Thrillers that Really Push the Envelope

Discover the most gripping thrillers that push boundaries and defy expectations. Explore our curated list of envelope-pushing books that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

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The Naming of the Dead

by Ian Rankin

Sent to man an abandoned police station during an international conference between the leaders of the free world, officer John Rebus investigates the suspicious falling …
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Absolute Fear

by Lisa Jackson

When a series of brutal ritual slayings is linked to Our Lady of Virtues Hospital, Eve Renner, whose past is tied to this old asylum, …
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Break No Bones

by Kathy Reichs

When Tempe Brennan finds a fresh skeleton among ancient bones, clues lead to a clinic where patients have gone missing and some have turned up …
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Bones to Ashes

by Kathy Reichs

Discovering the skeleton of a young girl in the neighborhood of a childhood best friend who had gone missing thirty years earlier, Tempe Brennan investigates …
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Scorpion

by Jack Stewart

DEA agent Bill Broxton is assigned to protect the Prime Minister of Trinidad from an assassin. He doesn't know that his fiancée is the killer.
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Beyond Reach

by Karin Slaughter

Heart-stopping suspense...cutting-edge forensic detail...flawless storytelling...these are the hallmarks of Karin Slaughter's novels. FromFaithlesstoTriptych, Slaughter's gritty, gripping thrillers have dazzled critics, who crown her "one of …
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The Woods

by Harlan Coben

Grieving over the murder of his sister twenty years earlier and raising his six-year-old daughter alone after losing his wife to cancer, county prosecutor Paul …
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Nature Girl

by Carl Hiaasen

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The Harry Bosch Novels

by Michael Connelly

For the first time in one volume, the three novels that introduced Michael Connelly's great LAPD homicide detective, maverick Hieronymous (Harry) Bosch. The Black Echo …
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Harry Bosch Novels, The: Volume 2

by Michael Connelly

The Last Coyote: LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is suspended from the force for attacking his commanding officer. Unable to remain idle, he investigates the …
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Bangkok Haunts

by John Burdett

Royal Thai Police detective and devout Buddhist Sonchai Jitpleecheep returns as he investigates a mysterious snuff film in which the victim is Damrong, a woman …
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Under Orders

by Dick Francis

When three corpses turn up on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day, including a jockey who had earlier in the day won the Triumph Hurdle, ex-jockey-turned-sleuth Sid …
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The Black Dahlia

by James Ellroy

On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a Los Angeles vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as …
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Obsession

by Karen Robards

A woman is bound and gagged in her home, eventually waking in the hospital to realize she has been beaten. Her nightmare is only beginning …
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The Mission Song

by John Le Carre

Working as an interpreter for British Intelligence, Bruno Salvador, the abandoned son of an Irish father and Congolese mother, is sent to a mysterious island …
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Simple Genius

by David Baldacci

Checking into a psychiatric institution, former Secret Service agent Michelle Maxwell is worriedly monitored by partner Sean King, who distracts himself with a murder investigation …
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Kept

by D. J. Taylor

Madness, greed, love, obsession, Machiavellian schemes, and a great train robbery--all are interwoven in this wonderfully imaginative novel that reinvents Victorian life and passions with …
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The Chrysalis

by Heather Terrell

An international thriller that spans centuries, this stunning debut traces a mysterious Dutch masterpiece through the clutches of the Nazis and into the dark underbelly …
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Black Hats

by Patrick Culhane

A brilliant, original thriller that re-creates an exciting and dangerous time in American history and brings together Wyatt Earp and Al Capone--two-
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Helpless

by Barbara Gowdy

In this haunting and suspenseful novel of abduction and obsessive love, Gowdy draws on her trademark empathy to create a portrait of love at its …
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Body of Lies

by David Ignatius

Roger Ferris is one of the CIA\'s soldiers in the war on terrorism. He has come out of Iraq with a shattered leg and an …
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Lone Creek

by Neil McMahon

In this edgy thriller set on his home turf of Montana, McMahon interweaves the story of family dynasties and an unsolved mystery, all against the …
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