Darby Kane, author of the #1 international bestseller Pretty Little Wife, returns with another twisty domestic thriller about a wife wondering who tried to kill her husband twice before finally succeeding⊠because that was supposed to be her job.
Dr. Richmond Dougherty is a renowned pediatric surgeon, an infamous tragedy survivor, and a national hero. Heâs also very deadâthanks to a fall down the stairs. His neighbors angrily point a finger at the newest Ms. Dougherty, Addison. The sudden marriage to the mysterious young woman only lasted ninety-seven days, and heâd had two suspicious âaccidentsâ during that time. Now Addison is a very rich widow.
As law enforcement starts to circle in on Addison and people in town become increasingly hostile, sides are chosen with Kathryn, Richmondâs high school sweetheart, wife number one, and the mother of his children, leading the fray. Despite rising tensions, Addison is even more driven to forge ahead on the path she charted years agoâŠ
Determined at all costs to unravel Richmondâs legacy, she soon becomes a targetâwith a shocking note left on her bedroom: You will pay. But it will take a lot more than faceless threats to stop Addison. Her plan to marry Richmond then ruin him may have been derailed by his unexpected death, but sheâs not done with him yet.
Alayna Withers has only had one kind of relationship: the kind that makes her obsessive and stalker-crazy. Now that Hudson Pierce has let her into his heart, sheâs determined to break down the remaining walls between them so they can build a foundation thatâs based on more than just amazing sex.
Except Hudsonâs not the only one with secrets. With their pasts pulling them into a web of unfounded mistrust, Alayna turns to the one person who knows Hudson the bestâCelia, the woman he almost married. Hoping for insight from someone who understands all sides of the story, Alayna forms a bond with Celia that goes too farârevealing things about Hudson that could end their love for good.
This is the first relationship where Alayna hasnât spiraled out of control. And she might lose Hudson anywayâŠ
Told in alternating timelines, The Lake of Lost Girls is a haunting novel that will thrill fans of All Good People Here and We Are All the Same in the Dark.
Using suspenseful podcast clips to weave a twisty tale of a missing student and her sister who is desperate for answers, The Lake of Lost Girls is perfect for fans of I Have Some Questions for You.
It's 1998, and female students are going missing at Southern State University in North Carolina. But freshman Jessica Fadley, once a bright and responsible student, is going through her own struggles. Just as her life seems to be careening dangerously out of control, she suddenly disappears.
Twenty-four years later, Jessica's sister Lindsey is desperately searching for answers and uses the momentum of a new chart-topping true crime podcast, Ten Seconds to Vanish, that focuses on the cold cases, to guide her own investigation. Soon, interest reaches fever pitch when the bodies of the long-missing women begin turning up at a local lake, which leads Lindsey down a disturbing road of discovery.
In the present, one sister seeks to untangle a complicated web of lies.
In the past, the other descends ever deeper into a darkness that will lead to her ultimate fate.
This propulsive and chilling suspense is a sharp examination of sisterhood and the culture of true crime.
Jessica Goodman meets The Agathas in this taut, twisty YA thriller set in the glittering world of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, where secretsâand bodiesânever stay buried.
For the New Orleans elite, the Les Masques Ball is sure to be the social event of the seasonâif they can avoid another dead Queen. When debutante Margot Landry was found dead the morning after her reign at last yearâs ball, it was a tragedy, but not a shocking one. Margot was a wild child with a self-destructive streak, nothing like this yearâs Queen, Lily LeBlanc. With a perfectly poised debutante on the throne, everything is going according to planâŠuntil the ball is hijacked by a mysterious figure in a Jester costume.
That night, Lily sends a text to three of the Maids on her royal courtâher best friend, Vivian; her boyfriend's sister, Piper; and April, her former frenemyâasking them all to meet the next morning. But Lily never shows up.
On the surface, these three debutantes donât have anything in common except their exclusive private school and their ties to Les Masques. But soon, they realize why Lily brought them together: something dark is lurking beneath the glamorous surface of the debutante world, and it might be the reason she disappeared. And the further the girls dig, the more they begin to suspect that Margot's death may not have been an accidentâand that Lily may be next.
When the Jester starts threatening to expose their own secrets, this unlikely trio must team up to uncover the monsters behind the Mardi Gras masksâbefore theyâre left with another dead debutante.
Framed is a compelling work of non-fiction by #1 bestselling author John Grisham and Centurion Ministries Founder Jim McCloskey. This book shares ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions, offering an inside look at the injustice faced by victims of the United States criminal justice system.
A fundamental principle of our legal system is the presumption of innocence. However, once someone is found guilty, there is very little room to prove doubt. Framed shares ten true stories of men who were innocent but found guilty. These men sacrificed friends, families, wives, and decades of their lives to prison while the guilty parties remained free.
In each story, John Grisham and Jim McCloskey recount the dramatic, hard-fought battles for exoneration. They examine what leads to wrongful convictions in the first place, including racism, misconduct, flawed testimony, and a corrupt court system that makes them difficult to reverse.
Told with page-turning suspense as only John Grisham can deliver, Framed is a story of overcoming adversity when the battle seems lost, and the deck is stacked against you.
LAPD Detective RenĂ©e Ballard tracks a terrifying serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, with the help of the newest volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harryâs daughter.
RenĂ©e Ballard and the LAPDâs Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet twenty years ago. The arrested man is only twenty-three, so the genetic link must be familial. It is his father who was the Pillowcase Rapist, responsible for a five-year reign of terror in the city of angels. But when Ballard and her team move in on their suspect, they encounter a baffling web of secrets and legal hurdles.
Meanwhile, Ballardâs badge, gun, and ID are stolenâa theft she canât report without giving her enemies in the department the ammunition they need to end her career as a detective. She works the burglary alone, but her solo mission leads her into greater danger than she anticipates. She has no choice but to go outside the department for help, and that leads her to the door of Harry Bosch.
Finally, Ballard takes on a new volunteer to the cold case unit. Boschâs daughter Maddie wants to supplement her work as a patrol officer on the night beat by investigating cases with Ballard. But RenĂ©e soon learns that Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the cityâs library of lost souls.
How far would you go to belong?
Maya has returned to Princeton for her college reunionâitâs been a decade since she graduated, and she is looking forward to seeing old faces and reminiscing about her time there. This visit is special because Maya will also be attending the graduation of her little sister, Naomi.
But what should have been a dream weekend becomes Mayaâs worst nightmare when she receives the news that Naomi is dead. The police are calling it an accident, but Maya suspects that there is more to the story than they are letting on.
As Maya pieces together what happened in the months leading up to her sisterâs death, she begins to realize how much Naomi hid from her. Despite Mayaâs warnings, Naomi had joined Sterling Club, the most exclusive social club on campusâthe same one Maya belonged to. And if she had to guess, Naomi was likely tapped for the secret society within it.
The more Maya uncovers, the more terrified she becomes that Naomiâs decision to follow in her footsteps might have been what got her killed. Because Mayaâs time at Princeton wasnât as wonderful as sheâd always made it seemâafter all, her sister wasnât the first young woman to turn up dead. Now every clue is leading Maya back to the past . . . and to the secret sheâs kept all these years.
She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.
Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. Sheâs seen it allâmen 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.
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.
Then the brutal murder of a young womanâthe latest in a string of deaths across the coastâconfounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them.
Sydney should feel safe. After all, she is dating the guy of her dreams. But she canât 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 doesnât get to the truth, sheâll be the killerâs next victim...
A dark story about obsession and the things weâll do for love, #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden proves that crimes of passion are often the bloodiestâŠ
Book 2 in the New Species series. The books can be read as stand-alone stories, but it is advisable to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series.
Dr. Trisha Norbit is flat on her back in a hospital bed, pinned under a really big New Species male. Though drugged out of his mind, he promises her ecstasy and is determined to deliverâbut hospital staff intervenes. 215 is a man Trisha will never forget. But, when she meets him again at HomelandâŠhe doesnât even remember her!
The nosy new doctor wants to know all about the breeding habits between humans and Species. Slade proposes a hands-on education but sheâs not interested in a one-night stand. He canât offer more because heâs haunted by the memory of a woman he once tried to claim. Heâs shocked when he realizes they are one and the same. Heâs blown itâsheâll never give him a chance now.
But, when her life is in danger, heâs the only one who can save her. As they flee through the wilderness, their desire ignites and cannot be denied. Hot sex, on the run, has consequences that are even more dangerous and will change their lives forever.
A Hitchcock fanatic with an agenda invites old friends for a weekend stay at his secluded themed hotel in this fiendishly clever, suspenseful new novel.
Alfred Smettle is not your average Hitchcock fan. He is the founder, owner, and manager of The Hitchcock Hotel, a sprawling Victorian house in the White Mountains dedicated to the Master of Suspense. There, Alfred offers his guests round-the-clock film screenings, movie props and memorabilia in every room, plus an aviary with fifty crows.
To celebrate the hotelâs first anniversary, he invites his former best friends from his college Film Club for a reunion. He hasnât spoken to any of them in sixteen years, not after what happened.
But who better than them to appreciate Alfredâs creation? And to help him finish it.
After all, no Hitchcock set is complete without a body.
Dearest is a gripping tale that takes you into the life of Flora, a new mom who is deeply in love with her baby girl, Iris, despite her unexpected early arrival. With her husband deployed, Flora finds herself navigating the challenges of motherhood alone, as the sleepless nights blur the boundaries of her reality.
Just as Flora fears she is losing her mind, an unexpected visitor arrives: her estranged mother, with whom she hasn't spoken in years. Can they heal old wounds? Or is there something more sinister lurking in the shadows of their past?
As eerie events begin to unfold, Flora suspects that their home might not be as empty as she once thought. She is faced with the chilling question: Is her grip on reality slipping away, or is she the only thing standing between a terrifying presence and her precious baby?
From the New York Times bestselling author and co-host of the chart-topping true crime podcast Morbid comes the thrilling second book in her national bestselling series. This gripping tale is told from the dueling perspectives of a notorious serial killer and a medical examiner seeking justice.
Dive into a world of dark intrigue and suspense as you follow the chilling game of cat and mouse between these two compelling characters. The Butcher Game will keep you on the edge of your seat with its intense narrative and unexpected twists.
Nora Nooneâs father, Liam, was many things to many people. To the public, he was a self-made hotel magnate, whose luxury boutique hotels were among the most coveted destinations in the world. To his three ex-wives, he was a loving yet distant family man who managed to keep his financesâand his familiesâseparate. But to Nora, her father was always a mysteryâespecially after his suspicious death at his cliffside home.
Though the authorities rule Liam's death accidental, Nora and her estranged brother, Sam, believe otherwise. As they form an uneasy alliance to unpack the mystery, they start putting together the pieces of their fatherâs past and uncover a family secret that changes everything.
With Laura Daveâs signature blend of pulse-pounding suspense and emotional heft, The Night We Lost Him is a propulsive must-read, with a heartbreaking final twist youâll never see coming.
A brand new series. An iconic new detective duo. And a puzzling new murder to solve...
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines: the pub quiz, his favorite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over: adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amyâs business now.
Amy Wheeler thinks adrenaline is good for the soul. As a private security officer, she doesnât stay still long enough for habits or routines. Sheâs currently on a remote island keeping world-famous author Rosie DâAntonio alive. Which was meant to be an easy job...
Then a dead body, a bag of money, and a killer with their sights on Amy have her sending an SOS to the only person she trusts. A breakneck race around the world begins, but can Amy and Steve stay one step ahead of a lethal enemy?
Sleep Tight is a propulsive thriller that will grip you from the very first page. The story revolves around the sole survivor of a serial killer, who might hold the key to stopping a new spree of murders.
Dark and twisting at every turn, this chilling tale will captivate fans of horror and suspense. Beware the one who got away...
Father Silence once terrorized the rural town of Twisted Tree, disguising himself as a priest to prey on the most vulnerable. When the police uncovered his âHouse of Horrors,â they found nineteen bodies and one survivorâa boy now in a hospital for the criminally insane.
Years later, Father Silence is put to death, but the next day, the detective who arrested him is found dead. A new killer, the Outcast, emerges, claiming responsibility.
Detective Tess Claibourne, the daughter of the murdered detective, is drawn into the case when her own daughter is kidnapped by the Outcast. With no leads, she returns to Twisted Tree to visit the boy who survived and uncover the secrets buried in his mind.
With captivating prose and an old-school horror flair, Sleep Tight is a haunting tale from a master of the genre.
Two Step Devil is an enigmatic tale that remains shrouded in mystery. As of now, the whispers about its pages suggest a dance with danger, where characters might waltz with shadows and flirt with fate. Will you dare to join the dance and discover the secrets that Jamie Quatro has artfully penned? Stay tuned for a story that promises to entwine suspense, mystery, and perhaps, a touch of the supernatural.
Creation Lake is a mesmerizing novel about a secret agent, a thirty-four-year-old American woman of ruthless tactics, bold opinions, and clean beauty, who is sent to infiltrate an anarchist collective in France.
Sadie Smith, the protagonist, introduces herself to her lover and the rural commune of French subversives she is spying on. Her lover, Lucien, a young and well-born Parisian, is deceived by her calculated "cold bump," making him believe their encounter was accidental. Lucien, like everyone else Sadie targets, becomes a tool in her strategic game.
Sadie's operations are dictated by her shadowy "contacts" in business and government, who first want her to incite provocation and then demand even more. In the picturesque region of centuries-old farms and ancient caves, Sadie becomes entranced by Bruno Lacombe, a mentor to the young activists. Bruno communicates only by email and believes that true freedom from modern life's woes lies not in revolt but in returning to the ancient past.
As Sadie is convinced of her role as the puppet master, she finds herself seduced by Bruno's ingenious counter-histories and his tragic story. Rachel Kushner crafts a taut and dazzling rendition of "noir" in this novel, making it a work of high art, high comedy, and unforgettable pleasure.
When Ophelia and her sister discover their mother brutally murdered, there is no time to grieve: Ophelia has inherited both her powerful death-driven magic and enormous debt on their home. Circumstances go from dire to deadly, however, when Opheliaâs sister decides to pay off the loan by entering Phantasmaâa competition where most contestants donât make it out alive and the winner is granted a single wish.
The only way to save her sister is to compete. But Phantasma is a cursed manor, with twisting corridors and lavish ballrooms, and filled with enticing demons and fatal temptations. Ophelia will need to face nine floors of challenges to win... if her fears donât overtake her first.
When a charming, arrogant stranger claims he can protect and guide Ophelia, she knows she shouldnât trust him. While Blackwell may not seem dangerous, appearances can be deceptive. But with her sisterâs life on the line, Ophelia canât afford to turn him away. She just needs to ignore the overwhelming, dark attraction drawing them closer and closer together.
Because in Phantasma, the only thing deadlier than losing the game is losing your heart.
British spy Emma Makepeace races against the clock to stop the Russians from carrying out a high-profile assassination in this gripping thriller from the author of Alias Emma.
She has just one week to stop a killer.
Emma Makepeace is headed to Edinburgh for the global G7 Summit when her team is tipped off about a high-profile assassination the Russians are planningâbut they have no idea who the target is.
Surrounded by the worldâs most powerful political leaders in a gridlocked city, Emma must set a trap and use herself as bait.
With time running short, Emma faces the most perilous mission of her career. How far will she go to catch the killer?
Following her explosive debut thriller Falling and its harrowing follow-up Drowning, #1 internationally bestselling author T.J. Newman is back with Worst Case Scenario.
When a pilot suffers a heart attack at 35,000 feet, a commercial airliner filled with passengers crashes into a nuclear power plant in the small town of Waketa, Minnesota, which becomes ground zero for a catastrophic national crisis with global implications.
The International Nuclear Event Scale tracks nuclear disasters. It has seven levels. Level 7 is a Major Accident, with only two on record: Fukushima and Chernobyl. There has never been a Level 8. Until now.
In this heart-stopping thriller, ordinary peopleâpower plant employees, firefighters, teachers, families, neighbors, and friendsâare thrust into an extraordinary situation as they face the ultimate test of their lives. It will take the combined courage, ingenuity, and determination of a brave few to save not only their community and loved ones, but the fate of humanity at large.
When Ninaâs father dies, she is left something in his will: a gleaming dream vacation home in a balmy tropical paradise. Still grieving her father's death, Nina learns she has inherited property in the British Virgin Islandsâa vacation home she had no idea existed, until now. The house is extraordinary: state-of-the-art, all glass and marble. How did her sensible father come into enough money for this? Why did he keep it from her? And what else was he hiding?
Once an ambitious medical student, Maria is a nanny for the super-rich. The moneyâs better and so are the destinations where her work takes her. Just one more gig, and sheâll be set. Finally, sheâll be secure. But when her wards never show, Maria begins to make herself at home, spending her days luxuriating by the pool and in the sauna. Thereâs just one rule: Donât go in the basement. But her curiosity just might get the better of herâand soon sheâll wish her only worry was not getting paid.
The newest mystery from the author One of Us Is Lying, the Queen of thrillers, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist gets deadly and dangerously personal.
For all of Kat's life, it's just been her and her mother, Jamieâexcept for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven't spoken since.
Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last jobâat billionaire Ross Sutherland's birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn't know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his fatherâa serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland's youngest daughter.
Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer's crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can't trust anyoneâexcept each other.
Or can they? Because if there's one thing both Kat and Liam know, it's how to lie. They learned from the best.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium, comes The Wilds where Detective Elin Warner unravels the mystery behind the chilling disappearance of a young woman.
A perpetual drifter, Kier Templer lives her life on the road. Dubbed "the monster's daughter" after her mother's infamous crime, Kier has left her hometown and twin behind. Kier is haunted by the past, but one thing has always bound her to her brother, Penn: the distinctive maps she designs of the places she's explored. When Kier abruptly goes off-grid without sending him her latest, Penn knows something is seriously wrong.
Elin Warner is on vacation with her brother Isaac in a rugged national park in Portugalâthe last place Kier was seen. It's supposed to be a time for the siblings to reconnect, but when Elin discovers Kier's disturbing final map, it seems the parkâespecially the inhabitants of a camp buried deep in the forestâholds clues to what happened to Kier, and a lot more besides.
After a sinister discovery, Elin is shocked to learn Kier's disappearance is more personal to her than she'd ever imagined. And as she seeks the truth, Elin soon finds the wilderness hides something far darker than shifting shadowsâŠ
A brutal murder, a missing masterpiece, a mystery only Gabriel Allon can solve...
Acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva returns with the yearâs most anticipated new thriller.
Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into London to attend a reception at the Courtauld Gallery celebrating the return of a stolen self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh. But when an old friend from the Devon and Cornwall Police seeks his help with a baffling murder investigation, he finds himself pursuing a powerful and dangerous new adversary.
The victim is Charlotte Blake, a celebrated professor of art history from Oxford who spends her weekends in the same seaside village where Gabriel once lived under an assumed identity. Her murder appears to be the work of a diabolical serial killer who has been terrorizing the Cornish countryside. But there are a number of telltale inconsistencies, including a missing mobile phone. And then there is the mysterious three-letter cypher she left behind on a notepad in her study.
Gabriel soon discovers that Professor Blake was searching for a looted Picasso worth more than a $100 million, and he takes up the chase for the painting as only he can â with six Impressionist canvases forged by his own hand and an unlikely team of operatives that includes a world-famous violinist, a beautiful master thief, and a lethal contract killer turned British spy. The result is a stylish and wildly entertaining mystery that moves at lightning speed from the cliffs of Cornwall to the enchanted island of Corsica and, finally, to a breathtaking climax on the very doorstep of 10 Downing Street.
Supremely elegant and suspenseful, A Death in Cornwall is Daniel Silva at his best â a dazzling tale of murder, power, and insatiable greed that will hold readers spellbound until they turn the final page.
From the New York Times best-selling author of Reconstructing Amelia, Like Mother, Like Daughter is a thrilling novel of emotional suspense that questions the damaging fictions we cling to and the hard truths we avoid. Above all, it's a love story between a mother and a daughter, each determined to save the other before it's too late.
When Cleo, a student at NYU, arrives late for dinner at her childhood home in Brooklyn, she finds food burning in the oven and no sign of her mother, Kat. Then Cleo discovers her mom's bloody shoe under the sofa. Something terrible has happened. But what?
The polar opposite of Cleo, whose "out of control" emotions and "unsafe" behavior have created a seemingly unbridgeable rift between mother and daughter, Kat is the essence of Park Slope perfection: a happily married, successful corporate lawyer. Or so Cleo thinks. Kat has been lying. Sheâs not just a lawyer; sheâs her firmâs fixer. Sheâs damn good at it, too.
Growing up in a dangerous group home taught her how to think fast, stay calm under pressure, and recognize a real threat when she sees one. And in the days leading up her disappearance, Kat has become aware of multiple threats: demands for money from her unfaithful soon-to-be ex-husband; evidence that Cleo has slipped back into a relationship thatâs far riskier than she understands; and menacing anonymous messages from her pastâall of which sheâs kept hidden from Cleo.
Left alone in Baltimore after his unpredictable lover bails, Special Agent Zane Garrett takes his frustration out on everything in his path until he is ordered to Chicago to back up an undercover operative. When he gets there, though, he finds himself face to face with his wayward partner, Special Agent Ty Grady. They have to deal with the uncertainty lingering between them while they work to retrieve their intended mark, a retired hit man and CIA wet-works operative named Julian Cross.
Ty, once a marine and now an FBI hotshot, has a penchant for being unpredictable, a trait Zane can vouch for. Zane is a man who once lived for his job but has come to realize his heartbreaking past doesnât have to overshadow his future. They're partners, friends, lovers, and the go-to team for unusual cases.
With Cross and his innocuous boyfriend, Cameron Jacobs, in tow, Ty and Zane must navigate the obstacles of a cross-country trek, including TSA pat-downs, blizzards, their uncooperative prisoners, CIA kill teams, a desperate lack of sleep or caffeine, and each other. Ty and Zane are determined to get Julian Cross to DC in one piece, but itâs starting to look like it might be the last thing they do.
From the New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End comes an epic novel about a man fixated on finding a missing womanâand the FBI agent on his tail, who might be even more obsessed than he is. 1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Mohammed Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing.
When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emergesâPatch, a local boy with one eye, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake. Patch and those who love him soon discover that the line between triumph and tragedy has never been finer. And that their search for answers will lead them to truths that could mean losing one another.
A soaring thriller and an epic love story that spans decades, Chris Whitaker has written a novel about what lurks in the shadows of obsession, and the blinding light of hope.
The incredible new thriller featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author!
Little Rot is a thrilling journey through the elite underbelly of a Nigerian city. It follows the tumultuous events of one weekend, starting with a breakup that triggers a downward spiral and a party that devolves into chaos. The novel weaves a tangled web of sex, lies, and corruption, leaving no one unscathed.
Aima and Kalu, who have just ended their long-term relationship, find themselves at the heart of the turmoil. Kalu, in the throes of his loss, attends an exclusive sex party thrown by his best friend, Ahmed. A single decision there sets off a chain of events that brutally disrupts their lives. Meanwhile, Ola and Souraya, two Nigerian sex workers from Kuala Lumpur, become entangled in the scene just as disaster strikes.
Plunged into the city's glittering but corrupt underworld, the characters are desperate for an escape from the dangers that now stalk them. As they navigate through a world poisoned by power struggles, sexual violence, and betrayal, they must decide how far they're willing to go to save one anotherâor themselves. Little Rot not only tests the limits of their resilience but also showcases the storytelling genius of Akwaeke Emezi, who delivers a gripping tale of deviance, power, and survival.
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 friendâand the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines of his picture-perfect neighborhood.
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.
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?
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.
The closer Ethan gets to the truth, the more he realizes that no placeâbe it quiet forest or suburban streetâis completely safe. And that the past has a way of haunting the present.
Daphne and Amber Parrish are thrust back into each otherâs lives upon the resurgence of a long-forgotten threat, forcing a vicious game of cat and mouse where everything is on the line, in this thrilling sequel to the million-copy-bestselling Reeseâs Book Club pick The Last Mrs. Parrish.
Amber Patterson Parrish has come a long way from being an invisible wallflower. Her hard work and immaculate planning have paid off now that sheâs a prominent socialite, but that doesnât mean there havenât been bumps along the way. Less than a year since her husband Jacksonâs tax-evasion scandal, Amber is still at the top of the Bishops Harbor community pecking order, free to do as she wishes while Jackson sits in prison. But that freedom is quickly coming to an end. With Jackson getting released from prison, Amberâs timeâand moneyâis vanishing.
Meanwhile, Daphne Parrish left Bishops Harbor after her divorce from Jackson Parrish, swearing she would never go back. But when one of her daughters runs away from home, desperate to see her father, Daphne agrees to return for the summer to allow him supervised visits. Once out of prison, Jackson swears heâs a changed man, but Daphne knows all too well that he canât be trusted.
When a ghost from Amberâs past emerges looking for revenge, the three of them find unlikely allies in one another, but who is playing who? When all is said and done, theyâll have to fight tooth and nail for everything they have left in this zero-sum game.
With shocking turns and entertaining characters, The Next Mrs. Parrish will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about duplicity and betrayal.
In this gripping and intensely atmospheric debut, disquiet descends on a small town after the suspicious death of a beautiful young doctor. All clues point to the reclusive young man who abandoned the community in chase of big city dreams but returned for the first love he left behind. Perfect for fans of All Good People Here and Where the Crawdads Sing.
One peaceful morning, in the small, Puget Sound town of Point Orchards, the lifeless body of Dr. Erin Landry is found hanging from a tree on the property of prodigal son and failed writer, Elijah Leith. Sheriff Jim Godboutâs initial investigation points to an obvious suicide. However, upon closer inspection, there seem to be clues of foul play when he discovers that the circumstances of the beautiful doctorâs death were ripped straight from the pages of Elijah Leithâs own novel.
Out of money and motivation, thirty-three-year-old Elijah returns to his empty childhood home to lick the wounds of his futile writing career. Hungry for purpose, he throws himself into restoring the ramshackle cabin his father left behind and rekindling his relationship with Nakita, the extraordinary girl from the nearby reservation whom he betrayed but was never able to forget.
As the town of Point Orchards turns against him, Elijah must fight for his innocence against an unexpected foe who is close and cunning enough to flawlessly frame him for murder in this scintillating literary thriller that seeks to uncover a case of love, loss, and revenge.
One of Our Kind, the first adult novel by #1 New York Times best-selling author Nicola Yoon, presents a terrifying and thought-provoking look at the concept of true freedom in America. In a narrative reminiscent of Get Out meets The Stepford Wives, we follow the story of a woman who uncovers a dark secret within her seemingly utopian community.
Jasmyn and King Williams, seeking a like-minded community for their growing family, move to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California. While King quickly adapts to the Liberty way of life, Jasmyn finds it difficult to fit in. Her expectations of a community striving for racial equality are dashed when she realizes that the residents are more preoccupied with luxury spa treatments than addressing societal issues.
As Jasmyn's disillusionment grows, she befriends others who share her concerns. However, their collective unease turns to horror as they watch their loved ones fall under the seductive influence of Liberty's ethos. When Jasmyn uncovers a horrifying secret about the founders of Liberty, she faces a reality that could shatter her world in unimaginable ways.
Combining edge-of-your-seat thrills with incisive social commentary, One of Our Kind delves into the complexities of freedom and the dangerous assumptions we make about ourselves and others.
A twisting, pulse-pounding thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid and The Coworker. "You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I'll do anything to keep it that way...
I used to clean other people's houses--now, I can't believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve. Even though I'm wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell, when she invites us over for dinner it's our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it's like to be in her shoes. But her cold stare gives me chills...
The Lowells' maid isn't the only strange thing on our street. I'm sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors. Did I make a terrible mistake moving my family here? I thought I'd left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet suburban street be the most dangerous place of all?
From New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Freida McFadden comes the next instalment of the unbelievably twisty, tension-packed and globally bestselling Housemaid series. This book can be enjoyed as a standalone read: and once you start, it will have you up all night racing through the pages until the final explosive twist.
A dream vacation turns deadly when secrets from the past catch up to a married couple in Paris in this new edge-of-your-seat thriller from USA Today bestselling author, Kimberly Belle.
When Stella met Adam, she thought she had finally found a nice, normal guyâa welcome change from her previous boyfriend and her precarious jetsetter lifestyle with him. But her secure world comes crashing down when Adam goes missing after an explosion in the city square. Unable to reach him, she panics.
As the French police investigate, itâs revealed that Adam was on their radar as a dealer of rare and stolen antiquities with a long roster of criminal clients. Reeling from this news, Stella is determined not to leave Paris until she has the full story. Was Adam a random victim or the target of the explosion? And why is someone following her through the streets of Paris?
An irresistible, fast-paced read set in some of Europeâs most inviting locales, The Paris Widow explores how sinister secrets of the past stay with usâno matter how far we travel.
The Unwedding immerses readers into an intriguing world where The White Lotus meets Agatha Christie. This adult fiction debut from #1 New York Times bestselling YA author Ally Condie follows a recent divorcee, Ellery Wainwright, whose vacation at an exclusive Big Sur resort unravels when she discovers a dead body on the day a wedding was set to occur.
Alone at the edge of the world, Ellery was supposed to celebrate her twentieth wedding anniversary with her husband, Luke, at the luxurious Resort at Broken Point in Big Sur, California. However, she finds herself traveling solo. To make matters worse, there's a wedding at Broken Point scheduled during her stay. Remembering the anticipation of everything new and wonderful, Ellery now faces uncertainty in everything except her love for her kids and a growing realization that this beautiful place is unsettling.
Discovering the body of the groom floating in the pool in the rain, Ellery realizes she is not the only one whose future is no longer certain. Before the police can reach Broken Point, a mudslide isolates the guests. With another guest's death, it becomes clear that something horrible is brewing.
At Broken Point, everyone has a secret and a shadow, including Ellery.
John Grisham, no.1 bestselling author and master of the legal thriller, takes us back to paradise. Bookstore owner Bruce Cable is reunited once again with Mercer Mann for another thrilling mystery packed with sun, sand, and mayhem.
Filled with unpredictable twists, the return to Camino Island is guaranteed to be this summer's perfect escape.
Fifteen years after the events of the Natchez Burning trilogy, Penn Cage is alone. Nearly all his loved ones are dead, his old allies gone. But Penn's self-imposed exile comes to an abrupt end when a brawl at a Bienville music festival triggers a shooting--one that nearly takes the life of his daughter Annie. Before the stunned populace can process the tragedy, an arsonist begins torching antebellum plantation homes in Bienville. When an unknown Black group claims the fires as acts of justice, panic ensues, driving the Mississippi River town to the brink of war.
When Penn's closest friend in Bienville is shot to death on the street by a county deputy, mass protests ignite, and the community descends into open hostilities. State and county politicos use the mayhem as an excuse to dissolve the city government and seize control, and enraged activists begin converging on the town from far-away states to see their own brand of justice done.
In Southern Man, Greg Iles returns to the riveting style and historic depth that made the Natchez Burning trilogy a searing masterpiece and hurls the narrative fifteen years forward into our current moment--where America teeters on the fence between anarchy and salvation.
The Winner, a propulsive literary thriller from Whiting Award winner Teddy Wayne, delves into the life of Conor O'Toole, a young law student who finds himself teaching tennis in a posh gated community near Cape Cod. Amid the casually glamorous surroundings of Cutters Neck, Conor is living in a guest cottage, a world away from the cramped Yonkers apartment he shares with his diabetic mother.
Despite being surrounded by oceanfront luxury, Conor and his mother have bills to pay, and attracting new clients for tennis lessons is harder than he anticipated. That's until he crosses paths with a sharp-tongued divorcée named Catherine, who offers to pay him double his rate, with the expectation of some additional, more intimate services.
As Conor becomes entangled in a secret, erotic affair, he also finds himself romantically drawn to a quirky, outspoken girl he met on the beachâwho happens to be Catherine's daughter. Caught in a tangled web of desire and deception, Conor believes he's found a way to balance everything, until he makes a disastrous, irreversible mistake. This darkly comedic thriller skewers the elite with wit and delivers an unputdownable, cinematic, and psychologically astute narrative.