{"title":"Mystery \u0026 Thriller","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"untamed-shore","title":"Untamed Shore SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young woman becomes embroiled in a web of lies and deceit—with potentially deadly consequences—in this dark coming-of-age noir, a \"Patricia Highsmith-like tale of grifts and con artists\" (Crime Time) from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Untamed Shore is a fever dream of a thriller, a coming-of-age tale set amidst disturbing and dangerous circumstances.\"—Book Page\u003cbr\u003e\nBaja California, 1979: Viridiana spends her days under the harsh sun, watching the fishermen pulling in their nets and the dead sharks piled beside the seashore. Her head is filled with dreams of romance, travel and of a future beyond this drab town where her only option is to marry and have children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a wealthy American writer arrives with his wife and brother-in-law, Viridiana jumps at the offer of a job as his assistant, and she's soon entangled in the glamorous foreigners' lives. They offer excitement, and perhaps an escape from her humdrum life. When one of them dies, eager to protect her new friends, Viridiana lies—but soon enough, someone's asking questions. It's not long before Viridiana has some of her own questions about the identities of her new acquaintances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSharks may be dangerous, but there are worse predators nearby, ready to devour a naïve young woman unwittingly entangled in a web of deceit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50347644354700,"sku":"9780593600528","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6691\/1372\/files\/9780593600528.jpg?v=1780088491"},{"product_id":"it-should-have-been-you","title":"It Should Have Been You ANDREA MARA","description":"\u003cp\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA suburban neighbourhood starts to spiral when one text message causes a nasty chain reaction with horrifying consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\nYou press send and your message disappears. Full of secrets about your neighbours, it’s meant for your sister. But it doesn’t reach her—it goes to the entire local community WhatsApp group instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs rumor spreads like wildfire through the picture-perfect neighbourhood, you convince yourself that people will move on, that this will quickly be forgotten. But then you receive the first death threat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe next day, a woman has been murdered. And what’s even more chilling is that she had the same address as you—26 Oakpark—but in a different part of town. Did the killer get the wrong house? It won’t be long before you find out…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50347644453004,"sku":"9780385699495","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6691\/1372\/files\/9780385699495.jpg?v=1780088388"},{"product_id":"good-guys","title":"Good Guys SHARON BALA","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of The Boat People comes a page-turning moral drama about money, the dark side of philanthropy, and what happens when you try to change the world for all the wrong reasons.\u003cbr\u003e\nThey have the best of intentions. What could go wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n     \u003cp\u003eClaire Talbot is the publicist at Children of the World, an international aid charity. Morally burnt out after decades working in reputation management, Claire is relieved to finally use her PR skills for good. Too bad the organization is on the verge of bankruptcy. In a last-ditch effort to keep them afloat, Claire arranges for an A-list actress to volunteer at one of their overseas orphanages. When the actress decides to adopt a baby and promises a massive donation, it seems as if Claire has single-handedly saved the day. But after a journalist digs into their operations and reveals a shocking crime, Claire and her colleagues must reckon with their complicity and all the ways their work abroad has harmed the very people they set out to save.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n     \u003cp\u003eMoving between Children of the World’s headquarters in Toronto and their compound in Central America, Good Guys charts the charity’s rise and fall. Scathing yet compassionate, the novel is a thought-provoking exploration of power, philanthropy, and the lengths we go to for redemption. Emotionally engrossing, tightly paced, and sharply observed, it ultimately asks: Is it possible to do good in an imperfect world?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50347644485772,"sku":"9780771005237","price":26.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6691\/1372\/files\/9780771005237.jpg?v=1780088288"},{"product_id":"the-hunter-jennifer-herrera","title":"The Hunter JENNIFER HERRERA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn atmospheric thriller that explores the dark side of a small town and asks: How can we uncover the truth when we keep lying to ourselves?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Herrera has a gift for drawing vivid characters and rich settings. A voicey and compelling debut that is not to be missed.” —Karin Slaughter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter reckless behavior costs NYPD detective Leigh O’Donnell her job and her marriage, she returns with her four-year-old daughter to her beautiful hometown of Copper Falls, Ohio. While the town may seem idyllic, something rotten lies at its core. Three men in town have drowned in what Leigh suspects to be a triple homicide. She hopes that by finding out who killed them, she just might get her life back on course.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeadstrong and intuitive, Leigh isn’t afraid to face a killer, but she has to do more than that to discover the truth about what happened to those men. She must unravel a web of secrets going back generations, and, in doing so, plumb the darkness within herself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMare of Easttown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this taut debut is a haunting look at how the search for truth often leads back to the most unlikely of places.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51680603078796,"sku":"9780593540237","price":27.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6691\/1372\/files\/9780593540237_tnmd.jpg?v=1785373653"},{"product_id":"the-god-woods-liz-moore","title":"The God of the Woods LIZ MOORE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES \"BEST THRILLER\" and \"BEST CRIME NOVEL\" OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePEOPLE MAGAZINE’S #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Extraordinary . . . Reminds me of Donna Tartt’s 1992 debut, The Secret History . . . I was so thoroughly submerged in a rich fictional world, that for hours I barely came up for air.” —Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air, NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This expertly paced thriller …has the kineticism of a well-crafted miniseries.” —The New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarly morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn’t just any thirteen-year-old: she’s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region’s residents. And this isn’t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara’s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore’s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore’s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51680603406476,"sku":"9780593418925","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6691\/1372\/files\/9780593418925.jpg?v=1785268529"},{"product_id":"killers-of-a-certain-age-deanna-rayburn","title":"Killers of A Certain Age DEANNA RAYBOURN","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlder women often feel invisible, but sometimes that’s their secret weapon. They’ve spent their lives as the deadliest assassins in a clandestine international organization, but now that they're sixty years old, four women friends can’t just retire—it’s kill or be killed in this action-packed thriller by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBillie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. Now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates what they have to offer in an age that relies more on technology than people skills.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the foursome is sent on an all-expenses paid vacation to mark their retirement, they are targeted by one of their own. Only the Board, the top-level members of the Museum, can order the termination of field agents, and the women realize they’ve been marked for death. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow to get out alive they have to turn against their own organization, relying on experience and each other to get the job done, knowing that working together is the secret to their survival. They’re about to teach the Board what it really means to be a woman—and a killer—of a certain age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51680603472012,"sku":"9780593200704","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6691\/1372\/files\/BNCImage_6_e2a17a5b-a631-404c-afc0-3d9d083eb351.png?v=1785358105"},{"product_id":"kills-well-with-others-deanna-raybourn","title":"Kills Well with Others DEANNA RAYBOURN","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour women assassins, senior in status—and in age—sharpen their knives for another bloody good adventure in this riotous follow-up to the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling sensation\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKillers of a Certain Age\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter more than a year of laying low, Billie, Helen, Mary Alice, and Natalie are called back into action. They have enjoyed their time off, but the lack of excitement is starting to chafe: a professional killer can only take so many watercolor classes and yoga sessions without itching to strangle someone . . . literally. When they receive a summons from the head of the elite assassin organization known as the Museum, they are ready tackle the greatest challenge of their careers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomeone on the inside has compiled a list of important kills committed by Museum agents, connected to a single, shadowy figure, an Eastern European gangster with an iron fist, some serious criminal ambition, and a tendency to kill first and ask questions later. This new nemesis is murdering agents who got in the way of their power-hungry plans and the aging quartet of killers is next.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether the foursome embark on a wild ride across the globe on the double mission of rooting out the Museum’s mole and hunting down the gangster who seems to know their next move before they make it. Their enemy is unlike any they’ve faced before, and it will take all their killer experience to get out of this mission alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51680603504780,"sku":"9780593638538","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6691\/1372\/files\/9780593638538_tnmd.jpg?v=1785358261"},{"product_id":"haven-ani-katz","title":"Haven ANI KATZ","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Absorbing and uncanny.” —Tracy Sierra, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNightwatching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA summer retreat to an elite island enclave tied to a Big Tech company becomes a mother’s worst nightmare in this gripping thriller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter months of financial strain and escalating arguments, Caroline is relieved when her husband, Adam, secures a job at Corridor, a prestigious Big Tech company. Though his long hours on top-secret projects often leave Caroline alone with their newborn son, Gabriel, the life-changing income seems worth the sacrifice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Adam suggests a summer retreat to Haven, the exclusive island community popular with Corridor employees, Caroline agrees, hoping the sun-soaked paradise will help Adam relax and bring their family closer. But she can’t shake the feeling that something isn’t quite right about the town. Though Adam assures her of their safety, the locals’ behavior is oddly secretive and ritualistic—even cultish. It’s clear that Corridor hasn’t resolved tensions about the way the company is transforming the island. And it doesn’t help that Adam’s colleagues seem to have a few strange beliefs of their own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Caroline wakes to discover that Gabriel is missing, her worst fears are confirmed. Desperate and unsure of whom to trust, she must race to find her son—and pull back the curtain on this elite enclave—before he is lost to the island forever. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTensely plotted and terrifyingly prescient, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a taut, darkly compelling exploration of the costs of innovation, the far limits of human progress, and the risks we’re willing to take for a brighter future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51680603537548,"sku":"9780143138679","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6691\/1372\/files\/9780143138679_tnmd.jpg?v=1785358301"},{"product_id":"honey-imani-thompson","title":"Honey IMANI THOMPSON","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wickedly funny, adrenaline-rush of a novel about a graduate student who murders bad men and justifies it in the name of feminism, by a bold new voice in fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYrsa is in a funk. She’s bored of her PhD program, bored of her research on Afropessimism, bored of the entitled undergrads she has to cater to. But most of all, she’s bored of the men in her life—especially the bad ones.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen her best friend, Nina, confesses to having an affair with her professor, and that he’s stolen her research, Yrsa is mad. On the quad, Yrsa bumps into the professor and witnesses his death: an unfortunate incident involving his San Pelligrino and a bee allergy. What she sees that afternoon awakens something in her: a taste for murder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmboldened, Yrsa decides to chase that high, and soon, no sexist, misbehaving man within commuting distance is safe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith each murder, Yrsa feels a greater sense of meaning and purpose—finally, her doctoral research feels useful. But how long can killing in the name of feminist and racial solidarity justify her actions? Will her rampage ever assuage her feelings of rage and revenge? And how long until her actions—and buried family secrets—come back to haunt her?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51680604389516,"sku":"9780771029356","price":36.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6691\/1372\/files\/9780771029356_tnmd.jpg?v=1785357530"},{"product_id":"the-artful-anna-harris-by-tracy-maton","title":"The Artful Anna Harris TRACY MATON","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf the talented Mr. Ripley were a young woman today, she might be Anna Harris: charming, changeable, and perhaps not at all what she seems to be.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"You are quite the chameleon, aren't you? You could wear anything, do anything, and yet you choose plain, plain, plain. Or is it all a front for a secret life?\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnna Harris grew up in a rough part of London, and learned young that she could become whoever she needs to be, moulding herself to get what she needs and wants. Somehow that has led her to a quaint, sleepy English village, swallowed into the lives of her boyfriend and his close and loving family. She's not unhappy, but there are quiet pressures and illicit temptations even in this storybook life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the vivacious Sofia Carstairs moves to the village, Anna is reminded of the freedom she once had. She used to be carefree and rebellious. But is she willing to throw away her future for some fun? Anna's not a bad person, she doesn't \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ewant\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto hurt anyone. But perhaps leading two lives is the path to fulfillment. What would happen if she just tried it out...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFull of vivid characters, sharp wit, and shocking twists, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Artful Anna Harris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a brilliantly suspenseful and page-turning debut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51680605339788,"sku":"9781037803604","price":26.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6691\/1372\/files\/9781037803604_tnmd.jpg?v=1785356307"},{"product_id":"one-of-the-family-by-mark-edwards","title":"One of the Family MARK EDWARDS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA holiday in the Highlands turns into a hostile trap in this vicious thriller about a family who will stop at nothing to keep their dark past buried.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn this family, some secrets are worth killing for.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Patrick accompanies his girlfriend, Holly Grant, to a remote village in the Scottish Highlands for the holidays, he’s braced for an awkward first meeting with her enigmatic family—not a fight for survival. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut tensions are high among the Grant siblings, all of whom are unsettled by the arrival of their father’s much younger fiancée, Jasmine, who bears an uncanny resemblance to their late mother. As suspicion and paranoia grip the household, Patrick is drawn into a sinister plot involving the Grant family, Jasmine and the frozen corpse of a young man found in a nearby cave.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the clock ticking towards New Year’s Eve, Patrick finds himself in a den of vipers, unsure of who he can trust and who is poised to strike with lethal precision. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the mind of Mark Edwards, whom Lisa Jewell says “is in a league of his own,” comes a venomous thriller about the lengths one family will go to conceal their darkest secrets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51680605634700,"sku":"9781039013483","price":26.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6691\/1372\/files\/9781039013483_tnmd.jpg?v=1785354532"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6691\/1372\/collections\/Romance_20260530_182356_0003.png?v=1780191097","url":"https:\/\/foxglovebooks.ca\/collections\/mystery-thriller.oembed","provider":"Foxglove Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}