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Not-Too-Scary Thrillers & Mysteries
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items I love some good suspense, but I'm also a wimp and I like being able to fall asleep at night! I'm always trying to find mysteries and thrillers with that perfect level of intrigue, sans all the gore and grizzle, and now I'm sharing my favorite finds ...
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Audiobooks
Print Books
You will either love or hate this one. If you can get nerdy about words & linguistics and/or love a dystopian vibe, The Word Exchange is for you!
The Word Exchange
A father with a murky backstory survives in the Appalachian wilderness with his young daughter in this heartfelt, slow-burn thriller.
These Silent Woods: A Novel
A classic gothic thriller, very atmospheric, guaranteed to give you goosebumps (but not too many).
Rebecca
Celine is a spitfire of a private eye from New York with a knack for tracking down missing people, and she's about to set out on a journey to Yellowstone to solve one of her most puzzling cases yet.
Celine: A Novel
Just the right blend of sci-fi, humor, and suspense.
Project Hail Mary: A Novel
This time travel thriller exposes the horrors of American slavery through a Black woman's harrowing journeys back in time to the antebellum South.
Kindred
When an estranged friend goes missing, Emlyn is forced to confront her past and contend with everything she has learned to believe about herself.
The Nature of Disappearing: A Novel
When a man goes missing in Fallen Mountains, Pennsylvania, the small town's dark past surfaces and the tight-knit community begins to unravel.
Fallen Mountains
My husband and I read this classic Christie mystery together. Every time we thought we'd identified the culprit, that character would be killed off on the next page! This one will keep you guessing until the very end.
And Then There Were None
The Thursday Murder Club consists of four octogenarians who begin as amateur cold case sleuths and wind up involved - often comically - in a murder investigation much closer to home. This is the first in a series and was made into an equally delightf...
The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel
A woman disappears on the Appalachian Trail. Her struggle to survive in the wilderness and the quest to find her both turn into moving journeys of self-discovery.
Heartwood (A Read with Jenna Pick): A Novel
Flavia de Luce series is a precocious young girl with a passion for poisons and a penchant for solving mysteries. This is the first in a long and delightful series.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery
Audiobooks
Flavia de Luce series is a precocious young girl with a passion for poisons and a penchant for solving mysteries. This is the first in a long and delightful series.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Excellent on audio with a talented cast of readers! A woman disappears on the Appalachian Trail. Her struggle to survive in the wilderness and the quest to find her both turn into moving journeys of self-discovery.
Heartwood (A Read with Jenna Pick)
The Thursday Murder Club consists of four octogenarians who begin as amateur cold case sleuths and wind up involved - often comically - in a murder investigation much closer to home. This is the first in a series and was made into an equally delightf...
The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel
My husband and I read this classic Christie mystery together. Every time we thought we'd identified the culprit, that character would be killed off on the next page! This one will keep you guessing until the very end.
And Then There Were None
When a man goes missing in Fallen Mountains, Pennsylvania, the small town's dark past surfaces and the tight-knit community begins to unravel.
Fallen Mountains
When an estranged friend goes missing, Emlyn is forced to confront her past and contend with everything she has learned to believe about herself.
The Nature of Disappearing: A Novel
This time travel thriller exposes the horrors of American slavery through a Black woman's harrowing journeys back in time to the antebellum South.
Kindred
This is SUCH a fun listen! Just the right blend of sci-fi, humor, and suspense.
Project Hail Mary
Celine is a spitfire of a private eye from New York with a knack for tracking down missing people, and she's about to set out on a journey to Yellowstone to solve one of her most puzzling cases yet.
Celine: A novel
A classic gothic thriller, very atmospheric, guaranteed to give you goosebumps (but not too many).
Rebecca
One of the best audiobooks I've listened to! Would listen to this narrator on repeat. A father with a murky backstory survives in the Appalachian wilderness with his young daughter in this heartfelt, slow-burn thriller.
These Silent Woods: A Novel
You will either love or hate this one. If you can get nerdy about words & linguistics and/or love a dystopian vibe, The Word Exchange is for you!
The Word Exchange: A Novel