There is nothing like the feeling of a propulsive thriller that keeps you up way past your bedtime just compelling you to read even though you know your kid is still going to wake you up early the next morning.
Or the feeling of a carefully crafted mystery unraveling before your eyes or that of your heart pounding in suspense as danger lurks page by page. Or that sharp gasp you let out when the twist comes or you figure out whodunit. Ah, gosh I just love this genre!
I read from most genres and none can make me stay up far too late reading into the wee hours of the night like a good thriller, mystery or suspense book. There are always SO MANY new thriller books that make it on my list of most anticipated new books list every year.
So let’s talk about the new thriller books coming out in 2023 that have me excited, shall we? Whether you like psychological thrillers or domestic thrillers or even books that border more on mystery or suspense — there is something for all lovers of a good thrill.
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Recent & Upcoming New Thrillers To Read
These are the best new thriller books coming out from January to June. Save this post to keep up with updates in the second half of the year.
January 2023 Book Releases
The Social Climber by Amanda Pellegrino
Out January 3, 2023
For fans of: slow burn but taut thrillers, rich people behaving badly, haves versus have-nots, revenge thrillers
Eliza Bennet has reinvented herself and become one of the elite after much planning and scheming and is close to her impending wedding to a wealthy and handsome man. But Eliza has secrets from her past that are threatening to ruin her perfect plan and expose her true motives for getting married.
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The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
Out January 3, 2023
For fans of: Gothic suspense, true crime vibes, Italian settings, parallel timelines that intertwine
Two long-time friends, who have drifted apart in adulthood, take a girls trip to an Italian villa that holds a complicated and dark history that includes a murder in the 1970’s. Once the two women start diving into the villa’s history and the murder, tension starts to grow between the two friends and the investigation takes a turn.
Regrets Only by Kieran Scott
Out January 10, 2023
For fans of: Big Little Lies & Desperate Housewives, amateur sleuthing, rich people behaving badly drama, murder mystery, messy social schemes & PTA politics
A single mom doing some undercover sleuthing discovers a host of disturbing secrets held by the leaders of a local suburban parent-school association after the president of the association (and wife to her old high school flame) is found murdered.
City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita
Out January 10, 2023
For fans of: claustrophobic thrillers, police procedurals, isolated settings, locked-room mysteries (but locked city)
An Anchorage-based detective sets out to a tiny, isolated Alaskan town to solve a murder and becomes stranded in the town where all 205 residents live in a single high rise building when an avalanche blocks the only way in or out of the town.
Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong
Out January 10, 2023
For fans of: genre-busting books, psychological mystery/suspense, literary fiction, unreliable narrators, books exploring mental illness
Katrina Kim, estranged from her family and with a tenuous grip on reality, also has an obsession with her co-worker Kurt. But things take a turn when she finds a cryptic message from Kurt that implies he knows that she’s been watching him and, later, Kurt shows up at a bridge she likes to visit to commit suicide — but not before blaming her before he goes through with it. The act and the accusations send her into a tailspin of questions about Kurt and some of the things he said to her before his death.
All The Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
Out January 10, 2023
For fans of: domestic suspense/thrillers, vanished-without-a-trace plots, true crime
An exhausted mom, who hasn’t slept in a year since her son was taking from his crib, refuses to rest in her pursuit for answers despite dead ends and few leads. At her wits end, she accepts an interview with a true crime podcaster as a last resort for a break in the case — a decision she starts to regret when his prodding of her past brings up buried things from her childhood and makes her feel like she can’t trust anyone — perhaps even herself and her memories (including of the night her son disappeared).
What Lies In The Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
Out January 17, 2023
For fans of: psychological suspense, the show Yellowjackets, small town secrets & lies, Riley Sager & Megan Miranda
Twenty years ago a group of friends, out in the woods playing their usual games, become the victims of an attack after making a discovery in the woods and their testimony puts a serial killer in jail — but it’s all built on a lie. The girls have held these secrets for all this time but now one of them wants to come forward with the truth which means digging up what really happened in the woods.
Locust Lane by Stephen Amidon
Out January 17, 2023
For fans of: mysteries, suburban crime fiction, books like Big Little Lies/Little Fires Everywhere/Beartown/Defending Jacob
Loyalty is tested in an small affluent town when a young girl has turned up dead and the last to see her alive were three local high school students and launches them in the middle of a murder investigation where famlies will do anything to protect their own.
The Drift by C.J. Tudor
Out January 31, 2023
For fans of: post-apocalyptic thrillers, psychological suspense with a twist, survival fiction, genre-bending books, action-packed reads
Set after a contagious virus sets civilization into shambles, a snowstorm hits as people are trying to reach a place of safety called The Retreat where hope for a cure is being tested. The lives of three strangers, all in precarious situations, converge in their fight for immediate survival from danger and for the future of humanity.
February 2023 Book Releases
Bright & Deadly Things by Lexie Elliott
Out February 14, 2023
For fans of: locked room mysteries, slower burn suspense, isolated settings, atmospheric settings
A recently widowed Oxford fellow is invited, with other selected colleagues and students, to take part in a retreat at a remote & rustic mountaintop chalet in the French Alps. Things get off to a strange and unnerving start before she even gets there and the tension is palpable when she arrives only to escalate further when a student disappears and people start acting strange.
Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft
Out February 14, 2023
For fans of: domestic suspense, fun & juicy psychological thrillers, grifters & con stories, larger than life narrators (very strong voice), morally grey goodness, cat & mouse shenanigans, mother/daughter relationships
An ambitious woman, who has spent a lifetime of conning alongside her mother, has decided she wants to leave her past behind and plans her one last con to help her escape comfortably into the next phase of her life — marrying the heir to one of the country’s wealthiest families. The only thing she didn’t plan for is the man’s childhood friend standing in the way of her plan which goes from amusing to a dangerous cat-and-mouse chase that could expose her past.
On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel
Out February 14, 2023
For fans of: literary mysteries, true crime, Long Bright River, family/sibling stories, books inspired by real events
The story of two twins, born to a heroin addict who turned to prostitution for her next fix, who endured a traumatic childhood. Now as adults, danger threatens the sisters when a body of a woman is found in the river and their friends start disappearing around them. They worry they could be the next victims of this serial killer or the harshness of the life they have lived.
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
Out February 21, 2023
For fans of: psychological thrillers with horror elements, wintry thrillers, locked room mystery thrillers, a little bit of spice
When a famous author invites a group of up and coming female writers to her home in the Adirondacks for a month-long writing retreat, the stakes become higher when the opportunity becomes something potentially life-changing. As the competition heats up, so does the fact something sinister is at play when women start disappearing.
I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai
Out February 21, 2023
For fans of: slow burn mystery/thrillers, literary fiction, true crime, campus mysteries, boarding school settings
A 40-something podcaster and film professor has all but put her time at a prestigious New England boarding school behind her until she’s offered a position to teach there. Upon taking it, the seemingly case closed (yet hotly debated) murder of her former roommate is re-examined by two of her students — a case that was pinned on the school’s Black athletic trainer and that was a flimsy case at best. As she dives into the case and her past she begins to see her time at the school, and the people she interacted with, in a different light that could shed new information on the case.
It’s One of Us by J.T. Ellison
Out February 21, 2023
For fans of: domestic suspense, a little more emotional thrillers (deals heavily with infertility/miscarriage), family dramas, thought-provoking books that will give good discussion (good book club book), Shari Lapena
The life of a married couple, who has been unable to have children, is upended when the police knock on the door claiming that DNA evidence shows that the husband’s son is a prime suspect in a murder.
The Angel Maker by Alex North
Out February 28, 2023
For fans of: dark crime thrillers with a dash of horror, The Whisper Man by Alex North (highly recommend!), serial killer thrillers, creepy reads, very sophisticated thrillers (not a breeze-through read)
When a local philosophy professor is murdered, a connection is made between two old cases — a famous serial killer who could allegedly see the future and the gruesome attack on a teenager many years ago who has, now as a grown man, just gone missing and is being looked for by his older sister who is still haunted by what happened in the past.
March 2023 Releases
A Death At The Party by Amy Stuart
Out March 7, 2023
For fans of: domestic suspense, neighborhood drama, family secrets, books that take place in one day
Told in reverse and set over the course of one day, a woman prepares for and throws a summer garden party that ends with secrets exposed and a dead body found in the basement while the party is in full swing.
The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
Out March 7, 2023
For fans of: locked room mysteries, Clue, Only Murders In The Building, baking shows, cozier whodunits
The 10th season of tv’s hottest baking competition is underway at the Vermont estate where it is filmed and things go awry when small acts of sabotage turn into a dead body on the set.
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay
Out March 7, 2023
For fans of: legal/crime thrillers with are heavy parts family saga and mystery
One afternoon in 1975 a mother goes missing without a trace and, while the husband is a suspect, there is never any evidence linking anybody to her disappearance. Then, two decades later, her remains are found. The now grown children, who already had complicated feelings about what really happened all those years ago and if they believed their father was a murderer, are now forced to face what really happened to their mother when the case is reignited.
The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson
Out March 7, 2023
For fans of: The Kind Worth Killing (companion novels), P.I./detective mystery thrillers
Private eye Henry Kimbell is hired by an old student, a woman who he has always thought there was something off about, to investigate her possible adulterous husband only for the trail to turn up two dead bodies and secrets that lead back to the woman who hired him.
What Have We Done by Alex Finlay
Out March 7, 2023
For fans of: mystery thrillers, over-the-top popcorn thrillers, dual timelines
Twenty five years ago a group of teens bonded over their time living at a foster home for homeless teens that was not the safe haven it was supposed to be — their shared secret still bonding them long after the home closes and they all go their separate ways into adulthood. The estranged group is reunited when one of them is murdered and attempts are being made on the rest of their lives forcing them to reopen old wounds and secrets.
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Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice For Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Out March 14, 2023
For fans of: cozy murder mysteries, heartwarming and humorous books, amateur sleuths, foodie books, character driven mysteries, Finlay Donovan is Killing It, Arsenic and Adobo, Knives Out
A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder when a dead man shows up on the floor of her tea shop holding a flash drive — a flash drive she decides to swipe before the police arrive to help aid in her investigation.
I Love It When You Lie by Kristen Bird
Out March 14, 2023
For fans of: a dash of domestic suspense in a family drama/women’s fiction novel, Liane Moriarty, character-driven mysteries, family secrets, revenge
The messy lives of three Southern sisters (and their reluctant sister-in-law) get even more complicated when they have to work together to cover up a crime right after burying their grandmother.
The New One by Evie Green
Out March 28, 2023
For fans of: futuristic speculative thrillers, domestic thrillers, books about clones
When a troubled teenager is in an accident and put on life support that insurance will only cover for a few weeks, the parents jump at the chance to move to Switzerland to join a trial experiment in which all their expenses will be covered and their daughter will be cared for to given her time to potentially wake up. The catch? Their daughter will be cloned and the copy will live with them as their daughter — an arrangement that is great at first (especially with the clone being the sweet daughter they remember before things got bad) until their real daughter wakes up.
April 2023 Releases
Before We Were Innocent by Ella Berman
Out April 4, 2023
For fans of: mysteries, books about friendship, suspense, character-driven books, literary escapes (Greece setting!)
Three best friends spend the summer together in Greece before they go off to college but only two come back when a tragic accident happens involving one of the girls. The other two, cleared of any wrongdoing, still face media/public scrutiny and must navigate life with the guilt of everything that went wrong and the loss of their friend. Ten years later another accident, involving one of the women, calls into question everything that happened that summer in Greece.
Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose
Out April 4, 2023
For fans of: domestic suspense, Desperate Housewives meets Big Little Lies-esque books, people behaving badly
When a mother, queen bee of her small town and picture-perfect social media influencer, is found murdered in her home it exposes the lies of her carefully curated life and sends the clique of town moms into a frenzy with dirty laundry being aired and accusations flying as to who would have the most to gain by her death.
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You Know Her by Meagan Jennett
Out April 4, 2023
For fans of: crime thrillers, female serial killer stories, Killing Eve, police procedurals, cat & mouse suspense
The story of a young female bartender who is a fledgling serial killer (of men) and the female detective who unknowingly becomes friends with the serial killer she’s hellbent on catching.
The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
Out April 4, 2023
For fans of: domestic suspense/thrillers, fast-paced thrillers, popcorn thriller type
Pippa and Gabe live with their two daughters in their dream home on a cliff — a spot that unfortunately has become a place where people go to end their lives. Over time Gabe has become a bit of a hero when he manages to talk a number of people down from the cliff until one night he doesn’t — a night where his wife watches the situation unfold and isn’t so sure if the woman’s death was actually a suicide or not.
Homecoming by Kate Morton
Out April 4, 2023
For fans of: mysteries, family sagas, small town settings, dual timelines, chunky reads
A reporter, returning home to Sydney to take care of her grandmother after a bad fall, discovers that a terrible crime and tragedy in 1959 could have a shocking connection to her family and sets out to uncover it fully.
The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda
Out April 11, 2023
For fans of: slow burn mystery thrillers, survivor/”secrets that bind us” trope in thrillers (a la Yellowjackets), suspenseful reads, atmospheric reads
Ten years ago, a tragic accident killed twelve classmates and changed forever the remaining 9 students. After losing one survivor, the remaining survivors meet for a week every year at an isolated beach house.
As the 10th anniversary trip is coming up, a survivor named Cassidy is hoping this will be her last after trying to fully distance herself from the group over the years — that is until the day of the reunion another one of them is found dead and she finds herself diving headfirst back into the group.
As the week gets underway things feel very off and, when one of them goes missing, everyone starts to get suspicious — especially when it seems that one of them has not kept the secrets from 10 years old.
The Tip Line by Vanessa Cuti
Out April 18, 2023
For fans of: psychological thrillers mixed with literary fiction (think a bit like Otessa Moshfegh), unique narrating styles/experimental prose, books based on a true crime (Gilgo Beach Murders)
30 year old Virginia’s goal is to find a husband — an obsession that lands her at a new job as a tip line operator at a police station where she thinks plenty of husband options await her. Things are starting to fall into place until a tip called in to her from a mysterious woman reveals four bodies on a beach, launching a serial killer investigation, and suspicions from the woman that a police officer (and potentially one of her future husband) could be the one doing it.
The Last Word by Taylor Adams
Out April 25, 2023
For fans of: psychological suspense, the style of this author’s previous books, outlandish/unhinged thrillers, fast paced and exciting reads
A woman and avid reader living in a remote beach location gives a negative 1 star review of a self-published horror novel she read which leads to the author responding angrily for her to take down the review and being dragged into an online argument with the man — the correspondence becoming more menacing. When disturbing incidents begin to happen at night, she wonders if the author is stalking her or is it just a coincidence?
With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson
Out April 25, 2023
For fans of: slower burn thrillers/suspense, stalker storylines, unhinged fan plots, books that share the villain POV
An actress and mom moves from California to Georgia to escape a stalker whose tactics escalated only to find that her stalker may have followed her when the letters written in his signature scented markers appear again and starts to get the sense she’s being watched.
The Eden Test by Adam Sternbergh
Out April 25, 2023
For fans of: psychological thrillers, domestic suspense, books with Gone Girl vibes, troubled marriage stories
A husband and wife sign up for week-long, device-free retreat designed to help troubled couples repair their relationships but both of them are harboring their own secrets and intentions for the week.
May 2023 Releases
Without Saying Goodbye by Laura Jarratt
Out May 2, 2023
For fans of: dramas with a touch of suspense, mom noir (domestic suspense tackling motherhood), more emotional stories with your mystery/thrillers
Two desperate mothers in different stages of life, both with their own secrets about their past and who they really are, are thrown into each other’s paths and strike a tentative bond that turns more familial/safe — a bond they will need when the past catches up and endangers them.
The Nigerwife by Vanessa Walters
Out May 2, 2023
For fans of: domestic thrillers, murder mysteries, books set in Nigerian high society, family secrets, books with a strong sense of place/culture
A young woman, London-born but now married into a wealthy Nigerian family and part of high society’s Nigerwives*, goes missing without a trace and the investigation yields dead ends. The woman’s estranged auntie decides to come to Lagos to find out what happened to her niece and uncovers the darkness behind her seemingly picture perfect life.
* a Nigerwife — a well known term in Nigeria talking about a foreign wife of a Nigerian man.
The Perfect Ones by Nicole Hackett
Out May 2, 2023
For fans of: psychological thrillers, books about the ~dark side~ of social media/influencer culture, great settings, character driven
A picture-perfect influencer trip to Iceland goes horribly wrong when one of the influencers goes missing and the facade behind the picture perfect feeds is cracked.
Adrift by Lisa Brideau
Out May 2, 2023
For fans of: disaster/climate thriller & suspense books, eerie feeling books, books with a little speculative edge to them
A woman wakes up on a boat in the remote Pacific Northwest, in a world at the brink of climate disaster, with no memory of who she is and a note warning her to start over and not look back — a warning that makes her think she was definitely in danger. She sets sail desperate for answers to find out who she is, what she is running from and just who might be watching her to make sure she doesn’t find any of those answers.
No One Needs To Know by Lindsay Cameron
Out May 9, 2023
For fans of: domestic suspense/thrillers, NYC-set books, books set in elite circles, scandalous & juicy reads
An anonymous neighborhood forum, a place where lots of juicy and dark secrets were shared, gets hacked and exposes its users identities sending New York’s wealthiest residents into a frenzy to protect themselves and their families from what came to light — a pursuit that will end with one of them winding up dead.
Killing Me by Michelle Gagnon
Out May 16, 2023
For fans of: thrillers/suspense novels that are funny, voice-driven books, morally grey characters, things that are a bit camp in the best way, Stephanie Plum books
A woman gets captured by a serial killer but is saved from death by a random woman only to, after fleeing to a new city to keep outrunning her past, get stalked by yet another serial killer — an even more dangerous one that she must figure out how to survive.
Mothers’ Instinct by Barbara Abel
Out May 16, 2023
For fans of: domestic thrillers, books like The Push/The Perfect Mother/Little Disasters, dark thrillers
The bond of two couples, close friends that become even closer as their sons begin to grow up together, is broken after an accident results in the death of one of the young boys. Grief and emotions are high, as well as guilt and blame, but things start to escalate when strange accidents start happening to the other boy leaving his mother to wonder if her friends blame her and are behind the threats.
The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis
Out May 23, 2023
For fans of: juicy mysteries with Real Housewives-esque drama, locked room murder mysteries, vivid settings, books by Lucy Foley & Ruth Ware
Four friends are invited to reunite at the luxurious French chateau of one of the girl’s grandmother’s where they spent a lot of time 20 years ago during a study abroad. When a tragedy ensues and secrets start to spill out, the girls must figure out who is behind the sinister turn of events and why before they turn on each other.
The Revenge List by Hannah Mary McKinnon
Out May 23, 2023
For fans of: domestic suspense, angry women in fiction, Lisa Unger
As a therapy exercise in anger management, a woman writes a list of people she’s angry and wants to forgive, and thinks nothing of it when she forgets the list in an Uber — until one by one the people on the list become victims of freak accidents.
Sing Her Down by Ivy Pochoda
Out May 23, 2023
For fans of: gritty thrillers, modern Westerns, feminist thrillers, Killing Eve, cat-and-mouse chases
Two prisoners and former cellmates gain early release due to the pandemic and a deadly cat-and-mouse ensues when one woman, who doesn’t believe the other about her claimed innocence, becomes obsessed with not letting the other go.
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman
Out May 30, 2023
For fans of: historical mysteries, Regency era historicals, amateur sleuthing, feminists bucking society while righting wrongs & having adventures
Two high society spinsters and twins use their wits and their societal invisibility as older women to help protect other women — the first case being rescuing a friend’s goddaughter from her violent husband that takes them on quite the adventure.
The New Mother by Nora Murphy
Out May 30, 2023
For fans of: domestic suspense, cat-and-mouse games, books exploring motherhood, The Couple Next Door, The Push
An exhausted new mom is having a tough time and is super lonely after moving into a new neighborhood. But things change when she meets her neighbor Paul who offers her friendship and support that helps her feel like she can relax. But Paul is not just the selfless and kind-hearted neighbor she thinks he is — Paul has his own motives for befriending the new mom.
A Good Family by Matt Goldman
Out May 30, 2023
For fans of: domestic thrillers, slow burn psychological thrillers, dark side of suburbia type books
Katie and Jack have the perfect life it feels like — money, great home and beautiful kids. So when her husband starts pulling away and acting shady — including inviting an old friend to live with them further causing friction and even stranger behavior — she tries to unravel whatever secrets her husband is keeping and leans on an old friend for support.
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June Thriller & Mystery Releases – Summer 2023
My Murder by Katie Williams
Out June 6, 2023
For fans of: crime thriller with a speculative edge, domestic suspense, dark humor
A young mother is the latest victim of a serial killer and, after being brought back to her life thanks to a government project, she jumps back into her old life but finds herself, especially after spending time with the other victims of the serial killer, digging into the circumstances of her own murder.
Girls & Their Horses by Eliza Jane Brazier
Out June 6, 2023
For fans of: books that are part murder mystery and part drama from rich people behaving badly, cutthroat competitions, soapy/juicy mystery thrillers
A family moves to a wealthy and exclusive community and, wanting to get off to the right start, sign their girls up for riding lessons and soon find themselves immersed into the glamorous but ultra competitive world of showjumping — a world full of cliques, cutthroat mothers and a whole world of drama and secrets. Before the end of the summer, in the cutthroat preparation and lead-up to a big horse show, mounting tensions and lies will turn deadly.
The Couples Trip by Ulf Kvensler
Out June 6, 2023
For fans of: Swedish crime/thriller books, psychological suspense, wilderness settings in thrillers, Lucy Foley & Ruth Ware, The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan or No Exit by Taylor Adams
When their friend asks to bring her new boyfriend on their annual hiking trip in the mountains, couple Anna and Henrick oblige — a decision that will change their lives forever when the wilderness trek turns into a nightmare.
The Good Ones by Polly Stewart
Out June 6, 2023
For fans of: literary suspense, domestic dramas, books like Long Bright River or Local Woman Missing, Mare of Easttown, rural noir
A newly unemployed woman moves back to her childhood hometown in Appalachia — a place that still haunts her after her best friend mysteriously disappeared almost 20 years ago. Still impacted by the disappearance and drawn to stories of missing girls, she decides to search for answers to what happened to her friend all those years ago.
All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Out June 6, 2023
For fans of: crime fiction, Southern gothic, small town mysteries, the show True Detective
Titus Crowne, the first Black sheriff in a small Southern town, embarks on a hunt for a killer in his small community when a shocking and tragic school shooting (involving a student and a teacher) leads to the uncovering of serial killer in their small town.
She Started It by Sian Gilbert
Out June 13, 2023
For fans of: thrillers, revenge thrillers, the perfect thrilling beach read, books with tropical locales, books centered around female friendship, Liane Moriarty’s domestic edge & characters with the suspense Lucy Foley brings.
A group of young women –once childhood best friends who’ve drifted apart but are still bonded by secrets– get an unexpected and extravagant invite to a Caribbean bachlorette party by a woman who was always more on the outside of their childhood group but who according to social media is now living quite the posh life. The women accept the invite and are excited to settle into this indulgent break from life but aren’t prepared for when the party takes a sinister turn and their darkest secrets are revealed.
The Gulf by Rachel Cochran
Out June 13, 2023
For fans of: literary thrillers, small-town settings, books that tackle social issues
“Set on the gulf coast of Texas in the 1970s at the height of the women’s liberation movement, a closeted young woman attempts to solve her surrogate mother’s murder in a tight-knit, religious small town.”
The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding
Out June 13, 2023
For fans of: psychological thrillers, dark domestic suspense, books full of twists that keep you on the edge of your seat
A woman and former NYC restaurant owner loses everything when, thanks to COVID, her business fails and she becomes homeless and living out of her car in Seattle after leaving her old life behind. An unlikely friendship is forged with a wealthy woman she saves from drowning in the ocean — an attempt to escape her abusive and controlling husband once and for all — and a plan to help the woman escape for good is hatched but things aren’t quite everything that they seem as both women have pasts they are trying to outrun.
What The Neighbors Saw by Melissa Adelman
Out June 20, 2023
For fans of: domestic suspense, neighborhood thrillers, Desperate Housewives, Shari Lapena or Sally Hepworth
A couple’s dream home in their dream neighborhood becomes theirs but the dream becomes shattered when their neighbor is found murdered and the neighborhood becomes quickly divided and secrets/rumors start swirling.
The Woman Inside by M.T. Edvardsson
Out June 13, 2023
For fans of: thrillers with a legal/crime thriller edge, books set in Sweden, thrillers with multi-POVs
A quiet Swedish town is rocked when a prominent and wealthy is found murdered. As the police investigate and question potential suspects, a few suspects with their own questionable pasts really start to emerge — a widowed man who lives with his young daughter, a woman who lodges with the former and the slain couple’s housekeeper and the mistress of the slain man.
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Out June 20, 2023
For fans of: mystery thrillers, gothic thrillers, creepy vibes
A young caregiver is assigned to work for a woman who, several decades earlier as a teenager, was accused of murdering her whole family but never was charged and has remained at the cliffside mansion ever since alone with the truth of that night. That is, until she decides she wants her caregiver to help her tell the truth of that night — a truth the young woman starts to have doubts about after new details come out about the caregiver who was there before her.
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Don’t Forget The Girl by Rebecca McKanna
Out June 20, 2023
For fans of: literary mysteries & thrillers, true crime (and nuanced exploration of society’s obsession with it), female friendship-centered plots
“Twelve years ago, 18-year-old University of Iowa freshman Abby Hartmann disappeared. Now, Jon Allan Blue, the serial killer suspected of her murder, is about to be executed. Abby’s best friends, Bree and Chelsea, watch as Abby’s memory is unearthed and overshadowed by Blue and his flashier crimes. The friends, estranged in the wake of Abby’s disappearance, and suffering from years of unvoiced resentments, must reunite when a high-profile podcast dedicates its next season to Blue’s murders.”
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
Out June 20, 2023
For fans of: action-packed thrillers, fugitive-type plots
A husband and wife work together, hired by companies, to try to break into their security systems and buildings. Things go wrong one night and only get worse when the wife finds her husband at home murdered. When the police suspect her for the murder and start to build their case with mounting evidence they’ve found, she goes on the run and tries to figure out who really murdered her husband and why.
Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin
Out June 20, 2023
For fans of: crime thrillers with a mystical edge, Southern novels, cold cases, conspiracy theory plots, science
Astrophysicist and daughter of a psychic (and maybe reluctant psychic herself), Vivvy is brought in by a police officer — whose life she saved long ago and who believes she can see things others can’t — to find a girl who went missing long ago in broad daylight. Solving a cold case is hard enough but Vivvy must contend with a conspiracy theory podcaster targeting her and her past.
Have You Seen Her by Catherine McKenzie
Out June 27, 2023
For fans of: psychological thrillers, vivid outdoorsy settings (Yosemite), cold cases, Where Stars Go Dark
Fleeing from her life in NYC, Cassie lands her old job, from over 10 years ago, with Yosemite Search and Rescue. Her life intersects with two other women who are also holding on to secrets and, when a couple goes missing, she fears that past is repeating itself and reminds her all too much of a haunting incident that happened all those years ago.
Lay Your Body Down by Amy Suiter Clarke
Out June 27, 2023
For fans of: psychological suspense, religious cult type stories, books exploring religious trauma
A young woman returns to her rural Minnesota hometown and former oppressive cult-like church that has taken over the town even more after the death of her childhood love — a death she is sure was murder and is determined to find out what really happened even if it means getting tangled in the corruption and lies of the church and confronting her own trauma from her time in the church.
The Night It Ended by Katie Garner
Out June 27, 2023
For fans of: psychological thrillers, fans of Lucy Foley & Ruth Ware, dark academia, gothic boarding school vibes, slow burn murder mysteries, locked door mysteries
Struggling mentally after a traumatic case a year before, a criminal psychiatrist is called to a boarding school for troubled girls to investigate the suspicious death of a student — an investigation that reveals quite a few people with secrets at the school, even the psychiatrist herself, that hold a piece to solving the murder.
I hope this list of best new thrillers was helpful for you to find some good thriller books to read! What recent thriller books have you been reading and loving? What upcoming new thriller books are you anticipating?
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