Red Kenny is on her senior year road trip from her home in Philadelphia to the Gulf coast with her best friend, Maddy Lavoy. Simon Yoo, their good friend since middle school, has borrowed an RV from his rich uncle for the drive. Maddy’s 21 year-old brother Oliver is their nominal chaperone, as he and…
Stacy Willingham emerged as a bright star in the bookish universe with 2021’s A Flicker in the Dark, her debut novel of psychological suspense. That title became an instant New York Times bestseller and was translated in more than thirty countries. Willingham—a former copywriter and brand strategist who holds degrees in magazine journalism and writing…
Alice Lee is eighteen years-old when she takes off from her small Wisconsin town, drawn like a moth to the bright lights of New York City. With only six hundred dollars and a vintage Leica camera to her name, she has no idea what she wants to do with her life, only that she wants…
With one seemingly simple comment from one character to another, Ava Barry perfectly captures the heart of her newest thriller, Double Exposure: “Double exposure. A broken piece of film. Damaged imagery, you know?” Double Exposure is a cat and mouse mystery where the role of the cat and the mouse are constantly interchanging. Set in…
Wanda M. Morris emerged as a powerhouse suspense novelist with last year’s All Her Little Secrets. That book won both the 2022 Lefty Award for Best Debut Mystery Novel, the Georgia Author of the Year Award for Best First Novel, and was nominated for several other accolades. It’s also under option as a limited series…
Sam Williams has built a nice, quiet life for herself as an elementary school art teacher in rural LaCrosse, Washington. After her parents died when she was a little girl, she was taken in by a strict aunt who taught her how to run a farm and be self-sufficient. While Sam eventually went off to…
They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall is a brilliant standalone novel that brings seven sinners to a private island for a reckoning that will leave you breathless—take a visual tour with GIFnotes! It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. Delighted by a surprise invitation, Miriam Macy sails off to a…
The Lost Man by New York Times-bestseller Jane Harper is a stunning new standalone novel about two brothers who meet in the remote Australian outback when the third brother is found dead. British-born, Australian writer Jane Harper has quickly established herself as a writer you can trust to deliver a great read. Her first two novels,…
Sharon Bolton returns with her creepiest standalone yet, The Craftsman, which follows a young cop trying to trace the disappearances of a small town’s teenagers. Take a visual tour through The Craftsman with GIFnotes! Florence Lovelady’s career was made when she convicted coffin-maker Larry Grassbrook of a series of child murders 30 years ago in a small…
Karin Slaughter has been a mainstay in crime fiction since her first novel, Blindsighted, made the Crime Writers’ Association’s Dagger Award shortlist for Best Thriller Debut in 2001. In addition to two extremely successful series—the Will Trent series and the Grand County series—Slaughter has published four thrilling standalone novels that push the boundaries of crime fiction…
