Top new thriller books out this week: 10 Aug - 16 Aug 2025
Last updated:
August 16, 2025
This week featuring new releases by K.L. Slater, Samantha Downing, M.W. Craven, T. Marie Vandelly, D.L. Maddox, Jimmy Juliano, Cleyvis Natera, Stacie Grey, Katie Bishop, K.M. Rogness and many more.
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The Lucky Winners by K.L. Slater
You’ve won the house of your dreams. It’s about to become a nightmare… 'Excellent gripping storyline...keeps you guessing right to the end' 5***** reader reviewA gripping twist-filled thriller from the bestselling author of Message Deleted. For fans of T.M Logan, Gillian McAllister and Lisa Jewell...mystery · fiction · audiobook · psychological · contemporary · suspense · crime · thriller · book · adult -
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Too Old for This by Samantha Downing
A retired serial killer’s quiet life is upended by an unexpected visitor. To protect her secret, there’s only one option left—what’s another murder? From bestselling author Samantha Downing.Lottie Jones thought her crimes were behind her.Decades earlier, she changed her identity and tucked herself away in a small town... -
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The Final Vow by M.W. Craven
The next unmissable novel* in the Sunday Times bestselling, multi-award-winning Washington Poe series. Poe and Tilly be prepared for the most twisted thrill-ride so far . . .An invisible killer with a 100% success rate. No one is safe. Not even those closest to Washington Poe . . .A shooting at Gretna Green. A bride is murdered on her wedding day, seconds after she slips on her new ring...crime · mystery · fiction · audiobook · suspense · law-enforcement · serial-killers · thriller · hard-boiled · police-procedural -
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An Evil Premise by T. Marie Vandelly
From T. Marie Vandelly, author of the acclaimed horror novel Theme Music , An Evil Premise is a mind-bending, thrilling meta-novel about possession, insanity, and the lengths a writer will go to find inspiration.When a bizarre accident leaves her sister, bestselling author Deidre Baldwin, in a coma and suffering from a grotesque skin malady, Jewel rushes to her bedside...horror · audiobook · fiction · mystery · psychological · thriller · unreliable-narrator · supernatural · book · adult -
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Secrets by D.L. Maddox
Jane Ashcroft walks dogs under a false name, trying to stay quiet, unnoticed, untouchable.But in every new town, something pulls her in. A wealthy family with secrets. A romance that isn’t what it seems. A client who might be a killer...contemporary · drama · fiction · audiobook · suspense · law-enforcement · thriller · psychological · murder · crime -
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![13 Months Haunted by Jimmy Juliano]()
13 Months Haunted by Jimmy Juliano
From Dead Eleven author Jimmy Juliano, a twisty, edge-of-your-seat novel about a unique haunting in the early 2000sPiper Lowery, a public library clerk in charge of liaising with the local middle school, can tell right away there’s something strange about the new girl in eighth grade...horror · fiction · paranormal · audiobook · mystery · spooky · thriller · historical · dark · ghosts -
![The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera]()
The Grand Paloma Resort by Cleyvis Natera
The Dominican Republic’s famed Grand Paloma Resort is the paradise of dreams. Here, you can have it all, and the staff is always eager to please—that is, until they are pushed to the brink.Vida is a curandera, a local healer, who has been called to the resort to attend to a crisis. A young guest lies unconscious due to negligent resort childcare...fiction · audiobook · suspense · thriller · season-summer · literary-fiction · poc-mc · psychological · female-mc · family -
![She Didn't Stand a Chance by Stacie Grey]()
She Didn't Stand a Chance by Stacie Grey
The desert heat can be deadly. But nothing kills like a cold heart.Gertie hasn't seen her siblings since she was a toddler. Now, she's back at the family home she barely remembers, summoned there to witness the reading of her father's will. Shockingly, Gertie stands to inherit a substantial portion of the family business and her father's prized Palm Springs home... -
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High Season by Katie Bishop
Never speak of that summer.On a beautiful summer’s night twenty years ago, troubled seventeen-year-old Tamara Drayton was found floating face-down in the pool of her family’s idyllic mansion in the south of France, leaving her twin brother, golden-boy Blake, to pick up the pieces of their shattered family...mystery · fiction · suspense · contemporary · season-summer · crime · thriller · audiobook · family · psychological -
![Unmasking Mayhem : A Why Choose Dark Stalker Romance by K.M. Rogness]()
Unmasking Mayhem : A Why Choose Dark Stalker Romance by K.M. Rogness
When The Masks come off, people usually run away. Tell me, little mischief, are you gonna run along with them?In the dark and mysterious world of Masked Mayhem, not everything that glitters is really gold. Those concealed behind masks hide far more than just their identities; beneath it lay their fears, their desires, and the commitment to a life that has become painfully surreal... -
![Peter Miles Has to Die by Katie Collom]()
Peter Miles Has to Die by Katie Collom
Four friends became three. Only murder will set things right. An emotional "what would you do?" thriller debut about revenge, the bonds of friendship, the reverberations of a small-town crime, the limits of justice.Peter Miles has to die. And Dylan Darcy, Priyanka Shah, and Isabel Guerrero—a bartender, a nurse, and a student—have to be the ones to kill him...suspense · thriller · fiction · young-adult · killer · female-mc · friendship · crime · psychological · murder -
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Upstanding Young Man by Sharon Doering
In a quiet Chicago suburb, a star wrestler goes missing weeks before his high school graduation, shattering his mother’s carefully curated image of domestic bliss.Meg Hart has taken great pains to create her perfect All-American family. It looks effortless, but that’s because she’s been smart about it.However, on a brisk spring morning weeks before his graduation, her son McClane goes missing... -
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Lime Juice Money by Jo Morey
With the sultry atmosphere and ratcheting tension of The White Lotus, The Mosquito Coast, and Nine Perfect Strangers, Lime Juice Money is an intoxicating, sensuous debut that follows a woman trapped in an increasingly volatile relationship 5,000 miles from home in a Central American jungle.A woman losing herself. A brutal relationship. And a jungle full of secrets... -
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Stillwater by Tanya Scott
For fans of Jack Reacher, Tanya Scott's debut thriller introduces readers to a Luke Harris, a man trying to move beyond his criminal past but finds himself forced back into his old life and a deadly battle to survive... -
![The Darkest Deep by Chris Butera]()
The Darkest Deep by Chris Butera
A scavenger trapped in a defunct undersea train tunnel struggles to escape as his air supply—and his sanity—dwindles in this debut psychological thriller.The Transatlantic Train Tunnel, connecting New York and London, was meant to be the next Wonder of the World. But after the disastrous maiden voyage seven years ago, it’s generated nothing but protests, lawsuits, and bankruptcy...horror · fiction · spooky · psychological · mystery · suspense · thriller · technothriller · book · adult
