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Last Seen Alone pairs attorney Leigh Larson and Austin homicide detective Brandon Reynolds in a race to find a missing woman whose only traceable connection is a business card left at a blood-soaked crime scene — a setup that drives both a propulsive mystery and a slow-burn romance. Published by Berkley in September 2021, the novel comes from a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author with more than thirty books to her name, and it earns the praise of peers who cite Griffin's sharp dialogue, tight plotting, and well-researched construction as hallmarks of the genre.
Apr 29, 2026
Gary Gerlacher's debut medical thriller introduces Dr. AJ "Doc" Docker, a Houston ER physician whose determination to identify and seek justice for an unnamed young woman who dies in his emergency room pulls him into the criminal underworld — with his policeman friend and a police dog at his side. Published by Black Rose Writing in December 2023, the novel blends action-packed thriller plotting with lighter, episodic moments from emergency room life, with Gerlacher's real-world background as a pediatric emergency physician providing the authentic ER detail that grounds the series opener.
Apr 27, 2026
The 7 She Saw launches Elle Gray's Blake Wilder FBI Mystery Thriller series with a protagonist haunted by personal tragedy, an investigation into three murders in a deceptively idyllic Washington coastal town, and a serial format that has since grown to over thirty installments — making this 2020 debut a foundation worth understanding on its own terms.
Apr 26, 2026
These Tangled Threads is a historical novel by award-winning Appalachian author Sarah Loudin Thomas, published by Bethany House Publishers in April 2024, set against the backdrop of Biltmore Estate and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Centered on master weaver Lorna Blankenship and the fractured friendships she must revisit in order to fulfill a high-stakes commission for Cornelia Vanderbilt's wedding, the novel weaves together themes of artistry, betrayal, restoration, and second chances. It is a strong choice for readers drawn to Appalachian settings, faith-inflected fiction, and character-driven historical stories.
May 25, 2026
Megan Lally's debut YA thriller That's Not My Name, published by Sourcebooks Fire on December 26, 2023, delivers two interlocking storylines — a teenage girl with amnesia trying to determine whether the man claiming to be her father is telling the truth, and a boy racing to clear his name in his girlfriend's disappearance — that Kirkus Reviews calls "a thrilling delight right up to the unexpected and bittersweet conclusion."
May 19, 2026
Laura Dave's The Last Thing He Told Me is a tightly constructed domestic thriller in which Hannah Hall races to uncover the true identity of her vanished husband, Owen Michaels, while forging an unlikely alliance with his fiercely resistant sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. A Reese's Book Club pick, a Goodreads Mystery & Thriller of the Year for 2021, and the basis of an Apple TV+ series, the novel earned wide commercial and critical traction — and readers who gravitate toward fast-paced mysteries laced with emotional stakes will find it squarely in their wheelhouse.
May 11, 2026
Albert Podell's Around the World in 50 Years is a nonfiction travelogue published by Thomas Dunne Books in March 2015, chronicling the Brooklyn-born former magazine editor's decades-long mission to set foot in every country on Earth — a goal that began with a record-breaking 581-day Trans-World Record Expedition in 1965–1966 and concluded, country by stubborn country, over a decade of sporadic travel starting in 2000. Publishers Weekly calls Podell a "worthy raconteur," and Kirkus Reviews confirms there is "never a dull moment" — though both outlets also note the book's occasional cultural blind spots and some stretches of list-driven content that slow the momentum.
May 8, 2026
The Summer Guests is a character-driven novel from New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe, published by Gallery Books, in which a gathering of strangers and their horses ride out a hurricane together at a North Carolina farm — and find that the storm forces each of them toward new beginnings, rediscovered connections, and the truths about what matters most in their lives.
May 1, 2026
Alex North's debut novel, The Whisper Man, is a New York Times bestseller published by Celadon Books that intertwines a cold-case serial killer investigation with a story of grief, fatherhood, and a child's unnerving connection to something he cannot explain — earning starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist and an Editor's Pick designation from The New York Times.
Apr 28, 2026
The Troop is a 2014 horror novel by Canadian author Craig Davidson, writing as Nick Cutter, that pits five Boy Scouts and their scoutmaster against a parasitic nightmare on a remote island — a debut that won the inaugural James Herbert Award for Horror Writing and drew a blurb from Stephen King himself.
May 15, 2026
Aisling Rawle's debut novel The Compound is a GMA Book Club Pick published by Random House (June 24, 2025) that drops protagonist Lily into a high-stakes reality show on a remote desert compound, using the ruthless logic of competition television to dissect desire, desperation, capitalism, and the collapsing world beyond the cameras. Named a Best Book of the Year by critical coverage, critical coverage, Oprah Daily, Good Housekeeping, The Globe and Mail, and Chicago Public Library, it arrives as one of the most decorated debut novels of its season — a propulsive literary thriller with genuine cultural teeth.
Apr 29, 2026
The Iron Crossing is a 2026 thriller published by Taylane Publishing, written by Gregory Scott — the city police detective, digital forensics examiner, and author behind the eight-book Blake Brier series. The novel marks Scott's latest foray into crime and suspense fiction, shaped by his sixteen years in law enforcement investigating cases ranging from homicide to cybercrime.
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