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  • Crank Trilogy by Ellen Hopkins

    Crank Trilogy by Ellen Hopkins

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The heart-wrenching bestselling Crank trilogy shows that addiction is never just one person’s problem. Crank Kristina is the perfect daughter: gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. Then she meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild ride turns into a struggle for her mind, her soul—her life. Glass Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal...
  • Sister Where Are You by A.M. Strong, Sonya Sargent

    Sister Where Are You by A.M. Strong, Sonya Sargent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    FBI Special Agent Patterson Blake has accepted that the disappearance of her sister Julie sixteen years ago will never be solved. Until shocking new evidence comes to light that makes her question everything she thought she knew.When the grisly dumping ground of a twisted serial killer is discovered, it looks like she may have found her sister's final resting spot...
  • The Streets by Jacqui Rose

    The Streets by Jacqui Rose

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Streets is a hard-hitting gangland thriller from the bestselling author Jacqui Rose.Ten years ago, Jo Martin was released from prison after serving twelve years of a life sentence. She is now out on license – and she isn’t Jo anymore. Given a new identity by the courts, and with a different appearance, a ready-made history and even a change of age, Jo can pretend to be anyone . .
  • Saving What's Mine by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Saving What's Mine by Janice M. Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I knew it the second I heard her name.Hope.It’s something I’ve never had.Something I’ve always wanted.But now I only want it for her.Hope’s as broken as I was. Beaten down. Literally and figuratively.That stops now.I thought saving myself was what mattered the most to me.I was wrong.Saving her is.No one’s ever cared what happened to me.Ever offered help without wanting something in return...
  • High Noon and Tribute by Nora Roberts

    High Noon and Tribute by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two full-length novels of drama, passion and suspense from number one bestseller Nora RobertsHigh NoonAs Savannah's chief hostage negotiator, Phoebe MacNamara is calm, courageous, and ready to risk her life to save others. But a chance meeting with businessman Duncan Swift will bring dramatic repercussions for them both. Someone is out to destroy Phoebe - professionally and personally...
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    crime  family  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Rainey Nights by R.E. Bradshaw

    Rainey Nights by R.E. Bradshaw

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Women are missing and dying in the Triangle area of North Carolina. One woman holds the key to why. With the conclusion of the Y-Man murders nine months ago and her resignation from the FBI, Former Special Agent and Behavioral Analyst, Rainey Bell has finally found peace and contentment she never thought possible, even if she remains a bit paranoid...
    Categorized as:
    crime  lgbtq  romantic-love  suspense  wlw  thriller  adult  audiobook
  • Frozen Statues by L.E. Fraser

    Frozen Statues by L.E. Fraser

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A gripping psychological thriller with shocking twistsIn the bitter cold of a Canadian winter, seven university freshmen vanish without a trace. Soon afterwards, police discover a ghastly crime scene—the victim is frozen solid and his eyes are missing, replaced with black stones. A week later, they find a second frozen statue at an identical crime scene...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  wlw  family  romantic-love  fiction  mystery
  • The Perfect Murder by Kat Martin

    The Perfect Murder by Kat Martin

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin is back with her most thrilling novel yet in the Maximum Security series—The Perfect Murder.The eldest of the three wealthy Garrett brothers, Reese Garrett is in the middle of a major purchase for his multimillion-dollar oil and gas company, Garrett Resources. The Poseidon offshore drilling platform venture will greatly enhance the company’s value...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  kidnapping  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  dark
  • Rri po te mundesh. Shko nese duhet. by Helga Flatland

    Rri po te mundesh. Shko nese duhet. by Helga Flatland

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Romanen tar utgangspunkt i tre unge barndomsvenner - Tarjei, Trygve og Kristian - og deres beslutning om å verve seg til de norske styrkene i Afghanistan. Ingen av de tre kommer tilbake...
  • The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson

    The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Brighton Beach, 1993Teenagers Nell and Jude find the body of a young woman and when no one comes to claim her, she becomes known as the Brighton Mermaid. Nell is still struggling to move on when, three weeks later, Jude disappears.Twenty-five years on, Nell is forced to quit her job to find out who the Brighton Mermaid really was - and what happened to her best friend that summer...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Last Seen by Lucy Clarke

    Last Seen by Lucy Clarke

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    In a small seaside community, there’s always somebody watching… Twisty, pacy, and superbly plotted, Last Seen is the perfect psychological page-turner for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Sabine Durrant. Seven years ago, two boys went missing at sea – and only one was brought to shore. The Sandbank, a remote stretch of coast dotted with beach huts, was scarred forever...
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    crime  family  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Mysterious Abduction by Rita Herron

    Mysterious Abduction by Rita Herron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’ll never give up on finding her baby. And neither will the sheriff of Whistler.For five years, Cora Reeves has searched for her baby, who went missing in a fire—a baby she swears is still out there. When the private investigator sniffing out clues ends up dead, Sheriff Jacob Maverick’s on the cold case. As old evidence takes on new meaning, Jacob is deperate to ensure Cora’s safety...
  • The Night She Vanished by Wendy Dranfield

    The Night She Vanished by Wendy Dranfield

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My parents seem to be the perfect couple. But no one knows what I know... Everyone in the small Midwestern town of Henderson looks up to my perfect parents. With dependable jobs as a midwife and the town sheriff, they help this close-knit community feel safe. But the locals didn't grow up in my parents' house. They don't know what I know. And they wouldn't believe me if I told them..
  • The Way Things Should Be by Carrie L. Carr

    The Way Things Should Be by Carrie L. Carr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this, the sixth novel in the Lex and Amanda series so many readers have come to love, Amanda begins to feel her own biological clock ticking while her sister prepares for the birth of her first child. Lex is busy with trying to keep her hands on some newly acquired land, as well trying to get along with a new member of her family...
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    lgbtq  wlw  crime  family  romance  contemporary  lesbian-mc  children
  • Jack II by Stella Marie Alden

    Jack II by Stella Marie Alden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I can’t believe how much I friggin’ love her.“Babe… You okay?”“Mm-hmm.”“You think we’ll ever get sick of this?”“Doubt it.”A diplomat is blackmailing a senator, my woman got kidnapped, and now I'm accused of murder. Are you kidding me?This time, Patten Securities may have stepped in way too deep. Bankrolled by big bucks, synthetic heroin is pouring into the United States...
  • What Happened After... by Nicole Pyland

    What Happened After... by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Do you ever read a story, fall in love with the characters and wonder what happens to them after the book ends? Epilogues are nice, but they’re a snapshot in time. Maybe it’s a year after the end of the book or even just six months. Maybe there’s a proposal or a wedding. Maybe a character announces she’s pregnant. Maybe a character just got their dream job...
  • 3 stepbrothers by Animallover55

    3 stepbrothers by Animallover55

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tori lived with her dad and little sister. She never expected to have a stepmother, much less a stepbrother. But whats worse is not only one stepbrother, not two either. No three stepbrothers. But it gets worse, the three boys just happen to be the three triplet sport stars of the school. The same three boys that have gone out with nearly all those girls that wear short short skirts...
  • The List by Velvet Vaughn

    The List by Velvet Vaughn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the author of The Fan and Committed is the first romantic suspense novel in the COBRA Securities series. The List is an intriguing mixture of pulse-pounding suspense and sizzling passion. It was just supposed to be a game... What started out as a harmless game between friends has turned deadly real. Fourteen men are dead, all from apparent accidents...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins

    The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When 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...
  • Glen Affric by Karine Giébel

    Glen Affric by Karine Giébel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bestselling 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 House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon

    The House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    You should leave the past in the past ... or should you? A vividly told, jaw-droppingly twisty and wholly engaging story about the consequences of discovering the truth. For readers of Sally Hepworth, Nicola Moriarty and Adele Parks...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Juste une ombre by Karine Giébel

    Juste une ombre by Karine Giébel

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Cloé Beauchamp est une jeune femme à qui tout semble réussir; belle, brillante, sur le point d'être nommée à la tête d'une prestigieuse agence de publicité... Et amoureuse, depuis peu, d'un homme charmant. Elle cache à la perfection ses failles et les horreurs qui ont jalonné son passé. Mais lentement, sa vie va se transformer en cauchemar...
  • My Sister's Husband by Nicola Marsh

    My Sister's Husband by Nicola Marsh

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The 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...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary  dark
  • The Perfect Mother by Caroline Mitchell

    The Perfect Mother by Caroline Mitchell

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She thought they wanted her baby. But they won’t stop there. Roz is young, penniless and pregnant. All she wants is to be the perfect mother to her child, but the more she thinks about her own chaotic upbringing, the more certain she is that the best life for her baby is as far away as possible from her hometown in Ireland...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  kidnapping  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book
  • Little Buried Secrets by Cheryl Bradshaw

    Little Buried Secrets by Cheryl Bradshaw

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The clock is ticking, and for Margot, time has just run out.Margot Remington exits the wood-lined boardwalk at Moonstone Beach and pedals her bike onto the highway. It's dusk, and the sky has started to grumble, the clouds shifting and bending as they turn a melancholy shade of charcoal. Rain was coming. Margot could smell it in the air...
  • Redemption Lake by Susan Clayton-Goldner

    Redemption Lake by Susan Clayton-Goldner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tucson, Arizona – Eighteen-year-old Matt Garrison is harboring two terrible secrets: his involvement in the drowning death of his 12-year-old cousin, and a night of drunken sex with his best friend’s mother, Crystal, whom he finds dead in a bathtub of blood. Guilt forces Matt to act on impulse and hide his involvement with Crystal.Detective Winston Radhauser knows Matt is hiding something...
  • It's One of Us by J.T. Ellison

    It's One of Us by J.T. Ellison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "A heart-stoppingly tense thriller about the price of secrets and the layers behind every marriage." —Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman In Cabin 10Everybody lies. Even the ones you think you know best of all . . . Olivia Bender designs exquisite home interiors that satisfy the most demanding clients...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Controlled by the Billionaire by S.K. Lee, S.K. Lee

    Controlled by the Billionaire by S.K. Lee, S.K. Lee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sara never had a normal life. And probably never will. She’s a talented singer and dreams to live her passion. But between her job as a bartender to pay the rent and her sister who’s an addict, Sara has another responsibility: Matt, her 5 year old nephew who’s desperately seeking his mother’s love and attention. Despite all these obstacles, Sara never gave up...
  • Gang Land by A.J. Carella

    Gang Land by A.J. Carella

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Finn discovers that the son he never knew he had was adopted into an abusive environment, he is compelled to find out for himself what has become of him. What he finds is worse than he ever could have imagined--his son is an active member of the most murderous gang in the city...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Narrator by K.L. Slater

    The Narrator by K.L. Slater

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What if the chance of a perfect life… put your daughter in grave danger?Being a single mother is tough, but I’d do anything for my little girl Scarlet. I’d given up on my career as a voice actor when the call came, but suddenly I was the new narrator for a secret book from bestselling author Philippa Roberts, who has been missing for eight months. It was a lifeline for me and my daughter...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Hard Time by A.J. Carella

    Hard Time by A.J. Carella

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When it comes to family, Kat will do anything. Even if that means going against everything she believes in, and risking her already fragile relationship with the man she loves. Faced with a problem that is too much for her alone, she enlists the help of her one time partner, Kyle. Together they must uncover a deadly secret before any more innocent lives are lost...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • The Pale White by Chad Lutzke

    The Pale White by Chad Lutzke

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After being held against their will in a house used for trafficking, three girls plan their escape.Alex: A hardened goth-punk who’s convinced she’s a vampire with a penchant for blood.Stacia: A seventeen-year-old raised by an alcoholic mother, her fellow captives the only family she’s ever truly had.Kammie: The youngest of the three—a mute who finds solace in a houseplant...
  • Thrilled to Death by L.J. Sellers

    Thrilled to Death by L.J. Sellers

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Monday morning, a young mother disappears after a doctor's appointment. Monday evening, a young socialite leaves a risqué lounge and never makes it home. Detective Jackson lands both cases, but at first he can't find signs of foul play. When the socialite turns up dead, his investigation uncovers her dirty secrets, which complicates everything...
  • The Vacation Rental by Katie Sise

    The Vacation Rental by Katie Sise

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A summer getaway triggers a psychological game of cat and mouse in a novel about the frightening damages of love, family, and obsession by the bestselling author of Open House and We Were Mothers . When Georgia rents her country home for the month of August, it’s off to the relaxing Connecticut shore for her; her husband, Tom; and their young daughter...
  • No One Saw a Thing by Andrea Mara

    No One Saw a Thing by Andrea Mara

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Two children get on the train. Only one gets off...No one saw it happen.You stand on a crowded tube platform in London. Your two little girls jump on the train ahead of you. As you try to join them, the doors slide shut and the train moves away, leaving you behind.Everyone is lying.By the time you get to the next stop, you've convinced yourself that everything will be fine...
  • Дни нашей жизни by Mikita Franko, Микита Франко

    Дни нашей жизни by Mikita Franko, Микита Франко

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    В детстве маленького Мики было всё, как у обычных детей: любимые герои, каши по утрам, дни рождения, скучные линейки в школе и сочинения на заданные темы. В юности взрослеющего Мики было всё, как у обычных подростков: первая драка, первое разочарование, первая любовь и первая нелюбовь. Но у Мики была одна тайна: его семья, которую никому нельзя показывать. Книга содержит нецензурную брань...
  • The Curfew by T.M. Logan

    The Curfew by T.M. Logan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Your son said he was home. WHY DID HE LIE? It's time to preorder the brand new up-all-night thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Richard and Judy pick The Holiday, now a major TV Drama.I should have known something was wrong. I should have sensed it. Felt it in the air, like the build-up of pressure before a thunderstorm, that heavy, loaded calm...
  • We Could Be Rats by Emily R. Austin

    We Could Be Rats by Emily R. Austin

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A moving story about two very different sisters, and a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination—from the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Interesting Facts About Space...
  • We Used To Live Here by Daniel Hurst

    We Used To Live Here by Daniel Hurst

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Every house has secrets. But not all of them stay buried forever...When the Burgess family move into their 'forever' home, it seems like they are set for many happy years together at their new address. Steph and Grant, along with their children, Charlie and Amelia, settle into their new surroundings quickly...
  • Twelve Secrets by Robert Gold

    Twelve Secrets by Robert Gold

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Ben Harper, true crime journalist, is about to unravel his most shocking story yet . . . his own.The day his older brother was murdered was the day Ben Harper's life changed forever.In one of the most shocking crimes in national history, Nick and his friend were stabbed to death by two girls their own age. Police called the killings random, a senseless tragedy...
  • Her Last Goodbye by Rick Mofina

    Her Last Goodbye by Rick Mofina

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Family ties run deep. Family secrets run deeper. Perfect wife. Doting mom. Jennifer Griffin was loved by everyone, including the women in her suburban-neighborhood book club. Their meetings sometimes went late, but Jenn always came home. Until that night. When Greg Griffin wakes to find his wife is not in bed, his blood runs cold. Her book club friends say Jenn left for home hours ago...
  • The Lying Wife by Kathryn Croft

    The Lying Wife by Kathryn Croft

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Be careful what you wish for…Callie has known sadness, and sometimes doubted she would ever have the life she wanted. When she meets James, also no stranger to grief, it seems as though her luck has changed. She becomes his wife, and in the process a stepmother to his two sons. Callie has finally got what she always imagined for herself.But things don’t go to plan for Callie...
  • We Are Young by Cat Clarke

    We Are Young by Cat Clarke

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    On the same night Evan's mother marries local radio DJ 'Breakfast Tim', Evan's brand-new step-brother Lewis is found unconscious and terribly injured, the only survivor of a horrific car crash.A media furore erupts, with the finger of blame pointed firmly at stoner, loner Lewis. Everyone else seems to think the crash was drugs-related, but Evan isn't buying it...
  • Three Nights in Italy by Olivia Beirne

    Three Nights in Italy by Olivia Beirne

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    FOUR WOMEN. ONE WEEKEND. A JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME.Zoe has always known that her grandmother's wedding ring would be hers one day. She just never expected that day would come so soon. She may not be ready, but Zoe knows the importance of goodbye - and how much it hurts when left unsaid...
  • Every Moment Since: A Novel by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

    Every Moment Since: A Novel by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A small Southern town. An ordinary Saturday night. A little boy disappears without a trace.Everyone in Wynotte, North Carolina, knows the name Davy Malcor. Knows the video clip of him juggling four balls, "All at the very same time!" Knows the Marty McFly jacket his mother made for his birthday that he wore proudly, and often...
  • Full English by Rachel Spangler

    Full English by Rachel Spangler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After a publicly humiliating divorce, best-selling author Emma Volant runs away to hide in the seaside English village of Amberwick, where she doesn’t know another living soul. She wants nothing more than to surrender to her broken heart in private...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  family  fiction  contemporary  book  adult  romance
  • Angel Fire by Gerri Hill

    Angel Fire by Gerri Hill

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A vacation out of the city sounds like just the ticket for Tori Hunter and Sam Kennedy. Joining their Dallas Police Department pals Casey O’Connor and Leslie Tucker in a rented RV, they set out for the New Mexico mountains—and on a collision course with a manhunt. FBI agents Cameron Ross and Andrea Sullivan are tracking a deadly quarry in desolate territory...
  • The Black Queen by Jumata Emill

    The Black Queen by Jumata Emill

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nova Albright was going to be the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High--but now she's dead. Murdered on coronation night. Fans of One of Us Is Lying and The Other Black Girl will love this unputdownable thriller.Nova Albright, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is dead...
  • The Other Mothers by Katherine Faulkner

    The Other Mothers by Katherine Faulkner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A fresh and deftly paced thriller about murder, class, and motherhood in one of London’s toniest communities.When a young nanny dies under mysterious circumstances near new mom Tash’s home, she is certain that this could be the story to relaunch her journalism career.Meanwhile, she also needs to find a local playgroup for her son...
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