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The Lost Sister by Elle Gray
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe truth will set you free.For FBI Agent Blake Wilder the price of that truth requires the ultimate sacrifice.Blake Wilder lives with reoccurring nightmares from her grim and mysterious past.Fourteen years ago, her entire family was taken from her.Her parents murdered, and her sister taken... -
![One Last Child by Anni Taylor]()
One Last Child by Anni Taylor
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWinner, Audiofile Earphones Award 2020 - narration by Caroline Lee.Five long-missing children are about to be RETURNED.It was summer in the mountains when five small children vanished from their nursery school picnic. The heat was stifling that day, the tinkle of an ice-cream van in the air....Three-and-a-half years later, in the dead of winter, the children are returned to their families.. -
![Such a Good Girl by Willow Rose]()
Such a Good Girl by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFBI-profiler Eva Rae Thomas faces a devious plan in bestselling author Willow Rose’s blood-rushing thriller of murder and revenge.A girl falls from the penthouse floor of an apartment in Washington, D.C.Media Mogul Richard Wanton owns the apartment and is seen standing on the balcony when the girl falls... -
![The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor]()
The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA 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... -
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![Where Secrets Lie by D.S. Butler]()
Where Secrets Lie by D.S. Butler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBeneath a quiet village, dark crimes lie buried. When decomposed human remains are discovered in a suitcase behind a locked door in the home of an elderly man, Detective Karen Hart thinks the facts speak for themselves. That is, until she finds the warning: It’s time to pay for your crime.The body belongs to a former teacher, Oliver Fox, who vanished from the village thirty years earlier... -
![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... -
![TO DIE FOR by Willow Rose]()
TO DIE FOR by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratings⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️…Very suspenseful up to the last page. One of my new favorites. Former FBI-profiler, Eva Rae Thomas is caught off guard by a murderous plan that sends her on a pulse-pounding race against time in this romantic thriller by Willow Rose. It is a typical Tuesday morning. Scott Benton gets up, kisses his girlfriend Sarah goodbye, and goes to work... -
![The Missing Daughter by Elle Gray]()
The Missing Daughter by Elle Gray
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen a congressman's daughter goes missing,FBI agent Blake Wilder and her team are sent to Iowa to find the missing girl.Already dealing with a mysterious figure who keeps sending her body parts, now Blake finds herself under attack from within her own unit... -
![The Girl in the Manor by A.J. Rivers]()
The Girl in the Manor by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe sound of a blood curdling scream echoed through the manor. Her pleas ignored, her screams unheard... -
![The Hidden One by Linda Castillo]()
The Hidden One by Linda Castillo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe discovery of an Amish bishop's remains leads chief of police Kate Burkholder to unearth a chilling secret in The Hidden One, a new thriller from bestselling author Linda Castillo.Over a decade ago, beloved Amish bishop Ananias Stoltzfus disappeared without a trace. When skeletal remains showing evidence of foul play are unearthed, his disappearance becomes even more sinister... -
![You Can Run by Willow Rose]()
You Can Run by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's not the kind of thing you'd expect to happen on an ordinary Saturday morning. Her kids are arguing and her husband is still sleeping. Lisa is tired and wonders why her husband keeps working late... -
![The Surrogate's Gift by L.G. Davis]()
The Surrogate's Gift by L.G. Davis
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer 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... -
![Paper Roses by Karen Ann Hopkins, Brittany Pressley]()
Paper Roses by Karen Ann Hopkins, Brittany Pressley
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSome 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... -
![The Girl Next Door by A.J. Rivers]()
The Girl Next Door by A.J. Rivers
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSherwood is a sleepy little town. A town full of friendly faces, and even friendlier neighbors.Which is why FBI agent Emma Griffin isn't surprised when her new neighbor starts stopping by to chat.Turns out her neighbor has a dark past and secrets that made her run... -
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![Count to Three by T.R. Ragan]()
Count to Three by T.R. Ragan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFor a private investigator on the trail of a missing girl, every second counts in a gripping thriller by New York Times bestselling author T.R. Ragan.On her first day of kindergarten, five-year-old Tinsley disappeared without a trace…Five agonizing years later, her divorced mother, Dani Callahan, is a private investigator... -
![The Girls in the Falls by Elle Gray]()
The Girls in the Falls by Elle Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter answering the job posting for Sweetwater Falls, former FBI agent Spenser Song thought that she had finally escaped her painful past. Unfortunately, she quickly learned some things you just can’t ever run away from…When a local girl goes missing and another one turns up dead, Spenser finds clues that connect to a grim reminder of another fatal mistake in her past... -
![Little Girl Lost by Cheryl Bradshaw]()
Little Girl Lost by Cheryl Bradshaw
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor the past two years, former detective Georgiana "Gigi" Germaine has been living off the grid, until today, when she hears some disturbing news that shakes her. Georgiana's brother-in-law has been murdered, her seven-year-old niece kidnapped. As the hours waste away, Georgiana races back to a town she left behind, and a former life she's still not ready to face... -
![Dark of Night by Barbara Nickless]()
Dark of Night by Barbara Nickless
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA recent murder is ancient history in a breathtaking novel about a sacred lost treasure and poisonous retribution by the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of At First Light.What an exotic way to die in Chicago.When esteemed historian Elizabeth Lawrence is found in her car, killed by a cobra’s bite, only a brilliant professor of semiotics, Dr... -
![Law of Five by Robin Mahle]()
Law of Five by Robin Mahle
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe 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 ratingsWhen a dead body is found in the walls during a home renovation, detective Georgiana Germaine gets swept into a cold case murder...Categorized as:
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![Deep Dark Secrets by Keri Beevis]()
Deep Dark Secrets by Keri Beevis
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe darkest minds hide the deepest secrets… Lizzie Kent wasn't supposed to babysit the night she was murdered. She was covering for her best friend, Nell. Nell has lived with the guilt ever since. Eighteen years later Nell returns to the area, desperate to escape a bad relationship after inheriting her aunt's rundown guesthouse... -
![The Perfect Nanny by D.L. Fisher]()
The Perfect Nanny by D.L. Fisher
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLucinda 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... -
![None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell]()
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author known for her “superb pacing, twisted characters, and captivating prose” ( BuzzFeed ), Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast... -
![His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan]()
His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNot 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... -
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![Blake Pierce Mystery Bundle: Before He Kills / Cause to Kill by Blake Pierce]()
Blake Pierce Mystery Bundle: Before He Kills / Cause to Kill by Blake Pierce
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA 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 Mackenzie White and Avery Black 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... -
![Love, Mom by Iliana Xander]()
Love, Mom by Iliana Xander
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsA 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... -
![The Girl Hunter by Leslie Wolfe]()
The Girl Hunter by Leslie Wolfe
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHis pale skin is covered with the dirt I threw over his still-warm body. His hands, marked by a struggle that ended in blood, rest over his chest. His once vibrant, loving eyes are now forever closed. I am the one who consigned my husband to the damp earth of the Glades.Seven months ago, I lost everything.I used to have it all. A successful career in television...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![All Her Fault by Andrea Mara]()
All Her Fault by Andrea Mara
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsONE 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... -
![The Game You Played by Anni Taylor]()
The Game You Played by Anni Taylor
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLittle 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... -
![Fatal Games by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray]()
Fatal Games by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJumping off a plane is one thing, but being forced to do so amid a plane crash is something no one puts on their bucket list.After surviving a plane crash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, FBI agent Olivia Knight and a group of survivors are washed ashore onto a desolate island.An island harboring more danger than any of them could have ever imagined... -
![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 ratingsOne 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... -
![Buried in My Past by Eva MacKenzie]()
Buried in My Past by Eva MacKenzie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe'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.. -
![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 ratingsThe 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... -
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![Every Pretty Thing by Chris Mooney]()
Every Pretty Thing by Chris Mooney
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 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... -
![Corrupted by Sin by Kennedy Layne]()
Corrupted by Sin by Kennedy Layne
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA 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... -
![The Cut by Chris Brookmyre]()
The Cut by Chris Brookmyre
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA 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... -
![The Thorn Girl by Laura Elliot]()
The Thorn Girl by Laura Elliot
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA 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... -
![Deny Me by Karen Cole]()
Deny Me by Karen Cole
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Deliver Me comes a gripping new thriller with a twist you'll never see coming! Thirty-two-year-old Jessica is newly divorced and has returned home to live with her parents whilst she puts the pieces of her life back together. But Jessica isn't the only one with problems, as her mother, Jean, has recently been diagnosed with dementia... -
![Liar Liar by L.G. Davis]()
Liar Liar by L.G. Davis
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe 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... -
![Killer Takes All by Erica Spindler]()
Killer Takes All by Erica Spindler
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe White Rabbit beckons you to follow him, down the rabbit hole, into his world. He's a deceiver, a trickster. You won't know what is truth and what is a lie. He aims to best you. Beat you. And when he does, you die. A friend's brutal murder turns former homicide detective Stacy Killian's life upside down... -
![Deceive Me by Karen Cole]()
Deceive Me by Karen Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA PERFECT FAMILY OR A PERFECT LIE? When Jo's teenage daughter goes missing, she feels like the world is collapsing around her. Has Grace been taken or have recent tensions between mother and daughter driven her away? With little urgency from the police who have dismissed Grace as a teenage runaway who will soon return home, Jo takes matters into her own hands... -
![The Stepdaughter by Georgina Cross]()
The Stepdaughter by Georgina Cross
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt’s a normal afternoon when I walk out the patio doors of our kitchen to check on Mia, my stepdaughter, who is swimming in our backyard pool. But she’s gone. My heart stops when I see the back gate is open, her pink, fluffy towel lying folded on a chair. I was just feet away... -
![Dead On Time by W.L. Knightly]()
Dead On Time by W.L. Knightly
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsProfessor Whit Filmore thought he’d left his life as a detective behind to focus on teaching, but after a personal realization changed his life, he discovered his heightened senses help him pick up on clues that others can’t... -
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![Buried by Jeffery Deaver]()
Buried by Jeffery Deaver
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn old-school reporter discovers that the search for the truth is still full of surprises in a twisty short thriller from bestselling master of suspense Jeffery Deaver.After a long run as a respected journalist, Edward “Fitz” Fitzhugh is on his way out when he stumbles across the story of a lifetime. The Gravedigger is a serial kidnapper who taunts the police with riddles... -
![Bring Them Home by D.S. Butler]()
Bring Them Home by D.S. Butler
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA perfect village. A perfect crime. When two young girls disappear from their primary school, the village of Heighington is put on high alert—and not for the first time. Called in to investigate, Detective Karen Hart is sure that parallels with a previous disappearance are anything but coincidental... -
![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 ratingsMags 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 Missing Family by Tim Weaver]()
The Missing Family by Tim Weaver
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne family...On a beautiful summer's day, at a remote lake in the middle of Dartmoor, three members of the Fowler family take a dinghy out onto the water, leaving mother Sarah at the shore.Less than sixty seconds later, she checks to see where they are.The boat is drifting in the middle of the lake. It's empty.Sarah's family have completely vanished.One killer.. -
![The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean]()
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDetective 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 ratingsAn 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...
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