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Best Thriller Books to Read in 2022

Hello mystery fans! It’s a bit of a light week, which makes sense with everything that continues to happen in the world. I did still find great things to click on, including news and trailers, and have for you something to watch if you need a thriller.

From Book Riot and Around The Internet

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Read or Dead: Nusrah and Katie talk about mystery and suspense reads by Black authors.

Best Thriller Books to Read in 2022

Why is Harriet Still Spying?

Readers’ Most Anticipated Books of March

Barry Levinson Set to Direct ‘The Missing’ Crime Drama at Peacock (I love Dror A. Mishani’s crime novels)

The 75 Best Psychological Thrillers of All Time, From Gone Girl to The Lost Daughter

Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer Break Down the ‘Killing Eve’ Final Season Premiere

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Brad Pitt delivers an assassins-on-a-train thrill ride in the new Bullet Train trailer

New mysteries worth your time include ‘Secret Identity,’ ‘The Verifiers,’ ‘The Accomplice’

March 8th: Barnes & Noble welcomes Lan Samantha Chang for a live, virtual event to discuss THE FAMILY CHAO, our February Book Club selection!

March 14th: Barnes & Noble welcomes Clare Mackintosh for a live, virtual, Midday Mystery discussion of HOSTAGE.

Giveaway: Win a Banned Books Bundle!

Giveaway: Win an iPad Mini!

Watch Now

No Exit on Hulu: For fans of thrillers and snowed-in remote mysteries, Taylor Adams‘ novel of the same name has been adapted into a film. A young woman snowed in at a rest stop during a blizzard realizes a van in the parking lot has a kidnapped child, meaning someone she’s snowed in with is the kidnapper… Watch the trailer.

Recent Interests That May Also Interest You + My Reading Life

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Reading: Just Pursuit by Laura Coates / Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

Streaming: Severance on Apple TV+ has a fantastic pilot and I’m here for a bit of sci-fi in our world with a mystery.

Laughing: Reading before Google

Helping: The National Center for Transgender Equality / Want to support the people in Ukraine? Here’s how you can help

Upcoming: Amina Akhtar revealed the cover for her upcoming thriller Kismet!

Don’t forget you can get three free audiobooks at Audiobooks.com with a free trial!


Browse all the books recommended in Unusual Suspects previous newsletters on this shelf. See upcoming 2022 releases. Check out this Unusual Suspects Pinterest board and get Tailored Book Recommendations!

Until next time, keep investigating! In the meantime, come talk books with me on Twitter, Instagram, Goodreads, and Litsy–you can find me under Jamie Canavés.

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