As a child, Ashley Whitelam was haunted by ghostly figures no one else could see. Silent and watchful, these Heedful Ones followed her wherever she went. She hasn‘t seen them for eighteen years, not since that fateful night at Red Rigg House.Children start to disappear across the Lake District and Ashley becomes involved in the investigation, but when she discovers the body of one of the missing children, everything changes

On July 15, 1994, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend Billy fell asleep together in their quiet New Jersey cul de sac.

In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. The tent was sliced open, and Billy was gone, taken. He was never seen again.

Thirty years later, Ethan has returned to Hemlock Circle, still desperate for answers.

Who took Billy

Mackenzie Casper is a brilliant student. But she is best known for her mother, a best-selling author whose dark, twisted thrillers have a dedicated worldwide fanbase.

When her mother dies in an accident, fans across the world are left grieving,The day of the memorial service, Mackenzie gets the first mysterious envelope.Inside are the pages of her mother‘s diary that start with the lines:
Want to know a secret?
Love, Mom

Abby wants a baby more than anything.

But after years of failed infertility treatments and adoptions that have fallen through, it seems like motherhood is not in her future. That is, until her personal assistant Monica makes a generous offer that will make all of Abby's dreams come true.

But it turns out Monica isn't who she says she is. The woman now carrying Abby's child has an unspeakable secret.

Blake Porter is riding high, until he's not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone he shares with his fiancée, he's desperate to make ends meet.

Enter Whitney. Beautiful, charming, down-to-earth, and looking for a room to rent. She's exactly what Blake's looking for. Or is she?Because something isn't quite right.

Since her husband‘s unsolved murder, Iris Blodgett‘s life has unraveled. Facing eviction, Iris turns to her new beau, Hugh Smoll. But the seemingly perfect Hugh offers her something more: an invitation to move in to his mother‘s mansion while he renovates the property. But when Iris and Ellory arrive, the family inside isn‘t quite what they expected. Before long, Iris unearths a chilling family history...

Madison March is the perfect wife, with the perfect family and the perfect life.

She spends her days baking sourdough and picking vegetables from the garden while watching her children play in the fields surrounding her Montana homestead.

Dinner is always on the table for her husband, and they end their days sitting on the porch, watching the sun go down.

It‘s a life anyone would dream of.

And it‘s all a lie

Jules and Scott are a young couple living on the outskirts of London. When the charming and charismatic Orla sweeps into their lives, inviting her to house-share seems like the answer to all their problems: she needs a home, they could do with the money.But once Orla moves in, Jules starts to feel uncomfortable. She starts to suspect that their dream housemate might be about to turn their lives into a nightmare.

World famous singer Enola had it all – fame, fortune, and a breathtaking penthouse view. Then she vanished without a trace, leaving the band‘s careers in ruins.

Fifteen years on, the remaining members are reuniting for a series of concerts in Las Vegas. But when mysterious accidents plague them, some start to wonder if Enola is back for revenge.

What happened all those years ago – and who really knows the truth

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Pete never wanted another child. Before baby Erin was born, they were happy. If Natalie hadn't gotten pregnant, he would never have done what he did.Natalie knows things have been difficult since the surprise arrival of Erin. Life with Pete and their two other children - Emily and Zadie - has been balancing on a knife edge.Everyone has a secret that they've been hiding, and when Erin suddenly disappears everyone becomes a suspect

Susan has always taken comfort in the peaceful rhythm of life on the Isle of Wight. But when her daughter Zoe invites her to a Halloween ghost walk at a remote castle, Susan has a sense of foreboding she can‘t quite shake.

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AARON has just been released from jail after causing the death of a boy in a hit-and-run. Now a free man, all he wants to do is leave his troubled past behind him.
EVELYN, consumed by grief and rage, has been counting down the days until this moment. After eleven long years, she is finally able to exact the revenge her late son deserves.

When Natasha meets Daniel, she knows her life is made. Rich, When Natasha meets Daniel, she knows her life is made. Rich, handsome and charming, Daniel will make the perfect husband. Even if she won‘t make the perfect wife…

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's manoeuvrings and the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so, she must play a deadly game of deceit - and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre but for her world as well.

This book felt very disjointed. It jumped between too many characters. 😳

A gripping psychological thriller with a truly jaw-dropping twist...

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Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is craving peace and quiet. But visitors to his home village of Lochdubh, nestled in the Scottish Highlands, have other ideas...

Hamish and the new love in his life, Claire, have holiday plans. But thoughts of rest and relaxation are rudely interrupted by the arrival of a new constable, complete with a surprise, and a secret...

A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubs with friends. It sounded like heaven.Then Claire's minivan breaks down on a lonely dirt road. With no cell reception, the group has no choice but to hike the rest of the way to their hotel.Hours later, they are lost. Hopelessly lost

Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door.

A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighbourhood. The police suspect the worst--murder. And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive.

Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are looking for the house of their dreams.But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years earlier, a violent winter storm traps them at the estate... with no chance of escape until the blizzard comes to an end.

In the shadows of an ancient wood, guests gather for the opening weekend of The Manor: a beautiful new countryside retreat.

But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among the guests. And the candles have barely been lit for a solstice supper when the body is found

Phantasma is a maze of twisting corridors . Ophelia will face nine challenges, each more dangerous than the last. There can only be one winner, and the other contestants will stop at nothing to eliminate their rivals.But just as Ophelia‘s fears threaten to overwhelm her, a mysterious stranger offers her a bargain.Charming, and infuriatingly attractive, Blackwell claims he can guide her through the lethal trials ahead.

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Feyre survived Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court - but at a steep cost. Though she now possesses the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human, and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's people.Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, the mesmerising High Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates his dark web of political games and tantalising promises, a greater evil looms.

While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement.

Until the day the police arrived at their front door.

Decades later, Nora's father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows about her past, and she'll do anything to keep it that way.

It's been fifteen years since Belinda was convicted of her husband's murder. Now, she's ready for her life to begin again, and she's set on that happening at Sunnyside Home for the Young at Heart.

The owner, Mabel, has spent her life here. First as an evacuee during the Blitz and now as the care home's oldest resident, Mabel has held the secrets of this house for as long as she can remember. Secrets that could kill if in the wrong hands.

Rebecca hasn't seen her father Leo since she was six. Her family never talk about him, and she has long since pushed him firmly to the back of her mind. All she knows is that, once upon a time, he was a well-loved children's TV star.

Then, looking for answers, she unearths a book of fairy tales written by Leo and dedicated to her - but what use are children's stories to her now, all these years later?

When half-sisters Lauren, Flora, and Kat are unexpectedly summoned to the Cornish house where they spent their childhood summers, it's the first time they've dared return.

Because the wild cliffs and windswept beaches hide a twenty-year-old secret.

The truth about what they did.

Someone who remembers them lurks in the shadows, watching their every move.

And there are other secrets, even darker than their own,

Beth's life hasn't worked out the way she planned. After her father walked out on their family with a note simply saying 'I'm sorry', she became obsessed with finding him. An obsession that destroyed her relationship with her husband and her daughter. She just has her dying mother left, Beth taking care of her as best she can until she breathes her final, shocking words:

Your father. He didn't disappear. Don't trust...

Quinn Alexander has committed an unthinkable crime.

To avoid spending her life in prison, Quinn makes a run for it.

Unfortunately, the Baxter Motel isn‘t the quiet, safe haven it seemed to be. The motel has a dark and disturbing past.

It's Camillas' first day back at work. But her husband Luke is absent.
The police arrive and tell Camilla her husband is caught up in a hostage situation.
Only he is not a hostage. He is the gunman.
Who is this man she married ?

Sarah is one of the best criminal lawyers in her city. Her life is going exactly as planned. The same can't be said for her husband, Adam. His secret affair with Kelly is exposed when she is found murdered.
While Adam is guilty of sleeping with Kelly. But is he guilty of killing her, too ??

How far would you go to protect your child?

I knew something was wrong. It's a mother's instinct.

Beth is excited to move to a remote,tiny hamlet in Suffolk with her new husband and stepdaughter,Dolly-but she quickly finds out that all is not what it seems. Beth soon realises that Dolly wants her gone for good. How far will she go to get what she wants.

Maeve Chambers doesn't have any special gifts.That is, until she finds a dusty old pack of tarot cards and starts giving uncannily accurate readings to everyone around her.

What happens when one two detectives work together. One is human. The other is AI.

In the early '60s, in a seemingly more "innocent" time, a group of teenagers were lured into a supposedly haunted house. The place on Sycamore Lane has a morbid history, but that's just hearsay and rumor, isn't it?

An AI twist on Frankenstein.
Nothing prepared me for the final twist in this horror story.

Considering this was supposed to be a horror, I found it not scary at all.
Had to really push myself to finish it.

Cleo 24, Frank 20 years older...
The two rush into an impulsive marriage.
However, things quickly sour between them.

Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days, but,according to the government,she didn't exist.She hadn't been registered for a birth certificate.She had no school records because she'd never set foot in a classroom,and no medical records because her father didn't believe in hospitals. At 16, Tara knew she had to leave home.

In a burned out America, a father and his young son walk under a darkened sky, heading slowly for the coast. They have no idea what if anything awaits them there
Attempting to survive, they have nothing but a pistol to defend themselves.

Nathan and Eve have a lovely home and a beautiful baby girl. And yet something isn't right. Behind the glossy facade cracks are beginning to show. A devastating incident upend the community. Eve is the centre of attention. Is she the victim or suspect ?

Alex Summer, Josie Fair.
Two very different women.
Josies past is strange and unsettling. It soon becomes clear Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets
Alex realises she and her family are in danger...

For Piglet getting married is her opportunity to reinvent. Together,Kit and Piglet are the picture of perfect bliss. But if a life looks too good to be true,it probably is. Thirteen days before the wedding,Kit reveals an awful truth...

Cornelian Black loves exactly three things: her chosen family, her hairdresser, and killing bad men...

The next book in the Agatha Raisin series.

This was a bit of a slow starter for me.