When Molly, home alone with her twoyoung children, hears footstepsin the living room, she tries toconvince herself it's the sleepdeprivation. She's been hearingthings these days. Startling at loudnoises. Imagining the worst-casescenario. It's what mothers do, sheknows. But then the footsteps comeagain, and she catches a glimpse ofmovement. Suddenly Molly findsherself face-to-face with an intruderwho knows far too much about herand her family.

The Needby Helen Phillips

Fiction PHILLIP

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Your phone rings. A stranger haskidnapped your child. To free themyou must abduct someone else'schild. Your child will be releasedwhen your victim's parents kidnapanother child. If any of these thingsdon't happen: your child will be killed.You are now part of the chain. "This nightmarish story is incrediblypropulsive and original.” - StephenKing

The Chainby Adrian McKinty

Fiction MCKIN

Billie James returns to her childhoodhome in the Mississippi Delta to claimher meager inheritance: a shack thatbelonged to her now-deceased father.A renowned black poet, he diedunexpectedly when she was only 4years old. Thirty years later, Billiereturns. As she encounters the locals,she hears a strange rumor: that sheherself went missing on the day herfather died. As the mysteryintensifies, she finds out that thisforgotten piece of her past could puther in danger.

The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz

Fiction BENZ

One August afternoon, on theshoreline of the Kamchatka peninsulaat the northeastern edge of Russia,two sisters, eight and eleven, gomissing. In the ensuing months thepolice investigation turns up nothing.Echoes of the disappearancereverberate across a tightly wovencommunity, with the fear and loss feltmost deeply among its women.Connected by the crime: a witness, aneighbor, a detective, a mother.Social and ethnic tensions have longsimmered in the region, and outsidersare often the first to be accused...

Disappearing Earthby Julia Phillips

Fiction PHILL

From the moment Lucy met herhusband's mother, Diana, she waskept at arm's length. Diana wasexquisitely polite, and properlyfriendly, but Lucy knew that she wasnot what Diana envisioned. But whocould fault Diana? She was a pillarof the community, an advocate forsocial justice who helped femalerefugees assimilate to their newcountry. Lucy wanted so much toplease her new mother-in-law. Thatwas five years ago. Now, Diana hasbeen found dead, a suicide note nearher body. Diana claims that she nolonger wanted to live because of abattle with cancer. But the autopsyfinds no cancer. The autopsy doesfind traces of poison and suffocation.Who could possibly want Diana dead?Why was her will changedat the eleventh hour to disinheritboth of her adult children and theirspouses?

The Mother-In-Lawby Sally Hepworth

Fiction HEPWOR

Sloane, Ardie, Grace, & Rosalita haveworked at Truviv, Inc. for years. Thesudden death of Truviv's CEO meanstheir boss, Ames, will likely take overthe entire company. Ames, who hasalways been surrounded by whispersabout how he treats women. Thosewhispers have been ignored,hiddenaway by those in charge. But theworld has changed, and the womenare watching this promotiondifferently. This time, when they findout Ames is making an inappropriatemove on a colleague, they aren'twilling to let it go.

Whisper Networkby Chandler Baker

Fiction BAKER