Are you in the market for some mystery book club suggestions? Mysteries and thrillers are fun picks for book clubs because they offer plenty of suspense and conversation around plot twists and turns, and it’s fun to compare theories of who committed the crime! Whether you belong to a crime and thriller book club, or just need some mystery books for your next club meeting, we’ve got 14 thriller and mystery book club recommendations for you!
the best recommendations of the mystery book club
as long as we both live by joann chaney
If a woman dies under suspicious circumstances, it’s always the husband, right? When Marie Evans falls to her death on a hike, the police question Ella’s husband, Matt De Ella. The death looks like an accident, but years ago Matt’s first wife also died a violent death. As investigating detectives try to determine if Matt is responsible for the deaths of his wives, they uncover explosive secrets about both of her marriages.
angie kim miraculous creek
When an experimental medical treatment device explodes and kills two people, everyone has questions about whose fault it is. device owners? father of a patient? the story centers on a murder trial that exposes secrets and lies in a small community, where people have already made desperate sacrifices to survive.
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something in the water by catherine steadman
erin and mark are a perfect couple on the verge of marriage. When Mark’s career falters and money is tight just before his extravagant wedding, the couple cut back a bit but don’t worry too much. But during their honeymoon in Bora Bora, they pull a suitcase full of money and diamonds out of the ocean and decide to keep it. Erin is sure this is the solution to all of her problems, but it turns out some very powerful people will do whatever it takes to get the contents of that suitcase back.
american spy by lauren wilkinson
Marie is working for the FBI in New York in the late 1980s when she is approached by the CIA. since she is black and knows french, they want her to approach the president of burkina faso. Why it starts out as a simple, one-off mission that turns into something much more complicated, with lasting consequences for Marie as she considers her role in meddling in the United States and international politics.
jane harper’s lost man
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brothers nathan, cameron and bub own and operate remote cattle stations in the australian outback. here, it’s not uncommon for your closest neighbor to live three hours away, and no one goes anywhere without groceries and supplies, just in case. So when Cameron was left for dead in the desert, Nathan and Bub know someone killed him. Finding out who and why forces Nathan to confront the past he’s been running from for years.
my lovely wife by samantha downing
Millicent and her husband live a lovely life in the suburbs, with two children, rewarding and successful careers, and a good social life. but they hide a dark secret: they are serial killers and plan their murders together. sometimes creepy, clever, and satirical, this is a dark book that will have you squinting at your neighbors.
Alice’s Island by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo
Alice thought she had the perfect marriage, but when her husband Chris is found dead miles from where he said he would be, the new single mom can’t shake the feeling that she didn’t really know him. She becomes engrossed in the mystery of her husband’s death, tracing her last movements to an island near Nantucket. As she investigates, she must take into account aspects of her husband that she has always left aside.
sally hepworth’s mother in law
At the start of this family drama, Lucy and her husband have just learned that her mother-in-law Diana has been found dead. the death appears to be a suicide, but questions remain. Weaving between the past and the present, and the points of view of Lucy and Diana, Hepworth exposes a family with secrets, resentments and many disputes over a large fortune, culminating in a final question: who killed Diana?
alafair burke’s best sister
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chloe and nicky are opposites. Chloe left home on a scholarship and landed a great job at a publishing company. Nicky stayed in Cleveland, married Adam, and gave birth to a boy. Fifteen years later, the sisters are weird, Chloe is married to Adam, and Adam has just been murdered. As Nicky returns to Chloe’s life, the sisters will confront smoldering resentments and hidden truths when Nicky and Adam’s son are framed for her murder.
the scholar of dervla mctiernan
when dr. Emma Sweeney finds a hit-and-run victim in the parking lot of the lab where she works, her first phone call is to her boyfriend, Detective Sergeant Cormac Reilly. Cormac heads up the investigation, which quickly turns into a murder investigation, protecting the partner from him. But the victim had ties to Emma’s lab, and the more Cormac digs, the more he doubts that Emma is just a bystander in the wrong place at the wrong time.
the night in question by nic joseph
Paula works as a rideshare driver to increase her income and pay her husband’s mounting medical bills. while she is working one night, she notices that one of her passengers is a famous musician and meets a woman who is not her wife. sensing an opportunity, she asks for money in exchange for silence. But when a woman is murdered days later, Paula’s deal becomes much more complicated and deadly.
alex michaelides silent patient
Alicia is a painter, married to a fashion photographer. From the outside, her life seems glamorous and perfect, until the day she goes home and shoots her husband five times and refuses to say a word. Theo is a psychotherapist who is fascinated by Alicia and her case, and is determined to get her to talk about it, even at the cost of her own safety and sanity.
everyone falls down by rachel howzell hall
miriam is surprised to receive an invitation to a private island off the coast of mexico and is thrilled by the extravagance. But not long after her visit, he discovers that she and the other six strangers on the trip have been invited for a very specific reason, and when the others start having freak accidents, it’s clear that someone is harboring murderous intent. /p>
the lost years by lexie elliott
When ailsa inherits half of a house from her mother in the Scottish countryside, she is faced with a dilemma: she cannot sell it without the consent of the other owner, but that would be her father, who disappeared years before. she instead temporarily moves in with her younger half-sister. But strange break-ins and freak accidents immediately unsettle Ailsa, leaving her wondering if the house is haunted or if her father didn’t disappear after all…
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