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• Before I Go to Sleep

  a Novel

  Watson, S. J. (Steven J.)

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  An amnesiac attempts to reconstruct her past by keeping a journal and discovers the dangerous inconsistencies in the stories of her husband and her secret doctor.

• Gone Girl

  a Novel

  Flynn, Gillian, 1971-

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  Nick and Amy appear to have it all, but when she disappears on their fifth wedding anniversary, is it possible that Nick is responsible?

• You

  a Novel

  Kepnes, Caroline, 1976-

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  Meeting at an East Village bookstore, aspiring writer Guinevere Beck and store employee Joe Goldberg embark on an intimate relationship, only to suffer deadly consequences when their passion spirals out of control.

• Big Little Lies

  Moriarty, Liane,

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  An annual school Trivia Night ends in a disastrous riot leaving one parent dead in what appears to be a tragic accident, but evidence shows it might have been premeditated.

• The Girl on the Train

  Hawkins, Paula,

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  Obsessively watching a breakfasting couple every day to escape the pain of her losses, Rachel witnesses a shocking event that inextricably entangles her in the lives of strangers.

• In a Dark, Dark Wood

  Ware, Ruth

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  Reluctantly accepting an old friend's invitation to spend a weekend in the English countryside, Leonora awakens in a hospital badly injured, unable to recall what happened and confronting a growing certainty that someone involved has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Widow

  Barton, Fiona,

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  Jean stands by her husband when he is suspected in the disappearance of a two-year-old girl but when he dies suddenly years later, she is ready to tell all. But things are much more complicated than they seem...

• The Woman in the Window

  Finn, A. J.,

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  An agoraphobic recluse languishes in her New York City home, drinking wine and spying on her neighbors, before witnessing a terrible crime through her window that exposes her secrets and raises questions about her perceptions of reality.

• The Perfect Nanny

  a Novel

  Slimani, Leïla, 1981-

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  Follows the relationship between a working French-Moroccan couple and their too-good-to-be-true nanny, whose devotion to their children spirals into a psychologically charged cycle of jealousies, resentments and violence.

• The Silent Patient

  Michaelides, Alex, 1977-

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  A therapist becomes dangerously obsessed with uncovering the truth about what prompted his client, an artist who refuses to speak, to violently murder her husband in a way that triggers mass public speculation.