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• Listen for the Lie

  a Novel

  Tintera, Amy,

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  A gripping adult debut thriller about Lucy, who is discovered covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood after Savvy’s murder. With no memory of what happened. Years later, a true-crime podcast revisits the case, drawing Lucy back to her hometown to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• None of This Is True

  a Novel

  Jewell, Lisa,

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  A podcaster Alix Summer meets Josie Fair, a woman who shares her birthday, and chooses her as the focus of a true crime series. As Alix chronicles Josie’s life, she discovers that Josie is a masterful storyteller hiding dark secrets, gradually…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Restless Dark

  Waters, Erica,

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  This thriller that follows three girls—a survivor-in-waiting, a devoted true-crime enthusiast, and a mysterious psychology student—who head into a haunted canyon for a podcast’s bone-hunting challenge. What begins as a thrill-seeking adventure…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If I Disappear

  Brazier, Eliza Jane,

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  A psychological thriller about Sera, a devoted true-crime podcast listener who becomes fixated on tracking down her favorite host, Rachel, after she mysteriously disappears. Following the podcast’s breadcrumbs to a remote Northern California ranch,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Night Swim

  Goldin, Megan,

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  A gripping thriller that follows true-crime podcaster Rachel Krall as she investigates a small-town rape trial. Her reporting uncovers links to a decades-old cold case involving the suspicious drowning of a young woman, while cryptic notes appear,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

  Jackson, Holly, 1992-

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  Following high school student Pippa “Pip” Fitz-Amobi as she reopens closed murder cases in her hometown. She uncovers hidden secrets and puts herself in danger as she investigates the murder of popular student Andie Bell by her boyfriend, Sal Singh,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Killed Zoe Spanos

  Frick, Kit,

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  A psychological thriller inspired by Rebecca and true-crime podcasts. When summer nanny Anna Cicconi arrives in a small town, she discovers that a girl named Zoe Spanos has gone missing and that Anna bears an uncanny resemblance to her. After Zoe’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Conviction

  Mina, Denise,

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  A crime thriller following Anna McDonald, whose quiet life in Glasgow falls apart when her husband leaves. Drawn into a true-crime podcast about a family murdered on a yacht, Anna begins to see connections to her own past and embarks on a dangerous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sadie

  Summers, Courtney,

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  A teenage girl determined to track down the man who killed her younger sister, Mattie. The story alternates between Sadie’s first-person perspective as she pursues the killer and transcripts from The Girls, a true-crime podcast hosted by West McCray…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Are You Sleeping

  Barber, Kathleen,

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  A psychological thriller that follows Josie Buhrman, whose life is thrown into chaos when a popular true-crime podcast reexamines the cold case of her father’s murder. As the investigation implicates her neighbor and sparks a media frenzy, Josie…Read moreRead more of this annotation