Family Domestic Thrillers

He promised her love. What she got was something unspeakable… Natalie Beaumont has is all: a charming husband, two beautiful children, and a house nestled in one of Pennsylvania’s most admired suburbs. To anyone passing by, she’s the picture of devotion and domestic bliss. But behind closed doors, Natalie is unraveling. And her mother-in-law won’t leave her alone. Strange dreams haunt her sleep. Her husband, Martin, insists she’s just tired. That she worries too much. That she should trust him. And so, he plans a trip—a surprise weekend away at his family’s remote cabin by the...

She hired the perfect helper. Now she's a stranger in her own home. Claire Thompson is drowning—between her freelance career and two young children, exhaustion has become her default state. When she and her detached husband Mark hire Annika Jensen, a beautiful Danish au pair who seems impossibly competent, Claire finally thinks she can breathe again. At first, Annika is everything they hoped for. The house runs smoothly. The children adore her. For the first time in years, Claire feels like she might survive motherhood. But small things begin to feel wrong. A coffee cup moved. A door left...

When a simple mix-up leaves their father Joe’s estate to Eden, their long-absent mother, Clare and Aaron decide it’s finally time to track Eden down. But it’s been over thirty years since she left their remote outback mining town, and they’ve never heard from her again. Aaron is dealing with a new marriage that’s currently trapped in immigration limbo, and his teenage daughter Cady is clearly going through a personal crisis of her own.

In this sensational thriller from the number-one internationally bestselling author, two sisters discover that the secrets they keep from each other prove to be deadly. You’ve known her all your life. Or have you? Tasha and her older sister Alice may look alike, but they couldn’t be more...

Katie Kuhlmann’s marriage is falling apart. But she has a secure job, her children are healthy, and her house, a new construction in the prestigious Country Club neighborhood of Edina, Minnesota, is beautiful. She can almost ignore the way her husband, Jack, has been acting—constantly checking his phone, not going to work, disappearing from the house only to show up again without explanation. Tension in the Kuhlmann house only gets worse when Adam “Bagman” Ross, a mutual friend from college, happens to be in the neighborhood and in need of a place to stay.

My name is Raven Crowley-Lopez, and I plan to murder Mercedes Crowley, my mother-in-law. My family was forced to move into her estate after we lost our own home because of a severe personal crisis. Now, I'm facing a living nightmare because I'm convinced that my mother-in-law is plotting to get rid of me, and perhaps even plans to murder me. It happened once before, and it will happen again, even if no one believes me.

A dream home. A fresh start. A family with everything to lose. When Liddy and Seth Reynolds move into a sprawling Victorian at the edge of the foothills, it feels like the perfect place to raise their ten-year-old son. But behind the grand windows and newly renovated rooms lurks a history no realtor dares to put in writing. A hidden safe. A black-and-white portrait that refuses to stay forgotten. And a sketchbook scrawled with three chilling words: I was murdered. As Liddy digs deeper, the house begins to close in around her. Neighbors aren’t what they seem. Secrets whisper from the walls...

Gifted musician Clemency Thompson is playing for tourists on the streets of Southern France when she receives an urgent text message. Her childhood friend, Lucy, is demanding her immediate return to London. It’s happening, says the message. The baby is back. Libby Jones was only six months old when she became an orphan. Now 25, she’s astounded to learn of an inheritance that will change her life. A gorgeous, dilapidated townhouse in one of London’s poshest neighborhoods has been held in a trust for her all these years. Now, it’s hers.

From Nicole Baart, the bestselling author of Everything We Didn’t Say, comes a twisty, atmospheric novel about a newlywed whose husband disappears, leaving her isolated in Washington State’s North Cascades. “In every world, I’d find you.” Sadie Sheridan’s new husband Felix, a...

Mia and Finn are busy turning a derelict house into their dream home when Mia unexpectedly falls pregnant. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a shocking message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC. Following the clue up into the eaves, the couple make a gruesome discovery: their home was once a real-life murder house, with the evidence still concealed within the four walls.

Twenty years of secrets. One night of reckoning. Criminal profiler Dr. Edith Ward thought returning to her hometown of Bain Island would offer a fresh start. Instead, she finds herself thrust into a nightmare when a series of brutal murders rocks the small community, eerily connected to a twenty-year-old cold case. Teaming up with Sheriff Devon James, Edith must confront the ghosts of her past while racing to catch a killer. As she delves deeper into the investigation, Edith realizes the murders are hitting closer to home than she ever imagined. With her unique insight into the criminal ...

Mistletoe. Wine. Murder. It’s Christmas Day and my family are opening presents around the tree. Lights twinkle, festive music is playing and everything looks perfect. But when I open an unexpected gift and discover what’s inside, I’m left reeling. I feel like I can’t breathe... The truth I’ve just unwrapped has the power to destroy everything. Looking around at the smiling faces of my loved ones – my handsome husband, my complicated sister, my loving mother – I question: who sent this, and why? With lies unravelling fast, I try to work out who the gift is from and which member...

She was loved by many… and envied by more. Reese Hamilton was the kind of woman who seemed untouchable, respected professor, brilliant in the classroom, admired by her friends, desired by men who should’ve known better. But when she’s found dead, everything unravels. Detective Jordan Cross is pulled into a case where every suspect has a motive: jealousy, betrayal, obsession, greed. Reese’s friends, her lover, even her family, no one is above suspicion. Secrets spill. Lies crack. And the truth, when it finally comes to light, is darker than anyone imagined. Sometimes the people ...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING DEBUT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER YOU CAN'T MISS! The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie? “A hair-raising debut, both unsettling and addictive...A chilling thriller that will keep you reading long into the night.” —Mary Kubica, New York...

An affair spirals out of control, a detective investigates four mysterious disappearances, and a mysterious message from space leads to a manhunt in these three electrifying thrillers from the world's #1 bestselling writer. The House Next Door (with Susan DiLallo): Married mother of three Laura...

How do you protect your child from the darkness that made you? Jack Rowan has always feared turning into the man who left him—angry, reckless, and gone without a trace. Now, as a father himself, that fear is no longer theoretical. It’s real, and it’s closing in fast. Locked in a custody battle with his ex, Jack is desperate to protect his eight-year-old son from the instability growing behind closed doors. His instincts scream that something is wrong, and no one seems willing to listen—not the courts, not Jude’s mother, and certainly not the system that’s supposed to care. As ...

Living on the shore of Lake Michigan with my wife and our son, Tommy, was everything I wanted. Finally, I had the perfect family. I didn't hear my wife come home. When I check on Tommy in the morning, I expect to see his toothy grin smiling back at me. I don't. His crib is empty. His blanket is missing. It's only then that I realize my wife is gone too.

On a dark and stormy December night, my family are gathered at an isolated hotel in the English countryside. We're reuniting for the first time since the accident that shattered our lives ten years ago. It's a time for love and forgiveness. But more than one guest has an ulterior motive. As the clock strikes midnight, one member of our party is found dead at the foot of the grand marble staircase. Everyone is a suspect. But which one of us is a killer?

Early one morning on the shore of the Thames, DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene of a gruesome discovery. When Owusu sends the evidence for examination, he learns the bones are connected to a cold case that left three people dead on the kitchen floor in a Chelsea mansion thirty years ago. Rachel Rimmer has also received a shock—her husband, Michael, has been found dead in the cellar of his house in France. All signs point to an intruder, and the French police need her to come urgently to answer questions about Michael and his past that she very much doesn’t want to answer.

A devoted mother navigates a web of lies and dark secrets to prove her son's innocence. He's been accused of murdering Henry Cain, his best friend, and was arrested. But she begins to question who her son really is... Who murdered Henry Cain?