After Elle Gray

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

If New Girl in Town fed your appetite for claustrophobic betrayals and vindictive small-town undercurrents, Remarkably Bright Creatures serves the same cold dish of human pettiness—but with an octopus narrator who dismantles pretense more ruthlessly than any gossipy neighbor ever could. This is grief-soaked secrets, moral compromises, and decades-old lies unraveling without a shred of sentimentality.

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

If Olivia Knight's unstoppable grit kept you reading past midnight, you need Vera Wong—a meddlesome force of nature who brings that same fierce determination with sharper wit and zero apologies. This is binge-worthy investigation at its finest: clever twists, flawed characters, and the visceral thrill of outsmarting every secret before the final page.