New Releases to Jump-Start Your October
You and Me by Nicola Rayner
Description
The perfect gripping, twisty suspense for fans of Netflix’s You and Lisa Jewell’s Watching You
Watching sunrises together should have been romantic.
But you were always inside with your wife, and I sat in your garden, in the shadows.
I thought you’d never know how I felt about you.
Until one night, I witnessed a terrible crime.
I wanted it to bring us closer together.
But now the secrets are tumbling out.
And they could tear everything apart…
A breath-taking suspense full of twists and turns – if you think you know how this ends, think again
Advance Praise
Praise for Nicola Rayner
‘In The Girl Before You, Nicola Rayner has written the new The Girl on the Train, although her novel also features note-perfect prose and an ending that will leave you gasping. So addictive, it should come with a health warning’ Observer
‘I adored this wonderfully assured debut. Nicola Rayner writes like a dream. An engrossing and emotionally honest writer. Can’t wait for her next book!’ Emma Curtis
‘A haunting mystery, with beautiful characters I’m still left thinking about’ Jenny Quintana
‘A tantalising and suspenseful mystery. Absolutely brilliant! I didn’t want it to end’ Lauren North
‘A beautifully observed and superbly written psychological drama… A writer to watch with the greatest of excitement’ The Chap
The Trapped Daughter by Jay Kerk
Description
"Excellently portrayed and filled with obsession, darkness, twisted truths, and insecurities." Starred review by Readers' Favorite
Have you ever been trapped somewhere? I have.
Have you ever found that the world does not believe you? I did.
I have been betrayed by the people I trusted the most. They coil around me like snakes, lulling me with whispers about protection and safety and for your own good.
They offer up pills like sweets, promising me relief. Just take the meds and everything will be fine, Belle – the meds, Belle, the meds.
Everything will not be fine, and it never will be. Justice is gone from the world. I have been wronged by Gabe, the man I loved most, and when I turned to others for backup, they sided with him because he’s a star. When I ran to my father for safety, he locked me up in his great big mansion and threw away the key. Now I drift like the ghost Gabe pretended I was, my bare feet tasting the coldness of rich tiles, my breath turning to ice.
Gabe isn’t real, they tell me. They insult me, they spit at me, then smile and pretend that they wish to help. Meanwhile, Gabe is out there, luxuriating in all that I won for him, and I suffer and burn.
A Note From the Publisher
Dr. Jay Kerk uses his medical background to research and create captivating psychological thrillers. His main driver is his fascination with the human mind and its vast capabilities.
Advance Praise
"This descent into madness is excellently portrayed and is filled with obsession, darkness, twisted truths, and insecurities and will have you questioning who is being manipulated and to what ends." Starred review by Readers' Favorite
"Plot twists abound in this harrowing tale of an abused and isolated young woman struggling with lost love and lost ideas in Jay Kerk's THE TRAPPED DAUGHTER, a solid psychological thriller sure to give readers the creeps." IndieReader (IR) - 4.4 stars out of 5
"High tension, an unreliable narrator, and interesting characters make up this psychological thriller." Reedsy Discovery Review
House of Lies by D. S. Butler
Description
A dark secret. A haunted past. And a house full of lies.
When two teenage girls vanish without a trace from an educational retreat at Chidlow House in Lincolnshire, the students and teachers are put on high alert.
Called in to investigate, Detective Karen Hart questions everyone who came into contact with the two girls, Cressida and Natasha, in the days leading up to their disappearance.
Stories of Chidlow House being haunted abound, but Hart—still coming to terms with the suspicious circumstances surrounding the tragic loss of her own family—knows that while the house might be otherworldly, the crime is grimly real.
But nothing is quite as it seems at Chidlow House. When it becomes clear that someone at the estate must know more than they’re letting on, Hart faces a race against time to find the culprit and save the girls.
While there is no shortage of suspects, Hart comes up against one dead end after another. And when she too begins hearing eerie whispers in the walls, she is forced to wonder: was she too quick to dismiss Chidlow’s supernatural reputation?
A Note From the Publisher
Born in Kent, D. S. Butler grew up as an avid reader with a love for crime fiction and mysteries. She has worked as a scientific officer in a hospital pathology laboratory and as a research scientist. After obtaining a PhD in biochemistry, she worked at the University of Oxford for four years before moving to the Middle East. While living in Bahrain, she wrote her first novel and hasn’t stopped writing since. She now lives in Lincolnshire with her husband.