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....

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 ...

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 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 ...

In this taut new young adult thriller by Edgar Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Natalie D. Richards, high school junior Clara discovers a shocking truth about her best friend. Lily has a dark side and deadly plan. And she's orchestrated every last detail to make Clara look...

“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...

A sexy, dark romantic thriller—with a shocking twist—by the author of Everything We Never Said. Perfect for fans of Binding 13! When eighteen-year-old River Santos’s house burned down, she lost everything. Her clothes. Her guitar. Her songbook. Most importantly, she lost her father. But...

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 global phenomenon returns with the third book in the One of Us Is Lying series, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen M. McManus. When someone from the Bayview Four’s past resurfaces, history begins to repeat itself—and the consequences are deadly. The third time’s a charm...

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...

Rumors about the Knox and its influence have swirled through Boston for centuries. While some believe the secret society is merely an elite social club, others are convinced it hides something more sinister... Vivian Lawrence was born into old-money Boston, but when her family fortune vanishes...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

A Crime Reads Best Book of the Year! "A wildly fun and thrilling read in this age of digital theft, Ruth Run introduces us to an irresistible heroine and, in Elizabeth Kaufman, a scintillating new voice in contemporary fiction." —Maria Semple, author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette and Today...

Magic meets dark academia at a New York boarding school that’s hidden from mortal eyes. When a student is killed over priceless treasure, the Descendants of the Zodiac assemble a crew to avenge their classmate's murder and heist back what's rightfully theirs. Perfect for fans of A Deadly...

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 ...

The twisty, intricate mystery of I Killed Zoe Spanos meets the whip-smart sleuthing of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder in the newest novel from acclaimed author Faith Gardner, in which a club of misfits must come together to solve a dangerous mystery—and learn to lean on each other all the...