by admin | Apr 20, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
USA TODAY BESTSELLER In the vein of Big Little Lies and Reconstructing Amelia comes an “atmospheric, absorbing page-turner” (Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author) about a mother unraveling the truth behind how her daughter became brain dead. And pregnant.A search for the truth. A lifetime of lies. In the small hours of the morning, Abi Knight is startled awake by the phone call no mother ever wants to get: her teenage daughter Olivia has fallen off a bridge. Not only is Olivia brain dead, she’s pregnant and must remain on life support to keep her baby alive. And then Abi sees the angry bruises circling Olivia’s wrists. When the police unexpectedly rule Olivia’s fall an accident, Abi decides to find out what really happened that night. Heartbroken and grieving, she unravels the threads of her daughter’s life. Was Olivia’s fall an accident? Or something far more sinister? In this “complex, emotionally intense first novel” (Publishers Weekly), USA TODAYbestselling author Christina McDonald weaves a suspenseful and heartwrenching tale of hidden relationships, devastating lies, and the power of a mother’s love. With flashbacks of Olivia’s own resolve to uncover family secrets, this taut and poignant novel asks: how well do you know your children? And how well do they know you?
by admin | Apr 20, 2025 | Thriller & Suspense |
In a forest of secrets, every monster leaves a trace.After years hunting killers in the city, happily divorced Detective Rose Landgreen retreats to her childhood farm in upstate New York—ready for quieter cases, fresh air, and time with her aging mother. But peace is short-lived when a local dog walker uncovers a shallow grave in the woods behind her family’s land.As Rose digs deeper, the case unearths more than bones: a long-cold disappearance, whispers of a gruesome local legend, and the kind of secrets that twist a town in on itself. With a rookie partner too green to trust and a community convinced something monstrous stalks the forest, Rose must rely on her instincts and confront the ghosts of her past—before history repeats itself.Gripping and atmospheric, this character-driven police procedural is perfect for fans of small-town mysteries with a dark, psychological edge.
by admin | Apr 20, 2025 | Crime Fiction |
“A gripping mystery starring a fascinating female detective . . . an exciting debut procedural that will leave readers wanting more from Caz Frear.” —BustleTwenty-six-year-old Cat Kinsella overcame a troubled childhood to become a Detective Constable with the Metropolitan Police Force, but she’s never been able to banish these ghosts. When she’s called to the scene of a murder in Islington, not far from the pub her estranged father still runs, she discovers that Alice Lapaine, a young housewife who didn’t get out much, has been found strangled.Cat and her team immediately suspect Alice’s husband, until she receives a mysterious phone call that links the victim to Maryanne Doyle, a teenage girl who went missing in Ireland eighteen years earlier. The call raises uneasy memories for Cat—her family met Maryanne while on holiday, right before she vanished. Though she was only a child, Cat knew that her charming but dissolute father wasn’t telling the truth when he denied knowing anything about Maryanne or her disappearance. Did her father do something to the teenage girl all those years ago? Could he have harmed Alice now? And how can you trust a liar even if he might be telling the truth?Determined to close the two cases, Cat rushes headlong into the investigation, crossing ethical lines and trampling professional codes. But in looking into the past, she might not like what she finds . . .“A gripping mystery.” —People“A dark and smart page-turner.” —The New York Times“Outstanding . . . a confident first novel that successfully melds the police procedural with the psychological thriller.” —South Florida Sun Sentinel
by admin | Apr 20, 2025 | Cozy Mystery |
It’s going to take more than carefully labeled boxes to sort through the clues of this homicide… Professional organizer Crystal Ward is ready to launch Organizing Chicago—if she can survive her first client. The extra income would allow her to renovate her own home, full of more cluttered spaces than she’d ever admit to her clients. But her life wasn’t always this disorganized. Five years ago her husband, Rick, a Chicago police detective, was shot while chasing a suspect. Now a paraplegic, he’s wary of her going into strangers’ homes…and for good reason.When Crys discovers a dead man in a client’s living room, she refuses to accept that the murder is an open-and-shut case of domestic violence. If she can untangle this mess, she can prove her client’s innocence and ease Rick’s fears.But the only witness to the murder is hospitalized in a catatonic state. And the lead detective is Rick’s former partner, the man Crys blames for his paralysis. With her husband warning her to stay out of it and a murderer erasing evidence, Crystal must outwit a killer before she becomes the next loose end to be tied up.if you love witty amateur sleuths, sharp dialogue, and mysteries with a twist, you won’t want to miss this page-turner!
by admin | Apr 20, 2025 | Horror & Paranormal |
The gods are real. Unfortunately, so are their messes.Evangeline Lewis was just trying to make it through her birthday without another cosmic disaster. Instead, she gets fired, inherits a mysterious house in a town called Surprise, and finds out she’s not just unlucky—she’s divine.Turns out the gods of Olympus are alive, and living among us causing more trouble than they clean up. Eva moves in to her inherited estate but there’s a catch. She’s the newest goddess on the block which comes with job she never asked for: fixer of divine problems.But when gods start vanishing and visions of danger blur the line between dreams and reality, Eva discovers she’s not just here to fix things—she might be the key to saving the whole mythological world. Assuming she can survive talking tortoises, suspiciously hot wind gods, and three kings who definitely aren’t just CEOs.One wrong step and it’s not just Olympus at risk—it’s Eva’s life, sanity, and the one shot she has at finding out who she actually is.For fans of Lore Olympus, Good Omens, and divine chaos in small-town settings, this cozy mystery brims with mythology, magic, heart, and a heroine who refuses to be forgotten.Tropes:? Chosen One? Found Family? Mythology in the Modern World? Secret Identity? Sassy Animal Companion? Slow Burn Romance? Fish Out of Water? Divine Politics
