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New For You - Mystery & Thriller - March 2026

Fiction that keeps you guessing - you'll find danger, killers, and unexpected twists in this selection of the newest mystery and thriller titles.

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  • There's a dead body in my living room. I've not called the police because it was I who stabbed him. The truth is, it's surprisingly difficult to dispatch someone with a vegetable knife. In case you're wondering, the dead man is not my husband. Meet …
    Book, 2026London : Hemlock Press, 2026. — THRILLER OLI
  • Hisataro, a young member of the wealthy Fuchigami family, has a mysterious ability. Every now and then he falls into a time-loop in which he is obliged to re-live the same day nine times. Little does he know how useful this ability will be, until…
    Book, 2025London : Pushkin Press, 2025. — MYSTERY NIS
  • When security and fire alarms go off simultaneously all around the world, setting off a panic, the signal is traced back to China. As world leaders scramble to respond, mother and daughter Vivien and Alice Li are called to the White House in hopes…
    Book, XX(1761168.1)
  • A young parliamentary researcher probes a whistleblower complaint against the head of British Intelligence, uncovering secrets that pull her into a deadly international chase. An electrifying novel about the mystery, paranoia and ruthlessness of the…
    Book, 2026London : Baskerville, 2026. — ADVENTURE WOL
  • A page-turning debut about a woman infamous for escaping a cult as a teenager, who finds her whole future threatened when dangerous secrets come back to haunt her. This literary thriller interrogates our culture’s obsession with true crime, fame and…
    Book, 2026London : Corvus, 2026. — THRILLER TAF
  • The world of modern art is a mystery to many. But for Jim Qwilleran it turns into a mystery of another sort when his assignment to cover the art beat for the Daily Fluxion leads down the path to murder.
    Book, XX(1757333.1)
  • Stepping back from her career as a solicitor, she agrees to clean holiday rentals for her friends who own cottages nearby. She anticipates dirty laundry and sandy floors, but she didn't sign up for a dead body, neatly tucked up in one of the guest…
    Book, XX(1757340.1)
  • A pulse-pounding thriller about a young woman whose surrogate disappears just days before the baby’s due date, leading to a frantic search that uncovers dark truths and the power of a mother’s love.
    Book, 2026New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2026. — THRILLER GIR
  • When Hope finds her real life in the pages of a bestselling novel, truth and fiction become blurred.
    Book, XX(1757968.1)
  • A washed up has-been reality TV star and a disgraced producer who get one last shot at redemption on a show set on a remote island, only to discover that the plot twists are beyond what they ever imagined.
    Book, 2026New York : Dutton, [2026] — THRILLER FIS