Mystery & Thriller Fiction Stars
Dive into the best Mystery & Thriller Fiction Stars with our curated list of gripping books. Uncover suspense, twists, and page-turning thrillers from top authors!
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Mistress of the Art of Death
by Ariana Franklin
Sent to medieval Cambridge in order to exonerate Jewish prisoners who have been accused of murdering four children, University of Salerno medical expert Adelia discovers …
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Storm Runners
by T. Jefferson Parker
Matt Stromsoe has come a long way since his wife and son were killed in an explosion meant for him. Wounded severely in both body …
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Simple Genius
by David Baldacci
Checking into a psychiatric institution, former Secret Service agent Michelle Maxwell is worriedly monitored by partner Sean King, who distracts himself with a murder investigation …
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The Overlook
by Michael Connelly
Near Mulholland Drive, Dr. Stanley Kent is found shot twice in the back of the head. It's the case LAPD detective Harry Bosch has been …
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Skinny Dip
by Carl Hiaasen
Marine biologist Chaz Perrone can't tell a sea horse from a sawhorse. And when he throws his beautiful wife, Joey, off a cruise liner, he …
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The Testament
by John Grisham
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a plush Virginia office, a rich, angry old man is furiously rewriting his will. With his death just …
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Dead Ringer
by Ken Douglas
"Maggie Nesbitt is pregnant and depressed, because her husband isn't the father of her unborn child. She's thinking about abortion when she's attacked on the …
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Tango for a Torturer
by Daniel Chavarría
Whores, politics, and history tangle in Havana in the new novel from the author of Edgar Award-winning Adios Muchachos.
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Origin
by Diana Abu-Jaber
New York-based fingerprint expert Lena investigates a series of crib deaths that may actually be the work of a serial killer, a case that reminds …
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Love Kills
by Edna Buchanan
When a bulldozer in the Everglades unearths the skull of an infamous kidnapper, the Cold Case Squad is brought in to investigate. Britt Montero was …
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The Cairo Diary
by Maxim Chattam
"Mont-Saint-Michel, 2005: Marion has taken refuge in the wind-swept and remote monastery located on a spit of land on the west coast of France. In …
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Raven Black
by Ann Cleeves
A celebrated crime writer in Britain and winner of the coveted 2006 Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Cleeves now introduces a dazzling new suspense series--featuring Inspector …
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School's Out
by Christophe Dufossé
In this brilliant and surreal French thriller, a teacher commits suicide and a colleague takes over his class of strangely unsettling children. A novel that …
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Obit
by Anne Emery
Declan Burke fled Ireland forty years ago and never looked back. Now settled in New York, he thinks he's put the old country behind him, …
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A Good and Happy Child
by Justin Evans
A darkly suspenseful literary thriller with the eerie heart of a ghost story, Evans's debut novel delves into 30-year-old George Davies's childhood memories to reveal …
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White Corridor
by Christopher Fowler
For uniquely atmospheric, richly rewarding, and teasingly thrilling mysteries, there's nothing better than the latest adventure of crime fiction's oddest couple, Bryant and May, and …
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The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER • While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly …
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Angels & Demons
by Dan Brown
From the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Da Vinci Code" comes the explosive thriller that started it all.
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Whiskey Sour
by J. A. Konrath
Lieutenant Jacqueline 'Jack' Daniels is having a bad week. Her live-in boyfriend has left her for his personal trainer, chronic insomnia has caused her to …
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Strip Tease
by Carl Hiaasen
A single mom turned stripper finds herself locking horns with a high-powered Congressman when a bachelor party gets out of hand in this inventive tale …
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Blood Work
by Michael Connelly
New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly presents his most ambitious, most gripping achievement to date--a novel of masterly suspense and righteous obsession that will …
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Volk's Game
by Brent Ghelfi
The explosive debut introducing Russian gangster Alexei Volkovoy delivers at every turn, announcing Volk as the boldest hero of a new generation.
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Earthly Delights
by Kerry Greenwood
Corinna Chapman was once a high profile accountant and banker. That is until she walked out on the money market and her dismissive and unpleasant …
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Hard Man
by Allan Guthrie
Still grieving over the death of his mother, tough Edinburgh ex-con Pearce refuses a job offer from the dysfunctional Baxter family to protect their pregnant …
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Blood Lies
by Daniel Kalla
Young ER doctor Ben Dafoe struggles to solve a tragic mystery from his past and clear his name. In doing so, he might just learn …
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The Secret Hangman
by Peter Lovesey
"Widowed Inspector Peter Diamond is being pursued by a secret admirer even as he pursues a serial killer." "First, Delia Williams, a waitress with two …
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The Face of Death
by Cody McFadyen
InShadow Man, Cody McFadyen took the suspense thriller where other writers have feared to tread. He introduced readers to a heroine every bit as dark …
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The Day of the Dandelion
by Peter Pringle
In this suspenseful, witty thriller, an irresistible hero (a handsome scientist-adventurer cum cunning spy) confronts a murderous international conspiracy to control the world's food supply.
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Play Dead
by David Rosenfelt
"Author David Rosenfelt's hero, Andy Carpenter, plunges into a high-profile murder case with a golden retriever as his key witness"--Provided by publisher.
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Justice For The Damned
by Priscilla Royal
It is May of 1272, and Prioress Eleanor, recovering from a near-fatal winter fever, returns to Amesbury Priory to visit her aunt in time for …
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Stalin's Ghost
by Martin Cruz Smith
A high-stakes tale set in Moscow follows the machinations of a group of reactionaries who harbor a nostalgic loyalty to the regime of Joseph Stalin …
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Three Bags Full
by Leonie Swann
A flock of sheep living on a hillside near the Irish village of Glennkill, regularly exposed to literature by their shepherd George, feel well-equipped to …
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The Broken Shore
by Peter Temple
When a prominent local is attacked in his home and left for dead, big-city detective Joe Cashin, shaken by a personal scrape with death and …
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The Silent Assassin
by Lori Andrews
When a John Doe with a bayonet wound in his chest is discovered in a Washington, D.C. alley, geneticist Dr. Alexandra Blake of the Armed …
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Five Skies
by Ron Carlson
Working together on a summer construction project high in the Rocky Mountains, drifter Arthur Key, shiftless Ronnie Panelli, and foreman Darwin Gallegos reveal details about …
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Bad Luck and Trouble
by Lee Child
When a man is killed by being thrown from a helicopter high over the California desert, loner Jack Reacher discovers that someone is targeting his …
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The Unquiet
by John Connolly
Private detective Charlie Parker is faced with untangling a twisted story brimming with betrayal, secrets, and murder when a psychiatrist goes missing following revelations about …
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Final Undertaking
by Mark de Castrique
When Barry Clayton’s father developed Alzheimer’s, Barry gave up his career in law enforcement to return to the North Carolina mountain town of Gainesboro and …