We Were Liars by E. Lockhart // A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth.

The Escape Room by Megan Goldin // In the lucrative world of finance, Vincent, Jules, Sylvie, and Sam are at the top of their game. They’ve mastered the art of the deal and celebrate their success in style—but a life of extreme luxury always comes at a cost. Invited to participate in an escape room challenge as a team-building exercise, the competitive coworkers crowd into the elevator of a high-rise building, eager to prove themselves. But when the lights go off and the doors stay shut, it quickly becomes clear that this is no ordinary competition—they’re caught in a dangerous game of survival. As tempers fray and the clues to break free turn deadly, they must solve one final chilling puzzle: Which one of them will kill in order to survive?

Gone For Good by Joanna Schaffhausen // The Lovelorn Killer murdered seven women, ritually binding them and leaving them for dead before penning them gruesome love letters in the local papers. Then he disappeared, and after 20 years with no trace of him, many believe that he’s gone for good. Detective Annalisa Vega lost someone she loved to the killer. Now she’s at a murder scene with the worst kind of deja vu, surrounded by clues to the biggest murder case that Chicago Homicide never solved. Annalisa has the chance to make it right and to heal her family, but first she has to figure out how to see a killer who may be standing right in front of you.

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