The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas Pages : 336 Genre : YA, Mystery Stand alone My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : There are ghosts around every corner in Fayette, Pennsylvania. Tessa left when she was nine and has been trying ever since not to think about it after what happened there that last summer. Memories of things so dark will burn themselves into your mind if you let them. Callie never left. She moved to another house, so she...

The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich Pages : 400 Genre : YA, Horror Stand alone My Rating : 4.5/5 About the Book  : Three students: dead. Carly Johnson: vanished without a trace. Two decades have passed since an inferno swept through Elmbridge High, claiming the lives of three teenagers and causing one student, Carly Johnson, to disappear. The main suspect: Kaitlyn, “the girl of nowhere.” Kaitlyn’s diary, discovered in...

Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris Pages : 304 Genre : Psychological Thriller Stand alone My Rating : 3.5/5 About the Book  : Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace: he has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You’d like to get to know Grace better. But it’s difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love. Picture this: a dinner party at their perfect home, the...

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena Pages : 320 Genre : Thriller Stand alone My Rating : 3.5/5 About the Book  : How well do you know the couple next door? Or your husband? Or even—yourself? People are capable of almost anything. . . Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all—a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is...

All the Missing Girls by Morgan Megan Miranda Pages : 384 Genre : Thriller Stand alone My Rating : 4/5 About the Book  : It’s been ten years since Nicolette Farrell left her rural hometown after her best friend, Corinne, disappeared from Cooley Ridge without a trace. Back again to tie up loose ends and care for her ailing father, Nic is soon plunged into a shocking drama that reawakens Corinne’s case and breaks open old wounds...

I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid Pages : 224 Genre : Thriller Stand alone My Rating : 3.5/5 About the Book  : I’m thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It’s always there. Always. Jake once said, “Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can’t fake a thought.” And here’s what I’m...

In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware Pages : 352 Genre : Psychological Thriller Stand alone My Rating : 3.5/5 About the Book  : In a dark, dark wood Nora hasn’t seen Clare for ten years. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back. There was a dark, dark house Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare’s hen do arrives. Is this a chance for Nora to finally put her past behind her? And in the dark, dark...

Second Life by S. J. Watson Pages : 432 Genre : Psychological Thriller Stand alone My Rating : 3/5 About the Book  : Julia’s life is comfortable, if unremarkable, until her sister’s brutal murder opens old wounds. She finds solace in her sister’s best friend, Sophie, but when Sophie reveals the extent of her sister’s online life, Julia becomes convinced that the truth about her death lies deep in the dark, sordid world of...