Love, Mom by Iliana Xander

This is the latest psychological thriller internet sensation, propelling this debut to heady Amazon heights. I listened to it as an audio book and rather wish I’d read it instead. The story follows McKenzie who receives mysterious letters following the death of her...

The House Sitter by Keri Beevis

I’m a great fan of Keri Beevis who writes fabulous psychological thrillers. This book is about Nina who agrees to housesit for her brother following the breakup of her relationship. But when she looks through a pair of binoculars at the apartment block opposite, she...

First Time Mother by AJ Campbell

Wow! AJ Campbell sure knows how to write a gripping psychological thriller! First Time Mother is about sleep-deprived, new mum Annie. Struggling with baby Lola and not getting on with her stepchildren, Annie feels like she’s going mad, with increasingly sinister...

You Shouldn’t Have Done That by Liz Alterman

You Shouldn’t Have Done That by Liz Alterman is a fast-paced thriller about close friends and how far a mother will go to protect her child. Jane and Ivy have been best friends since their sons Brad and Cal were in kindergarten, and now the young men are living...

You Killed Me First by John Marrs

I listened to You Killed Me First as an audiobook and having read Marrs’ dark future books and loved them, I found this to be quite different. It’s more of a conventional psychological thriller, with a very disturbing opening, portraying someone bound up and about to...