The Villain Has a Point: 6 Books That Blur Right and Wrong
30 May 2025
The Villain Has a Point: 6 Books That Blur Right and Wrong
What if the villain isn’t entirely wrong? These six books dive deep into murky morals, where justice is subjective and the antagonist might just be the most compelling voice in the room. Perfect for readers who crave psychological complexity, moral tension, and endings that spark debate.
The Crone’s Legacy (The Trove Chronicles Book 1)
by N. S. Wikarski
Release Date: May 12, 2025
A long time ago, advanced civilizations flourished without chronic warfare, violence, enslavement, female subjugation, or tyrannical rulers. Artifact by artifact, dig site by dig site, continent by continent, a secret society called the Arkana is revealing the full scope of what humanity once was and what we might be again. Not everybody wants them to succeed.
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The Pelican Contingency (The Pelican Legacy Book 1)
by Livia Huntingdon-Jones
Release Date: May 4, 2025
Dr. Eleanor Croft lives among ghosts – the ghosts of poets past and the ghost of her own silenced creativity. Her structured academic life is shattered when a public clash with the bombastic Poet Laureate apparent, Alastair Finch, ends with his fatal fall from a church tower, leaving Eleanor framed for murder.
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Koncolos Witches
by Muge Direr
Release Date: March 16, 2025
Koncolos Witches is a dark, psychological thriller steeped in trauma, obsession, and schizophrenia. At its heart is Monica—a model, an assassin, and a woman fleeing a past soaked in violence. Rescued as a teenager from a human trafficking ring in Cape Town by the enigmatic Valmont, Monica was trained to kill and conditioned never to trust.
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Not My Daughter (Eva Rae Thomas FBI Mystery Book 17)
by Willow Rose
Release Date: May 14, 2025
FBI agent Eva Rae Thomas’s weekend getaway turns deadly when a young man is murdered on a remote island, and her daughter becomes the prime suspect. Uncovering dark secrets from the past, Eva Rae must confront a killer to save her daughter and seek justice in a tense, thrilling mystery of deception and courage.
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Going Home in the Dark
by Dean Koontz
Release Date: May 20, 2025
As kids, outcasts Rebecca, Bobby, Spencer, and Ernie were inseparable friends in the idyllic town of Maple Grove. Three left to pursue lofty dreams—and achieved them. Only Ernie never left. When he falls into a coma, his three amigos feel an urgent need to return home. Don’t they remember people lapsing into comas back then? And those people always awoke…didn’t they?
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The Missing Half
by Ashley Flowers
Release Date: May 6, 2025
Nicole “Nic” Monroe is in a rut. At twenty-four, she lives alone in a dinky apartment in her hometown of Mishawaka, Indiana, she’s just gotten a DWI, and she works the same dead-end job she’s been working since high school, a job she only has because her boss is a family friend and feels sorry for her. Everyone has felt sorry for her for the last seven years, since the day her older sister, Kasey, vanished without a trace.
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