Realistic Fiction Suspense

A nuclear disaster strikes Europe… …but inside the cutting-edge thorium reactor, everything appears normal. No system failures. No containment breach. Not a single malfunction. Yet - hospitals overflow with radiation victims. Wildlife drops dead in forests. Trees wither and decay for miles. Something is poisoning the land—something no sensor can detect. Something that shouldn't exist. When the IAEA sends specialist investigator Jonathan Beck to the scene, he faces an impossible paradox. The reactor is clean. The science says it's safe. But people are dying. He isn't alone in the hunt....

A New York Times Bestseller 2026 Audie Award Nominee “This suspenseful YA thriller is yet another testament to Jackson’s talent.”—ELLE New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson delivers another stunning, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller, following a freshman girl whose...

When PFC Virginia Hornet—a loner with deep trust issues—joins the Army, she believes it will be a stepping stone: earn her college money, serve her time, and get out. But the greatest danger she faces isn’t the nuclear missiles she’s assigned to guard at NATO 23. It’s something far closer, and far deadlier. As Hornet fights to survive in a hostile unit, she makes a choice that could destroy her career: an illegal affair with an officer. Soon, the pressure mounts—bullets fly in her direction, bodies begin to fall, and keeping her head down is no longer an option. Caught in the ...

When the CEO of the world’s leading artificial intelligence company is found murdered in his home, former Army CID officer Valerie Marks is thrust into her first case as a homicide detective. Valerie has a gift for reading people, a gift that has never failed her before. But that gift is put to the test when her instincts point her to an impossible suspect—an AI born from a secret venture with the Pentagon known as Project Nomad. To learn the truth, Valerie must team up with two men she doesn’t trust.

Justice Has a Price. Dupree is Willing to Pay It When Dupree’s new corporate bosses cross the line, he refuses to look the other way—and suddenly finds himself out of a job, and in the middle of something far more dangerous than workplace politics. A frightened young woman needs help. A powerful company wants silence. And White Owl, once a quiet mountain town, is starting to show cracks no one wants to admit are there. As pressure mounts and tempers rise, Dupree is forced to choose: walk away, or stand up against people who believe they’re untouchable. A gripping blend of legal ...

A "propulsive page-turner" (Alyssa Cole) and "thriller not to be missed" (Michael Connelly) from the award-winning author of Like a Sister, in which a woman thinks she’s waking up to a romantic vacation—only to find a body in her rental home and her boyfriend gone. The truth is never skin...

“A page-turner par excellence, written with unobtrusive brilliance, [and] full of sharply observed lines . . . The Death of Us lives up to the hype.” —Stephen King “The Death of Us is astonishingly good—Abigail Dean’s the real thing.” —Mick Herron, bestselling author of Slow...

The new homecoming queen is dead . . . and she's not the first unsolved murder at Seaview High. From the critically acclaimed author of The Ivies comes a nonstop YA thriller about a decades-old mystery, a copycat killer, and the teen who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth. "Utterly savage...

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder meets Fargo in this fast-paced YA mystery about a teen detective gone missing and her best friend who must finish her investigation. Seventeen-year-old Fenny Allen has been Sarah Vincenty's sidekick for as long as she can remember. Over the years, Sarah has built...

A high-school slasher with a lethal twist, perfect for fans of Holly Jackson! The students at Morton Academy are high-achievers, selected based on academic excellence. So when a series of murders target the school's best and brightest, the pressure is on. Failure is fatal... At the historic...

The Promises of Yesterday Fractured Reality – Book Three Some promises bind us. Others break us. Only one can save him. Madeline is fighting to hold Binoomeal together. But when a long-buried family secret surfaces, her world begins to crack—and she’s pregnant, alone, and running out of time. Far from home, Michael walks a dangerous path of vengeance and rescue. Each step drags him deeper into the shadows of his past... and closer to a future he may not survive. The virus wasn’t an accident. The General’s final plan is unfolding. And the truth could destroy everything. As old ...

Enroll in this boarding school thriller about a group of prep school elites who would kill to get into the college of their dreams...literally. "The Plastics meet the Heathers in this murder mystery about ruthless Ivy League ambition." -Kirkus Reviews "Twisty and thrilling...boarding school...

When Melissa Flynn vanishes without a trace, two families are thrust into a harrowing journey of faith and suspense. Jason Flynn is haunted by guilt over his sister's disappearance, his faith wavering as he searches for answers. Across town, former Marine Luke Black struggles with his own family crisis: a troubled brother and parents in declining health. As these two worlds collide, a race against time begins. With danger lurking in the shadows and faith tested to its limits, Melissa and her family must rely on God to unravel a mystery that threatens to tear both families apart. In this ...

In the tradition of Jordan Peele and Tiffany Jackson’s The Weight of Blood, a YA thriller about a Black teen whose fight for survival forces a small southern vacation town to face its dark history of racial violence. * “A riveting, emotionally resonant thriller infused with supernatural...

Secrets don't die. It’s the first week of senior year at Meadowbrook Academy. For Amy and her best friend Sarah, that means late-night parties at the boathouse, bike rides through their sleepy Connecticut town, and the crisp beginning of a New England fall. Then tragedy strikes: Sarah and her...

Two cities. Seven choices. Fourteen lives that will never be the same. In London and New York, ordinary people face moments that seem small — a decision at work, a stranger asking for help, a door unlocked at the wrong time, an opportunity that feels too good to refuse. But every moment carries a consequence. In The Distance Between Good and Evil, fourteen gripping thriller stories unfold in mirrored pairs. Each challenge is lived twice — once in London, once in New York — with two radically different outcomes. One choice leads toward survival, justice, or redemption. The other ...

Can she have the man of her dreams and the life she's always wanted? It's love at first sight when head pastry chef Brendan Pope meets private investigator Harley Banks at the Serenity Inn in Jubilee, KY. Harley is staying there for her latest investigation. But unknown to them both, Harley has...

Finalist for American Bookfest 2021 Best Book Award for Religious Fiction. “Left Behind comes to Jupiter.” TEN BILLION PEOPLE ARE MISSING ON JUPITER. Danni Howell, a sixteen-year-old daughter of a pastor, is the only one in her family left behind. So is Mrs. Pinkerton, a prominent member of the church. Several others show up at the church the next Sunday morning looking for answers. A couple’s baby was taken from his crib. Another’s husband never came home from work. All were feeling tremendous loss and shame not knowing that God has not given up on them. What follows is a gut ...

Coming here was a bad idea… This razor-sharp thriller rippling with secrets, privilege, and intoxicating female friendship is “one part fairy tale and one part New England whodunit, with a twist I never saw coming!” (Katie Cotugno, New York Times bestselling author of Liar’s Beach) A...

BREAKTHROUGH: A Tanja Storm Thriller How far would you go for the truth, when the truth may have already taken everything from you? Tanja Storm believes she is simply closing a chapter. Sorting through her late husband’s belongings, preparing to move on. But when she discovers a hidden USB drive among Michael’s effects, doubt takes hold. Encrypted files. Secret meetings. And details that do not match the official police report. What was ruled an accident begins to look like something far darker. Drawn into an undercover investigation she never intended to pursue, Tanja uncovers a buried...