12 Winter Thrillers You’ll Enjoy Like True Crime Podcasts

When the co-founder of Snoop, a trendy London-based tech start-up, organized a week-long trip for the team in the French Alps, it started out as a corporate retreat like any other. But once one shareholder changes the agenda by pushing a controversial buyout offer, tensions rise and loyalties are tested. However, the storm inside the chalet is no match for the storm outside, and a powerful avalanche cuts the group off from the outside world. To make matters worse, there was a Snooper who had not yet returned from the slopes when the avalanche hit.

Astrologer, fortune teller, and self-styled detective Kiyoshi Mitarai must solve a gruesome murder mystery that has baffled Japan for 40 years—in just one week. With the help of his freelance illustrator friend, Kiyoshi sets out to answer the questions that have haunted the country ever since. With maps, charts, and other illustrations, this tale of magic and illusion—stitched together like a grand stage tragedy—challenges readers to uncover the mystery before the final curtain rises.

34-year-old Savannah Mitchell has been forced into a co-parenting relationship with Max, a stranger with whom she had a brief fling, and Madison, her seemingly sweet girlfriend, who has always wanted to share responsibilities with Savannah. But as Madison’s demands become more insistent, Savannah wonders if Madison’s wishes are a ploy to eliminate the need for co-parenting. After all, it seems like Madison never intended for Savannah to be in the kid’s life.

Sanjay Patel once believed he would dedicate his life to serving those in need, but now he looks after billionaires on private jets and gets paid in Gucci bags packed with cash. But when his estranged mentor collapses from a fatal stroke minutes after writing “Dr. Sanjay Page” on a blank prescription, Sanjay is pulled back into the hospital nearly ending his medical career. He and his former mentor’s daughter, Emma—who was also the woman who broke his heart nearly a decade earlier—reunite to uncover the truth about what happened to her father.

Trina is the nanny for the rich Eaton family, and she believes Rosalind Eaton stole her sweet baby boy. He was busy in his mother’s arms, and he had light blond hair that barely resembled the famous dark curls of the Eaton family. Plus, Trina knows what they’re capable of. After years of watching their family, Trina has uncovered secrets about the Eaton family’s past that could lead to their downfall.

August Caine is shocked by the news of the death of his Aunt Helen—an aunt his mother said died 15 years ago in a car accident. Now determined to uncover the truth, August returns to the only safe place he remembers from his sorrowful childhood: Aunt Helen’s house in the deep South. Arriving home, August realizes that the trauma of his father’s unsolved murder still grips him. As he pieces together the long-buried secrets that have shaped his family’s tragic past, he must decide whether the truth is worth uncovering everything he’s kept.

Charleigh Anderson remembers what it was like to struggle from being a poor, outcast loser in an impoverished area of ​​East Texas to who she is now, and she refuses to go back. But when a new family living on the prairie comes to town, Charleigh’s entire social empire in Longview, Texas, threatens to collapse, and she will do anything to preserve it.

Debbie Mullen has run the neighborly advice column, Dear Debbie, for wives in New England for years. She has helped many women through their struggles of being neglected, belittled, or abused by their husbands. Now, he has just lost his job. Something strange is happening with his teenage daughter. And her husband keeps secrets. He was done being reasonable, practical, and grounded. It’s time to take his advice and get even with everyone in his life who has wronged him.

Eden Fox is on the verge of artistic success when she returns to find her home, Spyglass, no longer hers. A strange woman opened the door. And her husband insisted that the stranger was his wife. Six months earlier, reclusive Londoner Birdy inherited Spyglass from her long-lost grandmother. But when a dark clinic in London predicts his death date, Birdy feels compelled to right some old wrongs. Secrets begin to emerge, and the lines between truth and lies become blurred.

After two teenage girls are found dead outside a wealthy Chicago suburb, Abby Rosso begins to suspect her son is involved. He didn’t want to believe Benjamin could hurt anyone, but there were already signs. After all, violence occurs in families. Two decades earlier, her brother was imprisoned for a disturbing crime, and Abby has even more disturbing memories from her teenage years that affirm what boys and men are capable of. As Abby searches for the truth about what happened to the girls, she is forced to face the fears that have protected her son for years.

Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey, finally live a new life after her husband, Owen suddenly disappears. It seemed, the past was finally behind them. Until Owen shows up at Hannah’s new exhibit and reveals that he and Bailey are once again in danger. Forced into a never-ending race to keep their past from catching up with them, Hannah risks everything to save Bailey while realizing that there may be a way back to Owen and the second chance they’ve been waiting for.

Courtney Gray’s idyllic lakeside vacation is ruined when she finds her brother and sister-in-law dead in their lakeside cottage. His nephew Reese was missing, and his nephew Wyatt was asleep upstairs, unharmed. As police swarm the deserted resort and uncover the dark truth about Courtney’s family, they begin to wonder if Reese is the victim or the killer. The faster Courtney races to uncover the truth, the more she realizes that everyone is hiding something, making it harder to know who—or what—to trust.