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Best Mysteries & Thrillers of 2024

Posted on December 31, 2024February 26, 2025 by Darinda

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Below are the best mysteries and thrillers that I read in 2024. These were gripping, suspenseful, and clever mysteries. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did!

Friends with Secrets by Christine Gunderson

My Top Ten Mysteries & Thrillers for 2024

Broken Bayou by Jennifer Moorhead
Friends with Secrets by Christine Gunderson
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
Don’t Forget Me by Rea Frey
The Stranger in Her House by John Marrs
Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda
House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen
She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
On the Surface by Rachel McGuire

2025 Mystery Genre Bingo

Posted on December 31, 2024March 25, 2025 by Darinda

Welcome to the 2025 Mystery Genre Bingo challenge!

This reading challenge focuses on mysteries. The idea is to create a bingo card with a variety of mystery subgenres and make as many “bingos” as you want. You can set a goal to get one bingo, completely fill in the bingo card, or something in between.

The 2025 Mystery Genre Bingo challenge has 25 prompts. This is a fun challenge for readers who enjoy reading a variety of mysteries.

My goal is to fill in a bingo card! Comment below with your challenge goals. Good luck and happy reading!

To make a bingo card, visit the Bingo Card Generator. Enter the following information:

Card Title: 2025 Mystery Genre Bingo
Word List: Amateur Sleuth, Caper, Cold Case, Cozy Mystery, Crime Fiction, Detective, Domestic Suspense, Financial Thriller, Golden Age Mystery, Historical Mystery, Hard Boiled, Legal Thriller, Locked Room Mystery, Medical Thriller, Middle Grade Mystery, Murder Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Noir, Paranormal Mystery, Police Procedural, Political Thriller, Private Investigator, Psychological Thriller, Romantic Suspense, Spy Thriller, Suspense, Techno Thriller, True Crime, Young Adult Mystery, Whodunit
Free Space: Yes
Free Space Text: Any Mystery
Free Space Description: “leave blank”
Free Space Placement: Center
Card Size: 5 x 5
Number of cards to create: 1
Click “Generate Bingo Cards”

My Bingo Card

Books Read in 2025 for the Mystery Genre Bingo Challenge:

Crime Fiction – The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Young Adult Mystery – That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally
Middle Grade Mystery – The Ambrose Deception by Emily Ecton
True Crime – Columbine by Dave Cullen
Caper – ‘Til Heist Do Us Part by Sara Desai
Whodunit – Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Police Procedural – The Killing Plains by Sherry Rankin
Amateur Sleuth – All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman
Hard Boiled – Clete by James Lee Burke
Psychological Thriller – The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison
Political Thriller – The Days to Come by Tom Rosenstiel
Historical Mystery – All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
Any Mystery – Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
Murder Mystery – Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown
Suspense – The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden
Locked Room Mystery – They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall
Noir – Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
Financial Thriller – The Domino Effect by Davis Bunn
Spy Thriller – Shadow of Doubt by Brad Thor
Cold Case – The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
Golden Age Mystery – The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Techno Thriller – The Family Experiment by John Marrs
Private Investigator – We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Medical Thriller – Identity Unknown by Patricia Cornwell
Paranormal Mystery – Ghosts, Alibis, and Apple Pies by J.A. Holder

Deadbeat by Adam Hamdy [Book Review]

Posted on December 29, 2024December 29, 2024 by Darinda

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BOOK INFO

Title: Deadbeat

Author: Adam Hamdy

Publisher: Atria Books

Publish Date: December 3, 2024

Genre: Mystery Thriller

Series: na

My Rating: 3/5

BOOK BLURB

Peyton Collard was a good man once, but his life changed after a horrific car accident. Divorced, drunk, and severely damaged, Peyton is offered a life-changing sum of money to kill an evil man. But as he goes on a vigilante journey that leaves a trail of bodies across California, Peyton wonders about the identity of his anonymous patron. Soon, his questions become an obsession, and he embarks on a tense and potentially deadly investigation to discover the truth about the murders he’s committed.

MY REVIEW

Peyton is on a downward spiral. An unknown benefactor bails him out of jail, then a large sum of money is offered to him if he kills a man. More money is offered if he keeps killing. Peyton wants to know who is behind these anonymous messages, so he starts investigating on his own.

Deadbeat is a slower paced thriller. Peyton admits to being a killer, and he’s also an unreliable and unlikable character. While the plot is intriguing, there was too much repetition to keep me interested in the story.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.

Out in the Cold by Steve Urszenyi [Book review]

Posted on December 29, 2024December 29, 2024 by Darinda

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BOOK INFO

Title: Out in the Cold

Author: Steve Urszenyi

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Publish Date: November 12, 2024

Genre: Mystery Thriller

Series: Special Agent Alexandra Martel #2

My Rating: 3/5

BOOK BLURB

While sailing across the Mediterranean, the megayacht Aurora is rocked with explosions, taken under siege by unknown assailants. On board are some of Europe’s wealthiest and most powerful political players, including the secretary general of Interpol, a high-ranking Finnish diplomat, and Special Agent Alex Martel—whose lethal sniper skills kick in to bring them safely to shore.

Someone is waging a ruthless campaign of attacks against Finland, one of NATO’s newest members, in an attempt to throw the Alliance into turmoil. Teaming back up with CIA agent Caleb, Alex is thrust into the middle of the fray, pursuing the villains from the waters off of Monaco to the Baltic Sea and home to American soil.

As the US is pulled deeper into the conflict, a global catastrophe seems inevitable. But who is really responsible for these escalating attacks on Finland? The Russians, or someone much closer to home? As new allies surface and old enemies reappear, Alex has no way of knowing who to trust—and she might only have one last shot to keep the world from going to war.

MY REVIEW

Out in the Cold is the second book in the Special Agent Alexandra Martel series. Alex is charming and lethal. She’s a skilled sniper, and currently working as a contractor with the CIA.

A series of destabilizing events have targeted Finland. Alex is thrown into the middle of the turmoil, and must help discover who is behind the attacks.

Out in the Cold is action packed. A fast-paced read recommended for fans of spy thrillers with female protagonists.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Books in the Special Agent Alexandra Martel series:

Perfect Shot
Out in the Cold

Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Robert Dugoni [Book Review]

Posted on December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 by Darinda

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BOOK INFO

Title: Beyond Reasonable Doubt

Author: Robert Dugoni

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Publish Date: October 22, 2024

Genre: Legal Thriller

Series: Keera Duggan #2

My Rating: 4/5

Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Robert Dugoni

BOOK BLURB

When Jenna Bernstein, disgraced wunderkind CEO of a controversial biotech company, is accused of murdering her former partner and lover, she turns to Seattle attorney Keera Duggan to defend her. Keera is more than a master chess player who brings her intuitive moves into court—she’s Jenna’s childhood friend. But considering their history, Keera knows that where Jenna goes, trouble follows.

Five years earlier, Keera’s father successfully defended Jenna when she was tried for the killing of her company’s chief scientist who threatened to go public with allegations of corporate fraud. Keera knows Jenna too well. When she was a kid, Keera saw Jenna for what she was: a manipulative and frighteningly controlling sociopath. Now, with only circumstantial evidence against Jenna, Keera is willing to bury any trepidation she might have to defend a woman she believes, this time, to be innocent.

As the investigation gets underway and disturbing questions arise, Keera puts her trust in a client who swears that this time she’s telling nothing but the truth. If this is all just another devious game, Keera might be working to set a murderer free.

MY REVIEW

Keera Duggan is a defense attorney. Her latest case is defending a childhood friend accused of murder.

Beyond Reasonable Doubt is the second book in the Keera Duggan series. This book can be read as a standalone, but I recommend starting with the first book in the series.

Keera is intelligent and intuitive. She isn’t excited to be about her latest case, since she does not like the woman she is defending. While Keera believes her client to be a sociopath, she also believes that she is innocent of the murder she is being accused of. This makes for a clever and tense plot.

Beyond Reasonable Doubt is a fast-paced, dramatic, and intriguing legal thriller.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Books in the Keera Duggan series:

Her Deadly Game
Beyond Reasonable Doubt

A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara [Book Review]

Posted on December 28, 2024May 31, 2026 by Darinda

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BOOK INFO

Title: A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer

Author: Maxie Dara

Publisher: Berkley

Publish Date: October 1, 2024

Genre: Paranormal Mystery

Series: S.C.Y.T.H.E Mystery #1

My Rating: 4/5

A Grim Reaper's Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara

BOOK BLURB

Murder is not her department.

It’s not like it used to be. Modern-day grim reapers wear business casual, not black cloaks, and they don’t carry scythes, they work for S. C. Y. T. H. E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences), where the Department of Natural Causes is the least exciting gig. And that’s how Kathy Valence likes it: boring and predictable. She has enough stress in her personal life; she’s mid-divorce, pregnant, and terrified she doesn’t have what it takes to be a good mom.

Then, she goes to pick up a new client and finds his soul is missing. When she finally tracks down Conner Ortiz, he angrily insists he was murdered, and he refuses to move on until Kathy finds out why and by whom.

Kathy has only forty-five days to solve the mystery before the boy’s soul is doomed to roam the earth as a ghost forever. To do that she’ll have to call on the help of her retired mentor, her almost ex-husband—and, inconveniently, Conner himself. This is the wildest case of her career . . . and one wrong move could cost Kathy her job, not to mention her life.

MY REVIEW

Kathy is a modern day grim reaper working for S.C.Y.T.H.E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences). She works in natural causes, but runs into a problem when she goes to collect her latest soul. He claims he was murdered, and refuses to go with her until she finds who killed him.

Kathy is in her forties, in the middle of a divorce, and pregnant. She does not want to help solve a murder, but feels she must. For one, if she doesn’t collect her client’s soul in time, he is doomed to stay a ghost forever.

A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer has a cast of quirky characters. The story is witty and lighthearted. I’m looking forward to the next book in this series.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Books in the S.C.Y.T.H.E. Mystery series:

A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer
A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Cheating Death
A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Living Twice

The Hitchcock Hotel by Stephanie Wrobel [Book Review]

Posted on December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 by Darinda

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BOOK INFO

Title: The Hitchcock Hotel

Author: Stephanie Wrobel

Publisher: Berkley

Publish Date: September 24, 2024

Genre: Mystery Thriller

Series: na

My Rating: 3/5

BOOK BLURB

Alfred Smettle is not your average Hitchcock fan. He is the founder, owner, and manager of The Hitchcock Hotel, a sprawling Victorian house in the White Mountains dedicated to the Master of Suspense. There, Alfred offers his guests round-the-clock film screenings, movie props and memorabilia in every room, plus an aviary with fifty crows.

To celebrate the hotel’s first anniversary, he invites his former best friends from his college Film Club for a reunion. He hasn’t spoken to any of them in sixteen years, not after what happened.

But who better than them to appreciate Alfred’s creation? And to help him finish it.

After all, no Hitchcock set is complete without a body.

MY REVIEW

Old college friends are reunited at The Hitchcock Hotel. Alfred runs the hotel, and invites his old film club friends to celebrate the hotel’s one year anniversary. Once they’re all reunited, things take a dark turn, and someone ends up dead.

The Hitchcock Hotel is told using multiple points of view and timelines. The timelines are past and present, with one major event happening in college that changed their friendships. The characters are intriguing and the setting is unique.

Atmosphere and tension make The Hitchcock Hotel a compelling read. Recommended for fans of dark and twisty murder mysteries.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Books by Stephanie Wrobel:

Darling Rose Gold
This Might Hurt
The Hitchcock Hotel

You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto [Book Review]

Posted on December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 by Darinda

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BOOK INFO

Title: You Will Never Be Me

Author: Jesse Q. Sutanto

Publisher: Berkley

Publish Date: August 20, 2024

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Series: na

My Rating: 4/5

You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto

BOOK BLURB

Influencer Meredith Lee didn’t teach Aspen Palmer how to blossom on social media just to be ditched as soon as Aspen became big. So can anyone really blame Mer for doing a little stalking? Nothing serious, more like Stalking Lite. Then, Mer gets lucky; she finds one of Aspen’s kids’ iPads and swipes it. Now, she has access to everything: the family calendar and Aspen’s social media accounts. Would anyone else be able to resist tweaking things a little here and there, showing up in Aspen’s place for meetings with potential sponsors? Mer’s only taking back what she deserves—what should have been hers.

Meanwhile, Aspen doesn’t understand why her perfectly filtered life is falling apart. Sponsors are dropping her, fellow influencers are ghosting her, and even her own husband seems to find her repulsive. If she doesn’t find out who’s behind everything, she might just lose it all. What everyone seems to forget is that Aspen didn’t become one of TikTok’s biggest momfluencers by being naive. When Meredith suddenly goes missing, Aspen’s world is upended and mysterious threats begin to arrive—but she won’t let anything get in the way of her perfect life again.

MY REVIEW

Meredith and Aspen are social media influencers and former best friends. Aspen’s influencer career has taken off and Meredith envies her for it. Meredith gets the opportunity to improve her own social media accounts, and takes it, even if it hurts Aspen. Meanwhile, Aspen’s image starts to fall, and she’s not going to let her perfectly curated life go away so easily.

Meredith and Aspen are both unlikable characters. The story alternates between their two points of view, and it’s hard to choose which one to root for. The story is well-paced, and the influencer storyline is entertaining.

You Will Never Be Me is an intriguing and creepy psychological thriller.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Talking to Strangers by Fiona Barton [Book Review]

Posted on December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 by Darinda

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BOOK INFO

Title: Talking to Strangers

Author: Fiona Barton

Publisher: Berkley Books

Publish Date: August 15, 2024

Genre: Crime & Detective

Series: Elise King #2

My Rating: 3/5

BOOK BLURB

When Karen Simmons is murdered on Valentine’s Day, Detective Elise King wonders if she was killed by a man she met online. Karen was all over the dating apps, leading some townspeople to blame her for her own death, while others band together to protest society’s violence against women. Into the divide comes Kiki Nunn, whose aggressive newsgathering once again antagonizes Elise.

A single mother of a young daughter, Kiki is struggling to make a living in the diminished news landscape. Getting a scoop in the Simmons murder would do a lot for her career, and she’s willing to go up against not just Elise but the killer himself to do it.

MY REVIEW

Elise is a detective working the case of a murdered woman. A determined reporter is also wanting to find the killer.

Talking to Strangers is a slow burning mystery. Told with well-developed characters and a compelling atmosphere. This is a complex and clever murder mystery.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Books in the Elise King series:

Local Gone Missing
Talking to Strangers

Buried Too Deep by Karen Rose [Book Review]

Posted on December 28, 2024November 15, 2025 by Darinda

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BOOK INFO

Title: Buried Too Deep

Author: Karen Rose

Publisher: Berkley

Publish Date: August 13, 2024

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Series: Romantic Suspense #30, New Orleans #3

My Rating: 4/5

BOOK BLURB

Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

Employed as the nighttime security guard of Broussard Investigations, Phineas Bishop has been working through overwhelming PTSD episodes from his army service while still utilizing his military skills. But when a violent break-in occurs at the office, the accusatory eyes of the NOPD are on Phin, and he resolves to track down the intruder and clear his name.

Phin’s only lead is Cora Winslow, a spirited librarian who also needs answers. The body of her father, murdered twenty-three years ago, has just been discovered under a recently demolished building. So who has been sending her handwritten letters—written and signed by her father—every year since she was five? Someone wants to keep Cora in the dark. And now, they’re coming for her.

As Cora’s self-appointed bodyguard, Phin is surprised by his growing fondness for the woman and her fierce determination and research prowess. But New Orleans’s Garden District holds secrets as old as the streets themselves. With help from the entire Broussard P.I. team, Phin and Cora enter a labyrinth of fraud and homicide that threatens to bury them all.

MY REVIEW

Phineas is a security guard working when a violent break-in occurs. The police look at Phineas as a suspect. Cora is a witness, and looking for answers of her own. Phineas and Cora are drawn into a world of secrets and homicide.

Buried Too Deep is the thirtieth book in the Romantic Suspense series by Karen Rose. It is the third book in the New Orleans series. I have read the other books in this series, so I was excited to read this latest one.

Well-developed and interesting characters in an intriguing story. Buried Too Deep is a fast-paced and intense thriller.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Books by Karen Rose:

Don’t Tell (Chicago #1)
Have You Seen Her?
I’m Watching You (Chicago #2)
Nothing to Fear (Chicago #3)
You Can’t Hide (Chicago #4)
Count to Ten (Chicago #5)
Die for Me (Daniel Vartanian #1)
Scream for Me (Daniel Vartanian #2)
Kill for Me (Daniel Vartanian #3)
I Can See You (Minneapolis #1)
Silent Scream (Minneapolis #2)
You Belong to Me (Baltimore #1)
No One Left to Tell (Baltimore #2)
Did You Miss Me? (Baltimore #3)
Watch Your Back (Baltimore #4)
Closer Than You Think (Cincinnati #1)
Alone in the Dark (Cincinnati #2)
Every Dark Corner (Cincinnati #3)
Monster in the Closet (Baltimore #5)
Edge of Darkness (Cincinnati #4)
Death Is Not Enough (Baltimore #6)
Say You’re Sorry (Sacramento #1)
Into the Dark (Cincinnati #5)
Say No More (Sacramento #2)
Say Goodbye (Sacramento #3)
Quarter to Midnight (New Orleans #1)
Cold Blooded Liar (San Diego #1)
Beneath Dark Waters (New Orleans #2)
Cheater (San Diego #2)
Buried Too Deep (New Orleans #3)
Dead Man’s List (San Diego #3)
Knife in the Back (New Orleans #4)

Fire and Bones by Kathy Reichs [Book Review]

Posted on December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 by Darinda

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BOOK INFO

Title: Fire and Bones

Author: Kathy Reichs

Publisher: Scribner

Publish Date: August 6, 2024

Genre: Police Procedural

Series: Temperance Brennan #23

My Rating: 4/5

BOOK BLURB

Always apprehensive about working fire scenes, Tempe is called to Washington, DC, to analyze the victims of a deadly blaze. The devastated building is in Foggy Bottom, a neighborhood with a colorful past and present, and when Tempe delves into the property’s history, she becomes suspicious about the ownership.

The pieces start falling into place strangely and quickly, and, sensing a good story, Tempe teams with a new ally, telejournalist Ivy Doyle. Soon the duo learns that back in the 1930s and ’40s the home was the hangout of a group of bootleggers and racketeers known as the Foggy Bottom Gang. While interesting, this fact seems irrelevant—until the son of a Foggy Bottom gang member is shot dead at his home in an affluent part of the district. Coincidence? Targeted attack? So many questions.

As Tempe and Ivy dig deeper, an arrest is finally made. Then another fire claims one more victim, and slowly, Tempe’s instincts begin pointing to the obvious. But her moves since coming to Washington have been anticipated—and every path forward seems to bring with it a lethal threat.

MY REVIEW

Fire and Bones is the twenty-third book in the Temperance Brennan series. In this book, Temperance works in Washington, DC on a mysterious fire that left at least four dead.

Temperance is a strong protagonist with her intelligence, wit, and drive. I have enjoyed this series for years, and this book shows the series continues to be intriguing.

Fire and Bones is an enjoyable addition to the series. Recommended to readers who enjoy crime fiction and medical thrillers.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Books in the Temperance Brennan series:

Déjà Dead
Death du Jour
Deadly Decisions
Fatal Voyage
Grave Secrets
Bare Bones
Monday Mourning
Cross Bones
Break No Bones
Bones to Ashes
Devil Bones
206 Bones
Spider Bones
Flash and Bones
Bones Are Forever
Bones of the Lost
Bones Never Lie
Speaking in Bones
A Conspiracy of Bones
The Bone Code
Cold, Cold Bones
The Bone Hacker
Fire and Bones

House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen [Book Review]

Posted on December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 by Darinda

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BOOK INFO

Title: House of Glass

Author: Sarah Pekkanen

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press

Publish Date: August 6, 2024

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Series: na

My Rating: 4/5

BOOK BLURB

On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perfect lie.

A young nanny who plunged to her death, or was she pushed? A nine-year-old girl who collects sharp objects and refuses to speak. A lawyer whose job it is to uncover who in the family is a victim and who is a murderer. But how can you find out the truth when everyone here is lying?

Rose Barclay is a nine-year-old girl who witnessed the possible murder of her nanny – in the midst of her parent’s bitter divorce – and immediately stopped speaking. Stella Hudson is a best interest attorney, appointed to serve as counsel for children in custody cases. She never accepts clients under thirteen due to her own traumatic childhood, but Stella’s mentor, a revered judge, believes Stella is the only one who can help.

From the moment Stella passes through the iron security gate and steps into the gilded, historic DC home of the Barclays, she realizes the case is even more twisted, and the Barclay family far more troubled, than she feared. And there’s something eerie about the house itself: It’s a plastic house, with not a single bit of glass to be found.

As Stella comes closer to uncovering the secrets the Barclays are desperate to hide, danger wraps around her like a shroud, and her past and present are set on a collision course in ways she never expected. Everyone is a suspect in the nanny’s murder. The mother, the father, the grandmother, the nanny’s boyfriend. Even Rose. Is the person Stella’s supposed to protect the one she may need protection from?

MY REVIEW

Stella is a best interest attorney called to work on the custody case of a nine-year-old girl. The girl witnessed the death of her nanny and has stopped speaking. Stella is concerned for the girl, and troubled by the family.

The story is told from Stella’s point of view. She doesn’t normally work with children as young as her latest case, but the judge believes she’s the best fit to help the girl. Stella suspects the family is keeping secrets, and she tries to uncover the truth. As she tries to find a way to connect with the girl, she also suspects there may be a killer in the home.

House of Glass is an atmospheric and intriguing thriller. Fans of this author are sure to enjoy this book too.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Books by Sarah Pekkanen:

Gone Tonight
House of Glass