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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 CHILDREN ON THE HILL BY JENNIFER MCMAHON

5/3/2022

Jennifer McMahon is the queen of writing spooky thrillers that will make your skin crawl! Readers can rest assured that this is one of those books too.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: April 26, 2022
Genre: Thriller and Suspense
Series: None.
Pages: 349 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Publisher.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Drowning Kind comes a genre-defying new novel, inspired by Mary Shelley’s masterpiece Frankenstein, that brilliantly explores the eerie mysteries of childhood and the evils perpetrated by the monsters among us.

1978: At her renowned treatment center in picturesque Vermont, the brilliant psychiatrist, Dr. Helen Hildreth, is acclaimed for her compassionate work with the mentally ill. But when she’s home with her cherished grandchildren, Vi and Eric, she’s just Gran—teaching them how to take care of their pets, preparing them home-cooked meals, providing them with care and attention and love.

Then one day Gran brings home a child to stay with the family. Iris—silent, hollow-eyed, skittish, and feral—does not behave like a normal girl.

BOOK TOUR: AN HONEST LIE BY TARRYN FISHER

4/26/2022

An Honest Lie by Tarryn Fisher is now live! If you enjoy twisted psychological thrillers then you won't want to miss this one!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: April 26, 2022
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Series: None.
Pages: 335 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Publisher.

"An Honest Lie is riveting suspense, but it’s also a scream of defiance, a howl of rage." --#1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover

“I’m going to kill her. You’d better come if you want to save her.”

Lorraine—“Rainy”—lives at the top of Tiger Mountain. Remote, moody, cloistered in pine trees and fog, it’s a sanctuary, a new life. She can hide from the disturbing past she wants to forget.

If she’s allowed to.

When Rainy reluctantly agrees to a girls’ weekend in Vegas, she’s prepared for an exhausting parade of shots and slot machines. But after a wild night, her friend Braithe doesn’t come back to the hotel room.

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 YOUNGER WIFE BY SALLY HEPWORTH

4/5/2022

Nothing is as it seems in Sally Hepworth’s latest domestic thriller! If you’re a fan of Liane Moriarty’s novels, this author is who you should be reading!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: April 5, 2022
Genre: Domestic Suspense.
Series: None.
Pages: 348 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Publisher.

New from the author of The Good Sister, the breakout New York Times bestseller and “stunningly clever thriller” (People), comes Sally Hepworth’s latest novel of domestic suspense about the tangled vines of family secrets.

THE HUSBAND
A heart surgeon at the top of his field, Stephen Aston is getting married again. But first he must divorce his current wife, even though she can no longer speak for herself.

THE DAUGHTERS
Tully and Rachel Aston look upon their father’s fiancée, Heather, as nothing but an interloper. Heather is younger than both of them. Clearly, she’s after their father’s money.

THE FORMER WIFE
With their mother in a precarious position, Tully and Rachel are

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 AMENDMENT BY KIERSTEN MODGLIN

3/26/2022

The Amendment is the perfect follow up to The Arrangement and I read it in one sitting! If you’re a fan of twisted psychological thrillers, then you won’t want to miss these books!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: February 1, 2022
Genre: Twisted Domestic Thriller
Series: The Amendment series #2
Pages: 214 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Kindle Unlimited.

The dark, scandalous, and completely twisted sequel to Kiersten Modglin’s #1 bestselling domestic thriller, THE ARRANGEMENT…

First, there was the arrangement.

A simple, yet salacious fix to the problems looming in their marriage.

But when things took a tragic turn, Peter’s and Ainsley’s lives quickly fell into disarray.

Now, their secrets have been exposed.

They know the truth—about each other and their marriage.

As they struggle to move on from their past and the damage they’ve caused, new problems begin to surface.

Someone they love is hiding a catastrophic secret. The fragile

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.

THE WISH THEY WERE US BY JESSICA GOODMAN

2/13/2022

I read this authors sophomore novel during the summer (They’ll Never Catch Us) and was really excited to read this one because I enjoyed that one. Unfortunately, this one just didn’t hit the mark.

Rating: ★★★
Release Date: August 4, 2020
Genre: Young Adult Mystery/Thriller
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 335 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: Purchased.

“A pristine infusion of Gossip Girl and Netflix's Elite, this prep-school thriller has it all: plaid skirts, secret societies, and a gripping murder mystery, but paired with an adept critique of the powers and privileges that goeth before the fall.” – Elle

In Gold Coast, Long Island, everything from the expensive downtown shops to the manicured beaches, to the pressed uniforms of Jill Newman and her friends, looks perfect. But as Jill found out three years ago, nothing is as it seems.

Freshman year Jill's best friend, the brilliant, dazzling Shaila Arnold, was killed by her boyfriend. After that dark night on the beach, Graham confessed, the case was closed, and Jill tried to move on.

Now, it's Jill's senior year and she's determined to make it her best yet. After all, she's a senior and a Player--a member of Gold Coast Prep's exclusive, not-so-secret secret society. Senior Players have

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