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A Killer in the Family by Amin Ahmad: Wealth, secrets, and a dynasty where no one is innocent

When Ali agrees to an arranged marriage with the daughter of a powerful New York real estate tycoon in A Killer in the Family by Amin Ahmad, he expects privilege, stability, and a glamorous life among the elite—but not the creeping suspicion that someone in his new family might be a serial killer.

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This sweeping drama follows Ali, a charming but somewhat naïve Mumbai party boy who decides it’s finally time to grow up. His arranged marriage to Maryam, the poised daughter of real estate mogul Abbas Khan, brings him into a world of unimaginable wealth in New York City: private helicopters, glittering skyscrapers, and lavish weekends in the Hamptons. At first, Ali seems to have landed in a dream version of the American immigrant success story. But as rumors begin to swirl about Abbas Khan—whispers of corruption, secret affairs, and something darker beneath the family’s rise—Ali starts to realize that joining the Khans may have come with a cost he never anticipated.

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Sorry for Your Loss by Georgia McVeigh: A deliciously twisted game of obsession, grief, and control

Grief can make people do strange things—but in Sorry for Your Loss by Georgia McVeigh, releasing March 31, 2026, grief is just the starting point for a psychological duel between two people who may be far more dangerous than they first appear. What begins as a chance meeting in a grief support group quickly turns into a tense, unsettling cat-and-mouse game where the real question isn’t whether someone is lying—it’s who’s manipulating whom.

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At the center of the story is Iris, a woman who is clearly out of touch with reality. She attends a local grief group to keep herself “grounded,” but from the start it’s obvious that Iris is holding onto far more than grief. Her childhood offers clues about how she became the person she is. Iris grew up in the shadow of her twin sister, Marcie—the golden child who their mother adored. Marcie’s birth came easily, while Iris reportedly took days to arrive, a story their mother never let her forget. Even after Marcie’s tragic death at seventeen, their mother openly wished it had been Iris instead. It’s the kind of emotional wound that never quite heals, and as an adult Iris is still searching for the love and validation she never received.

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