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Autumn's Fear by Mary Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDon’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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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... -
![The Girl Who Wants by Amy Vansant]()
The Girl Who Wants by Amy Vansant
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShee wants a home.Shee McQueen grew up skip tracing and hunting military criminals with her father, Mick, until someone put a bounty on her head, forcing her underground. Resurfacing years later, she returns to her family’s hotel in Jupiter Beach, FL, to find Mick in a coma, shot in the head by an unknown sniper.Shee wants answers... -
![Run Away With Me by Daniel Hurst]()
Run Away With Me by Daniel Hurst
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsYou 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... -
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![First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston]()
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEvie 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... -
![A Friend Like That by Marissa Finch]()
A Friend Like That by Marissa Finch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWho 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... -
![The Final Step by Rob Kaufman]()
The Final Step by Rob Kaufman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHERE’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 ratingsYour 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 ratingsBestselling 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 ratingsFrom 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 ratingsI 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 ratingsThey 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... -
![One Little Lie by Christopher Greyson]()
One Little Lie by Christopher Greyson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTHE 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... -
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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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![My Husband's Fiancee by Wendy Owens]()
My Husband's Fiancee by Wendy Owens
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow 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 ratingsTheir 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 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... -
![The Killer's Home by A.J. Carter]()
The Killer's Home by A.J. Carter
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDo 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... -
![My Sister's Husband by Nicola Marsh]()
My Sister's Husband by Nicola Marsh
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe 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... -
![The Arrangement by Miranda Rijks]()
The Arrangement by Miranda Rijks
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHow 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... -
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Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEveryone has secrets.YouTube baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she’d rather you didn’t know... -
![Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft]()
Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA perfectly wicked debut thriller about an ambitious woman who, after a lifetime of conning alongside her mother, wants to leave her dark past behind and marry the heir to one of the country's wealthiest families.Like any enterprising woman, Bea knows what she’s worth and is determined to get all she deserves—it just so happens that what she deserves is to marry rich. Filthy rich... -
![Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda]()
Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe new thrilling novel from Megan Miranda, the instant New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls, The Last to Vanish, and The Only Survivors.When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake’s longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she’s warily drawn back to the town—and people—she left behind almost a decade earlier... -
![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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![A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall]()
A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA woman invited to her wealthy fiance’s family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret—and that she’s been there before, by the bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods.A whirlwind romance.When Theodora Scott met Connor—wealthy, charming, and a member of the powerful Dalton family—she fell in love in an instant... -
![The Engagement by Samantha Hayes]()
The Engagement by Samantha Hayes
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou 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... -
![20 Minutes On Holiday by Daniel Hurst]()
20 Minutes On Holiday by Daniel Hurst
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSet in one 20 minute period in different locations all around the world, the fourth book in the bestselling 20 Minute Series is taking the story global. Several characters return, alongside many new ones, as the story packs its bags and leaves London, destined for the uncertainty of a foreign land.Revenge is on the menu in Romania. Separation is on the cards in Santorini... -
![Two Dead Wives by Adele Parks]()
Two Dead Wives by Adele Parks
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn 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 Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine]()
The Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDaphne 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... -
![No One Can Hear You Scream by A.B. Whelan]()
No One Can Hear You Scream by A.B. Whelan
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA ruthlessly addicting and terrifyingly twisted story of a family stuck on a secluded mountain at the mercy of an obsessed fan of the woman.It started as a vacation of a lifetime.Jennifer Parker is a successful YouTube influencer living in a beautiful home outside Los Angeles with her three children... -
![The Desperate Wife by C.L. Jennison]()
The Desperate Wife by C.L. Jennison
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer affair was a respite from her vicious marriage. But escape attempts can be dangerous . . .Trapped in her marriage to Rex, a violent and controlling man, Ava has one bright spot in her her online tutoring sessions with Ali. He is thousands of miles away but wants very much to return to the United Kingdom... -
![Where Water Lies by Hilary Tailor]()
Where Water Lies by Hilary Tailor
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow long would you let someone else’s secret control your life?Eliza has lived two lives – one before she fell into an obsessive teenage friendship with Eric and Maggie, and the one after it was destroyed in a single afternoon. To Eliza, Eric and Maggie were irreplaceable, so she hasn’t... -
![Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell]()
Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Jewell—three women are connected by one man in this kaleidoscopic thriller.Restauranteur Paddy Swann was the life of the party until the day a man pushed him in the path of an oncoming train, leaving his twenty-something daughter Ash and wife Nina devastated... -
![The Killer’s Family by Miranda Smith]()
The Killer’s Family by Miranda Smith
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWe should never have kept our father’s secret.Before, my sisters and I were close. Now, a year after our father’s funeral, we barely speak to each other. Molly won’t accept the truth. Rachel can’t forgive him. And I spend all my time digging through his life, trying to understand.Then we hear the news. A woman has been found by the docks, her wedding ring stolen... -
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![The Niece by Georgina Cross]()
The Niece by Georgina Cross
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI love my family. But can I trust them?Walking down an airport corridor I see her. My mother’s sister. There is no mistaking we’re related; we have the same long, black hair and brown eyes. But my aunt is the one person in the world my mother told me never to trust.Nothing feels real right now... -
![The Good Wife by Ellery A. Kane]()
The Good Wife by Ellery A. Kane
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy 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... -
![On My Life by Angela Clarke]()
On My Life by Angela Clarke
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFramed. Imprisoned. Pregnant.Jenna thought she had the perfect life: a loving fiancé, a great job, a beautiful home. Then she finds her stepdaughter murdered; her partner missing.And the police think she did it...Locked up to await trial, surrounded by prisoners who'd hurt her if they knew what she's accused of, certain someone close to her has framed.. -
![Every Breath You Take by Miranda Rijks]()
Every Breath You Take by Miranda Rijks
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHas 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... -
![Mother and Daughter by James Caine]()
Mother and Daughter by James Caine
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe has my daughter. I know it.I just can’t prove it.All I ever wanted was to give my sweet Gracie everything I never had. I'm failing miserably though.The happiest my daughter seems is when she’s with Annie Meadows, an odd but endearing daycare teacher all the children love.One evening, I'm late picking up Gracie from daycare, but she’s not waiting for me... -
![Closet Full of Bones by A.J. Aalto]()
Closet Full of Bones by A.J. Aalto
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEver since they were children, Gillian Hearth has been her sister Frankie’s guardian, her sounding board, and her best friend. Together, the Hearth sisters quietly bury their secrets and form a formidable team during any crisis. Purchasing the old Blymhill house with the hopes of turning it into an artists’ retreat, the sisters are finally living their dream... -
![Delta County by J.L. Hyde]()
Delta County by J.L. Hyde
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWHO SAYS YOU CAN’T GO HOME?The greatest days of Heather Matthews’ life have taken place in Delta County. Unfortunately, so have the worst.Ten years after an unspeakable tragedy took the lives of the two people she loved the most, Heather returns to her hometown for a class reunion with her high school sweetheart, who is now her husband... -
![My Husband’s Secret by L.G. Davis]()
My Husband’s Secret by L.G. Davis
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI 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... -
![Their Little Secrets by Vanessa Garbin]()
Their Little Secrets by Vanessa Garbin
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA peaceful suburban neighbourhood is shaken to the core when a teenage girl goes missingSara felt she had turned her life around by marrying Edward. But their relationship comes under strain as they struggle to fulfil their dream of becoming parents.Yet when their best friends’ daughter suddenly disappears and her husband begins to act suspiciously, Sara feels her world is collapsing around her... -
![The Family Home by Miranda Smith]()
The Family Home by Miranda Smith
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere’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... -
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![The Only Child by Miranda Rijks]()
The Only Child by Miranda Rijks
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne little boy. One little lie. Where will it end?Chantal and Stuart are a golden couple. She’s a high-flying divorce lawyer dealing with the biggest case of her career, and he’s the darling of daytime television, on the cusp of A list celebrity. Their seventeen-year old son Alex is a passionate environmentalist, the apple of his mother’s eye.And it’s all built on a lie.A lie told by Chantal... -
![Circle of Doubt by Tracy Buchanan]()
Circle of Doubt by Tracy Buchanan
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShe thought she was the perfect mother—until the new neighbours moved in.Emma and Dele’s dreams came true nine years ago when they adopted their daughter, Isla. It felt like fate, like they were meant to find each other, and now they’re living the life they always wanted... -
![The Woman on the Bench by Eliot Stevens]()
The Woman on the Bench by Eliot Stevens
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAt last, Mark has found the perfect woman. There’s just one small problem – his wife.Married couple Mark and Cecilia seem to have it all – looks, wealth, love. But behind closed doors, things are very different – they live in silent resentment, their marriage broken by the shattering loss of the child they so desperately wanted.Enter Alice – Mark’s idea of the perfect woman... -
![The Family Trap by Lorna Dounaeva]()
The Family Trap by Lorna Dounaeva
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPrudence welcomed Zoe into her home. Now she’s fighting to survive.Two simple words shatter Prudence Ahern’s world - “I’m pregnant.”Her son Nathan is only eighteen when his new girlfriend Zoe drops that little bombshell. Prudence feels she has to support her son and asks Zoe to move in with them.Right from the start, Prudence knows something isn’t right... -
![The Halo Effect by Anne D. LeClaire]()
The Halo Effect by Anne D. LeClaire
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn this tour de force, a father, shaken by tragedy, tries to avenge his daughter’s murder—and restore his family’s shattered life. It was supposed to be a typical October evening for renowned portrait artist Will Light... -
![The Break by Katie Sise]()
The Break by Katie Sise
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCan 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...
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