Thriller & Suspense Books

Hayley Wagner, an investigative journalist, returns to her hometown of Drumheller, Alberta, known for its unique Badlands-home to rattlesnakes, black widow spiders, and scorpions-to help a good friend. An archaeologist is found dead, seemingly from a...

Since age four, Sophie has been living a nightmare. An innocent victim of brutal revenge between two crime families and the law, she was robbed of her childhood, her identity, and her freedom. Falling in love with her captor's son was the start of her...

1814. America teeters between defeat and surrender in its war with Britain. The British burn Washington. President Madison flees, barely escaping capture. An immense British fleet prowls south along the Eastern seaboard. Final destination: America's...

What is a beach read exactly? For me, it's a perfect page-turner that adds to the bliss of summer. This one hits all the marks with two women, one a reluctant fourth-generation commitment-phobic faux psychic, the other a brash single mother with a very...

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Defeated in a devastating war with China and ravaged by climate change, America is on the brink of a bloody civil war. For Donny Kimoe, chaos is good for business. He's a lawyer who makes his living defending enemies of the state. His newest client...

Praise for A Casualty of War: "[Charles] Todd's strongest war book."--Washington Times

"Dr. Janet Watson and covert agent Sara Holmes ... continue their dangerous investigation into the new American Civil War with the help of fresh allies, advanced technology, and brilliant deduction ... It's been two months since Dr. Janet Watson accepted...

In 1855 New England, young mother Frances Barnett's obsession with the details of a local murder trial lead her to a mental institution, while in the present day, young mother Abby Bernacki discovers Barnett's diary and finds unsettling parallels with...

Welcome to Los Angeles--where anger, hunger and disease run rampant. Jonny is a black-market dealer in drugs that heal the body and cool the mind. All he cares about is his own survival. Until a strange new plague turns L.A. into a city of death, and...

"[An] absorbing novel of character and mood...Readers of Alan Furst's noir novels of Europe on the edge of World War II will find much to enjoy in this superior novel."--Library Journal

"The Good Daughters shows Maynard's strengths once again--particularly in vivid descriptions of farm life, geographies, and relationships of all kinds. Passions and psychological changes in a character over time ring most true."--Providence Journal

"In the aftermath of a second American revolution, peace rests on a fragile truce. Though the ruling regime has been deposed, the former dictator president has vanished, escaping justice. Some believe he is dead; others fear he is in hiding, gathering...

Luisa "Lu" Brant is the newly elected--and first female--state's attorney of Howard County, Maryland, a job in which her widower father famously served. Fiercely intelligent and ambitious, she sees an opportunity to make her name by trying a mentally...

Get #HookedonHeck with the first book in the #1 bestselling DS Mark Heckenburg series. "All he had to do was name the woman he wanted. It was that easy. They would do all the hard work." Detective Sergeant Mark 'Heck' Heckenburg is...

A gripping new stand-alone novel from USA TODAY bestselling romantic suspense author Colleen Coble.

Carny Sullivan, suspicious about suave, handsome Logan Brisco and his charming ways, is drawn to him, despite her best intentions and her determination to expose his plans for her quiet Texas town.

As the U.S. Navy searches for weapons-grade plutonium that has been smuggled by terrorists out of Russia, a submarine mishap in the Black Sea brings the United States and Russia to the brink of nuclear war. It is a race against the clock, with Russian...

A royal wedding masks the unfolding of Catherine de Medici's murderous plot against the Huguenots. Survival rests with a beautiful young couturiere and a dashing nobleman. Faith in Christ must uphold them, and all who stand alone, to escape the venom of...

Struggling to succeed in the Nashville music scene, talented singer/songwriter Parker James finds the competition fierce - even deadly. A young woman's murder, industry corruption, and a menacing stalker draw Parker into danger and intrigue.

Justin Pierce and Andi Sherman struggle to overcome their differences to form a tenuous business agreement. They must overcome their pride to keep all their hard work from being sabotaged.

The best revenge is revenge. Getting it is all that matters.Jules Cartell has it all: wealth; beauty; a handsome, loving husband; a partnership in her father's law firm; and the top executive position at one of Canada's leading corporations, Cartell...

Tess, a bank manager, is offered a "special project" which requires her to travel to Chapleau, a remote town in Northern Ontario, which will put her on one of the most dangerous roads in the North. Excited for the challenge, Tess and her bank team are...

The huge grizzly stood up and roared it's defiance against the puny humans who dared invade his domain. Frank ran, terrified, knowing he had to get away. Not to met death. Angie fell. She waited for death as she felt it's hot breath on the back...

"'FOREVER MAN is Dashiell Hammett 2.0' (Brad Parks): A hilarious and biting neo-noir send-up of Silicon Valley, written pseudonymously by New York Times tech reporter Matt Richtel"--

Meet Edward Rollins, scion of one of Boston's more notable families. A diligent but uninspired employee at one of the city's finest investment houses, he is a man of means -- and of secrets. Each night, armed with a hand-held tape recorder, he randomly...

Safe in Heaven Dead, a first novel similar to last year's art house movie phenomenon, Memento, is a page-turning literary noir by a brilliant new writer. Everything was rolling along smoothly for Robert Elgin. He and his wife, Laura, had a loving...

Samantha Ranvali can't sleep. Haunted by nightmares and the memory of a man who attacked her years ago, she seeks a cure for her insomnia through an experimental study called "Endymion's Circle." The treatment seems to be a success, but after her first...

Meet Olivia Joules, a new heroine for the 21st century, from the bestselling author of Bridget Jones's Diary and The Edge of Reason.

The story is around the illegal sale of Terracotta Army pieces and drug smuggling on a grand scale. The Wu triads are behind the enterprise and dead bodies turn up every where with strange notes with symbols on them.Only the greatest minds can unravel...

The beautiful Bella Coola Valley in British Columbia provides a dramatic backdrop in a story of two men who crossed paths years before, who meet again by chance. Taking his family on a bucket list vacation, a former smuggler confronts the former...

A family running a vineyard in the post-World War II era are in crisis. But why, when the prosperous winery is world-renowned for its award-winning wine? The Algie family are held in high esteem within the small Murray Valley town, Howard and Elizabeth...

Irresistible desire and thrilling suspense combine in this electrifying new Argeneau novel from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands.For close to three thousand years the imposing, impossibly handsome Santo Notte has fought in armies across the...

Suspicious deaths. Shadowy experiments. Can Chicago’s bloodhound PI expose a desperate and deeply-rooted enterprise before more witnesses die?Private Investigator Lila Piper struggles to keep her demons buried. Plagued by the trauma and...

The year is 1427. The Great Revolution has been raging for eight long years, effecting every aspect of life in the Isobellian Empire. Countless are dead, and thousands of families have been torn apart. But the Empire still has hope to be freed.Andreas...

An exciting variety of intense short stories for fans of horror and dark science fiction!These are Leadlights; stained glass windows looking out into the darkness. This book of ten wildly different tales will transport you into previously unexplored...