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The Bad Seed

William March · 247 pages

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Then She Was Gone

Lisa Jewell · 437 pages

"Ten years after her teenage daughter disappears, a woman crosses paths with a charming single father whose young child feels eerily familiar, in this evocative, suspenseful drama from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell--perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins and Liane Moriarty. Ellie Mack was the perfect daughter. She was fifteen, the youngest of three. She was beloved by her parents, frien

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A Game For All The Family

Sophie Hannah · 447 pages

"Pulled into a deadly game of deception, secrets, and lies, a woman must find the truth in order to defeat a mysterious opponent, protect her daughter, and save her own life in this dazzling standalone psychological thriller with an unforgettable ending from the New York Times bestselling author of Woman with a Secret and The Monogram Murders. You thought you knew who you were. A stranger knows be

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Bad Mommy

Tarryn Fisher · 298 pages

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Never Knowing

Chevy Stevens · 422 pages

Struggling with a need for closure, Sara Gallagher attempts to reconnect with her birth parents only to learn that her biological father is an infamous serial killer, a discovery that causes her to fear she has inherited violent tendencies.

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Sharp Objects

Gillian Flynn · 297 pages

WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker's troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille's first assignment from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls.NASTY on her kneecap, BABYDOLL on her legSince she left town eight years a

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The Farm

Tom Rob Smith · 353 pages

After learning his mother was committed to a mental hospital, Daniel receives a call from her, claiming that his lying father is part of a crime conspiracy.

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The Birthday Party

Laurent Mauvignier · 454 pages

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The Bed I Made

Lucie Whitehouse · 311 pages

When Kate meets dark, enigmatic Richard in a Soho bar, she barely hesitates before going home with him. He is undeniably attractive - and dangerous. Now, eighteen exhilarating but fraught months later, Kate finishes their relationship and hopes that will be the end of it. But it is only just the beginning. Fleeing London for the wintry Isle of Wight, she is determined to ignore the flood of calls

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The Other Daughter

Lisa Gardner · 416 pages

What you don't know can kill you.Twenty years ago, Melanie Stokes was abandoned in a Boston hospital, then adopted by a wealthy young couple. Gifted with loving parents, a doting brother and indulgent uncle, Melanie has always considered herself lucky. Until tonight. Tonight, a has-been reporter turns up investigating her past. Tonight, the first note arrives saying, "You Get What You Deserve."

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The Heiress

Rachel Hawkins · 294 pages

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White Lies

Jeremy Bates · 240 pages

Katrina Burton falls for a man who she hopes can save her from the manipulative hitchhiker--and new coworker--she forced out of her car, but a murder only entangles her further in a web of lies which were meant to keep the hitchhiker away.

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There Was an Old Woman

Hallie Ephron · 321 pages

A novel of psychological suspense, in which a young woman returns to the quirky Bronx riverfront neighborhood where she grew up, only to find that her mother's house has become a hoarder's nest. As Evie digs into the events of the past few months, a bigger, more sinister story begin to unfold.

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No Turning Back

Tracy Buchanan · 316 pages

Anna Gravess whole life has recently been turned upside down. A new mother, shes just gone back to her job as a radio presenter and is busy navigating a new schedule of late night feeding and early morning wake ups while also dealing with her newly separated husband. Then the worst happens. While Anna is walking on the beach with her daughter, shes attacked by a crazed teenager. Terrified, Anna re

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The Missing

C.L. Taylor · 469 pages

A fifteen-year-old boy's disappearance exposes the guilty feelings of a family whose members have a history of lying to each other. When fifteen-year-old Billy Wilkinson goes missing in the middle of the night, there isn't a single member of Billy's family that doesn't feel guilty. The Wilkinsons are so used to keeping secrets from one another that it isn't until six months later, after an appeal

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Strange Sally Diamond

Liz Nugent · 384 pages

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Mother, Mother

Koren Zailckas · 366 pages

Josephine Hurst has her family under control: two beautiful daughters, a brilliantly intelligent son, a tech-guru of a husband and a historical landmark home. But living in this matriarch's determinedly cheerful, yet subtly controlling domain hasn't been easy for her family. When her oldest daughter, Rose, runs off with a mysterious boyfriend, Josephine tightens her grip, gradually turning her fla

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Cause for Alarm

Erica Spindler · 512 pages

Kate and Richard Ryan have the perfect marriage—marred only by their inability to have a child. The adoption agency's call fulfills that dream...and opens the door to a nightmare....Julianna Starr has chosen Kate and Richard to be more than the parents of her child. For Richard is the man of her fantasies, the one she's been waiting for. Stalking the couple, Julianna molds herself in Kate's image

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Lacy Eye

Jessica Treadway · 341 pages

Surviving a brutal attack that ends her husband's life, Hanna struggles to remember her attacker, who may be her awkward daughter's boyfriend.

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SWF Seeks Same

John Lutz

When they made a movie based on John Lutz's SWF Seeks Same, they changed the title somewhat. Single White Female is the name of the now-famous 1992 film starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh, but in some ways, the original title serves the story better. The novel and film both are about sameness, about one person wanting to be the same as another, encroaching upon and, at times, actual

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Good as Gone

Amy Gentry · 273 pages

Thirteen-year-old Julie Whitaker was kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle of the night, witnessed only by her younger sister. Her family was shattered, but managed to stick together, hoping against hope that Julie is still alive. And then one night: the doorbell rings. A young woman who appears to be Julie is finally, miraculously, home safe. The family is ecstatic—but Anna, Julie’s mother, ha

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The Sleepwalker

Chris Bohjalian · 304 pages

When a sleepwalker who has experienced episodes of near violence while unconscious goes missing, her eldest daughter, Lianna, finds herself drawn to a lead detective who seems to know more than he is revealing.

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The Drowning Girls

Paula Treick DeBoard · 384 pages

"Liz McGinnis never imagined herself living in a luxurious gated community like The Palms. Ever since she and her family moved in, she's felt like an outsider amongst the Stepford-like wives and their obnoxiously spoiled children. Still, she's determined to make it work--if not for herself, then for her husband, Phil, who landed them this lavish home in the first place, and for her daughter, Danie

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The Boyfriend

Freida McFadden · 368 pages

**She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.** Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She's seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot. Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's ch

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