This list of the top new thrillers of 2023 is perfect for you if you enjoy mysteries that keep you turning the pages. I’ve included all the best thriller books I could locate in my hunt for this year’s top thriller books.
There is something for everyone, whether you’re looking for the best new psychological thriller books or prefer a good domestic mystery!
1. The Villa – A Novel by Rachel Hawkins
Published 3rd January 2023
The Villa is a novel with mystery and dark secrets rooted in it along with the basis of a childhood friendship. The protagonist Emily Sheridan wants a relaxing space after a tough year and visits a gorgeous villa in Italy with her friend Chess Chandler. However, when she reaches the estate, she uncovers very dark secrets about a tragedy that happened there in the 1940s.
The story of the 1940s murder in the book seems to resemble a famous scene from 1814. Apparently, that’s where Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein character came into existence. Although the characters from the 1940s story are more intriguing than Emily and Chess and their silly drama.
Emily also discovers some things about the past while she is realizing Chess may not be the friend Emily thought she was. All in all the story is fascinating and a real page-turner, Hawkins has managed to write a novel inspired by Frankenstein that is both fresh and unique.
2. What have we done: A Novel by Alex Finlay
Expected release date – 7th march 2023
A stay-at-home mom with a past.
A has-been rock star with a habit.
A reality TV producer with a debt.
Three disparate lives.
One deadly secret.
Back in 1995, Jenna, Donnie, and Nico were best friends because of the trauma and neglect they had experienced as children living in Savior House, a group home for parentless teenagers. The three were divided up when the home was shut down following the disappearance of other children.
Each went on to lead successful—if troubled—lives, despite the fact that the trauma of their childhood has never left them. They haven’t seen one another since they were teenagers, but now they are back together for one eerie motive: someone is out to get them.
In order to survive, the group will have to relive their childhood nightmares and face their common past, which holds the key to who wants them dead.
None of them requested or wanted the reunion. However, it might be the only means of saving everyone’s lives.
What Have We Done is a heartbreaking coming-of-age narrative as well as an exciting thriller. And it solidifies Alex Finlay as one of the contemporary thriller genre’s new top voices.
3. The Hurricane Blonde by Halley Sutton
Expected release date – 8th August 2023
Story of a former childhood star named Salma who now is a tourist guide around Hollywood.
Salma lost her sister Tawney in the mid-90s and the case remains unsolved until a body is found on one of her tours.
Oddly enough the body is found on the property of her deceased sister, which was part of her usual tours, the dead body not only resembles Tawney but is wearing a few things of her as well. When an investigation conducted by LAPD gives no answers Salma has to get her hands dirty and dig into the mystery herself and that’s when she uncovers her family’s long-buried and terrible secrets.
The story just sent chills down my spine and I don’t think I can keep the book down even for a second.
4. Everyone here is lying: A Novel by Shari Lapena
Expected release date – 6th July 2023
On the surface, William Wooler appears to be a family man. However, he has been having an affair, which ended tragically this afternoon at a nearby motel. As a result, William becomes upset when he gets home to discover his troublesome nine-year-old daughter Avery unexpectedly home from school.
Avery’s family reports her missing a few hours later.
Stanhope suddenly feels less secure. Not everyone on William’s block is hiding a lie, either. Avery’s neighbours get crazier as more witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be accurate.
5. How to sell a haunted house by Grady Hendrix
Expected release date – 17th January 2023
Louise receives the news of her parent’s death and absolutely dreads going back to her parent’s house. She has a daughter which she doesn’t want to leave with her ex-husband and she certainly does not wanna deal with her family home that would certainly be full of the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls.
Although mostly she is dreading to see her brother, who she doesn’t get along with and who has always been jealous of her success. Unfortunately, she will need his help to sell the family house since they both need the money but it is not going to be piece of cake getting rid of the memories related to her childhood.
But some houses just don’t want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them…
6. The devil you know: A Mystery by P.J. Tracy
Expected release date – 17th January 2023
In The Devil You Know, the following book in the series where P. J. Tracy “seems to have hit her literary sweet spot,” LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan makes a return.
Los Angeles has various facets, including the everyday LA where average people reside and work, the seedy side of any large metropolis, and the exclusive world of fame, fortune, and power. In her most recent case, LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan gets a glimpse of the shadowy side of this exclusive world of wealth.
One day after a fake video destroys his career, the body of adored actor Evan Hobbes is discovered in the ruins of a Malibu rockslide. Nolan is unsure if it was an accident, a suicide, or a murder, and the situation becomes more complicated when the investigation involves his prestigious friends and colleagues. While all of this is going on, Hobbes’ agent is juggling a scorned woman, his insane boss, and damage control. The death of his wealthy brother-in-law, however, forces him and Nolan to become involved in a notorious fraud with catastrophic consequences that threaten to destroy Hollywood’s untouchables.
7. What Lies in the Woods: A Novel by Kate Alice Marshall
Expected release date – 17th January 2023
When they imprisoned a murderer, they were eleven years old. They were heroes, but they were liars
Kate Alice Marshall’s What Lies in the Woods is an exciting book about friendship, lies, betrayal, and secrets as well as having the courage to confront the past.
Naomi Shaw formerly held a magical belief. She spent the summer of 1992 wandering the woods with her two closest friends, Cassidy and Olivia, dreaming of a world of ritual and magic. It was known as the Goddess Game. When Naomi was attacked, the summer came to an abrupt end. She miraculously recovered from her seventeen stabbings and lived to identify the attacker. The youngsters’ evidence helped catch a serial killer who had been wanted for killing six people. They were considered heroes.
They also told lies.
The pals have maintained a dangerous secret for many years. But now that Olivia wants to talk, Naomi decides to learn the truth about what actually happened in the woods, no matter how perilous it may be.
Conclusion
Whichever your pick might be, you are sure to be left amazed and shocked at the same time by these twisted mysteries. Everyone knows a good thriller is just a reality with a very twisted end and thats what makes it the most suspenseful ones for this year.
In the above list you will fine the most up and coming Novels with not only interesting titles but emerging writers to read this year.
