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The Lost Girls of Willowbrook

Ellen Marie Wiseman

"The air tasted like death; the inhuman, guttural cries coming from what sounded like a hundred tortured souls, rising and falling and rising again, made the hair on the back of her neck stand up."


Hell of a Mess

Nick Kolakowski

"It was the worst possible timing—or maybe the best."


Nothing More To Tell

Karen McManus

'“What a warm welcome back to Saint Ambrose, huh?” she says. “Population: messed up.”'


Girl, Forgotten

Karin Slaughter

'Jasper said, “Your father is up for parole again in six months.”'


Traitor’s Dance

Jeff Abbott

"Sam Capra watched the assassin enter the middle school gym."


Three Assassins

by Kotaro Isaka, Translated by Sam Malissa

"It’s night but the scene is ablaze with gaudy neon and streetlamps. People everywhere. Like a writhing mass of luridly colored insects."


How I’ll Kill You:
Excerpt and Cover Reveal

Ren DeStefano

“What about that one?”


Vicious Creatures

Ashton Noone

"I never wanted to come back home."


How To Kill Your Family

Bella Mackie

"On my first day here fourteen long months ago, she sat on my bunk, squeezed my knee with her horribly long fingernails and told me that she knew what I’d done, and thought it was fantastic."


Sisters of the Lost Nation: Exclusive Cover Reveal and Excerpt

Nick Medina

“I found three unearthed graves,” he said. “Someone dug them up.”



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