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  • Autumn's Fear by Mary Stone

    Autumn's Fear by Mary Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Don’t fear the dark. It’s the light that blinds...and kills.Forensic and criminal psychologist Dr. Autumn Trent is trying to find her groove in her transition to the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit. But can her soft heart continue to take a beating? Will her impulsive spirit continue to get her in trouble? Probably...
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    family  suspense  thriller  adult  alpha-mc  book  dark  female-mc
  • Roots of Vengeance by Maggie Cole

    Roots of Vengeance by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing about Connor Brooks is average. Not his looks, or kisses, or touches.He’s my target. Falling in love isn’t part of the assignment.My job is to determine if he’s a Twisted Heart, the vicious gang who killed my family.He’s innocent, but discovers my secret.My cover is blown. My heart shattered.But I annihilated his.Going forward, I tell my boss to only give me the most dangerous men...
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    family  suspense  adult  book  epic  fiction
  • 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...
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    family  suspense  thriller  adult  book  crime  female-mc  fiction
  • Masks of Devotion by Maggie Cole

    Masks of Devotion by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kade Coral was my brother's best friend and always in my life. Until he wasn’t.We flirted for years and finally confessed our love.Six hours after I woke up in his arms, he moved.Three years have passed and not one word from him.And nothing recreates the zing I had with Kade.That includes party boy Fisher Corbyn who wants to get serious...
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    family  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  epic  fiction
  • One Kind Man: Book 2 in the uplifting Ellindale Saga by Anna Jacobs

    One Kind Man: Book 2 in the uplifting Ellindale Saga by Anna Jacobs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    1931, Lancashire:When Finn Carlisle loses his wife and unborn child, he spends a few years travelling to keep the sad memories at bay. Just as he's ready to settle down again, his great-uncle dies and leaves everything to him. This includes Heythorpe House in Ellindale just down the road from Leah Willcox and her little fizzy drink factory...
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    family  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  epic  fiction
  • Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth

    Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Get ready for another twisty domestic thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of THE SOULMATE.From the outside, Alicia, Jessica and Norah might seem like ordinary women you'd meet on the street any day of the week. Sure, Jessica has a little OCD and Norah has some anger issues. And Alicia has low self-esteem that manifests itself in surprising ways...
  • Spec Ops K9 by Jodi Burnett

    Spec Ops K9 by Jodi Burnett

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A US Marshal ThrillerIn this heart-pounding saga, Caitlyn Reed and her fearless K9 partner, Renegade, are handpicked by the US Deputy Marshal Special Operations Group. Their mission: to join the ranks of the most elite federal forces and tackle a deadly threat facing the nation...
  • Bayou Devils MC: The Complete Series by A.M. Myers

    Bayou Devils MC: The Complete Series by A.M. Myers

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The men of the Bayou Devils MC live by a code of loyalty and justice, working tirelessly to fight for those who cannot defend themselves. They are stubborn, arrogant, sexy as hell, and once they set their sights on a woman, they won’t stop until they claim her as their own...
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    family  suspense  biker  fiction  epic  book  adult
  • Pop Smoke by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Pop Smoke by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • An Engineered Injustice by William L. Myers Jr.

    An Engineered Injustice by William L. Myers Jr.

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What if the deadliest train wreck in the nation’s history was no accident?When a passenger train derails in North Philadelphia with fatal results, idealistic criminal defense attorney Vaughn Coburn takes on the most personal case of his young career. The surviving engineer is his cousin Eddy, and when Eddy asks Vaughn to defend him, he can’t help but accept...
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    suspense  family  thriller  mystery  fiction  legal  crime  audiobook
  • The Prisoner by Kiersten Modglin

    The Prisoner by Kiersten Modglin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The epic conclusion to The Messes Series. This book is NOT standalone. Fiona Denali’s mind is a fortress of secrets. Things she can’t tell, people she must protect. She never wanted to hurt anyone, but they hurt her first. Now, she must protect the one person she can still count on—herself...
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    suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction
  • Bittersweet Promises by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Bittersweet Promises by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan returns with the next generation of Montgomerys and a second chance romance bound in memory and heat.Leif Montgomery fell hard for Brooke Alder in Paris when they were young, and he thought their fling was just an early taste of what life had in store for him...
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    family  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • True Betrayals / Montana Sky / Sanctuary by Nora Roberts

    True Betrayals / Montana Sky / Sanctuary by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    People magazine declared that Nora Roberts "is at the top of her game," and there's no greater evidence of that than these three novels. From the horse farms of Virginia to the rugged beauty of Montana, to an island off the coast of Georgia, these novels showcase Nora Roberts' talents for intense drama, vivid characters, and fast-paced suspense. True Betrayals, narrated by Rose Anne Shansky...
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    family  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Run Away With Me by Daniel Hurst

    Run Away With Me by Daniel Hurst

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    You can run but you can't hide...Laura is feeling content with her life. She is married, she has a good home and she is due to give birth to her first child any day now. But her perfect world is shattered when her husband comes home flustered and afraid. He's made a terrible mistake. He's done a bad thing. And now the police are going to be looking for him...There's only one way out of this...
  • Eight Reasons Why - Sweet Version by Jeannette Winters

    Eight Reasons Why - Sweet Version by Jeannette Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enjoy this clean and wholesome version of Eight Reasons Why. Same story without the spice. The Sweet version still contains adult situations and relationships. If you prefer the hotter version be sure to download the original.Caydan Pintino had been preparing his whole life for this; to avenge what happened to his mother. He was willing to risk it all...
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    suspense  family  contemporary  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Someone to Love by Jill Sanders

    Someone to Love by Jill Sanders

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Robin is far too engrossed in running her business to have time for men. She made her living off other people's happy-ever-after's, that didn't mean she believed in them for herself. But after bumping into the sexy man that had her knees failing, she figured she'd have a good time and enjoy herself. She hadn't planned on the relationship jeopardizing everything she held dear...
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    family  suspense  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • Mary Higgins Clark: Three Complete Novels: Where are the Children / A Stranger is Watching / The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark

    Mary Higgins Clark: Three Complete Novels: Where are the Children / A Stranger is Watching / The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the biggest, bestselling author writing today, queen of suspense and riveting terror, three bone-chilling novels. Includes The Cradle Will Fall, A Stranger is Watching, and Where are the Children? She's the world's leading mystery writer, and her millions of fans will be eagerly awaiting this new collection. 608 pages...
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    family  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  killer  philosophy
  • The Kinfolk by Eliza Maxwell

    The Kinfolk by Eliza Maxwell

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Along the banks of the Neches river, surrounded by the dense piney woods of east Texas, where the humidity makes even the mosquitos go a little soft in the head, there’s a pack of liars, thieves, and fools that Mimosa Mabry reluctantly calls family. After a lifetime spent trying to put the place behind her, the kinfolk have come calling, and they want her home...
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    family  thriller  adult  book  female-author  fiction  gothic
  • The GirI Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by David Donaldson

    The GirI Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by David Donaldson

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    NB: This is NOT the novel by Stieg...
  • 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...
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    family  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • A Friend Like That by Marissa Finch

    A Friend Like That by Marissa Finch

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Who needs enemies when you have a friend like that? I should wonder why I feel so comfortable with Taylor. Why I’m so enamored with a stranger I met at a bar.I should, but I don’t. Alice Brewster is at a low point. After being let go from her job at the ritzy Grant Hotel, she spends her days at a dingy Manhattan pub just so she won’t have to tell anyone the shameful truth...
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    family  suspense  adult  book  fiction  psychological
  • 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...
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    family  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
  • Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

    Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn't Have Come Here, comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet. After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end...
  • Sex, Lies & Lace: Sex and Lies Book 4 by Kris Calvert

    Sex, Lies & Lace: Sex and Lies Book 4 by Kris Calvert

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the surface, King Giles’ life seems quiet. But underneath his Southern charm, lies a badass American hero—a hero that will never be known to the world. Managing a busy medical practice and working on Alzheimer’s research, the undeniably charming doctor is committed to saving lives—millions of them...
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    family  suspense  adult  book  epic  fiction
  • 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..
  • In the Scrape by James Newman, Mark Steensland

    In the Scrape by James Newman, Mark Steensland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Most kids dream about a new bike, a pair of top-dollar sneakers endorsed by their favorite athlete, or that totally awesome videogame everyone's raving about. But thirteen-year-old Jake and his little brother Matthew want nothing more than to escape from their abusive father...
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    thriller  family  horror  coming-of-age  fiction  book  adult
  • The Biker Series Mega Boxed Set by Cassie Alexandra, K.L. Middleton

    The Biker Series Mega Boxed Set by Cassie Alexandra, K.L. Middleton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Written by USA Today Bestselling Author Cassie Alexandra Save big with this MEGA boxed set! An Amazon bestselling biker romance series. Included: Resisting the Biker Surviving the Biker Fearing the Biker Breaking the Biker Loving the Biker Phoenix Rising Luring the Biker Christmas with The Biker What readers are saying - They need to make it into a movie. I would definitely watch - Nikki T...
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    thriller  suspense  crime  fiction  book  adult
  • Our secrets by Erin Osborne

    Our secrets by Erin Osborne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Victoria SteeleI’ve lost the one thing I wanted more in my life than anything. Now, I don’t know how to get past the loss to move on with my life. To realize I still have a life worth living. I just need to open up and let my family in. Including Tags. Will I get the chance to do that?Colby ‘Tags’ JohnsonI have everything I want in my life; the club, my tattoo shop, and plenty of free pussy...
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    family  suspense  contemporary  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Samaritan by Estelle Ryan

    Samaritan by Estelle Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    sa·mar·i·tan: noun /səˈmærɪt(ə)n/A compassionate person generous in helping those in distressBritish investigative journalist Gabriella Reuben—Bree to everyone but her mother—has worked hard to build a new life in Düsseldorf and put the past behind her...
  • 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...
  • The Final Step by Rob Kaufman

    The Final Step by Rob Kaufman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THERE’S SOMETHING NOT RIGHT WITH ELLEN BROOKS . She’s always angry, bitter, and resentful of anyone who appears to be enjoying life. At thirty-nine years old, she seldom leaves the house, doesn’t have a friend in the world, and drinks too much... way too much. In the dead of winter, she makes the unusual decision to visit her sister, Carrie, and her family for the weekend...
  • The Guilty One by Kiersten Modglin

    The Guilty One by Kiersten Modglin

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Your husband was involved in a fatal accident.One horrific sentence, delivered in an impersonal phone call, changes Celine Thompson’s life in a second. But when she’s asked to identify his body, what she discovers sends everything she thought she knew about her life crashing down.This man is not my husband...
  • Glen Affric by Karine Giébel

    Glen Affric by Karine Giébel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bestselling French author of psychological suspense Karine Giebel makes her American debut with this dark and haunting novel about the unbreakable bond between two brothers, both treated unfairly by the world—for fans of Karin Slaughter and Stieg Larsson.“I’m so stupid. I barely have a brain at all...
  • The Forgetting by Hannah Beckerman

    The Forgetting by Hannah Beckerman

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the bestselling author of If Only I Could Tell You comes the story of two women determined to uncover the truth. But how can you trust the present if you can't remember the past?“Left me gasping. Brilliant.” —Alex Michaelides“Has one of the best story twists I have ever read…superb writing.” —Ruth Jones“Resonates long after you turn the final page...
  • 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...
  • The Concierge by Miranda Rijks

    The Concierge by Miranda Rijks

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They hired an assistant to help them. But she has other plans.High-flying duo Goldie and Braun Delucci run a major film production company. But recently their gilded lives were touched by tragedy when one of their leading actors, Ally, died in a car crash.What the Deluccis don’t realise is that their newly hired private assistant is actually Ally’s sister...
  • Rampage by John Sandford

    Rampage by John Sandford

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    John Sandford and Michele Cook complete their New York Times bestselling thriller series in this explosive finale! Fans of James Dashner, Harlan Coben, and James Patterson will love this nail-biting trilogy. Shay Remby and her band of renegade activists have got the corrupt Singular Corporation on the run. Their expos' is finally working...
  • 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...
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    family  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary  crime  female-mc
  • My Husband's Fiancee by Wendy Owens

    My Husband's Fiancee by Wendy Owens

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    How far would you go to protect what’s yours? I planned the murder of my husband’s mistress. When her body was discovered, brutally murdered, I found myself in prison, despite not committing the crime.My suspicions that my husband was behind the murder were confirmed when Evelyn Powell showed up on visiting day...
  • The Night Away by Jess Ryder

    The Night Away by Jess Ryder

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Their baby was supposed to be mine…No relationship is perfect. But since the birth of baby Mabel, seven months ago, Amber and George have been in desperate need of a night away. Mabel is all that Amber has ever wanted but she can’t deny that sometimes she struggles to cope. George has booked them into a luxury hotel and Amber’s sister is babysitting...
  • 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...
  • The Killer's Home by A.J. Carter

    The Killer's Home by A.J. Carter

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Do you really know your neighbours?Once again, my irresponsible sister has instantly fallen for the wrong guy. Rook seems like the perfect man on first meeting, but even I can see there’s something evil behind his eyes.And I’m right. It’s been two days since Fern went into his house, and nobody has heard from her since...
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    suspense  thriller  family  psychological  fiction  dark  crime  book
  • 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...
  • My Sister's Husband by Nicola Marsh

    My Sister's Husband by Nicola Marsh

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The sunroom at the back of the house is just as I remember. I can’t taste homemade lemonade or smell oatmeal cookies without thinking of home, of the beautiful cliffs of Martino Bay, and I feel welcomed. But all thoughts of a happy family reunion are destroyed the moment I see him… He’s as handsome as I remember: broad shoulders, piercing blue eyes, hair the colour of burnt toffee...
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    family  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary  crime  dark
  • The Child Taker & Slow Burn by Conrad Jones

    The Child Taker & Slow Burn by Conrad Jones

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    2 top ten 'unputdownable' thrillers in one special edition download. How far would you go to get your children back......?A stand alone novel based on high profile child abductions, which have been followed by millions of concerned parents on the news. 5 year old twins are abducted from a tent in the Lake District and the hunt for a dangerous paedophile ring begins...
    Categorized as:
    family  suspense  thriller  adult  book  crime  fiction  mystery
  • The Arrangement by Miranda Rijks

    The Arrangement by Miranda Rijks

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    How well do you know your daughter?Grace is living through every mother’s worst nightmare. Her student daughter Abi went away on a dream vacation to South Africa - and was murdered...
    Categorized as:
    family  suspense  thriller  adult  book  crime  drama  fiction
  • Redemption Lake by Susan Clayton-Goldner

    Redemption Lake by Susan Clayton-Goldner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tucson, Arizona – Eighteen-year-old Matt Garrison is harboring two terrible secrets: his involvement in the drowning death of his 12-year-old cousin, and a night of drunken sex with his best friend’s mother, Crystal, whom he finds dead in a bathtub of blood. Guilt forces Matt to act on impulse and hide his involvement with Crystal.Detective Winston Radhauser knows Matt is hiding something...
  • Blind Run by Patricia Lewin

    Blind Run by Patricia Lewin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Decker was a specialized hunter for a CIA Shadow Organization, working deep undercover to track down and capture ruthless international mercenaries and fugitives. Then a daring mission takes a lethal turn, leaving innocents dead in its wake, and Ethan’s wife a prime target of a ruthless assassin...
  • It's One of Us by J.T. Ellison

    It's One of Us by J.T. Ellison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "A heart-stoppingly tense thriller about the price of secrets and the layers behind every marriage." —Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman In Cabin 10Everybody lies. Even the ones you think you know best of all . . . Olivia Bender designs exquisite home interiors that satisfy the most demanding clients...
    Categorized as:
    family  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
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