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  • 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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    suspense  thriller  adult  book  crime  fiction  mystery  psychological
  • The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

    The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    “Welcome to the family,” Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I’ll soon learn that the Winchesters’ secrets are far more dangerous than my own…Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house top to bottom...
  • Only One Cure by Jenifer Ruff

    Only One Cure by Jenifer Ruff

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The President's son is dying. Terrorists claim to have the only cure.When a private plane whisks CDC epidemiologist Madeline Hamilton to Washington D.C. for an urgent medical symposium, she knows something significant is underway—but she doesn’t expect to face the most disturbing medical mystery of her career...
  • 20 Minutes Around The Bonfire by Daniel Hurst

    20 Minutes Around The Bonfire by Daniel Hurst

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fireworks. Flames. Fate.The seventh book in the bestselling 20 Minute Series sees the citizens of London descend on Battersea Park for the annual 5th November celebrations...
  • The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

    The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's back.Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. She's a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be—a college student. A life coach. A real estate agent. Nothing about her is real...
  • Someone Else's Baby by Ruby Speechley

    Someone Else's Baby by Ruby Speechley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She gave away her children. Now she wants them back.Charlotte Morgan knows how it feels to desperately want a baby. As a child, seeing her mum devastated by losing her longed-for babies, Charlotte wished another woman could give her mother what she so craved...
  • First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

    First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist.The identity comes to Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it...
  • Water by John Boyne

    Water by John Boyne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.But scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer...
  • 20 Minutes Of Valentine's Day by Daniel Hurst

    20 Minutes Of Valentine's Day by Daniel Hurst

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love is in the air as the bestselling 20 Minute Series continues on the most romantic day of the year!Set over one 20 minute period on Valentine's Day, the ninth book in the series sees familiar characters return for a night of romance, passion and second chances.First dates. Old flames. Heartbreak. And one very dangerous villain..
  • Confessions of an Accidental Lawyer by Michael Stockham

    Confessions of an Accidental Lawyer by Michael Stockham

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Battling against a Texas prison, a young lawyer fights for a fair trial in a prison-friendly town as witnesses and evidence evaporate.Scarred physically and emotionally by a botched delivery, his wife struggles to realize their dream of a healthy baby and a happy family.Trapped in solitary confinement, an inmate fights for medicine to keep his failing heart pumping...
  • The Ex Wives by Jenna Kernan

    The Ex Wives by Jenna Kernan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Two ex-wives. Two missing girls. Will yours be next?Pulling a batch of my husband’s favourite golden oatmeal cookies from the oven, I smile to hear my daughter Phoebe playing in the treehouse outside. I was once so close to losing everything, but since I married handsome Jackson, I have a perfect life. Jackson might tell me what to wear, but he just likes to buy me nice things...
  • 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...
  • Last Seen by Lucy Clarke

    Last Seen by Lucy Clarke

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    In a small seaside community, there’s always somebody watching… Twisty, pacy, and superbly plotted, Last Seen is the perfect psychological page-turner for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Sabine Durrant. Seven years ago, two boys went missing at sea – and only one was brought to shore. The Sandbank, a remote stretch of coast dotted with beach huts, was scarred forever...
  • Don't Go Down There by Kiersten Modglin

    Don't Go Down There by Kiersten Modglin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An unputdownable, totally twisted domestic thriller from bestselling author Kiersten Modglin.Spencer Edwards has a beautiful wife, two perfect children, and a sinister secret locked in his basement…When Andi Edwards discovers her husband isn’t where he’s supposed to be and isn’t answering her calls or texts, a flurry of scenarios races through her mind...
  • Distruggimi by Chiara Cilli

    Distruggimi by Chiara Cilli

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Credevo di essere sopravvissuta all'orrore. Mi sbagliavo.Credeva di potermi sfuggire. Ma non ha scampo da me. Non riesco a liberarmi di lui.Non le permetterò di cacciarmi dalla sua mente. È nella mia testa, nel mio sangue, nelle mie ossa.È un mostro che vuole impossessarsi della mia anima e farla a brandelli. Henri Lamaze è l'incubo di morte da cui non sarò mai in grado di svegliarmi...
  • Uccidimi (Blood Bonds) by Chiara Cilli

    Uccidimi (Blood Bonds) by Chiara Cilli

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Non avrei mai immaginato che la mia vita sarebbe finita così.Non avrei mai creduto che la mia vita sarebbe dipesa dalla sua.Ero pronta a morire per mano dell'uomo che mi aveva distrutto.Ero pronto a uccidere la donna che si era presa tutto me stesso.Ma la mia sofferenza non è ancora terminata.Ma me l'hanno portata via.Sta venendo a riprendermi, lo sento.Me la riprenderò, a qualsiasi costo...
  • 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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    suspense  thriller  adult  book  crime  fiction  mystery  psychological
  • 20 Minutes Before Christmas by Daniel Hurst

    20 Minutes Before Christmas by Daniel Hurst

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's a magical time of year. But not for everyone...It's Christmas Eve, and London is still reeling from the events on Bonfire Night. But time waits for nobody, so what fresh drama is in store as the presents are wrapped, the turkeys are cooked, and the clock counts down to the most wonderful day of the year?Mistletoe. Mince Pies. Mulled wine. And murder..
  • My Wife Is Missing by D.J. Palmer

    My Wife Is Missing by D.J. Palmer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    11 hours, 8 minutes When a woman disappears with her two children, one husband will do anything to find them—even confront the secrets of his own past—in D. J. Palmer's My Wife Is Missing, a twisty thriller from the author of The New Husband...A family vacation turns into a nightmare for Michael Hart when he discovers his wife and two children have disappeared from their New York City hotel room...
  • The Missing Widow by L.G. Davis

    The Missing Widow by L.G. Davis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I thought we would be safe here. But I was wrong…My son Clark and I live in a beautiful cabin outside a rural town, somewhere nobody will find us. I could not have found a more perfect place to start over, shielded by the trees and far away from prying eyes. But when I find a newspaper clipping on my porch, it drives fear into my bones. Widow wanted for murder screams the headline...
  • One Little Lie by Christopher Greyson

    One Little Lie by Christopher Greyson

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    THE TRUTH COULD COST HER EVERYTHING.Kate had high hopes when she moved to her husband‘s hometown, but her domestic bliss was short-lived. Blindsided by her spouse’s very public affair with his high school sweetheart and a painful divorce, Kate’s determined to hold onto custody of her kids and pull herself together...
  • The Perfect Getaway by Kiersten Modglin

    The Perfect Getaway by Kiersten Modglin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It was the trip of a lifetime…until someone ended up dead. When four couples receive invitations to try out a luxury island resort, they are excited for a week of relaxation and reconnecting.For some, it’s the honeymoon they never had the chance to take.For others, it’s a last-ditch attempt to save their crumbling marriage...
  • The Girl on Gander Green Lane by M.J. Hardy

    The Girl on Gander Green Lane by M.J. Hardy

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When a perfect marriage, the perfect husband and perfect life is nothing but an illusion. Sarah Standon is living the dream, at least that’s what everyone tells her. She is the wife of a successful solicitor who looks like a movie star. They live a Stepford existence and appear to have it all. Then, one fateful night, everything changes...
  • The Baby Shower by S.E. Lynes, Tamsin Kennard

    The Baby Shower by S.E. Lynes, Tamsin Kennard

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    * 10 hours, 33 minutes *A stunningly twisty story of toxic female friendships, guilt, and lies from S.E. Lynes, author of the number-one best-seller 'The Housewarming'. She doesn’t know I’m there, watching her in the mirror. She slides her hand under her blouse. And then I see something impossible. She isn’t pregnant…She bursts into my life like a storm, and nothing is the same again...
  • 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...
  • Raney & Levine by J.A. Schneider

    Raney & Levine by J.A. Schneider

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Another doctors-&-cops adrenalin-packed thriller: A murderous religious zealot threatens women ("sinners!"), a little baby, and a hospital. First, tension enters Jill Raney's and David Levine's relationship over what to do about newborn Jesse. They both love him, but David feels he'd be safer adopted anonymously...
  • She Won't Leave by James Caine

    She Won't Leave by James Caine

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She has taken over my life.Everything was perfect until tragedy brought my mother-in-law, Delores Sterling, to my front door with extra baggage at her side. After the sudden death of her husband, she asked if she could live with us temporarily.I knew that living with my mother-in-law wouldn’t be easy. She’s made it obvious ever since I married her only son, that I’m not worthy of him...
  • My Husband's Affair by Ruth Heald

    My Husband's Affair by Ruth Heald

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We promised forever. But only one of us will leave this marriage alive…I stare at the messages between my husband Rob and another woman, their plans to run away together bringing tears to my eyes as I stand, trembling, in our luxurious apartment. I thought I had the perfect marriage...
  • Swallow Lane by Marie Snow, Jordan Marie

    Swallow Lane by Marie Snow, Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was supposed to be a fresh start.
A new life.
That’s what I told myself anyway when I moved with my son Matthew to Liars Island from Stillwake.
Too much conflict and heartache had been a constant in our life, especially with my son. And although my Matthew was grown, I’d always see him as my little boy and the one person I needed to protect above all else...
  • The Engagement by Samantha Hayes

    The Engagement by Samantha Hayes

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You thought you had escaped him. Until he proposed to your daughter.‘There’s someone I want you to meet,’ Belle says, as a man draws up to her side. He’s tall with dark hair and stubble on his square jaw. He’s dressed in expensive-looking clothes – tan trousers and a fitted navy shirt...
  • 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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    suspense  thriller  crime  mystery  fiction  psychological  book  adult
  • The Nurse by Claire Allan

    The Nurse by Claire Allan

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ‘Wow! This book kept me on the edge of my seat and every time I thought I knew what was going to happen there was another fabulous twist. I loved it.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Well! I HORSED through The Nurse, pure HORSED! Tense, pacey, unputdownable.’ – MARIAN KEYES Someone is watching her. She just doesn’t know it yet. Nell Sweeney has led an ordinary life...
  • The Narrator by K.L. Slater

    The Narrator by K.L. Slater

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What if the chance of a perfect life… put your daughter in grave danger?Being a single mother is tough, but I’d do anything for my little girl Scarlet. I’d given up on my career as a voice actor when the call came, but suddenly I was the new narrator for a secret book from bestselling author Philippa Roberts, who has been missing for eight months. It was a lifeline for me and my daughter...
  • Two Dead Wives by Adele Parks

    Two Dead Wives by Adele Parks

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An overprotective father has lived as a recluse until his adult daughter – Stacie Jones – returns from Paris, in need of radical brain surgery. Peculiarly, he appears to almost welcome her illness, it does at least mean she is back under his roof – and his control.In the meantime, the country is rapt with the scandalous case of murdered bigamist Kylie Gillingham...
  • The Couple’s Revenge by Daniel Hurst

    The Couple’s Revenge by Daniel Hurst

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How far would you go to protect your child?I knew something was wrong. It’s a mother’s instinct.I could tell when my son started hiding things from me. He used to walk to school with a mischievous grin on his beautiful face. Now he avoids eye contact and keeps his head down...
  • She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica

    She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An ICU nurse accidentally uncovers a patient’s frightening past in this chilling thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing and Just the Nicest Couple.Meghan Michaels is trying to find balance between being a single mom to a teenage daughter and working as a full time nurse...
  • The Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

    The Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Daphne and Amber Parrish are thrust back into each other’s lives upon the resurgence of a long-forgotten threat, forcing a vicious game of cat and mouse where everything is on the line, in this thrilling sequel to the million-copy-bestselling Reese’s Book Club pick The Last Mrs. Parrish.Amber Patterson Parrish has come a long way from being an invisible wallflower...
  • My Husband's Killer by Laura Marshall

    My Husband's Killer by Laura Marshall

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Three couples. One murder. A holiday to die for . . .We arrived at a villa on the Amalfi Coast, ready to enjoy a sun-soaked weekend with our oldest friends - and one new face.By the end of the weekend, my husband is found dead.But how can I mourn him, when on the day of his funeral I discover he was having an affair?The only suspects are the women we went on holiday with...
  • The Good Wife by Ellery A. Kane

    The Good Wife by Ellery A. Kane

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My husband has been accused of something terrible. But what I’m about to do is much worse…I’m sick to my stomach when I hear about the young woman found dead outside my husband’s music studio the night of our wedding anniversary. She and Theo were close, so when the police knock on the door as our daughter sleeps peacefully upstairs, I think they’re just trying to rule him out...
  • Every Breath You Take by Miranda Rijks

    Every Breath You Take by Miranda Rijks

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Has her husband really left her? Or is someone playing a deadly game?When Eva’s husband Samuel doesn’t come home from a boys’ night out, she thinks he’s sleeping off his hangover at a friend’s house. So she waits. And waits...Eventually, he sends her a text – he’s met someone else and needs a few days to get his head together. Eva is devastated...
    Categorized as:
    thriller  suspense  fiction  psychological  book  adult
  • Speak No Evil by Tanya Anne Crosby

    Speak No Evil by Tanya Anne Crosby

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    If you love a gripping Southern suspense, USA Today bestselling SPEAK NO EVIL is for you. Lifting the veil of secrecy on a grand Southern family in decline. New York Times bestselling author Tanya Anne Crosby explores the lives of Caroline, Augusta, and Savannah Aldridge, three sisters who share a dark past and an uncertain future..
  • My Husband’s Secret by L.G. Davis

    My Husband’s Secret by L.G. Davis

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I thought I knew my husband. I was wrong...I have the perfect life: a loving marriage, and an adorable little daughter, Mia, who is always full of smiles. But when my husband Keith is hit by a car, my whole world is turned upside down. With my heart breaking in his cold white hospital room, I hold his hand and tell him how much I love him...
  • The Family Home by Miranda Smith

    The Family Home by Miranda Smith

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There’s a dead man in my apartment. Only me and my ex have a key. But neither of us would have done this. We have too much to lose...I wake on the sofa, my head throbbing. How did I get here? In the darkness, I make my way to my bedroom. I turn on the lights. And then I scream.There’s a body in my bed. And I know this man: we went on two dates together...
  • The Other Side of The Wall by Andrea Mara

    The Other Side of The Wall by Andrea Mara

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Sylvia looks out her bedroom window at night and sees a child face down in the pond next door, she races into her neighbour's garden. But the pond is empty, and no-one is answering the door.Wondering if night feeds and sleep deprivation are getting to her, she hurriedly retreats. Besides, the fact that a local child has gone missing must be preying on her mind...
  • The Daughter-in-Law by Shalini Boland

    The Daughter-in-Law by Shalini Boland

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Your new husband has a shocking secret. Would your mother-in-law kill to protect it?From the moment I meet my new mother-in-law in her beautiful country house, she makes it clear I’m not welcome. Lilian Fletcher hates me for marrying her precious boy on a golden beach far away from her.Starting our marriage living in the Fletchers’ family home is a nightmare...
  • The Break by Katie Sise

    The Break by Katie Sise

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Can she trust the people she loves? Can she trust herself? A new mother is pushed to the edge in a provocative thriller by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Open House.After the traumatic birth of her daughter at a New York City hospital, Rowan O’Sullivan returns home to her apartment with her perfect newborn, Lila...
  • Don't Believe Her by Nicola Sanders

    Don't Believe Her by Nicola Sanders

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Everyone believes her. Except you.My life has never been better. I have a beautiful little girl, and I am engaged to be married to the man I’ve had a crush on since I can remember.So when Nick, my handsome fiancé, announces that his sister Carla is finally coming home, it’s truly the icing on the cake.Carla was my best friend growing up until she ran away at sixteen...
  • The Nanny's Secret by Kiersten Modglin

    The Nanny's Secret by Kiersten Modglin

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Olivia Mendes has a secret. With her new position as a nanny for the prestigious Locke family, she’s learning just how powerful secrets can be. Orrick and Iris Locke, owners of the billion-dollar security company known as Locke Industries, are beautiful, mysterious, and seemingly perfect. When she enters their home, Olivia quickly discovers everything is not what it seems...
  • After the Wedding by Laura Elliot

    After the Wedding by Laura Elliot

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Everyone said she was the prettiest flower girl. But now her dress lies on the floor. It’s wet and torn, her shoes are lost. ‘Where did you go?’ her daddy asks. She shakes her head. All she can remember are the red rose petals scattering like drops of blood spilling to the ground...
  • The Passenger by Daniel Hurst

    The Passenger by Daniel Hurst

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She takes the same train every day. But this is a journey she’ll never forget.Amanda is a hardworking single mum, completely focused on her job and her daughter, Louise. She’s been saving for years and now, finally, she can afford to give up work and chase her dream.But then, on her commute home from London to Brighton, she meets a charming stranger - who seems to know everything about her...
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