The Searcher by Tana French

Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wants to build a new life in a pretty spot with a good pub where nothing much happens. But when a local kid whose brother has gone missing arm-twists him into investigating, Cal uncovers layers of darkness beneath his picturesque retreat, and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets.

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American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

Inspired by true events–Thomas Sankara is known as “Africa’s Che Guevara”–American Spy knits together a gripping spy thriller, a heartbreaking family drama, and a passionate romance. This is a face of the Cold War you’ve never seen before.

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Long Bright River by Liz Moore

Alternating its present-day mystery with the story of the sisters’ childhood and adolescence, Long Bright River is at once heart-pounding and heart-wrenching: a gripping suspense novel that is also a moving story of sisters, addiction, and the formidable ties that persist between place, family, and fate.

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Liz Moore’s latest book, The God of the Woods, is one of my best 2024 literary fiction books.

When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning…

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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

“Last Night I Dreamt I went to Manderley Again…”  With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter recalls the chilling events that transpired as she began her new life as the young bride of a husband she barely knew.

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Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

A profoundly moving story of family, secrets, and longing, Everything I Never Told You is both a gripping page-turner and a sensitive family portrait, uncovering the ways in which mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives struggle, all their lives, to understand one another.

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The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton is a breathlessly addictive novel that follows one man’s race against time to find a killer–but an astonishing time-turning twist means that nothing and no one are quite what they seem.

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Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

Brilliantly clever, relentlessly suspenseful, and full of twists that will keep readers guessing with each revelation and clue, Moonflower Murders is a deviously dark take on vintage English crime fiction.

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The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel

Gavin Sasaki was a promising young journalist in New York City until the day he was fired for plagiarism. The last thing he wants is to sell foreclosed real estate for his sister Eilo’s company in their Florida hometown, but he’s in no position to refuse her job offer. Plus, there’s another reason to go home: Eilo recently met a ten-year-old girl who looks very much like Gavin and has the same last name as his high-school girlfriend, Anna, who left town abruptly after graduation.

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All The Devils Are Here by Louise Penny

In “All The Devils Are Here” by Louise Penny, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates a sinister plot in Paris after his godfather, billionaire Stephen Horowitz, is critically injured in a deliberate attack. A mysterious key found on Stephen leads Gamache, his wife, and former colleague through Paris’s landmarks and secrets. As they uncover hidden truths, they realize the danger is far greater than anticipated. Gamache must decide whom to trust as his entire family becomes ensnared in a web of lies and deceit.

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Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra

A mother faces a harrowing ordeal when an intruder threatens her and her children while they are home alone during a blizzard. She must protect her family as she uncovers the intruder’s true identity and intentions.

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The Sleepwalkers by Scarlett Thomas

Patricia Highsmith meets White Lotus in this suspenseful modern gothic tale as a couple escapes their secretive pasts on a Greek island honeymoon. As they confront present dangers and dark truths during a stormy night at Villa Rosa, their confessions could be their salvation.

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