Recommendations based on "This is how I Lied"

The stunning new thriller from international No.1 bestseller Karin Slaughter, author of Pieces of Her , now a major Netflix seriesA girl with a secret...Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn gets ready for prom night, the highlight of any high school experience. But Emily has a secret. And by the end of the evening, she will be dead.A murder that remains a mystery...Forty years later, Emily's murder remains unsolved. Her friends closed ranks, her family retreated inwards, the community moved on. But all that's about to change.One final chance to uncover a killer...Andrea Oliver arrives in town with a simple assignment: to protect a judge receiving death threats. But her assignment is a cover. Because, in reality, Andrea is here to find justice for Emily - and to uncover the truth before the killer decides to silence her too...A Sunday Times No.1 bestseller for w/c 20/05/2018, 23/06/2019, 28/06/2020, and 04/07/2021'This thriller delivers. It's twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing' Adele Parks, author of One Last Secret'This first-class detective thriller is a dark, sophisticated gem of a read' Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal'An effortlessly accomplished thriller' The TimesKarin Slaughter's book 'Girl, Forgotten' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 14-11-2022.

Instant New York Times Bestseller“Unimpeachably terrific.” —The New York Times Book ReviewFor fans of Ruth Ware, Shari Lapena, and Donna Tartt: a twisty, fast-paced, cinematic literary thriller, and an ingenious book within a book, by the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Enigma of Room 622Marcus Goldman is riding high. The twenty-eight-year-old writer is the new darling of American letters, whose debut novel has sold two million copies. But when it comes time to produce a new book, he is sidelined by a crippling case of writer’s block. He travels to Somerset, New Hamprshire, to see his mentor, Harry Quebert, one of the country’s most respected writers, hoping to jar his creative juices as his publisher’s deadline looms. But Marcus’s plans are upended when Harry is sensationally implicated in a cold-case murder: Fifteen-year-old Nola Kellergan went missing in 1975, and Harry admits to having had an affair with her. Following a trail of clues through the backwoods and isolated beaches of New Hampshire, Marcus must answer two questions, which are mysteriously connected: Who killed Nola Kellergan? And how do you write a book to save someone’s life?Translated from the French by Sam TaylorNamed a Best Book of the Summer by CBS This Morning, Us Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Parade, Houston Chronicle, New York Post, Tampa Bay Times, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and The Daily BeastNow a 10-part TV series on EPIX, starring Patrick Dempsey, Ben Schnetzer, Damon Wayans Jr., and Virginia Madsen

'If you're a fan of the TV series Succession , you'll love this gripping story.' CloserThe Mordaunts aren't like most families . . .For one, their family home is Roxborough Hall - a magnificent, centuries-old mansion in the Norfolk countryside. For another, the house isn't passed down from parent to child - but rather to the family member deemed most worthy.Cecily Mordaunt is dead. On the evening of her funeral, her family will gather for dinner and each will be given a letter, revealing who is the next custodian of Roxborough Hall.The house is a burden, a millstone, a full-time job . . . but they all want it. And some are willing do anything to get it.One family. Eight letters. Who will get what they deserve?_________________________________Everyone is talking about The Will !'I loved this twisty, stylish study of contemporary posh types.' Daily Mail'There are plenty of twists in this entertaining thriller and the tension builds brilliantly.' Good Housekeeping'It's been dubbed Knives Out meets Gossip Girl , and that's a fair summation of this nifty little read.' Belfast Telegraph'Rebecca Reid's addictive novel is brimming with scandal, black humour and palpable suspense.' Woman's Own'If you were on the edge of your seat with crime novels from Adele Parks and Lisa Jewell, you'll need to add this book to your collection.' Chat Magazine'An addictive novel full of suspense.' Bella Magazine' The Will is that rare kind of book that draws you so deeply into its world, that you start believing the characters are your real life acquaintances, and wondering what they're up to. Perhaps that's why I raced through to find out. Rebecca's protagonists are complex, deliciously flawed, and utterly addictive.' Jemma Wayne

“Harlan Coben is the modern master of the hook-and-twist.”—Dan BrownFor Dr. David Beck, the loss was shattering. And every day for the past eight years, he has relived the horror of what happened. The gleaming lake. The pale moonlight. The piercing screams. The night his wife was taken. The last night he saw her alive.Everyone tells him it’s time to move on, to forget the past once and for all. But for David Beck, there can be no closure. A message has appeared on his computer, a phrase only he and his dead wife know. Suddenly Beck is taunted with the impossible—that somewhere, somehow, his wife is alive . . . and he’s been warned to tell no one.Praise for Tell No One“A thriller of runaway tension . . . masterful suspense and explosive twists of fate.”—Iris Johansen“A compelling and original suspense thriller.”—Los Angeles Times“Nonstop action with plot twists galore.”—Phillip Margolin

New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen knows how to expertly dissect a brilliantly suspenseful story, all the while keeping fascinated readers riveted to her side. By turns darkly enthralling and relentlessly surprising, The Keepsake showcases an author at the peak of her storytelling powers.For untold years, the perfectly preserved mummy had lain forgotten in the dusty basement of Boston’s Crispin Museum. Now its sudden rediscovery by museum staff is both a major coup and an attention-grabbing mystery. Dubbed “Madam X,” the mummy–to all appearances, an ancient Egyptian artifact–seems a ghoulish godsend for the financially struggling institution. But medical examiner Maura Isles soon discovers a macabre message hidden within the corpse–horrifying proof that this “centuries-old” relic is instead a modern-day murder victim.To Maura and Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli, the forensic evidence is unmistakable, its implications terrifying. And when the grisly remains of yet another woman are found in the hidden recesses of the museum, it becomes chillingly clear that a maniac is at large–and is now taunting them.Archaeologist Josephine Pulcillo’s blood runs cold when the killer’s cryptic missives are discovered, and her darkest dread becomes real when the carefully preserved corpse of yet a third victim is left in her car like a gruesome offering–or perhaps a ghastly promise of what’s to come.The twisted killer’s familiarity with post-mortem rituals suggests to Maura and Jane that he may have scientific expertise in common with Josephine. Only Josephine knows that her stalker shares a knowledge even more personally terrifying: details of a dark secret she had thought forever buried.Now Maura must summon her own dusty knowledge of ancient death traditions to unravel his twisted endgame. And when Josephine vanishes, Maura and Jane have precious little time to derail the Archaeology Killer before he adds another chilling piece to his monstrous collection.

From the #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author comes a gripping psychological thriller exploring the things we dare to do when no one is looking, set in a gentrified Oregon community that becomes the backdrop for an unthinkable tragedy.Now available in a mass market paperback edition for the first time!It only takes one fleeting moment for Liz Camden to change the lives of everyone she loves.The community along Oregon’s Deschutes River is one of successful professionals and perfect families. For years, up-and-comers Liz and Owen have admired their good friends and neighbors, Carole and David. They appear to have it all—security, happiness, and a beautiful young son, Charlie.Then Charlie vanishes without a trace, and all that seemed safe is shattered by a tragedy that is incomprehensible—except to Liz. She can’t undo the terrible mistake she made. Or her unforgiveable decision to conceal it.As two marriages crack and buckle in grief and fear, Liz retreats into her own dark place of guilt, escalating paranoia, and betrayals even she can’t imagine. Because there’s another good neighbor who has his own secrets, his own pain, and his own reasons for watching Liz’s every move. . . . Someone who knows that the mystery of the missing boy on the Deschutes River is far from over.“Olsen WILL SCARE YOU—AND YOU’LL LOVE IT.” —Lee Child

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Fully realized, wholly absorbing and almost painfully suspenseful...The journey is mesmerizing.” —New York TimesA woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf.True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn’t mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she’s retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence. It would be perfect, if not for the fact that decades earlier, at this very house, two people were murdered in cold blood and a girl disappeared without a trace.As the storm worsens, Wylie finds herself trapped inside the house, haunted by the secrets contained within its walls—haunted by secrets of her own. Then she discovers a small child in the snow just outside. After bringing the child inside for warmth and safety, she begins to search for answers. But soon it becomes clear that the farmhouse isn’t as isolated as she thought, and someone is willing to do anything to find them.Don’t miss Heather’s upcoming twisty locked-room thriller, EVERYONE IS WATCHING!And don't miss these other great stories by Heather!The Weight of SilenceThese Things HiddenLittle MerciesMIssing PiecesNot a SoundBefore She Was FoundThis is How I Lied

“This debut novel has the power to shock and awe with its explosively frightening premise about a woman who is kidnapped by a stranger and held against her will for more than year. Chevy Stevens is sure to rock lovers of the thriller genre.” ―USA TodayOn the day she was abducted, Annie O'Sullivan, a thirty-two-year-old realtor, had three goals―sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. The open house is slow, but when her last visitor pulls up in a van as she's about to leave, Annie thinks it just might be her lucky day after all.Interwoven with the story of the year Annie spent captive in a remote mountain cabin―which unfolds through sessions with her psychiatrist―is the second narrative recounting the nightmare that follows her escape: her struggle to piece her shattered life back together, the ongoing police investigation into the identity of her captor, and the disturbing sense that things are far from over.Chevy Stevens's Still Missing is a shocking, visceral, brutal, and beautifully crafted novel about surviving the unsurvivable―and living to bear witness.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense comes a fast-paced, emotion-packed novel about guilt, grief, and our capacity to forgive17-year-old Haley McWaid is a good girl, the pride of her suburban New Jersey family, captain of the lacrosse team, headed off to college next year with all the hopes and dreams her doting parents can pin on her. Which is why, when her mother wakes one morning to find that Haley never came home the night before, and three months quickly pass without word from the girl, the community assumes the worst.Wendy Tynes is a reporter on a mission, to identify and bring down sexual predators via elaborate—and nationally televised—sting operations. Working with local police on her news program Caught in the Act, Wendy and her team have publicly shamed dozens of men by the time she encounters her latest target. Dan Mercer is a social worker known as a friend to troubled teens, but his story soon becomes more complicated than Wendy could have imagined.In a novel that challenges as much as it thrills, filled with the astonishing tension and unseen suburban machinations that have become Coben’s trademark, Caught tells the story of a missing girl, the community stunned by her loss, the predator who may have taken her, and the reporter who suddenly realizes she can’t trust her own instincts about this story—or the motives of the people around her.Praise for Long Lost:"Coben is one of the best authors around at writing page-turning suspense, as Long Lost makes clear."-Chicago Sun-Times"Roller-coaster plot and savvy dialogue...All the ingredients of a good old- fashioned thriller: murder, action and wit."-New York Daily News

THE GRIPPING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK, FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLERA girl trapped in a secret room. Only silence can save her.__________She has secrets.Six years ago, Evie Cormac was found hiding in a secret room in the aftermath of a brutal murder. But nobody has ever discovered her real name or where she came from, because everybody who tries ends up dead.He needs answers.Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven believes the truth will set Evie free. Ignoring her warnings, he begins to dig into her past, only to disturb a hornet's nest of corrupt and powerful people who have been waiting to find Evie - the final witness to their crimes. Unbeknownst to him, Cyrus is leading them straight to Evie.The truth will not set her free. But it could get them killed . . .__________WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION STEEL DAGGER FOR BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR'What makes Michael stand out is how he invests suspense with such a strong emotional pull. No one else comes close' Linwood Barclay'Never lets up on the suspense . . . Definitely Robotham's best to date' Globe and Mail'Clever, intriguing and compelling, I loved this book' Rachel Abbott'So good that I rationed my reading as I didn't want to finish it' ***** Reader Review'Tense, immersive and riveting' ***** Reader Review'Keeps your attention in a vice-like grip' ***** Reader Review__________PRAISE FOR MICHAEL ROBOTHAM'S THRILLERS:'An absolute master' Stephen King'Superbly exciting' Guardian'He writes in a voice with a haunting sense of soul' Peter James'Robotham is the real deal' David Baldacci'Heart-stopping and heart-breaking' Val McDermid'Will have you turning the pages compulsively' Times