5 Twisty Suburban Thrillers That’ll Keep You Hooked

Suburban thrillers have a way of taking calm, familiar settings of quiet neighborhoods and turning them into places full of suspense. Missing families, creepy houses, and murder are key elements that make these stories so compelling. These thrillers show that behind the perfect facades of suburban life, danger often lurks just out of sight. If you’re drawn to stories that keep you hooked, these books are definitely worth checking out.
Twenty-two years later, Kierce, now a private investigator, is a new father who’s working off his debts by doing low level surveillance jobs and teaching wannabe sleuths at a night school in New York City. One evening, he recognizes a familiar face at the back of the classroom. Anna. It’s unmistakably her. As soon as Kierce makes eye contact with her, she bolts. For Kierce there is no choice. He knows he must find this woman and solve the impossible mystery that has haunted his every waking moment since that terrible day. His investigation will bring him face-to-face with his past—and prove, after all this time, he’s nobody’s fool.
Ben isn’t trying to make a name for himself, but when his boss offers him a big story, he knows it could change everything. The problem is, the story is his own.
Years ago, Ben found his brother and best friend murdered in the woods. A decade later, his mother died under suspicious circumstances. Now he’s being asked to go back and uncover what really happened.
He wants to walk away, but when a new body is found and old secrets resurface, Ben realizes the past isn’t finished with him yet.
In 1843, a man is grieving and slowly losing his grip. In 1994, a boy and his family are stuck in one cramped room, trying to survive. In the present day, Maxine and Seb move in, hoping to fix up the old place and start fresh. But things don’t go as planned.
As the stories from the past start to connect, strange things begin to surface. The more they dig, the more they realize that something is off. The story unfolds slowly, building a quiet tension and leaving a lingering sense of unease and suspicion.
As tensions rise and strange things unfold, Jasmyn starts uncovering secrets that will change everything. With the community’s values at odds with her own, she begins to realize her new life may not be as perfect as it seems.
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