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189 past books matching Suspense
It fits readers who want espionage, small-town tension, and seasoned characters with dangerous histories.
The Spy Coast
Thriller · Mystery · Detective Fiction · Spy Thriller · Suspense
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The past refuses to stay buried in The Spy Coast, where a quiet life in coastal Maine shatters the moment a body appears as a warning. Retired operative Maggie Bird must rely on her circle of former CIA friends to uncover who has come for her and why. It fits readers who want espionage, small-town tension, and seasoned characters with dangerous histories.
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A retired CIA operative in small-town Maine tackles the ghosts of her past in this fresh take on the spy thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.
Former spy Maggie Bird came to the seaside village of Purity, Maine, eager to put the past behind her after a mission went tragically wrong. These days, she’s living quietly on her chicken farm, still wary of blowback from the events that forced her early retirement.
But when a body turns up in Maggie’s driveway, she knows it’s a message from former foes who haven’t forgotten her. Maggie turns to her local circle of old friends—all retirees from the CIA—to help uncover the truth about who is trying to kill her, and why. This “Martini Club” of former spies may be retired, but they still have a few useful skills that they’re eager to use again, if only to spice up their rather sedate new lives.
Complicating their efforts is Purity’s acting police chief, Jo Thibodeau. More accustomed to dealing with rowdy tourists than homicide, Jo is puzzled by Maggie’s reluctance to share information—and by her odd circle of friends, who seem to be a step ahead of her at every turn.
As Jo’s investigation collides with the Martini Club’s maneuvers, Maggie’s hunt for answers will force her to revisit a clandestine career that spanned the globe, from Bangkok to Istanbul, from London to Malta. The ghosts of her past have returned, but with the help of her friends—and the reluctant Jo Thibodeau—Maggie might just be able to save the life she’s built.
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A sharp psychological thriller for readers who like ambition, family fallout, and reputations coming apart under pressure.
A Very Bad Thing
Thriller · Suspense
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A public death at the height of literary fame cracks open a life built on secrets. In A Very Bad Thing, the murder of a bestselling author pulls her daughter, the police, and the press into a spiraling investigation where buried scandals keep widening the circle of damage. A sharp psychological thriller for readers who like ambition, family fallout, and reputations coming apart under pressure.
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From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes a taut thriller about one author at the pinnacle of her career, whose past threatens to destroy everything she has—and everyone she knows.
A great writer knows when to deliver a juicy plot twist. But for one author, the biggest twist of all is her own murder.
With a number of hit titles and a highly anticipated movie tie-in, celebrated novelist Columbia Jones is at the top of her game. Fans around the world adore her. But on the final night of her latest book tour, one face in the crowd makes the author collapse. And by the next morning, she’s lying dead in a pool of blood.
Columbia’s death shocks the world and leaves Darian, her daughter and publicist, reeling. The police have nothing to go on—at first. But then details emerge, pointing to the author’s illicit past. Turns out many people had motive to kill Columbia. And with a hungry reporter and frustrated cop on the trail, her secrets won’t stay buried long. But how many lives will they shatter as the truth comes out?
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Good for readers who want psychological suspense about isolation, survival, and hidden family secrets.
The Stillwater Girls
Literary Fiction · Psychological Fiction · Suspense
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Raised off the grid in fear of the outside world, Wren and her sisters are left alone when their mother and youngest sibling leave for help and never return. In The Stillwater Girls, dwindling supplies, a stranger’s arrival, and a forbidden journey beyond the forest force Wren and Sage toward the truth, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 74,400 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want psychological suspense about isolation, survival, and hidden family secrets.
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Two sisters raised in fear are about to find out why in a chilling novel of psychological suspense from the author of The Thinnest Air.
Ignorant of civilization and cautioned against its evils, nineteen-year-old Wren and her two sisters, Sage and Evie, were raised in off-the-grid isolation in a primitive cabin in upstate New York. When the youngest grows gravely ill, their mother leaves with the child to get help from a nearby town. And they never return.
As months pass, hope vanishes. Supplies are low. Livestock are dying. A brutal winter is bearing down. Then comes the stranger. He claims to be looking for the girls’ mother, and he’s not leaving without them.
To escape, Wren and her sister must break the rule they’ve grown up with: never go beyond the forest.
Past the thicket of dread, they come upon a house on the other side of the pines. This is where Wren and Sage must confront something more chilling than the unknowable. They’ll discover what’s been hidden from them, what they’re running from, and the secrets that have left them in the dark their entire lives.
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A strong match for readers drawn to gritty police procedurals, mismatched detective partners, cold cases, and violent crime mysteries.
An Ace and A Pair
Mystery · Action Thriller · Suspense
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From USA TODAY and Amazon 3-million-copy bestselling author Blake Banner, two unwanted NYPD detectives are assigned the cold cases nobody else wants. Detective John Stone and Detective Carmen Dehan reopen a brutal ten-year-old poker-night massacre tied to mob suspects, a missing cop, and a vanished woman, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 19,100 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to gritty police procedurals, mismatched detective partners, cold cases, and violent crime mysteries.
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He's a dinosaur...she's got a bad attitude. The Captain wants them gone, so she gives them the Cold Cases files. The one's nobody gives a damn about...
USA TODAY & Amazon 3-million copy bestselling author BLAKE BANNER is at his best in this mystifying crime series!
Detective John Stone of the NYPD has the best arrest record in the 43rd precinct. But he’s a dinosaur who belongs to another age. Detective Carmen Dehan has such a bad attitude that nobody at the precinct can stomach her. Captain Jennifer Cuevas wants them both out of the way and thinks they make a perfect pair. So she gives them the Cold Cases file – the cases nobody gives a damn about.
She has no idea just how hot a cold case can get.
Ten years back Nelson Hernandez and his four cousins were playing poker in a dive at Hunts Point. Somebody came in, blew them away and beheaded and castrated Nelson, leaving his head and his balls on the table. There was no shortage of suspects, the Jersey Mob, the Triads from Manhattan, or the 43rds own bent cop, Mick Harragan. But nobody was ever charged, and the night of the murder Mick Harragan went missing with Nelson’s wife, Maria.
Now Stone and Dehan plan to find him – whatever the consequences…
This series is perfect for fans of Michael Connelly, David Baldacci, Mary Stone, and others!
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Every other night, Nina and Maggie have dinner.
What Lies Between Us
Thriller · Psychological Thriller · Suspense
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Every other night, Nina and Maggie have dinner. Every other night, Nina locks Maggie in the attic. She can never forgive her mother for what she did. But Maggie has secrets of her own—ones Nina doesn’t know, ones she must never uncover. In this house, the truth is the most dangerous thing of all. A chilling, award-winning psychological thriller.
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ITW Thriller Award winner
International Book Awards winner
Nina can never forgive Maggie for what she did. And she can never let her leave.
They say every house has its secrets, and the house that Maggie and Nina have shared for so long is no different. Except that these secrets are not buried in the past.
Every other night, Maggie and Nina have dinner together. When they are finished, Nina helps Maggie back to her room in the attic, and into the heavy chain that keeps her there. Because Maggie has done things to Nina that can’t ever be forgiven, and now she is paying the price.
But there are many things about the past that Nina doesn’t know, and Maggie is going to keep it that way—even if it kills her.
Because in this house, the truth is more dangerous than lies.
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Grief has turned Reed Mattox into a man built for the night shift, until a series of brutal murders drags him back into the center of the hunt.
The Boat Man
Mystery · Thriller · Police Procedural · Suspense
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Grief has turned Reed Mattox into a man built for the night shift, until a series of brutal murders drags him back into the center of the hunt. In The Boat Man, a withdrawn detective and his K-9 partner follow a serial killer through the city’s darkest corners and into a buried past powerful people want left alone. This is a lean police procedural with menace, momentum, and a wounded investigator at its center.
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Police Detective Reed Mattox, just three months removed from the death of his partner, has turned invisibility into an art form.
Switching to the K-9, taking over the graveyard shift, moving to a farmhouse miles outside of Columbus, his every move has become predicated on putting as much distance between himself and the outside world as possible.
That distance is shattered though when bodies begin turning up in The Bottoms, the poverty-stricken section of town he is assigned to patrol. Grisly, horrific scenes start to pop up in the middle of the night and the overburdened precinct has no choice but to put Reed on tracking the serial killer.
Now operating far outside of his comfort zone with a Belgian Malinois for a partner that attracts attention wherever they go, Reed is forced to unravel the murders, taking him clear across the city and back years in time, to an event that some very influential people will do anything to keep buried...
Note: The dog does not die.
Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense fans who love police procedurals, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series, David Baldacci’s Memory Men’s series, and James Patterson’s Alex Cross series will love Reed Mattox and K-9 partner, Billie.
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This will appeal to readers who want family drama, courtroom suspense, and morally complicated questions.
Mad Honey
Literary Fiction · Psychological Fiction · Suspense · Women's Fiction
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A New York Times bestseller, Mad Honey follows Olivia McAfee after her teenage son is accused of murdering his girlfriend, forcing two mothers to confront questions about identity, violence, and what their children kept hidden, with a 4.1-star average from more than 610,000 Goodreads ratings. This will appeal to readers who want family drama, courtroom suspense, and morally complicated questions.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Alternatingly heart-pounding and heartbreaking. This collaboration between two best-selling authors seamlessly weaves together Olivia and Lily’s journeys, creating a provocative exploration of the strength that love and acceptance require.”—The Washington Post
Look for Jodi Picoult’s new novel, By Any Other Name, available now!
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • PEOPLE’S BOOK OF THE WEEK • A POPSUGAR BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising their beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined that she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in and taking over her father’s beekeeping business.
Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start.
And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can’t help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet she wonders if she can trust him completely. . . .
Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in Ash, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her.
Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.
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It fits readers who want fast-paced political suspense with psychic intrigue and high-stakes danger.
The Archangel Project
Thriller · Mystery · Spy Thriller · Suspense
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A government secret, a murdered professor, and a woman who can see what others want buried collide in a conspiracy thriller built on paranoia and pursuit. In The Archangel Project, CIA troubleshooter Jax Alexander partners with remote viewer Tobie Guinness after a killing in New Orleans points toward a larger plot tied to power, defense, and national catastrophe. It fits readers who want fast-paced political suspense with psychic intrigue and high-stakes danger.
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"As current as today's headlines and as disturbing as your darkest nightmare . . . Riveting, provocative, and enthralling." —James Rollins, #1 New York Times–bestselling author
A murdered psychologist with ties to a secret CIA-funded remote viewing project . . .
A haunted young Iraq War vet with a "psycho" discharge and a talent that has marked her for death . . .
A deadly secret that will rock the world.
You can't hide the truth from those who can see.
When the charred remains of Tulane professor Henry Youngblood are discovered in the burned-out ruins of his New Orleans offices, the CIA sends maverick troubleshooter Jax Alexander to investigate. Joined in a reluctant partnership with remote viewer October "Tobie" Guinness, Jax struggles to decipher a cryptic set of clues that leads from the devastated neighborhoods of New Orleans to the power corridors of Washington, D.C. Pursued by agents of an influential oil and defense conglomerate with ties to the President himself, Jax and Tobie soon find themselves in a breakneck race against time to stop a ruthless killer and avert a diabolical plot that could devastate America.
"An engaging premise, smart and exhilarating. An electrifying ride that rings with authenticity. No question, this is an auspicious beginning for C. S. Graham." —Steve Berry, New York Times–bestselling author
"[A] rollicking suspense novel. . . Conspiracy fans will love this impressive series opener." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"The pace of the plot in this book is blistering . . . It'll keep you turning pages." —The Advocate
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A strong match for readers drawn to classic adventure thrillers, icy settings, maritime travel, and dangerous ambition.
The Blue Ice
Mystery · Thriller · Action Thriller · Suspense
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After war leaves industrial genius Bill Gansert adrift, he follows the clues left by a missing adventurer to Norway’s Arctic Circle, where a valuable discovery could restore his fortune or destroy him. It has a 4.2-star rating from more than 370 Amazon reviewers. A strong match for readers drawn to classic adventure thrillers, icy settings, maritime travel, and dangerous ambition.
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A ruthless fortune hunter sails to Norway to unlock the mystery of the Blue Ice in this sweeping adventure at the edge of the world.
Bill Gansert thrived during World War II. An industrial genius, he mobilized millions of men and machines for the fight against fascism, but when the war is through, he's cut adrift. Unmoored in a country that doesn't need him anymore, Gansert takes to the sea, embarking on an adventure that will take him to the ends of the earth—and show him the desperate treachery that lies within man's soul.
It's been ten years since adventurer George Farnell disappeared after setting out to make his fortune in the frozen wilds of Norway. Two lines of poetry and a shard of rock are all that remain of him, and only Gansert has the wit to understand Farnell's final discovery—and the daring to seize it for his own. With a small crew, he sets out for the Arctic Circle to a whaling station in the icy shadows of the mountain known as Blue Ice, where he will make his fortune anew—or be destroyed by his own poisonous ambition.
Inspired by author Hammond Innes's travels among the whalers of Norway, The Blue Ice is a story of hard-driving adventure as only the acclaimed writer of Atlantic Fury, The Wreck of the Mary Deare, and other classics could tell it.
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A familiar sound in the night turns terror into something even more intimate.
Nightwatching
Thriller · Psychological Thriller · Suspense
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A familiar sound in the night turns terror into something even more intimate. Trapped inside an old house during a blizzard, a mother hides with her children in a secret room while an intruder moves closer through the dark. As fear sharpens into recognition, this becomes a claustrophobic suspense novel driven by dread, survival, and the horror of being hunted by someone known.
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Unputdownable · Psychological Suspense · Horror · Tense · Gripping
A FALLON BOOK CLUB PICK
“Pulse-pounding locked-room suspense.” —Elle
“Nightwatching is like nothing I've read before. I wolfed it down in two sittings; it's amazing.”—Lisa Jewell
A footstep on the stairs. A second to react. What happens next will determine everything.
Home alone with her young children during a blizzard, a mother tucks her son back into bed in the middle of the night. She hears a noise—old houses are always making some kind of noise. But this sound is disturbingly familiar: it’s the tread of footsteps, unusually heavy and slow, coming up the stairs.
She sees the figure of a man appear down the hallway, shrouded in the shadows. Terrified, she quietly wakes her children and hustles them into the oldest part of the house, a tiny, secret room concealed behind a wall. There they hide as the man searches for them, trying to tempt the children out with promises and scare the mother into surrender.
In the suffocating darkness, the mother struggles to remain calm, to plan. Should she search for a weapon or attempt escape? But then she catches another glimpse of him. That face. That voice. And at once she knows her situation is even more dire than she’d feared, because she knows exactly who he is—and what he wants.
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A quiet morning in Three Pines gives way to a threat that feels far larger than a single murder.
The Grey Wolf
Mystery · Detective Fiction · Suspense
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A quiet morning in Three Pines gives way to a threat that feels far larger than a single murder. When strange messages and unsettling events pull Armand Gamache back into action, he and his closest allies uncover a danger that stretches across Québec and beyond. This is a layered mystery driven by shifting loyalties, rising unease, and the dread of something immense closing in.
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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The 19th mystery in the #1 New York Times-bestselling Armand Gamache series.
Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in Three Pines. Though the tiny Québec village is impossible to find on any map, someone has managed to track down Armand Gamache, head of homicide at the Sûreté, as he sits with his wife in their back garden. Reine-Marie watches with increasing unease as her husband refuses to pick up, though he clearly knows who is on the other end. When he finally answers, his rage shatters the calm of their quiet Sunday morning.
That's only the first in a sequence of strange events that begin THE GREY WOLF, the nineteenth novel in Louise Penny's #1 New York Times-bestselling series. A missing coat, an intruder alarm, a note for Gamache reading "this might interest you", a puzzling scrap of paper with a mysterious list—and then a murder. All propel Chief Inspector Gamache and his team toward a terrible realization. Something much more sinister than any one murder or any one case is fast approaching.
Armand Gamache, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, his son-in-law and second in command, and Inspector Isabelle Lacoste can only trust each other, as old friends begin to act like enemies, and long-time enemies appear to be friends. Determined to track down the threat before it becomes a reality, their pursuit takes them across Québec and across borders. Their hunt grows increasingly desperate, even frantic, as the enormity of the creature they’re chasing becomes clear. If they fail the devastating consequences would reach into the largest of cities and the smallest of villages.
Including Three Pines.
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A wrong turn on an empty road draws a newlywed couple into a nightmare that feels older than either of them understands.
Murder Road
Horror · Thriller · Supernatural Horror · Suspense
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A wrong turn on an empty road draws a newlywed couple into a nightmare that feels older than either of them understands. After stopping for a bleeding hitchhiker, April and Eddie become suspects in a string of murders tied to a deserted stretch of road and a town full of buried secrets. This is a tense supernatural mystery with haunted atmosphere, escalating dread, and a marriage under pressure.
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A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases.
July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They’re looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long after the hitchiker gets into their car, they see the blood seeping from her jacket and a truck barreling down Atticus Line after them.
When the hitchhiker dies at the local hospital, April and Eddie find themselves in the crosshairs of the Coldlake Falls police. Unexplained murders have been happening along Atticus Line for years and the cops finally have two witnesses who easily become their only suspects. As April and Eddie start to dig into the history of the town and that horrible stretch of road to clear their names, they soon learn that there is something supernatural at work, something that could not only tear the town and its dark secrets apart, but take April and Eddie down with it all.
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