Stacy Willingham books to your TBR list
Stacy Willingham is a New York Times Bestselling author of psychological suspense thrillers. Her books are standalones and can be read in any order.
Complete List of Stacy Willingham’s Books
Released August 26, 2025. Amazon rating 4.1 stars. Goodreads rating 3.7 stars. Claire’s older sister went missing 22 years ago. The case was solved and a man was convicted of murdering her. Fast forward to the present, Claire, a struggling journalist, comes home for the summer and ends up working at a Muscadine vineyard. Her summer ramps up when she is convinced people are not who they claim to be and somehow this connects to her sister’s last summer alive.
First published January 16, 2024. Amazon rating 3.9 stars. Goodreads rating 3.56 stars.
College is a time to reinvent yourself and Margot is desperate to do just that. Her best friend from high school, Eliza, died just after graduation. Margot meets Lucy who invites Margot to live with her and 2 other girls in an off-campus house. Over the summer they all become fast friends, but when a neighbor boy is found dead and Lucy has vanished, the reader is taken on a wild ride of actions and consequences.
First published January 10, 2023. Amazon rating 4.2 stars. Goodreads rating 4.04 stars.
Isabelle’s toddler son, Mason, was taken from his crib a year ago. Isabelle has done nothing but search for him. Suffering from lack of sleep and obsessive laser focus on the search, she will stop at nothing to find Mason. Her search takes her from podcasts, to missing children events and out into the night. She can’t stop and can’t sleep until she finds him.
First published January 11, 2022. Amazon rating 4.3 stars. Goodreads rating 3.96 stars.
Chloe’s father was convicted of killing 6 teenagers 20 years ago. Chloe is now 32 and about to get married. When another victim is found behind Chloe’s office, Chloe begins a downward spiral suspecting everyone for this death. At times Chloe is an unreliable narrator and the reader is left to make guess after guess as to what is really happening and who is to blame.
About Stacy Willingham
Stacy Willingham began her career in marketing and copywriting before publishing her first successful novel, A Flicker in the Dark. This novel earned her the award, Strand Magazine’s Best Debut Award and has sold over one million novels. To date, according to her website, her novels have been translated into more than 30 languages.
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Why I Love These Books
All of Stacy Willingham’s novels are set in the South. There is a long standing history of novels and short stories set in the South. Many novels set in the South fit into a category labeled southern gothic. Some of my favorites include; “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, and “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty. Willingham’s novels mimic some of the characteristics of the Southern Gothic tradition. The novels contain family secrets, small towns that promote gossip and a sense of claustrophobia. Her main characters, like the antagonists, are flawed and sometimes unreliable. All of these elements make for books you can’t put down and won’t easily predict the endings. These are great psychological thrillers.
