Thrillers (Fiction)

  • The leftover woman

    Creator

    Kwok, Jean

    Abstract

    Recommended by The New York Times • Elle • Good Morning America • TIME • People • New York Post • Real Simple • Goodreads • LibraryReads • and many more. An evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women—from the New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation. "Intriguing... Kwok is a skilled writer of suspenseful family drama...

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    William Morrow

    New York, NY

    William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

    Not specified
  • The night she disappeared

    Creator

    Jewell, Lisa

    Abstract

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of None of This Is True comes "her best thriller yet" (Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author) — a gripping tale about a young couple's disappearance on a gorgeous summer night, and the mother who will never give up trying to find them. On a beautiful summer night in a charming English suburb, a young woman and her boyfriend vanish after partying at the massive country estate of a new college friend. One year later, a writer moves into a cottage on the edge of the woods bordering the same estate.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Atria Books

    New York

    Atria Books

    Not specified
  • The other Americans

    Creator

    Lalami, Laila

    Abstract

    National Book Award finalist • One of Time Magazine's 100 best mystery and thriller books of all time • Timely, riveting, and unforgettable, The Other Americans is at once a family saga, a murder mystery, and a love story informed by the treacherous fault lines of American culture. Late one spring night in California, Driss Guerraoui—father, husband, business owner, Moroccan immigrant—is hit and killed by a speeding car.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Vintage

    New York

    Vintage

    Not specified
  • The overnight guest

    Creator

    Gudenkauf, Heather

    Abstract

    New York Times bestseller. "Fully realized, wholly absorbing and almost painfully suspenseful...The journey is mesmerizing." —New York Times. A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf. True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn't mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she's retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto, Ontario

    Park Row

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Park Row Books

    Not specified
  • The quiet tenant

    Creator

    Michallon, Clémence

    Abstract

    National Best Seller — A New York Times Best Crime Novel of the Year — GMA Buzz Pick — “A bravura feat of storytelling...daring and completely satisfying.” —James Patterson, #1 best-selling author A pulse-pounding psychological thriller about a serial killer narrated by those closest to him: his 13-year-old daughter, his girlfriend—and the one victim he has spared.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Vintage

    New York

    Alfred A. Knopf

    Not specified
  • The retreat : Detective Elin Warner, book 2

    Creator

    Pearse, Sarah

    Abstract

    An instant New York Times bestseller. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium, a Reese's Book Club pick, Detective Elin Warner uncovers the truth behind the suspicious deaths on a stunning island getaway. "Devilish and deliciously twisty." -- People. "The suspense inexorably builds to a stunning climax." -- David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Long Shadows. They couldn't wait to stay here.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Pamela Dorman Books

    New York

    Pamela Dorman Books

    Not specified
  • The round house

    Creator

    Erdrich, Louise

    Abstract

    Winner of the National Book Award • Washington Post Best Book of the Year • A New York Times Notable Book. From one of the most revered novelists of our time comes an exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood, seeking justice and understanding after a harrowing crime shatters his family. In the spring of 1988, on a North Dakota reservation, Geraldine Coutts is attacked—an act so traumatic she withdraws from the world, leaving her husband Bazil and thirteen-year-old son Joe in emotional upheaval.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Harper

    New York, NY

    Harper

    Not specified
  • The sanatorium : Detective Elin Warner, book 1

    Creator

    Pearse, Sarah

    Abstract

    Reese's Book Club Pick—"An eerie, atmospheric novel that had me completely on the edge of my seat." —Reese Witherspoon. You won't want to leave...until you can't. Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel. An imposing, isolated getaway spot high up in the Swiss Alps is the last place Elin Warner wants to be.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Books

    New York

    Penguin Books

    Not specified
  • The shards

    Creator

    Ellis, Bret Easton

    Abstract

    New York Times Best Seller — A novel of sensational literary and psychological suspense from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho that tracks a group of privileged high school friends in a vibrantly fictionalized 1980s Los Angeles as a serial killer strikes across the city.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Vintage

    New York

    Alfred A. Knopf

    Not specified
  • The whistler : The whistler, book 1

    Creator

    Grisham, John

    Abstract

    #1 New York Times Bestseller — A high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State, from the author hailed as “the best thriller writer alive” by Ken Follett. “Riveting...an elaborate conspiracy.” —The New York Times Book Review. We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity is the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the flow of justice. But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Vintage

    New York

    Doubleday

    Not specified