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“No matter what happened to you, no matter what horrors you endured when you were taken away, you will always be my pretty little girl.” In 1991 Julia Carroll disappeared. Her body was never found. In the following years the family coped in very different ways. The mother while forever quietly grieving, moved on and… Continue reading Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
"Be polite, be courteous, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.” James and Elle Eversman are a young couple travelling through the Mojave Desert on their way to a new life. When their car mysteriously breaks down, they are stranded in the middle of nowhere without much water and no cell-phone reception. A… Continue reading Eyeshot by Taylor Adams
“None of these monsters are evil. It’s the evil of others that makes them powerful. Beaten down by the world, shunned, robbed of what they love, they don’t curl up and die. They don’t apologize. They fight back. They get bigger, stronger, more terrifying. You are a monster. We all are. Be grateful for THAT.”… Continue reading The Collective by Alison Gaylin
“Nothing is more satisfying to humans than watching another person fail. Especially when it’s someone who has everything you don’t.” This is the story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who's been searching for the truth all these years . . . When she was sixteen… Continue reading Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
“It’s the realization of how many hidden bodies could be buried beneath my feet at any point in time, the world above them completely oblivious to their existence.” When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, Chloe’s father had been arrested as… Continue reading A Flicker In The Dark by Stacy Willingham
“Perhaps she was right. Violence is never the answer, of course. Until it’s the only option.” Three couples. Three houses. One home to die for… Stacey and Felix are the glamorous owners of the stylish, modern Glass House, with its pool and floor-to-ceiling windows. Now they’re downsizing, but Stacey can’t sell to just anyone. She needs… Continue reading The New House by Tess Stimson
“Sometimes being scared makes you do things you didn't know you could do.” Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive search… Continue reading Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
MEMORIES CAN BE DISTORTED AND SO CAN THE TRUTH. All The Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham was a slow burn with unreliable characters. I loved the moody atmosphere and the tension that continually built throughout until the very end. I was so close to creating a board like Isabelle's to guess who the bad guy… Continue reading All The Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
“The difference between a hero and a victim? Timing.” “Up and down lost all meaning. Her world became a violent tumble-dryer, an endless, crashing kaleidoscope.” This book follows Darby, a college student who, during a blizzard and stranded at an isolated highway rest stop in the mountains, discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car… Continue reading No Exit by Taylor Adams
“People are easier to deal with if they underestimate you.” The novel follows young parents Tallulah and Zach, who are thrilled to have the chance to enjoy a rare night out on the town. But when the couple still hasn't returned by the next morning, Tallulah's mother Kim is rightfully worried. But with no clues,… Continue reading The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell