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The Turnout by Megan Abbott

The Turnout by Megan Abbott

After the sudden death of their parents, the Durant sisters, Dara and Marie, inherit a ballet school and take over running it with Dara’s husband Charlie. The sisters’ connection is intense, forged by a glamorous but troubled family history. But after they hire Derek, a charismatic, possibly shady contractor to renovate the studio, Marie throws herself into an intense affair with him that threatens their tight bonds and brings forward family secrets until an act of violence overturns everything.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape of a child
Domestic violence
Suicide
Self-harm
Murder

Girl Detective by RA Spratt

Friday Barnes: Girl Detective by R.A. Spratt

When girl detective Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery she uses the reward money to send herself to the most exclusive boarding school in the country, Highcrest Academy. When girl detective Friday Barnes solves a bank robbery she uses the reward money to send herself to the most exclusive boarding school in the country, Highcrest Academy. Can Friday solve Highcrest Academy’s many strange mysteries, including the biggest mystery of all – what’s the point of high school?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Kidnapping & captivity mentioned
Bullying

Becoming the Dark Prince by Kerri Maniscalco

Becoming the Dark Prince by Kerri Maniscalco

Enigmatic, brooding, and darkly handsome, Thomas Cresswell has always been the one mystery Audrey Rose has never been able to fully solve. As brilliant partners in crime investigation, they understand each other perfectly…but as young lovers, their passionate natures have led to both euphoria and heartbreak throughout the Stalking Jack the Ripper series.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood & physical injury depiction
Death of a mother mentioned
Murder

The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight

The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight

Wylie hasn’t heard from her best friend, Cassie, since their fight. That doesn’t matter when she gets a text from her, asking for help. But as Cassie’s messages become increasingly strange, Wylie has a growing sense that something is REALLY wrong. What isn’t Cassie telling her? And could finding her be just the beginning?… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Fatmisia
Anxiety
Agoraphobia
Suicidal ideation
Suicide
Death of a parent in a car accident
Murder & attempted murder
Kidnapping & hostage situation

The Dollhouse by Sara Ennis

The Dollhouse by Sara Ennis

When Peter Baden’s daughter Olivia was abducted nearly a year ago, he left his career as a respected journalist to find her. Now he spends his days searching for Olivia, and helping other families of abducted children survive the emotionally and physically exhausting experience of finding a missing child. When Peter Baden’s daughter Olivia was abducted nearly a year ago, he left his career as a respected journalist to find her. Now he spends his days searching for Olivia, and helping other families of abducted children survive the emotionally and physically exhausting experience of finding a missing child….. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual assault
Suicide
Graphic murder of a child
Torture
Kidnapping
Animal death
Bullying

The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling

The Coldest Touch by Isabel Sterling

Elise Beaumont is cursed. With every touch, she experiences exactly how her loved ones will die. And after her brother’s death—a death she predicted but was unable to prevent—Elise is desperate to get rid of her terrible gift, no matter the cost. Claire Montgomery also has a unique relationship with death, mostly because she’s already dead. Technically, anyway. Claire is a vampire, and she’s been assigned by the Veil to help Elise master her rare Death Oracle powers. At first, Elise is reluctant to work with a vampire, but when she predicts a teacher’s imminent murder…. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Abandonment
Alcohol consumption
Blood depiction
Emesis
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a brother
Murder
Loss of autonomy (mind control)

This Coven Won’t Break by Isabel Sterling

This Coven Won’t Break by Isabel Sterling

Hannah Walsh just wants a normal life. It’s her senior year, so she should be focusing on classes, hanging out with her best friend, and flirting with her new girlfriend, Morgan. But it turns out surviving a murderous Witch Hunter doesn’t exactly qualify as a summer vacation, and now the rest of the Hunters seem more intent on destroying her magic than ever. When Hannah learns the Hunters have gone nationwide, armed with a serum capable of taking out entire covens at once, she’s desperate to help. Now, with witches across the country losing the most important thing they have… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Abusive relationship recounted
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Panic attacks
Chronic leg injury
Scars mentioned
Self-injury for blood magic
Needles
Top surgery discussed
Nonconsensual body modifications*
Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father recounted
Murder & attempted murder
Gun violence
Attempted immolation recounted
Kidnapping & captivity
Car accident recounted
Near drowning recounted
Loss of property due to fire discussed

* Note : A major element of the plot involves witch hunters taking away witches’ ability to wield magic.

These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling

These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling

Hannah’s a witch, but not the kind you’re thinking of. She’s the real deal, an Elemental with the power to control fire, earth, water, and air. But even though she lives in Salem, Massachusetts, her magic is a secret she has to keep to herself. If she’s ever caught using it in front of a Reg (read: non-witch), she could lose it. For good. So, Hannah spends most of her time avoiding her ex-girlfriend (and fellow Elemental Witch) Veronica, hanging out with her best friend, and working at the Fly by Night Cauldron selling candles and crystals to tourists, goths, and local Wiccans… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Persecution for witchcraft
Queermisia
Cheating mentioned
Parental abandonment mentioned
Toxic relationship
Sexual assault, on-page
Alcohol consumption
Blood & gore depiction
Physical injuries & burns, including serious injury of a loved one
Resuscitation
Hospital
Surgery discussed
Death of a father
Murder & attempted murder, including an attempt to burned the protagonist at the stake
Car accident, on-page
Near-drowning incident
Home invasion
House fire (two scenes)
Animal death (sacrifice) & dead bodies

Fan Club by Erin Mayer

Fan Club by Erin Mayer

Day after day our narrator, a gloomy millennial, searches for meaning beyond her vacuous job at a women’s lifestyle website—entering text into a computer system while she watches their beauty editor unwrap box after box of perfectly packaged bits of happiness. Then, one night at a dive bar, she hears a message in the newest single by child-actor-turned-international-pop star Adriana Argento, and she is struck. Soon she loses herself to the online fandom, a community whose members feverishly track Adriana’s every move… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Sexual harassment
Recreational drug use
Abortion mentioned

Trouble is my Business by Lisa Walker

Trouble is my Business by Lisa Walker

Olivia Grace, recently retired teen PI, has her priorities sorted. Pass first-year law, look after her little sister, and persuade her parents to come back from a Nepali monastery to resume … well, parenting. But after Olivia’s friend Abbey goes missing in Byron Bay, she can’t sit back and study Torts. It’s time to go undercover as hippie-chick Nansea, in hippie-chic Byron Bay: hub of influencers and international tourism, and home of yoga, surfing and wellness culture, against a breathtaking backdrop, a short drive from Olivia’s Gold Coast home… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Disappearance of a friend