Discounted for January 2026: Riveting Mystery and Thriller Books You Don't Want to Miss!

After surviving a billion-dollar conspiracy, ex-cop Charlie Hardie awakens in a high-tech subterranean prison where he’s been forced into the role of warden. The nightmare comes with a lethal catch-22: any attempt to escape triggers a "death mechanism" that will execute every inmate and innocent guard inside.

To save his family from the shadows of The Accident People, Hardie must navigate this Kafkaesque hellhole and strike a desperate bargain with the world's most dangerous criminals.

While balancing a life-altering marriage proposal from Sheriff Jake Pavlik, coffeehouse owner Maggy Thorsen finds her cafe turned into a temporary fortress following a violent jailbreak. The stakes escalate when a local socialite’s death takes a suspicious turn, leaving Maggy to sift through the ashes of a wealthy family's secrets.

With an escaped convict on the loose and a dangerous puzzle to solve, Maggy must hunt for a killer before her own future is permanently grounded.

Chicago Detective Paul Turner’s New Year begins with a political firestorm when a notoriously homophobic judge is found murdered outside a popular gay nightclub. As Turner navigates the volatile clash between the judge's conservative reputation and the unconventional crime scene, he must peel back layers of prejudice and hidden lives to find the truth.

With the city watching, Turner is forced to hunt for a killer in the most unlikely places, uncovering a conspiracy that proves the victim’s public image was a deadly facade.

Former hell-raiser turned history professor Sally Alder returns to Laramie for a prestigious research assignment, only to find herself at the center of a town-wide hunt for a legendary hidden treasure. As she digs into the secrets of a mysterious local figure, Sally must dodge greedy colleagues, bumbling burglars, and the rekindled flames of an old romance.

When the town's past begins to bleed dangerously into the present, Sally realizes that uncovering the truth is the only way to avoid repeating a deadly cycle of history.

What starts as a freak farming accident takes a gruesome turn when rumors surface that clan leader Garrett MacNamara was dragged to his death by a chain, not just trampled by his herd. Mara and her scholars are pulled into the investigation, navigating a web of local suspicion and the sudden arrival of two threatening strangers.

As the community clamors for a new leader, Mara must determine if Garrett’s widow is a victim of a cold-blooded frame job or if a more sinister power struggle is being settled in blood.

Eager to escape the shadow of his family’s Texas gun-running empire, impetuous Eddie Gato Wolfe crosses the border to work for a ruthless Mexican cartel, only to fall for a woman who is strictly off-limits. When their forbidden affair is discovered, the couple is forced into a pulse-pounding flight across the unforgiving Sonora Desert with a vengeful drug lord’s assassins closing in.

Trapped between an insatiable cartel hit squad and the lethal elements of the wasteland, Eddie’s only hope for survival lies with the very family he tried to abandon.

In the heart of Edwardian London, detective Denton is plunged into a world of anarchist plots and political terrorism after a mysterious Polish woman is found murdered in his lover’s home. As Denton peels back the layers of a complex conspiracy, he inadvertently crosses paths with the newly formed British Secret Intelligence Service.

Stuck in a web of state secrets and personal revenge, Denton must navigate the dangerous birth of modern espionage, only to discover that the price of freedom—and the truth behind the murder—is more shocking than he ever imagined.

Seeking refuge from a traumatic past in Johannesburg, Inspector Albertus Beeslaar relocates to a remote post on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, only for his hopes of rural peace to be shattered by a ruthless crime syndicate. 

When a local artist and her young daughter are brutally murdered, Beeslaar must navigate a landscape of deep-seated racial tensions and suspicious farmers to find the truth.

As he struggles to lead a team of resentful rookies, Beeslaar discovers that the isolation of the desert offers no protection from the reach of violent intrigue.