Top new thriller books out this week: 28 Sep - 4 Oct 2025
Last updated:
October 4, 2025
This week featuring new releases by Ann Cleeves, S.T. Ashman, Meagan Church, Jinwoo Park, Tatiana Schlote-Bonne, Michael Wehunt, T M Lunn and many more.
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The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves
The Killing Stones marks the eagerly awaited return of Ann Cleeves' beloved detectives from the Shetland series, and a gripping new investigation with a stunning new setting, from the New York Times bestselling author and creator of three iconic detectives beloved in TV and DI Jimmy Perez (the Shetland series), DI Vera Stanhope, and DI Matthew Venn (The Long Call)...mystery · fiction · crime · audiobook · suspense · law-enforcement · murder · police-procedural · contemporary · thriller -
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You Can't Stay by S.T. Ashman
From the author of I Kill Killers comes another gripping thriller, packed with an original plot and shocking twists that will keep you on the edge of your seat.Not everything lost should be found.When Aubrey's older sister disappears without a trace, no one cares—not for a struggling addict.But Aubrey can't let the only family she has left fade away without answers... -
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The Mad Wife: A Novel by Meagan Church
With odes of The Bell Jar comes a searing historical suspense following a 1950s housewife who, when a mysterious new wife moves across the way, begins to unearth dark secrets about her neighborhood and her own mind. In the 1950s, nothing is valued more than conformity, and Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the ideal housewife...historical-fiction · fiction · horror · mystery · historical · feminism · literary-fiction · thriller · suspense · psychological -
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Oxford Soju Club by Jinwoo Park
The natural enemy of a Korean is another Korean.When North Korean spymaster Doha Kim is mysteriously killed in Oxford, his protege, Yohan Kim, chases the only breadcrumb given to him in Doha’s last breath: “Soju Club, Dr. Ryu.” In the meantime, a Korean American CIA agent , Yunah Choi, races to salvage her investigation of the North Korean spy cell in the aftermath of the assassination... -
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The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
So what if Sadie hears talking dead animals and a strange, comforting male voice in her head? The therapist insists these are just symptoms of PTSD. It makes sense considering that she hid under the bed and watched as her best friends were slaughtered.But the murders were seventeen years ago, back when her name was Sabrina. Now, she’s Sadie: a perfectly normal 29-year-old...horror · fiction · mystery · paranormal · audiobook · suspense · contemporary · thriller · mental-illness · spooky -
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The October Film Haunt by Michael Wehunt
Horror Movie meets the scope and emotion of Stephen King in this heart-pounding, magnetic tour de force about a woman pulled into a cult horror film that is determined to have a sequel, by critically acclaimed author Michael Wehunt...horror · fiction · contemporary · audiobook · supernatural · psychological · thriller · ghosts · book · adult -
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The Final Chapter: A Fight Like Final Girls Short Story by T M Lunn
Welcome to Fight Like Final Girls, a multi-author collection of standalone Thriller and Horror short stories and novellas. In this series, you'll find badass characters fighting until they're the last one standing, doing anything necessary, in order to live until tomorrow. Could you do what they had to? Read and find out!Liv’s day is like any other for a successful thriller writer...horror · slasher · serial-killers · anthologies · fiction · psychological · suspense · thriller · adult
