Top new thriller books in January 2024
Last updated:
November 29, 2023
January 2024 featuring new releases by Alex Michaelides, Stacy Willingham, Rachel Hawkins, Armando Lucas Correa, Ashley Elston, Cate Quinn, Kate Alice Marshall, Edwin Hill, Ashley Tate, Megan Lally and many more.
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The Fury by Alex Michaelides
A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder ― from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient.This is a tale of murder.Or maybe that’s not quite true... -
Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham
Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, who meets Lucy at the end of their freshman year at a liberal arts college in South Carolina. Margot is the shy one, the careful one, always the sidekick and never the center of attention... -
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest woman, she’s also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family’s estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains...fiction · suspense · contemporary · gothic · family · thriller · psychological · killer · crime · kidnapping -
The Silence in Her Eyes by Armando Lucas Correa
In the vein of Paula Hawkins and Ruth Ware, a bold and suspenseful psychological thriller about a young woman with a rare neurological condition who is convinced her neighbor is going to be murdered.Leah has been living with akinetopsia, or motion blindness, since she was a child. For the last twenty years, she hasn’t been able to see movement... -
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist.The identity comes to Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it... -
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The Clinic by Cate Quinn
From the critically acclaimed author of Black Widows comes a thriller set in a remote rehab clinic on the Pacific Northwest coast, in which the death of a woman inside prompts her sister to enter the clinic as a patient in order to find the truth...mystery · horror · fiction · suspense · contemporary · crime · thriller · family · murder · amateur-sleuth -
No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall
The author of What Lies in the Woods returns with a novel about three sisters, two murders, and too many secrets to count.Emma hasn't told her husband much about her past. He knows her parents are dead and she hasn't spoken to her sisters in years. Then they lose their apartment, her husband gets laid off, and Emma discovers she's pregnant―right as the bank account slips into the red... -
Who to Believe by Edwin Hill
In this twisting domestic suspense thriller from the acclaimed author of The Secrets We Share , the aftermath of a murder in a quiet New England coastal town reveals a web of dark secrets . . .Monreith, Massachusetts, was once a small community of whalers and farmers. These days it’s a well-to-do town filled with commuters drawn to its rugged coastline and country roads...mystery · suspense · fiction · domestic-drama · multi-pov · serial-killers · psychological · friendship · family · crime -
Twenty-Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate
In this stunning and propulsive debut, a town grieves the loss of a young girl—but some fight to keep the truth about her death a secret. For fans of Jane Harper, Ashley Flowers, and Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng... -
That's Not My Name by Megan Lally
She thought she had her life back. She was wrong. It was a mistake to trust him.A gripping debut thriller perfect for fans of Natalie D. Richards and Vincent Ralph.Shivering and bruised, a teen wakes up on the side of a dirt road with no memory of how she got there―or who she is. A passing officer takes her to the police station, and not long after, a frantic man arrives... -
Where You End by Abbott Kahler
From bestselling nonfiction author Abbott Kahler comes a spellbinding fiction debut inspired by true events: an unusual form of amnesia upends the lives of identical twins, forcing them to face the indelible, dangerous shadow of the past.When 22-year-old Kat Bird wakes up from a coma, she sees her mirror image: Jude, her twin sister...mystery · fiction · horror · suspense · family · female-author · historical · murder · crime · psychological