Throughout the annals of fiction there have been oodles of situations involving mistaken identity. We’ve seen it in fairy tales, Shakespeare’s plays, and many Disney films. In recent fiction, it has been a go-to for many mystery stories and authors like Robert Goddard from the U.K. has used the gimmick multiple times. This brings us…
In Alex Finlay’s Every Last Fear (Minotaur Books, March 2021) a family made infamous by a true-crime documentary is found dead, leaving their surviving son to uncover the truth about their final days. For the first time, you can check out the cover here and read on for an exclusive excerpt from this highly anticipated…
A house with the darkest of secrets. . . A woman who is the only one who knows. Read on for a new excerpt of Nina Laurin’s latest psychological thriller, A Woman Alone—available now from Grand Central Publishing.
Author Lucy Foley does everything possible to not only channel Dame Agatha Christie but to also create a setting for a psychological thriller/murder mystery that is simply ideal. A remote island just off the coast of Ireland at a Mansion run by a young couple for special occasions. The wife, Aoife is a wedding/party planner…
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…
All it takes to unravel a life is one little secret… In Jennifer Hillier’s riveting new thriller, a woman desperately tries to save her marriage in the face of overwhelming tragedy. Jennifer Hillier is one of the best in the business. The elements that make her one of the best are clear and present in every…
The Lotus Flower, normally recognized for its’ resplendent red color, is the national flower of both India and Vietnam. At one point towards the end of this ironically timely novel by Chris Bohjalian, it is pointed out that the lotus flower is known for laying atop the water during the day and then sinking at…
While it would be easy to attribute the success of Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen to the dynamism of their creative collaboration, that would diminish their individual accomplishments. Hendricks earned a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, has contributed to the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Allure, and spent more than twenty years…
New York Times and internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah has been thrilling readers stateside and across the pond for years with her novels of psychological suspense, whether singular stories, the Zailer and Waterhouse series, or Golden Age whodunits featuring Agatha Christie’s iconic detective, Hercule Poirot. Also an accomplished poet and podcaster, and the visionary behind…
Welcome to Lark, a remote island in the North Atlantic inaccessible to visitors for seven months out of the year. Inhabited by a small, religious community, it proudly touts its safety and adherence to an almost-forgotten way of life, in an ongoing attempt to draw immigrants to supplement the dwindling local populace. Well, the right…
