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The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 87 ratingsPart blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, The Girl Who Played with Fire is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel. Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation... -
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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... -
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The Sandman by Lars Kepler, Neil Smith
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe #1 internationally best-selling thriller from the author of The Hypnotist tells the chilling story of a manipulative serial killer and the two brilliant police agents who must try to beat him at his own game.Late one night, outside Stockholm, Mikael Kohler-Frost is found wandering. Thirteen years earlier, he went missing along with his younger sister... -
![I Looked Away by Jane Corry]()
I Looked Away by Jane Corry
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsYOU MADE A MISTAKE. BUT THEY'RE SAYING IT'S MURDER.From the Sunday Times bestselling author of My Husband's Wife, comes a beautifully written psycholgocial thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell and Clare Mackintosh.Every Monday, 49-year-old Ellie looks after her grandson Josh. She loves him more than anyone else in the world. The only thing that can mar her happiness is her husband's affair... -
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![The Shape of Lies by Rachel Abbott, Lisa Coleman]()
The Shape of Lies by Rachel Abbott, Lisa Coleman
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsYesterday, Scott was dead.Today, he’s back.And Anna doesn’t believe in ghosts.Fourteen years ago Scott was Anna’s boyfriend. She loved him, but he ruined her life. When he died, she should have been free.But today Scott is on the radio, talking about her. Threatening to spill her secrets.Anna is a mother, a wife, and head teacher of a primary school. And she’s a very good liar... -
![My Little Brother by Diane Saxon]()
My Little Brother by Diane Saxon
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTwo siblings, both missing for 20 years turn up within one day of each other. One dead. One alive.It was an ordinary school day, the day I lost my little brother.One moment he was on the roundabout and then was gone. Gone. Missing.They all blamed me. I was in charge. Even though I was only ten years old.They sent me away. The hurt, the shame, the questions. The not knowing.I tried to move on... -
![Hysteria by L.J. Ross]()
Hysteria by L.J. Ross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE DCI RYAN MYSTERIES In a beautiful world, murder is always ugly… Recently returned from his last case in Ireland, elite forensic psychologist and criminal profiler Dr Alexander Gregory receives a call from the French police that he can’t ignore... -
![From Cradle to Grave by Patricia MacDonald]()
From Cradle to Grave by Patricia MacDonald
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA nail-biting novel of domestic suspense from a best-selling author - When Morgan Adair arrives at the small seaside town of West Briar on the Long Island shore, she is looking forward to attending the baptism of her new godson, Drew. Morgan and Drew's mother, Claire, have been friends since childhood, and Morgan was delighted when Claire married the handsome Guy Bolton... -
![The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson]()
The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBrighton 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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Hidden in Shadows by Viveca Sten, Marlaine Delargy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSecrets, vengeance, and a brutal murder unsettle an idyllic winter paradise in a blood-chilling novel of suspense by the acclaimed author of Hidden in Snow and the Sandhamn Murder series.In the Swedish resort of Åre, crime is rare. Certainly nothing so brutal as the murder of Johan Andersson, a former Olympic skier found bound and beaten to death in the forest... -
![I Will Make You Pay by Teresa Driscoll]()
I Will Make You Pay by Teresa Driscoll
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsEvery Wednesday, like clockwork, the terror returns. It seems like an ordinary Wednesday, until the phone rings. A mysterious caller with a chilling threat. Journalist Alice Henderson hangs up, ready to dismiss it as a hoax against the newspaper. But the next Wednesday, the stalker makes another move—and it becomes clear that this is all about Alice... -
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Stalker by Lars Kepler
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDetective Joona Linna -- recently returned from compassionate leave -- reunites with hypnotist Erik Maria Bark in a search for a seemingly unassailable sadistic killer.The Swedish National Crime Unit receives a video of a young woman in her home, clearly unaware that she's being watched. Soon after the tape is received, the woman's body is found horrifically mutilated... -
![The Night She Vanished by Wendy Dranfield]()
The Night She Vanished by Wendy Dranfield
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy 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.. -
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Only The Good Die Young : And I'm Not A Saint by Akash Verma
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes when you're desperate to leave the past behind, the past is eager to catch up!Anuradha leaves Gurgaon when Dhruv chooses his family over her. She thinks that chapter of her life hasended, and starts afresh in Mumbai. But strangely, it seems her past is trying to catch up. Dhruv suddenlycomes back into her life... -
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![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... -
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Juste une ombre by Karine Giébel
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCloé Beauchamp est une jeune femme à qui tout semble réussir; belle, brillante, sur le point d'être nommée à la tête d'une prestigieuse agence de publicité... Et amoureuse, depuis peu, d'un homme charmant. Elle cache à la perfection ses failles et les horreurs qui ont jalonné son passé. Mais lentement, sa vie va se transformer en cauchemar... -
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Parting Shot by Linwood Barclay
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA gripping thriller packed with scandal in a small town, from the master of the twist you never saw coming - international bestseller, Linwood Barclay.When a young girl from Promise Falls is killed by a drunk driver, the community wants answers.It doesn't matter that the accused is a kid himself: all they see is that he took a life and got an easy sentence... -
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Playdate by Alex Dahl
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt was meant to be your daughter's first sleepover. Now it's an abduction.Lucia Blix went home from school for a playdate with her new friend Josie. Later that evening, Lucia's mother Elisa dropped her overnight things round and kissed her little girl goodnight.That was the last time she saw her daughter.The next morning, when Lucia's dad arrived to pick her up, the house was empty... -
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Lazarus by Lars Kepler
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSometimes the past won't stay buried.All across Europe, the most ruthless criminals are suffering gruesome deaths. At first, it seems coincidental that their underworld affiliations are finally catching up to them. But when two of the victims are found to have disturbing connections to Detective Joona Linna, it becomes clear that there's a single killer at work... -
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The Fire Witness by Lars Kepler
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPsychologically tense and as fast-paced as The Hypnotist, the third book in the Joona Linna series by Lars Kepler is already a worldwide sensation, appealing to fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo... -
![Dark Corners by Megan Goldin]()
Dark Corners by Megan Goldin
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTerence Bailey is about to be released from prison for breaking and entering, though investigators have long suspected him in the murders of six women. As his freedom approaches, Bailey gets a surprise visit from Maddison Logan, a hot, young influencer with a huge social media following. Hours later, Maddison disappears, and police suspect she’s been kidnapped—or worse... -
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Black for Remembrance by Carlene Thompson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaroline Webb knows what it means to lose the person you love most. Twenty years ago, her five-year-old daughter, Hayley, was the light of her life, her treasure, her angle. Then came the terrible day when Hayley was kidnapped from her favorite swing. More than a month passed before her burned, lifeless body was found. All that remained was the silence of Caroline's heartache--and her guilt.. -
![The Perfect Family Man by M.M. DeLuca]()
The Perfect Family Man by M.M. DeLuca
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFive years ago, my little boy went missing. Now my husband’s vanished, too.I wish I could say that the tragedy of little Jack disappearing brought me and Nate closer together. But my husband is more distant from me now than he’s ever been. Perhaps that’s why I don’t ask him exactly where he’s going when he sets off on another business trip... -
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The Smiling Man by Joseph Knox
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings'Packing a punch from the very first page. You will love The Smiling Man' Jane Harper, author of The DryFrom the bestselling author of Sirens, Detective Aidan Waits is on the hunt to find the identity of The Smiling Man.Disconnected from his history and careless of his future, Detective Aidan Waits has resigned himself to the night shift... -
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![Stimmen by Ursula Poznanski]()
Stimmen by Ursula Poznanski
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEr hatte die Zeichen gesehen. Er sah sie seit Jahren schon, und hatte immer wieder versucht, die Menschen zu warnen, doch nie wollte jemand ihm glauben.Sie hatten ein Opfer dargebracht. Auf keinen Fall durften sie ihn hören. Sie wissen, wer du bist.Menschen, die wirr vor sich hinmurmeln... -
![The Running Girls by Matt Brolly]()
The Running Girls by Matt Brolly
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of the Detective Louise Blackwell series comes a story of two murders, twenty years apart. There’s only one suspect. But what if he’s innocent?Twenty years ago, in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas, Annie Randall took her dog for a walk. The dog returned. Annie did not... -
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The Dark Room by Lisa Gray, Michael Orenstein
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAll’s fair in love and revenge in this taut thriller from bestselling author Lisa Gray. Ex–crime reporter Leonard Blaylock spends his days on an unusual hobby, developing strangers’ forgotten and discarded rolls of film. He loves the small mysteries the photographs reveal to him. Then Leonard finds something no one would ever expect, or want, to see captured on film―the murder of a young woman... -
![The Soul Breaker by Sebastian Fitzek]()
The Soul Breaker by Sebastian Fitzek
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsInternational number one bestseller Sebastian Fitzek plunges readers into the depths of their own souls in a new high-concept thriller.The Soul Breaker destroys his victims.He doesn't kill them, or mutilate them. But he leaves them completely dead inside, paralysed and catatonic. His only trace a note left in their hands.There are three known victims when suddenly the abductions stop... -
![All the Lies by Nicola Sanders]()
All the Lies by Nicola Sanders
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsShe thought he was the perfect husband. Now she’s running for her life.On the surface, Amy and Jason have the perfect marriage, but Amy is trapped in a nightmare with a controlling, violent husband. Then on a short cruise without Jason, Amy befriends Liz, a young woman travelling alone on her way to meet her birth mother for the first time. Liz looks so much like Amy that they could be sisters... -
![Dark Secrets by Michael Hjorth, Hans Rosenfeldt]()
Dark Secrets by Michael Hjorth, Hans Rosenfeldt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt all begins with a call to the police. A sixteen-year-old boy, Roger Eriksson, has gone missing in the town of Västerås. A search is organized and a group of young scouts makes an awful discovery in a marsh: Roger is dead... -
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Or Else by Joe Hart
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA secret love becomes a fatal affair in a twisting novel of suspense by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Joe Hart.When novelist Andy Drake returns to his hometown to care for his ailing father, a reconnection with his childhood friend Rachel escalates into a secret love affair... -
![Over Her Dead Body by Susan Walter]()
Over Her Dead Body by Susan Walter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn inheritance that comes with a warning.Ashley Brooks’s life isn’t working out as planned. After years of struggling to make it in Hollywood, she’s still waiting for her big break. When fate leads her to the doorstep of legendary casting director Louisa Lake George, Ashley thinks her luck is about to change: the prickly old pro knows about a role she’s perfect for... -
![The Curfew by T.M. Logan]()
The Curfew by T.M. Logan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsYour son said he was home. WHY DID HE LIE? It's time to preorder the brand new up-all-night thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard and Judy pick The Holiday, now a major TV Drama.I should have known something was wrong. I should have sensed it. Felt it in the air, like the build-up of pressure before a thunderstorm, that heavy, loaded calm... -
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To Die For by Lisa Gray
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom bestselling author Lisa Gray comes a thrilling tale of a cutthroat contest for the ultimate house-selling commission… one million dollars. In the elite world of luxury real estate, it is often kill or be killed, something agent Andi Hart knows all too well—and after recent events, she’s ready to set her own rules... -
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![Victim 2117 by Jussi Adler-Olsen]()
Victim 2117 by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn the next installment of the Department Q series, a terrifying international investigation reveals the complex backstory of one of the department's own—the enigmatic Assad.The newspaper refers to her only as Victim 2117—the two thousand one hundred and seventeenth refugee to die in the Mediterranean Sea... -
![We Used To Live Here by Daniel Hurst]()
We Used To Live Here by Daniel Hurst
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEvery house has secrets. But not all of them stay buried forever...When the Burgess family move into their 'forever' home, it seems like they are set for many happy years together at their new address. Steph and Grant, along with their children, Charlie and Amelia, settle into their new surroundings quickly... -
![The Women by S.E. Lynes]()
The Women by S.E. Lynes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe night she moves in with Peter, she’s so happy, so exhilarated, so in love. Later, she will remember a much smaller feeling, a tiny one percent in her gut. And she will remember pushing that feeling aside…Samantha Frayn doesn’t know why Peter Bridges picks her – a nobody with bitten fingernails and a troubled childhood behind her – but she falls quickly... -
![Before Her Eyes by Jack Jordan]()
Before Her Eyes by Jack Jordan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe can't see the killer But the killer can see her...Naomi Hannah has been blind since birth. Struggling with living in the small, claustrophobic town of Balkerne Heights, Naomi contemplates ending her life. But before she can, Naomi stumbles across the body of a young woman who has been brutally murdered. She senses someone else there at the scene - watching her... -
![Hold Your Tongue by Deborah Masson]()
Hold Your Tongue by Deborah Masson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA brutal murder.A young woman’s body is discovered with horrifying injuries, a recent newspaper cutting pinned to her clothing.A detective with everything to prove.This is her only chance to redeem herself.A serial killer with nothing to lose.He’s waited years, and his reign of terror has only just begun . . .Introducing DI Eve Hunter, HOLD YOUR TONGUE is your new obsession... -
![The Puppet Master by Sam Holland]()
The Puppet Master by Sam Holland
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe watches your every moveWe’ve all experienced it. That creeping sensation of eyes on your back, the faint echo of footsteps following yours.He controls youAcross the country, a madman is carefully choosing his victims. Once he has you in his sights, he won’t let go.He will make you payYou think you’re in control of your own life? Think again... -
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Fallen by Carey Baldwin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA body just fell from the sky onto Hollywood Boulevard. When a beautiful prostitute is dumped onto the Walk of Fame, FBI profiler Atticus Spenser and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Caitlin Cassidy are called in to solve one of their most baffling cases yet... -
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Unspoken by Samantha Hayes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA secret is about to destroy a family in Sam Hayes' breathtaking follow-up to BLOOD TIES... Mary Marshall would do anything for her daughter Julia. A devoted grandmother to Julia’s children, she’s always been the rock her family can rely on. Until now. Mary has a past Julia knows nothing about, and it’s come back to haunt her. Julia's husband Murray French is walking a tightrope... -
![Robe de marié by Pierre Lemaitre]()
Robe de marié by Pierre Lemaitre
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSophie is haunted by the things she can't remember - and visions from the past she will never forget.One morning, she wakes to find that the little boy in her care is dead. She has no memory of what happened. And whatever the truth, her side of the story is no match for the evidence piled against her.Her only hiding place is in a new identity. A new life, with a man she has met online... -
![I Kill by Giorgio Faletti]()
I Kill by Giorgio Faletti
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe voice on the radio. The writing, red as blood. I kill ...A detective and an FBI agent embark upon the most harrowing case of their careers as they attempt to track down an enigmatic killer in this relentlessly suspenseful thriller... -
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![The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurdardottir]()
The Legacy by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe first in a stunning new series from the author of The Silence of the Sea, winner of the 2015 Petrona Award for best Scandinavian Crime Novel.The Legacy is the first installment in a fantastic new series featuring the psychologist Freyja and the police officer Huldar... -
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The Stranger's Wife by Anna-Lou Weatherley
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBeth and Cath are leaving their husbands. This is a story about two very different women. One is wealthy and having an affair with a man who gives her the kind of love that her cold, detached husband does not. One is living hand to mouth, suffering at the hands of a violent partner who would rather see her dead than leave him... -
![Spring Tide by Cilla & Rolf Börjlind, Rolf Börjlind]()
Spring Tide by Cilla & Rolf Börjlind, Rolf Börjlind
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA gripping, cinematic crime thriller from the scriptwriters known as the king and queen of Scandinavian crime, expertly crafted and full of twists and turnsThe spring tides are the highest of the year in Nordkoster; the beach will be covered in particularly deep water tonight. Three men on the beach are digging a hole, covertly watched by a young boy... -
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amok by Sebastian Fitzek
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis was supposed to be the last day of her life. Renowned criminal psychologist Ira Samin can no longer bear the feelings of guilt inspired by her eldest daughter's death and has decided to commit suicide. The preparations are all in place when Samin is summoned to a radio station where people have been taken hostage by a violent psychopath. A macabre game will decide the fate of the victims... -
![The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurdardottir]()
The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA chilling note written by a thirteen-year-old predicting the deaths of six people is found in a time capsule, ten years after it was buried. Can it be a real threat?Detective Huldar turns to psychologist Freyja to help understand the child who hid the message.But the discovery of the letter coincides with a string of murders. All of the victims match the initials from the note... -
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I Said Yes by Kiersten Modglin
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe next psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Good Neighbors...Yes. The word that brought me such great joy and, eventually, such heartbreak. When Mark asked me out for the first time, I didn’t have to think twice. I said, “Yes.” When he asked me to marry him just a year later, the answer came as easily as the breath that followed it. “Yes...
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