Category: Thriller/Mystery
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A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson: Content Warnings
Publication Date: Oct 2020 Synopsis: While studying wolverines on a wildlife sanctuary in Montana, biologist Alex Carter is run off the road and threatened by locals determined to force her off the land. Undeterred in her mission to help save this threatened species, Alex tracks wolverines on foot and by…
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert L. Stevenson: 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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That Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk: Content Warnings
Publication Date: June 2024 Synopsis: One night locked in the library. What could go wrong? On the night before graduation, seven students gather in the basement of their university’s rare books library. They’re not allowed in the library after closing time, but it’s the perfect place for the ritual they…
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Fallen Mountains by Kimi Cunningham Grant: Content Warnings
Publication Date: March 2019 Synopsis: When Transom Shultz goes missing shortly after returning to his sleepy hometown of Fallen Mountains, Pennsylvania, his secrets are not the only ones that threaten to emerge. Red, the sheriff, is haunted by the possibility that a crime Transom was involved in seventeen years earlier—a…
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The Sleuth of Blackfriars Lane by Michelle Griep: Content Warnings
Publication Date: April 2024 Synopsis: Wife. Mother. Homemaker. Detective. Kit Forge wears many hats, and if that’s not enough, she’s partnered with her father to open a new detective agency. It’s hard to be all things to all people, but Kit never shies away from the impossible. Despite her hard work and…
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Secondary Target by Angela Carlisle: Content Warnings
Publication Date: May 2024 Synopsis: After the brutal murder of her mother and brother twelve years ago, Corina Roberts built a new life in Kentucky. But then strange things begin to happen, and she is thrust into a perilous game of life and death. With nowhere else to turn, her…
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The Girl from the Hidden Forest by Hannah Linder: Content Warnings
Publication Date: April 2024 Synopsis: Eliza Ellis has stayed hidden in Balfour Forest for as long as she can remember. Perhaps her only friends are the trees, or her little dog, or her story-telling father called Captain. But at least she is safe from the cruel world outside, a world…
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Behind Closed Doors by B.A Paris: Content Warnings
Publication Date: August 2016 Synopsis: Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth; she has charm and elegance. He’s a dedicated attorney who has never lost a case; she is a flawless homemaker, a masterful gardener and cook, and dotes on her disabled younger sister.…
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The Gift by Freida McFadden: Content Warnings
Synopsis: It’s Christmas Eve and Stella Hansen is broke. She is so broke that despite working two jobs, she can’t even afford a present for her husband on their first Christmas as man and wife. But then a mysterious storekeeper at a pawn shop offers Stella an intriguing trade. Stella…
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A Cyclist’s Guide to Crime and Croissants by Ann Claire: Content Warnings
Synopsis: Nine months ago, Sadie Greene shocked friends and family by ditching her sensible office job in the Chicago suburbs and buying a sight-unseen French bicycling tour company, Oui Cycle. Now she’s living the unconventional life of her dreams in the gorgeous village of Sans-Souci-sur-Mer. Sans souci means carefree, but…
