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Macbeth by Jo Nesbø

Macbeth by Jo Nesbø

He’s the best cop they’ve got. When a drug bust turns into a bloodbath it’s up to Inspector Macbeth and his team to clean up the mess. He’s also an ex-drug addict with a troubled past. He’s rewarded for his success. Power. Money. Respect. They’re all within reach. But a man like him won’t get to the top. Plagued by hallucinations and paranoia, Macbeth starts to unravel. He’s convinced he won’t get what is rightfully his. Unless he kills for it.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse
Suicide
Drug abuse
Substance addiction
Gambling addiction
Gun violence

The Arrangement by Kiersten Modglin

The Arrangement by Kiersten Modglin

Ainsley Greenburg is a fixer. It’s what she prides herself on. So, when she realizes her marriage is at its breaking point, she makes a decision to repair it, no matter the cost. Approaching her husband to propose the arrangement is supposed to be the hard part, but Peter agrees to the salacious plan almost immediately. The rules are simple: They will each date someone new once a week. They will never discuss what happens on the dates. Soon, though, the rules are broken, turning terrible mistakes into unspeakable consequences. When the only person they can count on to keep their darkest secret is each other, new questions and deceits surface. Can they truly trust the person they… Read more.

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Infidelity
Bulimia
Self-harm (cutting)
Murder

Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead

Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead and illustrated by Nicholas Gannon

t’s been five years since Livy and her family have visited Livy’s grandmother in Australia. Now that she’s back, Livy has the feeling she’s forgotten something really, really important about Gran’s house. It turns out she’s right. Bob, a short, greenish creature dressed in a chicken suit, didn’t forget Livy, or her promise. He’s been waiting five years for her to come back, hiding in a closet like she told him to. He can’t remember who—or what—he is, where he came from, or if he even has a family. But five years ago Livy promised she would help him find his way back home. Now it’s time… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Drought

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans by Agatha Christie

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. The man opens his eyes and with his last breath says, “Why didn’t they ask Evans?” Haunted by those words, Bobby and his vivacious companion, Frankie, set out to solve a mystery that will bring them into mortal danger. . .

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Sexism
Suicide
Murder
Kidnapping

Wait for It by Molly O’Keefe

Wait for It by Molly O’Keefe

Tiffany: After fighting for a new life, I don’t want to play the victim anymore. However, with three kids to raise, I’m getting desperate enough to make a deal with the devil. My estranged brother-in-law, Blake, says he just wants to help, but he’s been trouble since I met him. I don’t know if I can believe this kinder, gentler Blake, and there’s a friction between us that has turned into the sweetest chemistry. He could be my salvation…or my downfall. Blake: I haven’t always had Tiffany’s best interests at heart but I’m ready to make up for my sins. Besides, I can’t help admiring her: the girl… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Domestic violence
Child abuse recounted

Seed by Lisa Heathfield

Seed by Lisa Heathfield

Seed loves you. Seed will never let you go. Fifteen-year-old Pearl has lived her whole life protected within the small community at Seed, where they worship Nature and idolise their leader, Papa S. When some outsiders arrive everything changes. Pearl experiences feelings that she never knew existed and begins to realise that there is darkness at the heart of Seed. A darkness from which she must escape before it’s too late.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Paedophilia
Suicide
Cult (theme)

The Dead List by Jennifer Armentrout

The Dead List by Jennifer L. Armentrout

When Ella is mysteriously attacked on her way home from a party, her entire life changes as she finds herself at the centre of an attempted murder investigation. Ella tries to move on, but her attacker isn’t done yet. He shows himself in the form of horrifying signs and symbols: a clown mask strewn on her bed, a dead bird in her backpack, a shadow moving past her window in the night. And as the weeks pass, it turns out that Ella isn’t the only one being tormented. With the help of an old flame, Jensen Carver, and her friends and… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Suicide
Stalking
Animal death & dead bodies

The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins

The Woods Are Always Watching by Stephanie Perkins

Bears aren’t the only predators in these woods. Best friends Neena and Josie spent high school as outsiders, but at least they had each other. Now, with college and a two-thousand-mile separation looming on the horizon, they have one last chance to be together—a three-day hike deep into the woods of the Pisgah National Forest. Simmering tensions lead to a detour off the trail and straight into a waking nightmare; and then into something far worse. Something that will test them in horrifying ways.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Child abuse & neglect
Paedophilia
Rape of a minor mentioned
Necrophilia mentioned
Physical injury, including gunshot wounds & broken bones
Graphic blood, gore & dead bodies
Amputation
Death of a parent mentioned
Gun violence
Kidnapping
Car accident mentioned
Animal attack (bear)

The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield

The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield

From internationally bestselling astronaut Chris Hadfield comes an exceptional Cold War thriller from the dark heart of the Space Race. As Russian and American crews sprint for a secret bounty hidden away on the Moon’s surface, old rivalries blossom and the political stakes are stretched to breaking point back on Earth. Houston flight controller Kazimieras ‘Kaz’ Zemeckis must do all he can to keep the NASA crew together while staying one step ahead of his Soviet rivals. But not everyone on board Apollo 18 is quite who they appear to be. Full of the fascinating… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Graphic eye trauma
Murder
Stabbing
Gun violence
Explosion
Plane & helicopter crash
Drowning
Cold War

No One Saw by Beverly Long

No One Saw by Beverly Long

Baywood police department detective AL McKittridge is no stranger to tough cases, but when 5-year-old Emma Whitman disappears from her day care, there isn’t a single shred of evidence to go on. Neither the grand-mother who dropped her off, nor the teacher whose care she was supposed to be in, can account for the missing child. There are no witnesses. No trace of where she might have gone. There’s only one thing A.L. and his partner, Rena Morgan, are sure of—somebody is lying. With the clock ticking, AL and Rena are under extreme pressure as they discover their instincts are correct: all is not as it seems. The Whitmans… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Kidnapping