3 hand-picked mystery/thriller and gothic thriller books curated by NextBookAfter.
If you fell for Bud Corliss's cold climb up the social ladder, you need a protagonist who weaponizes charm with the same surgical precision. 'Endless Night' gives you that addictive discomfort of empathizing with the irredeemable—economical prose, psychological depth, and the banality of evil served without judgment.
The Match hooked you with Wilde's obsessive hunt through family DNA bombshells and modern conspiracies—now trade the online sleuthing for a decaying mansion where every creaking floorboard hides a murder confession. The Only One Left traps you with a caregiver, an accused killer, and secrets that rewrite themselves faster than you can catch your breath.
Speed-read The Tenant past midnight? This gothic thriller trades apartment walls for a crumbling seaside mansion where a caregiver navigates decades-old murder accusations and whispered confessions that rewrite everything. Same white-knuckle addiction, same moral blur that feels deliciously guilty—but amplified into atmospheric family rot you'll devour in one sitting.