Just in time to kick-off spooky season, Alice Feeney has delivered a classic closed-room whodunit. The place is Seaglass, the family home of Daisy Darker. Situated on the Cornish coast, surrounded by black sand, Seaglass is cut off from the mainland during high tide. Inside are eighty clocks tick-tocking away, an eccentric Nana, and a…
The Hyde scholarship is many things—competitive, comprehensive, and a golden ticket for the student who wins it. The scholarship is awarded to only one student every year. It covers all tuition and guarantees a job after graduation. To attain the award, a select group of students is brought to Hyde House, the family home of…
Detective Elise King is convalescing from cancer treatments in the seaside town of Ebbing—a hamlet filled to the brim with gossiping, secret-keeping locals and ambitious newcomers. Elise spends her days gazing out of her front window, watching the comings-and-goings of the people along the street, so she has a front-row view of the music festival…
There is no way to sugar coat it: Two Little Girls, YA superstar Laura Jarratt’s adult debut, begins with an absolutely heartbreaking sequence. Lizzie, a barrister specializing in custodial family disputes, is driving her two daughters home after a long-needed vacation. Everything seems normal, they stop for treats at a small shop, and the girls…
Todd Mayer’s body is found naked, in the snow, just outside of a playground. Todd’s ghost watches with a certain detached fascination as the detectives dig into his death. He remembers dying to be a horrible experience, full of confusion and icy coldness. He remembers being left. Georgia and Todd didn’t run in the same…
Girlfriends Sam, Diana, and Margaret have arranged the perfect escape from the daily grind and their individual troubled romantic relationships. It’s going to be a weekend of peace and mutual support. Sam is determined to forget about her recent divorce for a few days. Diana is freeing herself from an abusive ex. And Margaret is…
The winters in Black Harbor, Wisconsin, are unforgiving. Aspiring writer Hazel Greenlee and her husband, Tommy, have moved “down” to Black Harbor for work—which Hazel has found as a transcriber for the Black Harbor Police Department. Every night, she transcribes recorded reports from police officers. The reports cover everything from drug deals to homicides. In…
The Missing Hours by Julia Dahl is a novel about obsession, privilege, and the explosive consequences of one violent act, where a violent sexual assault leads Claudia Castro down the painful road toward vengeance but also recovery. When Claudia Castro wakes up in her dorm room, she realizes quickly that something is very, very wrong.…
Addison Hope is planning a wedding and launching a photography career—all without knowing who she was two years ago. She was discovered walking along the highway when a kind truck driver, Ed, offered her a lift. Realizing she didn’t know who she was, where she came from, or what happened to her, Ed and his…
On a Sunday in January 2015, Thomas Gilbert Sr., hedge-fund founder and member of the Manhattan social elite, was laying in bed watching a football game. Then his son, Thomas Gilbert Jr., known as Tommy, walked in wearing a hoodie. Tommy pressed a gun to his father’s head and shot him. After, Tommy went back…
