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The Whispers
Ashley Audrain · 2023
Just Another Missing Person
Gillian McAllister · 2023
Society of Lies
Lauren Ling Brown · 2024
Famous Last Words
Gillian McAllister · 2025
Good Bad Girl
Alice Feeney · 2023
All the Sinners Bleed
S. A. Cosby · 2023
The Next Mrs. Parrish
Liv Constantine · 2024
The Family Game
Catherine Steadman · 2022
The Woman in the Library
Sulari Gentill · 2022
<p>USA TODAY BESTSELLER * MARY HIGGINS CLARK AWARD NOMINEE * 2022 BOOKPAGE BEST MYSTERIES AND SUSPENSE * LIBRARY READS TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2022 * CRIME READS BEST NEW CRIME FICTION</p><p>"Investigations are launched, fingers are pointed, potentially dangerous liaisons unfold and I was turning those pages like there was cake at the finish line." —Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times must-read books for summer 2022</p><p>Ned Kelly award winning author Sulari Gentill sets this mystery-within-a-mystery in motion with a deceptively simple, Dear Hannah, What are you writing? pulling us into the ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library.</p><p>In every person's story, there is something to hide...</p><p>The tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers, who'd happened to sit at the same table, pass the time in conversation and friendships are struck. Each has his or her own reasons for being in the reading room that morning—it just happens that one is a murderer.</p><p>Sulari Gentill delivers a sharply thrilling read with The Woman in the Library, an unexpectedly twisty literary adventure that examines the complicated nature of friendship and shows us that words can be the most treacherous weapons of all.</p><p>What readers are saying about The Woman in the Library:</p><p>"I loved this intelligent, high tension, addictive, unputdownable book so much!"</p><p>"I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!"</p><p>"This is a smart, well-written whodunit with an interesting cast of characters and a well-developed plot."</p><p>"A murder mystery that starts off in a crowded library full of book lovers? SIGN ME UP!"</p><p>"What an outstanding job and literary work in the crime-fiction genre!"</p>
One of Us Is Dead
Jeneva Rose · 2023
The Last Murder at the End of the World
Stuart Turton · 2025
Run, Rose, Run
James Patterson, Dolly Parton · 2022
Zero Days
Ruth Ware · 2023
The Quarry Girls
Jess Lourey · 2022
The Maid's Diary
Loreth Anne White · 2023
Reckless Girls
Rachel Hawkins · 2022
The Night We Lost Him
Laura Dave · 2024
Happiness Falls
Angie Kim · 2024
Killers of a Certain Age
Deanna Raybourn · 2022
The Last One at the Wedding
Jason Rekulak · 2024
Kill for Me, Kill for You
Steve Cavanagh · 2024
The Villa
Rachel Hawkins · 2023
She's Not Sorry
Mary Kubica · 2024
Strange Sally Diamond
Liz Nugent · 2023
Things We Do in the Dark
Jennifer Hillier · 2023
Middle of the Night
Riley Sager · 2024
In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must contend with the long-ago disappearance of his childhood best friend—and the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines of his picture-perfect neighborhood.<br/><br/>The worst thing to ever happen on Hemlock Circle occurred in Ethan Marsh’s backyard. One July night, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend and neighbor, Billy, fell asleep in a tent set up on a manicured lawn in a quiet, quaint New Jersey cul-de-sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. During the night, someone had sliced the tent open with a knife and taken Billy. He was never seen again.<br/><br/>Thirty years later, Ethan has reluctantly returned to his childhood home. Plagued by bad dreams and insomnia, he begins to notice strange things happening in the middle of the night. Someone seems to be roaming the cul-de-sac at odd hours, and signs of Billy’s presence keep appearing in Ethan’s backyard. Is someone playing a cruel prank? Or has Billy, long thought to be dead, somehow returned to Hemlock Circle?<br/><br/>The mysterious occurrences prompt Ethan to investigate what really happened that night, a quest that reunites him with former friends and neighbors and leads him into the woods that surround Hemlock Circle. Woods where Billy claimed ghosts roamed and where a mysterious institute does clandestine research on a crumbling estate.<br/><br/>The closer Ethan gets to the truth, the more he realizes that no place—be it quiet forest or suburban street—is completely safe. And that the past has a way of haunting the present.
The Overnight Guest
Heather Gudenkauf · 2022
One Perfect Couple
Ruth Ware · 2024
Look Closer
David Ellis · 2023
The Drowning Woman
Robyn Harding · 2023
The Book of Cold Cases
Simone St. James · 2022
I Have Some Questions for You
Rebecca Makkai · 2023
Just the Nicest Couple
Mary Kubica · 2023
Notes on an Execution
Danya Kukafka · 2022
Everyone Here Is Lying
Shari Lapena · 2024
The Quiet Tenant
Clémence Michallon · 2023
The Family Remains
Lisa Jewell · 2022
How to Solve Your Own Murder
Kristen Perrin · 2024
The Heiress
Rachel Hawkins · 2024
The Soulmate
Sally Hepworth · 2023
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Jesse Q. Sutanto · 2023
Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney · 2025
The Bullet That Missed
Osman Richard · 2023
The Golden Couple
Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen · 2022
Darling Girls
Sally Hepworth · 2024
Keep It in the Family
John Marrs · 2022
Daisy Darker
Alice Feeney · 2023
The Midnight Feast
Lucy Foley · 2024
<p>An instant New York Times bestseller!</p> <p>"Sharp, stylish and stunning...Foley's best yet." -- Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of All the Colors of the Dark</p> <p>"It is an absolute bonkers delight (and I haven't even mentioned the local bird cult yet ...)." -- NPR, Best Books of the Year</p> <p> Secrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin...</p> <p>It's the opening night of The Manor, the newest and hottest luxury resort, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; the "Manor Mule" cocktail (grapefruit, ginger, vodka, and a dash of CBD oil) is being poured with a heavy hand. Everyone is wearing linen.</p> <p>But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among the guests. Just outside the Manor's immaculately kept grounds, an ancient forest bristles with secrets. And it's not too long before the local police are called. Turns out the past has crashed the party, with deadly results.</p> <p> THE GIRLBOSS · THE HUSBAND · THE KITCHEN HELP · THE MYSTERY GUEST</p> <p> Everyone's got a secret. Everyone's got an agenda. But not everyone will survive...The Midnight Feast</p> <p>"Foley's usual techniques of unraveling the central mystery through multiple timelines and narrators are paralleled by the spiraling events of the weekend, which careen from juice shots and yoga on the lawn to a chaotic climax at a hallucinogen-fueled bacchanal where hidden identities and multiple murders are brought to light. It is an absolute bonkers delight" -- NPR</p>
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Benjamin Stevenson · 2023
Don't Let Her Stay
Nicola Sanders · 2023
Home Is Where the Bodies Are
Jeneva Rose · 2024
What Lies in the Woods
Kate Alice Marshall · 2023
Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll · 2023
The It Girl
Ruth Ware · 2022
All the Dangerous Things
Stacy Willingham · 2023
All Good People Here
Ashley Flowers · 2022
The Crash
Freida McFadden · 2025
Listen for the Lie
Amy Tintera · 2024
What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter?<br/><br/>After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.<br/><br/>But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast "Listen for the Lie," and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one that did it.
Ward D
Freida McFadden · 2025
"Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital's inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out. And as the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convinced something terrible is happening within these tightly secured walls. When patients and staff start to vanish without a trace, it becomes clear that everyone on the unit is in grave danger. Amy's worst nightmare was spending the night on Ward D. And now she might never escape"--
All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker · 2024
The CoWorker
Freida MaFadden
The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager · 2022
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a most-anticipated summer book by USA Today, People, E! News, Cosmopolitan, PureWow, CNN.com, New York Post, CrimeReads, POPSUGAR, and more The bestselling author of Final Girls and Survive the Night is back with his “best plot twist yet.” (People, "Best Summer Books") Be careful what you watch for . . . Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed with a pair of binoculars and several bottles of bourbon, she passes the time watching Tom and Katherine Royce, the glamorous couple living in the house across the lake. They make for good viewing—a tech innovator, Tom is powerful; and a former model, Katherine is gorgeous. One day on the lake, Casey saves Katherine from drowning, and the two strike up a budding friendship. But the more they get to know each other—and the longer Casey watches—it becomes clear that Katherine and Tom’s marriage isn’t as perfect as it appears. When Katherine suddenly vanishes, Casey immediately suspects Tom of foul play. What she doesn’t realize is that there’s more to the story than meets the eye—and that shocking secrets can lurk beneath the most placid of surfaces. Packed with sharp characters, psychological suspense, and gasp-worthy plot twists, Riley Sager’s The House Across the Lake is the ultimate escapist read . . . no lake house required.
Wrong Place Wrong Time
Gillian McAllister · 2022
The Only One Left
Riley Sager · 2023
Bestselling author Riley Sager returns with a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for a woman accused of a Lizzie Borden-like massacre decades earlier.At seventeen, Lenora HopeHung her sister with a ropeNow reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were never able to prove it. Other than her denial after the killings, she has never spoken publicly about that night, nor has she set foot outside Hope's End, the cliffside mansion where the massacre occurred.Stabbed her father with a knifeTook her mother's happy lifeIt's now 1983, and home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope's End to care for Lenora after her previous nurse fled in the middle of the night. In her seventies and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora was rendered mute by a series of strokes and can only communicate with Kit by tapping out sentences on an old typewriter. One night, Lenora uses it to make a tantalizing offer-- I want to tell you everything ."It wasn't me," Lenora saidBut she's the only one not dead As Kit helps Lenora write about the events leading to the Hope family massacre, it becomes clear there's more to the tale than people know. But when new details about her predecessor's departure come to light, Kit starts to suspect Lenora might not be telling the complete truth--and that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought.
The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden · 2024
A new, twisting thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Teacher and The Housemaid!<br/>She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.<br/>Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She's seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot.<br/>Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.<br/>Then the brutal murder of a young woman―the latest in a string of deaths across the coast―confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.<br/>Sydney should feel safe. After all, she is dating the guy of her dreams. But she can't shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn't get to the truth, she'll be the killer's next victim...<br/>A dark story about obsession and the things we'll do for love, #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden proves that crimes of passion are often the bloodiest…
A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham · 2023
The God of the Woods
Liz Moore · 2024
<p>AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER</p> <p>AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2024</p> <p>WINNER OF GOODREADS MYSTERY & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024</p> <p>'I was totally gripped' DOUGLAS STUART</p> <p>'Immersive and enthralling' PAULA HAWKINS</p> <p>'At first hard to put down. By page 200, impossible' STEPHEN KING</p> <p>----------------------------------------------------</p> <br> <br> <p>Some said it was tragic, what happened to the Van Laars.</p> <p>Some said the family deserved it. That they never even thanked the searchers who stayed out for five nights in the freezing forest trying to help find their missing son.</p> <p>Some said there was a reason it took the family so long to call for help. That they knew what happened to the boy.</p> <p>Now, fourteen years later, the Van Laars' teenage daughter has gone missing in the same wilderness as her brother. Some say the two disappearances aren't connected.</p> <p>Some say they are.</p> <p>-----------------------------------------------------</p> <p>'Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced ... I can't remember the last time I felt so entangled in a novelist's coils' Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures</p> <p>'A beguiling novel with a relentless grip. You won't be able to put it down' Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground</p> <p>'At once an immersive family saga and utterly propulsive mystery. Beautifully written' Emilia Hart, author of Weyward</p> <p>'A masterful literary thriller' Lucy Clarke, author of The Hike</p> <p>'Riveting from page one to the last breathless word ... This book flew by at lightning speed, but will stick with me for a very long time' Rebecca Makkai, author of I Have Some Questions For You</p> <p>'Dickensian in scope ... Very entertaining' Vogue, Best Picks for Summer 2024</p> <p>The God of the Woods debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list on 21 July 2024.</p> READERS ARE SAYING... <p>'I simply couldn't put it down!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'An excellent page-turner' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'I didn't see the end coming' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'I strongly urge everyone to read it and experience the magic for themselves' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'My top read for 2024 so far. Actually, top read full stop' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'A fascinating story with lots of ups and downs... I did like the conclusion, very clever!!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'Loved this book from page one! ... A book not to be missed!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'I cannot think of when I have read anything so evocative' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p> <p>'A riveting read. If you're looking for intriguing characters, a beautifully crafted, slow and atmospheric mystery that feels incredibly intense, then this is the one for you' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐</p>
The Teacher
Freida McFadden · 2024
First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston · 2024
The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley · 2022
Don't miss Lucy Foley's new book, The Midnight Feast, coming June 18th! THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Told in rotating points of view, this Tilt-A-Whirl of a novel brims with jangly tension – an undeniably engrossing guessing game.” — Vogue "[A] clever, cliff-hanger-filled thriller." — People From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide… Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he’s not there. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother’s situation, and the more questions she has. Ben’s neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it’s starting to look like it’s Ben’s future that’s in question. The socialite – The nice guy – The alcoholic – The girl on the verge – The concierge Everyone's a neighbor. Everyone's a suspect. And everyone knows something they’re not telling.
The Inmate
Freida McFadden · 2022
<p>There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men's maximum-security prison: </p><p><br></p><p>1) Treat all prisoners with respect.</p><p><br></p><p>2) Never reveal any personal information.</p><p><br></p><p>3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates.</p><p><br></p><p>But none of the staff at the prison knows Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary's most notorious and dangerous inmates.</p><p><br></p><p>And they certainly don't know that Shane was Brooke's high school sweetheart-the star quarterback who is now spending the rest of his life in prison for a series of grisly murders. Or that Brooke's testimony was what put him there.</p><p><br></p><p>But Shane knows.</p><p><br></p><p>And he will never forget.
The Maid
Nita Prose · 2022
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • “A heartwarming mystery with a lovable oddball at its center” (Real Simple), this cozy whodunit introduces a one-of-a-kind heroine who will steal your heart. FINALIST FOR THE EDGAR® AWARD • “The reader comes to understand Molly’s worldview, and to sympathize with her longing to be accepted—a quest that gives The Maid real emotional heft.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Think Clue. Think page-turner.”—Glamour ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Reader’s Digest WINNER: The Anthony Award, The Fingerprint Award, The Barry Award In development as a major motion picture Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by. Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life’s complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection. But Molly’s orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what’s happening, Molly’s unusual demeanor has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black—but will they be able to find the real killer before it’s too late? A Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The Guardian, Glamour, Elle, PopSugar, Newsweek, Mental Floss, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews
None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell · 2024
Never Lie
Freida McFadden · 2023
The Housemaid
Freida McFadden · 2022
