Top new thriller books in October 2023
Last updated:
October 31, 2023
October 2023 featuring new releases by Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Andrew Child, John Grisham, Michele Campbell, Robert Dugoni, John Sandford, Bernard Cornwell, Janice Hallett, Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille, Jennifer McMahon and many more.
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Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly
Defense attorney Mickey Haller is back, taking the long shot cases, where the chances of winning are one in a million. After getting a wrongfully convicted man out of prison, he is inundated with pleas from incarcerated people claiming innocence. He enlists his half brother, retired LAPD Detective Harry Bosch, to weed through the letters, knowing most claims will be false...mystery · fiction · crime · legal · audiobook · law-enforcement · suspense · thriller · police-procedural · contemporary -
![The Secret by Lee Child, Andrew Child]()
The Secret by Lee Child, Andrew Child
1992. Eight respectable, upstanding people have been found dead across the US. These deaths look like accidents and don't appear to be connected. Until one body - the victim of a fatal fall from a hospital window - generates some unexpected attention.That attention comes from the Secretary of Defence, who promptly calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate...urban · fiction · mystery · crime · audiobook · action-adventure · suspense · military · law-enforcement · children -
![The Exchange: After The Firm by John Grisham]()
The Exchange: After The Firm by John Grisham
#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm...fiction · mystery · legal · suspense · contemporary · crime · thriller · audiobook · politics · conspiracies -
![The Intern by Michele Campbell]()
The Intern by Michele Campbell
A young Harvard law student falls under the spell of a charismatic judge in this timely and thrilling novel about class, ambition, family and murder.Madison Rivera lands the internship of a lifetime working for Judge Kathryn Conroy. But Madison has a secret that could destroy her career. Her troubled younger brother Danny has been arrested, and Conroy is the judge on his case...fiction · suspense · audiobook · legal · contemporary · thriller · dark-academia · family · crime · murder -
![One Last Kill by Robert Dugoni]()
One Last Kill by Robert Dugoni
Detective Tracy Crosswhite draws a long-dormant serial killer out of hiding in a nerve-shattering novel by New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni.Tracy Crosswhite is reopening the investigation into Seattle’s Route 99 serial killer. After thirteen victims, he stopped hunting and the trail went cold, stirring public outrage...mystery · fiction · crime · suspense · law-enforcement · psychological · murder · police-procedural · killer · audiobook -
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![Judgment Prey by John Sandford]()
Judgment Prey by John Sandford
Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to crack an unsolvable case in this thrilling new novel by John Sandford.Alex Sand was spending the evening at home playing basketball with his two young sons when all three were shot in cold blood...mystery · fiction · crime · suspense · law-enforcement · audiobook · murder · thriller · killer · action-adventure -
![Sharpe's Command: Richard Sharpe and the Bridge at Almaraz, May 1812 by Bernard Cornwell]()
Sharpe's Command: Richard Sharpe and the Bridge at Almaraz, May 1812 by Bernard Cornwell
New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth century, capturing the bravery, battles, and bloodshed of Britain's peninsular wars with this epic tale featuring his iconic hero Richard Sharpe.Outsider.Hero.Rogue.And the one man you want on your side...historical-fiction · fiction · historical · war · action-adventure · military · audiobook · industrial-era · regency · crime -
![The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett]()
The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett
One dead Santa. A town full of suspects. Will you discover the truth?Christmas in Lower Lockwood, and the Fairway Players are busy rehearsing their festive pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, to raise money for the church roof appeal. But despite the season, goodwill is distinctly lacking amongst the amateur dramatics enthusiasts...mystery · fiction · crime · cozy · contemporary · season-winter · audiobook · epistolary · murder · humor -
![Blood Lines by Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille]()
Blood Lines by Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille
From New York Times bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille, Blood Lines features the return of Special Agents Brodie and Taylor who are on the hunt for the cold-blooded murderer of one of their fellow agents...mystery · fiction · suspense · military · crime · thriller · action-adventure · murder · terrorism · political-intrigue -
![My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon]()
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon
A spine-tingling psychological thriller about a woman who, after taking in her dying, alcoholic mother, begins to suspect demonic possession is haunting her family.Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily decorating their cozy Vermont home, she has no choice but to face it. Then she gets the call...horror · mystery · fiction · contemporary · supernatural · thriller · season-winter · suspense · paranormal · family -
![Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger]()
Christmas Presents by Lisa Unger
Instead of presents this Christmas, a true crime podcaster is opening up a cold case…Madeline Martin has built a life for herself as the young owner of a thriving business, The Next Chapter Bookshop, despite her tragic childhood and now needing to care for her infirm father...mystery · fiction · crime · suspense · horror · thriller · murder · female-mc · serial-killers · psychological -
![These Still Black Waters by Christina McDonald]()
These Still Black Waters by Christina McDonald
Two women struggle toward a dark truth as a killer avenges the sins of the past in a twisting novel of suspense by the USA Today bestselling author of Do No Harm, Behind Every Lie, and The Night Olivia Fell.After a violent home invasion, Neve Maguire returns with her daughter to Black Lake, her childhood summer home, hoping for a fresh start...mystery · fiction · horror · crime · suspense · paranormal · psychological · contemporary · thriller · law-enforcement -
![Cross Out by James Patterson]()
Cross Out by James Patterson
Detectives Cross and Sampson are tracking a serial killer who's fatally ambushing young men in the “Dead Hours” murders. They don't hear the machine gun fire. At first. “Drop whatever you're doing, Dr. Cross, and head to Reagan Airport,” DC Metro Police dispatch says. “A plane just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto...mystery · fiction · suspense · crime · audiobook · law-enforcement · thriller · murder · psychological · serial-killers -
![Room for Rent by Noelle W. Ihli]()
Room for Rent by Noelle W. Ihli
Nya can’t remember the last time she felt safe.The rundown rental house didn’t seem so bad at first. But now, someone is stealing her food. Rattling her bedroom doorknob. Digging through her belongings.Each night brings more disturbing incidents. And each night, Nya is more convinced that it’s not an intruder...mystery · horror · fiction · suspense · contemporary · thriller · psychological · audiobook · kidnapping · crime -
![Night Owl by Andrew Mayne]()
Night Owl by Andrew Mayne
A shocking act of sabotage draws a retired spy into a deadly conspiracy in an explosive thriller by an Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author.After three decades in counterintelligence, Brad Trasker is retired, disillusioned, and dealing with a tragic loss. Spy games are behind him until he attends the launch of a next-generation aircraft...mystery · fiction · suspense · crime · espionage · audiobook · action-adventure · contemporary · thriller · military -
![The Last Applicant by Rebecca Hanover]()
The Last Applicant by Rebecca Hanover
From award-winning author Rebecca Hanover comes an emotional thrill ride about two women whose lives take a dangerous turn in the high-stakes arena of private school admissions.Audrey Singer revels in her position as the admissions director of an exclusive Manhattan private school. Parents cater to her whims and desires, desperate to give their children an edge...fiction · audiobook · suspense · multi-pov · thriller · contemporary · dark-academia · psychological · literary-fiction · urban -
![Shadowheart by Meg Gardiner]()
Shadowheart by Meg Gardiner
What happens when two serial killers begin to compete with each other?From #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Gardiner comes a new high-octane thriller in the acclaimed UNSUB series.FBI Special Agent Caitlin Hendrix faces a case from nightmares.In a Tennessee prison, Efrem Judah Goode draws haunting portraits of women he claims he has killed...mystery · fiction · suspense · serial-killers · law-enforcement · police-procedural · horror · female-author · psychological · crime -
![Do Not Open by Kiersten Modglin]()
Do Not Open by Kiersten Modglin
On the day author Mari Montgomery receives the email, she has little left to live for.The message—simple yet utterly life-changing—offers a glimmer of hope to her dismal existence. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime, and if she takes it, it could change everything.Mari’s immediate sense of unease is eclipsed only by her curiosity—elicited from the supposed fan on the other end of the email...suspense · stalking · mystery · kidnapping · crime · psychological · thriller · fiction · book · adult -
![Behind the Mask by A.J. Rivers]()
Behind the Mask by A.J. Rivers
Every small town has its secrets.This secret is worth taking lives for…After saving Molly from a trafficking ring and reuniting with her mother.FBI agent Ava James feels as though she has found true happiness.While having a family dinner Ava receives a call from an old friend, with some bad news.Every Halloween, teen girls from the rural Vermont town are going missing.Each year more than the last...law-enforcement · police-procedural · gothic · psychological · thriller · ghosts · crime · magic · political-intrigue · murder -
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![The Bell in the Fog by Lev A.C. Rosen]()
The Bell in the Fog by Lev A.C. Rosen
The Bell in the Fog , a dazzling historical mystery by Lev AC Rosen, asks―once you have finally found a family, how far would you go to prove yourself to them?San Francisco, 1952. Detective Evander “Andy” Mills has started a new life for himself as a private detective―but his business hasn’t exactly taken off...mystery · historical-fiction · lgbtq · fiction · historical · noir · audiobook · mlm · crime · thriller -
![Remote by Stacy Lynn Miller, Brian Christopher Shea]()
Remote by Stacy Lynn Miller, Brian Christopher Shea
The Raven is back. And this time, he’s not playing games. The aide of a powerful U.S. Senator is killed in a mysterious car crash in a remote part of the Tahoe National Forest. Twelve hours later and fifty miles away, ATF Agent Lexi Mills is called away from her honeymoon to defuse a bomb in an active bank robbery where a sniper’s bullet nearly takes her out...suspense · mystery · fiction · crime · thriller · hard-boiled · law-enforcement · police-procedural · action-adventure · book -
![I Kill Killers by S.T. Ashman]()
I Kill Killers by S.T. Ashman
When a genius pianist turned hunter of serial killers finds herself connected to her latest victim by an eerie twist of fate, her world spirals into dark chaos. Caught in a relentless game of cat-and-mouse with a tenacious FBI agent, she is also thrust into a dangerous face-off with a serial killer whose lethal cunning could rival her own...mystery · crime · fiction · suspense · psychological · dark · thriller · horror · disability · revenge -
![It Takes Monsters by Mandy McHugh]()
It Takes Monsters by Mandy McHugh
Victoria Tate has had enough of her controlling, incompetent husband Warren. But planning the perfect murder is more difficult than it looks. When the social event of the year, an over-the-top costume ball, is rescheduled for the date she has selected for her crime, Victoria has to scramble to make sure she will still be able to follow through... -
![Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson]()
Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
A train journey . . . A dead body . . . And suspects who share one thing in common - how to get away with murder... -
![People to Follow by Olivia Worley]()
People to Follow by Olivia Worley
Ten teen influencers come to a remote island to star in a reality show, but when one of them winds up dead, they realize that this time, the price of being “cancelled” could be their lives.A reality show on a remote Caribbean island. Ten teen influencers. One dead body...young-adult · mystery · fiction · contemporary · suspense · crime · action-adventure · thriller · romantic-love · horror -
![Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker]()
Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker
When sixteen-year-old Sara Parcell goes missing, it’s an utter tragedy—and an entertaining national obsession—in this thoughtful and addictively readable novel that offers a fresh and provocative take on whodunits and true crime. Sara Parcell disappeared without a trace on a crisp April morning in Frederick, Maryland...north-america · usa · maryland · mystery · fiction · true-crime · crime · contemporary · audiobook · thriller -
![Seven Shades of Evil by Robert McCammon]()
Seven Shades of Evil by Robert McCammon
The New York Times–bestselling author continues his colonial-era thriller series with eight tales of mystery, adventure, and supernatural suspense. From his first appearance in Speaks the Nightbird to his latest adventure in The King of Shadows, Matthew Corbett has faced enemies of all kinds, from serial killers to sorcerers...historical-fiction · mystery · fiction · horror · crime · audiobook · action-adventure · murder · anthologies · serial-killers -
![Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar]()
Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar
A riveting, haunting sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller Chasing the Boogeyman—a tale of obsession and the adulation of evil, exploring modern society’s true-crime obsession with unflinching honesty, sparing no one from the glare of the spotlight...horror · mystery · crime · fiction · suspense · true-crime · thriller · audiobook · serial-killers · murder -
![Ace: by Kyla Faye]()
Ace: by Kyla Faye
I’m the one who is always in the shadows.The one who gets thrown away.The freak, the outcast, the creep.But no matter how much everyone has tried to make me disappear…I’m still here.And I won’t give up until I have the one anchor that’s guided me through every storm in my past…Lee.The girl with the turquoise eyes and golden hair... -
![West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman]()
West Heart Kill by Dann McDorman
LOOKING FOR AN ANYTHING-BUT-ORDINARY WHODUNIT? Welcome to the West Heart country club. Where the drinks are neat but behind closed doors . . . things can get messy. Where upright citizens are deemed downright boring. Where the only missing piece of the puzzle is you, dear reader...mystery · fiction · historical-fiction · crime · law-enforcement · historical · whodunit · thriller · audiobook · killer -
![The Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen]()
The Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen
In this ingenious and subversive twist on the classic gothic novel, the mysterious past of an island mansion lures two sisters into a spiderweb of scandal, secrets, and murder.Two sisters, strangers since birth yet bound by family secrets, are caught up in a century-old mystery on an isolated island... -
![Out of the Far North by Amir Tsarfati, Steve Yohn]()
Out of the Far North by Amir Tsarfati, Steve Yohn
Moscow Is Furious—and Plotting RevengeTensions are at a breaking point. The Western markets that once relied on Russian gas have turned to Israel for their energy needs. Furious, Russia surreptitiously moves to protect their interests by using their newfound ally, Iran, and Iran’s proxy militias...christian · fiction · contemporary · espionage · suspense · action-adventure · thriller · military · mystery · political-intrigue -
![Silent Key by Laurel Hightower]()
Silent Key by Laurel Hightower
A detective, supernatural mystery with elements of Nick Cutter’s The Deep, Peter Benchley’s Jaws and Stephen King’s Firestarter.After the loss of her husband under mysterious circumstances, former Detective Cam Ambrose learns how little she truly knew him... -
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![The Trouble with Drowning by Heather Hach]()
The Trouble with Drowning by Heather Hach
When author Eden Hart floats into Tucson’s Antigone Books in all her dazzling perfection to give a reading, Kat, a struggling writer, can’t help but compare herself. Professionally, physically, socially—Eden is Kat’s aspiration...fiction · suspense · dark · psychological · romantic-love · mental-illness · thriller · literary-fiction · female-mc · book -
![Supper For Six by Fiona Sherlock]()
Supper For Six by Fiona Sherlock
When Lady Anderson invites five guests to her apartment in Bruton Square, Mayfair, none of the guests know why they have been summoned. And it isn't long before dinner turns DEADLY.From the author of Twelve Motives for Murder comes another brilliant immersive murder mystery.Supper for Six . . -
![Europea Halls by Alan Shivers]()
Europea Halls by Alan Shivers
Welcome to Europea Halls. Only the select few have made it into these prestigious dorms in the capital of the EU, Brussels.When six best teenage friends get stalked by a serial killer, the campus is on high alert. As the body count piles up, it seems the killer knows a thing or two about slasher movies... -
![Edenville by Sam Rebelein]()
Edenville by Sam Rebelein
An unsettling, immersive, and wildly entertaining debut novel from an exciting new voice in horror for fans of Paul Tremblay and Stephen Graham Jones.After publishing his debut novel, The Shattered Man, to disappointing sales and reviews, Campbell P. Marion is struggling to find inspiration for a follow-up...horror · fiction · mystery · contemporary · university · dark-academia · gothic · spooky · literary-fiction · thriller -
![Nestlings by Nat Cassidy]()
Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings , which harnesses the creeping paranoia of Rosemary's Baby and the urban horror of Salem's Lot , set in an exclusive New York City residential building.“This is the horror book of the year.”―Erika T. Wurth, author of White HorseMost Anticipated Horror Books of 2023― Paste MagazineAna and Reid needed a lucky break...horror · fiction · mystery · vampires · contemporary · audiobook · season-autumn · disability · haunted-places · ghosts -
![The Nurse by Jenna Kernan]()
The Nurse by Jenna Kernan
“Can you start right away?” I can hear the desperation in Dr Roth’s voice. He’s longing for someone to look after his poor, sick wife Sabrina in their perfect Florida home. The job pays an awful lot. And I really need the money. As long as they don’t ask too many questions…I spend my days by Sabrina ’s side...audiobook · psychological · thriller · suspense · fiction · workplace · revenge · family · contemporary · murder -
![Clandestine Game by Madilyn DeRose]()
Clandestine Game by Madilyn DeRose
Six months ago, Teagan screwed everything up. Sending a message to the wrong person might be innocent enough in some instances, but definitely not this one. She'd never live down that mistake.Summer vacation was supposed to offer a respite from the whispers and stares, but her younger brother's annoying friend had other plans...dark · horror · steamy · torture · stalking · sexual-assault · new-adult · mystery · friends-to-lovers · anti-hero
