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6 Mysteries & Thrillers to Prepare You for Halloween

6 Mysteries & Thrillers to Prepare You for Halloween

Whether you prefer heart-pounding suspense or mind-bending mysteries, these new releases are sure to evoke the spirit of Halloween and leave you craving more. Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of dark secrets, unexpected twists, and the kind of suspense that makes every creak in the night a cause for excitement.


Why Did He Die?

by Louise Broderick

Release Date: July 3, 2023

Jago Carey is found, tortured and killed on a farm in Cornwall, England. Police find the bodies of young, vulnerable women buried on his property. The murder victim was their killer, but another DNA is present, from serial killer, Eddie Hammett. DI Grace Tallis and her partner, Max Wilton investigate. Suspects abound, all have secrets to hide.

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Moonlight Rip Tide

by Yurie Kiri

Release Date: September 5, 2023

Want to go for a ride in a classic car? Park by the ocean? Sounds nice huh? Mona found the man and his car, a beautiful, old Ferrari, very attractive. Sure, she’d go for a ride with him to look at the ocean, the party was boring anyway. Maybe by the time they got back things would liven up a bit… or maybe get a lot worse.

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Switch Kill

by Kevin Mcleod

Release Date: July 1, 2023

Think of the movie Rambo meets the Equalizer. Commander Robert Brown, an African-American Navy SEAL, retires from an illustrious career in the Navy. Upon retirement, a series of events occur in which the commander becomes hunted by the KU KLUX KLAN in the forest of Rolling Hills Miss. The Commander gives the Klan the worst day of their lives.

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The Taken Ones (Steinbeck and Reed Book 1)

by Jess Lourey

Release Date: September 19, 2023

Two girls vanished. A woman buried alive. Between two crimes lie decades of secrets yet to be unearthed in a pulse-pounding novel by the Edgar Award–nominated author of Unspeakable Things.

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Bright Young Women

by Jessica Knoll

Release Date: September 19, 2023

Two women from opposite sides of the country are brought together by violent acts of the same man, and become allies and sisters in arms as they pursue the justice that would otherwise elude them in one of the most acclaimed, highly anticipated thrillers of the year.

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It Waits in the Woods (Creature Feature collection)

by Josh Malerman

Release Date: September 26, 2023

Josh Malerman’s It Waits in the Woods is part of Creature Feature, a collection of devilishly creepy stories that tingle the spine and twist the mind. They can be read or listened to in one petrifying sitting.

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