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  • The Girl and the Dragon's Island by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Dragon's Island by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A lifeless body, brought onto shore by the shifting tides.A tranquil setting disguising the darkness behind a puzzling death.While the nature of the world seems undisturbed.And billions continue living.There is one that carries with her the memory of the dead.She has no choice but to replay the very beginning...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  fiction  law-enforcement  murder  mystery
  • Mania by Victor Methos

    Mania by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jon Stanton finds his life unraveling. His fiancé has left him. His panic attacks are growing more acute. He's attacking his job with ferocity and violence. After nearly killing a human trafficker after he had surrendered, Stanton realizes he's losing control. And knows it all stems from one incident: the disappearance of his sister Elizabeth twenty-seven years ago...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  fiction  hard-boiled  murder  mystery
  • The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

    The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “Don’t go in the guest bedroom.” A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick’s face as he touches the door with his fingertips. “My wife… she’s very ill.” As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  fiction  mystery  psychological  thriller
  • Autumn's Game by Mary Stone

    Autumn's Game by Mary Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    ‘Till death do us part’ has never been so true...Armed with a slew of advanced degrees and powerful intuition, forensic psychologist Dr. Autumn Trent is ready to conquer the world and touch the lives of its seven billion inhabitants. She’s prepared to fight for justice, right the wrongs...because she knows what it’s like to be wronged...
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    suspense  crime  romance  mystery  murder  fiction  psychological  book
  • Here After by Sean Costello

    Here After by Sean Costello

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    LOVE. LOSS. OBSESSION. REDEMPTION.Following the death of his ten-year-old son, physician Peter Croft embarks on a desperate, seemingly random search for a missing child, risking his sanity, even his life in a grief-induced quest. His journey propels him into the darkest reaches of human suffering, and pits him squarely against an adversary whose own obsession defies all reason...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery  paranormal
  • It Happened in Silence by Karla M. Jay

    It Happened in Silence by Karla M. Jay

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Honorable Mention in the 2022 Eric Hoffer Book Award Historical Fiction Category2021 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award 2021 Finalist Wishing Shelf Book AwardRiveting Southern Fiction by the award-winning author of When We Were Brave. ~Set in a world where women of the KKK betray their neighbors, horrors of unscrupulous foundling homes come to light, and buried mysteries are not all that hidden...
  • Slow Down by Lee Matthew Goldberg

    Slow Down by Lee Matthew Goldberg

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How far would you go to make your dreams come true? For budding writer and filmmaker Noah Spaeth, being a Production Assistant in director Dominick's Bambach's new avant-garde film isn't enough. Neither is watching Dominick have an affair with the lead actress, the gorgeous but troubled Nevie Wyeth. For Noah's dream is to get both the film and Nevie in the end, whatever the cost...
  • Paper Roses by Karen Ann Hopkins, Brittany Pressley

    Paper Roses by Karen Ann Hopkins, Brittany Pressley

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Some Amish communities aren’t so cozy. Paper Roses is the electrifying new addition to the Serenity’s Plain Secrets’ mystery/crime thriller series. While an archeological team digs up Blood Rock’s sinister past, a forbidden romance begins, and Serenity races to stop a serial killer before he strikes again...
  • Fatal Finale by Miranda Rijks

    Fatal Finale by Miranda Rijks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Who is abducting talented young musicians – and why?When a gifted violinist disappears from a prestigious music academy, the police ask psychologist Dr. Pippa Durrant to help with the case.Working alongside new flame, DS Joe Swain, Pippa quickly realises that the world of first class musicianship is not all peace and harmony...
  • Remember Me by Lynda Renham

    Remember Me by Lynda Renham

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A new neighbour becomes a new friend. She looks up to you. She admires you, but is it you she wants? You begin to wonder if she wants your husband, or even your child. But then you realise, she wants your life. When Sharni and Tom move into 24 The Pines, it seems like Clare and Chris have the perfect neighbours...
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    crime  domestic-drama  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  drama  family
  • Unforgiven by Rebecca Zanetti

    Unforgiven by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Run: Gemma Falls never expected to use her game theory expertise to outrun a killer. But for years, that skill is all that kept her one step ahead of a deadly stalker. When Gemma gets the chance to teach at D.C. University, she hopes she and her young daughter have found a safe harbor...
  • The Perfect Nanny by D.L. Fisher

    The Perfect Nanny by D.L. Fisher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lucinda and Andrew Douglass are settling into life with their newborn baby, Delilah. Only four weeks in, much to Andrew’s dismay, Lucinda is planning her return to a high-powered job at the New York Stock Exchange, causing a major rift in their already volatile marriage.On the bright side, Lucinda has found the perfect nanny to care for their precious baby...
  • Senseless & Merciless Bundle by Mary Burton

    Senseless & Merciless Bundle by Mary Burton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Senseless & Merciless Bundle Senseless Every Serial Killer Knows. . . The vicious burns scarring the victims' flesh reveal the agony of their last moments. Each woman was branded with a star, then stabbed through the heart. With every death, a vengeful killer finds a brief, blissful moment of calm. But soon it's time for the bloodshed to start again. . . The Perfect Time. .
  • The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose

    The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling thriller The Perfect MarriageTill death do us part. Yours. Not Mine. It’s been eleven years since high-powered attorney Sarah Morgan defended her husband, Adam, against the charge of murdering his mistress. Sarah has long since moved on, starting a family with her new husband, Bob Miller, and changing careers...
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    suspense  crime  romance  mystery  fiction  psychological  murder  book
  • Where Are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke

    Where Are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The legacy of the “Queen of Suspense” continues with the highly anticipated follow-up to Mary Higgins Clark’s iconic novel Where Are The Children?, featuring the children of Nancy Harmon, facing peril once again as adults...
  • The Perfect Family by Jacquie Underdown

    The Perfect Family by Jacquie Underdown

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Three everyday couples, from one ordinary family ... and an astonishing murder plot.Outwardly, The Radcliffes are a typical suburban family. But anyone close enough to them will know that it’s all for show.Matt and Nikki’s life is perfect. They’re happily married, work great jobs, and are raising two loveable teenage sons...
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    crime  domestic-drama  suspense  adult  book  drama  family  fiction
  • The Disappeared by Sibel Hodge

    The Disappeared by Sibel Hodge

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Widow. The Secret. The Liar.  The Disappeared…  On a routine flight from Africa to England, Dr Mason Palmer is tragically killed when the light aircraft he’s travelling on crashes and disappears in dense bushland. The Widow… Ten months later, Nicole Palmer is still trying to block out the grief of her husband’s sudden death...
  • What She Saw by Wendy Clarke

    What She Saw by Wendy Clarke

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She lied to her daughter to save her family. Everyone knows Leona would do anything for her daughter Beth: she moved to Church Langdon to send Beth to the best school, worked hard to build a successful business to support them and found them the perfect little cottage to call home. Leona and Beth hike together, shop together, share their hopes and fears with one another...
  • You Were Gone by Tim Weaver

    You Were Gone by Tim Weaver

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Available to PRE-ORDER NOW. The sinister, chilling new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author. I buried you. I mourned you . . . But now you're back. Three days after Christmas, a woman walks into a police station. She has no phone and no ID, just a piece of paper with the name of missing persons investigator David Raker on it. She tells officers that Raker is her husband...
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    crime  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  murder  mystery
  • The Edge by Lucy Goacher

    The Edge by Lucy Goacher

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes it’s easier to believe the lie. But is the truth right in front of you?Everyone says Poppy jumped. My beautiful, creative sister, with her paint-splattered dresses and sunshine smile, took her own life. And I think they’re right. Until the day I speak to Daniel.Everyone says his sister jumped too. But he has proof that she was pushed...
  • I See You: Assumed Identities and Psychological Suspense by Patricia MacDonald

    I See You: Assumed Identities and Psychological Suspense by Patricia MacDonald

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Hannah, Adam and adorable young Sydney Wickes are living under assumed identities in West Philadelphia. Although she s found it hard to adjust to life in the city, at least Hannah and her family are safe and slowly beginning to build new lives for themselves...
  • The Man She Married by Alison James

    The Man She Married by Alison James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    How well do you know your husband?Since Alice’s fiancé walked out on her, she never thought she’d meet ‘The One’. But all that changes when she meets Dominic. Handsome, charming and kind, Alice can’t believe her luck when he proposes a few months later and moves into her West London home.Three years on, Alice’s catering business is thriving and she is married to a man she adores...
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    crime  domestic-drama  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  death  fiction
  • The Game You Played by Anni Taylor

    The Game You Played by Anni Taylor

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Little Boy Blue Where did you go? Who led you away? Only I know . . . . Two-year-old Tommy Basko goes missing from a popular inner-city playground. Six months later, his parents begin receiving cryptic messages in rhyme about Tommy. The police don't believe the messages are from the abductor, but Tommy's mother Phoebe is certain they're a game meant for her...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  drama  fiction  kidnapping  mystery
  • Who's Lying Now by Susan Lewis

    Who's Lying Now by Susan Lewis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You think you’re safe.You think you know your neighbours.But can you ever really know who’s telling the truth? Jeannie Symonds is a force to be reckoned with – an eccentric, award-winning publisher, spending lockdown with her husband in a house near Kesterly-on-Sea. She seems to have it all: a high-flying career, a happy marriage, a niece she adores. And then one day, she vanishes...
  • Little Sister by Gytha Lodge

    Little Sister by Gytha Lodge

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Detective Jonah Sheens is enjoying a moment of peace in a pub garden on his day off when a teenage girl wanders out of the woods. She's striking, with flame-red hair and a pale complexion. She's also covered in blood. When Jonah races to help, the girl insists she's fine. Then she smiles. It's her sister he needs to worry about...
  • The Perfect Getaway by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    The Perfect Getaway by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One by one the guests at the Misty Pines Ski Lodge are dropping dead…After an action-packed year of fighting crime, FBI Agent Olivia Knight is ready for a relaxing getaway with her partner Brock.But trouble has a way of finding her everywhere...Her arrival at the ski lodge is welcomed by chaos with the death of a female guest...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  female-mc  fiction  investigator  mystery
  • A Critical Tangent by Reily Garrett

    A Critical Tangent by Reily Garrett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Reily has a way of combining murder, intrigue, twists and turns with just the right amount of romance…” – J. George, VINE VOICEShe doesn’t trust cops.Can the detective trust his instincts?Keiki Tallerman’s life shatters on a remote mountaintop in Pennsylvania after witnessing her best friend’s bizarre execution...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  murder  mystery
  • Shattered by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Shattered by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eighteen years ago, Lucy Flannery’s young life was shattered when her mother and little brother were murdered – a crime made all the more heartbreaking by the fact that the killer was her father. However, recently uncovered evidence proves that her father was wrongfully convicted...
  • Buried in My Past by Eva MacKenzie

    Buried in My Past by Eva MacKenzie

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's desperate to stop the panic attacks. But the truth won't set her free... Jamie Kendal sees life through the bottom of a bottle. After surviving assault and betrayal, she is forced back to her hometown to care for her mother. Not long after her return, she's plagued by terrifying slivers of memories from the night her twin brother disappeared forever..
  • An FBI Murder Mystery Bundle by Ava Strong, Blake Pierce

    An FBI Murder Mystery Bundle by Ava Strong, Blake Pierce

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A two-book mystery bundle by debut author Ava Strong and #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce, author of ONCE GONE, a #1 bestseller on Amazon with over 1,000 five star reviews!Here is a bundle of the first books in two different series—the Ilse Beck FBI Suspense Thriller series by Ava Strong and the Adele Sharp Mystery series by Blake Pierce—all in one convenient place...
  • Blake Pierce Mystery Bundle: Once Gone / Before he Kills by Blake Pierce

    Blake Pierce Mystery Bundle: Once Gone / Before he Kills by Blake Pierce

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A free two-book mystery bundle by #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce, author of ONCE GONE, a #1 bestseller on Amazon with over 350 five star reviews! Here is a bundle of the first books in two Blake Pierce series—the Riley Paige and Mackenzie White series—all here in one convenient place. This bundle offers a great introduction to Blake Pierce’s series with over 140,000 words of reading...
  • Every Pretty Thing by Chris Mooney

    Every Pretty Thing by Chris Mooney

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Every Pretty Thing serial killer hunter Darby McCormick finds herself in Montana, looking for a friend. Little does she realise that a murderer is waiting for her . . .She came to find her friend.Instead she found a killer.Serial killer expert Darby McCormick gets a call from FBI Agent Jackson Cooper, who has been contacted by a woman who's been in hiding for twenty years...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  fiction  mystery  psychological  thriller
  • Notorious by Carey Baldwin

    Notorious by Carey Baldwin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The woman everyone loves to hate is dead. Dallas socialite Cynthia Langhorne is infamous for her beauty, her philanthropy, and her home wrecking--until she's found shot through the heart and posed nude at a fundraising ball. The case is high profile, and there's a bigger problem: Cindy is the wife of a decorated FBI special agent--the prime suspect in her murder...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction  mystery
  • Only The Good Die Young : And I'm Not A Saint by Akash Verma

    Only The Good Die Young : And I'm Not A Saint by Akash Verma

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes when you're desperate to leave the past behind, the past is eager to catch up!Anuradha leaves Gurgaon when Dhruv chooses his family over her. She thinks that chapter of her life hasended, and starts afresh in Mumbai. But strangely, it seems her past is trying to catch up. Dhruv suddenlycomes back into her life...
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    crime  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  madness  mystery
  • What Lies Hidden by Fran McDonnell

    What Lies Hidden by Fran McDonnell

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Isobel McKenzie is an experienced and intuitive psychotherapist who is on sabbatical while recovering from illness. Reluctantly she goes to London to help out an old friend, solicitor Paul Wright, who is uneasy about the partisan nature of a proposed divorce settlement. He asks her to meet the couple, Thomas and Anne Banks, to assess the situation...
  • The Cut by Chris Brookmyre

    The Cut by Chris Brookmyre

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick'Strikingly original and definitively Brookmyre - there's nothing he can't do'Mick Herron'I recommend The Cut SO HIGHLY! A fast-paced thriller, lovely characters, [and] it kept me guessing'Marian KeyesThe supremely entertaining, moving, and unpredictable new thriller from multi-award-winning bestseller Chris Brookmyre is a wholly original masterpiece and the best...
  • Deserve To Die by Miranda Rijks

    Deserve To Die by Miranda Rijks

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dom and Stacey have the perfect life. Until they meet Tamara. Brilliant, beautiful, she hides a horrifying secret. One that may destroy them all.Happily married with two wonderful children, Dom and Stacey are living the dream. He runs a successful design agency, she is finding fame as an author of children’s books.Everything is perfect...
  • Ring Around the Rosie by Jullian Scott

    Ring Around the Rosie by Jullian Scott

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rosie Thompson is an eighteen-year-old girl with her whole life ahead of her. The Homecoming Dance is just one night away and she can already feel the weight of the crown upon her head. But when she leaves her home that Friday night, it’s for the very last time. When her body is found in a park the next morning, a whole town is turned upside down and a family is torn apart...
  • Lost Child by D.S. Butler

    Lost Child by D.S. Butler

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She only turned her back for a moment but that was all it took.Two years ago, Beth Farrow turned her back on her three-year-old niece, Jenna, for just a few seconds. She disappeared without a trace...
  • The Phone Call by A.J. Campbell, Frazer Blaxland

    The Phone Call by A.J. Campbell, Frazer Blaxland

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    6 hours, 19 minutes Joey Clarke was just fifteen when his dad died, leaving him to raise his much younger siblings as his mum dealt with the trauma of bereavement and her failing health. Ten years on, Joey's only pleasure is spending time with his friend Becca, the love of his life...
  • The Guilty Husband by Stephanie DeCarolis

    The Guilty Husband by Stephanie DeCarolis

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    It only takes one lie to destroy a marriage.THE PERFECT HUSBAND…Vince Taylor has everything he could dream of. He’s the CEO of a tech firm in New York City, owns a beautiful home, and most importantly, he is married to Nicole – the woman who stole his heart the first moment he set eyes on her. Together they have built the perfect life...
  • The Picture on the Fridge by Ian W. Sainsbury, Matthew Lloyd Davies

    The Picture on the Fridge by Ian W. Sainsbury, Matthew Lloyd Davies

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Mags Barkworth still suffers the effects of a life-changing tragedy over a decade ago. She knows her husband loves her. She knows he would never do anything to hurt her, or their daughter...
  • The Serpent Woman by S.Z. Estavillo

    The Serpent Woman by S.Z. Estavillo

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The exciting sequel to The Serpent's Bridge...A serial killer is on the loose. With her insidious tattoo and venomous killer strike, they're calling her the serpent woman.Two of the best in their field, LAPD Detective Anaya Nazario and FBI Supervising Special Agent Blake Huxley are forced to work together yet again, despite their strained romantic history and a baby on the way...
  • The Ridealong: A Suspense Thriller by Michaelbrent Collings

    The Ridealong: A Suspense Thriller by Michaelbrent Collings

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "I've left clues for you, and clues for the police. They'll be searching for you. The evidence at the scene of Officer Knight's death is enough to send you both to jail." "Who am I searching for?" The Voice laughs. That strange, dangerous laugh. "Me, of course." *** It was supposed to be just one more ridealong, a night when high schooler Melissa Latham accompanies her father on his patrol...
  • Dead in the Water by Britney King

    Dead in the Water by Britney King

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE PERFECT NEIGHBORS. THE PERFECT COVER. A GRIPPING ROMANTICS SUSPENSE THRILLER He’s a contract killer. She likes to even the score. Smack dab in the middle of suburbia, few married couples are as competitive as Jude and Kate. But then, most married couples don't keep score in the form of body counts. Each hell-bent on a silent pact to out-do the other, the games begin...
  • Heartbreaker by Tania Carver

    Heartbreaker by Tania Carver

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After years of abuse, Gemma Adderley has finally found the courage to leave her violent husband. She has taken one debilitating beating too many, endured one esteem-destroying insult too much. Taking her seven-year-old daughter Carly, she leaves the house, determined to salvage what she can of her life...
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    crime  suspense  mystery  fiction  thriller  psychological  book  adult
  • The Other Sister by Elle Croft

    The Other Sister by Elle Croft

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How far would you go... Gina Mills is desperate to be a newsreader, but her boss - the director of the struggling Channel Eight, won't help. Walking home one night, Gina stumbles upon a dead body, and after calling the police, she makes the split-second decision to report the murder live...
  • Bird of Prey by Lee Alan

    Bird of Prey by Lee Alan

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She seeks love. He seeks revenge. With Corey fighting for his life and an uncertain future for her unborn child, newly married Anna must face the aftermath of her big day and protect those who need her. But that’s not all. Something is about to happen that will shatter her fragile peace and turn her world upside down once more. An event that will test her and her young family to the limit...
  • Miserable Lies by Nolon King

    Miserable Lies by Nolon King

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How many wrongs make a right?Deputy Chief Quentin “Port” Porter is famous for catching the infamous Magistrate Killer, Linus Cole, whose murder spree included his best friend and partner, Miles Tate.Port’s heroics caught the nation’s imagination, inspiring film and television, and skyrocketing his career while making him famous and wealthy...
  • One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke

    One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the international bestselling author comes a twisty psychological thriller set on a stunning Greek island, One of the Girls tells the delicious story of a bachelorette trip that ends in murder. Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Lucy Foley.It was supposed to be the perfect weekend away...
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