Thriller-writer Carter Wilson was born in New Mexico and grew up in Los Angeles before attending school at Cornell University. He has journeyed the globe both for work and pleasure, and his travels to Jerusalem were the inspiration behind Final Crossing, which was released in June 2012 by Vantage Point Books. Carter is represented by Pamela Ahearn of the Ahearn Agency and is a member of the International Thriller Writer's organization. He currently lives in a spooky Victorian house in Colorado with his two children.
Unioverse (2023) Stories of the Reconvergence edited by Angie Hodapp and Joshua Viola
Terror at 5280' (2019) edited by Melinda Bezdek, Bobby Crew, Desi D, Lisa Mavroudis, Thomas C Mavroudis, Gary Robbe, Josh Schlossberg and Jeamus Wilkes
Buried in the Woods Below (2026) Daniel G Miller "In Buried in the Woods Below, Daniel G. Miller delivers a psychological thriller that tightens its grip slowly, then refuses to let go. The prose is sharp, propulsive, and deliberately destabilizing, immersing the reader in an atmosphere of dread where nothing feels safe for long. As the story deepens, the novel reveals a brutal edge, unafraid to cross lines and force a reckoning with denial and consequence. This book won't just unsettle you. It'll leave a bruise."
Ours Is a Tale of Murder (2026) Nora Murphy "Nora Murphy's riveting thriller Ours Is a Tale of Murder is not what it seems...in the best possible way. Three seemingly disparate stories, all captivating in their own right, pull the reader toward a shocking collision made all the more satisfying by Murphy's brilliant twists. The stakes are high, the casualties tragic, the losses profound. Clear your schedule-you won't be putting this down until that last, mesmerizing page."
Blade (2026) Wendy Walker "Blade is Wendy Walker at her boldest: unflinching, urgent, and unforgettable. This is a deeply psychological, fiercely feminist, and emotionally devastating reckoning; Walker captures the weight of trauma, the pulse of fear, and the aching need for redemption with razor precision."
A Killer Motive (2025) Hannah Mary McKinnon "A Killer Motive is my kind of book: harrowing, believable, and steeped in emotion. This is more than just an entertaining thriller; this is a thought-provoking story that will force you to question how far you'd go to discover the truth."
Silent Echo (2025) Liv Constantine "A taut, gut-wrenching thriller about obsession, buried secrets, and the voice that won't let go. Because, sometimes, the dead don't stay silent."
What Remains of Teague House (2025) Stacy Johns "An impressive first novel from Stacy Johns, What Remains of Teague House is a sinister mystery wrapped within layers of secrets harbored by the members of the dysfunctional Rawlins family. Effectively told from multiple points-of-view, the story follows a somber gathering of three siblings for their mother's funeral at their gloomy childhood home. The home has enough sordid history-including the father's suicide-but nothing that compares to the chance unearthing of multiple corpses in the woods located on residence grounds. Every character is delightfully gray, each with their own secrets, and it's up to private detective Maddie Reed to solve a dark mystery decades in the making. A powerful debut, and one that will keep you guessing."
The Drowning House (2024) Cherie Priest "Nature's fury plays a dominant role in Cherie Priest's haunting and gorgeous The Drowning House, a reminder to the reader that none of us are ever really in control. Through masterful prose, Priest seizes on that instability, introducing the intriguing confluence of events of a man disappearing the same night a mysterious house washes up on shore. Fiercely original and bone-deep chilling, The Drowning House is as satisfying as it is unsettling."
You Always Come Back (2023) Emily Smith "Emily Smith's You Always Come Back is one of those very rare debuts that forces you to lean over and read every single word. A family drama in the ranks of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, Smith's story follows July Weaver's reluctant return to her family home after vowing never to do so. And who would blame her? The Weaver family has a sordid and heartbreaking past, culminating with the patriarch in prison for a series of murders. Smith's writing is sublime and, in July Weaver, she pens a fierce, vulnerable, and flawed protagonist who ranks amongst the most memorable in modern-day thrillers. This is a story that will stay with me for some time."
They Drown Our Daughters (2022) Katrina Monroe "At turns chilling, evocative, and beautifully tragic, They Drown Our Daughters is a mesmerizing tale of familial sorrow. Katrina Monroe plays this one just right, drawing you in gently before unleashing the full force of her power...just like her wraith of the water. Moreover, Monroe will have readers more afraid of the sea than any author since Benchley. A superb read."
The Secret Next Door (2021) Rebecca Taylor "A taut, chilling glimpse inside the homes of an affluent community built on lies, secrets, and tragedy...The Secret Next Door is a thoughtful and cunning mystery that will hit close to home for legions of bedroom-community dwellers."
Before She Was Helen (2020) Caroline B Cooney "Caroline Cooney's Before She Was Helen is a clever whodunnit featuring an immensely likable septuagenarian heroine with a tragic past. Cooney is deft at weaving together the mysteries of a fifty-year-old cold case murder and a still-warm body at a retirement community, slowly unveiling a slew of possible motives and suspects for both crimes. Loaded with action, fast-paced, and offering a series of emotional punches, this book will leave mystery lovers wanting more."
My Midnight Sun (2020) John Shors "My Midnight Sun, in its essence, is an alluring tale of tragic loss and a man's desperate search for an emotional salve. It's also an intriguing study of a complex relationship between two people with little in common except for a need to save and be saved. Set against exotic locations ranging from the suffocating streets of Bangkok to the dangerous solitude of the Nepalese mountains, My Midnight Sun is a compelling read."
The Network (2019) (Jack Logan, book 1) L C Shaw "THE NETWORK is a thriller with all the right ingredients: power-drunk capitalists, corrupt politicians, existential moral questions, and global conspiracies spawning life-or-death consequences. Add into the mix well-crafted characters and the result is a recipe for success. With Shaw's breakneck pacing, intricate twists, and constant cliffhangers, thriller fans will blaze though this book in one sitting."
Stolen Things (2019) R H Herron "R.H. Herron’s Stolen Things is a powerful debut. With tight, cutting prose and a breakneck pace, Herron crafts a haunting tale of a family’s shattering inflection point. Tragic, twisty, and timely, Stolen Things keeps you guessing while simultaneously breaking your heart a little. Thriller readers will surely be adding R.H. Herron to their favorite-author list."
A Room Full of Night (2019) TR Kenneth "TR Kenneth spins an intricate mystery into a full-blown geopolitical thriller with A Room Full of Night, masterfully connecting a frozen-in-time, World War II-era Berlin apartment with today's fraught political climate. The stakes are as high as they get, and the author's impeccable research never lets you forget this story is a breath away from non-fiction. Greed, power lust, vengeance--and just the right dash of hope--is a recipe for success with Kenneth's compelling read."
Her Pretty Face (2018) Robyn Harding "Robyn Harding’s Her Pretty Face is a fierce and blazing one-sitting read that will make you question even your closest friendships. With prose elegantly woven between sinister, humorous, brutally honest, and downright horrifying, Harding crafts an all-too-believable narrative that preys upon every parent’s greatest vulnerability: their children. Her Pretty Face will undoubtedly spike paranoia levels in school car lines everywhere."
L.A. Breakdown (1999) Lou Mathews "What Lou Mathews delivers here is the perfect ethnography of Los Angeles hot rod worship culture in its golden era. His people are the errant working-class knights of the stylized tournaments of street drag racing and the drive-in damsels they adore and neglect, often in about the same breath. The way they talk is dazzling - funny and heart-rending by turns - and always completely real feeling. Among his other great gifts, Mathews possesses an ear as original as Harold Pinter's or David Mamet's."
