Book of the Day

What happens when your worst nightmare comes true? One spring morning, a bus full of children and their teachers from a Cotswolds primary school head off on a much-anticipated day trip. But as night falls and the well-heeled parents wait at the school to collect their children, it soon becomes clear that something has gone very wrong. The children and their teachers simply do not come back…

Working as a journalist in the quiet corners of a Maine town, Ionna Bellmore receives an estate letter that unravels her reality. A mysterious grandmother, an inherited estate, and a journey to the enchanting landscapes of northern Wales await her. But what she uncovers there fractures her perception of her family, revealing a darkness lying just below the surface…

In this dark domestic thriller, a Pittsburgh mother’s life begins to crumble when her daughter disappears not once, but twice. Jill Lassiter’s three-year-old daughter disappears from a playground only to return after forty frantic minutes of searching, but the mother’s relief is short-lived—there’s a tiny puncture mark on Sophia’s arm…