Crime Thrillers

She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.

Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one....

She said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now Stephanie Plum has two fiancés and no idea what to do about it. But the way things are going, she might not live long enough to marry anyone.

The beautiful young woman is perfectly still, curled up in the trunk of the car, her long dark hair hiding her face. Her cotton blouse has ridden up a little, revealing two small dots an inch apart on her back. Just like the others....

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from author David Baldacci....

After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer....

Riverside Close is a picture-perfect community. The six exclusive and attractive houses are tucked far away from the noise and grime of city life, allowing the residents to enjoy beautiful gardens, pleasant birdsong, and tranquility from behind the security of a locked gate.

The chilling story of the abduction of two teenagers, their escape, and the dark secrets that, years later, bring them back to the scene of the crime....

An attorney and mother of two discovers her husband has a secret life—and it might cost them all their lives.

Maya has returned to Princeton for her college reunion. This visit is special because Maya will also be attending the graduation of her little sister, Naomi. But what should have been a dream weekend becomes Maya’s worst nightmare when she receives the news that Naomi is dead.

Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter uncovers a grisly clue to his brother’s death—and follows an icy trail of murder and madness into the darkest heart of the Alaskan wilderness.

From co-host of the podcast Morbid comes a thrilling novel told from the dueling perspectives of a serial killer and the medical examiner

True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn’t mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she’s retreated to write her new book....

Summoned to an unnerving, abandoned theme park to retrieve a body, Dr Kay Scarpetta is devastated to learn that the victim is a man she once loved. While teaching in Rome during the early days of her career, Scarpetta had an intense love affair with Sal Giordano that led to a lifelong friendship.

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....

From the author of the Reese’s Book Club Pick and the New York Times bestseller Wrong Place Wrong Time comes a new heart-stopping thriller in which a missing-person case unravels deeper, darker secrets that lead a detective to an impossible moral choice.

Simon and Vicky couldn’t seem more normal: a wealthy Chicago couple, he a respected law professor, she an advocate for domestic violence victims. A stable, if unexciting marriage. But one thing’s for sure: absolutely nothing is what it seems.

Kate Bennett vanished from a parking lot eleven years ago, leaving behind her husband and young daughter. When she shows up at a Montana gas station, clutching an infant and screaming for help, investigators believe she may have been abducted by a cult....

Estranged from her PI family, private investigator Margo Angelhart does what she must to get by—including taking on sordid cases that pay the bills. That is, until a cheating husband case she’s working intersects with her siblings’ corporate espionage investigation....

From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes a taut thriller about one author at the pinnacle of her career, whose past threatens to destroy everything she has—and everyone she knows....

It’s the opening night of The Manor, the newest and hottest luxury resort, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; the “Manor Mule” cocktail (grapefruit, ginger, vodka, and a dash of CBD oil) is being poured with a heavy hand. Everyone is wearing linen.

In this thriller, Mary Kubica takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.

Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter. He’s just passing through Margrave, Georgia, and in less than an hourEx-military policeman Jack Reacher is a drifter....

September 1943: Berlin is the heart of darkness—and the last place Dr. Elin Lund wishes to be. An expert in psychological profiling, she’s been summoned from Copenhagen to investigate the gruesome murders of eight young women. Even in the midst of unspeakable evil, these killings stand apart.

Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The Goode School is a prestigious prep school known as a Silent Ivy. The boarding school of choice for daughters of the rich and influential, it accepts only the best and the brightest....

When Sasha receives a call from her old university friend Gabby inviting her to spend Christmas at Gabby’s remote Scottish lake house, Sasha knows she shouldn’t go. Twelve years ago, on Christmas Eve, when Sasha and her five closest friends were celebrating the festive season, something truly horrific happened that would change the course of their friendship forever. Something that meant Sasha hasn’t spoken to any of them since that night.

After the killing of a prominent mob lawyer, NYPD homicide detectives Jacob Jackson and Caitlin Grimes start receive chilling, written “rules” for how to commit the perfect murder. "Rule number one for the perfect murder: Evidence is your enemy. Leave none behind." Jackson (Reid Scott) and Grimes (Cobie Smulders) race to find the killer, setting them on a collision course with the city’s crime underbelly, and a perpetrator who seems happy to toy with them. “Rule number two. No crimes of passion. The perfect murder is always business, never pleasure.”

A great writer knows when to deliver a juicy plot twist. But for one author, the biggest twist of all is her own murder. With twenty hit titles, and a highly anticipated movie tie-in, celebrated novelist Columbia Jones is at the top of her game. Fans around the world adore her. But on the final night of her latest book tour, one face in the crowd makes the author collapse. And by the next morning, she’s lying dead in a pool of blood.

When Natasha meets Daniel, she knows her life is made. Rich, handsome and charming, Daniel will make the perfect husband. Even if she won’t make the perfect wife…She is thrilled when Daniel suggests an all-expenses paid cruise for Natasha, her friends, Barbara, Tracy Ann and Michelle, and their husbands. What better way to show everyone that Natasha has finally made it? But as the ship sets sail, she learns that far from being the perfect husband, Daniel has terrible secrets that are about to be revealed.

Fifteen years ago, Chelsea was convicted for the murder of her university roommate, Isabella. Now, she’s being released early, and she just has one thing on her mind – clearing her name. Chelsea has always maintained that she was wrongfully accused. Now’s her chance to prove her innocence, once and for all. But as Chelsea starts digging into the past, new details – and suspects – start coming to light. And the closer Chelsea gets to the truth, the more dangerous things become.

Cordelia Black loves exactly three things: her chosen family, her hairdresser (worth every penny plus tip), and killing bad men. By day she's an ambitious pharma rep with a flawless reputation and designer wardrobe. By night, she culls South Louisiana of unscrupulous men—monsters who think they've evaded justice, until they meet her. Sure, the evening news may have started throwing around phrases like serial killer, but Cordelia knows that's absurd. But when Cordelia discovers a flaw in her perfectly designed system for eliminating monsters, pressure heightens.

When Sophie Thatcher wakes up in a room she doesn’t recognize after a night she can’t remember, she assumes she had too much to drink and went home with a date.

Actiongeladener Spionagethriller in bewährter Silva-Manier! General Cesare Ferrari wartet mit eiligen Neuigkeiten auf Gabriel Allon: Die Carabinieri haben in der Villa eines ermordeten südafrikanischen Schifffahrtsmagnaten in Amalfi ein geheimes Gewölbe entdeckt. Dieses verbirgt einen leeren Rahmen und einen Keilrahmen, der den Maßen des wertvollsten verschwundenen Gemäldes der Welt entspricht. Allons Fähigkeiten sind gefragt, und so macht er sich auf, das fehlende Meisterwerk aufzuspüren.

Po śmierci teścia Margo postanawia towarzyszyć mężowi w powrocie do rodzinnego domu. Nigdy tam nie była, nigdy nie poznała tego mężczyzny. Do tej pory nie zaprzątało to jej głowy, ale po dotarciu na miejsce, po zobaczeniu domu, warunków, w jakich egzystował teść, w jej myślach pojawiło się pytanie: dlaczego mąż ukrywał przed nią prawdę?

Ava Bonney is a compassionate and studious fourteen-year-old girl with a dark secret: she has an obsessive interest in the macabre. She is fascinated by the rate at which dead animals decompose. The highway she lives by regularly offers up gifts of roadkill, and in the dead of night Ava loves nothing more than to pull her latest discovery into her roadside den and record her findings. One night, she stumbles across the body of her classmate and, fearing that her secret ritual could be revealed, she makes an anonymous call to the police.

This issue of Assemble Artifacts is packed with thrillers, sci-fi, horror, and more. It features Hongfei Liu's brilliant artwork and stories of elite survival, supernatural battles, and eerie mysteries. You'll find haunting twists on a childhood tale, genetic secrets with life-or-death stakes, and unsettling explorations of relationships under pressure.

Ein hochspannender Airbnb-Thriller rund um eine abgelegene Ranch, eine junge New Yorkerin auf der Suche nach Ruhe – und das mysteriöse Verschwinden einer jungen Frau. Spannungsvoll gelesen von Anne Düe und Peter Lontzek. Wem kann sie trauen? Und wie sicher ist sie wirklich? Auf der Suche nach Ruhe und Entspannung reist die junge New Yorkerin Grace nach Wyoming, wo sie sich auf einer abgelegenen Ranch über Airbnb ein Zimmer gebucht hat. Hier gibt es weder Handynetz noch WLAN oder andere Ablenkungen. Nur ihren Gastgeber Calvin, mit dem sich Grace für die nächsten Tage das Haus teilen wird.

Written years before Jordan Harper’s breakout success, Everybody Knows, this stirring and brutal bildungsroman tells the story of young Luke Crosswhite, who after years apart from his criminal family returns to their flock deep in the California desert. Luke’s father is serving time for a brutal murder that Luke himself witnessed; now, his uncle vies for power and rival biker gangs encroach on the family’s various criminal enterprises.

Seasoned Sergeant James Edwards is a man on the verge of retirement, but when his superior receives wind of a new underground ruler, both his plans and the city's stability spiral into chaos. As Sergeant Edwards is drawn into one final investigation, he discovers a chilling truth: someone is leaking vital info to the gangs, and all the signs point to the same place—a traitor in the department. Meanwhile, Officer Jose Sandoval is torn between loyalty and a particular hunch, growing suspicious of a once-trusted colleague.

Chicago, 2003. For twenty-year-old Will Slater, each day is a matter of survival on the crime-ridden streets of Englewood. Possessed by a rigid moral code, he allies with the city’s ruthless gangs only when absolutely necessary, and doesn’t hesitate to turn on crews he finds reprehensible. Orphaned at fourteen by a harrowing chain of events, he’s walked this tightrope for years without a safety net. Then it all changes. When a gang approaches Will with a job, memories are triggered that he’d rather forget. But once he accepts, he’s plunged into a web of deceit.

Hannah Herbst, l'experte en décryptage d'expressions faciales la plus renommée d'Allemagne, aide régulièrement la police à démasquer des criminels. Aujourd'hui, alors qu'elle traque un serial killer surnommé le Pêcheur, elle est confrontée au cas le plus étrange de sa carrière : une femme au-dessus de tout soupçon s'est accusée du meurtre de ses proches. Mais, juste après avoir avoué, cette femme a réussi à s'évader.

Björn has been given an ultimatum: repair his work-life balance, or his wife Katharina will leave him - and take their daughter. He reluctantly starts a mindfulness class and to his surprise, it's a revelation. He becomes calmer, more focused, and he's starting to understand what's really important in life. So when his client and brutal crime boss Dragan Sergowicz tries to interfere with his precious family time, Björn remembers his new-found goal to find serenity - and kills him.

Steppy Corner, voice of true crime podcast series All the Dark Corners, wakes in hospital with no memory of what brought her to Heartsick - the small Colorado town where her estranged family live - no memory of why she was racing up the mountainside to her parents' house late at night . . . or why she didn't make that bend. All she knows is her mother has been brutally murdered and her brother is the prime suspect. As Steppy begins to piece together events in the run-up to the accident, she discovers her brother's connection to another ongoing case, that of a missing girl last seen with him.

When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou O'Dowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find … working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders. Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer—all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou … And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse.

Den perfekta semestern eller den ultimata mardrömmen ... Jag sitter i det varma, bubblande vattnet och sippar på champagne medan jag beundrar den hisnande utsikten över bergen, inramade av den vackra blå himlen. Jag kan knappt tro att jag är här. Det här är verkligen en semesterstuga värd att dö för ... Min bästa vän och hennes man har bjudit med mig och min familj till deras lyxiga stuga i de skotska högländerna över helgen.

FBI Special Agent Patterson Blake has accepted that the disappearance of her sister Julie sixteen years ago will never be solved. Until shocking new evidence comes to light that makes her question everything she thought she knew. When the grisly dumping ground of a twisted serial killer is discovered, it looks like she may have found her sister's final resting spot. This sadistic murderer has been taking girls for decades and leaving them chained up, alone and terrified, to die a slow and gruesome death. Was her sister a victim of this deranged psychopath?

Hendes datter, med de smaragdgrønne øjne og det sødeste smil, betyder alt for hende. “Mor,” siger den lille pige og rører hendes ansigt med rystende fingre, inden hun bliver vristet væk. Kommer hun nogensinde til at se sit barn igen? Da den enlige mor Alison Nolan tager på ferie med sin 6-årige datter, Hazel, glæder hun sig til at tilbringe kvalitetstid med sin lille pige. En ferie ved Silent Lake, hvor sneklædte tinder er omgivet af efterårets gyldne farver, er lige, hvad de trænger til. Men efter få timer forsvinder Alison og Hazel ud i den blå luft.

'Earthquake country,' said the Professor. 'San Francisco is geologically and seismologically a city that waits to die. Los Angeles is ringed by earthquake centres – seven massive quakes so far. We have no idea where the next, the monster, will hit…' …until a criminal fanatic kidnaps a nuclear scientist and builds his own atomic bombs. If exploded on California's fault lines they could trigger off the mightiest earthquake of them all – killing half its population and dumping the entire city of San Francisco into the sea.

During an investigation into a school bus hijacking and bombing in Fredericksburg, Gavin Mahoney discovers that his ex-girlfriend has been hiding the existence of his biological son from him over the last six years. Once again, a developing bizarre crime spree appears to be all about him! Off to a rocky start as a parent, not only to a child he's never met, but to newborn Essie with his wife Deb, attempting to iron out his paternal rights with Shannon, and caught off guard, Gavin is critically wounded in a shooting that leaves him hospitalized, and Shannon murdered. During his convalescence...

When Elisabeth Quemener dies she leaves a small parcel with the instructions that it must only be opened by Astrid Oake. The trouble is, no one knows who Astrid Oake is… Elisabeth’s family turn to Touissants detective agency for help but, when Mila Shepherd and Carter Jackson try to track Astrid down, their frustration soon mounts. Their only clue is a photo of two young women holding the hands of a tiny child. The women are smiling but Mila is haunted by the sadness in their eyes. Is this Astrid and Elisabeth and if so, who is the child?