Thrillers Brimming With Mystery and Horror
Everyone knows that fall is horror season. Not that you ever need an excuse to read more thrillers, mysteries, and horror novels of all kinds, but there’s something especially satisfying about spooky reads during Halloween season. If you’re a fan of the mystery thriller genre and you’re looking for something fresh to read this fall, this list of books is going to explode your TBR. Maybe you’re tired of the same old horror tropes. Maybe you’re looking for thrillers with characters who share your experiences, or characters whose lives are different from yours. Whatever kind of spooky reads you’re craving, this list has got something for everyone, from dark domestic thrillers to vampire plagues.
I’ve been watched all my life. I’m used to being stared at. Observed. Followed.
Washed up teen star Liv Hendricks quit acting after her beloved younger sister inexplicably disappeared following a Hollywood party gone wrong. Liv barely escaped with her life, and her sister was never heard from again. But all this time, someone’s been waiting patiently to finish what was started…
Now fifteen years later, broke and desperate, Liv is forced to return to the spotlight. She crowdfunds a webseries in which she’ll pose as a real-life private detective–a nod to the show she starred on as a teen. When a mysterious donor challenges her to investigate a series of disappearances outside a town made famous by the horror movies filmed there, Liv has no choice but to accept.
Liv is given a cryptic first clue: Follow the white wolf. And now a darker game is about to begin. Through social media, someone is leaving breadcrumbs to follow. As Liv makes increasingly disturbing discoveries, her show explodes in popularity. A rapt internet audience is eager to watch it all–perhaps even at the cost of Liv’s own life…
The answers lie buried at Red Peak. But truth has a price, and escaping a second time may demand the ultimate sacrifice.
This creepy and epic vampire story begins when a dead woman walks out of a morgue in a small town in Arizona. As more dead bodies all over the US begin disappearing form morgues, all afflicted with the same strange disease that solidifies their blood, the truth becomes apparent. Soon the US, and then the world, is overrun with vampires. Successful and charismatic, they infiltrate all aspects of society, and things come to a head when one vampire decides to run for office. This kaleidoscopic history of the vampire uprising, told from multiple perspectives, is a genre-bending tour-de-force.
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish.
Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered.
Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife’s words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.
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