Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Classic ghost stories, weird tales, and gothic horror – AbeBooks has every book you need. Discover spine-chilling books from authors like Shirley Jackson, Peter Straub, M.R. James, H.R. Wakefield, Bram Stoker, James Herbert, Stephen King and many more.

Georgette Heyer is one of AbeBooks’ top bestselling authors, over the entire history of this company.

For more than a century, mystery writers have been drawn to trains, railways and stations because they are wonderful places to set a crime. You may never make eye contact with a fellow train passenger again after reading some of these thrillers.

The first edition of Salem's Lot with its original dust jacket is the Holy Grail for collectors of Stephen King books.

There's no shortage of fascinating true crime books out there - this list of the 50 best true crime books only scratches the surface. How many have you read?

Thrillers, suspense, crime novels - whatever you call them, mystery books are exciting to the very last page. Browse our list of essential mystery authors.

"Corpse." It's not the sweetest word in the dictionary but it is very functional. The word describes quite clearly that the living thing is no more. A human being is no longer human but a corpse. Corpse and cadaver have the same meaning but corpse is the more descriptive term. Stiff, cold, very dead.