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Best Thriller Books

Suspense and thriller novels

1,424 summaries

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  1. To Catch a Killer

    Sheryl Scarborough

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Haunted by her mother's unsolved murder, a teen forensic enthusiast finds herself the prime suspect in a new homicide, forcing her to race against time to unmask a killer who might be closer than she ever imagined.

  2. Time Bomb

    Joelle Charbonneau

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Trapped in their bombed high school, six teenagers must find the bomber among them before their secrets and lives are exposed.

  3. The Best Lies

    Sarah Lyu

    ★ 3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    After her boyfriend is murdered, a teenage girl must uncover the truth behind her best friend's confession, making her wonder if their deep bond was a haven or a trap.

  4. Heartwood

    James Lee Burke

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    In the murky bayous of Louisiana, a young lawyer's dangerous defense of a local thief ensnares him in a deadly web of passion and vengeance with a ruthless crime boss and his alluring wife.

  5. The Man in 3B

    Carl Weber

    ★ 4.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    In a Jamaica, Queens, apartment building, a charismatic new tenant's arrival ignites a powder keg of forbidden desires, shattered illusions, and ultimately, murder among his neighbors.

  6. Insanity

    Lauren Hammond

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A tormented young woman, confined to an asylum after a tragic event, uncovers a dark conspiracy that forces her to question the very nature of her love and sanity.

  7. The Hollow Man

    Dan Simmons

    ★ 3.5 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    Overwhelmed by all human thought, a telepathic man flees across the country after his wife, his only mental shield, starts to die, forcing him to face his own fracturing mind, a murder, and the nature of existence.

  8. Deep Water

    Patricia Highsmith

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    In the quiet town of Little Wesley, a husband's made-up murder story to win back his wife's attention slowly becomes terrifyingly real, showing the dangerous side of a failing marriage.

  9. Sati

    Christopher Pike

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A cynical writer's life changes when he gives a ride to a mysterious hitchhiker in the Arizona desert who claims to be God, making everyone she meets question reality, spirituality, and existence.

  10. Heroes

    Robert Cormier

    ★ 3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A disfigured war hero returns home, not for glory, but for revenge against the man who ruined his life before the war began.

  11. No Safe Place

    Richard North Patterson

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsPolitics

    In the final week of a presidential campaign, Senator Kerry Kilcannon races against time and an assassin, battling his past and a secret that could end his White House bid.

  12. Ambush

    Barbara Nickless

    ★ 4.5 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A railway cop and her K9 partner race from Mexico City to Denver to protect an Iraqi boy from a killer determined to bury his past along with the child.

  13. Sweet

    Emmy Laybourne

    ★ 3.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsScience Fiction

    On a luxury cruise promising miraculous weight loss, a new diet sweetener transforms a celebrity-filled dream vacation into a terrifying nightmare of bizarre behavior and deadly side effects, forcing an unlikely duo to fight for survival.

  14. Gallows Hill

    Lois Duncan

    ★ 3.8 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    When a school fair's fortune-telling act grants 17-year-old Sarah actual prophetic visions, she finds herself terrifyingly re-enacting the Salem witch trials with her classmates as accusers.

  15. Into the Deep

    Young, Samantha Young

    ★ 4.3 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Four years after a tragic incident separated them, an ordinary Indiana girl studying abroad in Edinburgh unexpectedly reunites with the extraordinary boy who once pulled her into the deep, forcing them to confront their past and the dangerous spark that still exists between them.

  16. Hot Zone

    Catherine Mann

    ★ 4.1 (3k) average on GoodreadsRomance

    A haunted pararescueman, seeking oblivion in high-stakes missions, finds his greatest danger and unexpected healing in the independent woman he's compelled to rescue.

  17. The Resort

    Bentley Little

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsFantasy

    A luxurious desert spa becomes a nightmarish trap where disappearing guests and monstrous entities in the pool are just part of the 'relaxation' package.

  18. Deathwatch

    Robb White

    ★ 3.6 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    A desperate college student's guiding job in the desert transforms into a deadly game of cat and mouse when his wealthy, sadistic client accidentally kills a prospector and hunts Ben to silence him.

  19. Truth or Dare

    Jacqueline Green

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    In the isolated town of Echo Bay, a seemingly innocent game of truth or dare becomes a sinister blackmail plot, forcing three girls to confront their darkest secrets or face deadly consequences.

  20. Storm Runners

    Roland Smith

    ★ 3.9 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    A boy who chases hurricanes with his storm runner father faces the ultimate test of survival when the most powerful storm of the century traps him in a desperate fight for his life.

  21. Tenderness

    Robert Cormier

    ★ 3.7 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Fresh from juvenile detention for parricide, eighteen-year-old Eric seeks a twisted form of 'tenderness' through murder, only to find a potential mirror—or victim—in the equally damaged and searching fifteen-year-old runaway, Lori.

  22. The Tears of Dark Water

    Corban Addison

    ★ 4.2 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction

    A desperate family's round-the-world sailing trip collides with a Somali pirate's quest for vengeance and an FBI negotiator's past, igniting a global crisis where survival hinges on confronting buried truths.

  23. Vengeance

    Kate Brian

    ★ 4.0 (3k) average on GoodreadsMystery

    Haunted by a fiery past and relentless adversaries, Reed fights to resurrect her beloved boarding school from literal and metaphorical ashes, all while a sinister legacy threatens to consume her and the remaining Billings girls.

  24. The Fugitive Factor

    Gordon Korman

    ★ 4.1 (3k) average on GoodreadsChildren's

    On the run from the FBI, a killer, and the entire nation, Aiden and Meg Falconer must find evidence to clear their wrongly imprisoned parents.

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