Gillian Flynn is an American author and television critic for Entertainment Weekly. She has so far written three novels, , for which she won the 2007 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for the best thriller; ; and her best-selling third novel Her book has received wide praise, including fr
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Afterwards
By Lupton, Rosamund
From the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Sister comes a compelling, thrilling story of a mother who will do anything to protect her child. The school is on fire. Her children are inside. Grace runs toward the burning building, desperate to reach them. In the aftermath of the devastating fire which tears her family apart, Grace embarks on a mission to find the person responsible and protect her children from further harm. This fire was not an accident, and her daughter Jenny may still be in grave danger. Grace is the only one who can discover the culprit, and she will do whatever it takes to save her family and find out who committed the crime that rocked their lives. While unearthing truths about her life that may help her find answers, Grace learns more about everyone around her -- and finds she has courage she never knew she possessed.
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9780307716569
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Hardcover
Before We Met
By Whitehouse, Lucie
A whirlwind romance. A picture-perfect marriage. Hannah Reilly has seized her chance at happiness.Until the day her husband doesn't come home ...Hannah, independent, headstrong and determined not to follow in the footsteps of her bitterly divorced mother, has alwa
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9781620402764
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Book
Caribou Island
By Inc., David Vann; Bronson Pinchot; Blackstone Audio
On a small island in a glacier-fed lake on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, Gary and Irene's marriage is unraveling. Alone now that the children are grown, Gary, driven by thirty years of diverted plans, is determined to build from scratch the cabin he has always wanted, believing it will recapture what once drew him to Alaska. Irene knows better. She suspects that the cabin is Gary's first step to leaving her ...
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9781441771742
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Audiobook
Defending Jacob
By William, Landay,
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A legal thriller that’s comparable to classics such as Scott Turow’s Presumed Innocent . . . tragic and shocking.”—Associated Press
NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • Boston Globe • Kansas City Star
Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney for two decades. He is respected. Admired in the courtroom. Happy at home with the loves of his life: his wife, Laurie, and their teenage son, Jacob. Then Andy’s quiet suburb is stunned by a shocking crime: a young boy stabbed to death in a leafy park. And an even greater shock: The accused is Andy’s own son—shy, awkward, mysterious Jacob.
Andy believes in Jacob’s innocence. Any parent would. But the pressure mounts. Damning evidence. Doubt. A faltering marriage. The neighbors’ contempt. A murder trial that threatens to obliterate Andy’s family. It is the ultimate test for any parent: How far would you go to protect your child? It is a test of devotion. A test of how well a parent can know a child. For Andy Barber, a man with an iron will and a dark secret, it is a test of guilt and innocence in the deepest sense.
How far would you go?
Praise for Defending Jacob
“A novel like this comes along maybe once a decade . . . a tour de force, a full-blooded legal thriller about a murder trial and the way it shatters a family. With its relentless suspense, its mesmerizing prose, and a shocking twist at the end, it’s every bit as good as Scott Turow’s great Presumed Innocent. But it’s also something more: an indelible domestic drama that calls to mind Ordinary People and We Need to Talk About Kevin. A spellbinding and unforgettable literary crime novel.”—Joseph Finder
“Defending Jacob is smart, sophisticated, and suspenseful—capturing both the complexity and stunning fragility of family life.”—Lee Child
“Powerful . . . leaves you gasping breathlessly at each shocking revelation.”—Lisa Gardner
“Disturbing, complex, and gripping, Defending Jacob is impossible to put down. William Landay is a stunning talent.”—Carla Neggers
“Riveting, suspenseful, and emotionally searing.”—Linwood Barclay
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9780345527592
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electronic resource
He's Gone
By Caletti, Deb
From National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti comes an intensely gripping story about love loss marriage and secretsmdashperfect for readers of Jodi Picoult Kristin Hannah and Anna Quindlen ldquoOne of the best books Irsquove read all yearrdquomdashBarbara OrsquoNeal author of The Garden of Happy EndingsldquoWhat do you think happened to your husband Mrs Kellerrdquo The Sunday morning starts like any other aside from the slight hangover Dani Keller wakes up on her Seattle houseboat a headache building behind her eyes from the wine she drank at a party the night before But on this particular Sunday morning shersquos surprised to see that her husband Ian is not home As the hours pass Dani fills her day with small things But still Ian does not return Irritation shifts to worry worry slides almost imperceptibly into panic And then like a relentless blackness the terrible realization hits Dani Hersquos gone As the police work methodically through all the logical explanationsmdashhersquos hurt hersquos run off hersquos been killedmdashDani searches frantically for a clue as to whether Ian is in fact dead or alive And slowly she unpacks their relationship holding each moment up to the light from its intense adulterous beginning to the grandeur of their new love to the difficulties of forever She examines all the sins she canmdashand cannotmdashremember As the days pass Dani will plumb the depths of her conscience turning over and revealing the darkest of her secrets in order to discover the hard truthmdashabout herself her husband and their lives together ldquoA thought-provoking and moving explorationrdquomdashNew York Times bestselling author Erica BauermeisterLook for special features inside Join the Circle for author chats and moreFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
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Hardcover
Into the Darkest Corner
By Haynes, Elizabeth
Erin Kodicek"A highly suspenseful and cleverly-crafted psychological thriller.Haynes masterfully teases out the disturbing details, which involve a Jekyll and Hyde boyfriend. If you're a fan of cinematic showdowns you won't be disappointed, but it's also the quietly powerful moments in Haynes's narrative that resonate."
John Searles"A sexy psychological thriller. Anyone looking for a suspenseful read this summer at the beach, pick up Into the Darkest Corner."
Karin Slaughter"Check the locks on your doors and windows and surrender to this obsessive thriller."
S.J. Watson"This intense, gripping account of domestic violence and its aftermath is utterly unputdownable. A stunning debut."
Rosamund Lupton"A chilling, page-turning read, which charts domestic violence without flinching and portrays OCD with insight and compassion.
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9780956559982
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Hardcover
Mr. Peanut
By Ross, Adam
Michiko KakutaniAdam Ross's Mr. Peanut is a dark, dazzling and deeply flawed novel that announces the debut of an enormously talented writer. An account of three troubled marriages, the book is a Rubik's cube of a story that reads like a postmodern mash-up of Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and one of James M. Cain's noirish mysteriesFrom the first page on, it's clear that Mr. Rossis a literary gymnast. He's a sorcerer with words, whose David Foster Wallace-like descriptive powers have given him the ability to conjure everything from a pretty Hawaiian beachscape to the slow-motion horror of a car accident with color and lan.
The New York Times
Scott Turowthe daring, arresting first novel by Adam Ross, an author of prodigious talent, which takes as its theme "the dual nature of marriage, the proximity of violence and love"Mr.
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Hardcover
The 19th wife
By Ebershoff, David
"Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain." Sweeping and lyrical, spellbinding and unforgettable, David Ebershoff's THE 19TH WIFE combines epic historical fiction with a modern murder mystery to create a brilliant novel of literary suspense. It is 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. A rich account of a family's polygamous history is revealed, including how a young woman became a plural wife. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. A rich account of a family's polygamous history is revealed, including how a young woman became a plural wife.
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9781415957851
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Audiobook
The silent wife
By Corren, A S A Harrison; Karen White; Donald
Jodi and Todd are at a bad place in their marriage. Much is at stake, including the affluent life they lead in their beautiful waterfront condo in Chicago, as she, the killer, and he, the victim, rush haplessly toward the main event. He is a committed cheater; she lives and breathes denial. He exists in dual worlds; she likes to settle scores. He decides to play for keeps; she has nothing left to lose. Told in alternating voices, The Silent Wife is about a marriage in the throes of dissolution, a couple headed for catastrophe, concessions that can't be made, and promises that won't be kept.
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9781482911572
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Audiobook
Gone Girl
By Flynn, Gillian
On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?
Gillian Flynn
By Flynn, Gillian
Gillian Flynn is an American author and television critic for Entertainment Weekly. She has so far written three novels, , for which she won the 2007 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for the best thriller; ; and her best-selling third novel Her book has received wide praise, including fr
Afterwards
By Lupton, Rosamund
From the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Sister comes a compelling, thrilling story of a mother who will do anything to protect her child. The school is on fire. Her children are inside. Grace runs toward the burning building, desperate to reach them. In the aftermath of the devastating fire which tears her family apart, Grace embarks on a mission to find the person responsible and protect her children from further harm. This fire was not an accident, and her daughter Jenny may still be in grave danger. Grace is the only one who can discover the culprit, and she will do whatever it takes to save her family and find out who committed the crime that rocked their lives. While unearthing truths about her life that may help her find answers, Grace learns more about everyone around her -- and finds she has courage she never knew she possessed.
Before We Met
By Whitehouse, Lucie
A whirlwind romance. A picture-perfect marriage. Hannah Reilly has seized her chance at happiness.Until the day her husband doesn't come home ...Hannah, independent, headstrong and determined not to follow in the footsteps of her bitterly divorced mother, has alwa
Caribou Island
By Inc., David Vann; Bronson Pinchot; Blackstone Audio
On a small island in a glacier-fed lake on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, Gary and Irene's marriage is unraveling. Alone now that the children are grown, Gary, driven by thirty years of diverted plans, is determined to build from scratch the cabin he has always wanted, believing it will recapture what once drew him to Alaska. Irene knows better. She suspects that the cabin is Gary's first step to leaving her ...
Defending Jacob
By William, Landay,
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A legal thriller that’s comparable to classics such as Scott Turow’s Presumed Innocent . . . tragic and shocking.”—Associated Press
NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • Boston Globe • Kansas City Star
Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney for two decades. He is respected. Admired in the courtroom. Happy at home with the loves of his life: his wife, Laurie, and their teenage son, Jacob. Then Andy’s quiet suburb is stunned by a shocking crime: a young boy stabbed to death in a leafy park. And an even greater shock: The accused is Andy’s own son—shy, awkward, mysterious Jacob.
Andy believes in Jacob’s innocence. Any parent would. But the pressure mounts. Damning evidence. Doubt. A faltering marriage. The neighbors’ contempt. A murder trial that threatens to obliterate Andy’s family. It is the ultimate test for any parent: How far would you go to protect your child? It is a test of devotion. A test of how well a parent can know a child. For Andy Barber, a man with an iron will and a dark secret, it is a test of guilt and innocence in the deepest sense.
How far would you go?
Praise for Defending Jacob
“A novel like this comes along maybe once a decade . . . a tour de force, a full-blooded legal thriller about a murder trial and the way it shatters a family. With its relentless suspense, its mesmerizing prose, and a shocking twist at the end, it’s every bit as good as Scott Turow’s great Presumed Innocent. But it’s also something more: an indelible domestic drama that calls to mind Ordinary People and We Need to Talk About Kevin. A spellbinding and unforgettable literary crime novel.”—Joseph Finder
“Defending Jacob is smart, sophisticated, and suspenseful—capturing both the complexity and stunning fragility of family life.”—Lee Child
“Powerful . . . leaves you gasping breathlessly at each shocking revelation.”—Lisa Gardner
“Disturbing, complex, and gripping, Defending Jacob is impossible to put down. William Landay is a stunning talent.”—Carla Neggers
“Riveting, suspenseful, and emotionally searing.”—Linwood Barclay
He's Gone
By Caletti, Deb
From National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti comes an intensely gripping story about love loss marriage and secretsmdashperfect for readers of Jodi Picoult Kristin Hannah and Anna Quindlen ldquoOne of the best books Irsquove read all yearrdquomdashBarbara OrsquoNeal author of The Garden of Happy EndingsldquoWhat do you think happened to your husband Mrs Kellerrdquo The Sunday morning starts like any other aside from the slight hangover Dani Keller wakes up on her Seattle houseboat a headache building behind her eyes from the wine she drank at a party the night before But on this particular Sunday morning shersquos surprised to see that her husband Ian is not home As the hours pass Dani fills her day with small things But still Ian does not return Irritation shifts to worry worry slides almost imperceptibly into panic And then like a relentless blackness the terrible realization hits Dani Hersquos gone As the police work methodically through all the logical explanationsmdashhersquos hurt hersquos run off hersquos been killedmdashDani searches frantically for a clue as to whether Ian is in fact dead or alive And slowly she unpacks their relationship holding each moment up to the light from its intense adulterous beginning to the grandeur of their new love to the difficulties of forever She examines all the sins she canmdashand cannotmdashremember As the days pass Dani will plumb the depths of her conscience turning over and revealing the darkest of her secrets in order to discover the hard truthmdashabout herself her husband and their lives together ldquoA thought-provoking and moving explorationrdquomdashNew York Times bestselling author Erica BauermeisterLook for special features inside Join the Circle for author chats and moreFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
Into the Darkest Corner
By Haynes, Elizabeth
Erin Kodicek"A highly suspenseful and cleverly-crafted psychological thriller.Haynes masterfully teases out the disturbing details, which involve a Jekyll and Hyde boyfriend. If you're a fan of cinematic showdowns you won't be disappointed, but it's also the quietly powerful moments in Haynes's narrative that resonate." John Searles"A sexy psychological thriller. Anyone looking for a suspenseful read this summer at the beach, pick up Into the Darkest Corner." Karin Slaughter"Check the locks on your doors and windows and surrender to this obsessive thriller." S.J. Watson"This intense, gripping account of domestic violence and its aftermath is utterly unputdownable. A stunning debut." Rosamund Lupton"A chilling, page-turning read, which charts domestic violence without flinching and portrays OCD with insight and compassion.
Mr. Peanut
By Ross, Adam
Michiko KakutaniAdam Ross's Mr. Peanut is a dark, dazzling and deeply flawed novel that announces the debut of an enormously talented writer. An account of three troubled marriages, the book is a Rubik's cube of a story that reads like a postmodern mash-up of Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and one of James M. Cain's noirish mysteriesFrom the first page on, it's clear that Mr. Rossis a literary gymnast. He's a sorcerer with words, whose David Foster Wallace-like descriptive powers have given him the ability to conjure everything from a pretty Hawaiian beachscape to the slow-motion horror of a car accident with color and lan. The New York Times Scott Turowthe daring, arresting first novel by Adam Ross, an author of prodigious talent, which takes as its theme "the dual nature of marriage, the proximity of violence and love"Mr.
The 19th wife
By Ebershoff, David
"Faith, I tell them, is a mystery, elusive to many, and never easy to explain." Sweeping and lyrical, spellbinding and unforgettable, David Ebershoff's THE 19TH WIFE combines epic historical fiction with a modern murder mystery to create a brilliant novel of literary suspense. It is 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. A rich account of a family's polygamous history is revealed, including how a young woman became a plural wife. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the United States. A rich account of a family's polygamous history is revealed, including how a young woman became a plural wife.
The silent wife
By Corren, A S A Harrison; Karen White; Donald
Jodi and Todd are at a bad place in their marriage. Much is at stake, including the affluent life they lead in their beautiful waterfront condo in Chicago, as she, the killer, and he, the victim, rush haplessly toward the main event. He is a committed cheater; she lives and breathes denial. He exists in dual worlds; she likes to settle scores. He decides to play for keeps; she has nothing left to lose. Told in alternating voices, The Silent Wife is about a marriage in the throes of dissolution, a couple headed for catastrophe, concessions that can't be made, and promises that won't be kept.
Gone Girl
By Flynn, Gillian
On the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick's wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police immediately suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they aren't his. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife?