunted by a mission gone wrong, DIA operative Matt Drake is pulled back into the field to rescue a scientist with a deadly secret. To stop a weapon of mass destruction, he must return to the place that nearly killed him. 4.4 stars on Amazon and 4.2 on Goodreads for Don Bentley’s Without Sanction, a gripping espionage thriller.
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Matt Drake left Syria alive but broken. His last mission ended in disaster, costing innocent lives and crippling his closest friend. Now, haunted by guilt and determined to stay in the shadows, he is pulled back into a world he swore to abandon.
A Pakistani scientist working for an extremist group has built a weapon capable of mass destruction. He will defect only if Matt is the one to bring him out. To save thousands, Matt must return to the place that nearly destroyed him and face the ghosts waiting there.
Don Bentley’s Without Sanction, the first Matt Drake novel, is a taut and explosive thriller about redemption, loyalty, and the brutal choices demanded by duty in a world without mercy.
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In 1766, miner Mack McAsh and aristocrat Lizzie Hallim are bound by a shared hunger for freedom.
A Place Called Freedom
Historical Fiction · Thriller · Historical Thriller · Suspense
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In 1766, miner Mack McAsh and aristocrat Lizzie Hallim are bound by a shared hunger for freedom. From Scotland’s coal pits to London’s turmoil and Virginia’s plantations, their defiance ignites a daring journey across continents. Ken Follett’s A Place Called Freedom is an unforgettable historical saga of love, rebellion, and the cost of liberty.
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In the darkness of a Scottish coal mine, a young man dreams of freedom. Above ground, a young woman dreams of escape.
In 1766, Mack McAsh is condemned to a life of backbreaking labor, chained by birth to the mines that have swallowed generations. Lizzie Hallim, trapped by privilege and duty, faces her own cage. Their worlds collide in a time of revolution, sparking a bond that defies class and convention.
From the grim mines of Scotland to the bustling streets of London and the plantations of Virginia, their fight for freedom becomes a battle for survival and love.
Ken Follett’s A Place Called Freedom is a sweeping historical epic of rebellion, courage, and the relentless pursuit of liberty.
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With 4.1 stars on Amazon, The Anomaly delivers gripping, claustrophobic suspense for readers of The X-Files and Behind Her Eyes.
The Anomaly
Mystery · Thriller · Action Thriller · Suspense
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Rogue archaeologist Nolan Moore leads his crew into the Grand Canyon in search of a legendary cave. What begins as a daring expedition becomes a fight for survival when the rock itself turns against them. With 4.1 stars on Amazon, The Anomaly delivers gripping, claustrophobic suspense for readers of The X-Files and Behind Her Eyes.
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Deep in the Grand Canyon, something waits to be found.
Rogue archaeologist Nolan Moore has made a career chasing myths for his low-budget documentary crew. When they retrace the path of a 1909 explorer who claimed to find a hidden cavern in the canyon walls, the discovery feels like the break he’s been waiting for. Then the cave closes in, and the air grows strange.
Trapped miles below the surface, Nolan must uncover the truth buried in the rock before it consumes them all. Each clue leads deeper into a mystery that defies time, science, and reason itself.
With 4.1 stars on Amazon and over 12,000 Goodreads ratings, The Anomaly blends razor-edged suspense and archaeological intrigue into a haunting modern survival classic.
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Best for readers who want a dark YA psychological thriller involving serial killers, FBI investigations, and teenage investigators.
None Shall Sleep
Mystery · Teen + Young Adult · Thriller · Suspense
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A New York Times bestseller and Aurealis Award winner, None Shall Sleep follows teenagers Emma Lewis and Travis Bell as they help the FBI interview convicted juvenile killers in 1982. Their work draws them into the hunt for a serial murderer targeting teenagers, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 500 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who want a dark YA psychological thriller involving serial killers, FBI investigations, and teenage investigators.
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The Silence of the Lambs meets Sadie in this riveting psychological thriller about two teenagers teaming up with the FBI to track down juvenile serial killers.
In 1982, two teenagers—serial killer survivor Emma Lewis and US Marshal candidate Travis Bell—are recruited by the FBI to interview convicted juvenile killers and provide insight and advice on cold cases. From the start, Emma and Travis develop a quick friendship, gaining information from juvenile murderers that even the FBI can't crack. But when the team is called in to give advice on an active case—a serial killer who exclusively hunts teenagers—things begin to unravel. Working against the clock, they must turn to one of the country's most notorious incarcerated murderers for help: teenage sociopath Simon Gutmunsson.
Despite Travis's objections, Emma becomes the conduit between Simon and the FBI team. But while Simon seems to be giving them the information they need to save lives, he's an expert manipulator playing a very long game... and he has his sights set on Emma.
Captivating, harrowing, and chilling, None Shall Sleep is an all-too-timely exploration of not only the monsters that live among us, but also the monsters that live inside us.
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When a school bus disappears in broad daylight, ten children and their driver wake to darkness beneath the earth.
Such Quiet Girls
Thriller · Horror · Suspense
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When a school bus disappears in broad daylight, ten children and their driver wake to darkness beneath the earth. Jessa, a new bus driver haunted by a past failure, must keep the children calm while air runs thin inside a buried shipping container. This claustrophobic thriller centers survival, guilt, and the fragile line between hope and panic.
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Ten children, abducted in broad daylight—and buried alive.
Sage and her sister won’t make it home from school today. Neither will the other children on Bus 315. But that’s only the beginning of the nightmare.
New bus driver Jessa blames herself for what happened. She couldn’t protect the kids she was supposed to deliver to daycare, just like she couldn’t protect her own daughter three years ago. But this time, everything will be different. It has to be.
Trapped in a shipping container buried twenty feet underground, Jessa and the children do their best to stay calm. The kidnappers insist that if everyone behaves, they’ll be freed when the ransom is paid. But Sage isn’t sure they’ll last that long. Neither is Jessa. It’s dark and cramped, and with every passing minute it’s getting harder to breathe.
With time—and air—running thin, Jessa and the children must find a way to outsmart their captors, or face an unthinkable fate.
Such Quiet Girls was inspired by actual events.
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The past she profiled refuses to stay buried.
After the Dark
Romance · Thriller · Suspense
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The past she profiled refuses to stay buried. In After the Dark, former FBI profiler Samantha Dark returns to hunt a killer whose methods feel chillingly familiar, forcing her to confront the scandal that destroyed her career and the partner she no longer trusts. This romantic suspense blends psychological tension, lethal pursuit, and unresolved desire under mounting threat.
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In this gripping new series by New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden, a disgraced FBI profiler must save her reputation by stopping a sadistic killer she knows all too well.
Former FBI agent Samantha Dark was one of the most respected profilers in the bureau, an expert on the twisted minds and dark hearts of the most depraved criminals. But when her own former lover turned out to be the serial killer she was hunting, Samantha's career was destroyed. Blamed for the FBI's failure on the complex case, Samantha left Washington, DC, for the quiet anonymity of Alabama.
Now an all-too-familiar killer is hunting once again. She can catch the cunning assassin, but that means putting her trust in her former partner, Blake Gamble. Ex-military, Blake is tough, protective, precise. With her entire life on the brink, she knows he wants her back in the FBI...and possibly more.
But someone else wants her, too. A threat is waiting in the dark, a killer who has set his sights on the ultimate trophy victim--Samantha.
Author's Note: Harlequin has included the novella, THE GATHERING DUSK--a prequel to AFTER THE DARK in the back of this book. THE GATHERING DUSK was written as a bonus for readers so that they could see what happened to the characters before the events of AFTER THE DARK.
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A summer town built on tourism turns fragile when a great white shark makes every beachgoer part of the threat beneath the surface.
Jaws
Horror · Thriller · Action Thriller · Suspense
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A summer town built on tourism turns fragile when a great white shark makes every beachgoer part of the threat beneath the surface. Jaws follows Amity Island as fear, money, and survival collide, pairing creature-feature suspense with human conflict in a classic thriller about what happens when denial becomes as dangerous as the predator itself.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The shark-versus-man classic that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie—now in a fiftieth anniversary edition with an exclusive foreword from the author’s wife, renowned ocean conservation advocate Wendy Benchley
“A tightly written, tautly paced study of terror.”—The Washington Post
A great white shark terrorizes the beautiful summer getaway of Amity Island, and a motley group of men take to the water to do battle with the beast. A heart-pounding novel of suspense and a brilliant meditation on the nature of humanity, Jaws is one of the most iconic thrillers ever written.
In addition to Wendy Benchley’s foreword, this edition features bonus content from Peter Benchley’s archives, including the manuscript’s original typed title page, a brainstorming list of possible titles, a letter from Benchley to film producer David Brown with candid feedback on the movie adaptation, and excerpts from Benchley’s book Shark Trouble, highlighting his firsthand account of writing Jaws, selling it to Universal Studios, and working with Steven Spielberg.
After writing Jaws in the early 1970s, Peter Benchley was actively engaged with scientists and filmmakers, and over the ensuing decades, joined many expeditions around the world as they expanded their knowledge of sharks and shark behavior. He encouraged each new generation of Jaws fans to enjoy his riveting tale and to channel their excitement into support and protection of these magnificent prehistoric apex predators.
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When his sister’s best friend is murdered, Mikky Graves returns to his hometown to uncover the truth.
Girls Who Play Dead
Romance · Teen + Young Adult · Thriller · Suspense
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When his sister’s best friend is murdered, Mikky Graves returns to his hometown to uncover the truth. But Prophets Lake hides rot beneath its perfect surface, and every secret leads closer to home. Girls Who Play Dead by Joelle Wellington is a dark, emotional YA thriller about family, guilt, and how far we’ll go for the ones we love.
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Every town hides its secrets. In Prophets Lake, they’re buried with the dead.
When Mikky Graves left home, he swore he would never return. But after his sister’s best friend, Erin, is found murdered, Mikky comes back to help Kyla grieve—and to find out what really happened. The sister he finds is distant, angry, and drowning in secrets.
Determined to protect her, Mikky begins digging into the crime, uncovering lies woven through their small town and the beauty empire that keeps it alive. The deeper he searches, the more dangerous the truth becomes, and no one is beyond suspicion. Not even Kyla.
From the acclaimed author of Their Vicious Games, Girls Who Play Dead is a sharp, chilling thriller about loyalty, grief, and the price of truth.
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Years after surviving a deadly group home, three friends are hunted by someone who knows what they did to escape.
What Have We Done
Mystery · Suspense
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Years after surviving a deadly group home, three friends are hunted by someone who knows what they did to escape. Forced to reunite, they uncover the dark secret buried in their shared past. What Have We Done is a taut, emotional thriller about memory, loyalty, and survival, with 4.1 stars on Amazon and 3.5 on Goodreads.
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Twenty-five years ago, Jenna, Donnie, and Nico survived the nightmare of Savior House, a home for abandoned teens where too many children vanished without explanation. They escaped, built new lives, and buried the past. Until now.
When a series of attacks threatens each of them, the three are forced back together to face the truth they tried to forget. Someone remembers what happened in Savior House, and that secret is worth killing for. As they unravel the mystery behind their shared past, old loyalties and buried trauma return with devastating force.
What Have We Done blends psychological tension and emotional depth in a gripping story of friendship, survival, and reckoning. 4.1 stars on Amazon and 3.5 on Goodreads.
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When a killer walks free, Detective Nick Fourcade and Deputy Annie Broussard break the rules to find justice.
A Thin Dark Line
Thriller · Mystery · Suspense
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When a killer walks free, Detective Nick Fourcade and Deputy Annie Broussard break the rules to find justice. But the truth hiding in the Louisiana bayou is darker than either imagined. A Thin Dark Line delivers Tami Hoag’s signature blend of danger, desire, and moral tension, with 4.5 stars on Amazon and 4.0 on Goodreads.
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In the small Louisiana town of Bayou Breaux, justice is as murky as the swamps that surround it. A brutal killer walks free on a technicality, and Detective Nick Fourcade is ordered off the case. Defiance is nothing new to him, but this time crossing the line could cost everything.
Deputy Annie Broussard discovered the victim’s body and cannot let go of the horror she witnessed. To uncover the truth, she must join forces with a man she does not trust and face the corruption within her own department. Each step closer to justice draws them deeper into danger and into the mind of a predator who hunts without remorse.
A Thin Dark Line grips with raw suspense and moral complexity. 4.5 stars on Amazon and 4.0 on Goodreads.
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After the Great Games, Jack West, Jr.
The Three Secret Cities
Thriller · Action Thriller · Suspense
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After the Great Games, Jack West, Jr. faces the consequences of victory. Ancient powers awaken, and his only hope lies in finding the Three Secret Cities before the world falls apart. The Three Secret Cities blends history, mythology, and relentless action, earning 4.7 stars on Amazon and 4.3 on Goodreads.
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When Jack West, Jr. won the Great Games, he never imagined victory would unleash chaos. The ancient kingdoms have fallen into turmoil, and dark forces from a shadow world are breaking through into our own. Now, the fate of humanity rests on his search for the Three Secret Cities, lost strongholds of myth and power hidden across the globe.
Pursued by ruthless enemies and racing against time, Jack must solve a mystery buried in history before the world collapses. Every clue brings him closer to an impossible truth, and every step tests the limits of courage and sacrifice.
The Three Secret Cities delivers Matthew Reilly’s trademark pace and scope. 4.7 stars on Amazon and 4.3 on Goodreads.
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Two years after a murder tore them apart, three ex-friends are forced back together when the convicted killer walks free.
Murder Between Friends
Suspense · Teen + Young Adult · Thriller
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Two years after a murder tore them apart, three ex-friends are forced back together when the convicted killer walks free. As Grace, Henry, and Ally dig into what really happened, they uncover secrets that could destroy them all. Murder Between Friends by New York Times bestselling author Liz Lawson is a sharp, twisty YA thriller about trust and truth.
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Two years ago, a murder shattered their friendship. Now the killer might walk free.
Grace, Henry, and Ally once shared everything—until Grace’s testimony put Henry’s brother in prison for murder. Now Jake’s conviction has been overturned, and the three former friends are forced back into each other’s lives as old wounds reopen and secrets surface.
Grace isn’t sure she told the truth that night. Henry is desperate to prove his brother’s innocence. Ally wants answers, no matter the cost. But when they start digging, what they uncover is darker than any of them imagined.
Murder Between Friends by New York Times bestselling author Liz Lawson is a twist-filled thriller about loyalty, betrayal, and the dangerous line between truth and memory.
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