Thriller

What Happened to Nina?

Dervla McTiernan is the connoisseur’s pick for smart, suspenseful thrillers, and her next novel sounds like another surefire winner. When a young couple’s vacation goes horribly wrong and only one of them comes home, both sets of parents go to war against each other in the public sphere. Add in the internet’s toxic, conspiratorial twist on true crime, and things quickly get combustible.

Daughter of Mine

By Megan Miranda

Ever since “Mare of Easttown” aired and utterly riveted mystery fans everywhere, there’s been a wave of similar somewhat gloomy small town whodunits. Megan Miranda’s next thriller is a clever spin on the trend in that it centers on the daughter of a local detective, who returns to her childhood home after inheriting it and begins uncovering secrets that could explain her mother’s disappearance years earlier.

The Fury

By Alex Michaelides

Alex Michaelides blends Greek mythology and Agatha Christie to tantalizing effect in The Fury, which centers a reclusive, extremely famous actor and her circle of friends—one of whom is murdered during a trip to the actor’s private Greek island.

Alex Michaelides blends Greek mythology and Agatha Christie to tantalizing effect in The Fury, which centers a reclusive, extremely famous actor and her circle of friends—one of whom is murdered during a trip to the actor’s private Greek island.

The Heiress

By Rachel Hawkins

In The Heiress—a novel of suspense set in the very-hot-right-now world of old money luxury—the twists, turns and betrayals just keep coming, all guided by Rachel Hawkins’ skilled hand.

In The Heiress—a novel of suspense set in the very-hot-right-now world of old money luxury—the twists, turns and betrayals just keep coming, all guided by Rachel Hawkins’ skilled hand.

Two Dead Wives

By Adele Parks

A bigamist goes missing and one of her husbands is probably to blame in Adele Parks’ delightfully twisty thriller.

Where You End

By Abbott Kahler

A woman loses her memory and the only person she can trust is her twin sister in Abbott Kahler’s scary, tense and provocative debut thriller.

Here in the Dark

By Alexis Soloski

Theater critic Alexis Soloski’s debut thriller, Here in the Dark, is flawless from curtain up to curtain call.

Theater critic Alexis Soloski’s debut thriller, Here in the Dark, is flawless from curtain up to curtain call.

A Small Affair

By Flora Collins

Flora Collins’ sophomore novel follows a truly fascinating contemporary femme fatale as she tries to claw her way back to her luxurious NYC life.

Stone Cold Fox

By Rachel Koller Croft

This meticulously crafted thriller will keep readers wondering whether its wily heroine is horrendous or aspirational.

The Last Heir to Blackwood Library

By Hester Fox

Hester Fox’s first-rate writing will carry readers through a gothic thriller spiked with romance, fantasy, the occult and religious zealotry gone off the rails.