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3) Disclaimer
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Reading a mysterious novel that recounts in haunting detail the day she became the victim of a dark secret, documentary filmmaker Catherine Ravenscroft is forced to confront the past to prevent her world from falling apart.
4) Astonish me
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the widely acclaimed debut novel Seating Arrangements, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize: a gorgeously written, fiercely compelling glimpse into the passionate, political world of professional ballet and its magnetic hold over two generations. Astonish Me is the irresistible story of Joan, a ballerina whose life has been shaped by her relationship with the world-famous dancer Arslan Ruskov, whom she helps defect from the Soviet...
Author
Language
English
Description
Best-selling and award-winning author Lisa Scottoline reaches new heights with this riveting novel about how a single decision can undo a family, how our past can derail our present, and how not guilty doesn't always mean innocent.Allie Garvey is heading home to the funeral of a childhood friend. Allie is not only grief-stricken, she's full of dread. Because going home means seeing the other two people with whom she shares an unbearable secret.Twenty...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Thirty-one-year-old Celia, having blocked out circumstances involving the disappearance of her best friend and rival Djuna twenty years earlier, realizes that in order to move forward in her relationship with her longtime boyfriend, Huck, she must return home and confess the truth, but when her family and friends do not believe her she must find another way to prove what happened.
8) Midnight
Author
Language
English
Description
The death of Manhattan judge Alvin Canter on New Year's Eve in his chambers presents a serious problem to his law clerk, Tom Carroway, and his secretary, Carol Scilingo. When a judge dies, the members of his staff keep their jobs until the end of the year, so the two are suddenly faced with unemployment at the end of the day unless they can make it appear as if the judge died after midnight. Carol is a single parent and the only support for her son,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Molly's life looks perfect at least on the surface. But no one in her neighborhood knows what living with her demanding husband Tanner is really like. They know even less about the life she left behind in Florida. Back then, Molly was Maddy Carmichael and after the events of her high school prom - and the act of vengeance that followed - she fled north and reinvented herself. But the veneer of Molly's polished existence is finally cracking.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, his wife, Nina, thinks he is blowing off steam at a friend's house after their heated fight the night before. But then a day goes by. Two days. Five. And Jake is still nowhere to be found. Lily Scott, Nina's friend and coworker, thinks she may have been the last to see Jake before he went missing. After Lily confesses everything to her husband, Christian, the two decide that nobody can find out...
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Kate Bennett vanished from a parking lot eleven years ago, leaving behind her husband and young daughter. When she shows up at a Montana gas station, clutching an infant and screaming for help, investigators believe she may have been abducted by a cult. Kate's return flips her family's world upside down--her husband is remarried, and her daughter barely remembers her. Kate herself doesn't look or act like she did before. While the family tries to...
Author
Language
English
Description
I have something for you. When Quinn Cruz receives that cryptic text message from her older sister Nora, she doesn't think much of it. They haven't seen each other in nearly a year and thanks to Nora's fierce aloofness, their relationship consists mostly of infrequent phone calls and an occasional email or text. But when a haunted Nora shows up at the lake near Quinn's house just hours later, a chain reaction is set into motion that will change both...
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A newly-pregnant trained assassin wonders why her husband broke the rules and took a hit job at a college without telling her and also questions why a particular woman in the crowd responded differently than everyone else.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Agatha is pregnant and works part-time stocking shelves at a grocery store in a ritzy London suburb, counting down the days until her baby is due. As the hours of her shifts creep by in increasing discomfort, the one thing she looks forward to at work is catching a glimpse of Meghan, the effortlessly chic customer whose elegant lifestyle dazzles her. Meghan has it all: two perfect children, a handsome husband, a happy marriage, a stylish group of...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Set in the beach community of a tony Connecticut town, our heroine is a single mom who works for a famous--and famously reclusive--novelist. When she stumbles on a secret that the great man has kept hidden for years, she knows that there are plenty of women in town who would love to get their hands on it--including some who fancy the writer for themselves.
16) The good liar
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When an explosion rips apart a Chicago building, the lives of three women are forever altered.
17) The Eden Test
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Adam Sternbergh brings his wit, humor, and a Hitchcockian sense of dread to What Have We Done, a chilling, surprising, and wholly entertaining portrait of a marriage on the brink. Seven Days. Seven Questions. Forever Changed. That's how The Eden Test, a week-long getaway, advertises itself for couples in trouble. And that's what Daisy, a talented actress, has signed up for, in the hopes of saving her marriage. It's a tall order, seeing as her husband...
Author
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying. I...
19) Sarah Thornhill
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Sarah, the youngest daughter of William Thornhill, an ex-convict from London who has built his fortune on the blood of the Aboriginal people, has her eyes on handsome Jack Langland and while their romance seems idyllic the ugly secret in Sarah's family is poised to ambush them both.
20) Whisper network
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Sloane, Ardie, Grace, and Rosalita have worked at Truviv, Inc. for years. The sudden death of Truviv's CEO means their boss, Ames, will likely take over the entire company. Each of the women has a different relationship with Ames, who has always been surrounded by whispers about how he treats women. Those whispers have been ignored, swept under the rug, hidden away by those in charge. But the world has changed, and the women are watching this promotion...
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