For fans of Gillian Flynn and The Girls, a dazzling literary crime debut about the disappearance of a teenage girl in a claustrophobic, remote and fractured Colorado town.When 17-year-old Abigail goes missing, her best friend Emma, compelled by the guilt of leaving her only friend alone at the Tall Bones party that night, sets out to find the truth about what happened to Abi. But as the details unfold, the festering secrets and longstanding resentments of ...

The past is never dead. It's not even past.Loyal May has returned to her hometown of Jacknife, Louisiana, a place she fled a decade earlier after a falling-out with her best friend, Cutter Labasque. Working at the local news outlet, she takes care of her ailing mother and hopes to right the wrongs of the past.But days after she arrives, Cutter is found face down in the muddy bayou. The police call it a drowning, but Loyal doesn’t believe them. Cutter and he...

It can happen to anyone. No matter how intelligent you are, how self-confident and capable you are, you can become the prey of a malignant narcissist. Especially if you are an empath and unaware of your gift. We do not label ourselves as victims, but without a victim, narcissists get away with the crime. It happened to Anna Bailey not once, but twice throughout her adult life. She just never knew there was a name for what she was and what they were.. She had been driving her life blind to ...

A woman, exhausted by work and motherhood, hires the services of a sinister firm that promises her a brand-new life…Journeying across America to make a claim to an inheritance, a man must confront the shame and bigotry that has haunted his family for generations…A picture-perfect holiday threatens to unravel as two daughters come to terms with the uneasy dynamic of their new blended family…The stories shortlisted for the 2022 BBC National Short Story Award with Camb...

For fans of Gillian Flynn and The Girls, a dazzling literary crime debut about the disappearance of a teenage girl in a claustrophobic, remote and fractured Colorado town.When 17-year-old Abigail goes missing, her best friend Emma, compelled by the guilt of leaving her only friend alone at the Tall Bones party that night, sets out to find the truth about what happened to Abi. But as the details unfold, the festering secrets and longstanding resentments of ...

The past is never dead. It's not even past.Loyal May has returned to her hometown of Jacknife, Louisiana, a place she fled a decade earlier after a falling-out with her best friend, Cutter Labasque. Working at the local news outlet, she takes care of her ailing mother and hopes to right the wrongs of the past.But days after she arrives, Cutter is found face down in the muddy bayou. The police call it a drowning, but Loyal doesn’t believe them. Cutter and he...

A darkly beautiful, eerie, hypnotic novel about two elderly sisters living alone at the edge of the world.In a place and time unknown, two elderly sisters live in a walled garden, secluded from the outside world. Evelyn and Lily have only ever known each other. What was before the garden, they have forgotten; what lies beyond it, they do not know. Each day is spent in languid service to their home: tending the bees, planting the crops, and dutifully follow...

Brought to you by Penguin.This is the story of three women - one an orphan and refugee who finds a place in the studio of a famous French artist, the other a wife and mother who has stood by her husband for nearly forty years. The third is his daughter, caught in the crossfire between her mother and a father she adores.Amelie is first drawn to Henri Matisse as a way of escaping the conventional life expected of her. A free spirit, she sees in this budding y...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of The Cloisters comes a slow-burn psychological drama about an opulent family that unravels when a decades-old crime resurfaces.“Full of chills and darkness.”—Oprah Daily“Fans of family dramas and thrillers will devour this tense, suspenseful novel.”—Woman’s WorldIn 1992, Sarah Lingate is found dead below the cliffs of Capri...

From “one of the brightest stars in the British crime writing firmament” (John Connolly, New York Times bestselling author), a twisty thriller that combines Agatha Christie with Shutter Island as it follows a group of strangers in a race against time to stop a serial killer.Ten strangers.An old dark house.A killer picking them off one by one.And a missing girl who’s running out of time…And then there was one.

**AN INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2025 CRIME WRITERS OF CANADA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR BEST FIRST CRIME NOVEL"[Ashley Tate] is a writer to watch." —Globe and MailIn this stunning and propulsive debut, a town grieves the loss of a young girl--but some fight to keep the truth about her death a secret. For fans of Jane Harper, Ashley Flowers and Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng.**Welcome to West Wilmer.Where eve...

"I DID WARN HER is Below Deck with a body count, and I loved every minute of it. Intricately plotted and devilishly dramatic, with a claustrophobic setting and a final twist to kill for, I DID WARN HER is everything I want in a thriller. I can't wait to see what Sian Gilbert does next!" — Sara Ochs, author of The ResortA luxurious yacht, a gorgeous crew with secrets and rivalries...and murder! I Did Warn Her is a cunning locked room myster...