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

The opening night performance at the Sheridan Center’s new staging has been sold out for weeks, and Emily Charters is ecstatic to have gotten tickets. Despite rumours of back-stage drama, the performance goes perfectly, up until the main character dies on stage. 

The horror and chaos is only heightened when realised he didn’t die of natural causes. Jeremy Ransom, friend of Emily Charters, is assigned the case, and the never ending list of potential motives and suspects makes it his most complicated case ever.

When a black city councilman accuses two Philadelphia policemen of badly assaulting him, Sgt. Eddie North stands by his detectives, despite the growing uncertainty of the truth. As the public erupts and a masked man begins to target police officers. Eddie needs to uncover the truth of what really happened, even within his own department. Between corruption, loyalty, justice, and tension between the police and the Philadelphia community, he must decide how far he will go for what's right. 

When Angel receives a call of desperation from his neighbor, the lady he’s in love with, he spirals. Ripping apart her apartment, calling the police, and waiting for the next call, Angela, his neighbor, is nowhere to be found. Previously trying to escape the glitz and glamor of L.A, especially because of Angel’s dads job, he has no choice but to follow the clues for Angela through the city he escaped. But is someone leading him to the wrong place? Did he merely imagine Angela? He is questioning everything… and soon questioning himself. 

It’s 1855 and William May has just returned home from the horrors of the Crimean war, securing a job in London’s underground sewer system. William hopes to find peace and purpose beneath his home, but a violent murder shatters this reality. When he is posed as the murderer, how will he be able to prove himself innocent? 

Christie Opara is the newest member of the district attorney’s Special Investigation squad, tasked with tailing her boss’s daughter. Simple enough, except once a riot begins and a young black activist is shot. Everyone thinks a cop killed her, but Christie has different suspicions. 

Dealing with the criticism to the NYPD and injustice for the murdered girl, Christie is determined to prove the true killer, but will another crime beat her to it? 

Kate’s dreams are coming true. She has just arrived in Long Beach for her first F1 race, and she is plunged into the exciting social life of Hollywood. But it’s not all a dream come true, especially when her cousin Billy is found dead, with Kate’s card in his pocket. Now she is tied to a murder case, for a cousin she hates. Not only this, but she is being chased by paparazzi, and dealing with her long-estranged father, who is deterring her away from her career goals. Kate has to avoid the red flags, on the track and off of the track, before she ends up like her cousin. 

Inspired by actual events, a local mortician and his assistant are brutally killed, and Leanoard Koznowski, sheriff of Beaver Rapids is on the case. Not only is this his first homicide, but the complexities of this tragedy are layered. From religion, sex, a secret society, and a black market of body parts, this satirical novel follows how Koznowsiki even begins to dissect this case. 

Daisy Gonzalez’s dad is always at the bus stop to pick her up, but today he isn’t, and Daisy disappears. It seems as though every member of this small town knows something about her whereabouts. As do they know everything about each other. As we follow the case of Daisy, we see how everyone in this small town is connected and are nothing of the ordinary.