Looking for your next great beach read this summer? Check out some of these amazing standout mystery and thrillers by best-selling and debut authors. These books cover a variety of tropes, from vacations gone wrong, memory loss, family drama, grifters to cults and beyond. There is sure to be something for everyone! Visit our online catalogue for a full list of recommended reads.

Vacations gone wrong…
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The Island by Adrian McKinty

A horrible accident is just the start to one family’s vacation on a remote Australian island that has them running for their lives.

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The Retreat by Sarah Pearse

The follow up to best-selling Reese Book Club pick’s The Santitorium sees the return of Detective Elin Warner as she’s called to investigate when dead bodies start turning up at an eco-wellness retreat on a remote island off the English coast.

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If you love a good con…
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The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

An incredible cat and mouse game between a veteran con artist and the journalist trying to expose her.

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Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

Ocean’s eleven meets Fast and the furious in this fast-paced art heist story featuring a group of Asian college friends who steal Chinese artifacts from around the world.

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No one to trust…
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Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

A reunion turns deadly when a gathering to celebrate Daisy Darker’s 80th birthday sees family members trapped on a remote island while someone starts killing people off one by one.

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The Blame Game by Sandie Jones

A psychologist starts to fear for her life when one of her patients goes missing and her files start disappearing in this twisty, unputdownable thriller.

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Lost in the dark…
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Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

An edge-of-your-seat suspenseful psychological murder mystery featuring a woman who forgets everything after she goes to sleep and is on the run from both the police who think she killed a man and the actual killer.

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In the Dark We Forget by Sandra SG Wong

A standout Canadian debut about a woman who wakes up in the woods with no memory of how she got there and tries to piece together her last few days with help from her brother and a policewoman.

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Get a little cult-y…
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The Swell by Allie Reynolds

Things get deadly when bodies start turning up among a private group of surfers living on a remote island off the Australian coast.

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The Last Housewife by Ashley Windstead

A dark thriller about a woman seeking justice for her dead college friend and the vow she makes to destroy the cult her friend was involved with. Perfect for fans of true-crime podcasts and the psychology of cults.

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