I Don’t Forgive You by Aggie Blum Thompson
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It all starts at a neighborhood party when a local dad corners Allie and calls her by an old, forgotten nickname from her dark past. The next day, he is found dead. 

The Fiancée by Kate White
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The New York Times bestselling author returns with an unsettling but riveting psychological thriller about a captivating woman who joins a family and threatens to upend their picture-perfect lives. 

Our Woman in Moscow by Beatriz Williams
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The New York Times bestselling author of Her Last Flight returns with a gripping and profoundly human story of Cold War espionage and family devotion.

Hostage by Clare Mackintosh
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A claustrophobic thriller set over twenty hours on one airplane flight, with the heart-stopping tension of The Last Flight and the wrenching emotional intensity of Room, Hostage takes us on board the inaugural nonstop flight from London to Sydney.

The North Face of the Heart by Dolores Redondo
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In a propulsive thriller by the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Baztán Trilogy, a female detective follows a sadistic killer into the eye of a storm.

Seven Days In June by Tia Williams
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Seven days to fall in love, fifteen years to forget and seven days to get it all back again… From the author of The Perfect Find, this is a witty, romantic, and sexy-as-hell new novel of two writers and their second chance at love.

Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams
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From the author of the “full-throttle thriller” (A. J. Finn) No Exit—a riveting new psychological page-turner featuring a fierce and unforgettable heroine.

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder, and obsession, that further cements “Michaelides as a major player in the field” (Publishers Weekly).

Survive The Night by Riley Sager
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It’s November 1991. Nirvana’s in the tape deck, George H. W. Bush is in the White House, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer.

The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman
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A British actress discovers the dark side of Hollywood when she is the only witness to the sudden disappearance of a woman she meets at an audition in this psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Something in the Water and Mr. Nobody.

Dream Girl by Laura Lippman
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Following up on her acclaimed and wildly successful New York Times bestseller Lady in the Lake, Laura Lippman returns with a dark, complex tale of psychological suspense with echoes of Misery involving a novelist, incapacitated by injury, who is plagued by mysterious phone calls.

Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy
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Orphan Black meets Margaret Atwood in this twisty supernatural thriller about female power and the bonds of sisterhood

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The North Face of the Heart is a prequel to the author’s previously published Bazlan trilogy that includes The Invisible Guardian, The Legacy of the Bones, and Offering to the Storm. Note that these are the English titles, though Redondo’s work was first published in Spanish. All three books in the Bazlan trilogy have been turned in to movies and they are all currently available worldwide on Netflix. The trilogy really does need to be viewed in order, but the prequel can be read before or after, as it takes place a significant amount of time before the events of The Invisible Guardian, while the events of the books/movies in the trilogy take place in close succession.

In The North Face of the Heart, a special assignment team from the FBI is chasing a serial killer who murders entire families under cover of natural disasters. Amaia Salazar, a young detective from Spain who is currently training with the FBI (after already gaining a reputation as an exceptional investigator back home) has been added to the team because of her impressive insight. Following in the killer’s footsteps leads the team to New Orleans just as Hurricane Katrina is taking aim at the city.

Redondo’s writing is heartbreaking as she recounts the lives of the many people who remained in New Orleans, believing that this storm would be no different than all the others they had lived through. As a reader living in a world that is sixteen years past these events, you know their faith is misplaced and they will be proven tragically wrong as they desperately seek food, water, shelter, and safety in the coming days. And you know their search will be to no avail. Having lived on the Gulf Coast through Katrina, I was brought to tears more than once while I was reading as I thought about what I already knew these characters were about to face, and what would become of their city.

Against the backdrop of this powerful storm, the FBI team continues to try to put the pieces together to track down and catch the serial killer before another family is destroyed. Amaia soon realises that some of her team members are keeping secrets or working on their own agenda. But Amaia is not exactly an open book herself. This case is opening long-closed doorways that are holding back the secrets of her own past and the ghosts that haunt her.

But when you set a story in New Orleans, ghosts just fit right in. As the team struggles to do the job they have come to do, they encounter voodoo, witches, healers, and spirits in a broken city that has so much suffering left to do.

Redondo’s writing is action packed, but still deeply emotional as this thriller keeps the pace at full speed, practically from cover to cover. It’s a longer book, at approximately 470 pages, but it is a powerful story that absolutely flies by!

The North Face of the Heart is available from Amazon, Book Depository, and other good book retailers, like your local bookstore, as of June 1st 2021.

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Synopsis | Goodreads

In a propulsive thriller by the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Baztán Trilogy, a female detective follows a sadistic killer into the eye of a storm.

Amaia Salazar, a young detective from the north of Spain, has joined a group of trainees at the FBI Academy in Virginia. Haunted by her past and having already tracked down a predator on her own, Amaia is no typical rookie. And this is no ordinary student lecture at Quantico. FBI agent Aloysius Dupree is already well acquainted with Amaia’s skills, her intuition, and her ability to understand evil. He now needs her help in hunting an elusive serial killer dubbed “the composer”—a case that’s been following him his whole life.

From New Jersey to Oklahoma to Texas, his victims are entire families annihilated to coincide with natural disasters, their bodies posed with chilling purpose amid the ruins. Dupree and Amaia are following his trail to New Orleans. The clock is ticking. It’s the eve of what’s threatening to be the worst hurricane in the city’s history. But a troubling call from Amaia’s aunt back home awakens in Amaia the ghosts from her childhood and sends her down a path as dark as that of the coming storm.

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Releasing today from Amazon Crossing, Redondo offers a riveting new thriller, The North Face of the Heart, which features an unforgettable and chilling setting—2005 New Orleans at the time of Hurricane Katrina.  Her story of the search for a serial killer unfolds amidst the chaos and disorder that immediately followed the hurricane’s path. In New Orleans and the flooded Louisiana swamplands her protagonist faces evil, superstition, secret powers, and a conspiracy all too similar to those of her isolated home village in western Spain.

Intrigued? Check out the book trailer and you can find out more about The North Face of the Heart below!

Fans of the Baztán Trilogy already know Amaia Salazar. The North Face of the Heart, a standalone thriller, is the origin story of the seasoned detective. Here, she’s a young detective working with the FBI to hunt an elusive serial killer dubbed “the Composer.” From New Jersey to Oklahoma to Texas, the Composer’s victims are entire families annihilated in the wake of natural disasters, their bodies posed carefully amid the ruins.

Amaia and FBI Agent Dupree follow his trail to New Orleans and settle down to trap him, even though what’s threatening to be the worst hurricane in the city’s history is imminent. As they track the killer, a troubling call from Amaia’s aunt back home awakens in her the ghosts from her childhood, and memories threaten to overcome her.

Artfully plotted, and elegantly translated by the talented Michael Meigs, The North Face of the Heart delivers a surprising, engrossing, and unforgettable story that is not to be missed.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dolores Redondo is an internationally bestselling author who studied law and the culinary arts before writing The Baztán Trilogy (The Invisible Guardian, The Legacy of the Bones, and Offering to the Storm), All This I Will Give to You, and The North Face of the Heart. 

Twice nominated for the CWA International Dagger Award and a finalist for the Grand Prix des lectrices de ELLE, Redondo was the recipient of the 2016 Premio Planeta—one of Spain’s most distinguished literary awards—for All This I Will Give to You. The novel has been optioned for feature film and television development and has been translated into eighteen languages.

Visit her website: www.doloresredondo.com/en.

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APRIL

Lies We Bury by Elle Marr

Marissa was born in captivity.  It’s been twenty years since she gained her freedom, but a new string of murders threatens to bring all of her secrets to the surface.

The Perfect Daughter by DJ Palmer

Grace has to visit her teenage daughter in the state psychiatric hospital where she is being held on a charge of murder.  Doctors have disagreed about a diagnosis of multiple personality disorder, but what dark and shocking secrets will be uncovered if she goes to trial?

The Truth About Unspeakable Things by Emily A Myers

After horrific trauma, Emma has finally opened her heart to love again.  She has kept so many secrets about the abuse she experienced, her past may destroy her before she gets her second chance at love and happiness.

Her Three Lives by Cate Holahan

After a violent home break-in, a family no longer knows whether they can trust anyone, even each other, as doubts, questions, and suspicions abound.  Gaslighting galore!

In The Company of Killers by Bryan Christy

A tightly wound debut thriller! Tom is an investigative reporter, but only as a cover – he’s also a CIA spy.  While he is on assignment in Kenya, his carefully crafted double life begins to fall apart, revealing truths that even Tom doesn’t know about.

MAY

The Next Wife by Kaira Rouda

Does anyone really ever ‘have it all’?  There is no limit to what some women will do to try to have it all, or to keep it.  In the name of love, or revenge, there is no limit to what a woman might do.

Find You First by Linwood Barclay

The master of psychological suspense is back with a deadly race against time when the unconventional heirs of a dying tech millionaire begin to meet mysterious ends.

The Hunting Wives by May Cobb

An elite club that focuses equally on target practice and martinis leads to a life of dangerous behavior, obsession, seduction, and murder when Sophie, her husband, and young son settle down in a small Texas town.

The Photographer by Mary Dixie Carter

After observing the wealthy and elite of New York City through her camera lens, Delta feels an uncontrollable desire to no longer be separated by the camera, and instead be part of their world.  Manipulation at its strongest is on full display here!

A Good Mother by Lara Bazelon

An exciting debut thriller with two young mothers in different positions in the same murder trial, where the decision about what defines a good mother has to be answered by the jury!

JUNE

The North Face of the Heart by Dolores Redondo (Translated by Michael Meigs)

A young but experienced female detective literally follows a murderer into the eye of a storm when she helps the FBI find a killer using natural disasters to hide his crimes and aid his escape.

Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams

The author of No Exit is back with a new thriller where a young woman refuses to accept the official police version of her sister’s death.  Lena is willing to fight for the truth, but instead may be fighting for her life.

The Fiancee by Kate White

What should have been a relaxing family vacation is turned on its head when a mysterious woman is involved.  An unexpected death further rocks the family, but was that only the beginning?

Hostage by Clare Mackintosh

The ultimate locked-room mystery, a claustrophobic thriller that takes place entirely on a twenty- hour flight from London to Sydney. A lot can happen in twenty hours.

Survive the Night by Riley Sager

Set in 1991, when help was not just as close as a cellphone call away, two people share a car ride when neither person knows enough about the person they are riding beside.

JULY

Choose Me by Tess Gerritsen and Gary Braver

When a young woman who is both beautiful and brilliant plunges from her apartment balcony, the detective in charge can feel in her gut that there is more to the story than meets the eye.  Discovering her sordid secrets provides more questions, rather than answers.

For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing

This best-selling author is back with a new thriller set in a prestigious private school.  Meddlesome parents, murder, Teacher of the Year, and overachieving students – what else could we ask for?

Her Last Breath by Hilary Davidson

When it is discovered that a woman predicted her own murder, her sister will absolutely not let the truth be brushed aside, despite being a pariah in her own family. Digging for the truth may come at too high of a cost, however.

Safe in my Arms by Sara Shepard

At an elite preschool, the principal is attacked and three moms who don’t think they fit in with the ultra-wealthy community work together to both find out who is trying to frame them as well as how to keep their real secrets hidden.

Silver Tears by Camilla Lackberg

Three generations of women have been hiding from one man, but secrets always eventually come out.  Betrayal and tears are sure to follow.

Are you as excited as we are about all of these upcoming thrillers? Are some of your favourite authors back with something new? Which books are you most excited to pick up? Tell us in the comments below!

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