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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.. -
![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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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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Per Addestrarti by Chiara Cilli
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCredevo di sapere chi fossi. Cosa fossi.Credevo di non avere più scampo, che la mia resistenza fosse ormai giunta al termine.Poi ho sentito la sua voce pronunciare il mio nome.Poi i suoi occhi hanno risposto al richiamo dei miei.Non ha paura di me. Si avvicina. Mi parla. Mi tocca come se le appartenessi. È folle.Lui è l’unica chance che ho per restare viva. Devo far sì che gli importi di me... -
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![I Looked Away by Jane Corry]()
I Looked Away by Jane Corry
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsYOU 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... -
![Eye for Eye by J.K. Franko]()
Eye for Eye by J.K. Franko
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhat would YOU do if someone hurt the one you love?Roy and Susie are the perfect couple, an ideal family living a fairy-tale life... until their teenage daughter is senselessly killed.Just as they’re managing to put that tragic loss behind them, a complete stranger approaches Roy in a bar with a drunken proposal—he invokes their daughter’s memory to ask Roy to kill a man... -
![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... -
![None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell]()
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFrom 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 ratingsThis 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... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Uccidimi (Blood Bonds) by Chiara Cilli]()
Uccidimi (Blood Bonds) by Chiara Cilli
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNon avrei mai immaginato che la mia vita sarebbe finita così.Non avrei mai creduto che la mia vita sarebbe dipesa dalla sua.Ero pronta a morire per mano dell'uomo che mi aveva distrutto.Ero pronto a uccidere la donna che si era presa tutto me stesso.Ma la mia sofferenza non è ancora terminata.Ma me l'hanno portata via.Sta venendo a riprendermi, lo sento.Me la riprenderò, a qualsiasi costo... -
![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... -
![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... -
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![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... -
![The Silence Between Breaths by Cath Staincliffe]()
The Silence Between Breaths by Cath Staincliffe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEight 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... -
![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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![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... -
![Liar Liar by L.G. Davis]()
Liar Liar by L.G. Davis
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe swore he would always protect me, that he would take my darkest secret to the grave. But I’m starting to think he hasn’t told me his…My husband and I are the dream couple: deeply in love, the envy of all our friends and neighbours. He surprises me with flowers, I make him his favourite meals and prepare picnics to enjoy with our son. It’s little gestures like this that keep our romance alive... -
![The Killer's Home by A.J. Carter]()
The Killer's Home by A.J. Carter
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDo you really know your neighbours?Once again, my irresponsible sister has instantly fallen for the wrong guy. Rook seems like the perfect man on first meeting, but even I can see there’s something evil behind his eyes.And I’m right. It’s been two days since Fern went into his house, and nobody has heard from her since... -
![My 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 Arrangement by Miranda Rijks]()
The Arrangement by Miranda Rijks
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHow well do you know your daughter?Grace is living through every mother’s worst nightmare. Her student daughter Abi went away on a dream vacation to South Africa - and was murdered... -
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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... -
![Secrets by D.L. Maddox]()
Secrets by D.L. Maddox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJane Ashcroft walks dogs under a false name, trying to stay quiet, unnoticed, untouchable.But in every new town, something pulls her in. A wealthy family with secrets. A romance that isn’t what it seems. A client who might be a killer... -
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![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... -
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A Child Is Torn: Innocence Lost by Dawn Kopman Whidden
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen 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... -
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Liars Anonymous by Marissa Finch
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Liars Anonymous, the support group for compulsive and pathological liars. Marnie Thorpe is at Liars Anonymous for one reason, and it isn’t to make friends. Still, when beautiful, ephemeral Claire finds herself in trouble, Marnie steps in to help. Claire is being stalked, she says, so Marnie lets her crash at her house... -
![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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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... -
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Don't Blink by L.G. Davis
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratings*This book was previously published under the titles The Girl in the Rain and The Girl in the Storm.* Two years ago, Paige Wilson watched helplessly as her brother Ryan was shot, right on her doorstep. He survived the attack, but never fully recovered from the trauma. Stuck in a wheelchair, Ryan refuses to accept the life of a paraplegic... -
![Only Daughter by Sarah A. Denzil]()
Only Daughter by Sarah A. Denzil
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe 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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![Until I Met Her by Natalie Barelli]()
Until I Met Her by Natalie Barelli
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsShe should never have said ‘yes’… When Beatrice said she wanted to publish her next novel under Emma’s name, Emma thought she was joking. Why on earth would Beatrice, the famous crime writer, not want to publish her new book under her own name? Precisely because she was so famous, Beatrice had explained... -
![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 Woman in Our House by Andrew Hart]()
The Woman in Our House by Andrew Hart
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat happens when you open your home to the perfect stranger?Anna Klein is ready to return to work as a literary agent for the first time since having children. She and her husband, Josh, decide to hire a live-in nanny with some trepidation, but all their misgivings disappear as soon as they meet Oaklynn Durst. She has stellar references, a calm disposition, and a natural way with children... -
![The Devil's Work by Mark Edwards]()
The Devil's Work by Mark Edwards
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA 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... -
![The Dream Job by Kiersten Modglin]()
The Dream Job by Kiersten Modglin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAutumn Sanderson goes by Lark now. No one in her new life can know who she was. No one from her old life can know where she is now. Drowning in debt, Lark is desperate to land a job. When she finds herself at an interview for a mysterious company offering her an exorbitant salary, she jumps at the chance. But things aren’t quite what they seem.. -
![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... -
![The Daughter by Lucy Dawson]()
The Daughter by Lucy Dawson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsYou lost your daughter. You will never forgive yourself. And now someone's determined to make you pay… Seventeen years ago, something happened to Jess’s daughter Beth. The memory of it still makes her blood run cold. Jess has tried everything to make peace with that day, and the part she played in what happened. It was only a brief moment of desire… but she’ll pay for it with a lifetime of guilt... -
![I Made a Mistake by Jane Corry]()
I Made a Mistake by Jane Corry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIT STARTED WITH A KISS... AND ENDED WITH MURDER. The darkly addictive new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of I Looked Away, Blood Sisters and My Husband's Wife. --------------------------------------------------------In Poppy Page's mind, there are two types of women in this world: those who are faithful to their husbands, and those who are not... -
![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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![SHOCKING PINK by Erica Spindler]()
SHOCKING PINK by Erica Spindler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey were only watchingThe mysterious lovers the three girls spied on were engaged in a deadly sexual game no one else was supposed to know about. Especially not Andie and her friends, whose curiosity had deepened into a dangerous obsession….Now, fifteen years later, someone is watching Andie. Someone who won't let her forget the unsolved murder of "Mrs. X" or the disappearance of "Mr. X... -
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Memento mori by César Pérez Gellida
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVersos, canciones y trocitos de carneSeptiembre de 2010. Aquella mañana de domingo nada le hacía presagiar al inspector de homicidios de Valladolid Ramiro Sancho que acababa de dar comienzo una pesadilla que lo dejaría marcado para el resto de sus días... -
![The Women by S.E. Lynes]()
The Women by S.E. Lynes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe night she moves in with Peter, she’s so happy, so exhilarated, so in love. Later, she will remember a much smaller feeling, a tiny one percent in her gut. And she will remember pushing that feeling aside…Samantha Frayn doesn’t know why Peter Bridges picks her – a nobody with bitten fingernails and a troubled childhood behind her – but she falls quickly... -
![The Night She Died by Jenny Blackhurst]()
The Night She Died by Jenny Blackhurst
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe bone-chilling new novel from Jenny Blackhurst, the #1 eBook-bestselling author of HOW I LOST YOU, BEFORE I LET YOU IN and THE FOSTER CHILD. If you love dark, twisty thrillers, you'll love THE NIGHT SHE DIED.On her own wedding night, beautiful and complicated Evie White leaps off a cliff to her death... -
![When He Finds You by Sadie Ryan]()
When He Finds You by Sadie Ryan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“Her life was in danger and she didn’t know it. He felt a thrill just knowing that simple thing …”Gemma’s business is on the brink of collapse, and there’s a real chance that she and her husband could lose everything they’ve worked so hard for.So when a stranger offers financial help, Gemma ignores the red flags and accepts out of desperation... -
![Blood Ties by Samantha Hayes]()
Blood Ties by Samantha Hayes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBLOOD the breathtaking emotional thriller by Sam Hayes January 1992. A baby girl is left alone for a moment. Long enough for a mother to dash into a shop. Long enough for a child to be taken. Thirteen years later, solicitor Robert Knight's stepdaughter wins a place at a prestigious London school for the gifted. The only puzzle is his wife Erin's reaction...
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