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John Fram’s The Bright Lands was named a Best Book of 2020 by Library Journal, CrimeReads, and BookPage.
The Bright Lands
Horror · LGBTQIA+ · Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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John Fram’s The Bright Lands was named a Best Book of 2020 by Library Journal, CrimeReads, and BookPage. With 4.2 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this suspenseful debut blends small-town secrets, toxic masculinity, and supernatural dread. Shocking, atmospheric, and impossible to put down, it’s the dark side of Friday night football you won’t forget.
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Bentley, Texas worships two things: football and silence.
When star quarterback Dylan Whitley vanishes, fear spreads fast through the small town. His brother Joel—long gone after being shamed for who he is—returns from New York to find answers. Coming home means facing the past he tried to outrun, along with neighbors who never forgave him for leaving.
But Joel isn’t alone. Sheriff’s Deputy Starsha Clark still bears scars from her own family tragedy, and Dylan’s friends whisper that classmates know far more than they’ll admit. As Joel digs deeper, he uncovers a web of secrets and violence lurking under Friday night lights.
The town will do anything to protect its image. But some shadows refuse to stay buried. And they all lead to The Bright Lands.
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Dean Koontz’s The Door to December is a chilling thriller with 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon.
The Door to December
Thriller · Horror · Psychological Thriller
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Dean Koontz’s The Door to December is a chilling thriller with 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon. A mother’s desperate fight to save her abducted daughter collides with sinister experiments and supernatural terror. Koontz, a multiple New York Times bestselling author and Bram Stoker Award winner, delivers a haunting page-turner that will keep you breathless until the final twist.
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A call in the middle of the night summoned psychiatrist Laura McCaffrey out into the rain-swept streets of Los Angeles. The police had found her husband-beaten to death. But what of her daughter, Melanie, whom he had kidnapped six years earlier? At the brutal murder scene, the police lead Laura into her husband's makeshift lab—and open the door to a rising tide of terror that has trapped Melanie in its midst...
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Twisty, addictive, and darkly emotional, it’s perfect for fans of psychological suspense and domestic noir.
Little Deadly Secrets
Literary Fiction · Thriller · Psychological Fiction · Psychological Thriller
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Pamela Crane’s Little Deadly Secrets is a chilling domestic thriller about friendship, betrayal, and murder. A Karin Slaughter Killer Reads Pick with 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it follows three inseparable friends whose lives unravel after a deadly secret resurfaces. Twisty, addictive, and darkly emotional, it’s perfect for fans of psychological suspense and domestic noir.
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Mackenzie, Robin, and Lily have shared everything—secrets, heartbreaks, motherhood, and years of friendship that felt unbreakable. They thought nothing could ever divide them. But some bonds can’t survive betrayal.
When a dark mistake from the past resurfaces, their perfect trio begins to unravel. Lies spread like cracks in glass, exposing truths they were desperate to hide. And when one of them turns up dead, the others must face the question that terrifies them most: which of their closest friends is capable of murder?
From USA Today bestselling author Pamela Crane, Little Deadly Secrets is a tense, twist-filled domestic thriller that proves even the deepest friendships can hide deadly fractures. Three women, two betrayals, one corpse—what’s left when trust is gone?
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Sharon Bolton’s Daisy in Chains, a 4.2-star psychological thriller with over 10,000 Goodreads ratings, has been hailed as “mind-blowing” by The New York Times.
Daisy in Chains
Mystery · Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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Sharon Bolton’s Daisy in Chains, a 4.2-star psychological thriller with over 10,000 Goodreads ratings, has been hailed as “mind-blowing” by The New York Times. When a charismatic convicted killer insists on his innocence, a defense attorney must decide whether to risk everything to uncover the truth or fall into his dangerous web of manipulation.
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Hamish Wolfe is handsome, intelligent, charismatic, and a convicted serial killer serving time for the brutal murders of young women. He insists he is innocent. He insists the world got it wrong. And he wants Maggie Rose to prove it.
Maggie is a defense attorney and bestselling author infamous for overturning convictions. She has made a career of exposing flaws in cases, but she knows killers can be master manipulators. Hamish is exactly the type of man who could lure women to their deaths, and exactly the type who could lure her into his game.
Sharon Bolton’s Daisy in Chains is a chilling, compulsively readable thriller of persuasion, obsession, and dangerous attraction. The ending will leave you reeling—and desperate to talk to someone.
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This will appeal to readers who want psychological thrillers built around abduction, forensic investigation, unreliable memory, and connected cold cases.
The Girl Who Was Taken
Thriller · Psychological Thriller · Suspense
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The Girl Who Was Taken follows Megan McDonald, who escapes after being abducted from a beach party, and Livia, the forensic pathology fellow whose missing sister Nicole never came home, as they uncover links between Nicole’s disappearance, Megan’s buried memories, and other missing girls, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 54,700 Amazon reviewers. This will appeal to readers who want psychological thrillers built around abduction, forensic investigation, unreliable memory, and connected cold cases.
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The bestselling author of Twenty Years Later delivers a chilling thriller where nothing is at it seems and each reveal is more shocking than the last…right up to the jaw-dropping final twist.
“A gripping thriller that will blow readers away." –Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author on Don’t Believe It
“A superb storyteller.” —Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author
Two abducted girls—one who returns, one who doesn't.
The night they go missing, high school seniors Nicole Cutty and Megan McDonald are at a beach party in their small town of Emerson Bay, North Carolina. Police launch a massive search, but hope is almost lost--until Megan escapes from a bunker deep in the woods...A year later, the bestselling account of her ordeal has made Megan a celebrity. It's a triumphant story, except for one inconvenient detail: Nicole is still missing.
Nicole's older sister, Livia, a fellow in forensic pathology, expects that one day soon Nicole's body will be found and her sister's fate determined. Instead, the first clue comes from another body--that of a young man connected to Nicole's past. Livia reaches out to Megan to learn more about that fateful night. Other girls have disappeared, and she's increasingly sure the cases are connected.
Megan knows more than she revealed in her book. Flashes of memory are pointing to something more monstrous than she described. And the deeper she and Livia dig, the more they realize that sometimes true terror lies in finding exactly what you've been looking for...
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Lauren Wilson’s debut thriller The Goldens is a 3.8-star page-turner with over 1,200 Goodreads ratings.
The Goldens
Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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Lauren Wilson’s debut thriller The Goldens is a 3.8-star page-turner with over 1,200 Goodreads ratings. When aspiring writer Chloe is swept into the glittering world of influencer Clara Holland, she finds herself in a glamorous circle that the media calls a cult. But when a girl disappears after a lavish party, Chloe realizes her dream life may come at a deadly cost.
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Chloe always dreamed of writing something that mattered. Then she met Clara Holland, model, influencer, and socialite with a magnetic glow that pulled everyone into her orbit. Clara had the looks, the wealth, the parties. And she had stories Chloe couldn’t resist capturing.
Soon Chloe is living at Clara’s sprawling estate, helping with memoirs, sipping themed cocktails under fairy lights, and basking in glittering parties that look perfect online. But perfection hides cracks. Whispers spread. Reporters call Clara’s circle a cult. And when one girl vanishes after a decadent New Year’s Eve bash, the rumors darken into something else entirely.
Lauren Wilson’s The Goldens is intoxicating, atmospheric, and unsettling. In Clara’s world, admiration turns to obsession, and obsession can turn deadly.
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In 1960s California, lonely teenager Evie Boyd becomes captivated by a group of older girls and is drawn into a commune ruled by a charismatic leader.
The Girls
Mystery · Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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In 1960s California, lonely teenager Evie Boyd becomes captivated by a group of older girls and is drawn into a commune ruled by a charismatic leader. As her attachment to the enigmatic Suzanne deepens, Evie edges closer to an act of violence she cannot comprehend. The Girls is a widely acclaimed novel about longing, influence, and the dangerous search for connection.
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THE INSTANT BESTSELLER • An indelible portrait of girls, the women they become, and that moment in life when everything can go horribly wrong
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Financial Times, Esquire, Newsweek, Vogue, Glamour, People, The Huffington Post, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Time Out, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, Slate
Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader. Hidden in the hills, their sprawling ranch is eerie and run down, but to Evie, it is exotic, thrilling, charged—a place where she feels desperate to be accepted. As she spends more time away from her mother and the rhythms of her daily life, and as her obsession with Suzanne intensifies, Evie does not realize she is coming closer and closer to unthinkable violence.
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award • Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize • The New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • Emma Cline—One of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists
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Best for readers who like psychological thrillers built around family secrets, mistrust, hidden motives, and twist-heavy suspense.
In Her Eyes
Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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In Her Eyes follows Ava, whose seemingly perfect family life is shattered by a violent home invasion that leaves her daughter fighting to survive and forces her to question who targeted them, with a 4.3-star rating from more than 24,400 Amazon reviewers. Best for readers who like psychological thrillers built around family secrets, mistrust, hidden motives, and twist-heavy suspense.
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You're at home with your family. You think you're safe. You're wrong . . .
Ava's life is the kind other people envy: loving husband; great kids; beautiful house. Until a violent home invasion turns the dream into a nightmare and leaves her daughter fighting to survive.
This wasn't a random attack and Ava is reeling from the knowledge that someone is targeting her family. Who could hate them enough to kill?
To save those she loves from even greater danger Ava must find out what really happened that night. But when everyone around her has been lying, how will she decide who to trust?
And with her own secrets threatening to come to light, can she even trust herself?
A totally gripping psychological thriller with a killer twist you won't see coming. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, TM Logan and CL Taylor.
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Fourteen years after her twin sister’s murder, Marisa Stockton is still living with the fallout.
The Lies I Told
Thriller · Romance · Psychological Thriller · Romantic Suspense
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Fourteen years after her twin sister’s murder, Marisa Stockton is still living with the fallout. Then a car crash wipes ten days from her memory, and suddenly the past is not the only thing she can’t trust. In The Lies I Told, missing memories, vanished evidence, and a growing sense of danger turn Marisa’s search for answers into a psychological minefield where getting too close to the truth could get her killed.
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For a woman obsessed and a killer in her shadow, remembering the past becomes a mind game in a novel of psychological suspense by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton.
Twin sisters Marisa and Clare Stockton were sixteen when Clare’s body was found in Virginia’s James River. No arrests were made. Fourteen years later, Marisa’s friends and dedicated career as a photographer help her to cope with the open wound of the past. But Marisa still feels the hurt—and the unsolved murder isn’t the only thing haunting her.
A recent car crash has erased ten days of Marisa’s memories—a black hole leading up to the accident that’s left her disoriented. Every text and phone call from that crucial missing time has vanished, along with her phone. A photograph she took of the river has disappeared. A new neighbor Marisa believes she knows introduces himself as if he were a stranger. And there’s the growing fear that her near-fatal accident was no accident at all. As dreams of Clare and nightmares of the crash begin to converge, so do two disturbing puzzles fourteen years apart.
Putting the pieces together could be fatal. As she struggles to remember everything, Marisa closes in on a killer—without realizing that he’s already closed in on her.
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Lisa Unger’s In the Blood is a Silver Falchion Award winner and Goodreads Choice nominee, hailed by The Washington Post as “brisk, crafty and fascinating.” With 4.2 out…
In the Blood
Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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Lisa Unger’s In the Blood is a Silver Falchion Award winner and Goodreads Choice nominee, hailed by The Washington Post as “brisk, crafty and fascinating.” With 4.2 out of 5 stars, this psychological thriller follows a college student tangled in lies, a missing friend, and a manipulative child. Dark, addictive, and unforgettable, it’s a masterclass in suspense.
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Lana Granger has lied so often that even she can barely tell truth from fiction. A college senior with secrets buried deep, she thinks she can keep her past hidden. Then she accepts a babysitting job for an eleven-year-old boy who is volatile, manipulative, and far too clever.
When Lana’s best friend Beck disappears, the lies begin piling up. Her story never matches eyewitness accounts. Her answers shift with each question. And while she scrambles to conceal her past, someone else already knows the truth.
Lisa Unger, award-winning master of psychological suspense, spins a chilling tale of deceit, obsession, and buried nightmares. Lana can lie to her friends, to the police, and even to herself. But can she survive when the truth finally comes out?
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Gregg Dunnett’s Little Ghosts is a chilling psychological thriller with 4.4 out of 5 stars and over 4,000 rave reviews.
Little Ghosts
Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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Gregg Dunnett’s Little Ghosts is a chilling psychological thriller with 4.4 out of 5 stars and over 4,000 rave reviews. When a grieving mother’s young son claims his murdered sister revealed her killer, the line between reality and the supernatural begins to blur. Heart-stopping, twist-filled, and unforgettable, this is one thriller you will not put down.
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One moment, Layla was waiting for strawberry ice cream, her curls dripping with seawater. The next, she was gone. Murdered. Two years later, her mother still sits in Layla’s room, drowning in grief and unanswered questions.
The police searched but found nothing. Her marriage is splintering. Her son Gale, once bright and carefree, has grown secretive and distant. He stares into the shadows as if watching something she cannot see.
Then one morning, over buttered toast, Gale whispers the words that change everything: I know who killed Layla. When she presses him, his answer chills her to the bone. She told me.
If Gale is right, the ghost of Layla has returned. And she is ready to expose the truth.
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For years, she’s been the perfect wife, mother, and friend.
Wife, Mother, Liar
Thriller · Psychological Thriller
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For years, she’s been the perfect wife, mother, and friend. But when tragedy strikes and one child ends up dead, the lies unravel fast. Her husband and best friend are hiding secrets—but none compare to her own. Wife, Mother, Liar is a twisty, jaw-dropping thriller that fans of Sue Watson’s bestselling domestic suspense will devour.
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For twenty-five years, she’s been the loyal wife, the loving mother, the quiet friend. But behind the picture-perfect family portraits, lies are festering. Her husband has always been the charming center of attention maybe too charming with her best friend, Wendy. Her son has fallen for the one girl she swore he should avoid, Wendy’s daughter. And when a tragic night ends with flashing police lights and the devastating news that one of their children is dead, everything shatters. Her husband isn’t telling the truth. Wendy isn’t telling the truth. But she has her own secret, and it’s the one that could destroy them all. Addictive, shocking, and impossible to put down, Wife, Mother, Liar is a twist-filled psychological thriller perfect for fans of Sue Watson’s domestic suspense.
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