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189 past books matching Suspense
Good for readers who want procedural suspense, prison-set danger, and cat-and-mouse mystery.
Say Never
Mystery · Thriller · Suspense
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Prison psychologist Dr. Alison Payne is pulled into a deadly case when a body is found in a forsaken Philadelphia prison and a killer begins recreating unsolved crimes with chilling changes. In Say Never, Alison must confront her own past judgments before more victims become part of the murderer’s twisted vendetta. Good for readers who want procedural suspense, prison-set danger, and cat-and-mouse mystery.
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Prison psychologist Dr. Alison Payne has interviewed hundreds of convicted killers, advocating for their release—or determining if they should remain behind bars.
But when a body is discovered in a forsaken Philadelphia prison, Alison Payne is thrust into a killer's twisted vendetta against criminal experts. As the murderer recreates unsolved crimes with chilling "corrections," Alison must confront her own past judgments and catch the culprit before more grisly "errors" are corrected.
SAY NEVER (BOOK #11) is the eleventh book in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller and USA Today bestselling author Blake Pierce, whose bestseller Once Gone (a free download) has received over 7,000 five star ratings and reviews. The series begins with SAY DIE (BOOK #1).
The Alison Payne mystery series is a page turning suspense ride, immersing you in a captivating cat-and-mouse game brimming with shocking twists. This refreshing take on the thriller genre features an ingenious female protagonist who can outsmart them all, and who is guaranteed to capture your heart. Fans of Rachel Caine, Karin Slaughter, and Melinda Leigh are sure to fall in love.
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Good for readers who like dual-timeline mysteries, buried secrets, childhood trauma, and small-town suspense.
The Chalk Man
Horror · Thriller · Suspense
Our take
A psychological suspense novel about a childhood game gone awry, leading to a shocking discovery and a dangerous quest for the truth, The Chalk Man is a Stephen King-endorsed ITW Thriller Award winner with a 4.0-star rating from more than 13,500 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like dual-timeline mysteries, buried secrets, childhood trauma, and small-town suspense.
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“Want to read something good?. . . If you like my stuff, you’ll like this.”—Stephen King • WINNER OF THE ITW THRILLER AWARD • WINNER OF THE STRAND MAGAZINE AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT NOVEL
A riveting psychological suspense debut that weaves a mystery about a childhood game gone dangerously awry, and will keep readers guessing right up to the shocking ending
In 1986, Eddie and his friends are on the verge of adolescence, spending their days biking in search of adventure. The chalk men are their secret code, stick figures they draw for one another as hidden messages. But one morning the friends find a chalk man leading them to the woods. They follow the message, only to find the dead body of a teenage girl.
In 2016, Eddie is nursing a drinking problem and trying to forget his past, until one day he gets a letter containing a chalk man—the same one he and his friends saw when they found the body. Soon he learns that all his old friends received the same note. When one of them is killed, Eddie realizes that saving himself means figuring out what happened all those years ago. But digging into the past proves more dangerous than he could have known. Because in this town, everyone has secrets, no one is innocent, and some will do anything to bury the truth.
Praise for The Chalk Man
“Wonderfully creepy—like a cold blade on the back of your neck.”—Lee Child
“An assured debut that alternates between 1986 and 2016 with unpredictable twists. The Chalk Man fits well with other stories about troubled childhoods such as Stephen King’s novella Stand by Me. . . . Tudor never misses a beat in showing each character as both a child and an adult while also exploring the foreboding environs of a small town.”—Associated Press
“Utterly hypnotic. The Chalk Man is a dream novel, a book of nightmares: haunted and haunting, shot through with shadow and light—a story to quicken the pulse and freeze the blood. A dark star is born.”—A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
“If you can’t get enough of psychological thrillers with sharp twists and turns, you need to read The Chalk Man”—Hello Giggles
“I haven’t had a sleepless night due to a book for a long time. The Chalk Man changed that.”—Fiona Barton, New York Times bestselling author of The Widow
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For readers who like twisty domestic thrillers, family secrets, and high-stakes abduction plots.
The Wrong Child
Thriller · Suspense
Our take
The Wrong Child follows Sarah and Jake after their three-month-old son, Max, is abducted, while teenager Willow begins questioning the new baby her family has brought to their caravan park. As Max’s neonatal diabetes becomes life-threatening, Willow uncovers disturbing secrets and a deadly cover-up, with a 4.5-star rating from more than 2,200 Amazon reviewers. For readers who like twisty domestic thrillers, family secrets, and high-stakes abduction plots.
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A mother with a dark secret...
A daughter dying to tell.
When 3-month-old Max is abducted, his parents are plunged into their worst nightmare. Devastated mum Sarah only took her eyes off him for a second, but that doesn't stop her guilt. Even husband Jake can't hide his anger that their little boy went missing on her watch.
By contrast there are smiles and celebration at a caravan park in Lincolnshire, as baby Blaze is introduced to the Star family. Jenna and Gary are delighted with the new addition to their family. He is their fourth child and a real object of delight to their eldest - fifteen-year-old Willow - who once again will raise the child.
But trouble is brewing for the Star family. Willow is concerned by the desperate online appeals from Sarah and Jake, baby Max has neonatal diabetes and without regular treatment will die. As baby "Blaze" becomes seriously ill, Willow makes a shocking discovery. What is the truth about her family? And how far will they go to hide their deadly secret?
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'A rollercoaster ride...absolutely full of twists and turns!'
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Good for readers who like YA thrillers with heists, family secrets, murder, and characters who know how to lie.
Such Charming Liars
Teen + Young Adult · Mystery · Thriller · Detective Fiction · Suspense
Our take
A New York Times bestseller, a mother-daughter grifter duo sets out on their final job, but things take a deadly turn when they cross paths with a serial scammer and his son. Such Charming Liars has a 4.2-star rating from more than 1,300 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who like YA thrillers with heists, family secrets, murder, and characters who know how to lie.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist turns deadly—and dangerously personal—in this twisty thriller from the #1 bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying!
For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie—except for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since.
Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job—at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn’t know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his father—a serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter.
Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can’t trust anyone—except each other.
Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it’s how to lie. They learned from the best.
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Good for readers who want YA mystery, snowbound suspense, and trapped-with-a-killer tension.
Two Truths and a Lie
Mystery · Teen + Young Adult · Thriller · Suspense
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Called “An atmospheric and entertaining thriller perfect for snowy night chills” by Kirkus Reviews, a blizzard strands theater student Nell and her troupe at a creepy motel where a game of Two Truths and a Lie reveals a killer among them, forcing Nell to fight for survival, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 260 Amazon reviewers. Good for readers who want YA mystery, snowbound suspense, and trapped-with-a-killer tension.
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In this chilling mystery from a New York Times bestselling author, a storm strands a group of teens in a creepy motel—leaving them trapped with a killer.
Nell has always wanted to be an actor, but she doubts her ability. As a member of her school’s theater program, she prefers working backstage. On the way to a contest, an unexpected blizzard strands her acting troupe in a creepy motel. Soon they meet a group of strangers from another high school—including the mysterious and handsome Knox, who insists they play the game Two Truths and a Lie. When it’s Nell’s turn, she draws a slip of paper written in unfamiliar handwriting:
I like to watch people die.
I’ve lost count of how many people I’ve killed.
Suddenly, a night of harmless fun turns into a matter of life and death. As guests start to go missing, it becomes clear that a murderer is hiding in their midst ready to strike again. In a room full of liars and performers, the truth is never quite what it seems. Nell is going to have to act like her life depends on it—because it does.
Amazon Editor’s Choice for Best Young Adult • Teen Vogue 15 Best New Thriller & Mystery Books for Summer • Featured in Crime Reads • Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection
"An atmospheric and entertaining thriller perfect for snowy night chills." —Kirkus Reviews
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With a 4.5-star rating from more than 62,400 Amazon reviewers, this will appeal to readers who like fast-paced crime thrillers, strange clues, small-town corruption, and high-stakes investigations.
The Fallen
Mystery · Thriller · Suspense
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A #1 New York Times bestseller, The Fallen follows Amos Decker and Alex Jamison into Baronville, a dying rust belt town where four bizarre murders, cryptic clues, and a crumbling economy point to something far larger. With a 4.5-star rating from more than 62,400 Amazon reviewers, this will appeal to readers who like fast-paced crime thrillers, strange clues, small-town corruption, and high-stakes investigations.
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Star FBI detective Amos Decker and his colleague Alex Jamison must solve four increasingly bizarre murders in a dying rust belt town—and the closer they come to the truth, the deadlier it gets in this rapid-fire #1 New York Times bestseller.
Something sinister is going on in Baronville. The rust belt town has seen four bizarre murders in the space of two weeks. Cryptic clues left at the scenes—obscure bible verses, odd symbols—have the police stumped.
Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex Jamison are in Baronville visiting Alex's sister and her family. It's a bleak place: a former mill and mining town with a crumbling economy and rampant opioid addiction. Decker has only been there a few hours when he stumbles on a horrific double murder scene.
Then the next killing hits sickeningly close to home. And with the lives of people he cares about suddenly hanging in the balance, Decker begins to realize that the recent string of deaths may be only one small piece of a much larger scheme—with consequences that will reach far beyond Baronville.
Decker, with his singular talents, may be the only one who can crack this bizarre case. Only this time—when one mistake could cost him everything—Decker finds that his previously infallible memory may not be so trustworthy after all . . .
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A missing husband, a cryptic last request, and a shared playlist turn an ordinary disappearance into something far more intimate and dangerous.
Tell Me You Trust Me
Thriller · Suspense
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A missing husband, a cryptic last request, and a shared playlist turn an ordinary disappearance into something far more intimate and dangerous. In Tell Me You Trust Me, Marissa Creighton searches for answers through coded song titles while her protective family, hidden surveillance, and signs of betrayal make every clue feel unstable. This is domestic suspense built on trust, control, and the fear that home may not be safe.
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In a twisty and provocative thriller debut, Elle Owens tells the story of a young mother whose husband vanishes without a trace, and their shared playlist holds the only key to bringing him back.
When her husband goes missing, Marissa Creighton fears the worst. Tell me you trust me was the last thing Ethan said to her, and she’d shrugged it off. Now she can’t get those words out of her head.
Marissa’s family has always been her rock. But when they come to help her with eighteen-month-old Logan, their overprotectiveness borders on oppression—occupational hazard of the family’s surveillance business, or is it? Seeking comfort in the playlist she and Ethan share, Marissa is shocked to find a new song there: “Trust Me.” She’s certain it’s a message.
Using song titles as code, she and Ethan start communicating back and forth. But she still doesn’t understand why he left. While his messages point to incriminating documents, her family uncovers evidence of an affair. But their discoveries come with their own baggage, including personal threats, secret bank accounts, and dusty surveillance devices. All the while Marissa wonders whether she’ll ever learn the truth—or see her husband again.
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This mystery fits readers who like psychological suspense, unconventional detectives, and clues hidden in the way people speak.
Wordhunter
Mystery · Thriller · Psychological Thriller · Suspense
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Wordhunter turns language into evidence, danger, and a way into the mind of a criminal hiding in plain sight. Maggie Moore, a gifted forensic linguistics student with a talent for decoding speech patterns, helps police investigate a stalker before a local abduction pulls her into a case that cuts too close. This mystery fits readers who like psychological suspense, unconventional detectives, and clues hidden in the way people speak.
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An Amazon Best of the Year Pick
An utterly original and compulsively readable detective story, this gripping psychological suspense novel is about a woman who uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech patterns to help solve crimes.
Tattooed, pierced, and a bit of a mess, Maggie Moore is a surprising genius when it comes to words, a savant able to solve any linguistic puzzle. The top student in her forensic linguistics class, she’s tapped by local police to use her skills to decipher harrowing notes left by a stalker-turned-rapist—and succeeds brilliantly.
But when the daughter of a local mayor is abducted, Maggie isn’t sure she’s the right person to help the police solve the missing person case. Given what happened to her best childhood friend, Maggie just might be too close to this one.
Yet she knows the authorities in this rural south-Central Florida town cannot crack the case without her special skill. Along with her new best friend, a detective Jackson, Maggie begins to analyze the texts, emails, and verbal tics of various suspects . . . and comes to a disturbing conclusion that will rock this small community.
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This psychological suspense thriller fits readers who want high-stakes danger, moral pressure, and a protagonist forced past every old version of herself.
Nobody Knows You’re Here
Thriller · Psychological Thriller · Suspense
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Nobody Knows You’re Here turns captivity into a brutal test of survival, identity, and how far one woman can go when no one is coming to save her. Beatrice wakes in an isolated mansion controlled by armed jailers and a criminal organization, then becomes responsible for children trapped beside her. This psychological suspense thriller fits readers who want high-stakes danger, moral pressure, and a protagonist forced past every old version of herself.
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A desperate woman fights to escape captivity in this gripping thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of All the Ugly and Wonderful Things.
Beatrice is about to lose everything when a kind stranger offers her a cup of coffee and a job. It seems like a promise of a better life . . . until she wakes up under lock and key in an isolated mansion in the woods.
On orders from a shadowy criminal organization, armed jailers make the rules for their captives, enforcing them with unflinching violence. Beatrice has always been a “nice girl,” but that won’t save her now. Nobody helped her when she lost her job, her car, and her home, and nobody’s coming to give back her freedom. The only person she can rely on is herself. And now, several child hostages are relying on her too.
When the situation gets more dire—deadly even—Beatrice has to become the hero she and her fellow prisoners need. To escape she’ll have to outsmart her captors and do terrible things that would horrify her former self. If she succeeds, there’s no telling who she’ll be when the ordeal comes to an end.
“Bryn Greenwood is back and better than ever, dropping readers right into the action in this tense, high-stakes story of survival and resilience. Nobody Knows You’re Here is sure to be a hit!” —Mary Kubica, New York Times–bestselling author of Local Woman Missing
“Readers . . . will be kept guessing from the beginning to the end. Recommended for fans of Taylor Adams.” —Library Journal, starred review
“Sublime . . . [A] tense story of resolve in the face of captivity.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Dark and unflinching . . . a captivating story of strength and survival. With some of the most complex characters you’ll ever read—the line between villain and victim masterfully blurred—Bryn Greenwood explores the depths of human evil while reminding us of the love and hope that makes life worth fighting for.” —Megan Collins, author of Cross My Heart and The Family Plot
“Compelling and terrifying!” —Sascha Rothchild, author of Blood Sugar
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A crumbling house, a vanished wife, and a forest town full of whispers turn one marriage into a Gothic trap.
The Astrology House
Thriller · Psychological Thriller · Suspense
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A crumbling house, a vanished wife, and a forest town full of whispers turn one marriage into a Gothic trap. The Hungry Deep follows Rachel Corrigan as she arrives at her husband’s ancestral home and begins uncovering the buried truth behind Lavinia’s disappearance. It’s Gothic folk horror shaped by inheritance, silence, grief, and the women history tries to leave underground.
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A buried past turns into a present-day threat in Behind You, a psychological thriller about memory, identity, and the danger of secrets that refuse to stay hidden.
Behind You
Thriller · Psychological Thriller · Suspense
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A buried past turns into a present-day threat in Behind You, a psychological thriller about memory, identity, and the danger of secrets that refuse to stay hidden. Gemma has rebuilt her life under a new name, but when strangers begin confronting her with the truth she cannot fully remember, every accusation pulls her closer to the violence she escaped.
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In this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Mike Omer, a woman who fled home with a dark secret must now flee the strangers who seem to know it—and the stalker behind it all.
Seventeen-year-old Theodora Briggs left home in the dead of night, after a brutal crime shattered her life. Thirteen years later, she’s made a name for herself as Gemma: beautician, wife, and mother. But the trauma still lingers…
And then one day, it’s more than just a phantom pain.
Gemma is suddenly accosted by stranger after stranger, all of whom seem to know the truth about her. They confront her with her real name and ominous allusions to the tragedy that drove her out of town. When her family begins to have their own strange episodes, Gemma is rattled. There’s no one left to trust but herself—except Gemma can’t even remember what happened that night.
Accusations and danger lurk around every corner, and Gemma’s not sure where to turn. But if she can’t put together the pieces of her past, the new life she’s built might disappear just as quickly—and violently—as her old one.
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John finds her friend dead in Port Ariel, threatening calls and a rising body count force her to question who has been hiding behind a familiar face, making…
Don’t Close Your Eyes
Horror · Thriller · Psychological Thriller · Suspense
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Don’t Close Your Eyes turns a quiet return home into a murder investigation where grief, suspicion, and fear close in fast. After Natalie St. John finds her friend dead in Port Ariel, threatening calls and a rising body count force her to question who has been hiding behind a familiar face, making this a strong fit for readers who like gothic-tinged suspense with personal stakes.
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A woman must uncover who's behind a string of murders before she's next in this chilling thriller by the author of In the Event of My Death.
"Don't Close Your Eyes has all the gothic sensibilities of a Victoria Holt novel, combined with the riveting modern suspense of Sharyn McCrumb's The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter. Don't close your eyes—and don't miss this one!" —Meagan McKinney, author of In The Dark
Nestled on the shores of Lake Erie, the small town of Port Ariel, Ohio, is a welcome haven for Natalie St. John. Back home for the first time in years, she plans to visit old friends, mend a broken heart, and take a break from her busy veterinarian practice. But her peace is shattered her first night back, when she discovers the murdered body of her friend, Tamara Peyton.
Was it a random act of violence . . . or something personal? The answer becomes clear as Natalie is stalked by the voice of "Tamara," whose terrifying phone calls warn her that she too, is going to die.
One by one, the people closest to Tamara are being savagely murdered. But neither Natalie nor Sheriff Nick Meredith recognizes the face of the devious killer who walks among them, hiding behind a well-crafted lie. Now, a murderer's deadly act of vengeance demands one more sacrifice—and Natalie has been chosen to pay the price . . .
"Carlene Thompson creates smart, interesting characters the reader cares about within a gripping suspense story." —Judith Kelman, author of After the Fall
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