The Dark Room Walters, Minette

A woman wakes in a hospital psych ward with no memory of who she is or how she got there. Her face has been burned, her hands are scarred, and the police want to question her about a torched warehouse — and two bodies inside. As detectives dig into her fractured identity, they uncover three possible lives she might have lived, each one darker than the last. Minette Walters builds a slow-burn psychological puzzle where every answer spawns two more questions. The claustrophobia is palpable — you're trapped inside a mind that can't remember if it's victim or monster. Walters, known for her taut crime fiction and sharp character work, makes you doubt everything you think you know about guilt, memory, and survival. For fans of Ruth Rendell's psychological depth or anyone who likes their thrillers cerebral and unsettling.