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Author: Fiona Barton She remembers the moment he died: a simple point in an ordinary day, despite the undercurrents, when the car came out of nowhere. And now the reporters won’t leave her alone. Now everyone knows she was the wife of THAT MAN, and they want to know if it is true about what he did. They want to know what it is she knew. About the girl. About the kidnapping and the hidden body. But Jean isn’t saying anything; she’s stood by her man this far, hasn’t she? But maybe everything is different now? When ambitious journalist Kate Waters [...]

Homicides and Hometowns Author: Jane Harper Aaron Falk is back in his hometown in The Dry. His small, oppressive, hostile hometown. And he’s back for the funeral of his childhood best friend, a man who is accused of shooting his wife and son before shooting himself. Tensions in the little town, beleaguered by a drought and endless financial trouble, are already running high. This is just one more thing, and Falk’s return ignites both hate and memory. Seeing him at the funeral, people just remember the past, remember him and his best friend and that other long-ago death. But Falk is [...]

Two alternating timelines. One killer. Author: R. L. Stine Two groups of teenagers seeking sun and fun during a beach vacation are separated by decades, but they are brought together by one ill fated beach and a house on pylons: a strange house no one has ever lived in. Back in the 50s the group slowly dwindled, separated and culled by a ruthless killer. And now – today? The same thing is happening again in Beach House. Will the survivors be able to figure out the secret of the beach house and stop the anger behind the deadly force bent on [...]