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Children are adorable and sweet until they aren't... Thrillers that revolve around creepy kids and kids in terrifying situations. Perfect for the 'just one more page' reader.
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Unspeakable Things
Jess Lourey - Thomas & Mercer
Format: Paperback
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Inspired by a terrifying true story from the author's hometown, a heart-pounding novel of suspense about a small Minnesota community where nothing is as quiet - or as safe - as it seems.Cassie McDowell's life in 1980s Minnesota seems perfectly wholesome. She lives on a farm, loves... |
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The Chain
Adrian McKinty - Mulholland Books
Format: Hardcover
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You just dropped off your child at the bus stop.A panicked stranger calls your phone.Your child has been kidnapped.The stranger then explains that their child has also been kidnapped, by a completely different stranger.The only way to get your child back is to kidnap another child - within... |
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Three Days Missing
Kimberly Belle - Park Row
Format: Paperback
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Those closest to us are often the most dangerous ... It's every parent's worst nightmare: the call that comes in the middle of the night.When Kat Jenkins awakens to the police on her doorstep, her greatest fear is realized. Her nine-year-old son, Ethan, is missing - vanished from the cabin... |
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Sharp Objects: A Novel
Gillian Flynn - Shaye Areheart Books
Format: Book
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WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preakers troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camilles first assignment from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover... |
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The Boy in the Suitcase
Lene Kaaberbol - Soho Crime; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Nina Borg, a Red Cross nurse, wife, and mother of two, is a compulsive do-gooder who canrsquot say no when someone asks for helpmdasheven when she knows better. When her estranged friend Karin leaves her a key to a public locker in the Copenhagen train station, Nina gets suckered into her most... |
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Baby Teeth: A Novel
ZOJE STAGE - St. Martin's Press
Format: Book
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A battle of wills between mother and daughter reveals the frailty and falsehood of familial bonds in award-winning playwright and filmmaker Zoje Stage's tense novel of psychological suspense, Baby Teeth.
Afflicted with a chronic debilitating condition, Suzette Jensen knew... |
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The Lying Game: A Novel
RUTH WARE - Gallery/Scout Press
Format: Book
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On a cool June morning, a woman is walking her dog in the idyllic coastal village of Salten along a tidal estuary known as the Reach. Before she can stop him, the dog charges into the water to retrieve what first appears to be a wayward stick, but to her horror, turns out to be something... |
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Little Darlings: A Novel
Melanie Golding - Crooked Lane Books
Format: Book
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Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they're right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she's never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room, a woman tried to take her babies and replace them... |
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The Last Time I Lied: A Novel
Riley Sager - Dutton
Format: Book
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Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their tiny cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the youngest of the group. The games ended when Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of the cabin in the dead of night. The last... |
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The Wrong Family: A Novel
Tarryn Fisher - Graydon House
Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever been wrong about someone?Juno was wrong about Winnie Crouch.Before moving in with the Crouch family, Juno thought Winnie and her husband, Nigel, had the perfect marriage, the perfect son - the perfect life. Only now that she's living in their beautiful house, she sees... |
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The Whisper Man: A Novel
Alex North
Format: Book
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Told in alternating voices, Alex North's thriller The Whisper Man delivers strong twists and a truly surprising ending. A fresh start always seems like a good idea, but for Tom Kennedy and his son Jake, it doesn't go so well. When the two move back to Tom's hometown,... |
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Gretchen: A Thriller
Shannon Kirk - Brilliance Audio
Format: Audiobook
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The new tenants have a terrible secret. So do the landlord and his daughter ... Ever since Lucy was two, she's been on the run alongside her mother. She's never understood the reason for a lifetime of paranoia, aliases, and lies. All she understands are the rules: never lock eyes... |
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