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  • One Last Child by Anni Taylor

    One Last Child by Anni Taylor

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Winner, 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..
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    crime  drama  female-mc  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book
  • 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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    crime  female-mc  suspense  thriller  adult  book  family  fiction
  • The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

    The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “Don’t go in the guest bedroom.” A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick’s face as he touches the door with his fingertips. “My wife… she’s very ill.” As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  mystery  psychological
  • The Girl in the Manor by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl in the Manor by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The sound of a blood curdling scream echoed through the manor. Her pleas ignored, her screams unheard...
  • The Hidden One by Linda Castillo

    The Hidden One by Linda Castillo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The discovery of an Amish bishop's remains leads chief of police Kate Burkholder to unearth a chilling secret in The Hidden One, a new thriller from bestselling author Linda Castillo.Over a decade ago, beloved Amish bishop Ananias Stoltzfus disappeared without a trace. When skeletal remains showing evidence of foul play are unearthed, his disappearance becomes even more sinister...
  • The Surrogate's Gift by L.G. Davis

    The Surrogate's Gift by L.G. Davis

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Her 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...
  • Hide and Seek by M.J. Arlidge

    Hide and Seek by M.J. Arlidge

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Prison is no place for a detectiveHelen Grace was one of the country's best police investigators. Now she's behind bars with the killers she caught.Framed for murderShe knows there is only way out: stay alive until her trial and somehow prove her innocence.Locked up with a killerBut when a mutilated body is found in the cell next door,Helen fears her days are numbered. A murderer is on the loose...
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    crime  drama  female-mc  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book
  • Paper Roses by Karen Ann Hopkins, Brittany Pressley

    Paper Roses by Karen Ann Hopkins, Brittany Pressley

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Some Amish communities aren’t so cozy. Paper Roses is the electrifying new addition to the Serenity’s Plain Secrets’ mystery/crime thriller series. While an archeological team digs up Blood Rock’s sinister past, a forbidden romance begins, and Serenity races to stop a serial killer before he strikes again...
  • I Looked Away by Jane Corry

    I Looked Away by Jane Corry

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    YOU 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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    crime  drama  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • The Girl Next Door by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl Next Door by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sherwood is a sleepy little town. A town full of friendly faces, and even friendlier neighbors.Which is why FBI agent Emma Griffin isn't surprised when her new neighbor starts stopping by to chat.Turns out her neighbor has a dark past and secrets that made her run...
  • Law of Five by Robin Mahle

    Law of Five by Robin Mahle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The nationwide manhunt for a killer begins and the media quickly dubs him the “Highway Hunter.” Bodies left roadside on display with horrific markings; a calling card. But this case is miles away from Katie Reid and her life with Detective Marshall Avery.That is, until she gets the call from her old friend and reporter, Marc Aguilar, who believes that the killer could be coming their way...
  • None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

    None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From the #1  New York Times  bestselling author known for her “superb pacing, twisted characters, and captivating prose” ( BuzzFeed ), Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast...
  • The Juror by George Dawes Green

    The Juror by George Dawes Green

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    This is a psychological thriller about a young woman threatened by the Mafia who must return a verdict of 'not guilty' to ensure the safety of her son. The book has been turned into a movie, featuring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore...
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    crime  drama  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Not all flowers are grown with love. Years earlier, teenage girls began to vanish off the streets of Seattle. Now, they're turning up dead, their mutilated bodies left in prominent locations around the city. Skye Cree suspects there are more...
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    crime  female-mc  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  mystery
  • Blake Pierce Mystery Bundle: Before He Kills / Cause to Kill by Blake Pierce

    Blake Pierce Mystery Bundle: Before He Kills / Cause to Kill by Blake Pierce

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A two-book mystery bundle by #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce, author of ONCE GONE, a #1 bestseller on Amazon with over 350 five star reviews!Here is a bundle of the first books in two Blake Pierce series—the Mackenzie White and Avery Black series—all here in one convenient place. This bundle offers a great introduction to Blake Pierce’s series with over 140,000 words of reading...
  • Tell Me Your Secret by Dorothy Koomson

    Tell Me Your Secret by Dorothy Koomson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The gripping new emotional thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ice Cream Girls, My Best Friend's Girl and The Brighton Mermaid. Pieta has a secretTen years ago, Pieta survived a weekend with a sadistic serial killer. She never told anyone what happened and instead moved on with her life...
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    crime  drama  female-mc  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary
  • All Her Fault by Andrea Mara

    All Her Fault by Andrea Mara

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    ONE 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...
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    crime  drama  female-mc  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Game You Played by Anni Taylor

    The Game You Played by Anni Taylor

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Little Boy Blue Where did you go? Who led you away? Only I know . . . . Two-year-old Tommy Basko goes missing from a popular inner-city playground. Six months later, his parents begin receiving cryptic messages in rhyme about Tommy. The police don't believe the messages are from the abductor, but Tommy's mother Phoebe is certain they're a game meant for her...
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    crime  drama  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  kidnapping
  • The Perfect Getaway by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    The Perfect Getaway by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One by one the guests at the Misty Pines Ski Lodge are dropping dead…After an action-packed year of fighting crime, FBI Agent Olivia Knight is ready for a relaxing getaway with her partner Brock.But trouble has a way of finding her everywhere...Her arrival at the ski lodge is welcomed by chaos with the death of a female guest...
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    crime  female-mc  suspense  adult  book  fiction  investigator  mystery
  • Every Pretty Thing by Chris Mooney

    Every Pretty Thing by Chris Mooney

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In Every Pretty Thing serial killer hunter Darby McCormick finds herself in Montana, looking for a friend. Little does she realise that a murderer is waiting for her . . .She came to find her friend.Instead she found a killer.Serial killer expert Darby McCormick gets a call from FBI Agent Jackson Cooper, who has been contacted by a woman who's been in hiding for twenty years...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  mystery  psychological
  • Corrupted by Sin by Kennedy Layne

    Corrupted by Sin by Kennedy Layne

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A chilling confession unleashes deadly secrets…In downtown D.C., an emergency surgery is performed on a prominent psychiatrist following a multi-car accident. The ICU nurse on duty has heard many interesting utterances from her groggy patients over the years...
  • The Cut by Chris Brookmyre

    The Cut by Chris Brookmyre

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick'Strikingly original and definitively Brookmyre - there's nothing he can't do'Mick Herron'I recommend The Cut SO HIGHLY! A fast-paced thriller, lovely characters, [and] it kept me guessing'Marian KeyesThe supremely entertaining, moving, and unpredictable new thriller from multi-award-winning bestseller Chris Brookmyre is a wholly original masterpiece and the best...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  mystery
  • The Silence Between Breaths by Cath Staincliffe

    The Silence Between Breaths by Cath Staincliffe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Eight people, one deadly secret.Passengers boarding the 10.35 train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston are bound for work, assignations, reunions, holidays or new starts, with no idea that their journey is about to be brutally curtailed...
  • Never Come Back by Joe Hart

    Never Come Back by Joe Hart

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Needing to help the most vulnerable is in Nora McTavish’s DNA. Living within the echoes of her own traumatic past, she spends her days as a family advocate providing comfort and justice for those without anyone else to turn to. So when a long lost childhood friend calls asking for help and promising clues to the location of Nora’s missing mother, she has no choice but to say yes...
  • 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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    crime  female-mc  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary  family
  • 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 Stepdaughter by Georgina Cross

    The Stepdaughter by Georgina Cross

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It’s a normal afternoon when I walk out the patio doors of our kitchen to check on Mia, my stepdaughter, who is swimming in our backyard pool. But she’s gone. My heart stops when I see the back gate is open, her pink, fluffy towel lying folded on a chair. I was just feet away...
  • The Faithless by Martina Cole

    The Faithless by Martina Cole

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Gabby 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...
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    crime  drama  female-mc  suspense  thriller  adult  book  family
  • Dead On Time by W.L. Knightly

    Dead On Time by W.L. Knightly

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Professor Whit Filmore thought he’d left his life as a detective behind to focus on teaching, but after a personal realization changed his life, he discovered his heightened senses help him pick up on clues that others can’t...
  • The Picture on the Fridge by Ian W. Sainsbury, Matthew Lloyd Davies

    The Picture on the Fridge by Ian W. Sainsbury, Matthew Lloyd Davies

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Mags Barkworth still suffers the effects of a life-changing tragedy over a decade ago. She knows her husband loves her. She knows he would never do anything to hurt her, or their daughter...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  mystery
  • You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego

    You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An 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...
  • Heartbreaker by Tania Carver

    Heartbreaker by Tania Carver

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After years of abuse, Gemma Adderley has finally found the courage to leave her violent husband. She has taken one debilitating beating too many, endured one esteem-destroying insult too much. Taking her seven-year-old daughter Carly, she leaves the house, determined to salvage what she can of her life...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  mystery  fiction  psychological  book  adult
  • A Child Is Torn: Innocence Lost by Dawn Kopman Whidden

    A Child Is Torn: Innocence Lost by Dawn Kopman Whidden

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Evan Madison fails to show up for work, police go to his home where his ten-year-old son, Brad, is found, unharmed and alone. He is stoic, sitting in front of the TV playing a video game, and covered in blood. In the upstairs bedroom, lie his parents bludgeoned to death. Brad confesses to killing them, but it makes no sense. Is Brad covering some someone else or the evil seed born to kill...
  • Fear Dreams by J.A. Schneider

    Fear Dreams by J.A. Schneider

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sensitive woman fearing insanity... Liddy Barron was injured in a hit-and-run accident that left her with recurring nightmares, gaps in her memory, and an increasing obsession in the disappearance of a coed named Sasha Perry. Was Sasha murdered? Liddy's turmoil grows as she begins seeing ghostly images. Her husband Paul tries to help but insists it's just her imagination..
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    crime  female-mc  suspense  thriller  adult  alpha-mc  book  fiction
  • Bird of Prey by Lee Alan

    Bird of Prey by Lee Alan

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She seeks love. He seeks revenge. With Corey fighting for his life and an uncertain future for her unborn child, newly married Anna must face the aftermath of her big day and protect those who need her. But that’s not all. Something is about to happen that will shatter her fragile peace and turn her world upside down once more. An event that will test her and her young family to the limit...
  • Three Strikes by Kate Kessler

    Three Strikes by Kate Kessler

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three Strikes is the new novel in a thriller series where a criminal psychologist uses her own dark past to help law enforcement catch dangerous killers.Thanksgiving is approaching, and Audrey Harte has a lot to be thankful for -- her mother has recovered from surgery, her relationship with Jake is solid, her father is relatively sober, and her career is evolving in an exciting direction...
  • Miserable Lies by Nolon King

    Miserable Lies by Nolon King

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How many wrongs make a right?Deputy Chief Quentin “Port” Porter is famous for catching the infamous Magistrate Killer, Linus Cole, whose murder spree included his best friend and partner, Miles Tate.Port’s heroics caught the nation’s imagination, inspiring film and television, and skyrocketing his career while making him famous and wealthy...
  • Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

    Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From #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...
  • One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke

    One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the international bestselling author comes a twisty psychological thriller set on a stunning Greek island, One of the Girls tells the delicious story of a bachelorette trip that ends in murder. Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Lucy Foley.It was supposed to be the perfect weekend away...
  • Gone... But Not Missed by A.R. Kennedy

    Gone... But Not Missed by A.R. Kennedy

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lillian Brannon wakes up on Valentine's Day in an exact replica of her bedroom but the only item that she believes is authentic is her dog, Laude. She is held captive in her kidnapper's basement apartment, summoned upstairs once a week for a chaste dinner...
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    crime  drama  female-mc  suspense  thriller  adult  animals  book
  • The Killer’s Family by Miranda Smith

    The Killer’s Family by Miranda Smith

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We 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...
  • The Lucky One by Jessica Payne

    The Lucky One by Jessica Payne

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ten years ago, I survived a serial killer. They called me the lucky one, but they don’t know the truth I’ve been hiding ever since…Then: We danced together that night, our dresses glittering in the swirling lights. We couldn’t have known that for one of us, it would be our last night alive...
  • On My Life by Angela Clarke

    On My Life by Angela Clarke

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Framed. 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..
  • Their Little Secrets by Vanessa Garbin

    Their Little Secrets by Vanessa Garbin

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A 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...
  • Only Daughter by Sarah A. Denzil

    Only Daughter by Sarah A. Denzil

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The must-read psychological thriller for 2019. In one moment, Kat Cavanaugh’s perfect world is shattered into tiny fragments. The flash of her daughter’s yellow dress, the blonde hair hanging across her precious face. Her own heart-broken sob… Kat experiences every mother’s worst nightmare when her only child’s body is found lifeless in an overgrown, abandoned quarry...
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    crime  drama  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  dark-academia
  • The Halo Effect by Anne D. LeClaire

    The Halo Effect by Anne D. LeClaire

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In 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...
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    crime  drama  female-mc  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary
  • The Perfect Family by Shalini Boland

    The Perfect Family by Shalini Boland

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    ‘Mummy, she’s gone…’ Gemma Ballantine is getting ready for work one morning when her eldest child comes running down the stairs, saying the words every mother dreads. The front door is open. And her six-year-old daughter has disappeared. Frantic with fear, Gemma starts a nail-biting search for her little girl...
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    crime  drama  female-mc  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Accident by Natalie Barelli

    The Accident by Natalie Barelli

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    If only she'd said no... Katherine knew she’d had too many drinks, but they were only going a short distance. And as Eve pointed out, it was late, there was no traffic anyway... Now, Katherine would do anything to turn back the clock. If anyone ever found out about the accident, it would ruin Katherine’s life...
  • The Devil's Work by Mark Edwards

    The Devil's Work by Mark Edwards

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A gripping psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Follow You Home and The Magpies . It was the job she had dreamed of since childhood. But on her very first day, when an unnerving encounter drags up memories Sophie Greenwood would rather forget, she wonders if she has made a mistake. A fatal mistake...
  • Close Your Eyes by Teresa Driscoll

    Close Your Eyes by Teresa Driscoll

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Finding missing children is Matthew’s job—but this time it’s his own daughter who’s disappeared.When private investigator Matthew Hill picks up the call from his wife, Sally, his world comes crashing down. Their eight-year-old daughter, Amelie, is missing. One second, she was there, the next, she was gone.It’s the very nightmare they’ve been dreading...
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