Best Suspense Novels To Read - April 2024

The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel

Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered—one girl lived. No one believes her story. The police think she's crazy. Her therapist thinks she's suicidal. Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk. They're all right—but did she see the killer? Best Mystery/Thriller eBook of the Year — Independent Publisher Book Awards 2018 Winner Best Thriller — National Indie Excellence Awards 2018 Winner Best Thriller — Silver Falchion Award 2018 Finalist eBook Fiction — Indie Book Awards 2018 Silver Medal Suspense — Reader’s Favorite Book Awards 2018 Voted Most Loved Cover — ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1683993039
• ASIN: 1683993039
• ISBN: 1683993039
• Manufacturer: Greyson Media Associates

Then She Was Gone: A Novel

A 2018 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist—Top 5 Best Mystery & Thriller * A Suspense Magazine “Best of 2018” Thriller/Suspense Pick “An acutely observed family drama with bone-chilling suspense.” —People “Jewell teases out her twisty plot at just the right pace, leaving readers on the edge of their seats. Her multilayered characters are sheer perfection, and even the most astute thriller reader won’t see where everything is going until the final threads are unknotted.” —Booklist, starred review “Sharply written with twists and turns, Jewell’s latest will please fans of Gon... [Read More]

• ASIN: B074MDD3H6
• ASIN: B074MDD3H6
• Manufacturer: Atria Books

It All Comes Back to You: A Book Club Recommendation!

"It All Comes Back to You is one of those stories you need to savor. You want to put the book down so as to have more to read tomorrow, but you can't. It becomes attached to you, a part of you."Dan Brown, Author of ReunionIt's 1947.War's over, cherry-print dresses, parking above the city lights, swing dancing.Beautiful, seventeen-year-old Violet lives in a perfect world.Everybody loves her.In 2012, she's still beautiful, charming, and surrounded by admirers.Veronica "Ronni" Johnson, licensed practical nurse and aspiring writer, meets the captivating Violet in the assisted living facility where... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0578448831
• ASIN: 0578448831
• ISBN: 0578448831
• Manufacturer: The Art of Dixie

The Silent Patient

• ASIN: B07D2C6J4K
• ASIN: B07D2C6J4K
• Manufacturer: Celadon Books

A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a surv... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0547577311
• ASIN: 0547577311
• ISBN: 0547577311
• Brand: Clarion Books
• Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers

The Hideaway

In this USA TODAY and Amazon Charts Bestseller, Sara is wrenched back to Sweet Bay, Alabama, by her grandmother’s will, where she learns more about Margaret Van Buren in the wake of her death than she ever knew in her life. After her last remaining family member dies, Sara Jenkins goes home to The Hideaway, her grandmother Mags’s ramshackle B&B in Sweet Bay. She intends to quickly tie up loose ends then return to her busy life and thriving antique shop in New Orleans. Instead, she learns Mags has willed The Hideaway to her and charged her with renovating it—no small task considering her... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0718084225
• ASIN: 0718084225
• ISBN: 0718084225
• Brand: HarperCollins Christian Pub.
• Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

The Art of Racing in the Rain: A Novel

• ASIN: B0017SWPXY
• ASIN: B0017SWPXY
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books

The Senator: A Blake Jordan Thriller (The Blake Jordan Series Book 1)

The senator is kidnapped. Can Blake Jordan save him?After his wife is murdered in Chicago, by-the-book agent Blake Jordan focuses on the one thing he’s always been good at: his job. But Blake is so consumed by grief, he doesn’t notice that someone is watching him from the shadows.When Senator Keller asks Blake to handle security the night he’s set to receive his party’s nomination for president, he accepts the assignment. But he didn't expect the senator to disappear under his watch.If he wants to get him back, Blake must break every rule he’s lived by. But what the kidnappers are pl... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01ENU0V5Q
• ASIN: B01ENU0V5Q

Crazy Little Thing (A Bell Harbor Novel)

Bell Harbor is a one-million copy bestselling series.If Sadie Turner is good at anything, it’s putting stuff in order. So when she finds her “perfect” life in disarray, she hopes a summer vacation at her aunt’s lake house will help her piece it back together. She wants to relax, reboot, and heal the wounds left by her cheating ex-husband. And that requires time away from men. All men. Or so she thinks. With two slobbering dogs and two cousins living there—one a flamboyant decorator intent on making over Sadie—it’s hard to get a moment’s peace at eccentric Aunt Dody’s house, e... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0089NUSMK
• ASIN: B0089NUSMK
• Manufacturer: Montlake Romance

The Wrong Side of Goodbye (A Harry Bosch Novel Book 19)

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, California's newest private investigator, Detective Harry Bosch, must track down a missing heir while helping a police department connect the dots on a dangerous cold case.Harry Bosch is California's newest private investigator. He doesn't advertise, he doesn't have an office, and he's picky about who he works for, but it doesn't matter. His chops from thirty years with the LAPD speak for themselves.Soon one of Southern California's biggest moguls comes calling. The reclusive billionaire is nearing the end of his life and is haunted by one regret. When he ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01BU1ITMI
• ASIN: B01BU1ITMI
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Licensed to Thrill 1: Hunt For Jack Reacher Series Thrillers Books 1-3 (Diane Capri's Licensed to Thrill Sets)

“Intricate and Ingenious. Make some coffee. You’ll read all night.” -- Lee ChildSPECIAL PRICE on Licensed to Thrill 1 contains the first 3 Hunt for Jack Reacher thrillers from USA Today and New York Times Bestselling Author Diane CapriMore than 1,000 5-Star Reviews on the books in this set!THIS BOXED SET CONTAINS 3 #1 Bestselling Titles and Bonuses:Full Novel: Don't Know Jack (approximately 80,000 words)Full Novella: Jack in a Box (approximately 9,000 words)Full Novella: Jack and Kill (approximately 11,000 words)Bonuses: Reacher Report from Lee Child AND Two Diane Capri Essays about the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00ZPPZGV8
• ASIN: B00ZPPZGV8
• Manufacturer: AugustBooks

Camino Island: A Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A delightfully lighthearted caper . . . [a] fast-moving, entertaining tale.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A gang of thieves stage a daring heist from a vault deep below Princeton University’s Firestone Library. Their loot is priceless, impossible to resist.         Bruce Cable owns a popular bookstore in the sleepy resort town of Santa Rosa on Camino Island in Florida. He makes his real money, though, as a prominent dealer in rare books. Very few people know that he occasionally dabbles in unsavory ventures.      Mercer Mann is a young novelist wit... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1524797146
• ASIN: 1524797146
• ISBN: 9781524797140
• Manufacturer: Bantam

To Kill a Mockingbird (Harperperennial Modern Classics)

• ASIN: B00K0OI42W
• ASIN: B00K0OI42W
• Manufacturer: Harper

Fortune in Blood: A Los Angeles Crime Heist Mystery Thriller Novel: Prequel to Mona Lisa's Secret

Action Thriller Fast PacedPrequel to Amazon Best Seller Mona Lisa's Secret.A Los Angeles Crime Heist Mystery Novel Point Break meets the Godfather! WARNING! High level Violence and ProfanityJoey used to be a carefree surfer kid on Venice Beach. But as the youngest son of a notorious gangster, it seems he can’t escape the life. Soon he’s forced to prove himself by leading a team in the heist of the century. Will he be able to pull it off?Vince was always worried about getting to lectures on time, and spending time with his hot girlfriend. But everything changes when he’s embroiled in his ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01KZWITPA
• ASIN: B01KZWITPA
• Manufacturer: Phil Philips

Before We Were Yours: A Novel

THE BLOCKBUSTER HIT—A New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly BestsellerFor readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal.”*Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s Mississippi River shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, Rill is left in charge—until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0425284700
• ASIN: 0425284700
• ISBN: 0425284700
• Brand: WaterBrook Press
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

The Silent Corner : A Novel of Suspense

Includes an excerpt from "The Whispering

• UPC: 353523925
• Rating: 4.083

The Wild Inside : A Novel of Suspense

A special agent for the Department of the Interior, Ted Systead, investigates a murder in Glacier National Park where a victim was tied to a tree and mauled by a grizzly

• UPC: 43908054
• Rating: 3.25

Breathless : A Novel of Suspense

A #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author delivers a thrilling novel of suspense and adventure, as the lives of strangers converge around a mystery unfolding high in the Colorado mountains--and the balance of the world begins

• UPC: 13846917
• Rating: 3.108

Field of Bones : A Brady Novel of Suspense

9780062657572

• UPC: 784914281
• Rating: 4.286

Falling Darkness : A Novel of Romantic Suspense

At the mercy of a treacherous sea... Claire Britten's training never prepared her for this--the forensic psychology curriculum didn't cover plane crashes. Or how to help fellow survivors cope, seven frightened people huddled in two

• UPC: 55425145
• Rating: 4.0

The Weight of Night : A Novel of Suspense

"In the magnificent and brutal terrain of Glacier National Park, a devastating forest fire reveals a long ago crime that may be connected to the recent disappearance of a young boy, from the award-winning author

• UPC: 55518028
• Rating: 5.0

The Whole Enchilada : A Novel of Suspense

When one of her best friends meets an untimely demise after attending a party she catered, Goldy Schulz investigates in order to find the killer before she is the next one

• UPC: 29272299
• Rating: 3.444

Three Days Missing : A Novel of Psychological Suspense

9780778308539

• UPC: 876942606
• Rating: 4.0

Field of Bones : A Brady Novel of Suspense

9780062657589

• UPC: 481217713
• Rating: 4.286

Dying Breath : A Heart-Stopping Novel of Paranormal Romantic Suspense

As a teenager, Vickie Preston survived an attack by a serial killer. That was the first time she saw a ghost. Now the city of Boston is being terrorized--someone is kidnapping women and burying them

• UPC: 55600710
• Rating: 5.0