Samantha Crewson’s Every Sweet Thing Is Bitter is not an easy book to read, but it is a powerful one. Her debut novel plunges deep into the wounds of family, abuse, and generational pain, delivering a haunting and visceral story about a […]
Rivers Solomon turns the haunted house inside out in Model Home, a literary horror novel that treats a gated Dallas McMansion like a fault line running through one Black family. It is eerie, emotionally brutal, and relentlessly thoughtful. Where many hauntings end […]
Andrea Bartz returns with a moody island thriller that trades neon cocktails for rip currents. The Last Ferry Out strands grief stricken Abby on Isla Colel, a once buzzy paradise hollowed out by a hurricane and a vanishing ferry schedule. She has […]
Elle Gonzalez Rose steps boldly into the world of dark academia with The Girl You Know, a haunting and emotionally charged YA thriller that explores grief, identity, and the corruption hidden behind privilege. It’s a sharp departure from her romantic comedies, but […]
Saratoga Schaefer’s Serial Killer Support Group takes a wild, darkly humorous idea and turns it into a biting feminist thriller about vengeance, morality, and the thin line between justice and obsession. Part The Final Girl Support Group, part My Sister, the Serial […]
Ryan La Sala’s The Dead of Summer is a chilling, atmospheric, and surprisingly heartfelt young adult horror novel that blends supernatural suspense with coming-of-age themes. Imagine We Were Liars meeting The Fog, with a touch of Holly Jackson’s narrative sharpness and a […]
Adam Kay, best known for his witty and heartfelt memoir This Is Going to Hurt, ventures into fiction with A Particularly Nasty Case, a darkly comic medical thriller that examines the fine line between sanity, suspicion, and satire. It’s a murder mystery […]
Rachel Joyce, best known for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, returns with another deeply reflective and emotionally layered novel. The Homemade God is a slow-burning exploration of family, legacy, and the ghosts that linger long after a parent’s death. Set against […]
Shari Lapena, often dubbed the “queen of the one-sit read,” returns with What Have You Done?, a small-town murder mystery that perfectly captures the tension, paranoia, and secrets simmering beneath quiet suburban life. Set in Fairhill, Vermont, this novel explores what happens […]
Kelsey Cox’s debut blends a glossy Texas Hill Country backdrop with a claustrophobic one-night mystery, inviting readers to a black-tie Sweet Sixteen that spirals into tragedy when a body plummets from a balcony. Marketed as a twisty locked-room whodunnit, Party of Liars […]