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The Perfect Daughter by DJ Palmer

The Perfect Daughter by D.J. Palmer

Grace never dreamt she’d visit her teenage daughter Penny in the locked ward of a decaying state psychiatric hospital, charged with the murder of a stranger. There was not much question of her daughter’s guilt. Police had her fingerprints on the murder weapon and the victim’s blood on her body and clothes. But they didn’t have a motive. Grace blames herself because that’s what mothers do—they look at their choices and wonder, what if? But hindsight offers little more than the chance for regret… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Daughter with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
Blood depiction
Murder

Give Up the Ghost by Jenn Burke

Give Up the Ghost by Jenn Burke

Immortal not-ghost Wes Cooper and his vampire partner, Hudson Rojas, have it all—rewarding private investigation work, great friends and, most important, a love that’s endured. But ever since Wes sent a demon screaming back to the beyond, his abilities have grown overpowering and overwhelming. He’s hiding the fact that he’s losing control the best he can, but it’s hard to keep anything a secret for long when your partner’s a former cop…and especially when your partner’s a former cop who wants to move in toge… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Depression
Suicide
Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use mentioned
Blood-drinking
Coma
Hospital
Murder recounted
Gas explosion
Car accident
Strangulation
Loss of autonomy (mind & memory manipulation)

My Wife is Missing by DJ Palmer

My Wife is Missing by D.J. Palmer

A family vacation turns into a nightmare for Michael Hart when he discovers his wife and two children have disappeared from their New York City hotel room. Horrified, he fears they’ve been kidnapped. Michael’s frantic search to find them takes a shocking turn when he discovers that his wife, Natalie, appears to have left quite willingly, taking their children with her. The police want to know why, and so does Michael. But there may be a reason why Natalie ran, something Michael can’t tell the police — the truth about his past. While untangling his deceptions might be the… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Insomnia
Hallucinations

Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab

Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab

Where there are ghosts, Cassidy Blake follows … unless it’s the other way around? Cass thinks she might have this ghost-hunting thing down. After all, she and her ghost best friend, Jacob, have survived two haunted cities while travelling for her parents’ TV show. But nothing can prepare Cass for New Orleans, which wears all of its hauntings on its sleeve. In a city of ghost tours and tombs, raucous music and all kinds of magic, Cass could get lost in all the colourful, grisly local legends. And the city’s biggest surprise is a foe Cass never expected to face: a servant of Death itself.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Nightmares & flashbacks
Suicide mentioned
Near-death experience of a child due to Scarlet Fever recounted
Hospitalisation recounted
Death of a child recounted
Drowning
Fire recounted

Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab

Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab

She (plus her ghost best friend, Jacob, of course) are in Paris, where Cass’s parents are filming their TV show about the world’s most haunted cities. Sure, it’s fun eating croissants and seeing the Eiffel Tower, but there’s true ghostly danger lurking beneath Paris, in the creepy underground Catacombs. When Cass accidentally awakens a frighteningly strong spirit, she must rely on her still-growing skills as a ghosthunter — and turn to friends both old and new to help her unravel a mystery. But time is running out, and the spirit is only growing stronger… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Nightmares
Dead bodies
Death of a child recounted
Murder mentioned
Drowning recounted
Death by a fall mentioned
Vivisepulture (being buried alive) recounted
Fire
Disappearance of a child recounted

The Tracker’s Mate by Ingrid Seymour

The Tracker’s Mate by Ingrid Seymour

I’m a kick-butt tracker. The best in the business. Dead or alive, I find them. No one can hide from me, including people’s predestined mates. I can hook couples up better than Tinder. It’s my specialty. A year ago, I opened my own agency, and now that I’m finally looking out for number one, my bank account has regained its lost confidence. So when Jake Knight suddenly returns, determined to drag me back into the dangerous life I used to lead—the same one where ramen was a staple and I became homeless—I put my brand new Louis Vuitton boot down… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Abandonment
Parental abuse
Amnesia
Hospitalisation
Medical treatment
Surgery
Burns
Murder & attempted murder
Hostage situation
Explosions
Animal death
War themes
Poverty

Run, Hide, Fight Back by April Henry

Run, Hide, Fight Back by April Henry

When a deadly shooting breaks out in a Portland shopping mall, a diverse group of teens ends up trapped behind a store’s security shutter. To her own surprise, seventeen-year-old Miranda finds the others looking to her as their leader. But she’s hiding a big secret—and she’s not the only one. The group has only three choices: Run, hide, or fight back. The wrong decision will have fatal consequences.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Racism
Islamomisia
Substance addiction
Graphic blood & injury depiction
Emesis
Cancer
Death of a parent
Murder
Mass shooting & gun violence
Terrorism

The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry

The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry

She doesn’t know who she is. She doesn’t know where she is, or why. All she knows when she comes to in a ransacked cabin is that there are two men arguing over whether or not to kill her. And that she must run.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Amnesia
Death of a parent
Death of a sibling, presumed
Torture
Fire
Animal death

Deeplight by Frances Hardinge

Deeplight by Frances Hardinge

On the streets of the Island of Lady’s Crave live 14-year-old street urchins Hark and his best friend Jelt. They are scavengers: diving for relics of the gods, desperate for anything they can sell. But there is something dangerous in the deep waters of the undersea, calling to someone brave enough to retrieve it. When the waves try to claim Jelt, Hark will do anything to save him. Even if it means compromising not just who Jelt is, but what he is ..

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Slavery
Ableism
Toxic friendships
Aquaphobia
Body horror
Medical experimentation
Poverty

Acute Reactions by Ruby Lang

Acute Reactions by Ruby Lang

The man with allergies never gets the girl, at least according to the movies—and Portland restaurateur Ian Zamora wants to be the guy who gets the girl. So to rid himself of the sensitivities brought on by his sometimes-girlfriend’s cat, he makes an appointment with allergist Petra Lale. But he suddenly finds himself acutely attracted to the very woman who is supposed to be helping him take care of his problem. Petra’s intrigued by Ian’s quiet strength… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Cheating recounted
Anxiety
Anaphylactic shock
Death of a father from melanoma
Death of a mother from a pulmonary embolism