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Don't Go into the Woods!

Looking for a cozy cabin retreat? Not in these "Locked Door" mystery-thrillers!

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  • Four women gather on an isolated island for a true-crime book club getaway, but one is murdered by another. Rather than report the crime, the survivors use their knowledge to stage her disappearance, hoping to protect their secrets. As lies unravel,…
    Book, 2026Toronto, Ontario : Harper Avenue, 2026. — FIC White
  • When politician Bernard Clausen dies, police discover millions in cash that may be connected to Simon Meier, missing for fifteen years. Chief Inspector William Wisting investigates both mysteries, forcing him to confront an old adversary and a…
    Book, 2026Toronto, Ontario : Scribner Canada, 2026. — FIC Horst
  • After her husband’s death, Lindsay returns to her Scottish hometown, hoping for comfort. Instead, she begins seeing strange figures, forgetting familiar faces, and noticing that people are disappearing. As nightmares intensify and buried secrets…
    Book, 2026Seattle : Thomas & Mercer, 2026. — FIC McPhe
  • Courtney Gray's tranquil family vacation is shattered when she hears a blood-curdling scream from the lakeside cottage next door. There she finds the lifeless bodies of her brother and sister-in-law. Her teenage niece Reese is nowhere to be found,…
    Book, 2026Toronto, Ontario : Park Row Books, 2026. — FIC Kubic
  • After bestselling crime writer Annie Morrisey dies, her daughter Niamh retreats to her mother’s cottage. But when Annie’s fictional detective, Leah Rebecca Overton, mysteriously appears, Niamh is forced to investigate whether her mother’s death was…
    Book, 2026New York : Berkley Mystery, 2026. — FIC Lotz
  • Miley takes a summer job at a mountain guest lodge. The job is remote, but it’s the perfect place to train. Local lore about a staffer who died years ago doesn’t scare her. But it should. Miley’s plans take a terrifying detour when she’s abducted…
    Book, 2024[Place of publication not identified] : Dynamite Books, 2024. — FIC Ihli
  • When Brooke was kidnapped on her way home from work, she thought her life was over. That was ten years ago. She’s been held captive in an isolated cabin on the Oregon coast ever since, scrambling to follow her kidnappers’ twisted instructions to…
    Book, 2024[Place of publication not identified] : Ticking Clock Press, 2024. — FIC Nelso
  • Ever since that night, twin sisters Cassie and Lenora have been inseparable. As the sole permanent residents of Cabin Two, their refuge on an isolated Tennessee campground, they manage to stay away from prying eyes, probing questions, and true crime…
    Book, 2024Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, 2024. — FIC Bush
  • Under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among the guests. Just outside the Manor’s immaculately kept grounds, an ancient forest bristles with secrets. And the Sunday morning of opening weekend, the local…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : William Morrow, 2024. — FIC Foley
  • Six couples rent a modern but isolated luxury retreat. But a big storm is coming, and the owner seems to be hanging around a lot. And the Chef says the home has a dark past. How well can they trust each other?
    Book, 2022Toronto, Ontario : Park Row Books, 2022. — FIC Unger
  • The world has fallen apart after a deadly pandemic. Three groups of people are searching for salvation at a remote place in the mountains where they can find safety and maybe even a cure. Three separate stories all brilliantly weave into one in this…
    Book, 2023[Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, 2023. — FIC Tudor
  • On their way to a luxury resort in the mountains, the bus crashes, stranding a group of travellers in a blizzard. Desperate to survive, the strangers seek refuge in a tiny, empty cabin. Soon the vacationers start winding up dead!
    Book, 2023Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, 2023. — FIC Coate
  • After a car accident that claims the lives of her coworkers, Anna suffers from extreme insomnia. She takes a job at a remote Bed and Breakfast in the Scottish Isles to escape. But the past is catching up to her.
    Book, 2023London : Avon, 2023, c2019. — FIC Taylo
  • Three women arrive for a girl's night ahead of their husbands. But upon arrival, they discover a note that all of their husbands will be murdered. With no way to contact their husbands and warn them, the women are sitting ducks.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : William Morrow, 2022. — FIC Macmi
  • Five attendees arrive at a month-long writing retreat. However the writers start dying off, and soon there is more at stake than just a publishing contract.
    Book, 2023New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2023. — FIC Bartz
  • A weekend trip to a luxury ski lodge is supposed to be the ideal weekend getaway. Until the storm hits.
    Book, 2021[Toronto] : Anchor Canada, 2021, c2018. — FIC Lapen
  • Cooper and Finch have lived in a remote and off-the-grid cabin for years. And that's exactly how Cooper wants it. He has a lot of secrets to hide.
    Book, 2021New York : Minotaur Books, 2021. — FIC Grant
  • After suffering a great loss, Emma takes the job of a caretaker at a remote cottage. She lives in isolation, reading to kill the time. When she leaves a bad review for the wrong author, he seeks revenge.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : William Morrow, 2023.
  • Laney has been renting her beautiful vacation home on a private island to Air-b-n-b-ers. When strange things start happening and the local caretaker goes missing, Laney discovers that the renters have disrespected the land and unleashed an ancient…
    Book, 2023New York : St. Martin's Press, 2023. — FIC Armst
  • The Cabin in the Woods starts with Rose Reid, a woman, who had a hard childhood. She marries Ryan who is a lawyer. They meet in New York City but they move to Westchester after the wedding. She goes from being a waitress to becoming a socialite.…
    Book, 2022London : Avon, 2022. — FIC Alder