![]() ![]() A suspicious death of a patron becomes the catalyst for curiosity and a looming, explosive confrontation in this uneasy thriller. Laura Sims’ latest is a Highsmithian cat-and-mouse thriller featuring two librarians: Margo is hiding something, and Patricia is obsessed with discovering her secrets. In her latest, an on-again-off-again couple is bound together by a dark secret-and it’s unclear whether it will destroy them or allow them a chance to prove their love fully, once and for all. Samantha Downing is one of those rare writers equally focused on character and plotting, and it shows in the twists and turns of her novels, as well as the genuine emotions they evoke in readers. But monstrous enough to kill their beloved teacher, weeks into a class-wide biting outbreak in which the children appear to have developed a taste for human blood? Baker already impressed me with her #metoo thriller The Whisper Network and her reverse- Stepford Wives take, The Husbands, and with Cutting Teeth, she once again proves herself one of the sharpest and wittiest observers of women’s roles and mothers’ sacrifices. – MOĬhildren can be such little monsters. A wickedly fun send-off of suburbia that does presume a bit more talking to the neighbors than actually happens in the burbs…My father has, like, never met his neighbors. The Block Party is split between two timelines: a murder in the present day, and the events from last year’s block party that set the murderer in motion. In this delightful suburban thriller, a block party is the catalyst for a neighborhood’s public unraveling, bringing long-festering secrets and dangerous liaisons to the surface. There’s the usual trademark Liz Nugent disturbing content, but with a heart-felt dose of humanity to balance things out. Liz Nugent finds much empathy for her strange heroine, whose heartbreaking backstory slowly comes to the fore, interspersed with Sally’s journey from isolation to beloved community member. Then her father dies, she burns the corpse in the incinerator, and she becomes an object of much curiosity indeed. Sally Diamond has led a quiet life for decades, with her own peculiar habits, without bother. I’m just going to say that Laura Lippman’s incredibly layered and tense COVID-era thriller tells multiple stories about its main characters, a man and a woman whose pasts are linked by tragedy and tawdry gossip, and whose current lives are connected by something more powerful: the desire for a second chance. ![]() ![]() ![]() I promise you-I swear to you-that Prom Mom means something very different than what you’re thinking! I’m not going to spoil it. Ward treats the subject of bipolar disorder with respect while still crafting a complex psychological thriller. When the queen bee of the school begins to mercilessly pick on her, things escalate quickly, and when a body is found, Ward’s narrator finds herself unable to trust anyone, including herself. In Jessica Ward’s 90s-set novel, a girl arrives at boarding school ready to stand out in her all-black wardrobe, but hoping to keep her mental health history private. What! (Note: I wanted to end this blurb with the phrase “special die-livery” but I didn’t want to be fired.) – OR Exxxxxxxxcept maybe there’s a serial killer on the island targeting elderly people? Coco begins to wonder… and then one day, she gets a copy of her own obituary in the mail. But now she’s back–ready to grapple with the bad memories and take care of her Aunt Gwen. Twenty years before, she was the sole survivor of a terrifying home invasion. The obituary is an art unto itself, and I am so excited it is being explored by none other than the fantastic Rachel Howzell Hall! Skilled obituary writer Coco Weber is back on Catalina Island, a tiny island paradise off the coast of California. Of particular note is Walsh’s talent for dialogue and dynamic descriptions. Alternating between past and present, Colin Walsh skillfully reveals the dark secrets behind the murder and missed opportunities to bring the killer to justice. Nearly two decades later, a body is found, just in time for a hen party bringing everyone back together. In 2003, a tight-knit group of friends in small-town Ireland is torn apart when one goes missing. ![]()
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