Best Mystery & Thriller Books
Locked rooms, unreliable narrators, and endings you didn't see coming. Mysteries and thrillers we recommend when someone asks for something they can't put down.
10 books reviewed in this category.
The Housemaid
Freida McFadden
The Housemaid's Secret
Freida McFadden
Never Lie: From the Sunday Times Bestselling Author of The Housemaid
Freida McFadden
The Housemaid Is Watching: An Instant Sunday Times Bestseller (The housemaid series, 3)
Freida McFadden
The Surrogate Mother: The UK No. 1 Bestseller! A Suspenseful Psychological Thriller from the Author of The Housemaid Books
Freida McFadden
The Correspondent
Virginia Evans
Don't Let Him In
Lisa Jewell
The Impossible Fortune: Thursday Murder Club, Book 5
Richard Osman
Last Seen
Lucy Clarke
The Shape of Darkness
Laura Purcell
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