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The Hospital at the End of the World

The Hospital at the End of the World

From the author of the acclaimed The World Wasn’t Ready for You comes a thrilling first novel, set in a near future where artificial intelligence runs the world, involving a...

Such a Perfect Family

Such a Perfect Family

A man with a deadly past marries into the perfect, most respectable family in this riveting thriller from New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh. . . . A woman...

You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom

You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom

Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed over twelve harrowing hours trapped in a house with the worst thing imaginable: family. When Papi Ramon, the...

Hammajang Luck

Hammajang Luck

Ocean’s 8 meets Blade Runner in this trail-blazing debut science fiction novel and swashbuckling love letter to Hawai’i about being forced to find a new home and striving to build...

The World Wasn’t Ready for You

The World Wasn’t Ready for You

A gripping story collection reminiscent of the work of Octavia E. Butler, which deftly blends science fiction, horror, and fantasy to examine issues of race, class, and prejudice—an electrifying, oftentimes...

The Bone Thief

The Bone Thief

When a Native teenager vanishes from her small town—a place with dark ties to an elite historical society—archaeologist Syd Walker is called to investigate…from bestselling author Vanessa Lillie. In the...

Model Home

Model Home

Welcome to Rivers Solomon’s dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The three Maxwell siblings keep their distance from the lily-white gated enclave outside Dallas where...

Hole in the Sky

Hole in the Sky

A Native American first contact story and gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse. On the Great Plains of Oklahoma, in the heart of the Cherokee...

King of Ashes

King of Ashes

King of Ashes is a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama. When eldest son Roman Carruthers is summoned home after his father’s car accident, he finds his younger...

The Haunting of Room 904

The Haunting of Room 904

Olivia Becente was never supposed to have the gift. The ability to commune with the dead was the specialty of her sister, Naiche. But when Naiche dies unexpectedly and under...

Julie Chan Is Dead

Julie Chan Is Dead

In this razor-sharp, diabolical debut thriller, a young woman steps into her deceased twin’s influencer life, only to discover dark secrets hidden behind her social media façade. Julie Chan has...

The Eyes Are the Best Part

The Eyes Are the Best Part

Crying in H-Mart meets My Sister, the Serial Killer in this feminist psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer from a Korean-American perspective. Ji-won’s life tumbles into...

The Rich People Have Gone Away

The Rich People Have Gone Away

A diverse group of New Yorkers are brought together by the search for a missing woman—in this electric novel of secrets, connection, and community. Brooklyn, 2020. Theo Harper and his...

I Was a Teenage Slasher

I Was a Teenage Slasher

A classic slasher story with a twist from Stephen Graham Jones, the master of modern horror and bestselling author of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, The Only Good Indians, and the...

We Came to Welcome You

We Came to Welcome You

A spine-chilling, propulsive psychological adult debut from highly acclaimed author Vincent Tirado, in which a married couple moves into a gated “community” that slowly creeps into a pervasive dread, We...

The Mighty Red

The Mighty Red

In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on...

One of Our Kind

One of Our Kind

Jasmyn and King Williams move their family to the planned Black utopia of Liberty, California hoping to find a community of like-minded people, a place where their growing family can...

You Know What You Did

You Know What You Did

In this heart-pounding debut thriller for fans of Lisa Jewell and Celeste Ng, a first-generation Vietnamese American artist must confront nightmares past and present. . . . Annie “Anh Le”...

Island Witch

Island Witch

Set in 19th century Sri Lanka and inspired by local folklore, the daughter of a traditional demon-priest—relentlessly bullied by peers and accused of witchcraft herself—tries to solve the mysterious attacks...

The Angel of Indian Lake, Book 3

The Angel of Indian Lake, Book 3

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror novels picks up four years after Don’t Fear the Reaper as Jade returns to Proofrock, Idaho, to...

City Under One Roof

City Under One Roof

A stranded detective tries to solve a murder in a tiny Alaskan town where everyone lives in a single high-rise building, in this gripping debut by an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter....

The List: A Gripping Contemporary Drama with a Suspenseful Edge, Explore the Dark Side of Online Culture

The List: A Gripping Contemporary Drama with a Suspenseful Edge, Explore the Dark Side of Online Culture

In this sensational, page-turning debut novel, a high-profile female journalist’s world is upended when her fiancé’s name turns up in a viral social media post. Ola Olajide, a celebrated journalist...

Bad Cree

Bad Cree

In this gripping, horror-laced debut, a young Cree woman’s dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of...

Don’t Fear the Reaper, Book 2

Don’t Fear the Reaper, Book 2

December 12th, 2019, Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer Dark Mill South escapes into town to complete his revenge...

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