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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 Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious Part-2) by Maureen Johnson – Is The Mystery Finally Solved?

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In The Vanishing Stair, Stevie Bell reunites with her friends at Ellingham, he boyfriend and she break the awkwardness and their romance grows further, but she is still as anxious as she was earlier, still having to take medicines for anxiety when she needs. With the dark reality of one classmate who had died and one other classmate who went missing still looming in the air, she is still thinking about crime, like a determined detective would. Who is responsible for the Ellingham murders and who killed her classmate?

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Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson – Part 2 of AGGGTM Series

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In part 2 of “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder”, Pip has given up working on solving cases after all the pain it caused her and her family last time, so she runs a podcast with her boyfriend’s support. But a friend’s brother goes missing and out of empathy and consideration, Pip starts playing detective again. As she starts digging, more and more questions arise.

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Then She was Gone by Lisa Jewell

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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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