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1261) The new wife
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"My darling son, Sam, is marrying his childhood sweetheart and I couldn't be prouder of the man he's grown into. Walking out on his abusive father all those years ago was the best thing I ever did. And today he stands, tall and handsome, saying 'I do' to my dream daughter-in-law. If I hadn't pushed them together all those years ago, he might never have found a girl as perfect as Lauren. It's true what they say, mother always knows best. But weeks...
Author
Publisher
Bookouture, an imprint of StoryFire Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
24 June, 1994 - Nineteen-year-old Leila Hawkins runs from her father's birthday party into the stormy night wearing her sister Stella's long red coat. Some say she was crying, others swear they saw her get into a passing car. Nobody ever saw her again. Present - This time every year, on the anniversary of that fateful night, Stella decorates the small seaside town she grew up in with pictures of her beautiful missing sister. But after twenty-five...
1264) The twisted ones
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When Mouse's dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's house, she says yes. After all, how bad could it be? Answer: pretty bad. Grandma was a hoarder, and her house is packed to the gills with useless garbage. That would be horrors enough, but there's more. Mouse stumbles across her step-grandfather's journal, which at first seems to be the ravings of a broken mind. Until she encounters some of the terrifying things he described herself. Alone...
1265) A burning obsession
Author
Series
Abby Mullen thrillers volume 3
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"When a series of suspicious fires leaves multiple victims dead in their homes, NYPD hostage negotiator Abby Mullen knows in her bones that the terrors of her childhood have returned. As a young girl, she narrowly escaped a fire set by Moses Wilcox, a fanatical cult leader who's been presumed dead for thirty years. These murders have his fingerprints all over them. Meanwhile, razor-sharp criminal profiler Zoe Bentley is investigating the arsons--but...
1266) The two Mrs. Carlyles
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"San Francisco, 1906. Violet is one of three people grateful for the destruction of the big earthquake. It leaves her and her two best friends unexpectedly wealthy - if the secret that binds them together stays buried beneath the rubble. Fearing discovery, the women strike out on their own, and orphaned, wallflower Violet reinvents herself. When a whirlwind romance with the city's most eligible widower, Harry Carlyle, lands her in a luxurious mansion...
1267) The Split
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The end of our marriage was only the beginning…Last night, we celebrated our anniversary. Over candlelight, we talked about the children, our work, and I was so happy, and felt so loved. But the next morning, when I check my phone, there is a message. From a friend. And a string of photos appear of my husband, Will, with another woman: walking along the street holding hands. Going into fancy hotels. Standing at a window, his arms around her, her...
1268) The rumor: a novel
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When a single mother hears a rumor outside her son's school, she never intends to pass it on. But one casual comment leads to another . . . and now there's no going back. Rumor has it that a notorious killer, a woman who has been released from prison years after her brutal crime, is living under a new identity in Joanna's seaside town. So who is the supposedly reformed murderer now living in their neighborhood? Suspicion falls on everyone. As Joanna...
1269) My daughter's husband
Author
Publisher
Daniel Hurst Books Limited
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The continuing story of Dawn and her adult daughter, Ellie, as they are faced with dealing with the after-effects of Ellie's American ex-boyfriend, their own family's past, and Ellie's choice for a husband.
1270) The wife's baby
Author
Publisher
Daniel Hurst Books Limited
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When Tuppence was born, I thought I was complete. Even when my marriage to Leon began to falter, at least I had my baby girl to look after. Adults have problems all the time, but children have a way of making them seem so insignificant. But then Tuppence goes missing and I realise how my life has been teetering on the brink for so long. Now it’s just me and my husband again, the two of us and all our problems, and we’re forced to work...
Author
Series
DI Amy Winter volume 2
Publisher
Caroline Mitchell
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
WHEN THE HUNTER BECOMES THE HUNTED... DI Amy Winter faces her toughest case yet as a serial killer couple kidnap and hunt their prey. After capture, the victims are released from an unknown location each day. But freedom does not come easily as the victim's injuries become more severe, and if they haven't escaped by day four, they won't live to see the fifth. At five months pregnant, Amy is feeling backed into a corner as the father of her child,...
1272) Kindred spirits
Author
Series
Gabriel Ash and Hazel Best mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A kidnap attempt outside the school gates in broad daylight convinces Gabriel Ash that his renegade wife is trying to steal their sons from him. Only the intervention of his friend Constable Hazel Best kept them safe. It's a simple if alarming explanation, but is it the truth? Hazel uncovers disturbing information about another crime, the repercussions of which are still threatening innocent lives seventeen years later. Once again Hazel finds herself...
Author
Publisher
Oceanview
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of his wife's apparent suicide, Jackson Robert Hunter wakes up outside a bar with a badly battered head and no memory. Revelations convince Jackson that his wife's death wasn't a suicide, but a murder, and he sets out to find the killer. While hunting the villain and struggling with his amnesia, Jackson discovers that his own backstory is a dark one, littered with broken hearts and dead bodies: a wife he betrayed; a lover he abandoned;...
1274) Black wolf
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
"Antonia Scott has an unusually gifted mind, able to see what others miss, able to solve the crimes that baffle all others. The only thing she fears is herself. Antonia is the lynchpin of the Red Queen project, created to work behind the scenes to solve the most devious and dangerous crimes. But she is unwilling to move past the last case, convinced it's related to a personal tragedy, until a series of deadly events pulls her back in. In southern...
1276) Ill will: a novel
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In 1983, Dustin Tillman's family--his parents and his aunt and uncle--were murdered in a shocking massacre. His foster brother, Rusty, was convicted of the crime, in a trial that was steeped in the "Satanic Cult" paranoia of the 1980s. Thirty years later, Rusty's conviction is overturned, and suddenly Dustin, now a psychologist, must question whether his testimony that imprisoned his brother was accurate. When one of his patients, an ex-cop, gets...
Author
Series
Blood on the tracks volume 7
Publisher
Vertical Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Shigeru has finally awakened from the coma he's been in since Seiko pushed him off the cliff--but he remembers nothing of the incident, nor does he even recognize his assailant. Rather than setting Seiko's mind at ease, however, this only serves to disturb her further. Meanwhile, Seiichi is determined to keep his promise to his mother--with devastating consequences for everyone around him."--
1278) The Colleagues
Author
Publisher
Daniel Hurst
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A new psychological thriller from the author of the number one bestseller, The Doctor's Wife How far would you go to keep a secret at work? Would you kill for it? I used to enjoy my job. I was good at it and felt fulfilled. I also used to enjoy spending time with the people I worked with. They say you spend more time with your work colleagues than you do with your family members, but that was fine by me because I made two very good friends at the...
1279) Not my baby
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"My water isn't supposed to break while there's a storm raging, when my husband isn't on the island, and as the power flickers out. Darkness covers the cabin as I cling to my belly. I never imagined it happening like this. Trained as a midwife, I;m confident I can deliver my daughter."--Back cover