Browsing: Psychological Thrillers

An NPR Best Book of 2017: Best friends and fellow animators Mel and Sharon have been close since college. But as they climb toward success, tragedy and secrets threaten to break them. “A wildly original novel that pulses with heart and truth” (Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, author of the The Nest).

From “one of the best thriller writers in the business” (Library Journal): A brutal murder of a young woman and a kidnapped baby — the two crimes are linked, but how? Reporter Jason Wade and detective Grace Garner must track down the missing puzzle piece… and a perpetrator far more dangerous than they imagined.

A New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2016: Reeling from her mother’s death, Nadia makes a choice that will change her life — and years later, her secret threatens all she holds dear… “A thought-provoking novel that will resonate long after it is read” (USA Today).

Eight years after she was snatched from her own bedroom, Julie Whitaker miraculously reappears. Her mother, Anna, is overjoyed — but can she trust that this young woman is telling the truth? “So gripping you might start to question your own family’s past” (Entertainment Weekly).

“Hitchcockian” (The Washington Post): Kate agrees to swap apartments with a distant cousin — but is drawn into a disturbing guessing game when she realizes a murder has been committed next door… An NPR Best Book of 2017 praised as “brilliantly original” (Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go).

“A smart mystery that takes readers on a wild ride” (Mary Kubica): After her husband dies in a plane crash — on a flight he should never have taken — Iris starts to realize he wasn’t the man she thought she married. A gripping USA Today bestseller “with plot twists around every corner” (Booklist).

Fans of Jo Nesbø and Camilla Läckberg will devour this chilling crime novel: A woman’s gruesome beheading sends detectives Lindgren and Olsson on the hunt for a high-profile businessman — but they aren’t the only ones searching for him… “Exceptional” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

This New York Times bestseller is “dazzling, startling, and above all cunning — a pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense” (Lee Child). Jane finds solace in her new home after a tragedy. But when she learns the truth about the house’s last tenant, she must fight to escape a similar fate…

Hidden deep within a Dublin convent is Magdalen Laundries, where women with sullied reputations are forced into hard labor. Follow Teagan, Nora, and Lea as they band together to escape the gated grounds in this stunning novel that “shines a light on a dark period in 20th-century Ireland” (Booklist).

“Alarming, compelling… Here’s high school life in all its madness” (The New York Times): A group of San Francisco students take challenging paths — and make shocking decisions — in this “impossibly funny and achingly sad” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “unputdownable” novel (Elle).