Between the Shelves

Mystery Thriller Suspense Books

Fast, twisty books that reward attention.

58 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 590+ tracked lists·13 crossover shelves·202% reader overlap with Thrillers Crime Books

1. We Are All Guilty Here
Karin Slaughter, Kathleen Early
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
3. The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden
Fits this list for its focus on thriller.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
4. Not Quite Dead Yet: a GMA Book Club Pick
Holly Jackson, Alex McKenna
Fits this list for its focus on thriller.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
6. No Place Left to Hide
Megan Lally
Fits this list for its focus on thriller.
Shelf signal: YA Psychological Thrillers
7. All of US Murderers
KJ Charles, Sonny Archer
Fits this list for its focus on mystery and suspense.
Shelf signal: Amateur Sleuths
8. No Body No Crime
Tess Sharpe
Fits this list for its focus on thriller.
Shelf signal: Women Detectives
9. The Midnight Feast
Lucy Foley
Fits this list for its focus on mystery.
Shelf signal: 21st-Century English Fiction
10. The One That Got Away With Murder
Trish Lundy
Fits this list for its focus on thriller.
Shelf signal: YA Crime Thrillers
11. Do Not Disturb
Freida McFadden
Included for strong thriller alignment with this mystery thriller suspense list.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
12. Confessions of the Dead
James Patterson, J. D. Barker
Fits this list for its focus on thriller.
Shelf signal: Psychological Horror
13. Vortex
Catherine Coulter
Fits this list for its focus on thriller.
Shelf signal: Political Thrillers
14. Want to Know a Secret?
Freida McFadden
Included for strong thriller alignment with this mystery thriller suspense list.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
15. None of This Is True
Kristin Atherton, Ayesha Antoine
Fits this list for its focus on thriller.
Shelf signal: Domestic Thrillers
16. Cry for Mercy
Karen Long
Fits this list for its focus on mystery and suspense.
Shelf signal: Police Procedurals
17. Night Shift
Robin Cook
Fits this list for its focus on between and mystery.
Shelf signal: Medical Thrillers
18. Force of Nature
Jane Harper
Fits this list for its focus on mystery and suspense.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
19. The Lighthouse Girls
B.R. Spangler
Fits this list for its focus on mystery and suspense.
Shelf signal: Psychological Thrillers
20. The Suspect
John Lescroart
Fits this list for its focus on mystery and suspense.
Shelf signal: Legal Thrillers
21. Suspect
Scott Turow
Fits this list for its focus on thriller.
Shelf signal: Legal Thrillers
22. Fade Away
Harlan Coben
Fits this list for its focus on mystery and suspense.
Shelf signal: Sellers
23. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden
Fits this list for its focus on thriller.
Shelf signal: Domestic Thrillers
24. Powder Burn
Carl Hiaasen, Bill Montalbano
Fits this list for its focus on mystery and suspense.
Shelf signal: Hard-Boiled Mystery
25. Widow's Walk
Robert B. Parker
Fits this list for its focus on mystery and suspense.
Shelf signal: Police Procedurals
26. The Best American Mystery Stories 2010
Lee Child
Fits this list for its focus on mystery and suspense.
Shelf signal: Mystery Anthologies