Eighty-one-year-old Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick has lived on her quiet street for sixty years and knows absolutely everything about her neighbors. Known as a meddling curmudgeon, she’s also hiding a past she’s worked very hard to burybecause throughout her life, people around Elsie have had a strange habit of turning up dead. After all, no one…
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Cloud Nine
Cloud Nine kicks off Amanda Sinatra’s Snowy Peak series with full-on winter sports romance energy. Set against the icy slopes of Vermont, this enemies-to-lovers story is perfect for anyone craving snow, rivalry, and that slow-burn romantic tension that makes you swoon. The story follows Hannah St. Pierre, a photographer who’s sworn off men after her last relationship collapsed…
Her Last Breath
Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams is a relentless, claustrophobic thriller that completely had me in its grip. The story follows best friends Tess and Allie as they embark on a long-delayed caving expedition that quickly turns into a nightmare. After a violent encounter deep underground leaves Tess trapped in a narrow crawl space, the narrative…
The Girls Before
The Girls Before is a chilling, slow-burn thriller that intertwines two haunting storylines: a woman trapped in a dark room (“below”) and a search-and-rescue expert (“above”) haunted by her ex–best friend’s disappearance years earlier. As Audrey uncovers evidence suggesting a missing runaway may be tied to a powerful local family, the novel peels back decades of…
Nowhere Burning
Set in the unforgiving maw of the Rocky Mountains, Nowhere Burning is Catriona Ward’s latest unsettling novel, blending isolation, cult dynamics, and simmering menace in a story that will appeal to fans of Yellowjackets. When Riley flees her uncle’s home with her younger brother to the ruins of an infamous movie star’s ranch, rumored to house feral children,…
The Last Murder at the End of the World
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton is a twisty, inventive thriller set on a remote, dystopian island where a murder occurs and a small group of people must solve it amidst the strange and dangerous environment. The story follows a series of escalating mysteries, with eerie fog, enigmatic characters,…
The Battle of the Bookshops
Jules Capelthorne returns to her seaside hometown to save her great-aunt’s beloved, century-old bookshop from closure. Only to find a shiny new rival has opened directly across the street, run by Roman Montbeau, the insufferable son of a family that’s feuded with hers for years. With the shop’s future on the line, Jules must navigate…
Don’t Forget to Write
Don’t Forget to Write follows Marilyn Kleinman, a young woman in the 1960s whose life is upended after a scandal sends her to live with her sharp-tongued Aunt Ada for the summer. What starts as punishment quickly shifts into a season of transformation filled with hilarious banter, family secrets, and lessons in independence. The characters…
Good Grief
In Good Grief, we follow Ruby and Barbara—two very different women whose lives intersect as they each wrestle with loss, identity, and the messy, often nonlinear process of healing. The novel explores the idea that grief looks different for everyone, it’s never a competition, and sometimes the hardest (and bravest) thing is realizing you can’t…
Behind Every Good Man
It’s 1962, and Beverly Diamond’s picture-perfect suburban life crumbles when she discovers her husband, Larry, in a compromising position with his secretary. Left with two kids, no degree, and little financial support, Bev refuses to play the victim. Instead, she dives headfirst into politics, joining the campaign of Larry’s underdog rival, Michael Landau. With grit,…