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Quiet in her bones by Nalini SinghThe Premise: When the bones of missing socialite Meera Rai are discovered in the forest that surrounds her elite neighborhood, her son Aarav is determined to uncover the ugly truth that lives beneath the moneyed elegance – but no one is ready for the murderous secrets that emerge. Who it's for: readers who like suspenseful and compelling stories.
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The perfect daughter by Daniel PalmerThe Premise: When the abandoned girl she adopted years earlier is locked in a decaying psychiatric hospital amid murder allegations, Grace embarks on a desperate search for the origins of her daughter’s multiple-personality disorder. By the author of Delirious. Who it's for: readers who like multiple perspectives and intricately plotted stories. For the Fans of: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides and The Push by Ashley Audrain
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Call me Elizabeth Lark by Melissa ColasantiThe Premise: On the run and needing a place to hide, Elizabeth Lark pretends to be the long-lost daughter of innkeeper Myra Barkley and as she becomes intertwined with the family, she must find a way to confess the truth, especially when someone sets out to make her disappear again. Who it's for: readers who like plot driven and suspenseful stories. For the Fans of: Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell and Never Tell by Lisa Gardner
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Every last fear by Alex FinlayThe Premise: Still reeling from the deaths of nearly his entire family, Matt must also deal with his older brother, Danny, who, in prison for the murder of his teenage girlfriend, is the subject of a virtual true crime documentary proving his innocence – although Matt knows better. Who it's for: readers who like multiple perspectives, fraught family histories, the public love of true crime media and troubled characters trying to do the right thing.
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| The Kill Club by Wendy HeardThe premise: Jasmine "Jazz" Benavides is on her own after surviving the foster care system, but her 13-year-old brother Joaquin was eventually adopted by their controlling foster mother, Carol Coleman.
The problem: As Carol's behavior towards Joaquin becomes increasingly abusive, Jazz finds a potential (and permanent) solution to her Carol problem, but the price is a bargain reminiscent of Strangers on a Train.
About the author: Wendy Heard co-hosts the thriller podcast Unlikeable Female Characters and previously published the psychological thriller Hunting Annabelle. |
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| The Secretary by Renee KnightWhat it is: a menacing and intricately plotted psychological thriller about ruthless ambition, betrayal, and the consequences of codependent self-sacrifice. Starring: prominent businesswoman Mina Appleton, who will do anything to expand the supermarket chain started by her father; Christine Butcher, Mina's indispensable personal assistant for almost 20 years whose need to be needed drives her but also ruins her life.You might also like: Sarah Pinborough's Behind Her Eyes, in which unhealthy dynamics develop between an assistant and her employer's family after the lines between her personal and professional lives start to blur. |
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| Sister Dear by Hannah Mary McKinnonWhat it's about: While mourning the man she thought was her father, Eleanor Hardwicke discovers she’s the daughter of wealthy Stan Gallinger, who warns her to stay away from his family. But Stan has underestimated her, and driven by a deep need to connect, Eleanor decides to find another way into their lives...
Read it for: the shocking contrast between the Gallinger family's picture-perfect image and the way they really live, and Eleanor's journey of self-discovery as she gets pulled deeper into their web.
You might also like: The Half Sister by Sandie Jones, another suspenseful look into the fallout of discovering secret half-siblings after a parent's death. |
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White ivy by Susie YangYears after she is sent away from Boston to China for shoplifting, a conflicted Chinese-American woman reconnects with her golden-boy childhood crush before a ghost from the past threatens her ambitions.
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The good sister by Sally HepworthTwin sisters who are polar opposites but who are harboring a deep, dark secret about their sociopathic mother must face the consequences of both her actions and their own when one tries to start a family.
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For our list of recent Psychological Thrillers, click here. Contact us infoservices@bradford.library.on.ca This newsletter is brought to you by Siiri |
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