The thriller genre is one of my favorite genres because they have mystery, intrigue, and suspense that has been eagerly racing towards the finish line to see how it ends. Here are six books releasing in 2023 that I’m dying to read and almost counting down the days until their release to get my hands on them.
I Have Some Questions for You
Rebecca Makka (released on 2/21)
Why I’m hyped to read this book: I love podcasts that look back at crimes like Serial where they thought they had the killer but there are so many questions and almost holes in the case that will make you second guess if the police really have the right person or just took the easy way out and called it a day to get the family justice. So this book where a podcaster and successful film professor has the chance to go back to her former boarding school to teach a class, the same place where her former roommate was killed in their senior year. And now that she’s back at the school she can’t deny the apparent flaws of the case and see that maybe the conviction of the athletic trainer might be wrong. I’m excited to see what kind of rabbit hole this character can take us down in her search for the truth that will test her own past.
This book was released on February 21st so grab your copy here.
The Only Survivor
Megan Miranda
I’m a Megan Miranda stan, I’ve read three of her books and loved them so much. So when I saw that she was coming out with a new book I didn’t really need to read the description to add to my anticipated releases list for 2023 because I know that it will be good. But of course, I was curious as to what she would give us this time so I took a gander at the description and oh boy did that only fuel my excitement:
Ten years ago, two vans of high school students crashed into a ravine and only nine students manage to survive. As the one-year anniversary approaches one of the nine survivors dies by suicide and the rest of them make a pact: every year they’ll get together to remember those that were lost and look out for each other.
But now ten years later, Cassidy Bent is done with the remainder of the crash. She’s taken every step necessary to put space between her and the remaining eight: changed her phone number, blocked their email addresses, etc. She’s doing well with putting it behind her until she learned that another survivor is gone so now there are only seven and suddenly Cassidy is back in the fold with the group although this year something is off.
They made a pact all those years ago, but how far will they actually go when one of them goes missing during a storm?
Sounds good right? Preorder your copy before its release on April 11th.
You Should’ve Have Come Here
Jeneva Rose
I have both of Jeneva’s two books on my TBR and I really should read them before adding another to my TBR list but after reading the plot of this one I had to add it. First of all, I love books that are told from a dual point of view because I like to see how both of our main characters are interpreting what’s happening and what their ulterior motives and feelings are throughout the novel. Secondly, this plot sounds like it’s going to be a wild ride: city girl needs a breath of fresh air and books an Airbnb ranch in the middle of Wyoming, only to discover that out in the sticks there’s little cell service and she’s got a nagging feeling that there’s something wrong with the town. Oh, and did I mention there’s a missing woman?
But despite all of those red flags, Grace Evans meets Calvin Wells, the handsome owner of the Airbnb she’s staying in and of course, sparks fly, but things aren’t exactly what they seem for either of these two and remember there’s still a missing woman so we’re in a roller coaster ride of a novel.
And if you follow Jeneva on social media I really need to see if Scott’s going to hate this novel as much as the other one. So I’m preordering my copy here before its release on April 25th.
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Jesse Q. Sutanto
Vera Wong is a lady of a certain age (cough old cough), who lives above her tea shop in the middle of San Francisco’s Chinatown. She enjoys a good cup of tea while doing some online detective work to keep up with her Gen-Z son. But when she finds a dead man in the middle of her tea shop with a flash drive in her hand she grabs the flash drive because she’s sure that she’ll do a better job figuring out what happened than the police. She knows the killer will be back for the drive so she just has to bide her time and watch her customers.
But she doesn’t expect to become friendly with her customers and start to care about them like a protective mother hen, but can she potentially turn one of them over to the police?
This plot reads like the plot of a Murder, She Wrote episode and since that’s one of my all-time favorite shows I’m so incredibly excited to read this book. I think that the idea of using an older woman as the main sleuth in a mystery novel is genius because most people have no problem opening up to an old lady because they think she’s innocent. And I’m also very interested to see who the killer might be because with it could honestly be anybody and I have so many questions about the dead body already which always bodes well for a book for me.
It’s slated for release on March 14th so preorder your copy here to read with me.
None of This is True
Lisa Jewell
As a true crime podcast junkie, any time I stumble upon a thriller that revolves around a true crime podcast I’m going to give it a go. Right off the bat the main character Alix Summers, a true crime podcaster, runs into a random woman who claims to be her birthday twin and a fan of her show with an interesting life that would make her an excellent subject for Alix’s podcast and suddenly Josie is missing and Alix find herself unraveling Josie’s life and the terrible legacy she left in her wake. This book feels like it’s going to have a psychological aspect to it that usually only adds to the suspense.
I can’t wait to see how this story unravels when it releases on August 8th. Preorder your copy!
How To Find a Missing Girl
Victoria Wlosok
This book claims to be perfect for fans of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, which is a book that I love. So immediately that has me clicking to read the description. Iris Blackthorn’s sister Stella went missing a year ago without a trace. Iris tries to launch her own investigation but only manages to screw it up so badly she’s warned that when she turns 18 any more meddling will mean prison-level consequences. But then the worst happens, Iris’s ex-girlfriend goes missing right after dropping the latest episode of her podcast about Iris’s sister. So now Iris has to act and she has to act fast because the clock is ticking toward her 18th birthday.
I’m interested to see just how similar this book is to Good Girl’s Guide to Murder but hopeful that it only builds on that premise of an amateur sleuth and hopefully wows me even more. I can’t wait to read this when it’s released on September 19th. You can preorder your own copy here!
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