The 'truly gripping' Thrillers out now: You All Die Tnight by Simon Kernick, The Enigma Girl by Henry Porter, You Can't Hurt Me by Emma Cook

You All Die Tonight by Simon Kernick (Headline £20, 384pp) Seven acquaintances, including a retired police detective and a Russian mobster, wake up one morning to find themselves in an isolated and locked mansion in Essex.

None know how they got there, but they have all been drugged.

Then a disembodied voice announces that they have all been given a poison that will kill them within 24 hours.

The only way they can save themselves is for one of them to confess to four brutal murders, known locally as the Blue Lake Massacre.

So begins the ever-inventive Kernick's latest story, one told with his customary skill and appetite for corkscrew twists. Truly gripping.

The Enigma Girl by Henry Porter (Quercus £22, 496pp) Very quietly, Henry Porter has established himself as one of Britain's finest spy writers, and here his supremely elegant talent is on full display.

Maverick Alice 'Slim' Parsons has returned from her last MI5 assignment – infiltrating the life of a brutal Russian tycoon who almost raped her.

She wonders if she will ever work in espionage again. But the service decides she should go undercover at a website that seems surprisingly well informed about the Government's activities. Could it have a mole in the upper reaches of power?

The site is run by a group descended from the wartime code-breakers of Bletchley Park. Then her old nemesis returns and the story explodes into a threat to Slim and MI5 itself.

If you have never read Porter, now is the time to start.

You Can't Hurt Me by Emma Cook (Orion £22, 304pp) This engaging debut from an Observer journalist revolves around a world-renowned neuroscientist, Dr Nate Reid, who made his reputation by describing the extraordinary symptoms of his late wife Eva – an artist who felt no pain at all.

His Pain Laboratory aims to help millions avoid it at all costs. Anna is offered the chance to work as a ghostwriter on his forthcoming autobiography, and she rapidly becomes fascinated by the couple's marriage.

It seemed to be based on the ability to inflict and accept pain, which led to Eva's death in the studio that was part of their house. But did she die at her own hands, or did Reid lace the cocaine that killed her with poison?

Written with style, it reveals that no one can be trusted in a world dominated by pain.