15 Thrilling Books To Read This Fall (2023)

As the leaves change and the air turns crisp, what could be better than curling up with any (or all!) of these 15 thrilling books to read this fall. From hair-raising mysteries to heart-pounding suspense, the fall season offers a plethora of books to keep you on the edge of your seat.
 
Whether you’re a fan of twists and turns or prefer a slow burn, we’ve got you covered with this guide to the must-read thrillers of the season. Get ready to immerse yourself in world’s of intrigue, danger, and unexpected surprises as we journeys.
 
With diverse settings, complex characters, and thrilling plotlines, these books are guaranteed to keep you up all night and on the edge of your seat. So arm yourself with a warm blanket, a hot beverage, and get ready to dive into the best thrillers of the season.
 

15 Thrilling Books To Read This Fall (2023)

Prom Mom

by Laura Lippman
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About The Book:
Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as possible between her and her hometown of Baltimore, where she fears she will forever be known as “Prom Mom”–the girl who allegedly killed her baby on the night of the prom after her date, Joe Simpson, abandoned her to pursue the girl he really liked. But when circumstances bring Amber back to the city, she realizes she can have a second chance–as long as she stays away from Joe, now a successful commercial real estate developer, married to a plastic surgeon, Meredith, to whom he is devoted.
 
And then Joe asks Amber to help him do the unthinkable…
 

Beware The Woman

by Megan Abbott
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About The Book:
Newly married and with a baby on the way, Jacy and her new husband Jed embark on their first road trip together to visit his father, Doctor Ash, in Michigan’s far-flung Upper Peninsula. The moment they arrive in the cozy cottage in the lush woods, Jacy feels bathed in love by the warm and hospitable Doctor Ash, if less so by his house manager, the enigmatic Mrs. Brandt.
 
But their Edenic first days take a turn when Jacy has a health scare. Swiftly, vacation activities are scrapped, and all eyes are on her condition. As the days pass, Jacy begins to feel trapped in the cottage, her every move surveilled, her body under the looking glass. The dense woods surrounding the cottage are full of dangers, but are the greater ones inside?
 

The Hurricane Blonde

by Halley Sutton
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About The Book:
Hollywood is a sickness. Few people understand this better than Salma Lowe, progeny of Hollywood royalty and a former child-star turned guide of the Stars Six Feet Under tour bus. Her own sister, Tawney, dubbed the “Hurricane Blonde” for her off-camera antics, was murdered in the mid-’90s, and the case remains unsolved. Salma herself has sworn off acting and just hopes to stay out of trouble…until a real dead body is discovered on her tour, on the property where her sister once lived.
 
Salma soon realizes something uncanny: it’s not just that this woman is dead at her sister’s address—she also looks just like her, and is wearing Tawney’s distinctive hair clip. But the search for the truth will take her deep into the rot of Hollywood past and present, into her family’s own long-buried and terrible secrets.
 

Zero Days

by Ruth Ware
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About The Book:
Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband, Gabe, are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead. To add to her horror, the police are closing in on their suspect—her.
 
Suddenly on the run and quickly running out of options, Jack must decide who she can trust as she circles closer to the real killer in this unputdownable and heart-pounding mystery.
This book is in development for adaptation!
 

The Last Word

by Taylor Adams
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About The Book:
Emma Carpenter lives in isolation with her golden retriever Laika, house-sitting an old beachfront home on the rainy Washington coast. Her only human contact is her enigmatic old neighbor, Deek, and (via text) the house’s owner, Jules.
 
One day, she reads a poorly written—but gruesome—horror novel by the author H. G. Kane, and posts a one-star review that drags her into an online argument with none other than the author himself. Soon after, disturbing incidents start to occur at night. To Emma, this can’t just be a coincidence. It was strange enough for this author to bicker with her online about a lousy review; could he be stalking her, too?
 

15 Thrilling Books To Read This Fall (2023)

Good Bad Girl

by Alice Feeney
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About The Book:
Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home.
 
Edith may have been tricked into a nursing home, but she’s planning her escape. Patience works there, cleaning messes and bonding with Edith. But Patience is lying to Edith about almost everything.
 
Edith’s own daughter, Clio, won’t speak to her. And someone new is about to knock on Clio’s door…and their intentions aren’t good.
With every reason to distrust each other, the women must solve a mystery with three suspects, two murders, and one victim. If they do, they might just find out what happened to the baby who disappeared, the mother who lost her, and the connections that bind them.
 

Before We Were Innocent

by Ella Berman
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About The Book:
Ten years ago, after a sun-soaked summer spent in Greece, best friends Bess and Joni were cleared of having any involvement in their friend Evangeline’s death. But that didn’t stop the media from ripping apart their teenage lives like vultures.
 
While the girls were never convicted, Joni, ever the opportunist, capitalized on her newfound infamy to become a motivational speaker. Bess, on the other hand, resolved to make her life as small and controlled as possible so she wouldn’t risk losing everything all over again.
 
Except now Joni is tangled up in a crime eerily similar to that one fateful night in Greece. And when she asks Bess to come back to LA to support her, Bess has a decision to make.
 

Silver Nitrate

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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About The Book:
Montserrat is a talented sound editor, but she’s left out of the boys’ club running the film industry in ’90s Mexico City. And she’s all but invisible to her best friend, Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, though she’s been in love with him since childhood.
 
Then Tristán discovers his new neighbor is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he can change their lives— He has a magic film that was never finished, which is why, Urueta swears, his career vanished overnight. Now the director wants them to help him shoot the missing scene and lift the curse.
 

Gone Tonight

by Sarah Pekkanen
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About The Book:
Catherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for her daughter. All her life, it’s been just the two of them against the world. But now, Catherine is ready to spread her wings, move from home, and begin a new career. And Ruth Sterling will do anything to prevent that from happening.
 
Ruth Sterling thinks she knows her daughter. Catherine would never rebel, would never question anything about her mother’s past or background. But when Ruth’s desperate quest to keep her daughter by her side begins to reveal cracks in Ruth’s carefully-constructed world, both mother and daughter begin a dance of deception.
 

Those Empty Eyes

by Charlie Donlea
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About The Book:
Alexandra Quinlan, nicknamed Empty Eyes by the media, was accused of killing her entire family. It’s been ten years and Alex has changed everything about herself. As a legal investigator, she works tirelessly to secure justice for others.
 
When a student journalist at a very prestigious university ends up dead, her boyfriend hires Alex’s firm to defend his innocence. Alex believes him, but she never expects the investigation to uncover the secrets about her own family that she’s spent her life looking for.
 

15 Thrilling Books To Read This Fall (2023)

Just The Nicest Couple

by Mary Kubica
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About The Book:
Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, his wife, Nina, thinks he is blowing off steam at a friend’s house after their heated fight the night before. But then a day goes by. Two days. Five. And Jake is still nowhere to be found.
 
Lily Scott, Nina’s friend and coworker, thinks she may have been the last to see Jake before he went missing. After Lily confesses everything to her husband, Christian, the two decide that nobody can find out what happened leading up to Jake’s disappearance, especially not Nina. But Nina is out there looking for her husband, and she won’t stop until the truth is discovered.
 

The Senator’s Wife

by Liv Constantine
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About The Book:
After a tragic chain of events led to the deaths of their spouses two years ago, D.C. philanthropist Sloane Chase and Senator Whit Montgomery are finally starting to move on, together. As Sloane returns to the world of White House dinners and political small talk while also preparing for an upcoming hip replacement. With both of their hectic schedules, they decide that hiring a home health aide will give her the support and independence she needs post-surgery.
 
Seemingly a godsend, Athena tends to Sloane, and even helps her run her charitable foundation. But as weeks go by, Sloane becomes sicker, and her uncertainty quickly turns to paranoia as she begins to suspect the worst. Why is Athena asking her so many probing questions? And could Sloane be imagining the sultry looks between Athena and her new husband?
 

She Started It

by Sian Gilbert
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About The Book:
Despite the four best friends drifting apart in adulthood, shared secrets have kept them bonded for better or worse, even as their childhood dreams haven’t quite turned out as they’d hoped. Then one day they receive a wholly unexpected invitation from another old friend. Poppy Greer has invited them all to her extravagant bachelorette party.
 
None of them has spoken to Poppy in years. But Poppy’s Instagram pics shows that the girl they used to consider the weakest link in their group has definitely made good—and made money. The scenic island proves more remote than they’d anticipated. The women quickly discover they’ve underestimated Poppy. As their darkest secrets are revealed, the tropical adventure morphs into a terrifying nightmare.
 

Speak Of The Devil

by Rose Wilding
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About The Book:
Seven women stand in shock in a seedy hotel room; a man’s severed head sits in the centre of the floor. Each of the women – the wife, the teenager, the ex, the journalist, the colleague, the friend, and the woman who raised him – has a very good reason to have done it, yet each swears she did not. In order to protect each other, they must figure out who is responsible, all while staying one step ahead of the police.
 
Against the ticking clock of a murder investigation, each woman’s secret is brought to light as the connections between them converge to reveal a killer.
 

The Golden Spoon

by Jessa Maxwell
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About The Book:
For six amateur bakers, competing in Bake Week is a dream come true. When they arrive at Grafton Manor to compete, they’re ready to do whatever it takes to win the ultimate The Golden Spoon.
 
But as the competition commences, things begin to go awry. At first, it’s small acts of sabotage. Someone switching sugar for salt. A hob turned far too high. When a body is discovered, it’s clear that for someone in the competition, The Golden Spoon is a prize worth killing for…
 
If you’re looking for even more to read check out our September, October, and November Most Anticipated New Releases!

Happy Reading!!
~Alison

15 Thrilling Books To Read This Fall (2023)

 
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