Goodreads Release date: September 26, 2023 Publisher: Bantam Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: A social media influencer with a secret past buys a murder house to renovate, but finds more than she bargained for behind the peeling wallpaper in this gothic psychological debut.  Sarah Slade is starting over. As the new owner of the infamous Black Wood … Continue reading Review: The Stranger Upstairs by Lisa M. Matlin

Goodreads Release date: August 31, 2023 Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: She thought she’d escaped her poisonous past… Thirteen years ago, Maggie Ellis left her small town and vowed to never return. In her rearview mirror were two men she loved and an ominous secret that would forever haunt her. Now, tragedy has brought her back, and … Continue reading Review: Hemlock by Kiersten Modglin

Goodreads Release date: August 29, 2023 Publisher: Atria Genre: Contemporary Fiction Synopsis: Thirty-three-year-old Abby Stern has made it to a happy place. True, she still has gig jobs instead of a career, and the apartment where she’s lived since college still looks like she’s just moved in. But she’s got good friends, her bike, and … Continue reading Review: The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner

Goodreads Release date: August 22, 2023 Publisher: Berkley Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Jane is unhappy.  A struggling midlist writer whose novels barely command four figures, she feels trapped in an underwhelming marriage, just scraping by to pay a crippling Bay Area mortgage for a house—a life—she's never really wanted.  There's only ever been one person she … Continue reading Review: I’m Not Done With You Yet by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Goodreads Release date: August 8, 2023 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Terence Bailey is about to be released from prison for breaking and entering, though investigators have long suspected him in the murders of six women. As his freedom approaches, Bailey gets a surprise visit from Maddison Logan, a hot, young influencer with … Continue reading Review: Dark Corners by Megan Goldin

Goodreads Release date: August 8, 2023 Publisher: Atria Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: When Caz steps onboard the exclusive cruise liner RMS Atlantica, it’s the start of a vacation of a lifetime with her new love, Pete. On their first night they explore the ship, eat, dance, make friends, but when Caz wakes the next morning, Pete … Continue reading Review: The Last One by Will Dean

Goodreads Release date: July 11, 2023 Publisher: Berkley Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: She's back in her affluent hometown for the first time in years and determined to unravel the secrets of her mother's death hidden in the unpublished memoir she left behind...even if it kills her... After her troublemaker mother's mysterious death, Kira fled her wealthy … Continue reading Review: A Likable Woman by May Cobb

Goodreads Release date: August 1, 2023 Publisher: Blackstone Genre: Thriller/Mystery Synopsis: From award-winning, internationally bestselling crime writer Catherine Ryan Howard comes The Trap: an unsettling mystery inspired by a series of still-unsolved disappearances in Ireland in the 90s, wherein one young woman risks everything to catch a faceless killer.One year ago, Lucy’s sister, Nicki, left … Continue reading Review: The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard

Goodreads Release date: July 4, 2023 Publisher: Harper Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Defending an accused rapist, a high-powered lawyer learns firsthand the terrible truth about her client . . . a discovery that propels her on a quest for justice and revenge in this addictively readable thriller from the author of The Cage. Kelly McCann is a … Continue reading Review: Her Too by Bonnie Kistler

Goodreads Release date: August 8, 2023 Publisher: Atria Genre: Mystery/Thriller Synopsis: Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth birthday. They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie … Continue reading Review: None of This is True by Lisa Jewel