Ruby Simon is an anti-hero.  She may have killed three people but they all deserved it.  And she's never been suspected of any wrongdoing until now.  Now she's sitting in a police station being accused of a murder she didn't commit - her husband's.  Will her past indiscretions come to light and make her appear guilty the only time she's truly innocent?  Ruby isn't your typical murderer; she just likes to set thing right.  This is a smart, original and entertaining debut.  It was refreshing to read something that didn't remind me of a half dozen other books

Heather left her unconventional childhood behind when she moved to Seattle.  While working in the city, she met and married a widowed doctor with two children.  When Tom has to go to Australia for a conference, it seems like the perfect time for a family vacation.  But once there, everyone is tired and stressed and an impromptu adventure to a private island to see koalas and other animals sounds like a good way to jump start the vacation.  Bad idea.  After an unfortunate accident, the family finds themselves running for their lives when the locals try to exact venge

With the shadow of the Covid pandemic still looming, a new epidemic grips the nation.  The Violence, which seems to be most prevalent in Florida, causes those infected to be seized with a murderous rage, killing whomever is near and then having no recollection of it.  Chelsea Martin sees an opportunity to use the Violence as a way for her and her girls to escape an abusive marriage.  When things don't go quite as planned, Chelsea turns to her estranged mother for help, but instead finds herself separated from her daughters while she tries to figure out how she can make enough

As the Iowa State Fair draws near, a young woman's mutilated body is found in a corn field owned by a cooperative hoping to win this year's Iowa Food Prize.  Newly promoted sergeant, Riley Fisher, is horrified to discover that the dead woman is a childhood friend.  Under strict orders to wrap it up quickly, while maintaining her professional distance, Riley finds herself looking for a serial killer when more bodies are found with an obvious connection to the first.  Young certainly did her homework when researching the Midwest and Big Ag.  She created a gripping backdrop

Cam Lasky is the hottest restaurateur  in Atlanta.  But what most people don't know is that Cam Lasky is broke.  His wife, Jade, doesn't even know it.  And neither does the guy who's holding Jade and the two Lasky children for $734,296 in ransom.  As Cam races around town trying to scrape together the money before the deadline, Jade tries to protect the children while trying to figure out who the masked gunman could be and how he knows so much about them.  If "domestic suspense" wasn't a thing before, Belle has made it one.  Her novels are suspenseful, rea

Samantha, aka Ruby, has been a stripper at the Lovely Lady club for a long time.  The money is decent and she shares a camaraderie, if not actual friendship, with the other dancers.  But when the new girl, Jade, turns up high during her shift, Samantha is surprised to find herself volunteering to drive her home to keep her from getting in trouble.  A decision she will wish she had never made.  Their car is run off the road, Jade is found dead in the grass and Samantha is missing.  The police look for suspects, among them Samantha's boyfriend and anyone connected to

When Chloe Davis was 12 years old, her father was arrested for the murder of six local girls.  Since then her life has been a constant struggle to carry on with that darkness hanging over her and the rest of her family.  Her mother's attempted suicide left her uncommunicative and left Chloe and her brother, Cooper, with no one but each other.  But now Chloe is a psychologist with her own practice and she's planning her wedding to Daniel, the man of her dreams.  Things are going well until two more young girls are found dead and there are startling similarities to the cri

Police Constable Philomena McCarthy rescues a young woman from an abusive relationship with a married man, but makes a dangerous enemy of the abuser, a decorated police detective.  Phil and the young woman, Tempe, soon become friends, but Phil's fiance, Henry, finds her off-putting.  Phil soon discovers that, as expected, the detective is also abusive to his wife.  When Phil convinces her to get out of the house, her involvement could jeopardize her job and when her friendship with Tempe becomes complicated, it threatens her upcoming marriage to Henry.  Robotham is the u

Ken Follett returns to present day drama as he explores an international "what if" scenario.  It's a high stakes game of chess as the US and China strategically make their moves, while trying to predict the others' actions and keep tensions to a minimum.  The US president isn't just dealing with situations abroad, she has a domestic problem as well, right in her own house.  An American spy undercover in Northern Africa tries to maintain his cover even as he is falling in love with a striking Chadian woman who is trying to flee the country with her young son.  In China, a