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Domestic Suspense

Discussion Guide: My Wife Is Missing by D. J. Palmer

By Crime HQ

May 9, 2022

My Wife Is Missing Reading Group Discussion Guide Michael’s character was dualistic—he was in many ways endearing and likable, but with darker aspects as well. How did you reconcile this contradiction? When the full truth came to light, how did you feel about Michael? How did you interpret Michael and Natalie’s narration? Did you find…

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth: A Visual Guide

By Adam Wagner

April 4, 2022

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth is a wicked and winding novel of domestic suspense full of family secrets, betrayal, and the lies we tell to the people we love. Stephen Aston is getting married again.  The only problem is, he’s still married to his first wife…  Even though she is in a care facility…

Discussion Questions: The Shadow House by Anna Downes

By Crime HQ

April 4, 2022

The Shadow House Reading Group Discussion Guide 1.Pine Ridge, the setting of The Shadow House, is an ecovillage. Had you ever heard of or even visited a community like this before reading? Could you see yourself living in an ecovillage? Why do you think the author chose to set her story here? 2. Can you…

Featured Excerpt: The Shadow House by Anna Downes

By Crime HQ

March 16, 2022

PROLOGUE The bones come first. A gift, but nothing wanted. Next, a doll: a likeness, a promise. And the blood marks the choice. It finds a face, and then you know. Help. I need help. That’s what he said; I remember it clearly. Voices in the night, and footsteps, soft and slow on a carpet…

The Favor by Nora Murphy: Cover Reveal and Excerpt

By Crime HQ

September 13, 2021

Now Friday, May 3 Leah The key is to go to a few different stores. I used to always go to Jerry’s Liquors on Bonifant Avenue. I was a regular. Too regular. Jerry’s mouth started to form a thin line when I’d come in. I could see the conflict on his face. He was glad…

Where I Left Her by Amber Garza: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

August 16, 2021

Saturday, 10:00 a.m., seventeen hours after drop-off Whitney had been up for hours, and still hadn’t heard from Amelia. Last night was restful. Quiet. Peaceful. All the things Whitney had wanted it to be. Much needed. But this morning she was suffering from a serious case of mom guilt. She missed her daughter. Was anxious…

Book Review: Only the Women Are Burning by Nancy Burke

By Angie Barry

October 5, 2020

Cassandra Taylor, like many middle-aged women, has plenty of practice putting her own dreams and career on the backburner in order to focus on her family. She has a lovely home in Hillston, New Jersey. Three wonderful daughters. And fills her free hours with a part-time docent position at a museum. It’s not the life…

The Woods by Vanessa Savage: New Excerpt

By Crime HQ

September 4, 2020

CHAPTER 1 FEBRUARY 2018 “Wake up, Tess.” Sophie leans in closer to me. “Stealth approach, two o’clock.” I blink and pull myself back into the present, glancing over my shoulder to see two men approaching our table, creased shirts and red faces a sure sign they’ve been here a while. Not bad-looking, but neither does…

The Two Mrs. Carlyles by Suzanne Rindell: Featured Excerpt

By Suzanne Rindell

July 22, 2020

Chapter 1 Before the great earthquake of 1906, I was not haunted, but it would be inaccurate to say my mind was entirely at peace. From the time I was a small child, I’d suffered from what the sisters called “spells”—strange, trancelike episodes of which I have no memory. I’d be found, say, with a…

The Safe Place by Anna Downes: New Excerpt

By Anna Downes

May 21, 2020

Prologue When the car bypassed the main terminal building and pulled up next to a sign that said PRIVATE JET CENTER, Emily breathed in so fast she almost choked. “You’re kidding me,” she said to her driver (her very own driver!), who smiled and opened the door for her like she was Cinderella. A security…

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