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HOME BEFORE DARK BY RILEY SAGER

10/31/2021

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Home Before Dark is an insidious and compelling novel that had me questioning everything. This book unnerved me to the core making the perfect pre-Halloween read!
Rating: ★★★★★
​Release Date: June 30, 2020
Genre: Gothic Thriller

Series: None. Complete Standalone. 
Pages: 397 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: BOTM Box.
In the latest thriller from New York Times bestseller Riley Sager, a woman returns to the house made famous by her father’s bestselling horror memoir. Is the place really haunted by evil forces, as her father claimed? Or are there more earthbound—and dangerous—secrets hidden within its walls?

What was it like? Living in that house.

Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a nonfiction book called House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity—and skepticism.

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THE HOLLOWS BY MARK EDWARDS

10/23/2021

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If you’re in the mood for a creepy psychological thriller that feels like a mix between Children of the Corn and Friday the 13th then this may be a good book for you. It’s a decent read with some good twists along the way.
Rating: ★★★
​Release Date: July 8, 2021
Genre: Mystery. Suspense. 

Series: None. Complete Standalone. 
Pages: 335 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Kindle Unlimited.
​From the bestselling author of The House Guest comes a chilling story set deep in the woods…

With his marriage over and his career in freefall, journalist Tom decides to reconnect with his fourteen-year-old daughter, Frankie. Desperate to spend precious time together now that they live an ocean apart, he brings her to Hollow Falls, a cabin resort deep in the woods of Maine.

From the outset there’s something a little eerie about the place—strange whispers in the trees, windchimes echoing through the forest—but when Tom meets true-crime podcasters David and Connie, he receives a chilling warning. Hollow Falls has a gruesome history: twenty years ago this week, a double slaying shut down the resort. The crime was never solved, and now the woods are overrun with murder-obsessed tourists looking to mark the grim 

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LITANI BY JESS LOUREY

10/18/2021

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One of the things I love most about Jess Lourey’s novels is that they are based on true crimes. Being a true crime junkie, I love reading books like this! Sure, they aren’t the easiest to read but they are so compelling that you can’t stop!
Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: October 19, 2021
Genre: Crime

Series: None. Complete Standalone. 
Pages: 320 pages
Format: eBook (ARC). Source: Publisher
​The Amazon Charts bestselling author of Unspeakable Things and Bloodline explores the darkness at the heart of the rural Midwest in a novel inspired by a chilling true crime.

In the summer of ’84, fourteen-year-old Frankie Jubilee is shuttled off to Litani, Minnesota, to live with her estranged mother, a county prosecutor she barely knows. From the start, Frankie senses something uneasy going on in the small town. The locals whisper about The Game, and her mother warns her to stay out of the woods and away from adults.
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When a bullying gang of girls invites Frankie to The Game, she accepts, 

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THE MOTHER NEXT DOOR BY TARA LASKOWSKI

10/15/2021

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I can see why this book is comparable to Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty! This is a juicy tale of suburban mothers gone wild with secrets and revenge!
​Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: October 12, 2021
Genre: Suburban Suspense. Mystery. 

Series: None. Complete standalone.  
Pages: 326 pages
Format: eBook. Source: ​Publisher.
GOOD MOTHERS…
Never show their feelings.
Never spill their secrets.
Never admit to murder.

The annual Halloween block party is the pinnacle of the year on idyllic suburban cul-de-sac Ivy Woods Drive. An influential group of neighborhood moms—known as the Ivy Five—plans the event for months.

Except the Ivy Five has been four for a long time.

When a new mother moves to town, eager to fit in, the moms see it as an opportunity to make the group whole again. This year’s block party should be the best yet... until the women start receiving anonymous messages threatening to expose the quiet neighborhood’s dark past—and the lengths they’ve gone to hide it.

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DON'T LOOK BY ALEXANDRA IVY

10/9/2021

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Don’t Look is a bone chilling suspense novel that had me guessing until the very end. I enjoyed this one immensely and flew through it in one day!
​Rating: ★★★★★
​Release Date: December 1, 2020
Genre: Murder Mystery. Suspense. Romantic Suspense. 

Series: Pike, Wisconsin #1 (can stand alone)
Pages: 402 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: ​Purchased. 
​IF YOU’RE ON HIS LIST
A woman’s naked body is discovered, cold and pale as the surrounding snow—except for the crimson scarf around her neck. The weeks that follow bring more victims and evidence of a terrifying pattern. The killer has a list. And every woman on it will get what she deserves . . .

YOU’RE AS GOOD
Dr. Lynne Gale followed in her father’s footsteps to become a vet in Pike, Wisconsin. For years, she’s had little contact with Kir Jansen, son of the town’s late sheriff. Suddenly he’s back, insisting that Lynne’s in danger. She can’t believe anyone would target her, but someone is hunting the women of Pike, savoring every last moment.

AS DEAD
Kir hoped that his father’s frantic calls about a serial killer were just an old man’s delusions. But the body count doesn’t lie. In this quiet town, a monster stalks and kills. And soon, Lynne’s will be the last name on his list . . .

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NOT A HAPPY FAMILY BY SHARI LAPENA

10/4/2021

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Not a Happy Family is a razor sharp who-dun-it that starts off at warp speed and doesn’t release ANY of the tension readers feel upon their bodies until the very last page. Even then… You’ll probably loose your mind!
Rating: ★★★★★
​Release Date: July 27, 2021
Genre: Domestic Thriller. Murder Mystery. 

Series: None. Complete Standalone. 
Pages: 363 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: BOTM Box. 
The new domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and The End of Her who has sold more than 7 million copies of her books worldwide

In this family, everyone is keeping secrets—even the dead.
 
Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there, and Fred and Sheila Merton certainly are rich. But even all their money can't protect them when a killer comes to call. The Mertons are brutally murdered after a fraught Easter dinner with their three adult kids. Who, of course, are devastated.
 
Or are they? They each stand to inherit millions. They were never a happy family, thanks to their vindictive father and neglectful 

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THEY'LL NEVER CATCH US BY JESSICA GOODMAN

9/25/2021

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While I found They’ll Never Catch Us to be slow in the beginning it picked up and became a fast-paced mystery that I couldn’t stop reading. I just had to get past 100 pages first!
Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: July 27, 2021
Genre: Young Adult Mystery and Thriller

Series: None. Complete Standalone. 
Pages: 336 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: Purchased.
From rising star Jessica Goodman, author of They Wish They Were Us, comes a new fast-paced thriller about two sisters vying for the top spot on their cross-country team—until a teammate’s disappearance throws their lives off course.

Stella and Ellie Steckler are only a year apart, but their different personalities make their relationship complicated. Stella is single-minded, driven, and she keeps to herself. Cross-country running is her life and she won't let anything get in the way of being the best. Her sister Ellie is a talented runner too, but she also lets herself have fun. She has friends. She goes to parties. She has a life off the course.

The sisters do have one thing in common, though: the new girl, Mila Keene. Both Stecklers' lives are upended when Mila comes to town. At first, Ellie and Stella view the new star athlete as a threat. But soon Ellie can't help but be drawn to her warm, charming 

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THE GOOD LIE BY A.R. TORRE

9/18/2021

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While I love the darker side of Alessandra Torre’s novels this one wasn’t as compulsively readable as her former release. It’s good, but not my favorite of hers.
Rating: ★★★
​Release Date: July 20, 2021
Genre: Crime. Serial Killer Thriller.

Series: None. Complete standalone.  
Pages: 254 pages
Format: eBook. Source: ​Kindle Unlimited. 
​Six teens murdered. A suspect behind bars. A desperate father. In a case this shadowy, the truth is easy to hide.

Psychiatrist Dr. Gwen Moore is an expert on killers. She’s spent a decade treating California’s most depraved predators and unlocking their motives—predators much like the notorious Bloody Heart serial killer, whose latest teenage victim escaped and then identified local high school teacher Randall Thompson as his captor. The case against Thompson as the Bloody Heart Killer is damning—and closed, as far as Gwen and the media are concerned. If not for one new development…

Defense attorney Robert Kavin is a still-traumatized father whose own son fell prey to the BH Killer. Convinced of Thompson’s innocence, he steps in to represent him. Now Robert wants Gwen to interview the accused, create a psych profile of the killer and his victims, and help clear his client’s name.

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THE GOSSIP BY NANCY BUSH

9/12/2021

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Nancy Bush knows how to write an intense suspense novel and it shows through her work! The Gossip is one of a kind and I enjoyed it immensely.
Rating: ★★★★
​Release Date: June 29, 2021
Genre: Suspense. 

Series: River Glen series #2
Pages: 332 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: ​Purchased. 
Every word you whisper
In high school, rumors can make or destroy a reputation. A thoughtless nickname can turn each day into a living hell. Gossip is irresistible—and contagious. But sometimes, gossip can kill . . .
 
Every secret you share
Mackenzie Laughlin, formerly with Oregon’s River Glen police department, has reluctantly agreed to investigate a local woman’s disappearance. The case reconnects her with Jesse James Taft, a P.I. gifted at getting under Mac’s skin. But when the body is found tangled in river weeds, Mac and Taft realize that the case has changed, from one missing woman to a hunt for a terrifying and relentless killer . . .
 
Could be your last
In his old school yearbooks, they were the pretty, popular ones, confident and callous. Back then, they held the power. But now, it’s 

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NO MORE WORDS BY KERRY LONSDALE

9/11/2021

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No More Words is a novel of family secrets and lies! Just when you think you have it all figured out POOF you find out your wrong! I’m interested to see the “other side of the story” in future novels.
Rating: ★★★
​Release Date: July 6, 2021
Genre: Women's Fiction. Family Drama. Suspense. 

Series: No More series #1
Pages: 327 pages
Format: eBook. Source: ​Kindle Unlimited. 
​From the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author comes the first book in a trilogy about love, betrayal, and the secrets families keep.

Forced to choose between abortion or adoption, Olivia Carson’s younger sister, Lily, runs away from home. Sixteen and pregnant, she never returns. But she writes. Once a year, Lily mails a picture of her son, Josh, to Olivia until his thirteenth year. Then it’s Josh himself who arrives at Olivia’s house, alone, terrified, and in possession of a notarized declaration from Lily. It begins, “In the event I go missing…”
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Josh has difficulty talking. He can’t read or write, but he’s a prolific artist, exhibiting skill beyond his age. His drawings are as detailed as they are horrific. Olivia soon realizes Josh’s artwork tells a story. There’s more to his arrival and to Lily’s untimely disappearance than it seems. Using the drawings as a road map, Olivia traces 

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