We all love a good slasher film, right? (Maybe not all of us.) But if you're a fan of thrills and chills or you're looking for a rip-roaring thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, we have the books for you.
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
In January 1978, Florida State University student Pamela Schumacher becomes the sole witness when a killer invades her sorority house, murdering two of her friends and disfiguring two others. The killings bring Pamela into contact with Tina Cannon, who’s convinced the same man murdered her friend Ruth four years earlier in Seattle. Together, Pamela and Tina spend decades digging up evidence that might link the crimes and find justice for their slain friends.
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Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina
Anna Horn wants to know why young girls are disappearing on the reservation. When Anna's sister Grace goes missing, Anna and the tribe seek answers to the disappearances and discover that the tribe's difficulties are linked to the past. This mix of mythology and horror that deals with unsolved disappearances of Indigenous girls and tribal lore is a gripping read.”
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What Never Happened by Rachel Howzell Hall
Relocating to her Catalina Island home, obituary writer Coco Weber, with a number of elderly folks dying on the island, draws connections between a serial killer's crimes and her own family tragedy while someone watching her every move is hell-bent on finally putting her past to rest.
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Jackal by Erin E. Adams
Liz goes back to her small hometown for a wedding, but then Caroline, her friend’s biracial daughter, goes missing. Liz discovers that black girls go missing yearly, but the authorities don’t care, so she hopes to uncover this serial killer herself.