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In The Island by Natasha Preston (4.4 out of 5 stars), six teen influencers are invited to a private amusement park—but their dream getaway turns into a deadly…
The Island
Mystery · Teen + Young Adult · Thriller · Suspense
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In The Island by Natasha Preston (4.4 out of 5 stars), six teen influencers are invited to a private amusement park—but their dream getaway turns into a deadly trap. Fast-paced, chilling, and impossible to put down, this New York Times bestseller cements Preston as the queen of YA thrillers. Fame has never been so fatal.
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Six teen influencers. One private island. Zero chance of escape.
Liam, James, Will, Ava, Harper, and Paisley think they’ve hit the jackpot—a luxury weekend getaway to promote Jagged Island, an exclusive amusement park for the ultra-rich. The rides are wild, the views are stunning, and the followers are pouring in. But paradise hides something sinister.
As the weekend spirals into chaos, their carefully curated lives start to unravel. One by one, they realize that someone invited them here for more than publicity—and that not everyone will leave alive.
Natasha Preston’s The Island is a tense, unrelenting YA thriller where social media fame turns fatal, secrets are deadly currency, and survival means facing the truth behind the perfect post.
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In 1660 England, the monarchy is restored and former republicans are marked for death.
The Winter List
Historical Fiction · Mystery · Thriller · Historical Mystery · Historical Thriller
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In 1660 England, the monarchy is restored and former republicans are marked for death. When Damian Seeker appears on a secret list of traitors, his daughter Manon becomes a dangerous link between hunted men and royal spies. This tense Restoration thriller holds 4.4 stars on Amazon and is praised for its vivid historical detail.
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Summer, 1660. Cromwell is dead and Charles Stuart has been restored to the throne. Men who supported the Protectorate are being hunted down as traitors.
'S. G. MacLean can make any historical period sing with life' Antonia Hodgson
By the summer of 1660 the last remnants of the Republic have been swept away and the Stuarts have been restored under their king, Charles II. A list of regicides believed to be involved in the death of Charles I is drawn up. Gruesome executions begin to take place and the hunt intensifies for those who have gone into hiding at home or abroad.
Although not a regicide, staunch Republican Damian Seeker is on a list of traitors to the king. Royalist spy, Lady Anne Winter, is employed to find evidence of guilt or innocence among the names on this Winter List. Seeker has fled England but his beloved daughter Manon remains, married to Seeker's friend, the lawyer Lawrence Ingolby, and living in York.
As the conduit to her father and to others on the Winter List and surrounded by spies and watchers, Manon lives in constant danger and fear of discovery. One of those spies is closer than even she could have imagined.
Perfect for fans of Robert Harris and Andrew Taylor.
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Night Heron by Adam Brookes is a tense, intelligent thriller praised as “reinventing the spy genre.” With 4.1 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it’s perfect for fans…
Night Heron
Mystery · Thriller
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When a former British spy escapes a Chinese labor camp, he ignites an international chase through the heart of modern Beijing. Night Heron by Adam Brookes is a tense, intelligent thriller praised as “reinventing the spy genre.” With 4.1 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it’s perfect for fans of John le Carré and espionage at its smartest.
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In the frozen desert of northwest China, a man known only as Peanut escapes a brutal labor camp under cover of darkness. Two decades ago, he was a British spy. Now he’s a fugitive in one of the most heavily surveilled cities on Earth, hunted by the regime he betrayed and the allies he once served.
Desperate to survive, Peanut reaches out to journalist Philip Mangan, offering state secrets in exchange for his freedom. But what begins as a covert handoff spirals into an international power struggle, as every major intelligence agency closes in on the truth.
Set against the claustrophobic tension of modern Beijing, Night Heron is a razor-sharp espionage thriller where survival depends on who can stay unseen the longest.
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A mother becomes both victim and criminal in The Chain by Adrian McKinty, the award-winning thriller hailed by Stephen King as “propulsive and original.” Rated 4.2 out of…
The Chain
Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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A mother becomes both victim and criminal in The Chain by Adrian McKinty, the award-winning thriller hailed by Stephen King as “propulsive and original.” Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this relentless page-turner traps parents in an impossible cycle of crime and fear. Breaking The Chain might be the only way to survive.
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Rachel Klein’s life ends with a single phone call. Her daughter has been kidnapped, and the only way to get her back is to pay a ransom and abduct another child. The caller is another parent caught in the same nightmare. This is The Chain, a twisted system that turns victims into criminals and desperation into profit.
As Rachel races against time, the rules grow darker and the stakes deadlier. One wrong move could destroy her family, but breaking The Chain might destroy her humanity. Every parent thinks they know how far they’d go to save their child. Rachel is about to find out.
Terrifying, relentless, and brilliantly original, The Chain grips you by the throat and doesn’t let go until the final revelation.
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In Havana Storm by Clive and Dirk Cussler (4.6 out of 5 stars), Dirk Pitt investigates a toxic Caribbean outbreak and uncovers a deadly Cuban conspiracy.
Havana Storm
Men's Fiction · Thriller · Action Thriller
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In Havana Storm by Clive and Dirk Cussler (4.6 out of 5 stars), Dirk Pitt investigates a toxic Caribbean outbreak and uncovers a deadly Cuban conspiracy. As his children hunt a lost Aztec treasure, the entire Pitt family is drawn into danger. A globe-trotting, high-stakes thriller from the masters of maritime adventure.
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A mysterious toxic outbreak in the Caribbean threatens to spread to the U.S., and only Dirk Pitt can uncover its source. But what begins as an environmental crisis quickly spirals into a deadly power struggle for control of post-Castro Cuba. Caught between rival factions and ruthless operatives, Pitt faces danger on all sides—both above and below the waves.
Meanwhile, his children, Dirk and Summer, chase an Aztec artifact long thought lost in the explosion of the USS Maine. Their search leads them straight into the heart of Havana, where the past and present collide in explosive fashion.
In Havana Storm, Clive and Dirk Cussler deliver another pulse-pounding adventure packed with political intrigue, underwater peril, and the unstoppable spirit of the Pitt family.
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She wakes on a frozen lakeshore with no memory and no one to trust.
Gravewater Lake
Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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She wakes on a frozen lakeshore with no memory and no one to trust. In Gravewater Lake, an amnesiac woman takes refuge with a stranger during a brutal winter storm, only to sense something deeply wrong within the isolated house and the man who claims to protect her. As whispers echo through the halls, psychological suspense builds around identity, perception, and the fear of misplaced trust.
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A woman who can’t remember her past encounters a mysterious stranger in a chilling novel of mounting psychological suspense by the authors of The Last Girl Left.
She wakes on the shore of a remote lake in the middle of the night, freezing and afraid. With no memory of who she is or how she got there, she stumbles frantically toward the lights of a house. The handsome stranger who lives there is shocked to see a woman on his doorstep and takes her in.
Trapped by a winter storm and cut off from the outside world, she starts to suspect that all is not right with the house on Gravewater Lake—or the man, who says his name is Gregg. Because there are whispers in the night, and phantom footsteps pace the halls. Is Gregg hiding a dark secret, or is she losing her mind?
As she struggles to remember her past and make sense of her present, she soon discovers that people are not always who they seem, and the truth might be more deadly than she could ever have imagined.
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A missing daughter.
The Invention of Sound
Horror · Literary Fiction · Mystery · Psychological Horror · Psychological Thriller · Suspense
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A missing daughter. A Hollywood sound artist who makes screams feel too real. The Invention of Sound by Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, is a haunting dive into grief, art, and obsession. Critics call it “disturbing and brilliant,” and readers rate it 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon. Prepare to hear the horror behind the silence.
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Seventeen years after his daughter vanished, Gates Foster lives in the echo of her screams. When a new lead surfaces in Hollywood, a single, chilling sound, hope claws its way back. Somewhere behind the glamour and the gloss, someone knows what happened to Lucy.
Mitzi Ives is Hollywood’s reigning queen of fear. As a Foley artist, she builds terror one scream at a time, crafting horror so convincing it could almost be real. But Mitzi’s perfection hides something darker, an inheritance of violence that won’t stay buried.
As Gates hunts the truth and Mitzi chases her next masterpiece, their paths collide in a nightmare of obsession, grief, and art gone too far. The closer they get to the truth, the louder the horror becomes.
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Perfect for fans of Riley Sager and The Last Mrs.
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
Literary Fiction · Thriller · Psychological Fiction · Psychological Thriller
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In In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead (4.3 out of 5 stars), six college friends reunite a decade after graduation—and one unsolved murder. Twisty, tense, and impossible to put down, this dark academia thriller explores obsession, ambition, and the secrets we bury to survive. Perfect for fans of Riley Sager and The Last Mrs. Parrish.
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Ten years after graduation, Jessica Miller returns to Duquette University ready to reclaim the narrative. She’s beautiful now, successful, and in control—or at least that’s what she wants her former friends to believe. Beneath the perfect image lies a darker truth: their group of six was shattered by the unsolved murder of Heather Shelby, and no one has ever escaped its shadow.
At the reunion, old rivalries ignite, lies resurface, and someone is determined to expose the killer once and for all. As accusations fly and secrets unravel, Jessica must confront the past she’s built her life on avoiding.
Ashley Winstead’s In My Dreams I Hold a Knife is a razor-sharp psychological thriller about ambition, guilt, and the high price of perfection.
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Best for readers who like psychological suspense built around obsession, betrayal, family tragedy, and revenge.
Little Secrets
Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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A National Bestseller called “unflinching and unforgettable,” Little Secrets follows Marin, whose perfect life collapses when her young son is taken and the investigation goes cold. A year later, a private investigator uncovers her husband’s affair instead, giving Marin a new target for her grief and rage, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 40,500 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like psychological suspense built around obsession, betrayal, family tragedy, and revenge.
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National Bestseller!
"Unflinching and unforgettable. Little Secrets has everything you want in a thriller" —Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Lock Every Door
Overwhelmed by tragedy, a woman desperately tries to save her marriage in award-winning author Jennifer Hillier's Little Secrets, a riveting novel of psychological suspense.
All it takes to unravel a life is one little secret...
Marin had the perfect life. Married to her college sweetheart, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They're admired in their community and are a loving family—until their world falls apart the day their son Sebastian is taken.
A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak. She hires a P.I. to pick up where the police left off, but instead of finding Sebastian, she learns that Derek is having an affair with a younger woman. This discovery sparks Marin back to life. She's lost her son; she's not about to lose her husband, too. Kenzie is an enemy with a face, which means this is a problem Marin can fix.
Permanently.
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In Strangers in Time by David Baldacci (4.6 out of 5 stars), a grieving bookseller shelters two teens amid war-torn 1944 London.
Strangers in Time
Historical Fiction · Historical Thriller · War Fiction
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In Strangers in Time by David Baldacci (4.6 out of 5 stars), a grieving bookseller shelters two teens amid war-torn 1944 London. Haunted by loss and hunted by danger, they discover hope and family in the unlikeliest place—a small bookshop. A moving story of survival, compassion, and courage from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.
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London, 1944. The city is scarred by bombs and loss, and fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters has learned to survive by any means necessary. Orphaned and restless, he steals to stay alive, waiting for the day he’s old enough to join the fight.
Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield returns to a home that no longer exists. Evacuated to the countryside for years, she comes back to find her parents gone and her city in ruins.
Both adrift, they find refuge in The Book Keep, a small shop owned by Ignatius Oliver—a widower drowning in his own grief. Within its walls, the three form a makeshift family. But secrets linger, danger follows, and as London burns around them, trust may be their only chance at survival.
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes The House at the End of the World, a pulse-pounding thriller with 4.4 out of 5 stars on…
The House at the End of the World
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Suspense
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes The House at the End of the World, a pulse-pounding thriller with 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon. When an artist’s island refuge becomes ground zero for an unearthly threat, survival turns into an act of courage, and faith in the face of the unknowable.
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Soon no one on Earth will have a place to hide in this novel about fears known and unknown by #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz.
In retreat from a devastating loss and crushing injustice, Katie lives alone in a fortresslike stone house on Jacob’s Ladder island. Once a rising star in the art world, she finds refuge in her painting.
The neighboring island of Ringrock houses a secret: a government research facility. And now two agents have arrived on Jacob’s Ladder in search of someone—or something—they refuse to identify. Although an air of menace hangs over these men, an infinitely greater threat has arrived, one so strange even the island animals are in a state of high alarm.
Katie soon finds herself in an epic and terrifying battle with a mysterious enemy. But Katie’s not alone after all: a brave young girl appears out of the violent squall. As Katie and her companion struggle across a dark and eerie landscape, against them is an omnipresent terror that could bring about the end of the world.
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From #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jeneva Rose comes The Perfect Divorce, a gripping psychological thriller with 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon.
The Perfect Divorce
Thriller
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From #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jeneva Rose comes The Perfect Divorce, a gripping psychological thriller with 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon. When new evidence reopens her ex’s murder case, one woman’s picture-perfect life shatters again. Betrayal, secrets, and obsession collide in this jaw-dropping sequel to The Perfect Marriage.
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Eleven years ago, Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, when he was accused of killing his mistress. The scandal nearly destroyed her. Now she’s rebuilt her life with a new career, a new husband, and a picture-perfect family. But perfection never lasts.
When she catches her husband, Bob, in a one-night stand, Sarah files for divorce without hesitation. Then new DNA evidence reopens Adam’s old murder case, dragging Sarah back into a nightmare she thought was over. As the media swarms and old enemies resurface, Bob’s affair takes a sinister turn when his mistress vanishes.
Now Sarah’s fighting to clear her name while her marriage, career, and sanity unravel. Justice has never been clean, but this divorce might be deadly.
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