13 Thrillers to Keep You Up at Night

by Mark Billingham

The unusual premise will hook you, but it’s Billingham’s patience and persuasiveness in unfolding its grim details that will... Full review >

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by Lars Kepler ; translated by Neil Smith

The husband-and-wife team writing as Kepler piles on the atmosphere, shocks, and details that are just as unsparing... Full review >

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by Nicci French

Though its climax couldn’t possibly live up to the harrowing story it ends, French’s legion of fans will rejoice that she’s... Full review >

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by Daniel Silva

Gripping as always and grimly realistic. Full review >

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by Michelle McNamara

An exemplary true-crime book, and with an HBO adaptation in the works, this book will be enjoyed by any reader with an... Full review >

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by Michael Koryta

Crime fiction doesn't get any more enjoyable. Full review >

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by A.J. Finn

Crackling with tension, and the sound of pages turning, as twist after twist sweeps away each hypothesis you come up with... Full review >

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by Jonathan French

An addictively readable—and undeniably cool—fantasy masterwork. Full review >

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by Adam Walker Phillips

The subtly arch first-person narrative gives the third series installment from Phillips (The Perpetual Summer, 2018, etc.) a... Full review >

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by John Straley

A waggish, hallucinatory, blood-soaked demonstration of the maxims collected in the titular Baby’s First Felony, a brief,... Full review >

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by Peggy Townsend

Townsend’s debut is driven by brisk plotting with bursts of stylish prose. Her eye for sharp character details makes her one... Full review >

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by Dean Koontz

The third book in Koontz's lively series tends to rehash scenes from the first two, but it's still an absorbing thriller... Full review >

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by Lynda La Plante

It’s good, dark fun: a feminist noir love child of Thelma and Louise and The Godfather. Full review >

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