Closed Circle

A Box Full of Darkness

Simone St. James · Horror

“From the book’s chillingly creepy setting, which previously appeared in The Sun Down Motel (2020), to a nerve-jangling plot that effectively borrows…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · closed circle

The Ending Writes Itself

Evelyn Clarke · Mystery & Thriller

A PROPULSIVE DEBUT MYSTERY FROM EVELYN CLARKE, THE BRILLIANT AND DIABOLICAL CREATION OF CAT CLARKE AND V.E.

psychological thriller · closed circle · twist ending

We Used to Live Here

Marcus Kliewer · Horror

As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque…

haunted setting · psychological thriller · closed circle

We Love You, Bunny

Mona Awad · Literary Fiction

Longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize Named a Must-Read Pick by The New York Times, Oprah Daily, People, Associated Press, Marie Claire, Bustle, The…

dark academia · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · closed circle · morally grey character

The Thursday Murder Club

Richard Osman · Mystery & Thriller

In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves The…

cozy vibes · found family · closed circle

Murder on the Orient Express

AGATHA CHRISTIE · Mystery & Thriller

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the famous Orient Express in its tracks as it travels through the mountainous Balkans.

closed circle · locked room · twist ending

The Compound

Aisling Rawle · Literary Fiction

Lily—a bored, beautiful twenty-something—wakes up on a remote desert compound, alongside nineteen other contestants competing on a massively popular…

psychological thriller · morally grey character · closed circle · twist ending

The Intruder

Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

Who knows what the storm will blow in… Casey's cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane.

psychological thriller · high stakes survival · forced proximity · twist ending · closed circle

The Storm

Rachel Hawkins · Mystery & Thriller

St. Medard's Bay, Alabama, is famous for three things: the deadly hurricanes that regularly sweep into town; the Rosalie Inn, a century-old hotel…

psychological thriller · closed circle · small town · missing person

We Are All Guilty Here

Karin Slaughter · Mystery & Thriller

Welcome to North Falls—a small town where everyone knows everyone.

psychological thriller · small town · closed circle

And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

First there were ten--a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon.

psychological thriller · closed circle · locked room · cat and mouse · twist ending

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre

Philip Fracassi · Horror

Brimming with dark humor, violence, and mystery, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a blood-soaked slasher sure to keep readers guessing…

survival · high stakes survival · closed circle

Monumental

Adam Nevill · Horror

A novel of pagan terror from the author of The Ritual and The Reddening.

survival · closed circle · grimdark

Never Lie

Freida McFadden · Mystery & Thriller

Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams.

psychological thriller · closed circle · locked room · survival · twist ending

You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom

Vincent Tirado · Horror

Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing…

demons · dark academia · closed circle

The Staircase in the Woods

Chuck Wendig · Horror

While on a camping trip, five high-schoolers bound by an oath to always protect one another discover something in the middle of the forest: a…

haunted setting · closed circle · psychological thriller

Breathe In, Bleed Out

Brian McAuley · Horror

"Brian McAuley keeps you guessing the whole gory, satisfying way through this one.

closed circle · survival · high stakes survival · twist ending

People Watching

Jason Gray · Horror

Another by the author of "Pandemonium" issues 1 through infinity, and the author of the "Horror world "series, as well as other stories, this one…

cosmic horror · psychological thriller · closed circle

Guillotine

Delilah S. Dawson · Horror

The Menu meets Ready or Not in this dark tale of opulent luxury and shocking violence from the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom.

closed circle · high stakes survival · survival · twist ending

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

Clay McLeod Chapman · Horror

When Noah's aging parents stop returning his calls, he travels to their Virginia home and finds it in shambles.

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · closed circle

It

Stephen King · Horror

"*It*" is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King.

cosmic horror · found family · coming of age · survival · closed circle · demons

The Haunting of Hill House

Shirley Jackson · Horror

First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle

The Inheritance Games

Jennifer Lynn Barnes · Mystery & Thriller

Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out.

twist ending · closed circle · heist · found family

You Are Fatally Invited

Ande Pliego · Mystery & Thriller

**An exclusive thriller writer’s retreat hosted on a private island turns lethal when one of the authors is found murdered in this twisty locked room…

psychological thriller · closed circle · twist ending

With a Vengeance

Riley Sager · Mystery & Thriller

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A haunted past.

revenge plot · psychological thriller · closed circle · cat and mouse

Kiss Slay Replay

Rachel Harrison · Horror

Every wedding guest’s worst nightmare is on repeat in this wild and twisty new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of So Thirsty…

psychological thriller · time travel · twist ending · closed circle · high stakes survival

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

closed circle · twist ending · cat and mouse

Crawlspace

Adam Christopher · Horror

Enter an edge-of-your-seat nightmare to the darkest frontiers in Crawlspace, a sci-fi horror novel from New York Times bestselling author Adam…

cosmic horror · high stakes survival · psychological thriller · closed circle

The Ruins

Scott Smith · Horror

Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation—sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists.

cosmic horror · high stakes survival · closed circle · psychological thriller

Widow's Point

Richard Chizmar · Horror

Richard Chizmar, “one of horror’s indispensable writers” (Paste), and his son W.H.

psychological thriller · haunted setting · closed circle · cat and mouse

Jurassic Park

Michael Crichton · Mystery & Thriller

Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton.

high stakes survival · psychological thriller · closed circle · survival

Shady Hollow

Juneau Black · Mystery & Thriller

The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together…

cozy vibes · small town · closed circle

The Killer Question

Janice Hallett · Mystery & Thriller

Janice Hallett, “the new queen of crime” (Electric Literature), returns with a fresh, edge-of-your-seat mystery that takes place at a pub’s weekly…

cozy vibes · small town · closed circle · cat and mouse

House of Splinters

Laura Purcell · Horror

House of Splinters is the long-awaited prequel to bestselling and multi award-winning author Laura Purcell's gothic horror classic, The Silent…

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · closed circle

Crafting for Sinners

Jenny Kiefer · Horror

“You will compulsively turn these pages well into the dead of night.”—Paul Tremblay, New York Times best-selling author of Horror Movie and The Cabin…

survival · high stakes survival · grimdark · closed circle

The Dorians

Nick Cutter · Horror

The all-new novel of terror from “one of the hottest horror authors on the planet” (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop!

cosmic horror · survival · high stakes survival · closed circle

The Hollow Places

T. Kingfisher · Horror

Pray they are hungry. Kara finds the words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle’s house. Freshly…

cosmic horror · portal fantasy · psychological thriller · haunted setting · closed circle

The Murder at World's End

Ross Montgomery · Mystery & Thriller

Knives Out meets Downton Abbey! Secrets, murder, and mayhem collide as this unlikely sleuthing duo—an under-butler and a foul-mouthed…

locked room · closed circle

MS Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block

JESSE. SUTANTO · Mystery & Thriller

psychological thriller · twist ending · closed circle

Dig

J. H. Markert · Horror

The soil on Crow Island holds secrets, and they’re ready to be unearthed.

psychological thriller · revenge plot · trauma recovery · closed circle

Playing for Keeps

Stephanie Salinas · Mystery & Thriller

Hallie Bishop rushes home to see her ailing father only to find that she's too late.

revenge plot · psychological thriller · closed circle

The Hounding

Xenobe Purvis · Horror

Even before the rumors about the Mansfield girls begin, Little Nettlebed is a village steeped in the uncanny, from strange creatures that wash up on…

gothic atmosphere · small town · haunted setting · psychological thriller · closed circle

The Haar

David Sodergren · Horror

“I don’t fear death... but they do.” Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of Witchaven all her life. She was born there, and…

gothic atmosphere · closed circle · survival

The Academy

Elin Hilderbrand · Literary Fiction

It’s move-in day at Tiffin Academy and amidst the happy chaos of friends reuniting, selfies uploading, and cars unloading, shocking news: America…

dark academia · coming of age · closed circle · revenge plot

Murder at Spindle Manor

Morgan Stang · Mystery & Thriller

Mysteries abound in Spindle Manor.

cozy vibes · closed circle

Graveyard Shift

M. L. Rio · Mystery & Thriller

Every night, in the college’s ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a bartender, a rideshare driver, a hotel…

dark academia · psychological thriller · closed circle · found family

We Solve Murders

Richard Osman · Mystery & Thriller

Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life in the New Forest.

cozy vibes · closed circle

Halloween Party

Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

Mystery writer Ariadne Oliver has been invited to a Hallowe’en party at Woodleigh Common.

closed circle · locked room · twist ending

Murder at Holly House

Denzil Meyrick · Mystery & Thriller

A festive mystery perfect for fans of Murder on the Christmas Express and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot's Christmas A village of secrets.

cozy vibes · closed circle · holiday romance

One of Us Is Lying

Karen M. McManus · Mystery & Thriller

Pay close attention and you might solve this.

closed circle · multiple timelines · cat and mouse · psychological thriller · twist ending

The Watchers

A.M. Shine · Horror

An Irish horror adventure set in the unknown forests of Galway, where humans are kept under observation by screaming creatures, from debut author A.

survival · psychological thriller · closed circle

Sweetside Motel

E. L. Chen · Horror

With the pandemic sweeping the globe, Sarah Ng makes a desperate escape from Toronto to start a new life.

psychological thriller · forced proximity · cat and mouse · closed circle · survival

Grace

A.M. Shine · Horror

A haunting tale of ancient evil and long-buried secrets in an isolated Irish community from the author of hit horror novel The Watchers.

gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · small town · closed circle

Last One Out

Jane Harper · Mystery & Thriller

From the New York Times bestselling author of Exiles and The Dry comes a captivating new novel set in a modern ghost town.

psychological thriller · small town · closed circle

Voyage of the Damned

Frances White · Mystery & Thriller

The TikTok sensation from the UK has come to North America!

closed circle · twist ending · paranormal romance

Daisy Darker

Alice Feeney · Mystery & Thriller

Daisy Darker was born with a broken heart.

locked room · psychological thriller · twist ending · closed circle

Buyer Beware

Catherine Ryan Howard · Mystery & Thriller

Get ready to be addicted to the page-turning new mystery thriller from the #1 bestselling author of The Trap and 56 Days, in which two women's…

psychological thriller · closed circle · revenge plot

What We Did to Survive

Megan Lally · Mystery & Thriller

A vacation in paradise turns deadly when four teens' sailing charter hits stormy seas in this propulsive new thriller from New York Times and USA…

psychological thriller · survival · high stakes survival · closed circle

Haven

Ani Katz · Mystery & Thriller

“Absorbing and uncanny.” —Tracy Sierra, author of Nightwatching A summer retreat to an elite island enclave tied to a Big Tech company becomes a…

psychological thriller · closed circle · cat and mouse

Lord of the Flies

William Golding · Literary Fiction

Introduction by E.M. Forster.

coming of age · survival · closed circle · grimdark

Burial Rites

Hannah Kent · Literary Fiction

Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master,…

historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · closed circle · trauma recovery

Evil Under the Sun

Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

Set at the Jolly Roger, a posh vacation resort for the rich and famous on the southern coast of England, Evil Under the Sun is one of Agatha…

psychological thriller · closed circle

The City & The City

China Miéville · Mystery & Thriller

Inspector Tyador Borlú must travel to Ul Qoma to search for answers in the murder of a woman found in the city of Besźel.

psychological thriller · cat and mouse · urban fantasy · closed circle

Wake Up Dead Man (The Dark Secrets of the Knives Out Sequel)

Kristle L. Hawkins · Mystery & Thriller

A gripping murder mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

psychological thriller · twist ending · closed circle

Ring shout

P. Djèlí Clark · Horror

historical fiction · gothic atmosphere · closed circle

House of Idyll

Delilah S. Dawson · Horror

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bloom and Guillotine comes a darkly seductive tale of beautiful rock stars, sinister cults, and a…

dark academia · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle

Horror Movie

Paul Tremblay · Horror

In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing, art-house horror flick.

psychological thriller · unreliable narrator · twist ending · closed circle

Withered Hill

David Barnett · Horror

'A terrific, unexpected twist' Guardian 'Withered Hill is the ultimate nightmare destination' Laird Barron InsideA year ago Sophie Wickham stumbled…

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · amnesia · closed circle · haunted setting

Wonderland

Jennifer Hillier · Mystery & Thriller

Welcome to Wonderland. By day, it's a magical place boasting a certain retro charm. Excited children, hands sticky with cotton candy, run…

psychological thriller · closed circle · high stakes survival

A Very Novel Murder

Ellie Alexander · Mystery & Thriller

Opening a detective agency above her beloved bookstore seems like the perfect business plan--until Annie Murray's first case involves a suspicious…

cozy vibes · small town · closed circle

4:50 From Paddington

Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

Agatha Christie’s audacious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans…

closed circle · cat and mouse · twist ending

The Guest List

Lucy Foley · Mystery & Thriller

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR “I loved this book.

closed circle · multiple timelines · twist ending · psychological thriller

The Midnight Knock

John Fram · Mystery & Thriller

"In the frigid west Texas desert, seven weary travelers converge on a lonely motel at the foot of a massive mountain.

psychological thriller · closed circle · high stakes survival · locked room

The Woman in Suite 11

Ruth Ware · Mystery & Thriller

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this follow-up to #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware’s multi-million copy mega-hit The Woman in Cabin 10,…

psychological thriller · cat and mouse · closed circle

Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife

Martin Edwards · Mystery & Thriller

Six down-on-their-luck people with links to the world of crime writing have been invited to play a game this Christmas by the mysterious Midwinter…

locked room · closed circle · twist ending

The Christmas Appeal

Janice Hallett · Mystery & Thriller

When a dead body interrupts the rehearsals for their holiday production of Jack and the Beanstalk, Fairway Players Femi and Charlotte page through…

closed circle · twist ending · found family

Death to Valentine's Day

· Mystery & Thriller

Maia's Valentine's Day goes from bad to worse when she kisses a masked stranger at a mountain lodge party—only to discover he's her cheating ex's…

closed circle · locked room · high stakes survival · forced proximity

The Nine Tailors

Dorothy Leigh Sayers · Mystery & Thriller

When his sexton finds a corpse in the wrong grave, the rector of Fenchurch St Paul asks Lord Peter Wimsey to find out who the dead man was and how he…

cozy vibes · closed circle · historical fiction

The Christmas Clue

Nicola Upson · Mystery & Thriller

In this festive whodunit, set in a cozy snowed-in country-house, an innocent mystery game goes horribly wrong, leaving the real-life couple who…

historical fiction · closed circle · locked room · cozy vibes · twist ending

Home Before Dark

Riley Sager · Mystery & Thriller

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One of USA Today's Best Books of 2020 “A haunted house story—with a twist….[Sager] does not hold…

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · twist ending · closed circle

Miss Marple

Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

Presented for the first time in one volume are all twenty of the short stories featuring Miss Jane Marple, that delightful spinster whose innocent…

closed circle · psychological thriller · unreliable narrator

The Seven Dials Mystery

Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

Brings back several characters from an earlier novel, *The Secret of Chimneys*, in a story that can best be described as a John Buchan thriller told…

cozy vibes · closed circle · historical fiction

The Missing Ones

A. R. Torre · Mystery & Thriller

In an exclusive and close-knit community, the secrets of the past threaten to destroy three women in a shocking novel of suspense by New York Times…

psychological thriller · closed circle · missing person · twist ending

The Graceview Patient

Caitlin Starling · Horror

Misery meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers in this genre-bending, claustrophobic hospital gothic from the bestselling author of The Death of Jane…

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · haunted setting · trauma recovery · closed circle

Horrorstor

Grady Hendrix · Horror

Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · closed circle · survival

Hell House

Richard Matheson · Horror

Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die.

haunted setting · gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle

The Stepford Wives

Ira Levin · Horror

For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost too good to be true.

gothic atmosphere · psychological thriller · closed circle · paranormal romance

Darker Days

Thomas Olde Heuvelt · Horror

"Darker Days reinforces that Olde Heuvelt is one of the most vital and exciting voices in modern horror”— Mike Flanagan, director of The Haunting of…

psychological thriller · grimdark · closed circle

You Watched in Silence

H. Lee Justine · Horror

In this shivery blend of queer psychological thriller and horror, evocatively set in the secluded islands of the Pacific Northwest, You Watched in…

psychological thriller · gothic atmosphere · paranormal romance · closed circle

The Beach

Alex Garland · Literary Fiction

Een jonge reiziger komt met zijn metgezellen terecht op een verborgen, paradijselijk Thais eiland, dat langzaam aan verandert in een nachtmerrie.

coming of age · psychological thriller · closed circle · unreliable narrator · trauma recovery

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Agatha Christie · Mystery & Thriller

Set in the summer of 1917 in an Essex country estate, the story follows the war-wounded Captain Arthur Hastings to the Styles St.

closed circle · locked room · cat and mouse · twist ending · cozy vibes

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton · Mystery & Thriller

"Pop your favorite Agatha Christie whodunnit into a blender with a scoop of Downton Abbey, a dash of Quantum Leap, and a liberal sprinkling of…

twist ending · multiple timelines · closed circle

Getting Away with Murder

Shari Lapena · Mystery & Thriller

The tenth thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door.

psychological thriller · closed circle · revenge plot

Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes

Sandra Jackson-Opoku · Mystery & Thriller

A sparkling debut mystery set on the south side of Chicago, featuring the quick-witted, unforgettable Savvy Summers, proprietor of a soul food café.

cozy vibes · small town · closed circle

How to Cheat Your Own Death

Kristen Perrin · Mystery & Thriller

*Preorder Now* 'Captivating' R. L. Killmore, author of A Cinnamon Falls Mystery 'Smart, original and lively . . . I loved it' Gilly MacMillan, author…

closed circle · twist ending

The Maid

Nita Prose · Mystery & Thriller

Molly Gray is not like everyone else.

psychological thriller · twist ending · closed circle

How Bad Things Can Get

Darcy Coates · Horror

It was supposed to be the party of the century: miles of idyllic white sand beaches, lush jungle foliage...and a dark legend nobody dreamed might be…

survival · high stakes survival · closed circle · locked room

The Marlow Murder Club

Robert Thorogood · Mystery & Thriller

To solve an impossible murder, you need an impossible hero… Judith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy.

cozy vibes · closed circle · twist ending

Wool

Hugh Howey · Sci-Fi

In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep.

dystopian society · survival · closed circle · post apocalyptic

The Fox Hunt

Caitlin Breeze · Fantasy

Dive into the dark underbelly of England’s most ancient university, where behind closed doors a circle of privileged students enter into a dark pagan…

dark academia · grimdark · closed circle

Silo 2

Hugh Howey · Sci-Fi

Dies ist Teil 2 von SILO: Hugh Howeys verstörende Zukunftsvision ist rasanter Thriller und Gesellschaftsroman in einem.

dystopian society · closed circle · survival · political intrigue

Downbelow Station

C. J. Cherryh · Sci-Fi

From back cover Daw paperback February 1981: Pell's Star occupied the central spot in the coming conflict between Earth's tired stellar empire and…

space opera · political intrigue · closed circle