Caution: The best new thriller books are so addicting you’ll find yourself glued to the page. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
A new year brings new books, and the list of new thrillers in 2024 is particularly long.
Of course, my 2024 reading list is full of all the best new thriller books I could find.
If you are a fan of page-turning mysteries, you’ll love this list of all the best new thrillers of 2024. In my search for the best thrillers books of the year, I’ve included all the best thriller books I could find.
Whether you are looking for the best new psychological thriller books or prefer a good domestic mystery, there’s something for everyone!
New Psychological Thriller Books
One Perfect Couple
Ruth Ware
With her post-doc research going nowhere, Lyla agrees to go on a new reality tv show with her boyfriend Nico, an aspiring actor. On One Perfect Couple, Lyla and Nico must compete against four other couples on a remote island in the Indian Ocean. After the first challenge leaves everyone angry, a storm cuts off the contestants. At first, everyone is grateful when a leader emerges, but they quickly begin to wonder if they made the right choice.
Middle of the Night
Riley Sager
When he was ten years old, Ethan camped out in his backyard with his best friend Billy only to awaken in the morning to find their tent slashed open and Billy gone. Thirty years later, Ethan returns to his childhood home. Odd happenings force Ethan to reexamine what happened and lead him to the nearby forest where a clandestine group is studying a crumbling mansion.
The Midnight Feast
Lucy Foley
From the author of The Guest List comes another locked-room mystery where not everyone will make it out alive. At the opening weekend of The Manor, a luxury resort in an ancient forest, the guests each have their own agenda. On the guest list: the founder, the lover, the mystery guest, the kitchen help, and the detective.
The Paris Widow
Kimberly Belle
Stella doesn’t mind leaving her precarious jetsetter life behind when she marries Adam, a nice normal guy. While vacationing in Paris, Adam goes missing after a bomb explodes in a public square. Now the police are telling Stella that Adam is a known dealer of stolen antiquities. Refusing to leave Paris until she learns the truth, Stella must discover if Adam was a random victim or a target of the explosion.
The Last Murder at the End of the World
Stuart Turton
On the island live the last survivors of the world, 122 villagers and three scientists. The villagers lead an idyllic farm life, always following with exactness the scientist’s instructions. When one of the scientists is found stabbed to death, a security barrier descends around the island. The villagers have 92 hours to solve the murder or be destroyed. Except all of their memories are wiped, including those of the murderer.
What Have You Done?
Shari Lapena
In the sleepy little town of Fairhill, Vermont, nothing ever happens. Until one day, popular teen Diana Brewer is found dead in a hayfield. Now everyone in Fairhill is on edge, knowing that someone among them is a killer. With the tension of a small-town mystery and a bit of the paranormal, What Have You Done? is likely to be one of the summer’s must-read new thrillers.
The Unwedding
Ally Condie
Ellery and Luke were supposed to be celebrating their twentieth wedding anniversary at the luxury Resort at Broken Point in Big Sur, California. Instead, Ellery is visiting solo after a bitter divorce and, of course, there is a big wedding taking place at the resort the same weekend. After Ellery discovers the groom drowned in the pool, a mudslide closes the resort off from police and Ellery must use her wits as more people start dying.
Such Charming Liars
Karen M. McManus
Kat’s mom Jaime promises that she will retire from her life as a jewel thief after just one more job – a birthday party at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s estate. Except Kat never expected they’d run into Liam and Liam’s father, Jamie’s ex-husband from a disastrous two-day marriage. When Sutherland dies, Liam and Kat must team up, yet as the children of scammers, trust doesn’t come easily.
ICYMI: Psychological Thrillers From Spring 2024
New Mystery Thriller Novels
The Return of Ellie Black
Emiko Jean
Ellie Black, who disappeared without a trace over two years ago, is shockingly found alive in the woods in Washington State. But Ellie isn’t talking about where she’s been. Detective Chelsey Calhoun thinks Ellie is protecting someone and is determined to find answers- not only in the unlikely hope that maybe Chelsey can find a clue to her own sister’s disappearance twenty years ago but also to prevent it from happening again to another girl.
All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker
From the author of We Begin at the End comes a decades-spanning love story filled with mystery. In 1975, girls are disappearing from a small Missouri town. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, she is saved by Patch, a one-eyed local boy. But when Patch disappears, his best friend searches for him and the missing girls.
Eruption
Michael Crichton and James Patterson
At the time of his death, bestselling author Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain) was working on a passion project that he never got to finish. Waiting for the right co-author, his wife eventually gave the unfinished manuscript to legendary mystery author James Patterson to finish. In what might be one of the summer’s biggest thrillers, a deadly volcanic eruption is about to burst on the Big Island of Hawaii forcing a terrifying military secret to come to light.
Worst Case Scenario
TJ Newman
When a pilot has a heart attack midflight, a commercial airliner crashes into a nuclear power plant in a small Minnesota town. With the potential to be worse than even Chernobyl, the ordinary citizens – power plant employees, police, teachers and neighbors – must race to contain the damage that poses international dangers.
Camino Ghosts
John Grisham
In the third Camino Island book, bookstore owner Bruce Cable reunites with Mercer Mann for another island mystery. A large real estate developer has his eye on a deserted island between Florida and Georgia. All that stands in his way is the last living resident, Lovely Jackson, and a complicated history that makes the locals believe the island is cursed.
Southern Man
Greg Iles
Fifteen years after the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage comes out of exile after a brawl at a rap festival triggers a mass shooting that almost kills his daughter. With tensions threatening to boil over into a full-out race war, Bobby White, a third-party candidate makes an unprecedented run for President. But Penn knows White’s motivations are more malicious than any could imagine and is willing to risk a second civil war to expose them, and hopefully save the country before it gets torn apart.
This is Why We Lied
Karin Slaughter
Investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton are enthused to spend their honeymoon at the remote mountain resort, McAlpine Lodge. Until on a stormy night with the road washed out, Mercy McAlpine, manager of the Lodge, is murdered. Questioning the guests and the McAlpine family, Will and Sara quickly realize everyone is lying, lies they must untangle before the murderer strikes again.
Breaking the Dark
Lisa Jewell
Acclaimed psychological thriller author Lisa Jewell (None of This is True, The Family Upstairs) lends her talents to the Marvel Universe with an original novel about Jessica Jones. A retired superhero turned private investigator, Jessica is intrigued when a mother walks in claiming her teenage twins were replaced by “perfect” replacements after a visit to their father in the UK. Traveling to a small British town, Jessica finds an otherworldly teenager and dark energies that lurking behind the promise of perfection.
A Death in Cornwall
Daniel Silva
In the 24th book of the series, art restorer Gabriel Allon is asked to help investigate the murder of a art history professor. With a connection to the same seaside town Allon lived in under an assumed identity, Charlotte Blake was thought to have been the victim of a serial killer plaguing the Cornish countryside. Yet, Allon suspects her death is really tied to a looted Picasso. Armed with a handful of his own forgeries, Allon works with an unlikely team of operatives to take down a dangeorus new adversary.
The Wilds
Sarah Pearse
After a disturbing childhood, Kier Templar has lived her life constantly on the road, though never losing contact with her twin sister until she vanishes at a Portuguese national park. While on vacation with her brother, Detective Elin Warner comes across a disturbing map left behind by the missing woman. With the other campers closing ranks, Elin must follow Kier’s trail into the wilds in this final book of The Sanatorium series.
ICYMI: Mystery Thrillers From Spring 2024
New Domestic Thriller Books
The Housemaid is Watching
Freida McFadden
Millie has finally retired from being a housemaid and decides to settle down with her husband and kids in a quiet suburban cul-de-sac. Trying to get to know the neighbors, Millie attends dinner at her neighbor’s house which piques her curiosity about Mrs. Lowell’s maid. When a woman warns Millie to be careful of her neighbors, Millie begins to wonder if this idyllic neighborhood might be the most dangerous place yet.
The Next Mrs. Parrish
Liv Constantine
In The Last Mrs. Parrish, Amber was able to claw her way to become Jackson Parrish’s wife. While Jackson has been serving time for tax evasion, Amber has enjoyed being the queen bee of Bishops Harbor. With Jackson’s release from prison imminent, Amber’s time and money is running out. Meanwhile, Daphne has never looked back after divorcing Jackson. But when her daughter runs away desperate to see Jackson, Daphne must return to Bishops Harbor and reenter a vicious cat-and-mous game.
One of Our Kind
Nicola Yoon
In Nicola Yoon’s first adult novel, Jasmyn and King Williams are thrilled to move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California. While King settles right into the Liberty, Jasmyn feels like an outsider. Instead of liberals and social justice advocates, everyone seems to be obsessed with the community wellness spa. When Jasmyn uncovers one of the founder’s terrible secrets, she risks destroying everything she thought she knew.
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Kimberly McCreight
A student at NYU, Cleo knows her emotional and risky behavior makes her a disappointment to her mother, Kat. When Cleo returns home one day, she finds Kat has disappeared, leaving a bloody shoe behind. Soon Cleo discovers that Kat isn’t just a corporate lawyer mother but is her firm’s fixer, willing to stop at nothing to protect Cleo from Kat’s ex-husband, Cleo’s dangerous new beau, and threats from Kat’s past.
The God of the Woods
Liz Moore
In August 1975, Barbara Van Laar is discovered missing from her summer camp bed. A tragedy for any child, but Barbara is the daughter of the wealthy owner of the camp and the nearby estate. Fourteen years ago, Barbara’s older brother also went missing without a trace. Tying together the wealthy Van Laar family with the working class community that supports the camp and estate, The God of the Woods is a multi-layered drama about secrets that refuse to be forgotten.
Look in the Mirror
Catherine Steadman
While grieving her father’s death, Nina learns she has inherited a luxury vacation home in the British Virgin Islands that she had no idea he even owned or how he could afford. Having given up medical school, Maria works as a nanny for the superrich. When her wards never show, she makes herself at home in their stunning home but must abide by one rule. Never go in the basement.
Middletide
Sarah Crouch
Elijah Leith left the small Puget Sound town of Point Orchards to pursue a career as a writer only to have his dreams fizzle out. Now returning to his hometown, Elijah sets about restoring his family’s cabin and trying to make amends with Nakita, his first love. When the beautiful local doctor is found dead on Elijah’s estate just like in his novel, the town turns against him. Now Elijah must prove his innocence against a devious foe determined to set him up for murder.
House of Glass
Sarah Pekkanen
Stella Hudson works as an attorney in child custody cases, appointed to look after the rights of the child. Because of her own childhood trauma, she doesn’t take on young clients but makes an exception for Rose Barclay. Amidst her parents’ bitter divorce, Rose witnessed her nanny fall to her death and is the only one who can confirm if it was murder but refuses to speak. As Stella digs into the wealthy Barclay family, she quickly learns they are hiding deep secrets in their house that is surprisingly absent of any glass.
ICYMI: Domestic Thrillers From Spring 2024
UPCOMING THRILLER BOOKS BY MONTH
May 2024 Thriller Books
James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Briand Andrews & Jeffrey Wilson
June 2024 Thriller Books
Michael Crichton and James Patterson
Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen
July 2024 Thriller Books
James Patterson and Mike Lupica
August 2024 Thriller Books
Upcoming Thriller Books of Fall 2024
The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave
September 17, 2024
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Two estranged siblings look into their father’s past after falls to his death at his cliffside home.
The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel
September 24, 2024
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The owner of a Hitchcock-themed hotel invites his former college film club friends to a reunion with deadly intentions.
The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
October 1, 2024
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A woman hits the New York dating jackpot with a charming doctor but can’t stop wondering about the serial killer in the news.
The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak
October 8, 2024
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A man attends the lavish wedding of his estranged daughter and is concerned about how much the locals despise her fiancé’s family.
The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
October 29, 2024
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In the 19th book of the series, Québécois Inspector Armand Gamache is faced with a complex case where friends seem like enemies and enemies act like friends.
The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins
October 29, 2024
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The death of an artist living on an isolated island whose husband mysteriously disappeared decades ago reveals startling secrets.
Which of the Best New Thriller Books are You Most Excited to Read?
What do you think? What best new thriller books did I forget to add to my list? Did I include any overhyped authors? As always, let me know in the comments!
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