ALL THE BROKEN PEOPLE by Leah Konen

In this tightly plotted debut, a woman fleeing New York City to escape from her abusive boyfriend grows close with the enchanting couple next door—only to discover she’s jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire. Taut, tense, and so twisty it’ll leave your head spinning.

THE FAMILY PLOT by Megan Collins

In this creepy, atmospheric thriller, a woman travels to her childhood home for her father’s funeral—but when they start digging, they discover there’s already a body in the burial site. I loved this whodunit’s complex family dynamics and chilling, claustrophobic setting.

YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY by Steph Cha

This ambitious, timely crime novel was inspired by a real-life event: the 1991 shooting of an unarmed Black teen by a Korean grocer in Los Angeles. Cha’s novel is an intricate, suspenseful exploration of race relations, trauma, and family secrets, and it left me shook.

IN MY DREAMS I HOLD A KNIFE by Ashley Winstead

At their 10-year reunion, a group of former college friends confront what really happened the foggy, drunken night their queen bee died. I love twisted mysteries starring women who question their own culpability (see: my first novel, THE LOST NIGHT), and this debut is as wicked and well-done as they come.

AND NOW SHE’S GONE by Rachel Howzell Hall

The premise of this slick, twisty thriller is simple yet propulsive: A surly husband hires newly minted PI Grayson Sykes’ to track down his missing wife. But when Grayson begins to suspect that woman chose to disappear, she’s forced to face her own past as the victim of domestic abuse—and engage in the cat-and-mouse game of her life.