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The Roommate by Andrea Mara – A Gripping, Short Thriller Story

The Roommate is a short story, a psychological thriller written by Andrea Mara, published recently as part of the Deadly Ambition collection by Amazon Original Stories. Elena lives with her husband Richard and two kids in Dublin. She is grateful for all the luxury and peace they have. Richard is the perfect husband, but he does not know about a dark incident from her past. When the two sit down to watch a crime show on TV, Elena is shocked to learn that the show is an exact narrative of what happened in her past, what she has tried to forget and has told nobody about. Her past comes back to haunt her? But who is behind this and what do they want?

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Silenced Girls by Roger Stelljes: An Engaging Serial killer Thriller Novel

Silenced Girls is a page-turning thriller novel, so it is no wonder that the book has been a best-seller that is loved by lots of thriller fans. This is only the first book in the Agent Tori Hunter series. Here and there, the pace may slow down a bit, but mostly, Roger Stelljes keeps the reader engaged with a fast or at least even pace. If you like serial killer plots that have complete stories with writing that keeps you effortlessly interested and if you can overlook some logical flaws, you should give this a try.

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A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – The Sherlock Holmes Debut Novel

This is the first novel in a series of four stand-alone Sherlock Holmes novels. This book is narrated from the perspective of Dr Watson, a surgeon who worked in war zones but returns to London and becomes the roommate of the smartest man he has ever met, the “consulting detective” Sherlock Holmes. In a case considered highly complicated, Watson watches Holmes solving the case with so much ease. How could Holmes investigate and solve cases so effortlessly?

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Angels and Demons by Dan Brown – A Highlyly Unrealistic, Fast-Paced Thriller

Angels and Demons is a fast-paced thriller novel that blends themes of science-fiction, art, history, religion, and world politics. This is the first novel in a series of standalone thriller books featuring the lead character Robert Langdon. A high-stakes crime has occurred and the clues left by the criminals indicate that an ancient, dangerous cult has resurfaced after a long time of hiding away. This is Langdon’s area of academic expertise, so he is brought to the location, and he learns that there is not much time left before the ticking bomb could cause mass murder or whatever the criminals have planned. Can he help stop the incident?

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A Welcome Reunion by Lucinda Berry

A Welcome Reunion by Lucinda Berry – Is This Novella a Fitting Sequel?

In this sequel to The Perfect Child, Janie, an eighteen-year-old is released from juvenile detention, and this is the talk of the small town because Janie was one of the most violent, sociopathic children. She had gone through severe torture, abuse, and neglect during her childhood, so she herself was a victim, but she had murdered two people when she was a child and had severely harassed and tortured roommates, peers, and others she lived with. Now, though, she has changed her name, she claims to have changed as a person, she has published a bestseller book detailing her past, and is promoting the same, blaming the Bauers, the couple who adopted her when she was a troubled kid. While Janie advocates that everyone deserves second chances, Hannah Bauer is certain that Janie couldn’t have changed. The plot thickens with unbelievable acts of torture and smart plot twists.

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Preacher: Book 1 by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon – An Intense, Fast-Paced, Gripping Comic

Rever’nd Jesse Custer is a preacher at the church in the small town of Annville. He was a man of crime in the past, he is a skilled fighter trained in combat to fight against many people at once, and he has a dark past in Angelville that he does not talk about, but he left that life when he developed his faith and moved to Annville to become a preacher. One day, a supernatural, divine power called “Genesis”, an entity that is born of both goodness and evil, attacks his church, killing everyone there except for Jesse. This attack gives Jesse superpowers, mainly “the Word of God”, which compels any listener to obey whatever Jesse commands them to do, making him just as powerful or even more powerful than God himself.

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These Cold Strangers by J. T. Ellison – A Dark Short Story

Addison Blake has moved far away from the home and the town she grew up in after her entire family and her boyfriend were murdered in their own home when she was a young girl, out partying with her friends. Initially, even the police blamed her. Even though she is far away now, she is still under medication and therapy and carries a massive survivor’s guilt. Call it fate or coincidence, but she is made to visit her past. How will that turn out?

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The Woman in The Cabin by Becca Day – An Unputdownable Psychological Thriller

Mary is stuck in a marriage with an abusive, controlling man, Cal. The problem is that she cannot leave him because they live in a remote place with no contact with the outside world, and she does not even know whom to go to or how to leave. And that’s when she discovers something chilling about his past and something important happens in her life. Nothing is really what it seems like.

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Then She was Gone by Lisa Jewell

An emotionally layered psychological thriller that mixes grief, memory, and unanswered questions about how a young girl went missing. The story unfolds gradually, focusing on how the past continues to shape the present in unsettling ways, especially for the mother who cannot think of anything except for her missing daughter. There is no purpose or anything interesting in her life until she meets a man her own age, who she starts dating, and to her surprise, his daughter looks very similar to her own.

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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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