12 of 2018's Best Mystery Novels That Will Have You Guessing Until the End

In her debut novel, Lies You Never Told Me, Jennifer Donaldson tells the parallel narratives of Gabe and Elyse, two high schoolers who have never met but both make the mistake of falling — and falling hard — for the wrong person, and how they must contend with the unexpected (and deadly) consequences.

Final Girls author Riley Sager's latest thriller, The Last Time I Lied, tells the story of Emma Davis, a rising star on the New York art scene who returns to her childhood Summer camp to investigate the truth behind a tragedy that happened there 15 years prior.

Janna King's debut novel, The Seasonaires, tells the story of six 20-something Summer brand ambassadors whose growing social media followings get them caught up in a world of corporate greed, substance abuse, and — eventually — murder.

In Karma Brown's The Life Lucy Knew, when Lucy wakes after a traumatizing accident to discover that the man she believes herself to have recently married is actually someone she hasn't spoken to since their breakup four years earlier, she must question all of her memories, as well as contend with the fact that who she really is may not be who she wants to be.

In Anna Quinn's The Night Child, a high school English teacher is pushed toward a psychological breakdown when she is visited by a childlike apparition.

K.A. Tucker's Keep Her Safe tells the story of Noah and Gracie, the son of a decorated police chief and the daughter of a corrupt cop, who band together to uncover the dark truth about the Austin Police Department's past.

In Alice Feeney's Sometimes I Lie, a woman wakes up in a hospital, unable to move, speak, or open her eyes, and though she doesn't remember how she ended up there, she suspects her husband had something to do with it.

Roz Nay's Our Little Secret tells the story of Angela Petitjean, a woman who is taken into questioning after the wife of her high school sweetheart goes missing, even though she hasn't seen her old boyfriend in eight years.

In Lauren Doyle Owens's The Other Side of Everything, a neighborhood murder brings together a curmudgeonly widower, a cancer survivor, and a teenage waitress in unexpected ways.

In Catherine Steadman's Something in the Water, a documentary filmmaker and an investment banker on their honeymoon in Bora Bora discover something menacing while scuba-diving, and they must decide whether to reveal it or keep it secret.

Lisa Jewell's Then She Was Gone tells the story of Laurel Mack — a mother trying to put her life back together after her 15-year-old daughter goes missing and her marriage crumbles — who meets a man whose daughter reminds her viscerally of her own missing child.

Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall is the story of Mike Hayes, who dedicates himself to shaping the perfect life for Verity Metcalf, the woman who taught him about love, and even though V won't return his calls and is engaged to someone else, Mike is convinced it is all part of a secret game she is playing.