A murder that stole 1982 national headlines: "Renowned Family Slayed in Home"A case that remained cold for forty long years.The Eyler family was anything but average. The father a top literary agent and the mother a duchess, they thrived in their prestigious Oakmont mansion surrounded by luxury...and secrets. Secrets that would eventually cost them their lives.On a cold autumn night, their legacy ended with a grisly massacre in one of the most horrific scenes ever investigated. Soon details splashed across every newspaper of how the family of five lay slaughtered in their library, cursing the mansion as it became branded the Execution Estate. With no witnesses and no motives, the killer remained free. The case grew colder. Speculations grew darker. Answers grew dimmer.Until now.Former estate manager, Derl Newman, steps forward four decades later with a suspicion and a wild clue that could lead investigators to finally solve the puzzle of...

"Perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum Series and Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club! Crane delivers the dark humor you'll love, characters you root for, and a murder mystery twistier than ever!" (reader review) A lot of people want Victor Valance dead. But only one is willing to pull the trigger...and is about to do it again. Bloodson Bay has a dark history soaked in blood and revenge. When a murder is linked to three friends, it's tough to prove their innocence when they each have a motive. Tara: the town troublemaker with a heart of gold. Ginger: the wild grandma whose fashion is stuck in 1986. Sloane: the deaf entrepreneur thrust into fame after her husband is murdered. All three women have one thing in common—a disturbing connection to the body buried on Tara's horse ranch. Everyone in Bloodson Bay heard about the bad blood between Tara and the victim. And rumor has it Ginger's been...

From USA Today bestselling author Pamela Crane comes an addictively readable domestic suspense novel...Mackenzie, Robin, and Lily have been inseparable forever, sharing life's ups and downs and growing even closer as the years have gone by. They know everything about each other. Or so they believe. Nothing could come between these three best friends . . .Except for a betrayal.Nothing could turn them against each other . . .Except for a terrible past mistake.Nothing could tear them apart . . .Except for murder.

Would you destroy your best friend to save your husband...if he's done the unspeakable?Ginger Mallowan embodies everything the 1980s stand for, from big hair to power suits to "Material Girl"...until her son disappears during a beach walk one night. That's the moment girls don't want to have fun anymore, and the moment she starts hunting for answers.Now Ginger's hair is a bit flatter, her power suits packed into the attic, and her dance steps to Madonna lack the energy of better days. She hasn't found—or forgotten—her missing son, and she's only survived the grief thanks to her neighbor and keeper of secrets, Tara Christie. Except for Ginger's darkest secret of all...about what happened the night her son disappeared.But that vow of friendship is tested when Tara is jarred awake one night by a scream coming from next-door, where she finds Ginger standing over a dead body. Even stranger, Tara's husband is nowhere to be found.As the investigation shakes the...

A CURSED TOWN. A FAMILY'S MURDER. A GIRL WILLING TO RISK EVERYTHING TO SOLVE IT. She thinks she's solving her family's murder, not ensuring her own. If only she knew what danger lurked ahead... Peace Bloodson always wondered about the origin of her family's curse. Dark tales about the gruesome death of her ancestors, the founders of her hometown Bloodson Bay, are retold in fearful whispers around campfires. Wide-eyed children search the shadows for ghosts said to haunt the townsfolk. And the abandoned manor at the edge of her family's farm—called the Slaughter Shed for good reason—holds mysteries no one can explain. As the small-town rumors, and body count, have grown over the years, so does Peace's curiosity. When she finds a hidden journal that sheds light on what happened those fateful years ago, Peace uncovers a secret she doesn't expect. An ancient murder she and her friends must solve to lay the...

Doused with humor, fortified with women empowerment, and starring an irresistibly quirky leading lady, Lessons in Chemistry meets Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine as one woman refuses orders to take her medicine (like a man) and overthrows convention instead.When Sam Stanton's father dies from prescription complications, she pulls up her big-girl undies and demands to hold the drug company responsible. As her father always said, if you want to take down the man, you've got to fight like one. So she converts her great room into a greenhouse and becomes the first holistic advice columnist to challenge modern medicine. But it's 1970, and Sam's readers are wary to accept health advice from anyone but a man.Except one person takes an obsessive interest in Sam's herbal remedies: Thomas Cook, her pharmaceutical adversary with more money than J. Paul Getty, and a reach long enough to squash Sam's unconventional ways...like the way Sam cures...

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Little Deadly Secrets comes a highly anticipated novel that weaves an ancient family mystery and tense drama into a page-turning psychological thriller. Perfect for fans of Celeste Ng's Little Fires Everywhere, Laura Dave's The Last Thing He Told Me, Lisa Jewell, and Ruth Ware.April 1910. Women's rights activist Alvera Fields mysteriously vanishes from her home one night, leaving her newborn baby and husband behind, the case never solved. April 2021. On the anniversary of her great-great-grandmother's disappearance, Alvera's namesake Vera Portman vanishes in an eerily similar manner. Six months later, the police recover a girl's body. While the family waits in the horror of finding out if it's Vera, Felicity Portman clings to hope that her missing teenage daughter is still alive. Despite all odds, Felicity senses a link between the decades-apart cases—a mother feels such things in her...

The deadliest secrets lie closest to home... 'Wow, wow, WOW!! It's 3.15am and I have just finished this amazing book after not being able to put it down!' NetGalley Reviewer 'I was blown away. If you loved Big Little Lies, you'll love this!' NetGalley Reviewer 'The opening of this book goes from 0 to 100, instantly drawing you in: a serene and peaceful setting to "woahhh I have GOT to see what happens here"' NetGalley Reviewer Mackenzie, Robin and Lily have been best friends since college. Twenty years on, they all live in the same neighbourhood with their perfect families, perfect houses, perfect lives... It would seem that nothing could come between these three women.Except for a betrayal. Nothing could turn them against each other.Except for a terrible past mistake. Nothing could tear them apart.Except for murder.... One dead husband. Three best friends who tell each other everything – apart from the truth... Packed with secrets, scandal and suspense, One Perfect Morning is...

YOUR FAVORITE SAVVY SLEUTHS ARE BACK, AND NOTHING CAN PREPARE THEM FOR THE TWIST THAT'S COMING! When her estranged husband shows up on her doorstep, Ginger Mallowan thinks she's finally getting her happily ever after...until he disappears again. Rick Mallowan had never been the type of father to play catch with his sons. Or the kind of husband to stick around. But when he shows up begging for another chance to win Ginger's long-retired heart, she can't deny her first love. As he proves he's a changed man, for Ginger it's a dream come true. Until it twists into a nightmare when he vanishes once again. Unlike his previous disappearing acts, this time he leaves behind a trail of terrifying clues: The cryptic notes expose secrets only he knows, but she can't decipher them.The blood she found is his, but a body hasn't turned up.The bullet aimed at her missed, but it came with a...

By USA Today best-selling author Pamela Crane comes a psychological thriller critics are calling "a literary ride that you'll sink your teeth into and savor until the last chilling page." Perfect for fans of Karin Slaughter and Angela Marsons.A kidnapped baby. A mother's will to find her. A killer targeting them both.  Three years ago Tina Alvarez was trapped in a sex-trafficking ring. Three years ago she bore a daughter who was sold on the black market. But three years didn't erase her tenacity to get her little girl back … and get even with the ones who took her.When rookie private investigator Ari Wilburn accepts her first case to find Tina's long-lost daughter, Ari unravels a mystery bigger than a missing child. A serial killer is targeting people close to her, and the key to who—and why—is buried deep in her past. As the investigation puts her in the killer's crosshairs, Ari must decide between saving herself or guarding her family's grisly secrets.But for Ari it's not easy being a savior. Bringing Tina's daughter back means taking the child from the only family she knows. Is reuniting Tina with her little girl worth destroying this child's life, and possibly her own?A serial killer is watching. Plotting. Can Ari stop the killer before she's next?

I found her in our living room, bleeding and close to death, but alive. Barely. Until morning stole her last breath. The media called her killer the “Triangle Terror” … and then forgot about her. But I never forgot—my murdered sister, and an investigation that led to my own resurrection from the dead.