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Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney – Who Really Is The Wicked One?

The married couple, Adam and Amelia, both of them in their 40s, are considering separating, but Amelia’s therapist suggests a weekend getaway. Adam reluctantly agrees to go with her on a weekend getaway during a snowstorm to stay in a converted chapel, a place for which Amelia has won a free stay. The place is almost deserted, weird things start happening, and they don’t know who arranged for their free stay and sent the invitation in the first place.

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The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley – A Whodunit Mystery Novel with Multiple Suspects

Set in an isolated location, this tense psychological thriller revolves around a close-knit group of friends who meet for their annual vacation in a remote place where they are stuck now. Each has a unique personality, and almost everyone there has something they try to hide or some past or present secret or feelings they do not wish to share with anyone else. And a murder happens.

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Slow Time Between The Stars by John Scalzi – A Contemplative Sci-Fi Short Story

Slow Time Between The Stars is a futuristic science-fiction short story involving an artificially intelligent spaceship which is designed to find another planet for a civilization like ours and to build life there. But the AI which is autonomous cuts contact with mankind, who built and launched it, to find its own way through space over hundreds of thousands of years, as it contemplates on its own.

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My Evil Mother: A Short Story by Margaret Atwood

“My Evil Mother” is an amusing, light-hearted short story that narrates the experiences of being a daughter, in first person, as she grows up, with her mother always being there, many a times, in controlling ways, while also giving her all the love possible, in her own weird ways. There are plenty of funny references to witchcraft and paranormal life but the central theme is the relationship between a mother and her daughter, with a feminist touch.

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Evidence of The Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid – A Short Story About Love, Betrayal, and Second Chances

Carrie Allsop, the wife of Ken Allsop, has figured out that Ken has been cheating on her with a woman named Janet Mayer. While still not having confronted Ken about it, she writes to Janet’s husband David Mayer, informing him of the secret affair their partners have been having. David is shocked, but he writes back. Carrie and david realise that neither has the strength to confront their spouses, neither can trust anyone else, so they have only each other to talk or rather write to. While sharing their pain and grieving together, they also develop a beautiful, intimate bond. If their spouses come back, will they take them back? This is a warm, romantic short story with bittersweet thoughts and a beautiful narrative.

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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides – What Makes This a Bestseller?

Theo Faber is a psychotherapist who takes a high-risk job of trying to work with a patient Alicia Berenson, who was accused of killinger own husband and has since then not spoken a word. Many professionals have tried to get her to talk and have failed, so this might not work well for Theo’s career, yet he is determined. Will Alicia and Theo get talking? This is a true psychological thriller, a slow-burn that comes with amazing, unexpected plot twists.

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Girl, Alone by Blake Pierce

Girl, Alone by Blake Pierce – A Fast-Paced Detective Story from The Ella Dark Series

Ella Dark, anambitious, hard-working FBI data analyst who has been studying serial killers and their criminal profiles for as long as she remembers yearns for a field job. When an opportunity presents itself, she is excited but quickly learns that studying murders from a desk and watching dead bodies of victims of obsessive, psychopathc rage in person are not the same. A new serial killer is on the loose, so can Ella prove her worth to the department?

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Death to Valentine’s Day by Catherine Cowles – A Suspenseful Romance Novella

Maia St. James is in no mood for celebration, definitely not at this time of the year, around Valentine’s day because it was around this time last year that her long-term boyfriend and she broke up. Her friends compel her to join them for a “Death to Valentine’s Day” party, meant only for those who hate V-day. Maia agrees to go without knowing what all pleasant and unpleasant surprises could soon come up.

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Best of Luck – A Twisted Story of Friendship Gone Sour

Barry and Will are best friends. Correction: they were best friends for nearly twenty years. They have been with each other all this time, through the ups and downs, drinking together, sharing laughter and happiness over drinks, being beside each other when they found love and got married, and even during sad times. But today, Will is in Barry’s house, threatening to kill Barry because he blames Barry for stealing all his luck, because “Henry” told him so.

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