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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... -
![One Last Child by Anni Taylor]()
One Last Child by Anni Taylor
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWinner, Audiofile Earphones Award 2020 - narration by Caroline Lee.Five long-missing children are about to be RETURNED.It was summer in the mountains when five small children vanished from their nursery school picnic. The heat was stifling that day, the tinkle of an ice-cream van in the air....Three-and-a-half years later, in the dead of winter, the children are returned to their families.. -
![The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor]()
The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA decade ago, The Lullaby Man preyed upon young girls in Tallman's Valley. He stole into their lives, whispered in their ears, spoke of love...But only the girls themselves ever knew about him. Abby Wakeland was fourteen then. Now twenty-four, she's found the courage to tell her mother--Senior Detective Kate Wakeland--about what happened... -
![The Surrogate's Gift by L.G. Davis]()
The Surrogate's Gift by L.G. Davis
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer one good deed is about to turn into her worst nightmare.Becoming a surrogate for Marcia and Travis Thorpe is Grace’s chance to overcome her inner demons.Nothing can go wrong. Her life depends on it.Determined to focus on the pregnancy, she drops everything and accepts the Thorpes’ offer to move in with them until the baby is born. A simple decision. One big mistake... -
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![Truth and Lies by Caroline Mitchell]()
Truth and Lies by Caroline Mitchell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMeet Amy Winter: Detective Inspector, daughter of a serial killer.DI Amy Winter is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her highly respected police officer father. But when a letter arrives from the prison cell of Lillian Grimes, one half of a notorious husband-and-wife serial-killer team, it contains a revelation that will tear her life apart... -
![The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark]()
The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe'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... -
![The Stepchild by Nicole Trope]()
The Stepchild by Nicole Trope
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree-year-old Millie Everleigh disappears on a crisp winter’s day, and nothing is as it seems…It’s the phone call every mother dreads.I’m climbing into the car after a trip to the grocery store. As the engine starts, my phone rings. It’s my stepdaughter, Shelby, who is babysitting my three-year-old little girl Millie.‘I only went upstairs for a second,’ she says through her sobs. ‘She’s gone... -
![The Dark Side by Danielle Steel]()
The Dark Side by Danielle Steel
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn her new novel, Danielle Steel tells a riveting story of the dark side of motherhood. Zoe Morgan's childhood was marked by her younger sister's tragic illness, watching as her parents dedicated themselves completely to her final days and then divorced... -
![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... -
![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 filha primitiva by Vanessa Passos]()
A filha primitiva by Vanessa Passos
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVencedor do Prêmio Kindle de Literatura (2021) e Prêmio Jacarandá (2022)Uma história de amor e ódio, violência e redenção. Ambientada em Fortaleza, A filha primitiva traz luz e sombra para uma geração de avó, mãe e filha – unidas pela dor e pelo abandono, separadas pela fé, pelo ceticismo e pelos segredos que guardam. Uma avó negra que esconde quem é o pai da filha... -
![All Her Fault by Andrea Mara]()
All Her Fault by Andrea Mara
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsONE MISSING BOY.Marissa Irvine arrives at 14 Tudor Grove, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn't a mother she recognises. She isn't the nanny. She doesn't have Milo. And so begins every parent's worst nightmare.FOUR GUILTY WOMEN... -
![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... -
![Nowhere to Hide by Keri Beevis]()
Nowhere to Hide by Keri Beevis
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDuncan Stone is one of the country's most eligible and handsome bachelors, and he wants to take me, Callie Parker, on a date. At first I am surprised and flattered, the envy of my friends. Then when our whirlwind romance escalates and he asks me to move in with him, it's like a dream come true. But as I get to really know my new boyfriend, my fairytale turns into a nightmare... -
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![Did I Kill My Husband? by A.J. Campbell]()
Did I Kill My Husband? by A.J. Campbell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe police officer’s voice is steady as he tells me the news. ‘Your husband is in hospital.’ My heart pounds. I think about my children, safely tucked up in bed. What will happen to us if he loses his life? And more importantly… do the police know where I really was tonight?Everybody thinks Michael and I are the perfect couple. But everybody is wrong... -
![Left Hanging by Maria Frankland]()
Left Hanging by Maria Frankland
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMarriage is a coin with two sides. One joyful. One deadly.Kerry's focus is on fitting in, whilst safeguarding the lifestyle she has always craved. With a handsome, affluent husband, twin boys and her own successful business, it seems as though nothing could ever ‘flip’ her coin.Ed fears their marriage is a sham and that he is living a lie... -
![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... -
![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... -
![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... -
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![No More Words by Kerry Lonsdale]()
No More Words by Kerry Lonsdale
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author comes the first book in a trilogy about love, betrayal, and the secrets families keep.Forced to choose between abortion or adoption, Olivia Carson’s younger sister, Lily, runs away from home. Sixteen and pregnant, she never returns. But she writes... -
![My Name Is by Angela Marsons]()
My Name Is by Angela Marsons
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKit Mason is a brittle ex-prostitue trying to outrun a past of abuse and cruelty. Frances Thornton is a lawyer from a privileged background shrouded in secrets. Alcohol could be their destruction. My Name Is follows the unlikely friendship between two very different women fighting their addiction to alcohol... -
![The Faithless by Martina Cole]()
The Faithless by Martina Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGabby looked at the woman she had hated nearly all her life. Then she sat down on the ladder-backed chair, put her face into her bloodied hands and cried. To the outside world, Cynthia Tailor is a woman to envy; she has a devoted husband, a lovely home and two gorgeous children... -
![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... -
![My Husband's Secret by Kiersten Modglin]()
My Husband's Secret by Kiersten Modglin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy husband liked his secrets. On the day of his funeral, I found out just how much. As it turns out, there were three of us. Three women he loved. Three secrets he had to keep. But Lucas wasn’t the only one with secrets. The three of us have a few of our own, and we’d do anything to keep them. If you look close enough, we each had a motive. We all had an opportunity... -
![The Guilty Girl by Ruth Harrow]()
The Guilty Girl by Ruth Harrow
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsChloe is serving a life sentence. In her own home.Ever since the horrific day her mother died, Chloe's life has been anything but normal - more like a carefully constructed prison. Her father hasn’t let her go to school, have friends or leave the house alone.As she grows up, Chloe begins to question the motives behind her dad's obsessive control... -
![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... -
![The Mother Of All Things by Gabriel Blake]()
The Mother Of All Things by Gabriel Blake
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDARK BEGINNINGS, BRUTAL ENDINGSA traumatic event and the break-up of her marriage returns Elaine to her childhood home where she embarks on renovating the run-down farmhouse as she reconnects with her mother and entertains her two children over the summer holidays... -
![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... -
![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... -
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![Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen]()
Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCatherine Sterling thinks she knows her mother. Ruth Sterling is quiet, hardworking, and lives for her daughter. All her life, it's been just the two of them against the world. But now, Catherine is ready to spread her wings, move from home, and begin a new career. And Ruth Sterling will do anything to prevent that from happening.Ruth Sterling thinks she knows her daughter... -
![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 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... -
![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... -
![This is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau]()
This is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau, author of Palimpsest: A Collection of Contemporary Horror, follows the gut-wrenching journey of Miller and her estranged mother, Sylvie, who have always had a tense relationship. After Miller's father dies, she agrees to a girls' vacation away from the city to reconnect with the only family she has left... -
![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.. -
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![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... -
![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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