Buried Road
by Katie Tallo.
Third in a series featuring Gus Monet, this book jumps ahead a dozen years and is told through the eyes of Gus’ twelve-year-old daughter Bly.
Three years ago, Gus’s longtime partner, Howard, vanished during a camping trip. Though police, and Howard’s parents, have given up finding him alive, Gus insists on continuing to investigate. Her impetuous nature brings her and Bly into peril and twisty situations on the way to a terrifying climax.
Lying Beside You
Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven is drawn into the search for a missing woman, whose disabled father has been viciously beaten to death. Cyrus is helped, or hindered, by his former patient Evie Cormac, who’s now a tenant in his house. Her ability to detect lies does come in handy— if it could be trusted.
My Darling Husband
by Kimberly Belle.
A home invasion. Jade and her two kids are taken hostage. Cam, her celebrity chef husband, must pay $734,296 in cash by 7 pm, or his family will be killed. But Cam doesn’t have that kind of money, especially since his flagship restaurant has just gone up in flames.
The Island
by Adrian McKinty.
The Baxter family—father, stepmom, and two teenage kids— want to see kangaroos and koalas on their trip to Australia. Some locals take them on a ferry to a private island. Then the Baxters make one fatal mistake, and their trip turns into an unrelenting nightmare.
Two Nights in Lisbon
by Chris Pavone
Arial’s husband is gone when she wakes up in their Lisbon hotel. When he doesn’t show up for breakfast and she can’t reach him by phone or text, she goes to the police to report him missing. But neither the police nor the American Embassy seem ready to help her. And she’s sure he’s in trouble.
The Other Passenger
by Louise Candlish.
Jamie and Kit have been commuting to downtown London by Thames river bus for months, when Kit disappears. Police question Jamie: another passenger witnessed them fighting the last time they travelled together. Who was that passenger, and what did they see?
Last Girl Ghosted
by Lisa Unger.
She met him on a dating app, but he didn’t just want a quick hookup. She falls in love, and when he says he wants to ask her something at dinner, she is anticipating…what? Not that he would stand her up and disappear.
The Incident
Two teenagers confront a world turned upside down by a devastating storm series, and are forced to make decisions they never thought they'd have to face.
False Witness
by Karen Slaughter.
“The past is never where you think you left it.” This dedication, a quote from Katrine Anne Porter, opens this immersive and terrifying novel.
Never Far Away
by Michael Koryta.
Nina Morgan was killed ten years ago by assassins working for her former boss. When her husband—the only one who knows she’s still alive—dies in a freak accident, their teenage daughter dials the number she’s been told to call, reaching “Aunt Leah.” But this triggers events that quickly spin out of control.
Before She Disappeared
by Lisa Gardner.
Frankie Elkin is an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find missing people everyone else has given up on. She’s in Boston, looking for a missing teenage girl, Angelique.
The Water Rat of Wanchai
by Ian Hamilton.
The first book in the Ava Lee series. Ava, a brilliant young Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant and martial arts practitioner, agrees to try to recover the $5 million an international seafood scammer stole from her client, travelling to Hong Kong, Thailand, Guyana, and the British Virgin Islands in her quest.