Suspense Thrillers – Bickerstaff Booksellers

Just One Look

Kim — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:12:06 +0000

Harlan Coben, author of the coast-to-coast bestseller “No Second Chance,” delivers an emotionally powerful thrill-ride of a novel that asks the question: How far would you go to protect your family? An ordinary snapshot causes a motheras world to unravel in an instant. After picking up her two young children from school, Grace Lawson looks through a newly developed set of photographs. She finds an odd one in the pack: a mysterious picture from perhaps twenty years ago, showing four strangers she canat identify. But there is one face she recognizesathat of her husband, from before she knew him. When her husband sees the photo that night, he leaves their home and drives off without explanation. She doesnat know where heas going, or why heas leaving. Or if heas ever coming back. Nor does she realize how dangerous the search for him will be. Because there are others interested in both her husbandas past and that photo, including Eric Wu: a fierce, silent killer who will not be stopped from finding his quarry, no matter who or what stands in his way. Her world turned upside-down, filled with doubts about her herself and marriage, Grace must confront the dark corners of her own tragic past she struggles to learn the truth, find her husband, and save her family.

Eyes of a Child

Kim — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:11:59 +0000

We are in San Francisco: Ricardo Arias is found dead in his apartment, the gun that killed him wedged in his mouth. The physical evidence might confirm suicide, but there is no doubt that it strongly suggests murder. The police investigation quickly uncovers a maze of emotion and conflict that surrounded the dead man in the last months of his life: an estranged wife, Terri Peralta; an ugly custody fight over their six-year-old daughter, Elena; threats of extortion; accusations of adultery; and sexual abuse of the child. And then the police uncover a murder suspect. He’s Terri’s new lover, Christopher Paget, a man of wealth and prominence, an extremely high-profile San Francisco defense attorney. Paget has motive – it’s his son accused of abusing Elena, his personal and political plans for the future put at risk by the dead man’s accusations – and his alibi is dangerously threadbare. Now, defense attorney becomes defendant. Now Paget’s defense attorney, Caroline Masters – an equally high-powered lawyer and former judge – works desperately to raise reasonable doubt in the minds of the jury, even as Paget and Terri struggle to preserve their future and that of their cherished children. But as the trial progresses, we begin to see that what comes to light in the courtroom may be fatefully intertwined with what threatens to remain hidden: by Paget’s refusal to testify on his own behalf, by Elena’s tangled loyalties, and by Terri’s inability – or unwillingness – to recall the details of her own childhood trauma.

American Assassin

Kim — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:11:54 +0000

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn’s explosive and captivating (Glenn Beck) thriller, witness the young Mitch Rapp as he takes on his first assignment.Mitch Rapp was a gifted college athlete without a care in the world and then tragedy struck. Terrorists attacked innocent American citizens, and Rapp’s girlfriend was among the murdered. Two hundred and seventy souls perished on that cold December night, and thousands of family and friends were left searching for comfort. Mitch Rapp was one of them, but he was not interested in comfort. Now he wants retribution.Two decades of cutthroat partisan politics have left the CIA and the country in an increasingly vulnerable position. Cold War veteran CIA Operations Director Thomas Stansfield knows he must prepare his people for the next war. America must confront Islamic terrorism with full force. Stansfield directs his protage, Irene Kennedy, and his old Cold War colleague, Stan Hurley, to form a new group of clandestine operatives who will work outside the normal chain of command men who do not exist.What type of man is willing to kill for his country without putting on a uniform? Six months of intense training have prepared him to take the war to the enemy’s doorstep, and he does so with brutal efficiency. Rapp starts in Istanbul, where he assassinates the Turkish arms dealer who sold the explosives used in the terrorist attack. Rapp then moves on to Hamburg with his team and across Europe, leaving a trail of bodies. All roads lead to Beirut, though, and what Rapp doesn’t know is that the enemy is aware of his existence and has prepared a trap. The hunter is about to become the hunted, and Rapp will need every ounce of skill and cunning if he is to survive the war-ravaged city and its various terrorist factions.This is a bold and brawny tale that never wavers or lets up. The voice of today’s postmodern thriller generation, Flynn has never been better (The Providence Journal) in this unforgettable novel of a young man primed to become an American assassin.

A Devil is Waiting

Kim — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 18:11:52 +0000

A devil is indeed waiting . . . The President is coming to London, but not to an entirely warm welcome. A fanatical mullah is offering a blessing to anyone who will assassinate the President, and though most London Muslims think the mullah has crossed the line, a few think otherwise. Urgently, Sean Dillon, General Charles Ferguson, and the rest of the small band known as the “Prime Minister’s private army” are called in, augmented by an extraordinary new recruit, an intelligence captain and Afghan war hero named Sara Gideon. She has her own deep contacts, but the more she investigates, the more she discovers herself in a very dark place indeed. For the assassination plan is only the beginning. . . .