Laura has it all.A loving husband, a five-year-old son, a flourishing career and a beautiful home on the shore.New Year's Eve. An intruder in a ski mask invades her beautifully restored Victorian home. He knocks her unconscious and shoots her husband dead in their bed.Her perfect life just ended.The police think she's lying about what happened. And now she's the prime suspect for her husband's murder.But if she didn't do it, who did?An electrifying blend of high domestic suspense, heart-stopping tension - with a shattering final twist. Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, T.M. Logan, B.A. Paris, Liane Moriarty, Claire Dyer, Sam Carrington, Celeste Ng.
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- 2022
- 2018
The Girl In The Woods
- 236 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Ever since her best friend Molly was murdered fifteen years before, Blair Butler has returned to her small hometown as seldom as possible. Now she's been summoned back to see her terminally ill sister one last time - only for Celeste to make a shocking deathbed confession. Is it true the wrong man is in jail for a crime he didn't commit?
- 2018
Heavily pregnant Dena Russell returns to her hometown after a whirlwind romance with Brian Riley, an old acquaintance. When Brian's behaviour grows irrational and a battered body is found, Dena wonders if the father of her unborn child is a killer. Fearing for her and her baby's life, Dena seeks refuge with another old friend, but how safe is she?
- 2016
Don't Believe a Word
- 232 pages
- 9 hours of reading
A daughter sets out to discover the truth about her mother’s death in this absorbing novel of psychological suspense. Eden Radley had a strained relationship with her mother ever since Tara deserted the family nine years before to run off with her much younger lover. But when she’s told that her mother has killed herself and her severely disabled young son, Eden’s half-brother, Eden is ridden with guilt. For her mother had tried to get in touch with her on the night she died, and Eden had ignored her text. Was Tara calling for help?Heading to Cleveland, Ohio, for the funeral, Eden discovers there was so much she didn’t know about her mother, nor about her enigmatic, troubled stepfather Flynn Darby. And the more she learns, the more convinced she becomes that Tara’s death was no suicide. Could Flynn really be guilty of murder …?
- 2015
I See You
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Hannah, Adam and adorable young Sydney Wickes are living under assumed identities in West Philadelphia. But when an unexpected tragedy throws the harsh glare of publicity on the family, their lives are suddenly in danger. Because Hannah and those she loves are hiding a dark secret in their past, a secret that's about to catch up with them.
- 2004
When her father is murdered 15 years after being convicted of killing her mother, struggling actress Nina Avery must dig into the past to find the real killer before she becomes the next victim.
- 1994
Mother’s Day
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Twelve-year-old Jenny Newhall meets her natural mother, Linda Emery, but the reunion is short-lived--Linda is soon found murdered, and Jenny's adoptive father is the prime suspect.