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  • The Girl and the Twisted End by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Twisted End by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A horrific beginning.Ends with the most unexpected twist...Marie was young, beautiful, and vibrant.Her life was cruelly taken from her.Her murderer still roams this world, potentially looking for a new prey...
  • The Girl and the 7 Deadly Sins by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the 7 Deadly Sins by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Pride. Greed. Lust. Envy. Gluttony. Wrath. Sloth.The sins that make us our own worst enemy.And at any given time, we all could fall victim to them.Fighting those demons at times seems impossible.Especially when they come to life…FBI agent Emma Griffin has seen her share of dark and twisted murders.When she's called onto a new case, Emma finds herself baffled and horrified by the crime scene...
  • The Killing House by Claire McGowan

    The Killing House by Claire McGowan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Long-buried secrets are being unearthed. And they're very close to home...Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns yet again to her hometown to investigate a spine-chilling case in THE KILLING HOUSE, the sixth novel in Claire McGowan's series. The Paula Maguire series is the perfect read for fans of Michael Connelly and Peter May...
  • The Girl and the Midnight Murder by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl and the Midnight Murder by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It was just another ordinary night.And an ordinary meal to accompany it.A glass of wine, a plate of chicken.And the sound of the ticking clock. But then, the unexpected feeling of disorientation seeps in.Cheryl suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous...Then something far more unexpected happened.And in an instant an ordinary night turned into a night full of incomprehensible mysteries...
  • The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor

    The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A decade ago, The Lullaby Man preyed upon young girls in Tallman's Valley. He stole into their lives, whispered in their ears, spoke of love...But only the girls themselves ever knew about him. Abby Wakeland was fourteen then. Now twenty-four, she's found the courage to tell her mother--Senior Detective Kate Wakeland--about what happened...
  • Stolen Children by Michael Wood

    Stolen Children by Michael Wood

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A gripping and addictive new crime thriller you need to read in 2020 ‘She is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths The addictive new crime thriller featuring DCI Matilda Darke. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons. ‘DCI Matilda Darke is going places’ James Oswald Some cases won’t die.A young boy walks into a police station in France...
  • No Going Back by T.R. Ragan

    No Going Back by T.R. Ragan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The biggest story of a crime reporter’s career could be her last as fury, vengeance, and justice collide in this breathtaking thriller by New York Times bestselling author T.R. Ragan.Some call it murder. Others, karma. The female vigilantes dubbed The Black Wigs call it justice. The victims? Sexual predators who never paid for their sins...
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    crime  family  female-mc  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • The Surrogate's Gift by L.G. Davis

    The Surrogate's Gift by L.G. Davis

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Her one good deed is about to turn into her worst nightmare.Becoming a surrogate for Marcia and Travis Thorpe is Grace’s chance to overcome her inner demons.Nothing can go wrong. Her life depends on it.Determined to focus on the pregnancy, she drops everything and accepts the Thorpes’ offer to move in with them until the baby is born. A simple decision. One big mistake...
  • Stone Sober by Gwyn McNamee

    Stone Sober by Gwyn McNamee

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stone Hawke is precisely the kind of man women are warned about—handsome, intelligent, arrogant, and intricately entangled with some dangerous people. I should stay away, but he manages to strip my soul bare with just a look and dominates my thoughts. Bad decisions are in my past. My life is (mostly) on track, even if it is no longer the one to medical school...
  • 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...
  • In the Deep by Loreth Anne White

    In the Deep by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I hope you don’t find him. And if you do, I hope he’s dead and that he suffered… Real-estate mogul Martin Cresswell-Smith is the best thing that has ever happened to Ellie. After her daughter’s devastating death, a divorce, and an emotional breakdown, he’s helped her move as far as possible from the grief, the rage, and the monsters of her past...
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    crime  family  female-mc  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • 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...
  • Law of Five by Robin Mahle

    Law of Five by Robin Mahle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The nationwide manhunt for a killer begins and the media quickly dubs him the “Highway Hunter.” Bodies left roadside on display with horrific markings; a calling card. But this case is miles away from Katie Reid and her life with Detective Marshall Avery.That is, until she gets the call from her old friend and reporter, Marc Aguilar, who believes that the killer could be coming their way...
  • Little Lost Secrets by Cheryl Bradshaw

    Little Lost Secrets by Cheryl Bradshaw

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a dead body is found in the walls during a home renovation, detective Georgiana Germaine gets swept into a cold case murder...
  • All My Lies Are True by Dorothy Koomson

    All My Lies Are True by Dorothy Koomson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Tell Me Your Secret and The Brighton Mermaid comes the breath-taking sequel to the iconic Sunday Times bestseller The Ice Cream Girls.Verity is telling lies...And that's why she's about to be arrested for attempted murder.Serena has been lying for years. . .And that may have driven her daughter, Verity, to do something unthinkable..
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  female-mc  suspense  abuse  adult  audiobook  book
  • Identity by Nora Roberts

    Identity by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A new thriller about one man's ice-cold malice, and one woman's fight to reclaim her life.Former Army brat Morgan Albright has finally planted roots in a friendly neighborhood near Baltimore. Her friend and roommate Nina helps her make the mortgage payments, as does Morgan's job as a bartender...
  • Damaged Intentions by Mike Omer

    Damaged Intentions by Mike Omer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Mike Omer returns with chilling twists and turns for a hostage negotiator with a dark past in this explosive second installment of the Abby Mullen Thrillers.As a child, Abby Mullen escaped the insidious Wilcox cult when it literally went down in flames. Years later, she’s the NYPD’s best hostage negotiator and a mother...
  • His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Not all flowers are grown with love. Years earlier, teenage girls began to vanish off the streets of Seattle. Now, they're turning up dead, their mutilated bodies left in prominent locations around the city. Skye Cree suspects there are more...
  • Love, Mom by Iliana Xander

    Love, Mom by Iliana Xander

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    A best-selling author. A mother. A murderer…Mackenzie Casper is a brilliant student. But she is best known for her mother, a best-selling author whose dark, twisted thrillers have a dedicated worldwide fanbase...
  • She Says She's My Daughter by Lauren North

    She Says She's My Daughter by Lauren North

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ‘I don’t know who you are or why you’ve come here,’ I say, jabbing my finger at her, shaking as much as my voice. ‘But you are not my daughter. You are not Abigail.’Fourteen years ago , our family holiday ended in tragedy when my darling four-year-old girl was snatched from us on the beach. Not a day goes by when I don’t picture her wide brown eyes, and the freckles dusting her cheeks...
  • 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...
  • All Her Fault by Andrea Mara

    All Her Fault by Andrea Mara

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    ONE MISSING BOY.Marissa Irvine arrives at 14 Tudor Grove, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn't a mother she recognises. She isn't the nanny. She doesn't have Milo. And so begins every parent's worst nightmare.FOUR GUILTY WOMEN...
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    crime  family  female-mc  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  drama
  • The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson

    The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Brighton Beach, 1993Teenagers Nell and Jude find the body of a young woman and when no one comes to claim her, she becomes known as the Brighton Mermaid. Nell is still struggling to move on when, three weeks later, Jude disappears.Twenty-five years on, Nell is forced to quit her job to find out who the Brighton Mermaid really was - and what happened to her best friend that summer...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Good as Dead by Susan Walter

    Good as Dead by Susan Walter

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It all starts with a promise from a stranger: We’ll take care of everything.Holly Kendrick’s husband is dead. Holly saw it all. In one violent moment, a hit-and-run accident turns Holly’s life upside down. Then a fixer for the high-powered guilty party approaches Holly with an offer she is in no position to refuse...
  • No More Lies by Kerry Lonsdale

    No More Lies by Kerry Lonsdale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Secrets and lies shadow a woman on the run in the second novel in the No More trilogy by Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kerry Lonsdale.Jenna Mason’s life seems perfect: a successful career as an animator, a town house near the beach, and an adoring son, Josh, whose artistic talent looks as promising as his mother’s. But there’s something nobody realizes about Jenna...
  • 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...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  fiction  investigator  mystery
  • 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..
  • The Night She Vanished by Wendy Dranfield

    The Night She Vanished by Wendy Dranfield

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My parents seem to be the perfect couple. But no one knows what I know... Everyone in the small Midwestern town of Henderson looks up to my perfect parents. With dependable jobs as a midwife and the town sheriff, they help this close-knit community feel safe. But the locals didn't grow up in my parents' house. They don't know what I know. And they wouldn't believe me if I told them..
  • Did I Kill My Husband? by A.J. Campbell

    Did I Kill My Husband? by A.J. Campbell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The police officer’s voice is steady as he tells me the news. ‘Your husband is in hospital.’ My heart pounds. I think about my children, safely tucked up in bed. What will happen to us if he loses his life? And more importantly… do the police know where I really was tonight?Everybody thinks Michael and I are the perfect couple. But everybody is wrong...
  • 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...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • Riverstar by Tess Thompson

    Riverstar by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After ending an affair with a married movie producer, feisty Hollywood makeup artist Bella Webber finds herself back in the quaint Oregon town of River Valley, the location of a famous director’s latest film...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Dark Peak by Adam J. Wright

    Dark Peak by Adam J. Wright

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Thirty years ago, nine-year-old Mitch Walker was left for dead in the woods while his five-year-old sister Sarah was abducted. Now, circumstances pull him back to the place where Sarah vanished...
    Categorized as:
    crime  female-mc  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror
  • Corrupted by Sin by Kennedy Layne

    Corrupted by Sin by Kennedy Layne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A chilling confession unleashes deadly secrets…In downtown D.C., an emergency surgery is performed on a prominent psychiatrist following a multi-car accident. The ICU nurse on duty has heard many interesting utterances from her groggy patients over the years...
  • House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen

    House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perfect lie.A young nanny who plunged to her death, or was she pushed? A nine-year-old girl who collects sharp objects and refuses to speak. A lawyer whose job it is to uncover who in the family is a victim and who is a murderer...
  • The Thorn Girl by Laura Elliot

    The Thorn Girl by Laura Elliot

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A swallow flutters its wings into a dimly lit attic as Adele Foyle stumbles across the secret diary of the mother she has never met, and a shocking account of a crime committed over twenty-five years ago...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Liar Liar by L.G. Davis

    Liar Liar by L.G. Davis

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He swore he would always protect me, that he would take my darkest secret to the grave. But I’m starting to think he hasn’t told me his…My husband and I are the dream couple: deeply in love, the envy of all our friends and neighbours. He surprises me with flowers, I make him his favourite meals and prepare picnics to enjoy with our son. It’s little gestures like this that keep our romance alive...
  • If I Run by Molly Black

    If I Run by Molly Black

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FBI BAU Special Agent Ruby Hunter remains haunted by “The 13 Killer,” the serial killer who took everything from her—including her partner—before she put him away for good. Yet somehow, though behind bars, new bodies are showing up with his trademark 13 signature...
  • The Faithless by Martina Cole

    The Faithless by Martina Cole

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Gabby looked at the woman she had hated nearly all her life. Then she sat down on the ladder-backed chair, put her face into her bloodied hands and cried. To the outside world, Cynthia Tailor is a woman to envy; she has a devoted husband, a lovely home and two gorgeous children...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  drama  fiction
  • 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...
  • Live and Let Die by Bianca Sloane

    Live and Let Die by Bianca Sloane

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    There is an alternate cover/title edition for this ASIN here.On a bitterly cold January evening, Tracy Ellis went for a jog along Chicago’s snowy lakefront and disappeared. Her body was discovered days later, her beautiful face bashed in with a rock. Police determine her brutal death to be a mugging gone wrong and drop the matter into their cold case files...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  fiction  illinois
  • Down the Darkest Road by Kylie Brant

    Down the Darkest Road by Kylie Brant

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An obsessive killer, a witness with secrets, and a deputy US marshal with her own dark demons collide in this gripping mystery from the bestselling author of Cold Dark Places.Dylan was only a child when he and his friend stumbled onto a crime scene deep in the woods. His friend was killed that night. And Bruce Forrester, the man who had chased the boys in the woods, disappeared...
  • The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean

    The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl who disappeared years earlier, has resurfaced in the woods of Washington state—but Ellie’s reappearance leaves Chelsey with more questions than answers...
  • You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego

    You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An exclusive thriller writer’s retreat hosted on a private island turns lethal when one of the authors is found murdered in this twisty locked room mystery.When renowned anonymous author J. R...
  • Blessed Are the Dead by Kristi Belcamino

    Blessed Are the Dead by Kristi Belcamino

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nominated for a Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel and an Anthony Award for Best First Novel, BLESSED ARE THE DEAD, was inspired by Belcamino's dealings on the crime beat with a serial killer. To catch a killer, one reporter must risk it all ..
  • 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...
  • No One Can Hear You Scream by A.B. Whelan

    No One Can Hear You Scream by A.B. Whelan

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A ruthlessly addicting and terrifyingly twisted story of a family stuck on a secluded mountain at the mercy of an obsessed fan of the woman.It started as a vacation of a lifetime.Jennifer Parker is a successful YouTube influencer living in a beautiful home outside Los Angeles with her three children...
  • Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

    Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Jewell—three women are connected by one man in this kaleidoscopic thriller.Restauranteur Paddy Swann was the life of the party until the day a man pushed him in the path of an oncoming train, leaving his twenty-something daughter Ash and wife Nina devastated...
  • 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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