| The Five Year Lie by Sarina BowenAriel Cafferty questions everything and ends up on the run after receiving an odd text from her four-year-old son's dad, who disappeared five years ago while working for her family's security camera tech company. Known for romance novels, this is Sarina Bowen's fast-paced first thriller. Read-alikes: The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews; The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave. |
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| Knife River by Justine ChampineWhen Jess was 13 and her sister, Liz, was 19, their mother went for a walk and never returned. Fifteen years on, bones have been found, and Jess, who left town as soon as she could, comes home to find Liz certain that she knows who killed their mother...but Jess isn't so sure. For fans of: Long Bright River by Liz Moore; Into the Water by Paula Hawkins. |
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| Middletide by Sarah CrouchIn 1994 Point Orchards, Washington, Dr. Erin Landry is found hanging from a tree on the property of failed writer Elijah Leith, whom she dated. At first the sheriff thinks suicide, but after examining things, he suspects murder, especially as the killing mirrors one in Leith's novel. This slow-burn atmospheric thriller is Sarah Crouch's debut and it combines the 1990s storyline with a 1973 one. Read-alike: Kate White's The Last Time She Saw Him. |
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| The Nature of Disappearing by Kimi Cunningham GrantIn this evocative, character-driven wilderness story, Emlyn, a 28-year-old fishing and hunting guide in Idaho, keeps to herself and has trust issues thanks to her ex-boyfriend, Tyler. Now Janessa, Emlyn's former best friend and a #vanlife influencer, has disappeared, and Tyler thinks only the two of them can find her. Read-alikes: Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates; The Guide by Peter Heller. |
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| Blood in the Cut by Alejandro NodarseOut of prison after three years, Iggy Guerra returns to his much-changed family in Miami: his mom recently died, his little brother wants to quit school, his dad is involved with illegal Everglades poachers, and the family butcher shop is failing. Iggy doesn’t know how he’s going to fix it all, but he’s going to try. For fans of: intense, gritty crime novels, like those by S.A. Cosby and Eli Cranor. |
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| Bright and Tender Dark by Joanna PearsonThis character-driven literary crime novel examines the January 2000 murder of golden girl college student Karlie. Taking place in the months leading up to the murder and in 2019 when Karlie's old roommate decides to look into what happened, Bright and Tender Dark uses multiple viewpoints to delve into lives of an assortment of characters. Read-alikes: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai; Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera. |
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| The Winner by Teddy WayneIn the summer of 2020, working class law school grad Conor O'Toole needs time (to study for the bar) and money (he's got school loans and a sick mom), so he accepts work at an exclusive gated coastal community near Cape Cod teaching tennis. Pretty soon, he's getting paid for sex by an older divorcée while falling for a woman his own age, but then things go horribly wrong. Smartly examining class and power, this darkly humorous slow-burn thriller is already in development for the big screen. |
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