Category: Thriller/Mystery
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Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Oct 2023 Synopsis: When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other.…
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The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin: Content Warnings
Publication Date: June 1978 Synopsis: A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murderer—to inherit his vast fortune, one thing’s for sure:…
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My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite: Content Warnings
Publication Date: July 2018 Synopsis: When Korede’s dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what’s expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This’ll be the third boyfriend Ayoola’s dispatched in, quote, self-defence and the third mess…
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The Influencers by Kassandra Garrison: Content Warnings
Publication Date: April 2022 Synopsis: Abducted from her own home, Darcy Bishop finds herself an unwilling participant in a secret society called the Influencers. Yet, this seemingly benevolent group is hiding much more than its identity. As she faces the challenges of ruthless enemies, dangerous missions, and untimely love, Darcy…
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The Wings of Poppy Pendleton by Melanie Dobson: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Sep 2023 Synopsis: 1907. On the eve of her fifth birthday, Poppy Pendleton is tucked safely in her bed, listening to her parents entertain New York’s gilded society in their Thousand Islands castle; the next morning, she is gone, and her father is found dead in his smoking room.…
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Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Jan 2020 Synopsis: North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women’s Correctional Center. Her dream of a career in art is put on hold—until a…
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Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Sep 2014 Synopsis: Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring bookshelves, shattered Glans water goblets, and smashed Liripip wardrobes. Sales are down, security cameras reveal nothing, and store managers are panicking. To unravel the mystery,…
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A Ghost of Caribou by Alice Henderson: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Nov 2022 Synopsis: When a remote camera on a large, rugged expanse held by the Land Trust for Wildlife Conservation picks up a blurry image of what could be a mountain caribou, they contact Alex Carter to investigate. After all, mountain caribou went extinct in the contiguous U.S.…
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A Blizzard of Polar Bears by Alice Henderson: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Jan 1886 Synopsis: The story of respectable Dr Jekyll’s strange association with ‘damnable young man’ Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde’s true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity’s basest capacity for evil. What To Expect: Readers can…
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The Briar Club by Kate Quinn: Content Guide & Warnings
Publication Date: July 2024 Synopsis: Washington, D.C., 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a down-at-the-heels all-female boardinghouse in the heart of the nation’s capital, where secrets hide behind white picket fences. But when the lovely, mysterious widow Grace March moves into the attic, she draws her oddball collection…
