A Familiar Stranger is a bumpy ride to say the least. Lillian Smith lives a boring life; she repeatedly says so herself. Lillian used to write obituaries for…
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The Guest House by Robin Morgan-Bentley
The Guest House is a compulsively readable thriller but veers into OTT territory for much of the book. Victoria and Jamie are spending a weekend away at a remot
The Last Girl to Die by Helen Fields
The Last Girl to Die is a chilling thriller set in a small town in Scotland. When sixteen-year-old Adriana Clark goes missing, her family hires a P.I…
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead is an intensely dark and sinister thriller that I could not put down. Since the traumatic events of her college days, Shay
After the Party by Georgina Lees
After the Party by Georgina Lees is a gripping psychological thriller brimming with atmosphere. Lizzie has been infatuated with her colleague Dean since he s…
The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
The Family Remains is the sequel I didn’t know I needed. It picks up where The Family Upstairs ended. Detective Samuel Owusu finds a bag of bones floating…
Stay Awake by Megan Goldin
Stay Awake by Megan Goldin indeed had me reading past my bedtime. Liv Reese wakes confused and disoriented in the back of a cab en route to her shared brownston
Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier
Things We Do in the Dark is a slow-burn, but overall gripping thriller. It opens with Paris Peralta, dazed and confused, in the back of a police car, trying…
The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda
The Last to Vanish is an intriguing slow-burn thriller. Abigail Lovett has lived in Cutter’s Pass for the last ten years. It’s a close-knit community, but Ab…
The Cabin in the Woods by Sarah Alderson
The Cabin in the Woods is a tense and unputdownable psychological thriller. This thriller unfolds the mystery of how Rose Reid went from an impoverished upbring