Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for September 12, 2026

Juliette Violet Valentine is a cunning, complex, and pathological child prodigy. At just fifteen years old, this elite gymnast manages to weaponize the family dog, create a rabies panic in her small town, initiate a CPS investigation into her own mother, and successfully hunt, capture, trap, and tame the boy next door.

I WAS WATCHING YOU is a fast-paced psychological suspense thriller that will have you turning the pages well into the night.

When city girls Faye, Zara and Heidi book a weekend away at a remote cottage in rural Wales, it is intended to be the perfect detox from their hectic lives. But they let a stranger into the cottage…and they return home with a dark secret they don’t want exposed.

Five months later and their lives have returned to normal. They think they have gotten away with it. And then a hand-delivered photograph drops through each of their letterboxes.

They were watched.

But who watched them?

What do they want?

And how far are the friends prepared to go to keep their secret?

I WAS WATCHING YOU is Chris Westlake’s sixth novel, and his fourth psychological thriller. The novel will appeal to readers who crave: fast-paced suspense novels with short, snappy chapters; twists you don’t see coming; deep themes that challenge your beliefs

She wanted her column back. Not a murder charge.
Pittsburgh, 1995. When Jessica Greer’s rival theater critic is poisoned, she becomes the FBI’s prime suspect. Hunting for the truth forces her into Pittsburgh’s gritty arts scene—and leaves her questioning her own sanity.
“90s nostalgia and twists galore. A bonafide win.” — Jaime Lynn Hendricks An addictive 90s psychological thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell and Shari Lapena.

High in the Himalayas, a climbing team vanishes inside a remote crater. Years later, Dr. Steve Remmick is summoned to a secret research site built in the same frozen bowl of rock. What should be a routine investigation into an ancient microorganism quickly turns into something far darker. Staff are falling ill with symptoms no one can explain. Systems fail without cause. Security grows hostile. And sabotage begins to tear the facility apart from within. As Remmick digs deeper—collecting samples, interviewing patients, and navigating hidden levels—he realizes the truth has nothing to do with the organism he was told to study. Something beneath the ice is waking, and it threatens far more than the people trapped inside.

Her hands and feet are tied, her mouth gagged. She is being taken to a river full of crocodiles. Terrified, how could it have come to this?

Susan wants to see the Outback. An Australian man offers to take her. She goes with him, meets him in Alice Springs and travels to some of the remotest parts of the Northern Territory.

A series of chance events leads her to believe he is not who he says he is. Yet she is incredibly drawn to him. Their relationship deepens and becomes ever more intense. She must choose to leave or stay. Can she take a chance and risk being drawn into his murky world? Finally it is just her and him at a remote river, infested by crocodiles. With the crocodiles lie both their destinies.