By Tim O’Mara In GIRL, 11, debut author Amy Suiter Clarke introduces former social worker Elle Castillo, the host of a popular true crime podcast investigating cold cases of missing or murdered…
Domestic Thrillers
By Terri Nolan Alicia Beckman’s BITTERROOT LAKE has a robust sense of self, place, and atmosphere. Though the novel is set in a fictional locale, it has a rich history, superbly crafted…
A fear-induced split-second decision goes terribly wrong, altering the fate of three strangers. It’s New Year’s Eve. Shae Wilmont, the adored celebrity host of IShop—a popular shopping site—is ready to reclaim her…
By George Ebey Author Rick Mofina taps into every parent’s worst fear in his latest thriller, SEARCH FOR HER. At a truck stop near Las Vegas, 14-year-old Riley Jarrett vanishes from her…
By Dani Brown DO NO HARM, a standalone domestic thriller by Christina McDonald, intricately weaves fact and fiction to create a fast-paced, tension-filled, compelling novel. The characters are imperfect but relatable. This…
An accomplished photographer and the devoted mom of an adorable little boy, Allie Ross has just moved to an upscale DC suburb, the kind of place where parenting feels like a competitive…
Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is what it seems. Lila isn’t what she seems. A student vanished months ago. Now, Lila’s husband, Aaron, is also missing.…
By Millie Naylor Hast Imagine finding your teenage son with a girl in the middle of the night in a frigid, rainy woods—and the girl is dead. Your son, who has been…
Recently divorced, Grace Wright moves her two small children into a new home to start again and hopes the move will reset her crippling insomnia. Instead she discovers that her next-door neighbor…
Psychiatrist Gus Young didn’t always see patients in the back of a hardware store. Before he came to rural Maine, he was a man with a past—past successes, past scandals… and past…
By Dani Brown The fifth book in Amy Shojai’s September Day series, HIT AND RUN, is a complex animal-centric domestic thriller. This novel has the charm of the television series Lassie and cleverness…
Grace Pierrepoint Rendell, the only child of an ailing billionaire, has been treated for paranoia since childhood. When she secretly quits her meds, she begins to suspect that once her father passes,…
Under investigation for the role she played in stopping an international terrorist, FBI agent Jenny Roberts is on her way home to Wisconsin—a place she hasn’t visited since she left after high…
By K. L. Romo Three best friends since college experience a series of entwined crises in LITTLE DEADLY SECRETS by bestselling author Pamela Crane. Can their friendship survive the lies and betrayal…
When her sister goes missing, Zoe assumes it’s just another one of her estranged sibling’s stunts—but the danger is all too real. Zoe Hallett and her sister, Ava, are the precocious offspring…
By April Snellings In the first pages of Alexandra Burt’s SHADOW GARDEN, Donna Pryor, the wife of a wealthy surgeon, is installed by her husband at a luxurious estate to recover from…
Janie Klassyn was only 14 years old when she made the blood pact with her friends. She could never imagine she was setting in motion the horrifying crime that would tear her…
By Dani Brown Heather Gudenkauf’s latest thriller, THIS IS HOW I LIED, is an entertaining and thought-provoking novel filled with complex characters. The fast-paced story is told from three points of view:…
By Tim O’Mara As Dave Wickenden’s MAD DOG shows us, growing up in 1975 Canada was pretty simple. Playing baseball and raiding gardens ruled. Books were best friends and learning about girls…
In the 18 years since her father went to prison for killing her mother and brother, Della Stallings has battled a crippling phobia. Her fear only grows when her father’s released. She…
By Austin S. Camacho Tom Threadgill is a fresh voice in suspense, and his new novel, COLLISION OF LIES, will keep you guessing and zipping through its pages until the end. The…
If you can’t remember it, how do you prove you didn’t do it? Eva Hansen wakes in the hospital after being struck by lightning and discovers her mother, Kat, has been murdered.…
By Millie Naylor Hast Journalist Bryan Gruley shared in The Wall Street Journal’s Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 9-11 terrorist attacks, but since he was a boy, he has wanted to…
When ATF Special Agent David Ward infiltrates the world of radical environmentalists, his mission is to stop an eco-terrorist group determined to eradicate pollution—and the polluters who get in their way. It’s…