Ages 18+
In August 1975, Barbara Van Laar vanishes from her summer camp in the Adirondacks. This was fourteen years after her older brother Bear, had gone missing from the same camp, never to be found again. The premise seems intriguing and I was excited to read this one, but I was bored with it about halfway through. Unfortunately this book didn’t work for me.
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Ages 18+
Amber. Daphne. Daisy Ann. And of course, Jackson. They’re back, and what are they up to now? Jackson and Daphne are divorced and he has just gotten out of jail for tax evasion, and Amber is living her best life as a prominent socialite. However, Daphne’s daughter runs away from home to be with her father, and Daphne reluctantly agrees to return to Bishops Harbor to let him have supervised visits. This highly awaited second book was twisty, propulsive. Highly recommend!
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Ages 18+
Scriiiiiitch. Ethan Marsh keeps hearing the sound of the tent being ripped as he was sleeping in as a ten-year-old boy in his supposedly safe backyard with his best friend Billy in his dreams as a now forty-year-old man. This dream haunts him every night. He does everything he does to quell them: therapy, journaling, you name it. But he can’t get that sound out of his head. Follow Ethan as Sager takes us on this journey back and forth from 1994 to present day as Ethan tries to figure out what happened to his best friend Billy thirty years ago. This book was thrilling and a definite page-turner that you don’t want to miss!
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Ages 18+
The first in a series, The Housemaid follows Millie, an ex-con who had been living in her car just as her luck changes, and she gets hired to be a live-in housekeeper for the Winchester family. Nina and her husband Andrew are well-to-do, and they have a daughter who also needs to be cared for. Nina is very hard on Millie, but Andrew seems like a nice guy. Millie just wants to keep her job, however, so is constantly apologizing to Nina for the mistakes she makes. Perfect for fans of The Woman in the Window and The Girl on the Train, this book is filled with twists that will keep readers turning the pages!
Ages 18+
Isabelle Drake’s toddler son Mason was taken out of his crib while Isabelle and her husband slept in the next room. That was a year ago, and she hasn’t slept a wink since. The case had gone cold quickly due to lack of evidence, but Isabelle is determined for Mason to return to her. Isabelle agrees to be interviewed by a true crime podcaster. She is hesitant to do so, however, because of his interest in her past. Can she trust him? And worse, because of her insomnia, can she even trust herself?
Ages 18+
Jake and Nina Hayes are good friends with Christian and Lily Scott. The two women are teachers at the same school, and the couples socialize a lot. However, when Jake Hayes goes missing, Lily Scott confesses her fear to Christian that she may have been the last person to see Jake. Part mystery and part thriller, I couldn’t turn the book’s pages fast enough!
Ages 18+
Catherine Ryan Howard’s most recent novel is about Final Draft, a psychological thriller, a movie to be directed by Steve Dade. It will be filmed in West Cork, Ireland, in a cottage deep in the forest. Adele Rafferty is a former soap star looking for her next big break, and she jumps at the chance when the original actress slated for the role is down for the count. However, everything isn’t as it seems, and Adele will soon find out that the real horror lies behind the scenes.
Ages 18+
What a wild ride! Charlie meets fellow student Josh near the ride board. at their college The board is meant for students to meet up and get rides home with each other. Charlie has a difficult past, having lost both her parents in a car crash, as well as having her roommate and best friend murdered by the Campus Killer. As she continues with ride home with Josh, Charlie suspects something is off about him, and finds holes in his story. This one kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Survive the Night is Sager’s best one yet!
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Ages 18+
A man wakes up on the beach with a gash in his head and can’t remember who he is.. Lily Reid’s boyfriend Jack went missing and she is desperate to have him back. Maya Scott is frantically looking for her estranged stepbrother Asher, and when she finds him, his memory is missing. The enthralling story takes readers on a journey as all of these lives intertwine, and it is a wild ride!
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Ages 18+
Shelby Tebow goes missing, and so do mother-daughter pair Meredith and Delilah Dickey. Police wonder if the two incidents are related. Now, ten years later, Delilah turns up, and everyone is dying to know what happened. Local Woman Missing is a thriller that isn’t to be missed!
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