Get ready to take your book club to amazing new heights with these fast-paced thrillers. You’ll be transported from New York to Nigeria with characters desperately trying to find answers not only to clear their name but also survive. Romantic getaways take a horrific turn when dead bodies start showing up. Characters are forced to return home and confront the darkness of their past. Whether you’re new to thrillers or a longtime fan, these books have a wide appeal to anyone.
In this forthcoming page turner, a romantic getaway in New York takes a grisly turn. Breanna and her new boyfriend, Ty, had dinner reservations and rented a four-story luxury rowhouse in Jersey. On the final morning of their getaway, Bree finds a woman lying dead and Ty gone. The dead woman is none other than Janelle Beckett, the missing woman the entire Bree, a Black woman alone in a new city, is stranded and out of her depth. She turns to her ex-best friend, a lawyer, with whom she shares a complicated past. Together they try to figure out what really happened that night.
Ellery Wainwright and her husband Luke were supposed to spend their twentieth wedding anniversary together at a luxurious resort in Big Sur, California. But now, she’s travelling alone. Even worst, a wedding is scheduled during her stay. Ellery is reminded of how it felt being on the cup of a new beginning. When Ellery discovers the body of the dead groom in the pool, no one’s future is guaranteed. Before help can reach them, a mudslide prevents anyone from going in and out. Another guest dies and Ellery must figure out who’s behind all this before another life is taken. This is perfect for fans of White Lotus and Agatha Christie.
From Freeman County, Virginia, Jack Lee is a white lawyer who hasn’t done much to push back against racism. That is until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with killing an elderly, wealthy white couple. Jack starts doubting his decision, fearing that the odds are stacked against both of them after he realizes what’s at stake. On the other hand, Desiree DuBose has devoted her life as a Black lawyer from Chicago to furthering justice and racial equality. She comes to Freeman County and teams up with Jack in an unwieldy partnership against the best prosecutor in the Commonwealth. Together, they fight for the chance at a fair trial and true justice.
From the renowned author of Before She Finds Me, comes a thriller about two families who become entangled after a teen goes missing. When Leyna Clarke was twelve, she watched her older sister Grace leave home with Adam Duran. Sixteen years later, a woman who looks like Grace, shows up at Leyna’s workplace and disappears soon after. Leyna’s mother, Meredith, still lives in their family home and believes in the police’s theory of Grace and Adam being runaways. Nearby, Adam’s mother, Olivia, has also stayed in their home, waiting for her son’s return. The past isn’t the only threat to the family as someone in the neighborhood truly knows what happened that night. Who will they be able to trust?
In a small town in Quebec, a flood destroys the historic center and reveals a child’s body. The remains are decades-old, but everyone knows they belong to nine-year-old Michelle Fortier, who vanished without a trace in 1979. Stephanie O’Malley grew up listening to stories of Michelle’s disappearance and made a podcast from them without much success. Although she left Marly fifteen years ago, she finds herself back with her mother, high school sweetheart, and the entire community in an uproar. Stephanie struggles to separate truth from conspiracies. Everything is turned upside down when she learns the body might not be Michelle’s after all.
Jane Pool has a wonderfully normal life in the suburbs. She has a house, a family, and a quiet administrative job. Yet Jane is still haunted by her mercurial, absent mother, parents’ secrets, and an act of violence that changed her life. Her estranged sister, Lila, makes contact and claims to know where their mother is. Desperate for answers, they go off on a treacherous hunt that makes them confront the darkness that’s followed their family.
The beloved Bishop Dawodu has been arrested for the murder of his wife, Sade Dawodu. Despite no body being found, the police act on what they claim is damning evidence. After successfully solving the Okriki Three case, Philip Taiwo is brought into the investigation and learns Sade Dawodu is no favorite of the congregants and has been known to disappear for stretches of time. Taiwo and his trusted associate Chika unearth secrets that go beyond the missing persons case and threaten to shatter the church itself. Along with tackling a vast conspiracy, he’s also up against the demands of family life and systemic challenges.
Emily Hoang is a writer and editor, who is obsessed with haunted houses, ghosts, and dreams. More info can be found on her website.
