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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.. -
![Love, Lies, and Suicide by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray]()
Love, Lies, and Suicide by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“You can’t always get what you want.”“But, if you try, you might find…”You’ll get exactly what’s coming for you.FBI agent Olivia Knight has seen the realities of what happens when nightmares come to life.When she’s called to investigate a case of an apparent murder-suicide in an affluent community... -
![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... -
![The Silent Threat by Elle Gray]()
The Silent Threat by Elle Gray
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter the bodies of six young girls were discovered in a shipping container that had been dumped in a scrapyard, FBI agent Blake Wilder is summoned onto the horrific scene. A closer inspection of the bodies reveals strange markings, similar to Spenser's victims in Sweetwater Falls... -
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![A Code to Kill by Elle Gray]()
A Code to Kill by Elle Gray
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMost of us have a code we live by.Some live their life altruistically, while others live by a more sinister code.A code that only their victims know. A code to kill…Fresh from a grueling joint operation with Spenser Song, FBI agent Blake Wilder continues to find herself being stalked and hunted down by an unknown culprit. The worst part is that they may be after her loved ones as well... -
![Left You Dead by Peter James]()
Left You Dead by Peter James
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNO BODY. NO TRACE.NO CRIME?Niall and Eden Paternoster start their Sunday the same way they always do – with a long drive, a visit to a country house and a quick stop at the local supermarket on the way home.But this Sunday ends differently – because while Niall waits and waits in the car park for Eden to pick up supplies, Eden never returns... -
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Slow Down by Lee Matthew Goldberg
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow far would you go to make your dreams come true? For budding writer and filmmaker Noah Spaeth, being a Production Assistant in director Dominick's Bambach's new avant-garde film isn't enough. Neither is watching Dominick have an affair with the lead actress, the gorgeous but troubled Nevie Wyeth. For Noah's dream is to get both the film and Nevie in the end, whatever the cost... -
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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... -
![Grimm's Guilt: Demon Dawgs MC San Diego - Book Four by K.L. Barstow]()
Grimm's Guilt: Demon Dawgs MC San Diego - Book Four by K.L. Barstow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet Dirty With The Dawgs! These aren’t your typical heroes. This MC Romance Series has hot alpha males with smart and sassy females. These men protect the innocent and aren't afraid to inflict biker justice. These fast-paced novels have plenty of action inside and outside the bedroom... -
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The Perfect Nanny by D.L. Fisher
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLucinda and Andrew Douglass are settling into life with their newborn baby, Delilah. Only four weeks in, much to Andrew’s dismay, Lucinda is planning her return to a high-powered job at the New York Stock Exchange, causing a major rift in their already volatile marriage.On the bright side, Lucinda has found the perfect nanny to care for their precious baby... -
![In the Dark by Chris Patchell]()
In the Dark by Chris Patchell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMarissa Rooney stands in her daughter’s empty dorm room, a half-used vial of insulin clutched in her trembling hand. Brooke has been missing for days. Her roommate hasn’t seen her since that night in the bar. And if Marissa has Brooke’s insulin, it means that Brooke does not.But Marissa isn’t alone in her terror... -
![A Broken Reality by Rob Kaufman]()
A Broken Reality by Rob Kaufman
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA KIDNAPPING GONE WRONG. A PSYCHOPATHIC CRIMINAL. A VICTIM WITHOUT A MEMORY.Ten-year-old, Danny Madsen, has been missing for four days when Jesse Carlton begins his own search for his godson on a frigid, snowy night. Driving along a deserted rural road, Jesse hits a stretch of black ice at the same time Danny appears from the thicket. From that moment, life changes for everyone... -
![From the Cradle by Louise Voss, Mark Edwards]()
From the Cradle by Louise Voss, Mark Edwards
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe first child was taken from her house.The second from his mother's car. The third from her own bedroom...When Helen and Sean Philips go out for the evening, leaving their teenage daughter babysitting little Frankie, they have no idea that they are about to face every parent's greatest fear... -
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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... -
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![The Abduction by Mark Gimenez]()
The Abduction by Mark Gimenez
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBen Brice lives alone in the New Mexico wilderness where he battles memories of Vietnam with oceans of Jim Beam. Miles away in Texas, his estranged son, John, an Internet geek-turned-billionaire, half watches his daughter Gracie's soccer game while conducting business on his cell phone. When her mother Elizabeth arrives, the coach reports that her uncle has already collected Gracie... -
![The Game You Played by Anni Taylor]()
The Game You Played by Anni Taylor
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLittle 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... -
![Fatal Games by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray]()
Fatal Games by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJumping off a plane is one thing, but being forced to do so amid a plane crash is something no one puts on their bucket list.After surviving a plane crash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, FBI agent Olivia Knight and a group of survivors are washed ashore onto a desolate island.An island harboring more danger than any of them could have ever imagined... -
![The Boy in the Woods by A.J. Wills]()
The Boy in the Woods by A.J. Wills
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat she saw in the woods will test a mother’s love to the limits Sabine Sugar, devoted wife and mother, has turned her back on the haters and moved her family to a new town where no one knows they had anything to do with the death of a teenage girl... -
![Distruggimi by Chiara Cilli]()
Distruggimi by Chiara Cilli
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCredevo di essere sopravvissuta all'orrore. Mi sbagliavo.Credeva di potermi sfuggire. Ma non ha scampo da me. Non riesco a liberarmi di lui.Non le permetterò di cacciarmi dalla sua mente. È nella mia testa, nel mio sangue, nelle mie ossa.È un mostro che vuole impossessarsi della mia anima e farla a brandelli. Henri Lamaze è l'incubo di morte da cui non sarò mai in grado di svegliarmi... -
![Every Pretty Thing by Chris Mooney]()
Every Pretty Thing by Chris Mooney
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 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... -
![The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins]()
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she’s not only North Carolina’s richest woman, she’s also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family’s estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains... -
![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 Cut by Chris Brookmyre]()
The Cut by Chris Brookmyre
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA 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... -
![Hidden Justice by Nolon King, David W. Wright]()
Hidden Justice by Nolon King, David W. Wright
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe bestselling authors of Yesterday's Gone , Pretty Killer , and No Justice bring you a brand new unforgettable thriller that blends mystery and suspense into pulse-pounding, revenge-seeking, fast-paced thriller action.Frank Grimm is a retired detective who breaks into his neighbors' homes searching for clues to find the man who murdered his daughter...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![The Stepdaughter by Georgina Cross]()
The Stepdaughter by Georgina Cross
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt’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... -
![Buried by Jeffery Deaver]()
Buried by Jeffery Deaver
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn old-school reporter discovers that the search for the truth is still full of surprises in a twisty short thriller from bestselling master of suspense Jeffery Deaver.After a long run as a respected journalist, Edward “Fitz” Fitzhugh is on his way out when he stumbles across the story of a lifetime. The Gravedigger is a serial kidnapper who taunts the police with riddles... -
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The Picture on the Fridge by Ian W. Sainsbury, Matthew Lloyd Davies
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsMags 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... -
![The Perfect Scandal: A Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Thriller,Book 23 by Blake Pierce]()
The Perfect Scandal: A Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Thriller,Book 23 by Blake Pierce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJessie, taken hostage, is in the fight of her life. So used to saving others, she finds the table turned, and at the mercy of her colleagues to find her in time—while at the same time, murders pile up on the outside world, offering her colleagues a grisly trail to her... -
![The Perfect Neighbor by Blake Pierce, Ulka Mohanty]()
The Perfect Neighbor by Blake Pierce, Ulka Mohanty
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Perfect Neighbor is book number nine in a new psychological suspense series by best-selling author Blake Pierce, which begins with The Perfect Wife, a number one best seller!In an exclusive and wealthy neighborhood in Manhattan Beach, a new neighbor moves into a luxury home - only to be found dead soon thereafter... -
![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... -
![Heartbreaker by Tania Carver]()
Heartbreaker by Tania Carver
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter 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... -
![Miserable Lies by Nolon King]()
Miserable Lies by Nolon King
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow 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... -
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![This Family Lies: A jaw-dropping psychological thriller by J.M. Cannon]()
This Family Lies: A jaw-dropping psychological thriller by J.M. Cannon
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsExcellent book! Could not put it down... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Chasing Darkness by Danielle Girard]()
Chasing Darkness by Danielle Girard
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe most dangerous place to hide is in the dark...A tough special-agent with the Department of Justice, and a dedicated single mother to her orphaned nephews, Samantha Chase is unbreakable. Until two women, both from the shadows of Sam's past, are discovered strangled... -
![The Other Side of The Wall by Andrea Mara]()
The Other Side of The Wall by Andrea Mara
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Sylvia looks out her bedroom window at night and sees a child face down in the pond next door, she races into her neighbour's garden. But the pond is empty, and no-one is answering the door.Wondering if night feeds and sleep deprivation are getting to her, she hurriedly retreats. Besides, the fact that a local child has gone missing must be preying on her mind... -
![The Day I Disappeared by Brandi Reeds]()
The Day I Disappeared by Brandi Reeds
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA terrifying crime reunites a mother and daughter in a novel of psychological suspense by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Trespassing.Three months after four-year-old Holly Gebhardt was kidnapped, she was inexplicably returned to the same park from which she’d vanished…with no memory of the ordeal... -
![The Nanny's Secret by Kiersten Modglin]()
The Nanny's Secret by Kiersten Modglin
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOlivia Mendes has a secret. With her new position as a nanny for the prestigious Locke family, she’s learning just how powerful secrets can be. Orrick and Iris Locke, owners of the billion-dollar security company known as Locke Industries, are beautiful, mysterious, and seemingly perfect. When she enters their home, Olivia quickly discovers everything is not what it seems... -
![The Sleepover by Keri Beevis]()
The Sleepover by Keri Beevis
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen you’re a kid, you imagine monsters to have horns and fangs. That they hide under the bed or in the wardrobe. And you believe they can only come after you when it’s dark.You don’t expect them to look like everyday people or that they may be someone you already know…The summer in question started out with hot, fun-filled days and new friendships... -
![The Perfect Alibi by Blake Pierce, Abigail Reno]()
The Perfect Alibi by Blake Pierce, Abigail Reno
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA suburban wife and mom escapes from the grasp of a psychotic serial killer—only to wind up murdered weeks later... -
![The Perfect Impression: A Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Thriller, Book Thirteen by Blake Pierce]()
The Perfect Impression: A Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Thriller, Book Thirteen by Blake Pierce
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Perfect Impression is book number 13 in a new psychological suspense series by best-selling author Blake Pierce, which begins with The Perfect Wife , a number-one best seller with over 600 five-star reviews.When a group of couple friends leave their suburban lives to go away together on a vacation to an exclusive resort, their partying gets out of control - and someone ends up dead... -
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![The Perfect Mask by Blake Pierce]()
The Perfect Mask by Blake Pierce
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen wealthy housewives are found dead in their own backyards, victims of a serial killer dubbed the “backyard killer,” Jessie must solve the case in the face of tremendous media pressure and a ticking clock... -
![Close Your Eyes by Teresa Driscoll]()
Close Your Eyes by Teresa Driscoll
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFinding 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... -
![Jaque al psicoanalista by John Katzenbach, Laura Paredes]()
Jaque al psicoanalista by John Katzenbach, Laura Paredes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratings(La continuación de El Psicoanalista.)Han pasado cinco años desde que el doctor Starks acabó con la pesadilla que casi le cuesta la vida y que arrasó con todo lo que había sido hasta entonces, descubriéndole las facetas más oscuras del alma humana, también la suya... -
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Lock the Door by Jane Holland
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMeghan Smith has always been a protective mother. Her baby son, Harry, has a life-threatening condition and is never far from her sight. But on the evening of her wedding anniversary, as she and her husband celebrate in the garden with friends, Harry disappears from his cot without a trace... -
![The Phantom Child by A.J. Wills]()
The Phantom Child by A.J. Wills
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIs her child really missing? Or did he never exist at all?With cracks beginning to show in her marriage, Karina thinks a short break to a luxury villa in Turkey with her husband, Ronan, and their four-year-old son, Jacob, is just what the family needs.It’ll be a chance to relax, enjoy some good food, and more importantly to reconnect with the people she loves the most... -
![The One by Audrey J. Cole]()
The One by Audrey J. Cole
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTo save their marriage, Sloane must forgive her husband’s affair. Instead, she tries a more tempting option—settling the score. But will it prove to be a deadly mistake?ER doctor Sloane Marks is shattered when she learns her husband Ethan slept with his partner at Seattle Homicide...
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