Bone-Chilling Thrillers

Becca Fitzpatrick's Hush, Hush saga, including Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence; and Finale, all debuted as New York Times best-sellers. Her first romantic thriller was Black Ice. Her most recent is Dangerous Lies (Simon & Schuster Children's Books). As the key witness in a murder trial, Stella is under witness protection, living a life she doesn't want. No one can know who she really is. Not even Chet Falconer, her hot, enigmatic neighbor. But against her better judgement, Stella finds herself falling under Chet's spell. A storm is brewing. Is Stella really safe in Thunder Basin? And will Chet be her salvation . . . or her downfall.

Joelle Charbonneau has performed in opera and musical theater productions across Chicagoland. She now teaches private voice lessons and is the author of the New York Times best-selling The Testing, as well as two mystery series: The Rebecca Robbins mysteries and the Glee Club mysteries. Her YA books have appeared on the Indie Next List, on the YALSA Top 10 books for 2014 as well as the YALSA Quick Picks for reluctant readers. In her latest YA thriller, Need (HMH Books for Young Readers) Teenagers at Wisconsin’s Nottawa High School are drawn deeper into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need . . . regardless of the consequences.

Peter Kujawinski is an author and diplomat, currently serving as US Consul General for Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. He co-wrote the Dormia series with Jake Halpern and has also written for The New York Times.  Nightfall (G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers) , also co-authored with Halpern, tells the story of a group of teens who are forced to leave their island home in preparation for a sunset that only occurs every twenty-eight years. Just as the ships are about to sail, a teenage boy goes missing. A pair of teenaged twins, Marin and Kana are the only ones who know the truth about where he’s gone, and the only way to rescue him is by doing it themselves. But Night is falling. The island is changing. Kirkus Reviews writes, “The teens' desperate journey to find their way off the island will keep readers turning pages.”