Tag: suspense

47 books with this tag.

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Often combined with: thriller (43) · mystery (36) · crime (18) · psychological thriller (8) · family (7)

1st to Die

James Patterson · 2001

Lindsay, Claire, Cindy and Jill hunt a honeymoon killer terrorizing San Francisco.

2,536-word summary · 11 min read

The Wife Between Us

Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen · 2018

A jealous ex-wife stalks her replacement, but nothing in this marriage is what it seems.

2,756-word summary · 12 min read

The Lost Apothecary

Sarah Penner · 2021

A hidden 1791 apothecary poisons cruel men, and two centuries later an historian uncovers her trail.

2,691-word summary · 12 min read

Into the Water

Paula Hawkins · 2017

A drowning pool, eleven narrators, and sisters divided in Hawkins's murky second thriller.

2,598-word summary · 12 min read

Hunting Adeline

H.D. Carlton · 2022

Trafficked and caged, Adeline fights back while Zade tears the underworld apart to find her.

2,730-word summary · 12 min read

Too Late

Colleen Hoover · 2016

Sloan is trapped with drug lord Asa until undercover Luke offers a way out.

2,958-word summary · 13 min read

The Pelican Brief

John Grisham · 1992

Law student Darby Shaw writes a brief on murdered justices and becomes a target, fleeing with a reporter.

2,994-word summary · 13 min read

The Family Upstairs

Lisa Jewell · 2019

Libby Jones inherits a Chelsea mansion and a past tied to a cult house, two runaways, and a baby left waiting.

3,300-word summary · 15 min read

The Client

John Grisham · 1993

Eleven-year-old Mark Sway learns a mob secret in Memphis and hires lawyer Reggie Love for one dollar.

2,536-word summary · 11 min read

Rock Paper Scissors

Alice Feeney · 2021

Amelia and Adam spend a locked anniversary weekend at Blackwater Chapel, trading letters that hide who wrote what.

3,135-word summary · 14 min read

Pretty Girls

Karin Slaughter · 2015

Estranged sisters Claire and Lydia reunite after a murder exposes snuff films, their sister Julia's fate, and a killer near Lydia's daughter.

2,498-word summary · 11 min read

Nine Perfect Strangers

Liane Moriarty · 2018

Nine guests enter Tranquillum House for ten days while director Masha hides smoothies and motives.

2,313-word summary · 10 min read