Recommendations based on The Guilty Onesby Joy Ellis

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  1. Their Lost Daughters

    by Joy Ellis
    Two girls go missing in a small town, and the investigation uncovers dark secrets and hidden motives.

    TWO GIRLS GO TO A PARTY, ONLY ONE RETURNS ALIVE Toni, the surviving teenager, is found deliriously wandering the muddy fields of the fens. She has been drugged and it’s uncertain whether she’ll ... (Goodreads)

  2. The Murderer's Son

    by Joy Ellis
    A detective returns to his hometown to investigate a murder that hits close to home, uncovering dark secrets and facing his own troubled past.

    What if your mother was a serial killer? A BLOODY KILLER SEEMS TO HAVE RETURNED TO THE LINCOLNSHIRE FENS A gripping new crime series by the best-selling author of the Nikki Galena series. Twenty ... (Goodreads)

  3. The Mermaids Singing

    by Val McDermid
    A psychological thriller about a serial killer and the profiler who must hunt him down.

    Val McDermid stunned readers and critics alike with the publication of her brilliant thriller, A PLACE OF EXECUTION, which was a finalist for the prestigious Edgar Award. Now, in THE MERMAIDS ... (Goodreads)

  4. Beware the Past

    by Joy Ellis
    DI Matt Ballard investigates a series of murders that seem to be connected to his past. As he delves deeper, he uncovers shocking secrets.

    One terrible case always haunted detective Matt Ballard. Now many years later, the killer seems to be back. And this time he's after Matt. When Matt Ballard was starting out his career, three boys ... (Goodreads)

  5. Bring Them Home

    by D.S. Butler
    Detective Karen Hart investigates the disappearance of two young girls, uncovering dark secrets and a race against time to bring them home.

    A perfect village. A perfect crime., When two young girls disappear from their primary school, the village of Heighington is put on high alert—and not for the first time. Called in to investigate, ... (Goodreads)

  6. Thin Air

    by Lisa Gray
    A woman's disappearance in the Alaskan wilderness leads to a search and rescue mission, uncovering dark secrets and danger.

    A, Washington Post,, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon Charts bestseller., ,“Lisa Gray explodes onto the literary stage with this taut, edge-of-the-seat thriller, and her headstrong protagonist, ... (Barnes & Noble)

  7. The Buried Book

    by D.M. Pulley
    A young girl discovers a buried book that reveals dark secrets about her family's past. She must uncover the truth before it's too late.

    When Althea Leary abandons her nine-year-old son, Jasper, he’s left on his uncle’s farm with nothing but a change of clothes and a Bible. It’s 1952, and Jasper isn’t allowed to ask questions or make ... (Barnes & Noble)

  8. The Banker’s Wife

    by Cristina Alger
    A Swiss banker's wife investigates her husband's death and uncovers a web of corruption and deceit in the world of high finance.

    On an early morning in November, a couple boards a private plane bound for Geneva, flying into a storm. Soon after, it simply drops off the radar, and its wreckage is later uncovered in the Alps. ... (Goodreads)

  9. Girls Like Us

    by Cristina Alger
    Two women from different backgrounds, both daughters of a deceased FBI agent, team up to solve a murder case.

    From the, New York Times, bestselling author of, The Banker's Wife, worlds collide when an FBI agent investigates a string of grisly murders on Long Island and faces the impossible question: What ... (Barnes & Noble)

  10. Roses of May

    by Dot Hutchison
    A serial killer is on the loose, and FBI agent Victor Hanoverian must race against time to catch him before he strikes again.

    Four months after the explosion at the Garden, a place where young women known as the Butterflies were kept captive, FBI agents Brandon Eddison, Victor Hanoverian, and Mercedes Ramirez are still ... (Goodreads)

  11. The Beekeeper's Promise

    by Fiona Valpy
    A young woman uncovers her family's past during WWII in France, discovering secrets and a connection to a beekeeper.

    Heartbroken and hoping for a new start, Abi Howes takes a summer job in rural France at the Château Bellevue. The old château echoes with voices from the past, and soon Abi finds herself drawn to one ... (Goodreads)

  12. The Misremembered Man

    by Christina McKenna
    A heartwarming tale of love, loss, and redemption in rural Ireland. A man's past haunts him until he finds love and acceptance.

    The Misremembered Man is a beautifully rendered portrait of life in rural Ireland which charms and delights with its authentic characters and gentle humor. This vivid portrayal of the universal ... (Goodreads)

  13. The Other Wife

    by Claire McGowan
    A woman's husband goes missing, and she discovers he had another wife. She sets out to uncover the truth about his disappearance and his secrets.

    She’s a total stranger. But she knows who you are…, Suzi did a bad thing. She’s paying for it now, pregnant, scared, and living in an isolated cottage with her jealous husband, Nick. When Nora moves ... (Barnes & Noble)

  14. The Good Neighbor

    by A.J. Banner
    A psychological thriller about a woman who suspects her neighbor of murder. As she investigates, she uncovers dark secrets about her own past.

    From a phenomenal new voice in suspense fiction comes a book that will forever change the way you look at the people closest to you…, Shadow Cove, Washington, is the kind of town everyone dreams ... (Goodreads)

  15. Down River

    by John Hart
    After serving time for a crime he didn't commit, Adam Chase returns home to face his family's dark secrets and a new murder investigation.

    Everything that shaped him happened near that river...,Now its banks are filled with lies and greed, shame, and murder... John Hart 's debut, The King of Lies , was compelling and lyrical, with Janet ... (Goodreads)

  16. The Wire in the Blood

    by Val McDermid
    A psychologist helps police catch a serial killer, but becomes entangled in the killer's twisted mind games.

    The series is set in the fictional town of Bradfield, which is assumed to lie within West Yorkshire . It follows the Major Incident Team (MIT) of Bradfield Metropolitan Police's CID and the ... (Wikipedia)

  17. A Steep Price

    by Robert Dugoni
    Lawyer defends a woman accused of killing her husband, but the case becomes personal as she uncovers secrets about her own family.

    New York Times, bestselling author Robert Dugoni’s thrilling series continues as Seattle homicide detective Tracy Crosswhite is plunged into a case of family secrets and murder…, ,“Another ... (Goodreads)

  18. Dead Scared

    by Sharon J. Bolton
    A string of suicides at Cambridge University leads DC Lacey Flint to go undercover as a vulnerable student. But the danger is closer than she thinks.

    When a rash of suicides tears through Cambridge University, DI Mark Joesbury recruits DC Lacey Flint to go undercover as a student to investigate. Although each student's death appears to be a ... (Barnes & Noble)

  19. The Scholar

    by Dervla McTiernan
    Detective Cormac Reilly investigates a suicide that may be murder, uncovering corruption and secrets in the academic world.

    When DS Cormac Reilly’s girlfriend Emma stumbles across the victim of a hit and run early one morning, he is first on the scene of a murder that would otherwise never have been assigned to him. The ... (Goodreads)

  20. Scarpetta

    by Patricia Cornwell
    Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner, investigates a series of brutal murders in Richmond, Virginia.

    Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured man on ... (Goodreads)

  21. Last to Die

    by Tess Gerritsen
    A gripping thriller featuring a determined detective in pursuit of a lethal serial killer.

    Rizzoli & Isles • Hit series on TNT, ,, NEW YORK TIMES, BESTSELLER, , , ,“One of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today.”—,The Providence Journal, , For the second time in his short ... (Barnes & Noble)

  22. The King of Lies

    by John Hart
    A lawyer's life is turned upside down when his father, a wealthy real estate developer, is found dead. Secrets and lies unravel in a small Southern town.

    Jackson Workman Pickens–known to most as "Work"--mindlessly holds together his disintegrating life: a failing law practice left to him when his father, Ezra, mysteriously disappeared, a distant wife ... (Goodreads)

  23. The Passenger

    by Lisa Lutz
    A woman on the run, reinventing her identity in a desperate bid to escape her past.

    “A dead-serious thriller (with a funny bone)” (,The New York Times Book Review,), from the author of the, New York Times, bestselling Spellman Files series, comes the story of a woman who creates and ... (Barnes & Noble)

  24. Pandemic

    by A.G. Riddle
    A deadly virus spreads across the world, and a group of scientists must race against time to find a cure before humanity is wiped out.

    "Reads like a superior collaboration between Dan Brown and Michael Crichton." - The Guardian Experience the pulse-pounding thriller that will change everything you think you know about pandemics. And ... (Barnes & Noble)

  25. Lies

    by T.M. Logan
    A man discovers his wife's infidelity and gets caught up in a web of lies and deceit, putting his life in danger.

    WHAT IF YOUR WHOLE LIFE WAS BASED ON LIES? When Joe Lynch stumbles across his wife driving into a hotel car park while she's supposed to be at work, he's intrigued enough to follow her in. And when ... (Goodreads)

  26. Ghost Wall

    by Sarah Moss
    A teenage girl joins an archaeological reenactment of Iron Age Britain, but the experiment takes a dark turn.

    In the north of England, far from the intrusions of cities but not far from civilization, Silvie and her family are living as if they are ancient Britons, surviving by the tools and knowledge of the ... (Goodreads)

  27. The Assassin and the Desert

    by Sarah J. Maas
    A heroic journey of a young assassin, facing dangerous forces in a deadly desert.

    The Silent Assassins of the Red Desert aren’t much for conversation, and Celaena Sardothien wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s not there to chatter, she’s there to hone her craft as the world’s ... (Goodreads)

  28. Iron House

    by John Hart
    Two orphan brothers, one raised in luxury and the other in poverty, reunite to confront their dark past and a dangerous killer.

    From the award-winning,, New York Times, bestselling author John Hart, comes a gut-wrenching thriller about two brothers, one woman, and an explosive secret that threatens to tear their whole world ... (Barnes & Noble)

  29. The Assassin and the Pirate Lord

    by Sarah J. Maas
    Two notorious criminals, an assassin and a pirate lord, form an unlikely alliance to save innocent lives.

    On a remote island in a tropical sea, Celaena Sardothien, feared assassin, has come for retribution. She's been sent by the Assassin's Guild to collect on a debt they are owed by the Lord of the ... (Barnes & Noble)

  30. The Chalk Pit

    by Elly Griffiths
    A series of murders in an abandoned chalk pit lead forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway to uncover a dark secret.

    Boiled human bones have been found in Norwich's web of underground tunnels. When Dr Ruth Galloway discovers they are recent - the boiling not the medieval curiosity she thought - DCI Nelson has a ... (Goodreads)