This week’s theme is Spring TBR. That means it's time for me to play another game of Netgalley Request Roulette. Instead of defaulting to YA like I typically do, because I think I just played roulette a few weeks ago, I asked my Facebook friends what genre I should play in. I was give then options of thrillers or romance, so I went with thrillers because I've been reading a lot of them lately. Let's go!
Author: S.T. Ashman
Publisher: Victory Editing Netgalley Co-op
Release Date: May 31, 2025
Request: Pending
Blurb
Not everything lost should be found.
When Esther’s sister vanishes without a trace, no one cares—not for a struggling addict.
But Esther refuses to let the only family she has left slip away. Her search becomes an obsession, uncovering whispers of a dark secret others have died to keep buried.
Dozens of disappearances.
The same location.
The same lie.
Every year, the government sends a group of people deep into New Hampshire’s White Mountains.
And every year, they don’t return.
And every year, they don’t return.
Soon, another group of people will be sent into the woods. And this time, Esther will be among them.
But not everything lost should be found. In the heart of the wilderness, some secrets are meant to die.
Author: Nick Medina
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: September 16, 2025
Request: Pending
Blurb
A young man is haunted by a mythological specter bent on stealing everything he loves in this unsettling horror from the author of Indian Burial Ground and Sisters of the Lost Nation.
For fear of summoning evil spirits, Native superstition says you should never, ever whistle at night.
Henry Hotard was on the verge of fame, gaining a following and traction with his eerie ghost-hunting videos. Then his dreams came to a screeching halt. Now, he's learning to navigate a new life in a wheelchair, back on the reservation where he grew up, relying on his grandparents’ care while he recovers.
And he’s being haunted.
His girlfriend, Jade, insists he just needs time to adjust to his new reality as a quadriplegic, that it’s his traumatized mind playing tricks on him, but Henry knows better. As the specter haunting him creeps closer each night, Henry battles to find a way to endure, to rid himself of the horror stalking him. Worried that this dread might plague him forever, he realizes the only way to exile his phantom is by confronting his troubled past and going back to the events that led to his injury.
It all started when he whistled at night....
For fear of summoning evil spirits, Native superstition says you should never, ever whistle at night.
Henry Hotard was on the verge of fame, gaining a following and traction with his eerie ghost-hunting videos. Then his dreams came to a screeching halt. Now, he's learning to navigate a new life in a wheelchair, back on the reservation where he grew up, relying on his grandparents’ care while he recovers.
And he’s being haunted.
His girlfriend, Jade, insists he just needs time to adjust to his new reality as a quadriplegic, that it’s his traumatized mind playing tricks on him, but Henry knows better. As the specter haunting him creeps closer each night, Henry battles to find a way to endure, to rid himself of the horror stalking him. Worried that this dread might plague him forever, he realizes the only way to exile his phantom is by confronting his troubled past and going back to the events that led to his injury.
It all started when he whistled at night....
Author: Stacy Willingham
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date: August 26, 2025
Request: Pending
Blurb
A pulse-pounding new Southern thriller from the author of the runaway bestseller A Flicker in the Dark.
Twenty-two years ago, Claire Campbell’s older sister, Natalie, disappeared shortly after her eighteenth birthday. Days later, her blood was found in a car, a man was arrested, and the case was swiftly closed. In the decades since, Claire has attempted to forget her traumatic past by moving to the city and climbing the ranks as an investigative journalist... until an unexpected call from her father forces her to come back home and face it all anew.
With the entire summer now looming ahead—a summer spent with nothing to do in her childhood home, with her estranged mother—Claire decides on a whim to accept a seasonal job at Galloway Farm, a muscadine vineyard in coastal South Carolina less than an hour away from where she grew up. At first glance, Galloway is an idyllic escape for Claire. A scenic retreat full of slow-paced nostalgia, as well as a place where her sister seemed truly happy in that last summer before she vanished, it feels like the perfect plan to pass the time. However, as soon as Claire starts to settle in, she stumbles across an old diary written by one of the vineyard's owners, and what at first seems like a story of young rebellion and love turns into something much more sinister as it begins to describe details of various unsolved crimes. As the days stretch on, Claire finds herself becoming more and more secluded as she starts to obsess over the diary's contents… as well as the lingering feeling that her own sister's disappearance may be somehow tied to it all.
Galloway was supposed to be a place to help her move forward, but instead, Claire quickly finds herself immersed in her own dark and dangerous past.
Twenty-two years ago, Claire Campbell’s older sister, Natalie, disappeared shortly after her eighteenth birthday. Days later, her blood was found in a car, a man was arrested, and the case was swiftly closed. In the decades since, Claire has attempted to forget her traumatic past by moving to the city and climbing the ranks as an investigative journalist... until an unexpected call from her father forces her to come back home and face it all anew.
With the entire summer now looming ahead—a summer spent with nothing to do in her childhood home, with her estranged mother—Claire decides on a whim to accept a seasonal job at Galloway Farm, a muscadine vineyard in coastal South Carolina less than an hour away from where she grew up. At first glance, Galloway is an idyllic escape for Claire. A scenic retreat full of slow-paced nostalgia, as well as a place where her sister seemed truly happy in that last summer before she vanished, it feels like the perfect plan to pass the time. However, as soon as Claire starts to settle in, she stumbles across an old diary written by one of the vineyard's owners, and what at first seems like a story of young rebellion and love turns into something much more sinister as it begins to describe details of various unsolved crimes. As the days stretch on, Claire finds herself becoming more and more secluded as she starts to obsess over the diary's contents… as well as the lingering feeling that her own sister's disappearance may be somehow tied to it all.
Galloway was supposed to be a place to help her move forward, but instead, Claire quickly finds herself immersed in her own dark and dangerous past.
Author: Jenny Blackhurst
Publisher: Canelo Suspense
Release Date: April 17, 2025
Request: Pending
Blurb
Till death do us part…
Luke Whitney is stabbed to death. His wife Anna confesses after she is found next to his lifeless body. But if she did it, why can’t she confirm any of the details of the crime?
As police dig into the circumstances, they learn that the victim was a liar, a cheat and a narcissist. More than one person had a reason to want him dead; his scorned ex, his neglected mistress and Anna – who knows what happens to Mrs Whitneys when Luke gets bored of them.
Luke Whitney had it coming. But who made sure he got what he deserved?
The latest twisty, propulsive psychological thriller from international bestseller Jenny Blackhurst. Perfect for fans of Adele Parks, Claire Douglas and Shari Lapena.
Author: Kevin Barry O'Connor
Publisher: Victory Editing Netgalley Co-op
Release Date: April 29, 2025
Request: Pending
Blurb
A savage bayonet charge. A flash of musket fire. The soldier fell dead, his face shattered. Arin Murphy stood frozen—an unwilling witness to an 1814 battlefield, reliving a violent moment from her family’s past. The man who pulled the trigger? Her ancestor. To discover who he is and where her slave descendant family came from, she follows his clues from Jamaica to Chile and the Golden Triangle in Thailand.
As the world teeters on the brink of catastrophe, Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to unleash chaos. China stands poised to invade Taiwan, a geopolitical gambit that would plunge Washington into disarray. But deep in Southeast Asia, an even darker conspiracy unfolds. A covert strike is in motion, orchestrated from the very heart of the Golden Triangle.
Key and Arin Murphy entered the most lawless place in Southeast Asia, the center of drug and human trafficking. With both of their lives on the line, Key faces an impossible choice. To save millions, he may have to risk everything. The countdown to global chaos has begun…
Author: Joe R. Lansdale
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Release Date: August 19, 205
Request: Pending
Blurb
Hap and Leonard never go looking for trouble, and yet trouble, in the more vicious and ridiculous of forms always seems to find them. Your next dose of pitch-black comedy, mystery, and mayhem has arrived, just as the best friends may finally be calling it quits.
When Hap and Leonard are called in on a strange request (subduing a meth-hopped hog) by a desperate young lady, they quickly learn this woman is part of a fringe group: The Hatchet Girls, who have pledged their allegiance to a crazed and grudge-bearing leader bent on bloody societal revenge. The timing couldn't be worse to be caught in such a vile, sticky wicket of a case: both boys are wrapped up in their domestic lives: Leonard is in the midst of wedding planning with fiancee, Pookie. And meanwhile, Hap and Brett are hard at work on their new home. Homemaking bliss will have to wait as Hap and Leonard are driven to stop the danger in its tracks and better understand the group's mission and the plans they have already set in place for helter-skelter esque mayhem.
Life changes, midnight sneaks, and dark encounters with misguided dames who yell "Chop, Chop," lead Hap and Leonard into one of their darkest adventures yet.
When Hap and Leonard are called in on a strange request (subduing a meth-hopped hog) by a desperate young lady, they quickly learn this woman is part of a fringe group: The Hatchet Girls, who have pledged their allegiance to a crazed and grudge-bearing leader bent on bloody societal revenge. The timing couldn't be worse to be caught in such a vile, sticky wicket of a case: both boys are wrapped up in their domestic lives: Leonard is in the midst of wedding planning with fiancee, Pookie. And meanwhile, Hap and Brett are hard at work on their new home. Homemaking bliss will have to wait as Hap and Leonard are driven to stop the danger in its tracks and better understand the group's mission and the plans they have already set in place for helter-skelter esque mayhem.
Life changes, midnight sneaks, and dark encounters with misguided dames who yell "Chop, Chop," lead Hap and Leonard into one of their darkest adventures yet.
Author: Bill Wood
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Release Date: September 2, 2025
Request: Pending
Blurb
A heart-pounding thriller tailor-made for the YA BookTokers! Its Scream meets Scooby-Doo in this electrifying horror.
When the town's "it-couple," Brad and Shelley, are found brutally murdered in a secluded manor, a brave group of teen friends takes on the mystery.
Set in 2001 Sanera, California-a small, quiet community where nothing ever happens-the shocking murders shake everyone, leaving them to believe the ghost of a murdered landowner has finally taken his revenge. Join Cam, Jonesy, Amber, and the new girl Buffy as they dig deeper into the sinister secrets of the mansion. With every clue they uncover, the eerie rumors seem frighteningly real. As they decide whether to stick together or split up to find evidence, they must face the ultimate question: will this decision be their salvation or their doom?
Author: Sara B. Elfgren
Publisher: Arctis US
Release Date: March 7, 2023
Request: Pending
Blurb
Eighteen-year-old Kasper has gone through a rough time, but now he has landed his dream job at the amusement park Gröna Lund. He befriends Iris who teaches him how to terrify guests in the haunted house. Thirty years earlier, in Stockholm of the eighties, sixteen-year-old Håkan's life changes when he meets Grim. They live and breathe music and have big plans for their death metal band. But it all comes to nothing when Grim dies. Håkan breaks up the band.What really happened? Kasper, who is Håkan's son, tries to find out the truth. Together with Iris he delves into the myths and secrets surrounding the band, and his dad's best friend. Grim, who inexplicably died at such a young age. Who was he? And why does he appear in Kasper's dreams?
Author: Steena Holmes
Publisher: Joffe Books
Release Date: April 10, 2025
Request: Pending
Blurb
Jillian thought she knew her husband. They’ve been married for twenty years. But she doesn’t know him at all.
Jillian Harper thought moving to the quiet little town in Montana would be the fresh start her family needed. A charming farmhouse, friendly neighbors, and endless open fields — it was supposed to be perfect.
Until the bodies are found.
Buried deep on their land. Hidden for years.
The police are everywhere. The town is whispering. And Tucker — her devoted husband — is acting . . . strange. He won’t tell her where he was all day. He won’t explain why his phone was off. And worst of all — he won’t meet her eyes.
Jillian knows Tucker is lying. She just doesn’t know why.
But the truth is far worse than she imagined. Because someone left those bodies there. Maybe the real monster isn’t lurking out there in the fields . . . Maybe he’s sleeping in her bed.
Jillian Harper thought moving to the quiet little town in Montana would be the fresh start her family needed. A charming farmhouse, friendly neighbors, and endless open fields — it was supposed to be perfect.
Until the bodies are found.
Buried deep on their land. Hidden for years.
The police are everywhere. The town is whispering. And Tucker — her devoted husband — is acting . . . strange. He won’t tell her where he was all day. He won’t explain why his phone was off. And worst of all — he won’t meet her eyes.
Jillian knows Tucker is lying. She just doesn’t know why.
But the truth is far worse than she imagined. Because someone left those bodies there. Maybe the real monster isn’t lurking out there in the fields . . . Maybe he’s sleeping in her bed.
Author: John Nicholl
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Release Date: April 4, 2025
Request: Pending
Blurb
Not every love story is a fairytale romance…
When Anna first meets Mark, she thinks he’s the perfect boyfriend.
Wealthy and charming, he showers her with gifts, compliments, everything she has ever desired.
But Mark is less a prince than a man with a dangerous secret, and as their love life becomes ever darker, Anna flees him.
There is nowhere safe from him, though. Not for Anna. Nor for the girlfriends who follow her.
Because this is a boyfriend who would kill to make sure he can continue to kiss sleeping princesses…
A pulse-poundingly gripping suspense thriller, perfect for fans of Daniel Hurst, TM Logan and Anita Waller.
Author: Patricia Ward
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: October 7, 2025
Request: Pending
Blurb
There is no publicly available blurb for this book, so I do not feel comfortable sharing the one I have access to on Netgalley in a public way. But that's largely irrelevant as I picked this book based almost entirely on the cover anyway, so this just means that you get to judge it the same way that I did.
If you were counting, you'll notice that there are 11 books here and not ten...and although the book that was originally published in 2023 required requesting (which is why I didn't notice it had already been published), I could access it right now without approval, so it doesn't count. But it stays here because I did have to request it, so it's still part of roulette, I just had an extra round in the chamber I guess.
Which of these books do you think looks most intriguing? Any of them you really want to read now? What books are on your Spring TBR list?
If you're stopping by from the linkup, please be sure to drop a link to your post below so I can stop by and check out your list. - Katie
Ok, I'm sold on Let's Split Up!
ReplyDeleteWhat cracks me up about others' reading lists is I usually have never even heard of most of the books. There is obviously so many books and not enough time to read them all. My Spring List
ReplyDeleteThese look good. I do enjoy a Thriller! Definitely one of my favourite genres.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy them when you get to them!
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-spring-2025-to-read-list/
I don't think my anxiety could handle me playing this. I'd be too afraid of getting approved for everything. But I hope you are approved for these, and that you enjoy reading them.
ReplyDeletePam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/spring-2025-tbr-ten-books-i-hope-to-read/
I don't read a lot of thrillers, but Let's Split Up sounds amazing! I'll have to add it to my TBR! I hope you'll love all these books when you get to read them :)
ReplyDeleteIf you'd like to visit, here's my TTT: https://thebooklorefairyreads.wordpress.com/2025/03/18/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-spring-2025-to-read-list/
Let's Split Up caught my eye!
ReplyDeleteThe Girls in the Basement looks really scary!
ReplyDeleteHope you'll enjoy these when you get to them!
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2025/03/18/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-spring-2025-tbr/
These all sound very intense! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love a good thriller as long as it's not too freaky (and a lot of these look too freaky for me). I'm excited for FORGET ME NOT since I've enjoyed the other books I've read by Willingham. I hope you enjoy all these!
ReplyDeleteHappy TTT!