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THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT BY KIMBERLY BELLE

11/29/2022

While this isn't the best book I've read from the author it is relevant in today's world and has a good mystery. Check this out if you enjoy books about social media gone wrong.

Rating: ★★★
Release Date: November 29, 2022
Genre: Mystery and Thriller
Series: None.
Pages: 344 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Publisher.

USA TODAY bestselling author Kimberly Belle returns with a deeply addictive thriller exploring the dark side of the digital world when a mommy-blogger’s assistant goes missing.

When Alex first began posting unscripted family moments and motivational messages online, she had no intention of becoming an influencer. Overnight it seemed she’d amassed a huge following, and her hobby became a full-time job—one that was impossible to manage without her sharp-as-a-tack personal assistant, AC.

But all the good-will of her followers turns toxic when one controversial post goes viral in the worst possible way. Alex reaches out to AC for damage control, but her assistant has gone silent. This young woman Alex trusted with all her secrets, who had access to her personal information and front row seats to the pressure points in her marriage and family life, is now missing

IN MY DREAMS I HOLD A KNIFE BY ASHLEY WINSTEAD

11/22/2022

In my Dreams I Hold a Knife is a solid murder mystery! What makes it even better is the dual timelines giving readers a broad perspective of the past when the murder took place and the present when the killer is finally being sought

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: August 3, 2021
Genre: Murder Mystery
Series: None.
Pages: 356 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: Purchased.

Six friends.
One college reunion.
One unsolved murder.

Ten years after graduation, Jessica Miller has planned her triumphant return to her southern, elite Duquette University, down to the envious whispers that are sure to follow in her wake. Everyone is going to see the girl she wants them to see—confident, beautiful, indifferent. Not the girl she was when she left campus, back when Heather Shelby's murder fractured everything, including the tight bond linking the six friends she'd been closest to since freshman year.

But not everyone is ready to move on. Not everyone left Duquette ten years ago, and not everyone can let Heather's murder go unsolved. Someone is determined to trap the real killer, to make the

SECLUDED CABIN SLEEPS SIX BY LISA UNGER

11/13/2022

Lisa Unger’s Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six is an original “locked room” mystery with a unique twist! I devoured this one in record speed! Highly recommended!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: November 8, 2022
Genre: Mystery | Suspense
Series: None.
Pages: 393 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Publisher.

Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling locked-room thriller byNew York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger.

What could be more restful than a weekend getaway with family and friends? An isolated luxury cabin in the woods, spectacular views, a hot tub and a personal chef. Hannah’s generous brother found the listing online. The reviews are stellar. It'll be three couples on this trip with good food, good company and lots of R & R.

But the dreamy weekend is about to turn into a nightmare.

A deadly storm is brewing. The rental host seems just a little too present. The personal chef reveals that their beautiful house has a spine-tingling history. And the friends have their own complicated past, with secrets that run blood deep.

DAISY DARKER BY ALICE FEENEY

10/14/2022

I may have guessed the twist to this one right from the beginning but that didn't stop me from enjoying this creepy and atmospheric mystery!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: August 30, 2022
Genre: Mystery and Suspense
Series: None.
Pages: 340 pages
Format: Hardcover Source: Book of the Month box

The NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR of Rock Paper Scissors returns with a locked-room mystery when a family reunion leads to murder in a delightfully twisty and atmospheric thriller, as seen on the TODAY show.

Daisy Darker was born with a broken heart. Now after years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker’s entire family is assembling for Nana’s 80th birthday party in her crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. The family arrives, each of them harboring secrets. When the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours.

But at the stroke of midnight, as a storm rages, Nana is found dead. And an hour later, the next family member follows…

Trapped on an island where someone is killing them one by one, the Darkers must reckon with their present mystery as well as their

LOCAL WOMAN MISSING BY MARY KUBICA

9/14/2022

If you're a fan f suburban thrillers and are looking for a book with a shocking twist then this is a must read for you! I devoured this one.

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: May 18, 2021
Genre: Suburban Thriller
Series: None.
Pages: 353 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: ROAK win

In this smart and chilling thriller, master of suspense Mary Kubica takes domestic secrets to a whole new level, showing that some people will stop at nothing to keep the truth buried.

People don't just disappear without a trace…

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 that yields more questions than answers, the case eventually goes cold.

Now, eleven years later, Delilah shockingly returns. Everyone wants to know what happened to her, but no one is prepared for what they'll find…

THE DINNER GUESTS BY KIERSTEN MODGLIN

6/15/2022

The Dinner Guests is another fast faced mystery by one of my favorite authors, Kiersten Modglin! If you enjoy a locked room mystery then I recommend checking this one out!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: May 1, 2022
Genre: Mystery and Thriller
Series: None
Pages: 263 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Kindle Unlimited.

Six friends.
A lifetime of secrets.
One terrifying game.
When a group of friends receives unexpected invitations to a dinner party, they see it as a chance to finally meet the bizarre and reclusive new neighbor whose home is enshrouded in layers of security.

As the drinks are poured and dinner is served, the group begins to realize things are not what they seem. What starts out as an innocent night of fun soon becomes a seemingly calculated game filled with cryptic messages and chilling revelations.

With no way out, the guests are forced to play along in hopes of escape. Friendships fray, loyalties are tested, and the secrets they've kept from each other are revealed one by one.

Six friends walk into the house that night. Will six friends make it out?

A FLICKER IN THE DARK BY STACY WILLINGHAM

6/5/2022

If you're interested in serial killer thrillers then you can't go wrong with A Flicker in the Dark! I read this book in one sitting! It's a fast paced and intense read!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: January 11, 2022
Genre: Thriller. Mystery. Suspense.
Series: None.
Pages: 356 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: BOTM.

When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath.

Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. While she finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to achieve, she sometimes feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. So when a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, seeing parallels from her past that aren't actually there, or for the second time in her life, is Chloe about to unmask a killer?

From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page.

THE SHADOW HOUSE BY ANNA DOWNES

4/8/2022

The Shadow House by Anna Downes is a thriller that has it all! Creepiness, major twists and turns, and an underlying message that really rounds up the book well.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: April 5, 2022
Genre: Domestic Suspense. Thriller. Mystery.
Series: None.
Pages: 367 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: Publisher.

Extraordinarily tense and deliciously mysterious, Anna Downes's The Shadow House follows one woman's desperate journey to protect her children at any cost, in a remote place where not everything is as it seems.

A HOUSE WITH DEADLY SECRETS.

A MOTHER WHO'LL RISK EVERYTHING TO BRING THEM TO LIGHT.

Alex, a single mother-of-two, is determined to make a fresh start for her and her children. In an effort to escape her troubled past, she seeks refuge in a rural community. Pine Ridge is idyllic; the surrounding forests are beautiful and the locals welcoming. Mostly.

But Alex finds that she may have disturbed barely hidden secrets in her new home. As a chain of bizarre events is set off, events eerily

THE SANATORIUM BY SARAH PEARSE

4/2/2022

If you enjoy a more claustrophobic, gothic thriller then The Sanatorium would be a great book to try! While some parts were a little slow, the buildup of tension was fantastic.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: February 2, 2021
Genre: Gothic Thriller. Murder Mystery.
Series: Detective Elin Warner #1
Pages: 400 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: Purchased.

You won't want to leave. . . until you can't.

Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel.

An imposing, isolated getaway spot high up in the Swiss Alps is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But Elin's taken time off from her job as a detective, so when her estranged brother, Isaac, and his fiancée, Laure, invite her to celebrate their engagement at the hotel, Elin really has no reason not to accept.

Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge--there's something about the hotel that makes her nervous. And when they wake the following morning to discover Laure is missing, Elin must trust her instincts if they hope to find her.

THE REUNION BY KIERSTEN MODGLIN

3/2/2022

The Reunion is a well written who-dun-it by one of my (new) favorite thriller authors, Kiersten Modglin! I recommend this one if you enjoy mysteries and suspense!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: December 28, 2021
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 348 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Kindle Unlimited.

Hotel Lilith holds terrible memories for Cait Du Bois.
The darkest night of her life happened within its walls.

Once, she vowed never to return to the place that reminds her of the horror she experienced. But when the hotel is chosen as the location for her high school reunion, Cait finds herself unable to resist the appeal of showing off her new life to the people who once made her existence miserable.

Cait is no stranger to being noticed in public, especially as a bestselling author with an enthusiastic fan base, but back at Hotel Lilith, she was once recognized for a completely different reason. With all eyes on her as she returns to the town she’s spent years running from, Cait finds it increasingly difficult to discern between her fans and foes.

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