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    If You're Looking For A Good Thriller, Check Out These Books Releasing This Summer

    These diverse thrillers, mysteries, and true crime novels are so good you'll stay up all night reading them!

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    1. More Than You'll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

    William Morrow & Company

    Release date: June 7

    What it's about: More Than You'll Ever Know is a true crime based fiction novel about a true crime writer named Cassie who investigates the 1980s story of a fellow Texan woman — Lore Rivera — who was discovered to be married to two men at once, when one of them was found dead. Cassie's persistence in getting the now-60-year-old Lore to tell her side inevitably helps her with her own family skeletons. 

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    2. Out of Her Depth by Lizzy Barber

    Mira Books

    Release date: June 28

    What it's about: Out of Her Depth is a fascinating thriller about a summer job in Italy that goes terribly wrong. Rachel's coworker Diana is so charming and connected that it makes it difficult to stay mad at her for manipulating people. Years later, back in London, Rachel is still haunted by the deadly accident that changed the lives of her, Diana, and their crush Sebastian.   

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    3. Soulless by Rozlan Mohd Noor

    Arcade Crimewise

    Release date: July 5

    What it's about: Seasoned Special Investigations Inspector Mislan probes the savage killing of an unknown girl. Mislan and his partner Johan are so determined to find out who rendered this girl faceless by pouring acid on her that they follow minuscule clues from Malaysia's red light district all the way to Thailand.

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. 

    4. We Made It All Up by Margot Harrison

    Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

    Release date: July 12

    What it's about: In this thrilling YA novel, new girl Celeste and her fellow outsider friend Vivvy obsessively write fanfiction about Joss, one of the popular jocks at their small high school in Montana. They end up hanging out with Joss one night, and the next day he is found dead. Although creepy secrets surface about the kids in town, it's a total mystery who killed Joss.  

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound.

    5. The It Girl by Ruth Ware

    Gallery/Scout Press

    Release date: July 12

    What it's about: Ruth Ware's highly anticipated new thriller is out this July, and I could not be more pumped. Bookstore worker and mom-to-be Hannah is thrown back to her university days when the news goes viral that convicted killer John Neville died in prison. Although Hannah named him as the killer that horrible night she found her floormate and best friend April dead, she is guilt-wracked she could have been wrong. Even though she has her now-husband and then-college sweetheart Will by her side, and old friends Hugh, Emily, and Ryan just a phone call away, Hannah realizes she doesn't trust anyone anymore.

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    6. Helltown by Casey Sherman

    Sourcebooks

    Release date: July 12

    What it's about: In Helltown, Casey Sherman takes us back to 1969, when the lesser-known, but no less creepy serial killer Tony Costa terrorized Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Costa's killings were so disturbing that famed American writers Kurt Vonnegut and Norman Mailer raced each other to publish works about the evil in their Cape Cod community. Helltown has already been optioned for a film with Robert Downey Jr.'s production company, so you know this story is a must-read.   

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    7. The Swell by Allie Reynolds

    G.P. Putnam's Sons

    Release date: July 19

    What it's about: We need more sports thrillers, so I'm glad Allie Reynolds, former professional athlete and author of the brilliant thriller Shiver, wrote The Swell. Former surfer Kenna reunites with her estranged BFF Mikki in Australia. Mikki is still immersed in the surfer scene along with her boyfriend. Mikki and her crew are so dedicated to their secluded surfing spot that they will do anything — to anyone — that gets in their way.

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    8. The Retreat by Sarah Pearse

    Pamela Dorman Books

    Release date: July 19

    What it's about: Reaper's Rock, a secluded island in England, is cursed with a history of mysterious, potentially unsolved murders. Yet people, including an estranged family, keep returning to attend summer camps and wellness camps. Detective Elin Warner rushes to the island to stop more murders from occurring and to figure out whether this is the result of a serial killer, an evil spirit, or family drama. 

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    9. Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor

    Flatiron Books

    Release date: August 2

    What it's about: It is so fun reading a thriller set in Australia. I read Dirt Creek in one sitting because of Scrivenor's excellent writing, fascinating plot, and no-nonsense female Detective Sergeant Sarah Michaels. Pregnant Michaels heads to rural Durton Creek to find out what happened to 12-year-old Esther. Slowly, information comes in from Esther's best school friends Ronnie and Lewis, and more disturbing secrets unravel from the town members.

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    10. Are You Sara? by S.C. Lalli

    William Morrow & Company

    Release date: August 9

    What it's about: Law student and full-time employee Sara Bhaduri gets caught up in the murder of Sara Ellis, a sweet girl she met that same night at the bar where she bartends. Sara Bhaduri is determined to find out who killed Sara Ellis to make sure that there is not someone out there that actually wanted her dead.

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    11. You're Invited by Amanda Jayatissa

    Harper Business

    Release date: August 9

    What it's about: Amaya leaves Los Angeles and returns to her hometown of Sri Lanka for the wedding of her former best friend Kaavi, even though the groom is her ex-boyfriend! Amaya is in the hot seat once again when Kaavi mysteriously disappears and is assumed dead. You're Invited is a diverse twist on Ruth Ware's In a Dark, Dark Wood. 

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    12. In Too Steep by Kate Kingsbury

    Crooked Lane Books

    Release date: August 9

    What it's about: If you miss watching Murder She Wrote, or love tuning into the reruns, this is the mystery for you! In Too Steep follows tearoom and dog owner Vivian, who can't help but get swept up in solving the murder of Oregon neighbor Lewis. With the help of her tearoom employees, local detective, and sort-of boyfriend, Vivian works to find out if the diamond she found in one of Lewis's antiques was the reason for his murder. 

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    13. Wake by Shelley Burr

    William Morrow & Company

    Release date: August 23

    What it's about: Wake follows cold case private investigator Lane through the small outback town of Nannine in Central New South Wales, Australia, to solve what happened to Mina's twin sister Evelyn 19 years ago. Really though, this thriller is about the aftermath that the victim's surviving family members struggle through — noisy journalists, support group meetings, and the haunting question of what happened. 

    Get it from Bookshop.

    14. Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

    Flatiron Books

    Release date: August 30

    What it's about: Daisy Darker is a deliciously creepy mystery about the wealthy yet lonely Darker family. The bitter and competitive members of the Darker family reluctantly assemble at Nana's home on the Cornish coast in Cornwall, England, for her 80th birthday. Somehow, one by one, every family member is found murdered, so the remaining family digs into their past to find answers.

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.

    15. Suburban Hell by Maureen Kilmer

    G.P. Putnam's Sons

    Release date: August 30

    What it's about: Even though Suburban Hell takes place in an exclusive bubble — excuse me — a suburb outside of Chicago, I picture it as Irvine, California. Suburban Hell is a hilarious black comedy where Pet Sematary meets The Conjuring. Soccer moms and neighbors Amy, Jess, Liz, and Melissa are bound together to fight the hell that is the suburbs when one of them is possessed by an ancient, evil spirit. 

    Get it from Bookshop or from your local indie bookstore via Indiebound. You can also try the audiobook version through Libro.fm.