Apartment 6

Stuart James's 2020 psychological thriller follows Meagan, who watched her mother's murder as a five-year-old and is now trapped in a brutally abusive marriage, and Oliver, a man still raw from his own loss who forms a cautious bond with her. The pacing is tight, the misdirection is effective, and the plot twists land — reviewers from the book's 2020 blog tour consistently praised it as well-crafted psychological suspense. Bloodhound Books has a reputation for delivering solid genre fiction, and this one fits. The honest caveat is not minor: the book contains detailed, sustained depictions of domestic violence, rape, childhood trauma, and murder. Reviewers specifically flagged the intensity of the abuse scenes as potentially distressing for survivors. This is adult thriller content for readers who go in prepared; it is not appropriate for Penny's faith-family audience and carries a plain content warning.