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Beverley, Elsie, and Margot are not your average housewives. They are all wives of convicted killers. During the sun-drenched summer of 1966, the three women form an unlikely friendship after the discoveries of their husbands’ brutal crimes. With their exes—some of California’s most infamous murderers—dead or behind bars, they are attempting to forge a new… Continue reading The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives by Elizabeth Arnott
He has a secret. She knows he's lying… Nadeeka is certain Jamie is having an affair. She knows the tell-tale signs. She's been here before. When Jamie claims to be at work late, she knows he's lying. He's with another woman, and she's determined to catch him in the act. But when Nadeeka arrives home… Continue reading It’s Not What You Think by Clare Mackintosh
High in the Swiss Alps, accessible only by a single, winding railway, stands the luxurious Grand Alpine Hotel. With glorious mountain views and exclusive access to powdery slopes, it draws guests from far and wide. The notorious actress. The high-flying politician. The society wife. The reckless friend. The shrewd doctor. But not everyone is here… Continue reading Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley
In 1985, Edward Shank famously gunned down the Beacon Hill Butcher, ending the serial killer’s reign of terror over the city of Seattle. But now in his eighties, Edward’s action-packed glory days are long behind him. The decorated former Seattle police chief has given up his high-maintenance Victorian home to his grandson Matt for a… Continue reading The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier
Liv Reese wakes up in the back of a taxi with no idea where she is or how she got there. When she’s dropped off at the door of her brownstone, a stranger answers―a stranger who now lives in her apartment and forces her out in the cold. She reaches for her phone to call… Continue reading Stay Awake by Megan Goldin
Courtney Gray’s peaceful vacation turns into a nightmare when she discovers her brother and sister-in-law dead in their lakeside cottage. Her niece Reese is missing. Her nephew Wyatt is asleep upstairs—unharmed. As police swarm the quiet resort, dark truths about Courtney’s family—and the town itself—begin to surface. Is Reese a victim… or the killer With… Continue reading It’s Not Her by Mary Kubica
This one starts with a slow creep—but don’t let that fool you. Once it gets going, it absolutely explodes with twists and turns. This is a psychologically clever legal thriller that keeps you constantly second-guessing everything and everyone. Leila Reynolds is thrown into her first murder case, defending a man she’s represented before—one she couldn’t… Continue reading Dissection of a Murder by Jo Murray
There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be murderers: little girls and old ladies—and Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick has been both. At eighty-one years old, Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick has spent her entire life living under the shadow of a childhood crime that earned her the nickname “Mad Mabel.” After decades of whispers… Continue reading Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams absolutely delivered on everything I hoped for after loving No Exit—and then some. From the moment Tess and Allie descend underground, this story tightens its grip and never lets go. Adams captures the terror of caving so vividly that I physically felt claustrophobic while reading. I went into this… Continue reading Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams
The Treasure Hunters Club skillfully braids together the lives of three unlikely sleuths: Peter, nearing forty and stuck in a rut until a mysterious letter pulls him back to Maple Bay; Cass, a writer whose career has stalled, grasping at a second chance while housesitting in the seaside town; and Dandy, a sharp and determined… Continue reading The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan