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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (Part 1) by Holly Jackson

Pippa “Pip” Fitz-Amobi is a high-achieving, smart student in her final year of school, who has a thing for crime. She lives with her loving family – her mom, step-dad, and step-brother in Little Kilton, where nearly 5 years before, a young girl named Andie Bell disappeared and was never found again. A young boy named Salil Singh had allegedly killed himself, confessing to the murder of Andie Bell, and the case was closed. Pip is convinced that Salil was not guilty, so she starts digging, and she cannot believe how many secrets she uncovers.

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Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson – An Unputdownable Contemporary Thriller

Truly Devious is the first book in the young adult thriller series of the same name. This international bestseller fiction novel tells us the story about an event in the past – a few murders at an unconventional school called the Ellingham Academy and whether there is any connection to the lives of the current day students at the same school. Stevie Bell, a student who is fully updated with and curious about this case joins the school with the goal of solving the crime. Will she be able to do that?

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The Cheating Husband by James Caine – A Story of Infidelity and Rage

The Cheating Husband is novella written by James Caine, targeting fans who love fast-paced thrillers. As the title and the blurb say, a married man cheats on his wife, and the women find out. There is a lot of hurt, and there are dark thoughts, but there is also a serial killer in town. The chapters tell us different POVs. Can this book live up to the expectations?

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Vicious by V. E. Schwab – A Dark Fantasy Story of Ambition and Jealousy

Vicious is a fantasy novel written by V. E. Schwab and published in the year 2013 with over hundreds of thousands of ratings on GoodReads and an average rating of over 4-stars as of today. This is the story of Victor and Eliot, who are brilliant students who unexpectedly develop supernatural powers. They always had a strange relationship of mutual admiration and mutual dislike. But their real darkness comes out when they become extraordinary humans who go against each other. Driven by the thirst to defeat and the strength to destroy anyone who comes in their way, what will these two friends-turned-archrivals do?

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The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson – Is This Thriller Worth Your Time?

Lily is a small-town librarian and Ted Severson is a Harvard-graduated, intelligent, and rich businessman. The two meet on a flight, they each have their past, and Ted shares with her what hurts him the most right now, the knowledge taht his wife has been cheating. And surprising Ted, Lily suggests that hec could have her killed instead of worrying about what she did to him! This is a dark and twisted novel.

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