Find Your Next Mystery & Thriller Read

Mystery Thriller Reads Blog BRR 2025

We’ve cracked the case of finding your next thrilling read.
From a serial killer forced out of retirement to a new installment in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, the only real mystery now is: which book will you read first?

TOO OLD FOR THIS Book Cover ImageToo Old for This: A Novel by Samantha Downing

A retired serial killer’s quiet life is upended by an unexpected visitor. To protect her secret, there’s only one option left—what’s another murder? From bestselling author Samantha Downing.

“Samantha Downing is one of the most daring and original thriller writers in the business. She hits another home run with Too Old for This, one of the twistiest thrillers in years and featuring as unique and intriguing a protagonist (or villain?) as you’ll ever meet. Combining tension with heartbreak and laugh-out-loud wit, Too Old for This is a fast and thoroughly satisfying read.”—David Ellis, New York Times bestselling author of Look Closer

Available August 12th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.

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THE LAST ILLUSION OF PAIGE WHITE Book Cover ImageThe Last Illusion of Paige White: A Novel by Vanessa McCausland

If you didn’t post it, did it even happen?

“A compelling, gothic-tinged novel . . . expertly portrays influencers’ obsession with beauty and perfect photos . . . McCausland examines with a fresh eye the complicated and competitive relationships among teenage girls and their messy relationships with their parents . . . It’s an emotional mystery that McCausland fires up with forbidden romance, the heartbreak of a motherless child, and a surprising denouement. Social media takes a dark turn in this intriguing tale of regret.”—Kirkus Reviews

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CODED JUSTICE Book Cover ImageCoded Justice: A Thriller by Stacey Abrams

A prescient new thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Avery Keene series, by nationally renowned author and leader Stacey Abrams, Coded Justice follows Avery down a dark rabbit hole into the breathtaking—and dangerously evolving—world of AI in the medical industry.

“Through politics, fiction and her latest novel, Stacey Abrams aims to inspire action . . . Avery Keene has unraveled international conspiracies and investigated mysteries involving the Supreme Court, but now she’s focused on what could be a deadly side of artificial intelligence.”—NPR

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ARTIFICIAL WISDOM Book Cover ImageArtificial Wisdom: A Novel by Thomas R. Weaver

In a climate-ravaged landscape where AI and humans vie for political power, a journalist must unravel a murderous plot that will either upend the world or save it.

“A stunning story and a remarkable vision, all incredibly well told, as modern as tomorrow and even more frightening . . . Be afraid—very afraid—of where we are and what is coming.”—Terry Hayes, New York Times bestselling author of I Am Pilgrim

“Masterful near-future world-building and AI speculation . . . Endangered Earth gets hope from unlikely places.”—David Brin, New York Times bestselling author

Available August 12th in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.

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EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU Book Cover ImageEveryone Is Lying to You: A Thriller by Jo Piazza

The #tradwife murder mystery we’ve all been waiting for. From the bestselling author of The Sicilian Inheritance and the creator of the Under the Influence podcast comes an explosive thriller about two estranged friends, a grisly murder, a sudden disappearance, and the truly shocking revelation that everyone is lying to you about something . . .

“One part cautionary tale, one part thrill ride, Jo Piazza has pulled back the curtain on tradwife influencers . . . and asks the question: is this entrepreneurship, or is it coercion? The book is a great conversation starter for what’s happening in our culture at this very moment—and it’s a fun, twisty mystery, too! I was obsessed with this strange world from start to finish.”Sara Shepard, #1 NYT Bestselling Author of Pretty Little Liars and Nowhere Like Home

Available in Trade Paperback, eBook, and Audio Editions.

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THE GIRL WITH ICE IN HER VEINS Book Cover ImageThe Girl with Ice in Her Veins: A Lisbeth Salander Novel by Karin Smirnoff

Lisbeth Salander returns in this chilling new installment of the bestselling Millennium series. The Girl with Ice in Her Veins is a twisty, vertiginous, hard-hitting thriller that breathes new life into Stieg Larsson’s epic series and unforgettable characters.

“Lisbeth Salander is back—and maybe better than ever.”—Lee Child

“Fresh, fearless . . . One of the great crime series of our time could not be in safer, more capable hands.”—Chris Whitaker

Available September 2nd in Hardcover, eBook, Audio, and Large Print Editions.

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CRAZY SPOOKY LOVE Book Cover ImageCrazy Spooky Love: A Novel by Josie Silver

A plucky medium, her fame-chasing ex, and an infuriatingly handsome skeptic reporter make for a complicated love triangle—and that’s before the ghosts get involved. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December comes the first novel in a ghost-hunting series full of romance and humor.

Ghosts and spirits are business as usual, but love just might be enough to scare Melody Bittersweet.

Available September 2nd in Trade Paperback, eBook, and Large Print Editions.

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UNTIL ALISON Book Cover ImageUntil Alison: A Novel by Kate Russo

The night Alison was murdered, Rachel could have stopped it.

Until Alison so vibrantly captures a particular time and place in life—with its nostalgia, its tension, its fine-tuned depiction of class. Kate Russo is a deft and compulsively readable storyteller.”—Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had and Same As It Ever Was

“Kate Russo reminds us, both perfectly and painfully, of the angst, jealousy, and self-doubt of youth. The strength of Until Alison lies in her ability to bring fury and compassion to both the bullied and the bullies.”—Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Tom Lake

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THE UNDERSTUDY Book Cover ImageThe Understudy: A Novel by Morgan Richter

An opera singer uncovers the dark secrets of her cruel and alluring understudy when a murder disrupts her disciplined world.

“Richter’s new slow-burn thriller centers on opera singer who has finally secured her place in the upper echelons of the New York scene and the understudy who proves herself to be more than merely a young rival, but something far more dangerous. Richter’s novel is tautly drawn but still full of wonderful detail from the life cycle of a big operatic production . . . Readers will find themselves fully immersed in this thoughtful page turner.”—Crime Reads

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OUR SECRETS WERE SAFE Book Cover ImageOur Secrets Were Safe: A Novel by Virginia Trench

Someone knows what really happened the night Sofia Eliades died. The guilty have escaped unscathed for a decade. Can you untangle this web of lies and discover the terrible truth?

“Virginia Trench’s debut is a sharp, propulsive thriller that sucks you in from page one. Packed with unforgettable characters and chilling twists, Our Secrets Were Safe is an engrossing read you won’t want to put down.”—Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the Lie

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THE GUEST CHILDREN Book Cover ImageThe Guest Children: A Novel by Patrick Tarr

The search for two missing children goes terribly wrong in this haunting and insidiously creepy ghost story debut by acclaimed showrunner Patrick Tarr.

“Combining the childhood otherworlds of C.S. Lewis, the dark horror of Stephen King, and the psychological gothic of Shirley Jackson, The Guest Children is a novel at once unsettling and deeply moving. Patrick Tarr’s debut takes readers to unexpected corners of the heart where both buried grief and our most constant attachments reside. Uncommonly well-written, gripping, deliciously entertaining, this is a book that will not only carry you away, but return you to a forgotten place within yourself.”—Andrew Pyper, #1 international bestselling author of Oracle and The Demonologist

Available August 12th in Hardcover and Trade Paperback Editions.

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