Proceed at your own risk. The darkness that lurks within these domestic thrillers might have you side-eying even your friendliest of neighbors. As the eerie season wraps around us like a fog, prepare for your perceptions to be turned upside down.
These recommendations on the Libby app are perfect for anyone craving a suburban thriller that might hit a little too close to home, guaranteeing many sleepless nights ahead.
Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
🎧 Audiobook
Stanhope, once a safe neighborhood for families, now feels threatened after William’s difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, is declared missing. William’s neighbors become increasingly unhinged as witnesses come forward with questionable information. But William isn't the only one on his street hiding a lie.
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
🎧 Audiobook
On her 45th birthday, popular podcaster Alix Summer meets Joise Fair, who shares the same birthday. Intrigued, Alix decides to feature Joise in her podcast, only to uncover a life steeped in unsettling mysteries. When Joise suddenly disappears, she leaves behind a chilling legacy, thrusting Alix into a real-life nightmare as she becomes the subject of her own true crime story, putting her and her family in grave danger.
Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
🎧 Audiobook
In the seemingly idyllic Maple Street, the arrival of the unconventional Wilde family disrupts the community's facade of safety. As tensions rise, a tragic incident involving Rhea's daughter ignites fierce accusations against the Wildes, pitting neighbor against neighbor.
The Black Queen by Jumata Emill
🎧 Audiobook
When Nova Albright, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is murdered on coronation night, her best friend Duchess is determined to prove the main suspect is Tinsley McArthur, a privileged white girl desperate to continue her family’s legacy. But with both girls harboring secrets and a idyllic, tight-knit community unwilling to face the truth, finding justice might cost Duchess more than she’s prepared to lose.
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
🎧 Audiobook
In Birmingham's Thornfield Estates, struggling dog-walker Jane seizes an opportunity for a better life when she meets enigmatic widower Eddie Rochester, whose late wife Bea left behind a haunting legacy. As Jane and Eddie’s romance deepens, she struggles with feelings of inadequacy compared to Bea, a glamorous lifestyle brand mogul.
Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose
🎧 Audiobook
When influencer Ciara Dunphy is found murdered in her perfect home, the secrets and rivalries of her seemingly ideal social circle in a small Irish village begin to unravel. With her best friend and outcast neighbor each harboring their own motives and discontent, this twisty thriller reveals how far people will go to maintain—or destroy—the facade of a flawless life.
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
🎧 Audiobook
After a deadly explosion at a hyperbaric treatment center in a small Virginia town, a trial unfolds to determine who’s responsible, revealing the tangled secrets and desperate motives of its patients, owners, and community members.
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
🎧 Audiobook
In the latest jaw-dropping thriller, a man must contend with the long-ago disappearance of his childhood best friend—and the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines of his picture-perfect neighborhood.
Uncover darkness lurking next door with these books on the Libby app and don’t forget to subscribe for your next page-turning thriller.
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Published Sep 30, 2024