Fiction - Thrillers - Domestic

She's not his first. Will she live to be his last? Jennifer Lomax is twenty-one, but she's already taken some hard knocks in life. So when older, reserved and enigmatic widower Steven Taverner asks her to marry him, she's desperate to believe she's found...

Some guests were not invited..... The authors of Santa Monica once again illuminate the dark truths of life in sunny California in this twisty and atmospheric psychological thriller about a 50th birthday celebration on a remote mountainside in Topanga Canyon, where things go terrifyingly...

In the vein of the Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Club pick The Other Woman, Sandie Jones's explosive next novel The Guilt Trip will have readers gripped to the very last page. They went away as friends.They came back as suspects. Rachel...

Ex-Military Ken Matthews gets a troubling call from his former mentor and boss. Without a moment of hesitation, Ken heads to his hometown, New Orleans to do any and everything he can to help.With less than a week to complete his mission, Ken navigates...

'The taut plot is full of well-timed twists. A solid pyschological thriller.' Independent on Sunday 'Creepy and gripping, this pacy read will give you goosebumps!' Closer '[An] intricate story that ticks all the right boxes.' The BookbagFrom the author of WHAT GOES AROUND. A...

A sheltered mother. A medically fragile child. They can't just disappear. Or can they?A typical day of medical appointments and errands. Elizabeth can handle it, she tells herself. She'll do it all until her husband returns on the weekend.But someone else has a plan...

"A twisty, jet-fueled thriller... Don't miss it " - Lisa GardnerPacked with the electrifying pacing and pulse-pounding suspense of Harlan Coben and Lisa Gardner, a thrilling debut about a mother desperate to find the connections between her missing husband and a deadly stalker who...

A beautiful house. A new beginning. The almost perfect neighbours...When newlyweds Jane and Alex Clarke move into an idyllic house on the quaint Bristol Lane, they are excited for a new beginning in what will be their 'forever home'.And when an elderly neighbour welcomes...

Every family has its secrets. None more than this one. Alison's life has been a lonely one, but now it's time to change that. With no children in her future there is only one answer - she'll take one.She'll rescue a girl who needs...

SHE was meant to be the perfect girl...'Brutal and brilliant, this novel will leave you breathless' Adele Parks, Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of Lies Lies Lies'A darkly disturbing thriller about the daughter-in-law from hell, with an epic twist' Piers MorganSHE's everything he...

"Hello, my name is Selena.Welcome to the Flamingo Lounge. Your secrets are safe with me."Some of Palm Beach's most successful misfits indulge themselves at the Flamingo Lounge Speakeasy.Secluded within the prestigious Opulence Resort, old man Wilcox, Lila, Slash, Renata, and Selena become fast friends.When...

She's a weapon forged in the fires of her past--but this time, the flames could consume her in Critically acclaimed Southern mystery novelist Christopher Swann's followup to Never Turn Back, perfect for fans of Linwood Barclay and David Swinson. Orphaned at age ten by...

Sometimes, the people who seem the happiest have the most to hide.But it's imperative Elizabeth put on a brave face. So when she's not going to Costco or day drinking with her best friend, she's trying to create a new, drama-free life in the...

Lisa Scottoline has delivered taut thrillers with a powerful emotional wallop in her New York Times bestsellers Save Me, Think Twice, and Look Again. Now, with her new novel, Come Home, she ratchets up the suspense with the riveting story of a mother who...

Truth and deceit blur as one woman's desperation twists into another's desire for revenge in this mind-bending psychological novel.Charlotte Coburn has a tragically dark past. But she's safe now. She lives in a gated community, protected from danger. When teenager Elle knocks at her...

Not all secrets are what they seem.When Bridget spots an elegantly dressed woman leaving her husband's office late one night, she fears the worst. Her marriage is already strained but things are about to take an even more shocking turn when her family is...

Not all bad deeds can be undone.Young and ambitious Haley Burrows has just landed her dream job at a prestigious law firm, but someone is stalking her. When she finds her tires slashed, and a menacing message scrawled across her windscreen, she quickly realizes...

Some rules should never be broken.After suffering multiple miscarriages, school counselor Jo Murphy is on a mission to save her marriage by any means possible. When Mia, a pregnant senior, unexpectedly shows up in her office, Jo devises an unorthodox plan to adopt her...

When Midland Airlines Flight 3182 falls from the sky and kills Callan Morrow's best friend, Callan wants to know what went wrong. Unsatisfied by the official account, he uses his audit and forensic-accounting skills to investigate further, but instead of closure, he finds collusion...

HER MARRIAGE IS TO DIE FOR...Alicia Gray knows she's a lucky woman. With a gorgeous, successful husband who whisks her away on romantic trips, a beautiful home in one of the country's richest zip codes, and two wonderful daughters, life couldn't be better. However,...

For fans of Adele Parks and Clare Mackintosh 'Deceptively clever... Bad Seed is a chilling portrayal of how family can go terribly wrong.' - Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Couple Next Door 'I LOVED Bad Seed. Twisty, wonderfully written, genuinely gripping, shocking and...

When radio journalist Pete Bailey betrays his wife Meg on his fortieth birthday, he has no idea of the terrible consequences that will follow his infidelity. His passionate relationship with Meg is on the rocks and they're having no luck starting a family. It's...

Some of us are hiding secrets. All of us are lying.After Matt returns from a harrowing deployment in Afghanistan, he and his wife, Blair, take off around the States in his father's camping trailer for what they hope will be a tranquil trip. When...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "I absolutely loved Invisible Girl--Lisa Jewell has a way of combining furiously twisty, utterly gripping plots with wonderfully rich characterization--she has such compassion for her characters, and we feel we know them utterly... A triumph " --Lucy Foley,...

"The buzz...is real. I've read it and was blown away. It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end." --Stephen KingNamed one of the Best Horror Books of All Time (Esquire and Cosmopolitan) - Winner of the British Fantasy Award...

Family ties run deep. Family secrets run deeper.Perfect wife. Doting mom. Jennifer Griffin was loved by everyone, including the women in her suburban-neighborhood book club. Their meetings sometimes went late, but Jenn always came home.Until that night.When Greg Griffin wakes to find his wife...

Set in the upscale DC private school scene, where silence can easily be bought, Aggie Blum Thompson's All the Dirty Secrets asks how far you would go to protect your status and your family, and if some secrets should ever be revealed. One warm...

Originally published in Robin Goodfellow magazine, Lady Audley's Secret is the essential work of Mary Elizabeth Braddon and is considered a staple of sensation fiction. The story centers on a mysterious woman, whose dark past slowly comes to light. Lady Audley is a former...

From the author of When I Was You comes a spine-tingling new thriller about a mother's worst nightmare come true, when her teenage daughter goes to a sleepover and doesn't come back.Whitney had some misgivings when she dropped her increasingly moody teenage daughter, Amelia,...

From the author of When I Was You comes a spine-tingling new thriller about a mother's worst nightmare come true, when her teenage daughter goes to a sleepover and doesn't come back.Whitney had some misgivings when she dropped her increasingly moody teenage daughter, Amelia,...

"A masterfully written saga of family drama in the vein of Celeste Ng, Liane Moriarty, and Sally Hepworth" (Book Reporter) about a blended family in crisis after a drunk driving accident leaves one parent's daughter dead--and the other's son charged with manslaughter. Divorce lawyer...

The next "masterful" (Publishers Weekly) novel from "the gifted Jessica Strawser" (Adriana Trigiani), hailed as "immensely satisfying" (Kathleen Barber) and "that book you can't put down" (Sally Hepworth). A video call between friends captures a shocking incident no one was supposed to see. The...

For fans of The Haunting of Hill House comes a dark tale of a mansion haunted by a legacy of tragedy and a family trapped by lies.Margot and Myron Spielman move to a new town, looking for a fresh start and an escape from...

A daughter is kidnapped and FBI Agent Jack Paris rescues her. Five years later, it happens again. There will be unexpected dire consequences as to who did it. Author: George FongISBN-10: 1603817859ISBN-13: 9781603817851Publisher: Coffeetown PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/11/2021Pages: 252Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x...

'Literally blown away Just when you think nothing can surprise you, I'm still in shock from the twist ' Netgalley reviewer, 5 stars______School should have been the safest place...For Lizzie Riley, switching her eight-year-old son Tom to the local academy school marks a fresh...

A marriage filled with secrets.A murder that threatens to reveal them all.When Hannah meets Mark during a chance encounter, she finds herself saying yes to him for the first time. With an immediate first date, the two begin a whirlwind romance. Soon, Hannah is...

In this compulsively readable novel of domestic suspense, a young woman takes comfort in reconnecting with her childhood nanny after her father's death, until she starts to uncover secrets the nanny has been holding for twenty years. Sue Keller is lost. When her father...

"A nervy, soulful, genuinely surprising it-could-happen-to-you thriller -- a book to make you peer over your shoulder for days afterwards."--A.J. Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window Winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, The Nowhere Child is screenwriter...

"Unputdownable " --Robyn Carr, New York Times bestselling author Annie Taft's wedding is four days away, and it will be one of the grandest anyone can remember in her small South Carolina town. Preparations are in order. Friends and family are gathering in anticipation....

Wanted: Assistant to provide maternity cover for high-powered TV producer. Must be bright, creative, with killer instincts. Emma would do anything to work for the woman who has the job she wants. Carrie is at the top of her game, with a dream career,...

FINALIST FOR THE 2021 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZEA roller-coaster thriller for fans of Ruth Ware and Shari Lapena featuring a rustic cottage retreat, a suspicious new neighbour, a violent kidnapping, and a wife who learns her husband isn't telling her the whole truth....

'Most spellbinding psychological thriller of the year! I swear I forgot to breathe in parts!' 5* review'This is the first book in months which I haven't been able to put down' 5* review'Worth far more than five stars and very very highly recommended' 5*...

"Alison Wisdom's addictive, down-the-rabbit-hole debut reads like The Girls by way of The Virgin Suicides, with an extra dash of Cheever's unsettling suburbia. The result is sinister and surprising: a novel I couldn't put down, and one that I kept thinking about long after...

The award-winning bestseller that became one of the most talked about and memorable novels of the decade, Room is "utterly gripping...a heart-stopping novel" (San Francisco Chronicle). Held captive for years in a small shed, a woman and her precocious young son finally gain their...

Good neighbors invite you over for dinner, bring you baked goods to welcome you to the neighborhood, and wave hello at the mailbox. Good neighbors do not destroy your life. When Bryant and Harper Page move to Lancaster Mills, their first encounter with their...

A bride withholds a shocking secret from her new husband. Could you keep a secret from your daughter forever? Louie plans to. Is love enough to keep the marriage together? When a quiet Midwestern family receives flawed medical advice, psychotic post-partum depression is misdiagnosed...

"Karen Dietrich can stop your heart with a sentence."--Paula McLain, author of The Paris WifeNot a single resident of St. Augustine, Florida, can forget the day that Michael Joshua Hayes walked into a shopping mall and walked out the mass murderer of eleven people....

Women's fiction with a wrenching twist, Where She Went follows one mother desperate to know which secrets took her daughter away from what should have been a normal college experience.What happens when your worst fear comes true?Her only daughter has just gone away to...

Betrayal was just the beginning...Melanie Hale is a devoted mother to her two children, a diligent caregiver to her ailing mother-in-law and a trusted neighbor in their wealthy Louisiana community. Above all, she's a loving partner to her wonderful husband, Collin.Then there are the...

Originally published in Robin Goodfellow magazine, Lady Audley's Secret is the essential work of Mary Elizabeth Braddon and is considered a staple of sensation fiction. The story centers on a mysterious woman, whose dark past slowly comes to light. Lady Audley is a former...