Some Suspense so Sublime
Dive into a curated list of the most sublime suspense books that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Discover thrilling reads filled with mystery, tension, and unforgettable twists.
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Book of the Dead
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Relocating to Charleston after a particularly grueling case, Dr. Kay Scarpetta opens a private forensic pathology practice but is quickly targeted by local politics and …
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Duma Key
by Stephen King
An injured man seeking mental recovery retreats to the Florida Keys and takes up painting once again.
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The Whole Truth
by David Baldacci
While the head of the world's largest defense contractor conspires to gain even more riches by instigating a war, an intelligence agent reluctantly travels to …
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The Crime Writer
by Gregg Hurwitz
Awakening in a hospital with a scar on his head and no memory of being found holding a knife over his ex-fiancée's murdered body, crime …
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Running Scared
by Ken Douglas
Joey Sapphire wakes next to a dead man, the son of the American Ambassador to Trinidad, in a boat at anchor. It quickly dawns on …
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Havana Bay
by Martin Cruz Smith
When the corpse of a Russian is hauled from the oily waters of Havana Bay, Arkady Renko comes to Cuba to identify the body. Looking …
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Stalin's Ghost
by Martin Cruz Smith
Gorky Park's Detective Arkady Renko returns to his Moscow base in Smith's latest entry in the internationally bestselling series about Russian crimes, broken hearts, and …
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Hold Tight
by Harlan Coben
Mike and Tia Baye, worried about their sixteen-year-old son Adam, wrestle with whether to spy on his computer, and discover details about their son's friend …
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Secret Dead Men
by Duane Swierczynski
Detective Del Farmer is investigation a murder, but the usual suspects are all in his head. Del Farmer isn't your oridinary harboiled private eye. Instead …
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Change of Heart
by Jodi Picoult
Her life shattered by a devastating act of violence, June Nealson is forced to make a pivotal choice that involves her twelve-year-old daughter and a …
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The Blonde
by Duane Swierczynski
General Adult. Indulging in harmless flirting with the pretty blonde he meets in a Philadelphia airport bar, a married Jack Eisley is stunned when she …
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Child 44
by Tom Rob Smith
"Robert Harris meets Gorky Park in Child 44, Tom Rob Smith's stunning thriller--sure to be one of the most talked about debut novels of the …
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Death's Little Helpers
by Peter Spiegelman
In this masterful follow-up to Peter Spiegelman’s stunning debut Black Maps, private investigator John March finds himself drawn into a web of corruption that extends …
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Bones
by Jonathan Kellerman
The anonymous caller has an ominous tone and an unnerving message about something "real dead ... buried in your marsh." The eco-volunteer on the other …
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Red Cat
by Peter Spiegelman
This riveting mystery finds Private Investigator John March descending into Manhattan’s dark and scandalous underworld to help a member of his own family. David March, …
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Clockers
by Richard Price
Crack-dealers known as "Clockers" are at the bottom of the drug-dealing ladder, and they must commit murder to rise higher.
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T is for Trespass
by Sue Grafton
Sociopath Solana Rojas uses a stolen identity as a private caregiver to gain access to her intended victims while endeavoring to outmaneuver private investigator Kinsey …
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In the Woods
by Tana French
Twenty years after witnessing the violent disappearances of two companions from their small Dublin suburb, detective Rob Ryan investigates a chillingly similar murder that takes …
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Plague Ship
by Clive Cussler
A new installment in a series featuring Captain Juan Cabrillo and his intelligence-gathering ship-for-hire finds the crew encountering an adrift cruise ship filled with hundreds …
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Six Bad Things
by Charlie Huston
Hank Thompson is living off the map in Mexico with a bagful of cash that the Russian mafia wants back and many, many secrets. So …
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Caught Stealing
by Charlie Huston
A retired baseball player finds himself fighting for his life in this “fantastically hopped-up thriller [with] a wrong-man plot worthy of Hitchcock” (Entertainment Weekly, Editor’s …
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Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand
by Fred Vargas
Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg investigates a series of crimes that had taken place between 1943 and 2003 in which nine people are stabbed to death with …
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The Echo Maker
by Richard Powers
Twenty-seven-year-old Mark Schluter, suffering from a rare brain disorder that causes him to believe his sister to be an impostor, endeavors to discover the cause …
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Bangkok Haunts
by John Burdett
Royal Thai Police detective and devout Buddhist Sonchai Jitpleecheep returns as he investigates a mysterious snuff film in which the victim is Damrong, a woman …
