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Steph Cha, a rising star who brings a fresh perspective as series editor, takes the helm of the new The Best American Mystery and Suspense, with best-selling crime novelist Alafair Burke joining her as the first guest editor. "Crime writers, forgive the pun, are killing it right now creatively," writes guest editor Alafair Burke in her introduction. "It was difficult--painful even--to narrow this year's Best American Mystery and Suspense to only twenty stories." Spanning from a mediocre spa in Florida, to New York's gritty East Village, to death row in Alabama, this collection reveals boundless suspense in small, quiet moments, offering startling twists in the least likely of places. From a powerful response to hateful bullying, to a fight for health care, to a gripping desperation to vote, these stories are equal parts shocking, devastating, and enthralling, revealing the tension pulsing through our everyday lives and affirming that mystery and suspense writing is better than ever before. The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021includes JENNY BHATT- GAR ANTHONY HAYWOOD- GABINO IGLESIAS- AYA DE LEÓN- LAURA LIPPMAN DELIA C. PITTS- ALEX SEGURA- FAYE SNOWDEN- LISA UNGER and others

Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Too Late and It Ends With Us. #1 New York Times Bestseller · USA Today Bestseller · Globe and Mail Bestseller · Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night her family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents could devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife’s words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her.

Meet Rekha Rao, a thirty-something Indian American professor of art history. Disillusioned by academia and haunted by the murder of her father, for which she believes police convicted the wrong person, she moves away from her match-making family. While focused on managing her PTSD and healing herself from an abusive boyfriend, her family sets her up to meet a suitor, an Indian attorney who turns out to be a very likable man.She becomes entangled in a second murder -- that of her mentor and father figure. An unusual idol of the Hindu Goddess Durga is the murder weapon left on his body. Rekha is asked to help Detective Al Newton understand the relationship, if any, between the meaning of the statue and the motive for the murder. They constantly clash, starting a love-hate relationship. When police arrest one of her students, and suspect her murdered mentor of idol theft, Rekha's dharma, her sense of duty, propels her into looking for the killer on her own. Despite admonitions from the police detective and being physically assaulted by an intruder who broke into her home, Rekha continues her search for the killer, and in the process, emerges from the cocoon of a protected upbringing, to taste the prospect of romance, and discover her true identity.

A bundle of books #2 (JUST OUTSIDE) and #3 (JUST RIGHT) in Blake Pierce’s Cami Lark mystery series! This bundle offers books two and three in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading. In JUST OUTSIDE (Book #2), with her tattoos and piercings, MIT tech genius Cami Lark is rebellious and anti-authoritarian—and finds herself in deep trouble when she hacks the FBI. Faced with the choice of prison or aiding the BAU hunt down serial killers, Cami reluctantly partners. But when a spree of online killings hits close to home, Cami may find herself at a loss—and the next target. In JUST RIGHT (Book #3), when victims of a new serial killer turn up, clearly targeted via some form of technology Cami has yet to decipher, Cami wonders if she has lost her touch. And if she doesn’t solve the riddle quickly, another life may just be at stake. A page-turning and harrowing crime thriller featuring a brilliant and tortured FBI agent, the CAMI LARK series is a riveting mystery, packed with non-stop action, suspense, twists and turns, revelations, and driven by a breakneck pace that will keep you flipping pages late into the night. Fans of Rachel Caine, Teresa Driscoll and Robert Dugoni are sure to fall in love. Future books in the series are also available!

A bundle of books #7 (GIRL, FORSAKEN) and #8 (GIRL, TRAPPED) in Blake Pierce’s Ella Dark suspense thriller series! This bundle offers books seven and eight in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading. In GIRL, FORSAKEN, FBI Special Agent Ella Dark has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own sister, and has gained an encyclopedic knowledge of murderers. A serial killer is leaving clues around the city, using Ella’s knowledge of historical murders to taunt her. Can Ella dig deep into her encyclopedic mind and crack the case? Or will this killer finally outsmart her? In GIRL, TRAPPED, when the latest killer seems to have an unusual obsession with Jack the Ripper, Ella must summon all her knowledge to piece together the clues. Can she solve this twisted puzzle in time to save the next victim’s life? An action-packed mystery series of international intrigue and riveting suspense, the ELLA DARK FBI suspense thriller series will have you turning pages late into the night. Books #9-#14 are also available!

A bundle of books #4 (UNSAID), #5 (UNGLUED), and #6 (UNSTABLE) in Blake Pierce’s Cora Shields mystery series! This bundle offers books four, five, and six in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading. In UNSAID (Book #4), ), Cora Shields, 30, former Navy Seal turned FBI Special Agent, is fired from the FBI for breaking one rule too many. When a killer Cora put away years ago is released from jail, the victims’ family know he will kill again and plead with her to hunt him down before he strikes again—and to pursue vigilante justice at any cost. With no backup, Cora is finally free to act, to bend as many rules as she needs to, at any cost, to bring killers down. She has found her new calling. But will it also be her undoing? In UNGLUED (Book #5), when her 20 year old niece is kidnapped and trafficked in Eastern Europe, and the police can’t help, Cora’s sister pleads with her to intervene—and find her niece and bring her back alive. But can Cora take down a criminal organization alone—and find her in time? In UNSTABLE (Book #6), when a former friend-turned-prostitute comes to Cora for help, swearing that neglected prostitutes are being abducted by serial killers, Cora cannot turn a blind eye—and finds herself in the race of her life to save a woman from a killer’s hands before it’s too late. Sometimes, cases need to be pursued outside the law. With no backup, Cora is finally free to act, to bend as many rules as she needs to, at any cost, to bring killers down. She has found her new calling. But will it also be her undoing? A page-turning and harrowing crime thriller featuring a brilliant and tortured vigilante, the CORA SHIELDS series is a riveting mystery, packed with non-stop action, suspense, twists and turns, revelations, and driven by a breakneck pace that will keep you flipping pages late into the night. Future books in the series are also available.