Author: Simone St. James
Simone St. James delivers another spine-chilling thriller with The Sun Down Motel, a dual-timeline mystery packed with eerie atmosphere and supernatural suspense. 1982: In upstate New York, Viv takes a night shift job at the rundown Sun Down Motel. When she starts noticing strange occurrences and sensing that someone—or something—is watching her, she decides to investigate. Then, she vanishes without a trace. ...
Author: Alex Finlay
A fast-paced and gripping thriller, The Night Shift by Alex Finlay is packed with suspense, multiple POVs, and shocking twists. On New Year’s Eve in 1999, three employees at a Blockbuster store are brutally murdered, with only one survivor, Ella. The suspect vanishes without a trace. Fifteen years later, an eerily similar crime occurs at an ice cream shop, with another lone survivor. FBI agent Keller, defense ...
Author: Jennifer Hillier
Things We Do in the Dark has all the elements of a great thriller—multiple timelines, a true-crime podcast connection, and dark secrets—but it didn’t fully grip me. The novel follows Paris, a woman whose past is catching up to her after her husband’s high-profile murder. As she tries to stay out of the spotlight, a journalist digging into her past threatens to unravel everything. While the plot is interesting, I...
Author: Karin Slaughter
Kisscut is an unflinching and disturbing thriller that pulls no punches. Sara, Jeffrey, and Lena are still reeling from their last case when a shocking crime shakes their small town—13-year-old Jenny is caught attempting to murder a teenage boy outside a skating rink. As they investigate, they uncover a horrifying underground world of abuse and manipulation. Slaughter’s writing is graphic, intense, and at times ...
Author: Karin Slaughter
Few authors hook readers as quickly as Karin Slaughter, and A Faint Cold Fear is no exception. Set several months after Kisscut, the story follows Jeffrey and Sara as they investigate a string of suspicious suicides on a college campus. Meanwhile, Lena—now working as campus security—seems intent on pushing everyone away as she deals with her own trauma. The mystery is compelling, and Slaughter’s signature da...
Author: Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter delivers another intense thriller with Indelible, a gripping installment in the Grant County series. The novel opens with a shocking hostage situation at the police station, where Sara and Jeffrey find themselves at the mercy of masked gunmen. As the tension builds, the story alternates between the present crisis and flashbacks to a weekend from Sara and Jeffrey’s past—one that reveals dark secrets...
Author: Kate Quinn
Kate Quinn delivers another thrilling historical novel with The Huntress, a slow-burning but gripping tale of revenge, survival, and justice. The story follows Ian, a former war reporter turned Nazi hunter, and Nina, a fearless ex-member of the Night Witches, the Soviet Union’s all-female bomber regiment. Both are on the hunt for The Huntress, a deadly Nazi war criminal who vanished after the war. Meanwhil...
Author: Jennifer Hillier
A dark and emotional domestic thriller, Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier is a suspenseful story filled with secrets, betrayals, and heartbreak. Marin has everything—a successful career, a loving husband, and a beautiful life. But in an instant, her world shatters when her young son is kidnapped from a busy marketplace. A year later, with no leads and no closure, Marin is barely holding on. Just when she thinks t...