[Ginga-argentina] This month’s best new thrillers

Fri May 15 18:25:46 CEST 2026

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This Month’s Best New Thrillers

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The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer

Grab this smash-hit new release before the screen adaptation starring Sydney Sweeney

- An instant <i>New York Times</i> bestseller perfect “for those who like their thriller stories bowstring taut and their endings pitch black” (<I>Booklist</I>)

- Macy Mullins signs up for three days in the Oregon wilderness when she accepts a caretaker position — but something evil lurks on the property… 

- Buckle up for “a no-brakes plummet into madness” (Alma Katsu, author of <i>The Hunger</i>)

Media Praise: People, Parade, Indie Next List, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Booklist

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The Last Mandarin by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung

Alarm bells go off simultaneously around the world — and the clock starts ticking down…

- Cowritten by the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the <i>Armand Gamache</i> series and an award-winning journalist

- In this gripping read that <i>Publishers Weekly</i> calls “an eerily plausible nail-biter,” a Chinese American mother-daughter duo race across the world to prevent catastrophe 

- This political thriller comes to life with a ripped-from-the-headlines premise and its portrayal of nuanced family relationships 

Media Praise: People, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, BookPage

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Five by Ilona Bannister

Don’t miss this unforgettable contender for the thriller of the summer!

- Five strangers wait on a train platform. In five minutes, one of them will die. This book will tell you their stories first… 

- Garnering praise from Chris Whitaker, Alafair Burke, and Shari Lapena, who says it’s “quite unlike anything I’ve ever read”

- A wildly inventive page-turner that breaks the fourth wall, allowing readers to engage with “a kind of morality tale, a Rorschach test for all of us” (<I>The New York Times</I>)

Media Praise: NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Times, New York Post, Indie Next List, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub

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Caller Unknown by Gillian McAllister

How far will a desperate mother go for her child?

- The latest Read with Jenna pick and instant <I>New York Times</I> bestseller from the author of <I>Wrong Time, Wrong Place</I> 

- Simone wakes in the Texas desert to find her teenage daughter kidnapped — and a voice on the phone demanding she do the unthinkable… 

- “Tense, twisty, and an emotional gut punch — <I>Caller Unknown</I> is a one-sitting read” (Karin Slaughter)

Media Praise: TODAY Book Club/Read with Jenna, People, The Times, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist

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Honey by Imani Thompson

‘Might be the most-anticipated debut novel of the year’ (<I>Esquire</I>)

- PhD student Yrsa is very, very bored — but her ennui comes to an end when she accidentally kills a professor… 

- Meet an antihero you won’t soon forget in this “novel that will leave you gasping for air” (<i>Glamour</i>)

- <I>Publishers Weekly</I> says, “There’s a staggering level of depth to this pitch-perfect satire”

Media Praise: The New Yorker, Vogue, Esquire, Elle, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews

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The Fourth Option by Jack Carr and M.P. Woodward

Race through the first entry in a brand-new series! 

- Lee Child, Brad Thor, and Mark Greaney all recommend this #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling writer

- With his loyal Belgian Malinois, jaded CIA operative Chris Walker embarks on a path of justice and retribution when the widow of a fallen teammate begs him for help 

- A propulsive vigilante thriller cowritten by the author of <I>The Terminal List</I> 

Media Praise: New York Post

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The Library After Dark by Ande Pliego

Take a trip to ‘a bibliophile’s haunted house, crawling with secrets’ (A. J. Finn)

- “Stephen King meets Agatha Christie” (Hank Phillippi Ryan) in this hot new release

- When Aria Stokes is taken on a tour of the infamous, haunted Daedalus Library, she’s forced to confront her dark past — and a killer hiding in plain sight…

- A dark fairy tale, a locked-room whodunit, and a work of gothic horror all in one

Media Praise: Oprah Daily, People, Forbes, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist

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A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz

Jump right into a clever series ‘in peak form’ (<I>Publishers Weekly</I>)

- A delightful, metafictional whodunit that’s perfect for fans of classic British mysteries

- Hollywood has finally come knocking… but as the movie adaptation of Hawthorne and Horowitz’s first case begins to film, the star is murdered  

- Match wits against pugnacious former detective inspector Daniel Hawthorne — but the author will “keep you guessing until the very last page” (<i>Town & Country</i>)

Media Praise: NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Times, Publishers Weekly

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A Murder in Hollywood by Michael Crichton

A never-before-published work from the legendary author of <I>Jurassic Park</I> 

- In the gritty decadence of 1970s Hollywood, a high-profile murder sends brilliant investigator Harlow Perkins on a winding investigation

- “Crichton clearly had a lot of fun writing this book, and readers will have just as much fun reading it” (<I>Booklist</I>)

Media Praise: Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews

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