Fiction - Thrillers - Suspense

It's Christmas Eve and Stella Hansen is broke. She is so broke that despite working two jobs, she can't even afford a present for her husband on their first Christmas as man and wife. But then a mysterious storekeeper at a pawn shop offers...

On an October Saturday night in the 1960s, a motley group of local kids in a rural community, who call themselves the Watchers' Club, set out on an innocent lark to their local lovers' lane. Their mission: sneak up on any parkers who might...

Detective Isaac Bell is back in this all-new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Clive Cussler.Author: Jack Du BrulISBN-10: 0593853563ISBN-13: 9780593853566Publisher: G.P. Putnam's SonsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/13/2025Pages: 400Format: Hardcover

Personal betrayal, political intrigue, and international conflict. Phorcys is under attack. The black ops group which employs Finn and Mary as assassins is in disarray. Mary's gone underground without letting her partner Finn know. Fearing Mary's betrayal, Phorcys sends Finn to find Mary and...

Another instant classic from Carl Hiaasen--laugh-out-loud funny, tackling the current chaotic and polarized American culture (following in the path of Squeeze Me), with two wonderful new Hiaasen heroes "The afternoon of September first, dishwater-gray and rainy, a man named Dale Figgo picked up a...

A pulse-pounding new Southern thriller from the author of the runaway bestseller A Flicker in the Dark. Twenty-two years ago, Claire Campbell's older sister, Natalie, disappeared on her eighteenth birthday. Days later, her blood was found in a car, a man was arrested, and...

I was there. I saw what you did.BlaiseI wasn't supposed to be there that night, but my friend Sienna talked me into going to the party in Land's End so she could spy on her boyfriend. While hiding out in the woods, we witnessed...

A goddess in her own way, Evelyn was born in Indiana but has traveled to different places in her life. The question is, who is Evelyn? What did she endure to get to the place she is now?Take a ride on this journey through...

This is the story about a family of assassins set in the near future, only 150 years or so have passed since our present day. But in this future, the past is all around us. From the music of the 60's, some sayings from...

Author: Iris JohansenISBN-10: 1250378745ISBN-13: 9781250378743Publisher: St. Martin's GriffinLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/24/2016Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.78d

Webster's Defines Force Majeure as: Noun1: superior or irresistible force2: an event or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled -compare to ACT OF GODWhen Peyton Baker makes the sudden decision to transfer out of LSU for an unknown law school in northern...

A powerful defense contractor, a reluctant intelligence agent, and an ambitious journalist race to contain and control an international crisis that could destroy the world in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. "Dick, I need a war." Nicolas Creel is a man on...

The bestselling author of The Drowning Woman returns with a terrifying tale of a writer caught up in a web of ever-growing paranoia and menace that will keep you guessing in this "dark, twisted heartstopper." (Heather Gudenkauf) Camryn Lane is living her dream. After...

Annie Jackson and her brother Lewis return to investigate the disappearance of a family friend, leading them to spellbinding mystery that digs deep into a past that should, perhaps, remain undisturbed ... A chilling gothic thriller from the critically acclaimed author of The Murmurs......

Icelandic investigator ? r? ra receives strange and devastating news about her missing sister, while her detective friend Dan? el looks into the disappearance of a family friend. The twisty, addictive, award-winning series continues... A dark, twisty and pitch-perfect thriller. I will read anything...

Author: Victor ManiboISBN-10: 1645660931ISBN-13: 9781645660934Publisher: Erewhon BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2025Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbs

In the vein of The Bad Seed comes a twisty, atmospheric psychological suspense about a meddlesome elderly guest at a decadent luxury hotel who believes she has left her problematic past behind, until she decides to interfere in the lives of a young mother...

With her ranch under attack, can she trust him to defend her? Desperate to rescue her horses from a suspicious fire, rancher Sadie Madsen suddenly finds herself trapped inside the burning barn instead. She's saved by the one man she never wanted to see...

Rescuing a child makes her a killer's target. Racing into a burning cabin to search for survivors, firefighter Diana Cameron stumbles upon an unconscious child--and two bodies with bullet wounds. When a sniper targets their narrow escape, Diana has no choice but to team...

Messages...Motiff...Murder... Motive... Means...Moment... Mooching...Manipulation... 'M' reigns supreme in Murder in Minnesota. Three years after her husband's murder, Annabelle Masterson finds herself the subject of a politically motivated murder investigation when the distant relative who killed her husband is gruesomely murdered after her early parole....

From Nora Murphy, author of The Favor, The New Mother is both relatable and nerve-wracking, sympathetic and bone-chilling-- a fresh new twist on motherhood and murder in suburbia. Isolated. Lonely. Tired. It's hard being The New Mother. Sometimes it's murder. Nothing is simple about...

In the unforgiving spinifex country, Rose MacGregor and her baby sister face danger as their family holiday turns perilous. Threatened by armed strangers during a gem-fossicking expedition, Rosie's mettle is tested. In the searing 38-degree heat and desolate wilderness, she must rely on her...

After a temperamental meltdown on stage, Sean Hightower, a regretful and resentful "one-hit wonder" rock musician hoping for a comeback, returns to his girlfriend's condo seeking comfort from the woman he loves. But after letting himself in, he discovers her naked body on the...

AN AMERICAN HERO had been forced to work for the CIA until renegade agents tried to kill him. In SWITCHBACK, the DEADLY DRIVER sequel, while celebrating the Christmas holidays in Park City, his home and his treasured trophy room are burned to the ground,...

This Train races us through America's heartland, carrying secrets. There is treasure in the cargo car, along with an invisible puppeteer. There is a coder named Nora, a yippy dog named Mugzy, and Ross, a too-curious poet. On board, it's a countdown to murder......

Ancient creatures disguised as people hunt vacationing friends on a remote Swedish island.Liam Stone is a quiet man whose personal life has taken a turn for the worse. Going through a devastating divorce, he flies to Sweden for a short vacation with old college...

An original gothic adult novel filled with mystery and suspense on the Outer Banks, written by bestselling author Gretchen A. Klein; featuring a love-gone-wrong story with hints of the supernatural, packed with murder and adventure on Cape Hatteras Island of the Outer Banks--now in...

THE CARTER WOMEN DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES: THEY MAKE THEM.The brilliant new gangland thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of DIAMOND. Gangster Max Carter and his ex-wife Annie Carter are leading separate lives in separate countries: past hurts and broken promises cannot be...

Some nights, Corcoran O'Connor dreams his father's death.William Kent Krueger's gripping tale of suspense begins with a recurring nightmare, a gun, and a wound in the earth so deep and horrific that it has a name: Vermilion Drift.When the Department of Energy puts an...

To save the life of the man she loves, she'll have to risk her own.Costume designer, Leslie Carroll has mastered the art of flying under the radar. She's had to, or risk being found by the psychopath who almost killed her.When she literally falls...

The heart-rending and dramatic sequel to DownhillIn 1990, seventeen year old Elaine McCairn was involved in a tragic accident - an accident which took the life of an innocent child, and rocked the close-knit mining community of Castle Ridge. Unable to deal with the...

Finn is the only surviving victim of the Chicago Heart Ripper.Struggling to come to terms with what happened, she fights against the amnesia that prevents her from identifying the serial killer.Caleb Sheppard is determined to protect Finn. He suspects that there is more to...

People of Venezuela are starving...and a notorious feared, Venezuelan drug lord is planning to attack America with a powerful new weapon. Washington, DC is the primary target, with additional cities to follow. CIA Agent Rick Hill-still reeling from his partner's death in the line...

He's out of prison.His targets are set.And she's one of them. Elizabeth Strong had hoped after all this time, Steve Robinson would leave her alone. But his message is clear. He's not only coming for her; he also has his sights set on another...

When six gifted children vanish around the globe, an investigation reveals genetic experimentation, dubious funding and the disappearance of a research assistant.Searching for proof of the Exodus, biblical archaeologist Lynne Raven meets enigmatic billionaire heir Connor Mackenzie. As the two grow closer, a disturbing...

Thorndike is just like any other quaint Cornish village. Everyone knows everyone, and families have lived there for generations.The village inn boasts the finest food and warmest welcome, and visitors and locals alike agree that old Thad Beanie makes the most delicious meat pies...

He's up for parole.Two years too soon.Elizabeth Strong knew the day would come, but she wasn't sure she was ready. Over time, she learned to put her own problems and fears aside. A court advocate needs to stay strong. Her clients depend on her....

'Becoming an overnight sensation was supposed to be a good thing.Not for Bill Cutter, supply teacher and weekend rock star. His band, The Fallen, have just released their latest tune on social media, and it's blowing up.So is the body count.Now, Bill faces a...

LARGE PRINT EDITIONNot every missing person is meant to be found...When troubled nurse Alina vanishes one night, it's assumed she ran away from her violent husband. Until disgraced ex-teacher Emily Swanson moves into the couple's former home.Emily's life is in ruins and she's meant...

Special Agent Alex Penance was the hot shot recruit out of Quantico, picked for early promotion before an evening of celebration turned to an unwitting slip of morality with a high-ranking senator's girlfriend.Abruptly stripped of his promotion and banished to the sleepy southern town...

Grayton, a small fictional town community in western Tennessee, in 1964, is unaware of the civil rights movement taking place across the nation. It all begins with the Scholl family, as the oldest girl, Rosie, sets up a summer school and invites others to...

With a Foreword by Joanne Harris. June Cryer is a shopaholic suburban housewife trapped in a lousy marriage. After discovering her husband's infidelity with the flight attendant next door, she loses her home, her husband and her credit rating. But there's a solution: a...

Christian Romano lives his life as a con-artist, burglar, drug dealer, and a ladies' man, using his good looks to con wealthy women out of jewels and money. When he is arrested and jailed in one of the most violent jails in the U.S....

A band of fraternity brothers, deeply committed to keeping the United States of America as the reigning world superpower, become alarmed when they learn that the President of the United States permits the passing of highly sensitive (and heretofore classified) military missile technology to...

It's a calculated risk for the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service in the classic game of spy-versus-spy. Rogue C.I.A. agent Aubrey Herschel needs something to trade for immunity. More than anything, he wants to go home. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, heavyweight Liam Kimball...

After burying his wife and mother within a few weeks of each other, 36 year old Cole Grendahl leaves his surfer lifestyle and charter fishing business in Pawleys Island, South Carolina and moves to Montana to work on the Rambling G, his uncle's 247,000...

Author: Susan BickfordISBN-10: 1496705947ISBN-13: 9781496705945Publisher: Kensington Publishing CorporationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/31/2017Pages: 288Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90dReview Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 12/19/2016

From New York Times bestselling author Craig Parshall comes a riveting story of supernatural suspense.As a youth, Trevor Black unleashed spiritual forces he couldn't comprehend. Years later, Trevor is a high-flying criminal defense lawyer in New York City, with a six-figure Aston Martin and...

After being exiled to the United States from the Soviet Union in 1964 at the age of six, Alex Bell has managed to put his parents' tragic death behind him and lead a somewhat normal life. In 1991, Alex is working as a high...

Louise Pierce Perkins has been unsuccessful in undermining Vivian Black's marriage to John Williams, the man of Louise's dreams. Louise, married hurriedly to an attorney only to prevent being disinherited by her rich aunt, still desires the wealthy heir to a ship-building business whose...