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Getting Away with Murder by Shari Lapena: A deliciously entertaining domestic thriller

Sometimes you don’t need a novel that changes your life. Sometimes you just want a fast-paced thriller that grabs you from the first chapter and refuses to let go. Getting Away With Murder by Shari Lapena is exactly that kind of book—a thoroughly entertaining psychological thriller with an irresistible premise and enough twists to keep the pages turning until the very end.

Jill and Ted have built the perfect life—or at least the perfect image of one. Their gorgeous New York brownstone is more than just a home; it’s the centerpiece of the identity they’ve carefully constructed. When Ted loses the fortune that has been financing their lifestyle, they refuse to accept the possibility of losing everything they’ve worked so hard to acquire.

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City of Widows by Nadia Hashimi: A breathtaking portrait of survival under the Taliban

There are novels that entertain, and then there are novels that demand to be witnessed. City of Widows by Nadia Hashimi is firmly in the latter category—a sweeping, emotionally devastating, and ultimately hopeful story that puts human faces on the headlines many of us have long since stopped reading.

Nadia Hashimi tells an ambitious story that spans decades of Afghan history while remaining deeply rooted in the lives of individual women. The result is an absolutely riveting novel that is as suspenseful as it is heartbreaking. Despite its large cast of characters, dual timelines, and enormous historical scope, the story remains remarkably cohesive. Every thread contributes to a larger portrait of women fighting to preserve not only their lives, but also their dignity, their families, and their sense of self.

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With Friends Like You by Amy Chozick Is a Twisty Thriller About Motherhood, Trauma, and the Friend You Can’t Let Go

Childbirth is a harrowing experience, even in the best of circumstances. There is no escaping the pain, the blood, or the complete upheaval of your body. Then, after what is often a profoundly traumatic experience, you’re handed a brand-new human being and sent home with the expectation that you’ll somehow know exactly what you’re doing. Now imagine almost dying during childbirth.

That’s where Amy Chozick’s With Friends Like You begins, and it’s what immediately sets this psychological thriller apart from the crowd. Beneath its mystery lies a remarkably compassionate exploration of birth trauma, postpartum isolation, female friendship, and the desperate search for the version of yourself that existed before everything changed.

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Tenderness by Rowan Beaird: A Literary Wedding Mystery Where Family Secrets Take Center Stage

Some weddings are celebrations. Others become pressure cookers where years of buried resentment, grief, and longing finally erupt. Tenderness by Rowan Beaird uses that familiar emotional landscape to tell a slow-burning literary mystery that is far more interested in its characters than its mystery—and it’s all the stronger for it.

Releasing July 21, 2026, Tenderness transports readers to a secluded island off the coast of Virginia in the 1970s, where Shay O’Connor prepares to marry wealthy Andrew Pruitt after escaping the notorious Synanon cult. As family and friends gather for the wedding weekend, old relationships resurface, hidden truths begin to unravel, and the unsettling possibility that the cult has followed Shay threatens to turn the celebration into something much darker.

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Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Hide a Body: A wickedly funny thriller about the real corpse in the marriage

There are plenty of thrillers about hiding a body, but far fewer recognize that the real danger isn’t the corpse—it’s the person helping you bury it. Jennifer Holdich’s Mr. and Mrs. Dixon Hide a Body delivers exactly that kind of deliciously dark premise, blending domestic suspense with offbeat humor and an increasingly chaotic battle between two spouses who would each happily see the other behind bars.

The novel follows Daisy Dixon, a woman trapped in a twenty-year marriage to the controlling and deeply unpleasant James Dixon. Their once-grand manor house is literally falling apart, and so is Daisy’s life. She has finally decided to leave him when an accident changes everything. After Daisy injures a man, her first instinct is to call an ambulance. James, however, convinces her to bring the injured stranger home instead, insisting they can care for him themselves until he’s well enough to leave. Predictably, that plan goes spectacularly wrong.

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