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Four Intriguing Tales Of Lies, Crimes And Secrets

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(NAPSI)—BookBites is a continuing series bringing readers information and ideas for their next read. Here are four thrilling new books to try from BookTrib.com.

“A Stranger on the Beach” by Michele Campbell

An edge-of-your-seat story of passion and intrigue that will keep you guessing until the end. Caroline Stark realizes her husband is lying to her, their money is disappearing and there’s a stranger on the beach outside her house. As Caroline’s marriage and her carefully constructed lifestyle begin to collapse, she turns to Aidan, the stranger, for comfort…and revenge. After a brief and desperate fling, Aidan’s infatuation with Caroline and her life becomes more destructive. But who is manipulating whom in this deadly game of obsession and control? Who will take the blame when someone ends up dead…and what is Caroline hiding?

To purchase “A Stranger on the Beach” (St. Martin’s Press), go to https://amzn.to/2K48fKY.

“We Came Here to Forget” by Andrea Dunlop

A young Olympic skier loses everything and escapes to Buenos Aires, where she reinvents herself, meets a colorful group of expats, and becomes enmeshed with a man keeping dark secrets. The city seems like the perfect refuge, but can she really outrun her demons? As Katie Cleary’s elite skiing career nears its zenith, a terrifying truth about her sister could ruin her career, family and relationships.

You can find “We Came Here to Forget” (Atria) at https://amzn.to/2KCRVjG.

“The Escape Room” by Megan Goldin

Welcome to the escape room. Your goal is simple: Get out alive. Four Wall Street rising stars discover the price of ambition when a challenge turns into a lethal game of revenge. The escape room was supposed to be a team-building exercise, but when the lights go off and the doors stay shut, it becomes clear this is no ordinary competition: They’re caught in a dangerous game of survival.

The rivals must solve cryptic clues to break free. But as the game begins to reveal their darkest secrets, they realize there’s a price for the terrible deeds they committed to boost their careers. They must solve one chilling puzzle: Which of them will kill in order to survive?

To get “The Escape Room” (St. Martin’s Press), go to https://amzn.to/2Xxypsw.

“On a Quiet Street” Sby J.L. Doucette

The fiancée of a prominent attorney is murdered a month before their wedding, with the contractor who found the body suspected of killing her in a jealous rage.

Dr. Pepper Hunt joins forces with Detective Beau Antelope to find the killer. Pepper uses her clinical skills to probe below the surface of the perfect couple’s lives. Chilling secrets and sinister motives that lead back to unsolved crimes with a direct link to the fiancée’s murder are finally brought to light.

For “On a Quiet Street” (She Writes Press), go to https://amzn.to/2KyxSTH.

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