Today is the creepiest day of the year! So let’s add to the creep and read something twisted, spine tingling  and sure to keep you up at night with the lights on. This list below has some super creeptastic books for your reading pleasure!
All Is Not ForgottenÂ
by Wendy Walker
It begins in the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut, where everything seems picture perfect.
Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is attacked at a local party. In the hours immediately after, she is given a controversial drug to medically erase her memory of the violent assault. But, in the weeks and months that follow, as she heals from her physical wounds, and with no factual recall of the attack, Jenny struggles with her raging emotional memory. Her father, Tom, becomes obsessed with his inability to find her attacker and seek justice while her mother, Charlotte, struggles to pretend this horrific event did not touch her carefully constructed world.
As Tom and Charlotte seek help for their daughter, the fault lines within their marriage and their close-knit community emerge from the shadows where they have been hidden for years, and the relentless quest to find the monster who invaded their town â or perhaps lives among them â drive this psychological thriller to a shocking and unexpected conclusion.
The Kept WomanÂ
by Karin Slaughter
The author of Pretty Girls returns with an electrifying, emotionally complex thriller that plunges its fascinating protagonist into the darkest depths of a mystery that just might destroy him.
With the discovery of a murder at an abandoned construction site, Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is brought in on a case that becomes much more dangerous when the dead man is identified as an ex-cop.
Studying the body, Sara Linton â the GBIâs newest medical examiner and Willâs lover â realizes that the extensive blood loss didnât belong to the corpse. Sure enough, bloody footprints leading away from the scene indicate there is another victim â a woman â who has vanished⌠and who will die soon if she isnât found.
Will is already compromised, because the site belongs to the cityâs most popular citizen: a wealthy, powerful, and politically connected athlete protected by the worldâs most expensive lawyers â a man whoâs already gotten away with rape, despite Willâs exhaustive efforts to put him away.
But the worst is yet to come. Evidence soon links Willâs troubled past to the case⌠and the consequences will tear through his life with the force of a tornado, wreaking havoc for Will and everyone around him, including his colleagues, family, friends â and even the suspects he pursues.
Relentlessly suspenseful and furiously paced, peopled with conflicted, fallible characters who leap from the page, The Kept Woman is a seamless blend of twisty police procedural and ingenious psychological thriller â a searing, unforgettable novel of love, loss, and redemption.
The Woman in Cabin 10Â
by Ruth Ware
http://amzn.to/2e5BCIp
From New York Times bestselling author of the âtwisty-mysteryâ (Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood, comes The Woman in Cabin 10, an equally suspenseful and haunting novel from Ruth Ware â this time, set at sea.
In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christieâs works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea. At first, Loâs stay is nothing but pleasant: The cabins are plush, the dinner parties are sparkling, and the guests are elegant. But as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the deck, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for â and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Loâs desperate attempts to convey that something (or someone) has gone terribly, terribly wrongâŚ
With surprising twists, spine-tingling turns, and a setting that proves as uncomfortably claustrophobic as it is eerily beautiful, Ruth Ware offers up another taut and intense read in The Woman in Cabin 10 â one that will leave even the most sure-footed reader restlessly uneasy long after the last page is turned.
The Couple Next DoorÂ
by Shari Lapena
http://amzn.to/2e5It4p
It all started at a dinner partyâŚ
A domestic suspense debut about a young couple and their apparently friendly neighbors â a twisty, rollercoaster ride of lies, betrayal, and the secrets between husbands and wivesâŚ
Anne and Marco Conti seem to have it all â a loving relationship, a wonderful home, and their beautiful baby, Cora. But one night when they are at a dinner party next door, a terrible crime is committed. Suspicion immediately focuses on the parents. But the truth is a much more complicated story.
Inside the curtained house, an unsettling account of what actually happened unfolds. Detective Rasbach knows that the panicked couple is hiding something. Both Anne and Marco soon discover that the other is keeping secrets, secrets theyâve kept for years.
What follows is the nerve-racking unraveling of a family â a chilling tale of deception, duplicity, and unfaithfulness that will keep you breathless until the final shocking twist.
Only DaughterÂ
by Anna Snoekstra
In 2003, 16-year-old Rebecca Winter disappeared.
Sheâd been enjoying her summer break: working at a fast-food restaurant, crushing on an older boy and shoplifting with her best friend. Mysteriously ominous things began to happen â a presence in her room at night, periods of blackouts, a feeling of being watched â though Bec remained oblivious of what was to come.
Eleven years later she is replaced.
A young woman, desperate after being arrested, claims to be the decade-missing Bec.
Soon the impostor is living Becâs life. Sleeping in her bed. Hugging her mother and father. Learning her best friendsâ names. Playing with her little brothers.
But Becâs welcoming family and enthusiastic friends are not quite as they seem. As the impostor dodges the detective investigating her case, she begins to delve into the life of the real Bec Winter â and soon realizes that whoever took Bec is still at large, and that she is in imminent danger.
Under the HarrowÂ
by Flynn Berry
When Nora takes the train from London to visit her sister in the countryside, she expects to find her waiting at the station, or at home cooking dinner. But when she walks into Rachelâs familiar house, what she finds is entirely different: Her sister has been the victim of a brutal murder.
Stunned and adrift, Nora finds she canât return to her former life. An unsolved assault in the past has shaken her faith in the police, and she canât trust them to find her sisterâs killer. Haunted by the murder and the secrets that surround it, Nora is under the harrow: distressed and in danger. As Noraâs fear turns to obsession, she becomes as unrecognizable as the sister her investigation uncovers.
A riveting psychological thriller and a haunting exploration of the fierce love between two sisters, the distortions of grief, and the terrifying power of the past, Under the Harrow marks the debut of an extraordinary new writer.
The Butterfly GardenÂ
by Dot Hutchison
http://amzn.to/2f1fbsc
$4.99 on Kindle today!
Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden.
In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees⌠and a collection of precious âbutterfliesâ â young women who have been kidnapped and intricately tattooed to resemble their namesakes. Overseeing it all is the Gardener, a brutal, twisted man obsessed with capturing and preserving his lovely specimens.
When the garden is discovered, a survivor is brought in for questioning. FBI agents Victor Hanoverian and Brandon Eddison are tasked with piecing together one of the most stomach-churning cases of their careers. But the girl, known only as Maya, proves to be a puzzle herself.
As her story twists and turns, slowly shedding light on life in the Butterfly Garden, Maya reveals old grudges, new saviors, and horrific tales of a man whoâd go to any length to hold beauty captive. But the more she shares, the more the agents have to wonder what sheâs still hidingâŚ
Behind Closed DoorsÂ
by B. A. Paris
This was our book club pick this month! So good!
Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth; she has charm and elegance. Heâs a dedicated attorney who has never lost a case; she is a flawless homemaker, a masterful gardener and cook, and dotes on her disabled younger sister. Though they are still newlyweds, they seem to have it all. You might not want to like them, but you do. Youâre hopelessly charmed by the ease and comfort of their home, by the graciousness of the dinner parties they throw. Youâd like to get to know Grace better.
But itâs difficult, because you realize Jack and Grace are inseparable.
Some might call this true love. Others might wonder why Grace never answers the phone. Or why she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesnât work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. Or why she never seems to take anything with her when she leaves the house, not even a pen. Or why there are such high-security metal shutters on all the downstairs windows.
Some might wonder whatâs really going on once the dinner party is over, and the front door has closed.
From bestselling author B. A. Paris comes the gripping thriller and international phenomenon Behind Closed Doors.
The WidowÂ
by Fiona Barton
When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on, when more bad things began to happenâŚ
But that womanâs husband died last week. And Jean doesnât have to be her anymore.
Thereâs a lot Jean hasnât said over the years about the crime her husband was suspected of committing. She was too busy being the perfect wife, standing by her man while living with the accusing glares and the anonymous harassment.
Now thereâs no reason to stay quiet. There are people who want to hear her story. They want to know what it was like living with that man. She can tell them that there were secrets. There always are in a marriage.
The truth â thatâs all anyone wants. But the one lesson Jean has learned in the last few years is that she can make people believe anythingâŚ
All the Missing GirlsÂ
by Megan Miranda
Like the spellbinding psychological suspense in The Girl on the Train and Luckiest Girl Alive, Megan Mirandaâs novel is a nail-biting, breathtaking story about the disappearances of two young women â a decade apart â told in reverse.
Itâs been 10 years since Nicolette Farrell left her rural hometown after her best friend, Corinne, disappeared from Cooley Ridge without a trace. Back again to tie up loose ends and care for her ailing father, Nic is soon plunged into a shocking drama that reawakens Corinneâs case and breaks open old wounds long since stitched.
The decade-old investigation focused on Nic, her brother Daniel, boyfriend Tyler, and Corinneâs boyfriend Jackson. Since then, only Nic has left Cooley Ridge. Daniel and his wife, Laura, are expecting a baby; Jackson works at the town bar; and Tyler is dating Annaleise Carter, Nicâs younger neighbor and the groupâs alibi the night Corinne disappeared. Then, within days of Nicâs return, Annaleise goes missing.
Told backwards â Day 15 to Day 1 â from the time Annaleise goes missing, Nic works to unravel the truth about her younger neighborâs disappearance, revealing shocking truths about her friends, her family, and what really happened to Corinne that night 10 years ago.
Like nothing youâve ever read before, All the Missing Girls delivers in all the right ways. With twists and turns that lead down dark alleys and dead ends, you may think youâre walking a familiar path, but then Megan Miranda turns it all upside down and inside out and leaves us wondering just how far we would be willing to go to protect those we love.
Donât You CryÂ
by Mary Kubica
In downtown Chicago, a young woman named Esther Vaughan disappears from her apartment without a trace. A haunting letter addressed to My Dearest is found among her possessions, leaving her friend and roommate Quinn Collins to wonder where Esther is and whether or not sheâs the person Quinn thought she knew.
Meanwhile, in a small Michigan harbor town an hour outside Chicago, a mysterious woman appears in the quiet coffee shop where 18-year-old Alex Gallo works as a dishwasher. He is immediately drawn to her charm and beauty, but what starts as an innocent crush quickly spirals into something far more dark and sinister than he ever expected.
As Quinn searches for answers about Esther, and Alex is drawn further under the strangerâs spell, master of suspense Mary Kubica takes readers on a taut and twisted thrill ride that builds to a stunning conclusion and shows that no matter how fast and far we run, the past always catches up with us in the end.
Iâm Thinking of Ending ThingsÂ
by Iain Reid
http://amzn.to/2efgGlt
You will be scared. But you wonât know whyâŚ
Iâm thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. Itâs always there. Always.
Jake once said, âSometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you canât fake a thought.â
And hereâs what Iâm thinking: I donât want to be here.
In this smart, suspenseful, and intense literary thriller, debut novelist Iain Reid explores the depths of the human psyche, questioning consciousness, free will, the value of relationships, fear, and the limitations of solitude. Reminiscent of Jose Saramagoâs early work, Michel Faberâs cult classic Under the Skin, and Lionel Shriverâs We Need to Talk about Kevin, Iâm Thinking of Ending Things is an edgy, haunting debut. Tense, gripping, and atmospheric, this novel pulls you in from the very first page⌠and never lets you go.
The PassengerÂ
by Lisa Lutz
From the author of the New York Times bestselling Spellman Files series, Lisa Lutzâs latest blistering thriller is about a woman who creates and sheds new identities as she crisscrosses the country to escape her past: Youâll want to buckle up for the ride!
In case you were wondering, I didnât do it. I didnât have anything to do with Frankâs death. I donât have an alibi, so youâll have to take my word for itâŚ
Forty-eight hours after leaving her husbandâs body at the base of the stairs, Tanya Dubois cashes in her credit cards, dyes her hair brown, demands a new name from a shadowy voice over the phone, and flees town. Itâs not the first time.
She meets Blue, a female bartender who recognizes the hunted look in a fugitiveâs eyes and offers her a place to stay. With dwindling choices, Tanya-now-Amelia accepts. An uneasy â and dangerous â alliance is born.
Itâs almost impossible to live off the grid today, but Amelia-now-Debra and Blue have the courage, the ingenuity, and the desperation, to try. Hopscotching from city to city, Debra especially is chased by a very dark secret⌠can she outrun her past?
With heart-stopping escapes and devious deceptions, The Passenger is an amazing psychological thriller about defining yourself while you pursue your path to survival. One thing is certain: The ride will leave you breathless.
Hidden BodiesÂ
by Caroline Kepnes
http://amzn.to/2f5Luno
I read the first book in this two book series….very twisted!! It has a ton of sexual content, so beware if that bothers you. I posted the info for Book #1 below.
In the compulsively readable follow-up to her widely acclaimed debut novel, You, Caroline Kepnes weaves a tale that Booklist calls âthe love child of Holden Caulfield and Patrick Bateman.â
Hidden Bodies marks the return of a voice that Stephen King described as original and hypnotic, and through the divisive and charmingly sociopathic character of Joe Goldberg, Kepnes satirizes and dissects our culture, blending suspense with scathing wit.
Joe Goldberg is no stranger to hiding bodies. In the past 10 years, this 30-something has buried four of them, collateral damage in his quest for love. Now heâs heading west to Los Angeles, the city of second chances, determined to put his past behind him.
In Hollywood, Joe blends in effortlessly with the other young upstarts. He eats guac, works in a bookstore, and flirts with a journalist neighbor. But while others seem fixated on their own reflections, Joe canât stop looking over his shoulder. The problem with hidden bodies is that they donât always stay that way. They re-emerge, like dark thoughts, multiplying and threatening to destroy what Joe wants most: truelove. And when he finds it in a darkened room in Soho House, heâs more desperate than ever to keep his secrets buried. He doesnât want to hurt his new girlfriend â he wants to be with her forever. But if she ever finds out what heâs done, he may not have a choice.
Book #1…
You
by Caroline Kepnes
No One KnowsÂ
by J.T. Ellison
I read this one. You can find my review by clicking the reviews button on my home page.
In an obsessive mystery as thrilling as The Girl on the Train and The Husbandâs Secret, New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison will make you question every twist in her page-turning novel â and wonder which of her vividly drawn characters you should trust.
The day Aubrey Hamiltonâs husband is declared dead by the state of Tennessee should bring closure so she can move on with her life. But Aubrey doesnât want to move on; she wants Josh back. Itâs been five years since he disappeared, since their blissfully happy marriage â they were happy, werenât they? â screeched to a halt and Aubrey became the prime suspect in his disappearance. Five years of emptiness, solitude, loneliness, questions. Why didnât Josh show up at his friendâs bachelor party? Was he murdered? Did he run away? And now, all this time later, who is the mysterious yet strangely familiar figure suddenly haunting her new life?
In No One Knows, the New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Nicholas Drummond series expertly peels back the layers of a complex woman who is hiding dark secrets beneath her unassuming exterior. This masterful thriller for fans of Gillian Flynn, Liane Moriarty, and Paula Hawkins will pull readers into a youâll-never-guess merry-go-round of danger and deception. Round and round and round it goes, where it stops⌠no one knows.
Please have a safe and Happy Halloween! Let me know if you pick up any of these books!
