And There He Kept Her is a dark and disturbing police procedural novel. On a frigid, rainy night, two teens attempt to break into what they believe is an uns…
Category Archives: Thriller
Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon
Never Coming Home will have you rooting for the bad guy. To outward appearances, Lucas Forester looks like the grieving husband he should be. His wife went…
Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel
Just Like Mother delivers on all the creepy vibes oozing from its cover. Since she escaped from the cult she grew up in, Maeve has built a fortress of walls…
The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
The Children on the Hill caught me off guard with one big twist. It’s 1978, and when Vi and Eric complete their homeschool assignments, they spend their free…
An Honest Lie by Tarryn Fisher
An Honest Lie is a tense and addictive psychological thriller. A year ago, Rainy moved to Tiger Mountain with her boyfriend Grant. She spends her time…
An Unthinkable Thing by Nicole Lundrigan
An Unthinkable Thing fully held my rapt attention from start to finish. In 1958, after someone brutally murders his aunt, eleven-year-old Tommie moves in wi..,
The Lying Club by Annie Ward
The Lying Club by Annie Ward begins as “rich people problems” but slowly turns more insidious. This slow-burn thriller follows three women in a wealthy Col…
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
The Golden Couple is a compelling psychological thriller and one of the better ones I’ve read in a while. Avery Chambers has an unorthodox method of…
The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
The Night Shift by Alex Finlay is a compulsively readable thriller loaded with Y2K nostalgia. It’s New Year’s Eve 1999 when someone attacks four teens…
The Heights by Louise Candlish
The Heights by Louise Candlish is a story about hate and how it can become an all-consuming obsession. Ellen Saint is working at a client’s home when she sees