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,…
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Such Quiet Girls
Ten children vanish in broad daylight when their school bus is hijacked and their nightmare is only beginning. New driver Jessa is already haunted by the loss of her own daughter three years earlier, and now she’s trapped underground in a buried shipping container with the children she was meant to protect. The kidnappers claim…
The Last One at the Wedding
When Frank Szatowski’s estranged daughter Maggie suddenly invites him to her wedding after three years of silence, he jumps at the chance to make amends. But the lavish event, set at a secluded estate and tied to a powerful tech dynasty, feels off from the start. Locals are hostile, the groom is evasive, and Maggie…
Someone in the Attic
Someone in the Attic by Andrea Mara follows Julia, a woman who begins to suspect someone has been breaking into her home while her family is away. She hears strange noises, notices things slightly out of place, and becomes convinced that someone has been living in her attic. As paranoia grows, Julia struggles to protect…
The Vanishing Place
A shocking murder in the New Zealand bush draws Effie back to the place she swore she’d never return. Once a child who escaped her parents’ terrifying obsession with nature, she now faces the wild forest again when the only witness to the crime is a little girl who looks just like her. Effie must…
Catching Feelings
Daphne Brink doesn’t even like baseball, but fresh off a divorce and a few too many beers, she ends up heckling Carolina Battery player Chris Kepler from the stands. Mortified afterward, she sends him an anonymous DM to apologize…without admitting she was the heckler. Chris, struggling with grief and burnout, finds unexpected comfort in the…
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…
The Honeycrisp Orchard Inn
Ellie Lawson’s life takes a nosedive when she gets dumped by her boyfriend and fired from her job all in one day. With nowhere else to turn, she heads back to her parents’ charming inn nestled in a Long Island apple orchard, hoping for some quiet recovery time. Instead, she finds Aiden, the infuriating (and…
Birding with Benefits
A divorcee embarks on her “year of yes” and crosses paths with a shy but sensitive birdwatcher who changes her life in this charming rom-com perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Ali Hazelwood. Newly divorced and almost an empty nester, Celeste is finally ready to put herself first. When she agrees to pose as…
Play Nice
Clio Barnes has built a picture-perfect life as an influencer, but when her estranged mother dies, she and her sisters inherit their childhood home, the same house their mother claimed was possessed by a demon. Clio sees an opportunity to turn the house into content gold with a home renovation, but as memories resurface and…