Psychological Thriller Books

The best psychological thriller book reviews. Psychological thrillers include a wide-ranging list of themes, including crimes committed by mentally disturbed individuals, the often blurry line between reality and fantasy, and a variety of psychologically suspenseful situations.

Filaments, a Hypnotic Psychological Thriller by KZK

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The Bottom Line: Filaments is a hypnotic psychological thriller that pulses with intelligence and dread. Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn and Blake Crouch. Filaments begins in a crowded college bar, where exhausted biologist Dr. Thea Pappa is reluctantly celebrating a long-awaited research grant with her graduate students. Amid the blur of cheers and clinking glasses, Thea’s sense of triumph quickly gives way to unease […]

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Missing in Tanzania

Missing in Tanzania, an Action-Packed Adventure Novel by James E. Merriman

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The Bottom Line: Don’t miss this action-packed, location-rich adventure set in the darkest corners of Africa. Missing in Tanzania opens as Australian rancher Ann Thompson arrives in Stone Town, Zanzibar, in search of a shadowy local fixer named Anton. It seems that Ann’s twin sister, Jane, vanished after a safari on the Serengeti.  The mission hardly comes out of sisterly love. As a result of complex

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The Summer of Haight, an Electrifying Debut Thriller by George Petersen

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The Bottom Line: An electrifying debut that is part murder mystery, part psychological thriller, and most of all, a memorable plunge into the dark soul of the Summer of Love.  The Summer of Haight begins as British expatriate and San Francisco attorney Longfellow finds himself in the vibrant tide of the 1967 Summer of Love. While the city explodes in psychedelic colors, free love, and anti-establishment fervor,

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At the risk

At the Risk of Recovery, a Futuristic Psychological Thriller by Finn Adair Morgan

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The Bottom Line: A futuristic psychological thriller that will keep readers guessing and gripped until the very end. At the Risk of Recovery opens with a startling confession from a serial killer. The letter, written in the 24th century by Adrian Darrow, and addressed to his local police department, describes some of the names of the victims as well as grisly details about their death. In

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Treasure Coast, an Engrossing Crime Thriller by James Foley

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The Bottom Line: An engrossing, character-driven crime thriller that thoughtfully explores grief, atonement and post-loss romance alongside gritty police work. Recommended for Karin Slaughter fans.  Miami senior homicide investigator Lisa Owens became a police officer as a direct response to the unsolved shooting death of her fiance, Scott Diaz. Was Scott, a congressional aide, gunned down for political reasons? When a D.C. cop invites Lisa

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Psychopathic, a Highly Recommended Psychological Thriller

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The Bottom Line: Melby reinvigorates the psychological thriller with a peerless heroine, masterclass pacing and a judicious sense of foreboding throughout.  Psychiatrist Faith Galloway is the epitome of resilience. The blind physician, accompanied by a German Shepherd named Zeus, seems to have a heightened sense of awareness, moving easily through city streets and train stations. She enjoys a strong professional reputation for treating especially troubled patients,

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Come And Get Me by Marisa Rae Dondlinger

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The Bottom Line: Winner, Best Psychological Thriller, 2024 BestThrillers.com Book Awards Successfully telling a story from three or more points of view requires an exceptionally deep understanding of each character’s unique fears, desires and triggers. Marisa Rae Dondlinger’s winning novel does that and more, delivering a rare multi-dimensional narrative that feels intimate and unique at every turn. When Vanessa kidnaps her ex-lover’s newborn baby, some

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NIGHTMARE BEFORE MARDI GRAS, an Unflinching Police Thriller by Robert Sterling Hecker

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The Bottom Line: A fast-paced, unflinching police procedural about a detective’s personal mission to solve a heinous child sex crime. In Robert Sterling Hecker’s debut novel, The Accidental Vigilante, detective Jeremy Porter quickly transformed from a rookie in New Orlean’s Child Abuse Section into an unstoppable force for justice. Hecker’s second novel featuring Porter, who is now the squad supervisor for the New Orleans Police Department’s Child

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Tiger Season

Tiger Season, a Haunting Historical Thriller by Gojan Nikolich

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The Bottom Line: A haunting, nerve-wracking tale set in the eerie landscape of the Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ). Tiger Season opens as U.S. Army veteran Eddie Profar is dying in a hospital in Duluth, Minnesota. After a day of visitors coming and going from his deathbed, a chill sends him into a vivid remembrance about the winter of 1968, when he served along the demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing

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Their Little Lies, a Terrifying Psychological Thriller by Quinn Avery

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The Bottom Line: Buried family secrets, steamy romance and a terrifying serial killer add up to a masterfully told psychological thriller. Coming off a botched murder investigation, Detective Josephine Kelly is contemplating early retirement. Feeling the need to regroup, she uses her father’s declining health as an excuse to take time off and return home to Ames, Iowa. But thanks to a troubled childhood, the truth

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