The Plot (from Goodreads): Owen Pick’s life is falling apart. In his thirties, a virgin, and living in his aunt’s spare bedroom, he has just…
Tag: thriller
Julia Heaberlin | We Are All The Same in the Dark
The Plot (from Goodreads): It’s been a decade since Trumanell Branson disappeared, leaving only a bloody handprint behind. Her pretty face still hangs like a…
Gilly MacMillan | Odd Child Out
The Plot (from Goodreads): Best friends Noah Sandler and Abdi Mahad have always been inseparable. But when Noah is found floating unconscious in Bristol’s Feeder…
Gilly MacMillan | What She Knew
The Plot (from Goodreads): Rachel Jenner is walking in a Bristol park with her eight-year-old son, Ben, when he asks if he can run ahead….
Heather Young | The Lost Girls | Ten-Second Spoilers
Summary In the summer of 1935, six-year-old Emily Evans vanishes from her family’s vacation home on a remote Minnesota lake. Her disappearance destroys her mother,…
Sandie Jones | The Half Sister
The Plot (from Goodreads): Sisters Kate and Lauren meet for Sunday lunch every week without fail, especially after the loss of their father. But a…
Sally Hepworth | The Good Sister
The Plot (from Goodreads): From the outside, everyone might think Fern and Rose are as close as twin sisters can be: Rose is the responsible…
Joshilyn Jackson | Never Have I Ever
The Plot (from Goodreads): Amy Whey is proud of her ordinary life and the simple pleasures that come with it—teaching diving lessons, baking cookies for…
Megan Goldin | The Night Swim
The Plot (from Goodreads): After the first season of her true-crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall is…
John Marrs | The One
The Plot (from Goodreads): How far would you go to find the one? A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth…
Nicci French | The Other Side of the Door
The Plot (from NetGalley): Bonnie Graham stands in the open door of her friend’s apartment. She is alone, except for the dead body lying in…
Joy Fielding | The Bad Daughter
The Plot (from Goodreads): A hostile relationship with her sister and a complicated past with her father’s second wife have kept Robin estranged from her…
Alice Feeney | I Know Who You Are
The Plot (from the publisher): Meet Aimee Sinclair: the actress everyone thinks they know but can’t remember where from. Except one person. Someone who knows…
Lisa Jewell | Then She Was Gone
The Summary (from Goodreads): THEN: She was fifteen, her mother’s golden girl. She had her whole life ahead of her. And then, in the blink…
Catherine McKenzie | You Can’t Catch Me
The Plot (from Goodreads): Twelve years ago Jessica Williams escaped a cult. She reintegrated into society, endured uncomfortable notoriety, and tried to put it all…
Kaira Rouda | The Favorite Daughter
The Book: The Favorite Daughter, by Kaira Rouda, 2019 The Characters: Jane and David Harris, their daughters Mary (who died before the book began) and…
Sally Hepworth | The Family Next Door
The Book: The Family Next Door, by Sally Hepworth, 2018 The Characters: The residents of Pleasant Court: Essie and Ben, Essie’s mom Barbara, Fran and…
Megan Miranda | The Girl From Widow Hills
The Book: The Girl From Widow Hills by Megan Miranda, 2018 The Characters: Arden Maynor, aka Olivia The Plot (from the publisher): Everyone knows the…
Sally Hepworth | The Mother-in-Law
The Book: The Mother in Law by Sally Hepworth, 2019 The Characters: Married couple Lucy and Ollie, Ollie’s mother Diana, and sister Nettie The Plot…
Cathryn Grant | The Guest
The Plot (from the publisher): Life has been good to Ellie – she owns a successful art gallery, is deeply in love with her husband,…
Karin Slaughter | The Silent Wife (Will Trent #10)
The Book: The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter (Will Trent #10); 2020 The Characters: GBI Special Agent Will Trent and Dr. Sara Linton; GBI Special…
Alice Feeney | His and Hers
The Plot (from the publisher): Anna Andrews finally has what she wants. Almost. She’s worked hard to become the main TV presenter of the BBC’s…
Mary Kubica | The Other Mrs. | Ten-Second Spoilers
The Book: The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica The Characters: Married couple Sadie and Will; their neighbor Morgan; other protagonists Camille and Mouse Warning! This…
Ruth Ware | One by One
The Plot: The employees of Snoop have come to a remote ski retreat in the French Alps for some corporate bonding. The founders have an…
Karin Slaughter | The Last Widow (Will Trent #9)
The Plot: Will and Sara are hanging out at Sara’s mom’s house when they hear an explosion coming from the nearby campus. They head to…
Anna Downes | The Safe Place
The Plot: Emily Proudman just lost her acting agent, her job, and her apartment in one miserable day. Scott Denny, a successful and charismatic CEO,…