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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 Llangollen Killings: A Snowdonia Murder Mystery by Simon McCleave]()
The Llangollen Killings: A Snowdonia Murder Mystery by Simon McCleave
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDI Ruth Hunter and the Llancastell CID team investigate a murder in... -
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Born Evil by Kimberley Chambers
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA wonderfully tough, funny and heartbreaking second novel from the author of Billie Jo. On a nice cul-de-sac in leafy Rainham, June Dawson’s world is turned upside down when her daughter Debbie’s child by her drug-addict boyfriend turns the family inside out... -
![Autumn's Chase by Mary Stone]()
Autumn's Chase by Mary Stone
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome evils never die—they evolve.FBI Special Agent Autumn Trent is desperate for something to focus on besides the lingering emotional fallout of their last two cases. And the growing distance between her and Aiden Parrish, her supervisor and boyfriend. So when a new case lands on her desk, she jumps at the distraction... -
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![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... -
![The Perfect Nanny by D.L. Fisher]()
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... -
![Where Are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke]()
Where Are the Children Now? by Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe legacy of the “Queen of Suspense” continues with the highly anticipated follow-up to Mary Higgins Clark’s iconic novel Where Are The Children?, featuring the children of Nancy Harmon, facing peril once again as adults... -
![You Were Gone by Tim Weaver]()
You Were Gone by Tim Weaver
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAvailable to PRE-ORDER NOW. The sinister, chilling new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author. I buried you. I mourned you . . . But now you're back. Three days after Christmas, a woman walks into a police station. She has no phone and no ID, just a piece of paper with the name of missing persons investigator David Raker on it. She tells officers that Raker is her husband... -
![Wicked Secret by Valerie Keogh]()
Wicked Secret by Valerie Keogh
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNicola Connolly's dreams have started again but this time she is the target. Deciding to investigate, to hunt rather than be hunted, she makes a startling discovery. Tom Hudson, meanwhile, has troubles of his own - Sean White is missing and one of his colleagues has been brutally murdered. Is there a link between the two? Reluctantly, Tom decides to ask Nicola for help... -
![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... -
![The Best Friend by Adam Mitzner]()
The Best Friend by Adam Mitzner
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Amazon Charts bestselling series. From the author of Dead Certain comes a twisting novel of friendship, love, and marriage—and all their cunning and deadly betrayals. Back in 1986, Clint Broden was a novice New York defense attorney building a family with his wife, Anne, and impatient for his career to take off. That’s when his defense of his closest friend, Nick Zamora, made headlines... -
![Labyrinthes by Franck Thilliez]()
Labyrinthes by Franck Thilliez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsUne scène de pure folie dans un chalet. Une victime au visage réduit en bouillie à coups de tisonnier. Et une suspecte atteinte d’une étrange amnésie. Camille Nijinski, en charge de l’enquête, a besoin de comprendre cette subite perte de mémoire, mais le psychiatre avec lequel elle s’entretient à bien plus à lui apprendre. Car avant de tout oublier, sa patiente lui a confié son histoire... -
![The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding]()
The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe bestselling author of The Party returns with a deliciously twisted story of friendship, retribution, and betrayal about a homeless woman fleeing a dangerous past—and the wealthy society wife she saves from drowning, who pulls her into a dark web of secrets and lies... -
![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... -
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![Blake Pierce Mystery Bundle: Once Gone / Before he Kills by Blake Pierce]()
Blake Pierce Mystery Bundle: Once Gone / Before he Kills by Blake Pierce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA free 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 Riley Paige and Mackenzie White 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... -
![The Final Step by Rob Kaufman]()
The Final Step by Rob Kaufman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHERE’S SOMETHING NOT RIGHT WITH ELLEN BROOKS . She’s always angry, bitter, and resentful of anyone who appears to be enjoying life. At thirty-nine years old, she seldom leaves the house, doesn’t have a friend in the world, and drinks too much... way too much. In the dead of winter, she makes the unusual decision to visit her sister, Carrie, and her family for the weekend... -
![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... -
![Only The Good Die Young : And I'm Not A Saint by Akash Verma]()
Only The Good Die Young : And I'm Not A Saint by Akash Verma
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes when you're desperate to leave the past behind, the past is eager to catch up!Anuradha leaves Gurgaon when Dhruv chooses his family over her. She thinks that chapter of her life hasended, and starts afresh in Mumbai. But strangely, it seems her past is trying to catch up. Dhruv suddenlycomes back into her life... -
![The Guilty One by Kiersten Modglin]()
The Guilty One by Kiersten Modglin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYour husband was involved in a fatal accident.One horrific sentence, delivered in an impersonal phone call, changes Celine Thompson’s life in a second. But when she’s asked to identify his body, what she discovers sends everything she thought she knew about her life crashing down.This man is not my husband... -
![Glen Affric by Karine Giébel]()
Glen Affric by Karine Giébel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBestselling 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 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:
thriller crime fiction suspense psychological law-enforcement police-procedural book -
![Waanzin by Wulf Dorn]()
Waanzin by Wulf Dorn
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSie liebt. Sie lauert. Sie tötet.Ein Rosenstrauß ohne Absender. Geschenke vor der Haustür. Briefe unter dem Scheibenwischer ... Der Psychiater Jan Forstner wird von einer Unbekannten mit Liebesbezeugungen überhäuft. Anfangs glaubt Jan noch an die harmlose Schwärmerei einer ehemaligen Patientin... -
![Juste une ombre by Karine Giébel]()
Juste une ombre by Karine Giébel
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCloé 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... -
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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... -
![Entre los muertos by Mikel Santiago]()
Entre los muertos by Mikel Santiago
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDespués del éxito de El mentiroso y En plena noche, llega el esperado cierre de la Trilogía de Illumbe: un thriller magistral, lleno de misterios y giros sorprendentes cuya clave podría estar en la pregunta que late en el alma de esta historia: ¿Es posible enterrar un secreto para siempre?Hay muertos que nunca descansan, y tal vez no deban hacerlo hasta que se les haga justicia... -
![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... -
![Til Death Do Us Part by Daniel Hurst]()
Til Death Do Us Part by Daniel Hurst
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMegan thinks that she has the perfect husband and the perfect life. Craig works so that she doesn't have to, leaving her free to relax all day in their beautiful and secluded country home.But when she starts to long for friends and purpose again, Megan applies for a job in London, much to her husband's disappointment. She thinks that he is upset because she is unhappy. But she has no idea... -
![Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden]()
Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEveryone has secrets.YouTube baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she’d rather you didn’t know... -
![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 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 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... -
![You Killed Me First by John Marrs]()
You Killed Me First by John Marrs
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThree women. Three smouldering secrets. Who will make it out alive?It’s 5 November, and a woman awakens to a nightmare. Bound and gagged, she lies trapped in the heart of a towering bonfire. As the smoke thickens, panic sets in – she’s moments away from being engulfed in flames... -
![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... -
![Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft]()
Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA perfectly wicked debut thriller about an ambitious woman who, after a lifetime of conning alongside her mother, wants to leave her dark past behind and marry the heir to one of the country's wealthiest families.Like any enterprising woman, Bea knows what she’s worth and is determined to get all she deserves—it just so happens that what she deserves is to marry rich. Filthy rich... -
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![Deadly Delusions by Barbara Ebel]()
Deadly Delusions by Barbara Ebel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMedical school can be a deadly thing... Under the auspices of a stellar attending doctor, medical student Annabel Tilson flourishes on her psychiatry rotation where Victor Blake is the first person ensconced in her care. While other complex and unexpected patients come under the psychiatry team's care and Annabel dabbles in her own risky behavior, Victor is ready for discharge and is sent home... -
![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... -
![Safe and Sound by Laura McHugh]()
Safe and Sound by Laura McHugh
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix years after their cousin vanished from their home while they were sleeping, two sisters set out to learn the truth behind what happened—even if it puts their own lives in danger—in this haunting thriller from the internationally bestselling author of What's Done in DarknessIn a town no one ever leaves, there are only so many places to hide... -
![The Family Trip by Daniel Hurst]()
The Family Trip by Daniel Hurst
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI planned the perfect vacation. But now my son is missing… Everyone believes my husband Donovan and I have it all – a loving marriage, two adorable children and the dream house. But beneath the surface of our enviable American lifestyle lies a secret that binds us tighter than our vows.I thought we could keep the truth buried forever, but I was wrong... -
![The Best Lies by David Ellis]()
The Best Lies by David Ellis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBestselling and award-winning author David Ellis delivers a fast-paced, twisty thriller that will surprise readers at every turn.Leo Balanoff is a diagnosed pathological liar with unthinkable skeletons in his family's closet. He's also a crusading attorney who seeks justice at all costs... -
![You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego]()
You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn 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... -
![The Lost Girl by Tania Carver]()
The Lost Girl by Tania Carver
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe terrifying new thriller in the Brennan and Esposito series - are you brave enough to read it?When three men are found hanged in locations around Colchester, Detective Inspector Phil Brennan gets the shock of his life... -
![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... -
![The Day We Died by Wendy Owens]()
The Day We Died by Wendy Owens
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlmost two decades after Sydney Booth’s father was imprisoned for being the ‘Lipstick Killer,’ she and her family are finally happy. They have new identities, and the secret that her father was a notorious serial killer is one Sydney and her mother will never share, not even with her brother, who was an infant when everything happened... -
![The Couple’s Revenge by Daniel Hurst]()
The Couple’s Revenge by Daniel Hurst
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow far would you go to protect your child?I knew something was wrong. It’s a mother’s instinct.I could tell when my son started hiding things from me. He used to walk to school with a mischievous grin on his beautiful face. Now he avoids eye contact and keeps his head down... -
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![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... -
![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... -
![The Perfect Housemate by Lorna Dounaeva]()
The Perfect Housemate by Lorna Dounaeva
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou let her in. You shouldn’t have…I was so nervous about someone new joining our house share; after everything that happened with my parents, my friends are like my family. Our imperfect but well-loved house is the only place where I can be myself. But when Poppy knocks on our door, blonde hair, wide eyes and a friendly smile, we all agree she’s a perfect fit... -
![Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell]()
Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom #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... -
![Black for Remembrance by Carlene Thompson]()
Black for Remembrance by Carlene Thompson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaroline Webb knows what it means to lose the person you love most. Twenty years ago, her five-year-old daughter, Hayley, was the light of her life, her treasure, her angle. Then came the terrible day when Hayley was kidnapped from her favorite swing. More than a month passed before her burned, lifeless body was found. All that remained was the silence of Caroline's heartache--and her guilt..
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