The Andromeda Strain
A town dies in seconds, and a sealed lab team races a germ that learns to eat seals.
2,013-word summary · 9 min read
Tag: suspense
226 books with this tag.
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Needful Things
A smiling man sells exactly what you want for cash plus one small cruelty to a neighbor.
2,007-word summary · 9 min read
The Wife Upstairs
A struggling dog walker falls for a wealthy widower in Alabama, but his missing wife may still be alive upstairs.
3,255-word summary · 14 min read
The Turn of the Key
A nanny writes from prison about a smart Highland house, four girls, and the night one child died.
3,207-word summary · 14 min read
The Institute
A kidnapped prodigy wakes in a Maine facility where gifted kids earn tokens in Front Half and vanish from Back Half.
3,814-word summary · 17 min read
The Hunting Party
Nine Oxford friends gather at a remote Scottish lodge for New Year, where old rivalries and secrets end in murder.
2,424-word summary · 11 min read
The House Across the Lake
A widowed actress watching the couple across Lake Greene sees a disappearance that drags her own drowned husband back up.
3,217-word summary · 14 min read
Killing Floor
Ex-military policeman Jack Reacher is arrested for murder in Margrave, Georgia, then learns the victim was his brother.
2,872-word summary · 13 min read
Defending Jacob
A Newton prosecutor defends his fourteen year old son after a classmate is stabbed in the park.
2,994-word summary · 13 min read
Corrupt
College student Rika Fane faces Michael Crist and his friends three years after Devil's Night put them in prison.
2,870-word summary · 13 min read
Butcher & Blackbird
Two rival killers who only murder other killers meet once a year for a deadly contest, then slowly fall for each other in this dark romantic comedy.
2,335-word summary · 10 min read
The Push
Blythe fears daughter Violet is dangerous while husband Fox doubts her.
2,260-word summary · 10 min read
The Only One Left
Caregiver Kit tends mute Lenora Hope accused of 1929 family murders.
2,592-word summary · 12 min read
The Maidens
Therapist Mariana hunts Cambridge professor Edward Fosca after a Maidens murder.
2,234-word summary · 10 min read
The Locked Door
Surgeon Nora Davis hides serial killer father while patients die.
2,465-word summary · 11 min read
The Last Mrs. Parrish
A con artist targets a rich wife, then the marriage game turns with a hidden past.
2,018-word summary · 9 min read
The Coworker
When odd accountant Dawn vanishes, star salesperson Natalie becomes the prime suspect in a tense office thriller with turtles, lies and revenge.
2,511-word summary · 11 min read
Safe Haven
Katie hides in Southport from a violent husband and falls for widower Alex.
2,480-word summary · 11 min read
Mr. Mercedes
Retired Hodges hunts Mercedes killer Brady Hartsfield concert plot.
2,281-word summary · 10 min read
In a Dark, Dark Wood
Writer Nora joins hen party Clare in glass house where a murder happens.
2,253-word summary · 10 min read
Hidden Pictures
Nanny Mallory sees Teddy drawings predict a murder in New Jersey.
2,332-word summary · 10 min read
Before I Go to Sleep
Christine wakes each day with no memory, and her secret journal reveals her husband lies.
2,577-word summary · 11 min read
1st to Die
Lindsay, Claire, Cindy and Jill hunt a honeymoon killer terrorizing San Francisco.
2,536-word summary · 11 min read