A Likely Story features unlikeable characters and a story with a story. Since her childhood, Isabelle Manning has always admired Ward, her father
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Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah
Those People Next Door highlights the different forms of racism and prejudices in this compulsively readable thriller. Salma, her husband Bil, and their son Zai
The Story of Us by Catherine Hernandez
The Story of Us is a stunning and emotional story told from the unique viewpoint of a newborn baby. Mary Grace “MG” Concepcion left her husband in
What Happened on Floor 34? by Caroline Corcoran
What Happened on Floor 34? starts off with a tension-filled bang. Recently promoted to day editor, Rose works for London’s largest newspaper.
Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
Age of Vice, set in India, is a compelling crime thriller mixed with a family saga. It begins with the police finding a young man named Ajay inebriated in a…
One Last Secret by Adele Parks
One Last Secret is a compelling thriller with a great main character. As an escort, Dora has rules in place to keep her safe. However, after one traumatizing
The Prisoner by B. A. Paris
The Prisoner begins with all the fraught tension you’d want in a thriller but quickly unravelled the longer it went on. The Prisoner opens with vicious men snat
The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri
The Oleander Sword brings the reader back into the rich Indian-inspired world of the Burning Kingdoms. It begins where the first book ended, with Malini embark
Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin
Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin reminds me of old-school Atwood. Vera has spent her entire life in a small mountainous cloud-covered community cut off from…
What We Both Know by Fawn Parker
What We Both Know explores the MeToo movement and how power imbalances can shift. With her father’s health condition deteriorating, Hillary Greene recently…