A Canadian Slant on Things

We previously drew notice to Barnes & Noble’s choices of “the best mystery and thriller books” of 2026, so let us now highlight that same category of picks from Canadian retail chain Indigo Books & Music. There are 10 English-language titles on its list (some of which are really more “horror” than “mystery”), plus an equal number of works in French (half of those also being available also in English).

• Hide and Seek, by Søren Sveistrup (HarperCollins)
• The Children, by Melissa Albert (HarperCollins)
• Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel, by Lucy Foley (HarperCollins)
• Japanese Gothic, by Kylie Lee Baker (Hanover Square Press)
• The Witch, by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen Press)
• This Story Might Save Your Life, by Tiffany Crum (Flatiron)
• The Unknown, by Riley Sager (Dutton)
• The Caretaker, by Marcus Kliewer
(Atria/Emily Bestler)
• Heart of Glass, by Jennifer
Hillier (Minotaur)
• Not a Word, by Linwood Barclay (Morrow)

• Ne jamais trembler (Never Flinch), by Stephen King (Albin Michel Littérature)
• L’escalier dans les bois (The Staircase in the Woods), by Chuck Wendig (Sonatine)
• Près de moi pour toujours (Gone Before Goodbye), by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon (Belfond)
• La Route du diable, by Franck Thilliez (Fleuve Editions)
• Les Ravisseuses, by Charles Dionne (Le Quartanier)
• Une unique lueur, by Fred Vargas (Flammarion Québec)
• Chère Debbie (Dear Debbie), by Freida McFadden (City Éditions)
• Les derniers mandarins (The Last Mandarin), by Louise Penny and Mellisa Fung (Flammarion Québec)
• Touche pas à mon cadavre, by André Marois (Éditions Héliotrope)
• De bon droit, by Chrystine Brouillet (Éditions Druide)