6 Thrillers With Female Characters You Don’t Want to Mess With

A thriller drenched in blood and black comedy about the lengths we go to for family. The bonds between sisters shouldn’t be tested. As they say in White Christmas, “Lord, help the mister who comes between me and my sister.”

What happens to final girls after they survive their horror movies? Who is there to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives? Apparently, a support group. But when the safety of the group (and the women in it) is compromised, these final girls have to beat the odds. Again.

Chloe Sevre joins a clinical study for psychopaths on her college campus. What could go wrong? Turns out, plenty of things. Like murder. And entanglements with other psychopaths. Chloe isn’t the only hunter at her school…

Frankie Elkin heads into the woods in search of a lost man and why he went missing, but when more people disappear while looking for him, things get real, FAST. Though this is the second book in a series, you can easily read it as a standalone.

Two local librarians become dangerously entwined, playing a cat-and-mouse game as they both grow more and more obsessed with each other. I’d think carefully before becoming besties with these book lovers.

Set in the cutthroat world of book publishing, Nella navigates being the only Black woman at Wagner Books…until Hazel arrives. But Hazel might not have Nella’s best interests at heart. And there might be more at stake than just Nella’s job.