Family Domestic Thrillers

“It’s great fun to watch [Kit] Frick’s two narratives collide and diverge.” —The New York Times Book Review An Elle Best Mystery and Thriller Book of 2024 From critically acclaimed author Kit Frick, this “storytelling feat, with twin narratives that race each other to a...

Darcy Hogan’s perfect life is all over social media. She’s beautiful, she’s successful, and she and her childhood sweetheart are about to become parents for the first time. But behind all the followers and the superficial likes lurks a darker truth. In reality, Darcy feels isolated and afraid. Her difficult pregnancy has her confined to the house, she’s being harassed online, and out-of-control debt threatens to ruin everything she’s worked so hard for.

All three women who live at 1054 Mockingbird Lane have secrets...and with a body at the bottom of their apartment building’s staircase, those secrets need to stay buried. Sylvia Webb has a plan. And a potential Mr. Right. He’s sweet, simple, and dependably clueless. The only thing unpredictable about him is his needy ex-girlfriend, who is this close to shattering Sylvia’s dreams. Riki McFarlan has a good career and an amazing boyfriend who wants to settle down. If only she didn’t have feelings for her neighbor - who happens to be her close friend’s husband.

Emma and Dele’s dreams came true nine years ago when they adopted their daughter, Isla. It felt like fate, like they were meant to find each other, and now they’re living the life they always wanted. But then one day a new family moves into Forest Grove - and Emma can’t shake the chilling feeling that the wife looks just like Isla’s birth mother.

When Viola's new neighbors move into Number 33, everything seems picture-perfect. But behind the manicured lawn and polite smiles, dark secrets lurk in the shadows. As Viola, a quiet retiree, digs deeper into the strange behaviour of the family next door, she uncovers a disturbing web of lies. The father, Rhys, is hostile. The mother, Wendy, seems to be losing her grip on reality. And their daughter, Mirabelle is an eerie eight-year-old. When Viola sneaks into Number 33, she discovers a locked room and a secret hidden inside. Soon her curiosity turns into obsession

HVOR LANGT VIL DU GÅ FOR AT BESKYTTE DINE MØRKESTE HEMMELIGHEDER? Lydias bror Dani har en mørk fortid med bandekriminalitet, overfald og narkotikaforbrydelser. Men det lykkes ham at komme ud af miljøet og få styr på sit liv, og han lover sin familie aldrig at begå kriminalitet igen. Så da politiet kontakter Lydia og fortæller, at Dani er mistænkt for at have bortført en ung kvinde, falder hele hendes verden fra hinanden. Men der er noget mistænkeligt ved anklagerne mod Dani, og Lydia begynder selv at undersøge sagen.

You whispered goodnight to your daughter. You didn’t know that would be your last goodbye. You wake up in the middle of the night. Your five-year-old daughter is gone. Your husband is nowhere to be seen. Your family think he took her. The police believe he’s guilty. But he wouldn’t do that, would he? He’s a loving father. A loving husband. Isn’t he?

All her life Ryan Gracey watched her perfect older sister from afar. Knowing she could never top Wendy’s achievements, she didn’t even try. Instead Ryan forged her own path while her family barely seemed to notice. Now Wendy shares two little girls with her perfect husband while Ryan mourns the man she lost after a nearly fatal mistake in judgment. The sisters’ choices have taken them in different directions, which is why Ryan is stunned when Wendy calls, begging for her help. There’s been a murder - and Wendy believes she’ll be wrongfully accused.

Penny and Jake live in a beautiful home in a beautiful neighbourhood with their beautiful baby boy. It's the perfect life. Except that Penny is desperately lonely and can't shake the feeling that she isn't bonding with her baby like she should be. So when Celia moves in across the street with her husband, Pete, and their gorgeous children, Penny is delighted to have a friend. But things aren't quite what they seem behind closed doors. Because Celia and Pete have a secret. And the truth threatens to devastate everyone around them.

For eleven-year-old Esme, ballet is everything - until her four-year-old sister, Lily, vanishes without a trace and nothing is certain anymore. People Esme has known her whole life suddenly become suspects, each new one hitting closer to home than the last. Unable to cope, Esme escapes the nightmare that is her new reality when she receives an invitation to join an elite ballet academy in San Francisco. Desperate to leave behind her chaotic, broken family and the mystery surrounding Lily’s disappearance, Esme accepts.

Melissa Ginsburg's The House Uptown is an emotional coming-of-age novel about a young girl who goes to live with her eccentric grandmother in New Orleans after the death of her mother. Ava, fourteen years old and totally on her own, has still not fully processed her mother’s death when she...

What if everything you remembered about the person you loved… was a lie your mind told to survive? Samantha wakes up one morning to find her husband, Jack, gone—not just from their bed, but from existence. No photos. No records. No one remembers him. Not her friends. Not her family. Not even the internet. But Samantha remembers everything: their wedding, their vacations, the sound of his laugh echoing through the house. As her frantic search for proof spirals into obsession, the world insists she’s delusional. Is Jack real? Or is Samantha's mind hiding something far more terrifying than loss?

Als Beth zehn Jahre alt war, hat ihre schöne Mutter die Familie ohne ein Wort verlassen. Ihr Vater versuchte mit allen Kräften den Verlust wettzumachen, aber natürlich gab es Probleme, und Beth trägt ein dunkles Geheimnis mit sich herum, von dem außer ihrem Vater niemand etwas weiß. Inzwischen ist Beth erwachsen und rundum zufrieden. Sie hat zwei wohlgeratene Kinder, einen interessanten Job, gute Freundinnen, und sie kümmert sich liebevoll um ihren alten Vater. Und dann steht eines Tages plötzlich diese ältere Frau vor ihrer Tür und behauptet, ihre lang verschollene Mutter zu sein.

Beth is the darling of God Halsa, a pharmaceutical giant, and she’s got the outrageous salary and lifestyle to prove it. Until she lands in white-collar women’s prison, thanks to a high-profile whistleblower suit. Sam, Beth’s husband, used to be the town’s most eligible bachelor, and he’s never had to do anything for himself. Until his wife goes to jail, and he’s left to raise two daughters on his own. Lise, the au pair, is the whistle-blower. But is she? Everyone knows she’s not clever enough to have done it alone.

Mit ihrem Mann und ihren zwei bildhübschen Töchtern führt Ava ein beneidenswertes Leben. Bis zu einer grauenvollen Nacht, als zwei Maskierte in ihre Villa eindringen und sie und ihre Tochter June bedrohen. Schüsse fallen – und Ava wacht später schwer verletzt im Krankenhaus auf. Sie muss erfahren, dass die 12-jährige June im Koma liegt, doch damit beginnt der Albtraum erst. Denn Ava und ihre Familie sind nicht zufällig Opfer eines Verbrechens geworden. Um die Menschen, die sie liebt, zu schützen, muss Ava herausfinden, was in der Nacht des Überfalls wirklich geschah.

Two FBI agents come looking for Kiki's nanny, and suddenly the household is turned upside down. Kiki and her husband must ask themselves the toughest question they'll ever have to face: Can we trust this person with our kids? The answer might say more about them than it does about their nanny, Brawny.

When the body of pregnant 15-year-old Hope Lacey is discovered in a churchyard on Christmas morning, the community is shocked, but unsurprised. For Hope lived in The Home, the residence of three young girls, whose violent and disturbing pasts have seen them cloistered away. As a police investigation gets underway, the lives of Hope, Lara and Annie are examined, and the staff who work at the home are interviewed, leading to shocking and distressing revelations...and clear evidence that someone is seeking revenge.

Zwei Familien. Zwei Parties. Ein Albtraum: der sensationell packende Bestseller aus Schweden. Silvester. Du dachtest, alles wird wie immer. Alte Freunde, viel Sekt, ein bisschen Hoffnung. Doch dann folgt der absolute Albtraum: Eine der Töchter verschwindet. Die Panik steigt. Die Beziehungen eskalieren. Wer lügt hier und warum? Dichter Nebel liegt über der Stadt: Die 17-jährige Jennifer verschwindet von einer Party. Am anderen Ende des Orts stößt ihre Mutter Lollo mit ihren alten Freundinnen Nina und Malena auf das neue Jahr an.

Fear and dread fill Matt Walker's veins as he returns to his West London apartment. He promised himself things would be different this time, yet here he was again—haunted by the same demons and sins of his past. Before long, Lisa and baby George join him in the idyllic village they so hoped would be their fresh start. But all is not as it seems; shadows lurk behind closed doors and Matt is convinced he is being watched. Then Lisa makes a discovery which throws her life into turmoil, her world spinning out of control. Little does she know how far-reaching its consequences will be.

Have you ever thought that maybe you didn’t belong? Have you ever looked around at your family members and thought, there is no way I am related to these people? Both Peter Frazier and Trent Lockley thought this about the families they were born into. Two boys, the same age, miles apart. They are both from small Texas towns, born in the same hospital, on the same day. However, their lives turned out to be nothing alike.