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When She Comes Knocking by Dan McDowell

Dark, winding, and wonderfully addictive… McDowell portrays a damaged couple trying to come to terms with their past trauma in this incisive and disquieting tale. Trying to put the traumatic tragedy of their past behind, Ben and Hannah Decker move…
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The Happy Couple by Samantha Hayes

A quick read… In Hayes’s latest thriller, a woman comes across a dark, twisted truth while trying to look into her husband’s disappearance. Finding it hard to move on after her husband Will’s disappearance a year ago, Jo is contemplating…
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The Apartment by K.L. Slater

A feeble attempt at a psychological thriller… Slater’s latest is not only thin on plotting but also offers a premise that strains credibility. A broken marriage and the unexpected death of her husband forces Freya Miller to sell her home…
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The Half Sister by Sandie Jones

A lackluster read… This fairly average domestic thriller, Jones’s latest, disappoints with its dull narrative, flat characterization, and predictable ending. When the siblings Kate and Lauren leave for their mother Rose’s house for their obligatory Sunday lunch get-together, they have…
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The Perfect Couple by Jackie Kabler

A thoroughly engrossing thriller… Kabler’s insubstantial yet entertaining thriller tells the story of a woman whose husband goes missing soon after moving to a new city. Gemma and Danny, the happily married couple, have just moved to Bristol to start…
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The New Husband by D.J. Palmer

A page-turner but not without faults… After her husband mysteriously disappears without a trace, Nina is devastated to learn about his double life. With their finances dwindling fast, Nina has no intention to look for another man. But when Simon…
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Roses Are Red by Miranda Rijks

A gripping thriller… After suffering heartbreak in her marriage, Lydia Palmer is preparing for divorce. When Adam suddenly dies, Lydia enters the world of online dating on insistence of her friends and meets the dashing, gentle Patrick. It doesn’t take…