Tension-Filled Fiction That Will Keep You Awake
Discover gripping, tension-filled fiction books that will keep you awake all night. Explore our curated list of thrilling reads packed with suspense and edge-of-your-seat drama.
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Lady Killer
by Lisa Scottoline
Mary DiNunzio is a trademark Lisa Scottoline heroine—she's strong, she's smart, and she's got plenty of attitude. In recent years, she's become a big-time business-getter …
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Tourist Season
by Carl Hiaasen
The only trace of the first victim was his Shriner's fez washed up on the Miami beach. The second victim, the head of the city's …
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Lie Down with the Devil
by Linda Barnes
Boston P.I. Carlotta Carlyle's allegedly unfaithful fiancé disappears right after his supposed mistress turns up dead.
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The Chase
by Clive Cussler
The 1950 discovery of four bodies inside a sunken steam locomotive in a Montana lake gives way to the story of a murderous 1906 bank …
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Plain Truth
by Jodi Picoult
In the small town of Paradise, Pennsylvania, peace is shattered by the discovery of a dead infant in the barn of an Amish farmer.
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Desperation Moon
by Ken Douglas
When racecar driver Sara Hackett arrives home from a desert road race, she finds her niece and another girl have been kidnapped and a dead …
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The Chamber
by John Grisham
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • "A dark and thoughtful tale... Grisham is at his best." —People In the corridors of Chicago's top law …
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Strangers in Death
by J. D. Robb
Technology may be different in 2060 New York, yet the city is still a place of many cultures and great divides. And as ever, some …
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Flower Net
by Lisa See
“Lisa See begins to do for Beijing what Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did for turn-of-the-century London or Dashiell Hammett did for 1920s San Francisco: She …
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Tree of Smoke
by Denis Johnson
Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the …
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The First Patient
by Michael Palmer
In his most high-concept suspense novel to date, "New York Times" bestselling author Palmer delivers a thriller pitched at the crossroads of presidential politics and …
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Book of the Dead
by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Relocating to Charleston after a particularly grueling case, Dr. Kay Scarpetta opens a private forensic pathology practice but is quickly targeted by local politics and …
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Dark of the Moon
by John Sandford
Virgil Flowers is sent to Bluestem, a small town where everyone knows everyone else, to investigate the murders of a man burned to death in …
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Dearly Devoted Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Life’s tough for Dexter Morgan. It’s not easy being the world’s only serial killer with a conscience, especially when you work for …
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Hold Tight
by Harlan Coben
Mike and Tia Baye, worried about their sixteen-year-old son Adam, wrestle with whether to spy on his computer, and discover details about their son's friend …
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The Shooters
Remaining in Argentina to tie up loose ends pertaining to the UN food-for-oil scandal, Delta Force officer Charley Castillo learns about the disappearance of a …
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The Bone Garden
by Tess Gerritsen
Julia Hamill is pulled into a nineteenth-century mystery when she discovers a human skull bearing the signs of a violent death in her backyard.
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The Shell Game
by Steve Alten
American intelligence agents plan an terrorist attack to trigger a war against Iran.
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Third Degree
by Greg Iles
Pregnant with another man's child, Elizabeth Pike returns home to find her husband, already distraught over an IRS audit, with a letter from her lover …
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Sweet Revenge
by Diane Mott Davidson
Goldy Schulz is thrilled to be catering a holiday breakfast feast for the staff of the Aspen Meadow Library. But little does she know that …
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Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Arctic Event
by Robert Ludlum
On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers discover the wreckage of a mysterious World War II-era aircraft, a discovery that forces the Russian …
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Stalked
by Brian Freeman
Obsession. Blackmail. Murder. In zero degrees. A chilling new thriller featuring detectives Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial
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Candy Cane Murder
by Joanne Fluke
A collection of three holiday mysteries includes stories by Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, and Leslie Meyer, and features fourteen Christmas recipes.
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Creation in Death
by J. D. Robb
Reopening an unsolved case from years earlier when the body of a torture victim is discovered, Lieutenant Eve Dallas becomes worried when clues reveal links …
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The Secret Servant
by Daniel Silva
In the aftermath of an Amsterdam-based terrorism analyst's murder by a Muslim immigrant, Gabriel Allon investigates clues pertaining to the victim, in a case with …