| A Tidy Ending by Joanna CannonWhat it's about: British housewife Linda Hammett lives a quiet (if unfulfilling) life with her husband Terry in a house she keeps spotless. Things start to get messy when she receives a fancy catalog addressed to the home's previous owner, her husband starts working odd hours, and local women start to disappear.
For fans of: unreliable narrators, suburban malaise, and sardonic humor.
Reviewers say: A Tidy Ending is "sublimely structured and darkly witty" (Publishers Weekly) and "chock-a-block with punch-in-the gut twists, wry humor, tragedy, and heartbreak" (Booklist). |
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| Three Assassins by Kōtarō IsakaWhat it is: a fast-paced and compelling story of revenge served very, very cold.
The premise: Former math teacher Suzuki takes a job at a front company for the organized crime syndicate he holds responsible for killing his wife two years ago, where he gets pulled into Tokyo's criminal underworld and meets two assassins whose personalities are as surprising as their professional skills are deadly.
About the author: Award-winning Japanese writer Kōtarō Isaka is best known in the English speaking world for Bullet Train, which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Brad Pitt. |
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| You're Invited by Amanda JayatissaThe premise: Amaya is a young Sri Lankan woman who lives a lonely, self-destructive life in Los Angeles. Surprised to receive an invitation to her former friend Kaavi's lavish wedding, Amaya decides to fly home for the celebration.
The problem: Part of the reason Kaavi is a former friend is that the groom is Amaya's ex-boyfriend. Determined to stop the wedding at any cost, Amaya gets more than she bargained for when Kaavi goes missing and she becomes a suspect in the disappearance.
For fans of: Only Ever Her by Marybeth Whalen; Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton. |
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| The Rule of Three by E.G. ScottWhere it's set: Kingsland, a Long Island gated community where the only way to move in is to be invited.
The setup: Vicky Barnes returns home from her regular book club to find that her disgraced politician husband has been shot dead, and the same is true for the husbands of the two other women she spent the evening with.
Is it for you? Though compelling, the characters are not exactly easy to like and their narration is definitely unreliable. |
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One Step Too Far
by Lisa Gardner
"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner, a thrilling new novel that sends missing persons expert Frankie Elkin into a national forest in Wyoming looking for a young man who disappeared without a trace. But when the search team encounters immediate threats to their survival, Frankie realizes she's up against something very dark--and she's running out of time"
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The Good Son by Jacquelyn MitchardWhen her son is released from prison after serving time for the negligent homicide of his girlfriend, Thea is committed to helping him make amends until attempts on their lives are made, leading her to believe that those who are threatening them have something to hide.
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Fear Thy Neighbor : A Riveting Novel of Suspense
by Fern Michaels
Allison Marshall believes shes found the ideal place to settle down on Palmetto Island, but soon discovers that the locals have a secret, and once she discovers what it is, she must either stay and join them or risk escaping.
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