Horror, Mystery & Thriller

“A compulsive page-turner with shades of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History peopled by a new generation.”—Catherine Steadman, New York Times bestselling author of Something in the WaterNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGIn her...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Widow returns with a brand new novel of twisting psychological suspense about every parent’s worst nightmare...When two eighteen-year-old girls go missing in Thailand, their families are thrust into the...

Instant New York Times Bestseller.One of Fall 2019's Best Books (People, EW, Lithub, Vox, Washington Post, and more).A young boy is haunted by a voice in his head in this acclaimed epic of literary horror from the author of The Perks...

Perfect for fans of the NYT bestseller Sold on a Monday, this Southern historical novel based on the true story of a boy's mysterious disappearance examines despair, loyalty, and the nature of truth.In 1913, on a summer's day at Half Moon Lake,...

"Karen Dietrich can stop your heart with a sentence."—Paula McLain, author of The Paris WifeNot a single resident of St. Augustine, Florida, can forget the day that Michael Joshua Hayes walked into a shopping mall and walked out the mass murderer of...

The woods are creeping in on a nanny and two young girls in this chilling modern Gothic thriller.Architect Tom Faraday is determined to finish the high-concept, environmentally friendly home he’s building in Norway—in the same place where he lost his...

Named a New York Times Best Book to Give   The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot—legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile—returns to solve a delectably twisty mystery in this “masterful and...

When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there's either something wrong with your world or something wrong with your skills... and there's nothing wrong with Joe Ledger's skills. And that's both a good, and a bad thing. It's good...

The next call you take could be your last in this terrifying #1 New York Times bestseller by Stephen King—now a major motion picture starring Samuel L. Jackson and John Cusack.“If any of them looks over here, sees us, and decides to come after us, we’re...

Set against the backdrop of a wealthy oceanside town, The Agathas follows two teenage girls — rich and popular Alice Ogilvie and her less popular, less rich tutor, Iris Adams — as they work together to solve the murder of Alice’s ex-best friend. With...

(Available after August 30th, 2022)*A PureWow Best Beach Read of Summer 2022*A wedding weekend spirals out of control in this bold, electrifying, hilarious novel about the complexities of female friendshipRobin and Ellie have been best friends since...

From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burton has become known for his unique visual brilliance — witty and macabre at once. Now he gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children — misunderstood...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE SEATTLE TIMES, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlú of...

Think of this book as the most intense game of “What If?” you’ve ever played. Here is the question: What if you helped your friend dispose of a dead body? Notice how we skipped over the “Would you?” and went right to “What If?” Sit with that a moment or...

Hans Rosenfeldt sets up the characters in Cry Wolf like dominoes on a table. The drug dealer who listens to Whitney Houston; the assassin who puts Villanelle from Killing Eve to shame; the car mechanic who fixes more than cars; and our detective, Hannah...

In Still Life, bestselling author Louise Penny introduces Monsieur L'Inspecteur Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec, a modern Poirot who anchors this beloved traditional mystery seriesWinner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and...

A biologist pursues her dream of tracking wolverines in a wildlife sanctuary. In turn, she is pursued by someone. A clandestine group? The people from town? Who? From the first shot of a gun in the initial pages through the beautiful Montana landscape,...

"Solve the case" is a line that crops up halfway through The Butterfly House. That's the goal of Nordic noir, and Engberg sticks to the genre tradition faithfully. The language is direct. The case is simple enough: find the killer who is dumping bodies...

A money launderer who insists on making dinner for his niece and nephew every night at 8 p.m. sharp, a career thief who recites poetry, the strong-arm who also uses his hands to create art — this is the make shift family we're introduced to in The...

Winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz AwardsThe setting: suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area’s teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of...