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Make It Out Alive: A Quinn & Costa Thriller by Allison Brennan
Make It Out Alive
by Allison Brennan

Three newlywed couples vanish from an exclusive Florida resort, only to be found dead days later. With few clues beyond the location and the eerie similarities between the female victims, the FBI Mobile Response Team races to stop a serial killer before he strikes again. Their best lure is Detective Kara Quinn, who looks exactly like the women being targeted.

Undercover as honeymooners, Kara and FBI Agent Matt Costa set the perfect trap—and catch their man. But the relief is short-lived. By Monday, Kara and Matt have vanished, and the team discovers they never checked out. The killer had help, and now the real nightmare begins. Trapped in a deadly escape room, Kara and Matt must fight their way out—or die trying.
The Flack by Brad Parks
The Flack
by Brad Parks

Curt Hinton and Angel Reddish are like a Hollywood buddy flick come to life—former college roommates turned lifelong best friends who always have each other’s backs. So when Angel offers Curt a chance to leave his failing newspaper job for a lucrative position as head of corporate communications at Balco, Curt jumps at it. But on Curt’s first day, Angel is dead, killed in what looks like a random carjacking. Except it wasn’t random—it was a professional hit. With the police and FBI coming up empty, Curt starts digging, and quickly realizes Balco may be far more dangerous than it seems.
What Happens in the Dark by Kia Abdullah
What Happens in the Dark
by Kia Abdullah

Lily and Safa were best friends growing up. Now, Lily is the nation’s favourite breakfast TV presenter and Safa, once a renowned journalist, is reeling from a recent fall from grace.

When news breaks about suspicious bruises on Lily’s body, Safa attempts to rekindle their old friendship. But Lily claims the bruises are nothing to worry about.

And then one night the police are called to Lily’s home. Lily is strangely calm – and a body lies dead at her feet.

Lily pleads not guilty, and then says nothing more. Driven by her desire to give a voice to all victims, Safa begins her own investigation into what happened that night.

But Safa is not prepared for what her quest for justice will uncover...
Jigsaw: An Alex Delaware Novel by Jonathan Kellerman
Jigsaw
by Jonathan Kellerman

What looks like an easy slam dunk—a young woman found dead at her kitchen table, DNA on cigarette butts pointing straight to her ex-con ex-boyfriend—quickly turns into something far more twisted. Homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis thought he had his guy… until the case takes a sharp left into mind-bending whodunit territory. That’s when he calls in psychologist Alex Delaware, his go-to consultant for the strange ones. The different ones. Then another body turns up: an elderly woman brutally murdered, mutilated, and stuffed into a deep freeze. Milo recognizes her, and suddenly the stakes are personal. Her hoarder-packed home hides disturbing clues—including envelopes of cash buried in the trash. And as Alex and Milo dig deeper, they uncover shocking connections that turn two cases into one deadly, labyrinthine puzzle.
Such a Clever Girl by Darby Kane
Such a Clever Girl
by Darby Kane

Fifteen years ago, the Tanner family vanished without a trace, leaving behind half-eaten meals, a bloodstain by the door, and a fire that destroyed their business. Their home sits abandoned, a haunting relic as the mystery fades into local legend—until Aubrey Tanner returns. Now thirty and hardened, Aubrey carries secrets in her silence. Did she survive that fateful night, or does she hold the key to her family’s fate? As a new disappearance rattles the town, three women—a teacher, a café owner, and a psychologist—are drawn together, each guarding pieces of the puzzle. The past is dangerous, and someone is destined to kill again.
Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden
Dear Debbie
by Freida McFadden

Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and neighborly advice. Through her work, Debbie has heard from countless women who are ignored, belittled, or even abused by their husbands. And Debbie does her best to guide them in the right direction.

Or at least, she did.

These days, Debbie’s life seems to be spiraling out of control. She just lost her job. Something strange is happening with her teenage daughters. And her husband is keeping secrets, according to the tracking app she installed on his phone. Now, Debbie’s done being the bigger person. She’s done being reasonable and practical. It’s time to take her own advice.

And now it’s time for payback against all the people in her life who deserve it the most.
It's Not Her by Mary Kubica
It's Not Her
by Mary Kubica

Courtney Gray’s peaceful vacation turns into a nightmare when she discovers her brother and sister-in-law dead in their lakeside cottage. Her niece Reese is missing. Her nephew Wyatt is asleep upstairs—unharmed.

As police swarm the quiet resort, dark truths about Courtney’s family—and the town itself—begin to surface. Is Reese a victim… or the killer?

With everyone hiding something, Courtney races to uncover the terrible mystery. But the closer she gets, the harder it is to know who—or what—to trust.
Wolf Hour by Jo Nesbo
Wolf Hour
by Jo Nesbo

Minneapolis, 2016. When a small-time criminal and gun dealer is gunned down in the street, all evidence points to Tomas Gomez—a quiet man with a mysterious past and deep gang connections—who then disappears. More murders follow, and Gomez seems unstoppable. Obsessed with understanding the killer, down-and-out suspended cop Bob Oz becomes fixated on the case, drawn to a story as tragic as his own.

Fast forward to 2022: a Norwegian crime writer arrives in Minneapolis to research Gomez for a book. But the deeper he digs, the more his seemingly neutral intentions reveal a hidden, complicating agenda.