Top new thriller books in April 2025
Last updated:
April 30, 2025
April 2025 featuring new releases by Greer Hendricks, David Baldacci, Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell, Abigail Dean, Layne Fargo, Vanessa Lillie, Belinda Bauer, Dervla McTiernan, Amity Gaige, Katie Kitamura, Liz Lawson and many more.
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The Sublet by Greer Hendricks
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Greer Hendricks comes a chilling story about the hidden cost of perfection.Anne is barely keeping it together. A frazzled ghostwriter and aspiring novelist, she juggles nine-year-old twins and a listless marriage from an overcrowded Manhattan apartment, spreading herself thinner each day...fiction · suspense · contemporary · thriller · audiobook · drama · family · female-mc · psychological · anthologies -
![Strangers in Time by David Baldacci]()
Strangers in Time by David Baldacci
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls comes David Baldacci’s newest novel, set in London in 1944, about a bereaved book shop owner and two teenagers scarred by the second world war, and the healing and hope they find in one another. Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason...europe · british-isles · united-kingdom · england · urban · historical-fiction · fiction · mystery · historical · ww2 -
![Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell]()
Good and Evil and Other Stories by Samanta Schweblin, Megan McDowell
A haunting, unforgettable collection of tales from the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature winner and three-time Booker finalist, Samanta Schweblin.Once a decade a story collection rips a hole in the sky and we remember how it feels to have a spell cast upon us...horror · fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · anthologies · terror · female-author · psychological · thriller · adult -
![The Death of Us by Abigail Dean]()
The Death of Us by Abigail Dean
Bringing together the slow-burn simmer of psychological suspense and the propulsive drive of crime thrillers, The Death of Us is the story of a marriage turned inside out by a violent encounter that sets fire to the hairline faults that were there from the start.Late on a summer’s evening when they are thirty years old, husband and wife Edward and Isabel’s home is invaded by a serial killer...fiction · mystery · crime · audiobook · suspense · contemporary · psychological · thriller · mental-illness · serial-killers -
![Desperate Deadly Widows by Layne Fargo, Vanessa Lillie, Kimberly Belle, Cate Holahan]()
Desperate Deadly Widows by Layne Fargo, Vanessa Lillie, Kimberly Belle, Cate Holahan
10 hours, 12 minutesThe widows are back! Big hair and bigger lies collide in the highly anticipated follow-up to Audible’s best-selling Young Rich Widows, where nothing’s more dangerous than a widow with nothing left to lose... -
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![The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer]()
The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer
From the exceptionally original mind of CWA Gold Dagger Award winner and Booker longlisted author Belinda Bauer comes this sweeping tale of obsession, greed, ambition, and a crime that has remained unsolved for a hundred years.How do you find something that doesn’t exist?1926. On the cliffs of Yorkshire, men are lowered on ropes to steal the eggs of the sea birds who nest there...mystery · historical-fiction · fiction · crime · audiobook · historical · friendship · thriller · action-adventure · outdoors -
![The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan]()
The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan
For years the boglands of Northern Europe have given up bodies of the long-deceased. Bodies that are thousands of years old, uncannily preserved. Bodies with strange injuries that suggest ritual torture and human sacrifice.When a corpse is found in a bog in Galway, Cormac Reilly assumes the find is historical. But closer examination reveals a more recent story...mystery · fiction · crime · audiobook · law-enforcement · suspense · murder · police-procedural · 21st-century · contemporary -
![Heartwood by Amity Gaige]()
Heartwood by Amity Gaige
Heartwood takes you on a gripping journey as a search and rescue team race against time when an experienced hiker mysteriously disappears on the Appalachian Trail in Maine.In the heart of the Maine woods, an experienced Appalachian Trail hiker goes missing. She is forty-two-year-old Valerie Gillis, who has vanished 200 miles from her final destination...north-america · usa · maine · mystery · fiction · suspense · outdoors · literary-fiction · contemporary · thriller -
![Audition by Katie Kitamura]()
Audition by Katie Kitamura
One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. A mesmerizing Mobius strip of a novel that asks who we are to the people we love.Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an elegant and accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive, troubling, and young—young enough to be her son...fiction · contemporary · literary-fiction · poc-author · friendship · psychological · thriller · female-mc · book · adult -
![Murder Between Friends by Liz Lawson]()
Murder Between Friends by Liz Lawson
Two years ago, the murder of a neighbor tore three best friends apart--now the killer is going to walk free and the ex-friends are going to have to face the past--and each other--in another twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling co-author of The AgathasGrace, Henry, and Ally grew up together on the same block...mystery · young-adult · fiction · audiobook · contemporary · suspense · crime · murder · thriller · small-town -
![Such Quiet Girls by Noelle W. Ihli]()
Such Quiet Girls by Noelle W. Ihli
Ten children, abducted in broad daylight—and buried alive. Sage and her sister won’t make it home from school today. Neither will the other children on Bus 315. But that’s only the beginning of the nightmare.New bus driver Jessa blames herself for what happened. She couldn’t protect the kids she was supposed to deliver to daycare, just like she couldn’t protect her own daughter three years ago...mystery · audiobook · fiction · horror · suspense · crime · psychological · thriller · true-crime · survival -
![Hello, Juliet by Samantha M. Bailey]()
Hello, Juliet by Samantha M. Bailey
In a dark thriller from USA Today bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey, a TV reunion brings costars back for the drama and betrayals their viewers once craved—and this time, the stakes are deadly.Ivy Westcott fled LA as her acting career imploded. In a flash, she lost her first love and chosen family—her Hello, Juliet castmates. But she never discovered who turned her closest friends against her...north-america · usa · california · urban · audiobook · suspense · fiction · psychological · dark · thriller -
![The California Dreamers by Amy Mason Doan]()
The California Dreamers by Amy Mason Doan
ONE GOLDEN FAMILY. ONE ICONIC PHOTO. It’s 1980s California, and everyone’s dreaming of the endless sun-drenched beaches, infinite waves, and most of all, beautiful, beautiful freedom. For the Merrick siblings, this idyllic vision is their reality, as they travel up and down the coast with their parents in a van year-round, surfing and swimming their days away... -
![Our Last Wild Days by Anna Bailey]()
Our Last Wild Days by Anna Bailey
From the author of the “irresistible” (Paula Hawkin, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Where the Truth Lies, an atmospheric novel about a young woman who searches for answers after her estranged friend is found dead in the bayou of their rural Louisiana hometown.The Labasques aren’t like other families...north-america · usa · louisiana · fiction · suspense · gothic · audiobook · contemporary · thriller · murder -
![Fair Play by Louise Hegarty]()
Fair Play by Louise Hegarty
For fans of Anthony Horowitz, Tana French, and Sally Rooney, a wonderfully original, genre-breaking literary debut from Ireland that’s an homage to the brilliant detective novels of the early twentieth century, a twisty modern murder mystery, and a searing exploration of grief and loss.A group of friends gather at an Airbnb on New Year’s Eve...mystery · fiction · crime · audiobook · cozy · contemporary · thriller · murder · family · law-enforcement -
![The Cheater's Wife: An Addictive Twisty Psychological Thriller by C.N. Mabry]()
The Cheater's Wife: An Addictive Twisty Psychological Thriller by C.N. Mabry
She turned her husband’s betrayal into a second chance. Now, it might cost her everything.Camille Bell never wanted to raise her husband’s mistake. RJ, the son of Ryan’s most public betrayal, was a constant reminder of everything she lost—the picture-perfect life, the adoring husband, the future she was promised. But instead of casting him aside, she did what no one expected. She made him hers...psychological · suspense · cheating · domestic-drama · thriller · audiobook · secrets · plot-twist · killer · multi-pov -
![Eat, Slay, Love by Julie Mae Cohen]()
Eat, Slay, Love by Julie Mae Cohen
International bestselling author Julie Mae Cohen returns with a delicious new novel about three very different women and what unites the man they’re holding hostageMaking new friends can be murder... Marina gave up her career as a chef to raise her children, but her divorce has left her harried, lonely, and the black sheep of her family. It’s also left her in dire financial straits...mystery · fiction · audiobook · crime · contemporary · humor · suspense · horror · thriller · womens-fiction -
![Welcome to West Street by Nicole Trope]()
Welcome to West Street by Nicole Trope
‘Welcome! I hope you’ll be happy here,’ I say, standing on the doorstep and holding out a freshly baked cake. Amanda smiles but it doesn’t reach her eyes. The new arrivals to West Street clearly have secrets. But that’s okay. Because so do I…Caroline twitches aside her curtains to see the new family moving in. A mother – beautifully dressed in expensive clothes – and two young children...fiction · audiobook · suspense · domestic-drama · psychological · crime · female-mc · thriller · murder · contemporary -
![The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose]()
The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose
When a daring art heist takes place at the Regency Grand, Molly’s life is threatened. The question is who’s out to get her, and why? Long-buried secrets will be revealed in this intriguing and heartwarming novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest.Molly Gray’s life is about to change in ways she could never have imagined...fiction · cozy · contemporary · suspense · thriller · audiobook · romantic-love · crime · heist · literary-fiction -
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![Into the Gray Zone by Brad Taylor]()
Into the Gray Zone by Brad Taylor
Pike Logan uncovers a geopolitical scheme that has spiraled out of control in India in this latest pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor. While on a routine security assessment in India, Taskforce operator Pike Logan foils an attempted attack on a meeting between the CIA and India’s intelligence service...fiction · suspense · mystery · action-adventure · espionage · military · thriller · audiobook · technothriller · political-intrigue -
![Who Will Remember by C.S. Harris]()
Who Will Remember by C.S. Harris
The gruesome murder of a prominent nobleman throws an already unsettled London into chaos in this electrifying new historical mystery by the USA Today bestselling author of What Cannot Be Said.August 1816. England is in the grip of what will become known as the Year Without a Summer...mystery · historical-fiction · historical · fiction · industrial-era · regency · audiobook · murder · suspense · crime -
![When She Was Gone by Sara Foster]()
When She Was Gone by Sara Foster
Was she taken ... or did she run?The pulse-pounding new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of You Don't Know MeRose once walked away from her daughter. Now she may be the only one who can save her.Former London police officer Rose Campbell has been estranged from her daughter, Lou, for almost a decade...mystery · audiobook · suspense · fiction · crime · contemporary · psychological · family · thriller · law-enforcement -
![The Marriage Rules by Samantha Hayes]()
The Marriage Rules by Samantha Hayes
The rules are there to keep their family safe. But what happens when they get broken…?Fiona Fisher lives a quiet and contented existence. A former nurse who married Jason, the doctor of her dreams, she is now a mother to his two daughters and living in the sort of cosy village home she’d always wished for.Life is pretty much perfect in every way...mystery · fiction · psychological · drama · contemporary · crime · thriller · murder · female-mc · book -
![I'm Here to Help by Claire Lunn]()
I'm Here to Help by Claire Lunn
‘Just rest, Frankie. I’ll take care of you.’ I feel my baby kick as my nanny fluffs my pillows and lays me down. She gives me a soothing smile, but it doesn’t reach her eyes. She knows I’m afraid of her…When I shake our nanny Jasmine’s hand for the first time and catch her perfect smile, I can’t ignore the feeling that we’ve met before.But I tell myself it’s nothing...audiobook · suspense · plot-twist · thriller · psychological · domestic-drama · fiction · crime · murder · female-mc -
![This Is Not a Game by Kelly Mullen]()
This Is Not a Game by Kelly Mullen
A unique locked-room debut with a memorable intergenerational relationship and gaming angle, about a grandmother and granddaughter who are snowed in at a lavish party at a mansion where the host has been murdered, and the unlikely sleuthing pair must draw on a unique skillset to navigate a dangerous game togetherWidow Mimi lives on idyllic Mackinac Island where cars are not allowed and a Gibson...mystery · fiction · cozy · audiobook · crime · murder · contemporary · season-winter · thriller · suspense -
![See How They Fall by Rachel Paris]()
See How They Fall by Rachel Paris
In this compulsive debut thriller set in Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs, one detective’s investigation into a family tragedy threatens to collapse a powerful dynasty. . . . When Skye married into the wealthy Campbell family, she thought she was entering paradise...mystery · audiobook · suspense · fiction · crime · law-enforcement · police-procedural · family · thriller · whodunit -
![Make Sure You Die Screaming by Zee Carlstrom]()
Make Sure You Die Screaming by Zee Carlstrom
An electrifying debut about a nonbinary corporate burnout embarking on a road trip from Chicago to Arkansas to find their conspiracy-theorist father, who has gone missing—for fans of Detransition Baby and Chain-Gang All-StarsThe newly nameless narrator of Make Sure You Die Screaming has rejected the gender binary, has flamed out with a vengeance at their corporate gig, is most likely brain...fiction · lgbtq · contemporary · mystery · audiobook · literary-fiction · horror · thriller · journey · trans-mc -
![Lyrebird by Jane Caro]()
Lyrebird by Jane Caro
Lyrebirds are brilliant mimics, so if they mimic a woman screaming in terror and begging for her life, they have witnessed a crime... -
![The Husband Before You by A.J. McDine]()
The Husband Before You by A.J. McDine
I thought my first husband died ten years ago. But now he’s back…Opening the front door, I’m stunned to see a familiar face. I never thought I’d see Freddie’s deep brown eyes and crooked smile again. But how is this possible when he died ten years ago…?It took years to move on, but finally my life is almost perfect...psychological · audiobook · family · domestic-drama · thriller · murder · fiction · crime · female-mc · book -
![The Night He Disappeared by A.J. Wills]()
The Night He Disappeared by A.J. Wills
SURVIVOR. HERO. LIAR.Valentine’s Day, central London. An explosion on Tower Bridge rips through the night air, killing and seriously injuring dozens of people.On their way home after a romantic evening out, Pippa and her boyfriend, Nathan, are lucky to escape unscathed...psychological · contemporary · thriller · suspense · womens-fiction · female-mc · fiction · terrorism · political-intrigue · book -
![Night and Day in Misery by Catriona Ward]()
Night and Day in Misery by Catriona Ward
In the gloom of her hotel, a mother readies to rejoin her past. Feverish nightmares meet the chilling light of day in this haunting short story from USA Today bestselling author Catriona Ward.Room 17 was the last stop on her husband and son’s journey. Eight years after their deaths, Stella books the same room, hoping to commune with their memories...horror · fiction · audiobook · supernatural · paranormal · ghosts · mystery · crime · grief · spooky -
![The French Honeymoon by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau]()
The French Honeymoon by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau
The Paris Apartment meets A Simple Favor in an unputdownable thriller about a honeymoon gone horribly wrong.Sometimes, Paris is a terrible idea.This is not how she imagined it, any of it. Taylor Quinn arrives at her honeymoon suite in the City of Love alone, sans suitcase, but with wads of stolen cash... -
![The Wildelings by Lisa Harding]()
The Wildelings by Lisa Harding
Jessica and Linda have been best friends since the first day of school. Both are from broken, but different, homes, and willful Jessica has always ensured their survival. Now eighteen, the two have come to Wilde—an elite university in the heart of Dublin, far away from their troubled childhoods... -
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![Cutthroat by Octavia Grant]()
Cutthroat by Octavia Grant
Eden Shelton was once told that you can’t spell embarrassment without MEN. She never believed it because according to her there was nothing better than being a wife to a loving and appreciative man. Marrying her college sweetheart seemed to make everything in her life better... -
![The Thorns by Dawn Kurtagich]()
The Thorns by Dawn Kurtagich
In this hauntingly twisted tale, an author reconnects with an old boarding school friend, forcing her to reckon with their shared past and the imaginary creature she thought they left behind.Touch a line, you break your spine.Stacey is the dusty air, the cracked soil, the drought. To thirteen-year-old Bethany Sloane, she’s everything...horror · fiction · contemporary · mystery · dark-academia · audiobook · thriller · boarding-school · psychological · spooky -
![Sugarland by Tom Fontana, Dean Winters, Mark Ryder, Fern Cozine]()
Sugarland by Tom Fontana, Dean Winters, Mark Ryder, Fern Cozine
From three-time Emmy-winning legend Tom Fontana, Sugarland is a hypnotic story about obsession, murder, and the serpentine bonds between siblings.Sometimes the darkest mysteries are homegrown.When Zephyr Nelson returns home to look after her ailing mother, she discovers that her younger brother, Cotter, has become obsessed with a malevolent influencer on a mysterious voice app... -
![Hansel et Gretel by Yvan Godbout]()
Hansel et Gretel by Yvan Godbout
Les contes de notre enfance revisités... pour nourrir tous nos cauchemars !Une mère désespérée surprenant l'innommable dans le quatre pièces et demie miteux qu'elle partage avec son mari et leur couple de jumeaux. Un frère et une sœur télépathes ayant sauvagement perdu leur innocence, avidement convoités par les serviteurs de Satan... -
![You Belong to Me by Hayley Krischer]()
You Belong to Me by Hayley Krischer
Full to the brim with romance, class exploration, and friendship clashes comes a new YA psychological thriller exploring the dark secrets of the wellness and beauty world.Perfect for fans of Nine Perfect Strangers and Jessica Goodman novels.What if living your most authentic life leaves you dead?Frances Bean was always content living life on the perimeter...young-adult · lgbtq · mystery · contemporary · wlw · horror · fiction · romantic-love · cults · fundamentalism -
![Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang]()
Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang
In this razor-sharp, diabolical debut thriller, a young woman steps into her deceased twin’s influencer life, only to discover dark secrets hidden behind her social media façade.Julie Chan has nothing. Her twin sister has everything. Except a pulse... -
![Karma Never Sleeps by R. John Dingle]()
Karma Never Sleeps by R. John Dingle
In a small town, the truth can’t always set you free… When a second woman from a group of friends known as “the posse” is murdered in the woods near the New England enclave of Kendalton, FBI agent and profiler Gus Wheeler and his partner are called in to determine if this is a serial killing. He’s intrigued by a clue hidden on the a memorial picture of a teen who died 25 years ago...mystery · psychological · fiction · crime · law-enforcement · police-procedural · thriller · small-town · serial-killers · friendship
