Thriller & Suspense Books by Indie Authors
From high-stakes chases to psychological mind games, these indie thriller and suspense books keep readers on the edge of their seats.
Psychological | Crime | Small-Town | Action & Adventure | Spy & Political | Romantic | Dark & Horror
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Psychological
Mind games, obsession, manipulation, buried secrets, unreliable perspectives, and suspense that gets inside your head.
DNA
A. Vijay
A man lost in time. A woman searching for answers. A truth that threatens everything we believe about the mind.
The Woman Who Wasn’t Supposed to Survive
Junior O. Osiemi
She was dead three years, then a new photograph appeared.
What Walks Between
R.J. Field
A missing woman threatens to derail Charlie Shield’s life
The Loss of Some Detail
Mandi Martin
A slow thriller set in an asylum. Twist at the end…
Re:Claim
Jean Thesquare
A sapphic thriller of institutional betrayal, underground networks, and revenge.
AcClaim
Jean Thesquare
A dark romance of desire, control, scandal, and feminist revenge.
Completely Shattered
Allan Hudson
A shattered figurine on one of the corpses is the one Det. Jo Naylor sold in a yard sale.
Descension
C. E. Arnold
A high intensity thriller about a potential war among the divine, fallen angels, and demons with one man caught up in the middle.
Long Lost Midwife
Skye Smith
1934 St. Louis. A white socialite’s search for a colored midwife may lead to murder.
Tiny Home Terror
Kathleen Lynn
Winter isolation turns deadly when a predator targets one woman.
Fragments of Affection
Danielle Blum
The blood on her hands doesn’t match what she remembers.
Target Pool
S. A. Black
Ad exec discovers deadly secrets hidden inside ad campaigns
Imposter Syndrome
Sage Hill
An invasion of man-eating Skinwalkers begins at a cabin in the Appalachian Mountains.
Addison Chained
Victoria L. Hicks
A woman meets up with the wrong man on a dating App, and soon she’s fighting for her freedom and her life.
The Memory Trap
Donna Joppie
In 1963, a young Dallas lawyer is forced into money laundering by the son of his firms largest client because of his photographic memory.
The Glass Pedestal
Cheyenne Maryland Quinn
A GQ facade. A terrifying addiction. And a quiet war fought inside a suburban home.
When the Pedestal Shatters
Cheyenne Maryland Quinn
When Sasha escapes her controlling ex and the explosive fire that destroyed her home, she settles in Texas.
Alice (Until Death Do Us Part)
HB Stook
Killer wife. Loyal husband. Homicide detective.
Stalked
JC Ward
Hidden among the tall stalks are unsettling secrets waiting to surface.
Coasted
JC Ward
In the silent embrace of coastal Maine, a family seeks solace from the echoes of their past.
Grabtown
Sarah P Blanchard
Their mother didn’t leave the twins a legacy—she left them a 40-year-old murder.
Daleigh
Candi Usher
Finding out who you aren’t can shatter your entire world.
Janice and Michelle
Candi Usher
Rivalry becomes sisterhood amid loss, love, and secrets.
Chaison and Maison
Candi Usher
Chosen to bear power, she fights fate and control.
Marcus
Candi Usher
Separated twin with dragon mark faces loyalty and fate.
Xavior and Xavion
Candi Usher
Jealous twin risks everything for love, power, revenge.
Shaylen
Candi Usher
Humanity’s fate hinges on Shaylen in a genetic war.
Getting Close
Warren Flynn
Two predators misjudge each other and call it connection.
Even if it Kills Me
Rebecca Michaels
A small-town romantic suspense story focusing on Cole, an ex-con and his love interest who is his little sister’s best friend.
The Cardinal Line
Jordan Fitch
A mysterious trait spans generations. Modern science may have an answer, but uncovering its origins will shatter everything.
Ouroboros
Chelsea Frandsen
Poisoned betrayal sparks a deadly pursuit through Thailand.
Her Last Secret
Victoria L. Hicks
Secrets and misdirection, and twists that snap like a branch underfoot.
No. 28
Raven Dubois
Five women, one house. One secret binds them all.
Devious Minds
Vineet Verma
A mystery woman, a missing techie, a murdered girlfriend – find these and more in this short-story collection.
Impasse
Chelsea Frandsen
Two brothers. One vanished. Bangkok forces buried truths back alive.
Behind Every Smile
Elisabeth Clure
Isolation turns deadly when neighborly kindness hides a dangerous obsession.
Shattered Lives
Vineet Verma
Bad news, terrible decisions, and a life in turmoil. Can Daniel Geraldi protect his family?
Blindspot
Chelsea Frandsen
Belonging is the goal. Racing keeps pushing it out of reach.
The Vanishing Walk
J. Laura Childs
A suburban walk turns deadly in a split-second act of bravery.
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Crime
Criminals, killers, dangerous schemes, investigations, and thrillers where crime drives the story.
Scarlet Medicine
Robert Boldin
Saving a life is more important than the risk to his.
Crimson Medicine
Robert Boldin
A future doctor navigates deadly cases and hidden research.
Vermilion Medicine
Robert Boldin
Runaway doctors expose a deadly conspiracy inside future medicine.
Black Dawn
C.A. Michaels
Burglary lieutenant searches for husband, uncovering gangs and deep corruption.
The Auditors
Jay Hirschman
An auditor risks everything to expose a global financial conspiracy.
Scott Killian and the Letter
Jessica Manges
Christian fiction that traverses the tribulation with twists and turns
Murder in Eagle Cove
Logan Bahr
A brutal murder in Eagle Cove sparks a global manhunt.
Mayhem in Eagle Cove
Logan Bahr
A cartel conspiracy fuels another deadly Eagle Cove murder spree.
Malfeasance in Eagle Cove
Logan Bahr
Kidnapping, corruption, and cartel trafficking shake Eagle Cove again.
Blood Favors
Donna Joppie
After Hurricane Betsy, a deadly criminal alliance threatens New Orleans as an unlikely pair uncovers the truth.
The Cupid Murders
J.H. Wear
Bloody arrows lead a detective toward a killer’s twisted obsession.
Unorganised Crime
Jamie C. Richter
Aussie noir crime caper/dark comedy
Killer Blonde
Allan Evans
Every serial killer has a type.
Killer Smile
Allan Evans
One killer was bad enough. Now there are two.
Killer Instinct
Allan Evans
Rogue assassin sparks chaos; detective races to stop him.
Loose Ends
Chelsea Frandsen
Past secrets ignite danger and desire in neon Bangkok.
The Bowling Bag in the Back Seat
R. Scott Bolton
A rideshare driver discovers a grim item that a customer left behind.
Via Dolorosa
Kirill Khrestinin
A literary crime novel about suffering, darkness, survival, and stubborn hope.
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Small-Town
Close-knit communities, buried histories, local secrets, simmering tensions, and suspense where the town itself becomes part of the danger.
Name Town
Jordan Fitch
YOU CAN’T CHANGE WHERE YOU’RE FROM. A small town Thriller with real world history.
Hollow Faith
Megan G. Hart
A Southern town burns as faith, secrets, and sin collide.
The Second Wrong
Michael P. Andrews
A compelling legal thriller exploring justice, evidence, and the consequences of a case that took a deeply wrong turn.
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Action & Adventure
High-stakes chases, dangerous missions, survival, escapes, and fast-moving thrillers where the danger rarely lets up.
The Ordeals
Simon Baars
Sixteen strangers battle grief and survival for a life-changing prize.
Mexico
Steven R. James
A dream vacation to Cancun goes horribly wrong.
Sea No Evil
Adam Sommers
Society’s monsters exiled. An innocent fights to survive.
The Brotherhood of the Black Flag
Ian Nathaniel Cohen
Historical swashbuckling thriller set in Golden Age of Piracy
Shark Bunny
Melani Redmiles-Quinley
A simple errand unravels secrets that threaten a survivor’s life.
Veil of Mystery
Mark Oliver
Siblings Jennifer and Jett Johnson of Johnson Tech fight a hostile takeover and the kidnapping of young Mason across real San Diego landmarks.
Revolution Manor
M. Anthony Harris
Guerrilla warfare comes home to a young lord.
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Spy & Political
Espionage, secret missions, political intrigue, conspiracies, international threats, and people who know far more than they should.
Libertas
A.A. Merritt
A broken nation. A captured rebel. A psychological war for freedom.
Sleeper Agent
M. Anthony Harris
Stephen Matthews is the perfect spy. He just doesn’t know it.
Cold War
M. Anthony Harris
Stephen Matthews is the perfect spy and now he knows it.
Maskirovka
Thibaut Mallet
A techno-thriller where NATO faces Russian deception during the Kosovo War.
Into the Mystic
Keith Green
A spy novel based on my mothers job in WWII working for Naval Logistics in London in Churchill’s war rooms
Migrant Crisis
John Steel
A Political Thriller of Power, Covert Action, and Human Consequences
The Lattice Scheme
A.L. Lieske
A vanished experiment sparks global deception, shifting identities, and hidden enemies.
Fire Up
Diana Tor.
A fugitive spy faces blood debts, betrayal, and dangerous love.
Game On
Justin R Fox
Loyalty becomes lethal in a high-stakes political thriller.
Red Skies
M. Anthony Harris
Tobias Weatherspoon is wanted for the murder of his father. A murder he didn’t commit, yet all the evidence points to him.
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Romantic
Danger, suspense, and high stakes tangled up with romance, attraction, relationships, and matters of the heart.
Mid-Love Crisis
Rianna Bellini
What if the greatest love of your life was also a flashing warning sign?
Conflicting Directives
Rianna Bellini
What happens when the man who changed your life leaves you the truth that may destroy it?
The Siren Protocol
Rianna Bellini
What do you do when the dead leave warnings, the living disappear, and every rescue has been turned into cover?
Razor Thin
Amy Frances
A college party ends in murder. Everyone is a suspect.
Pastoral
Osho Winston
A closeted woman’s new life hides a killer behind flowers.
Dangerous Grounds
M.R.P.
When two unlikely polar opposites collide, can they trust each other?
One More Fight
Alexandra Orchard
Their past betrayed them. Danger gives love one more fight.
Belief and Love
Cian Didymos
Maya didn’t mean to fall for a man who belonged to something else first.
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Dark & Horror
Thrillers that venture into darker territory with fear, violence, disturbing situations, horror elements, and the sense that something is very wrong.
I CAN’T STOP THIS CAR
Kaydence
Marcus spends his nights driving passengers around until a crash changes everything.
UNLOCK YOURSeLF
Carole Anton
A 10- year hostage ordeal turned into an epic survival victory
Tales from the Prickle Forrest
Chrissy Hartmann
Short stories of dark humor, justifiable revenge, spine tinglers, and twisted endings.
Dolls Kill
Abby Woodland
Heartbroken Margo finds revenge, sisterhood, and danger with The Dolls.
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