Fiction - Psychological

T'ings presents the decades-long saga of two families, the Kleins and the Walchuks, whose intersecting destinies orbit the career of Amabel Hadley, child actor turned celebrity disaster. Raymond Walchuk, filmmaker patriarch of the first family, rises above the B grade horror films he's known...

From award-winning Hollywood writer and director M. M. Dewil, The Helper is a bare and addictive psychological thriller perfect for fans of Gone Girl and The Push.Mary Williams--faced with unexpectedly losing her job and the possibility of losing custody of her daughter as well--answers...

When two cross-country cases collide, Bree Taggert and Mercy Kilpatrick join forces to catch a serial killer in an addictive novel of suspense by bestselling authors Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot.During a vicious heat wave, a county maintenance worker stumbles upon two suspicious suitcases...

Meet Bob, your local courier.You've barely noticed him. You've barely even looked his way.But he's noticed you. He's noticed everything about you.He's been paying very close attention indeed.And he likes what he sees... You by Caroline Kepnes meets Engleby by Sebastian Faulks in Courier,...

Fear has a new address - right next door...When Mark and Laura move into a beautiful cottage in the country, they think all their dreams have come true.Until they encounter the neighbours next door.Glenda and her husband, Gerald, are determined to make their lives...

Liz Hunter has done something evil.To avoid prison, Liz flees Oklahoma and lands in an isolated desert town praying her past won't catch up with her.But when Liz and her new husband Gavin win the $698 million lottery jackpot her dreams catapult into nightmares.Being...

Talis' marriage to her husband, Lark, is coming apart at the seams as their once happy life is fractured by the one thing they both desperately desire: a child of their own. But in an overpopulated world where life's most precious decision is fed...

Her husband's death shattered her world. But it's what he left behind that just might destroy her. Taryn Metcalf is a 33-year-old journalist whose life is turned upside down when her husband is tragically killed. But just when she thinks things couldn't get any...

My mother is obsessed with every detail of my wedding - controlling my dress, my ring, my happiness. But when the day finally comes, will she really let me go? Last year, my sister's fiancé was murdered on his wedding day. And I found...

You let her in. You shouldn't have... I was so nervous about someone new joining our house share; after everything that happened with my parents, my friends are like my family. Our imperfect but well-loved house is the only place where I can be...

Putting the sex back in Pleasure, here is the first new English translation since the Victorian era of the great Italian masterpiece of sensuality and seduction Like Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, Andrea Sperelli lives his life as a work of art, seeking beauty and...

Rose Winer is having panic attacks about a man climbing in the window and raping her. Returning to New York from Berkeley, where free love is rampant, she hopes that sleeping in her parents' house will make her feel safe. When that doesn't work,...

This compelling and compassionate mystery takes place in the quirky and intoxicating island town of Key West Florida where 21-year-old Jillian Dougherty, a newly graduated Boston nursing school student away from home for the first time, finds herself completely absorbed into the homeless population....

Winnie Campbell is sixteen and a burgeoning serial killer. Her father blames her for her mother's death, dotes on her little sister, and executes increasingly cruel punishments meant to humiliate Winnie. As the punishments morph into torture, she begins fantasizing about regaining some semblance...

A riveting tale about the extraordinary transformation of a woman from victim to vigilante; to formidable crusader for the rights of women.In Quest for Freedom, by Cedric Saldanha, meet Smita, a young woman from Mumbai, who is swept into an arrangedmarriage and relocated to...

"Deighton, Greene and John le Carré comprise the reigning triumvirate of fictional spymasters beside whom all others pale." --Seattle Times In 1963, Berlin is dark and dangerous. Len Deighton's skilled, jaded, anony-mous hero of The IPCRESS File is now set to arrange the defection--and...

"Deighton, Greene and John le Carré comprise the reigning triumvirate of fictional spymasters beside whom all others pale." --Seattle Times In 1963, Berlin is dark and dangerous. Len Deighton's skilled, jaded, anony-mous hero of The IPCRESS File is now set to arrange the defection--and...

Finding missing children is Matthew's job--but this time it's his own daughter who's disappeared.When private investigator Matthew Hill picks up the call from his wife, Sally, his world comes crashing down. Their eight-year-old daughter, Amelie, is missing. One second, she was there, the next,...

A young woman discovers that dancers at a local discotheque are being driven to acts of insane violence. "The place was full of swarming, pugnacious, dangerous missellneous reptile's... Teenager's everywhere pounded their way on top of each other crazily strangling, biting and slashing each...

A captivating and twisting tale where a murder in 1898 and one in 2024 dovetail and connect in unexpected ways from New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin and perfect for readers of J.A. Jance, Tony Hillerman, and Ramona Emerson's Shutter. 1898 Robbery, prostitution,...

Charles Martel is a brilliant cancer researcher who discovers that his own daughter is the victim of leukemia. The cause: a chemical plant conspiracy that not only promises to kill her, but will destroy him as a doctor and a man if he tries...

From "one of our most thrilling and singular innovators on the page" (Laura Van Den Berg), a tightly wound, consuming tale about a 1950s American housewife who decides to get into the pool in her family's apartment complex one morning and won't come out....

ISBN-10: 6073902875ISBN-13: 9786073902878Publisher: Planeta PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/24/2023Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.40h x 4.80w x 0.60d

Embark on an extraordinary journey of resilience and transformation in Esteban where seemingly insignificant moments lead to profound change. Born into a tumultuous family, Esteban yearns for his father's affection but faces countless obstacles. A fateful teenage date alters the course of his life,...

A mystery woman enters Lily's life At the launch for her latest children's book, a member of the audience asks Lily for a strange inscription in her copy of the book. Why does this unnerve her? Is Jack the answer to Lily's prayers? Later,...

From America's Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark, an investigation into the connection between a long-ago murder and a plastic surgeon's obsession with a perfect face catapults prosecutor Kerry McGrath into the strange and ominous territory of those so hungry for beauty they'll kill...

This sharp, compelling legal drama from an acclaimed French journalist explores why a teenage victim lied about her rape and how the disadvantaged become scapegoats. At 15, Lisa was a typical teenager, at times rebellious and impulsive, adjusting to newfound attention from boys and...

What happens when the safety of your home is no longer safe?Every Friday night during lockdown, six friends meet onscreen to take part in a quiz.But when it's Barton Hinton's turn to host the event, he introduces a set of personal questions that clearly...

This haunting debut novel--perfect for fans of Iain Reid, Jeff VanderMeer, and Julia Armfield--is a "wild genre-and-mind-bending ride" (Laura Sims, author of Looker) about a loyal employee at a collapsing theme park questioning the recent death of a celebrity visitor, the arrival of strange...

A masterful and engrossing novel about a single mother's collapse and the fate of her family after she enters a California state hospital in the 1970s. When Diane Aziz drives her oldest son, Walter, from Los Angeles to college at UC Berkeley, it will...

Don't Stop is a MIDNIGHT horror hitchhiker traumance novellaIf you don't stop, you'll live.If you do, you know what will happen. So for the love of all things unholy, don't stop.-Dalton and RaynaThe Halloween Harvesters*NOTE* This is a similar theme to the "Ride or...

A family curse can reach across generations.After bank manager Jonathan Ward inherits an old manor, strange things begin to happen. On his first night at the property, a beautiful young woman appears outside his door, pleading for help. Moments later, she has disappeared.Strange apparitions...

A young bully slips into psychosis, ignored by the disparate people around him struggling for survival on an inner-city estate. Drug dealing, gambling, forced marriage, prostitution and domestic abuse are the backdrop to the boy's declining mental health and fascination with a Bowie knife...

Hermann Ungar (1893- 1929) war ein m hrisch-j discher Schriftsteller. Ungar galt als Einzelg nger des Prager Kreises um Franz Kafka, Ernst Wei und Max Brod. Aus dem Buch: "Polzer hatte das Bild noch von seiner Mutter erhalten. Einmal war der Heilige im Zimmer...

"A witty, roller-coaster ride of uncertain identity set against the gritty certainties of New York City. In compelling, unadorned prose, Richard Wiley gives us a bewitching and ultimately moving tale." --Caryl Phillips, author of A Distant Shore and The Lost Child Dr. Ruby Okada...

This psychological cat-and-mouse thriller will leave you guessing until the very last page!Peter has always held himself to a high standard. Even in the military, he never let the power go to his head. He may have had the ability to commit violent acts...

Nature becomes relative when a higher force is in play; for it is easy to speak the truth when you are standing on the other side. Zeddiccus Swellings, The leader, brings out the darkest parts of a protesting community by giving them the freedom...

"I loved A Pleasure and a Calling--gripping, sinister, original, and brilliant!"--Sophie Hannah, bestselling author of The Monogram Murders and The Orphan ChoirMr. Heming loves the leafy English village where he lives. As a local real estate agent, he knows every square inch of the...

HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE BY EMMA CHAPMAN IS A HAUNTING LITERARY DEBUT ABOUT A WOMAN WHO BEGINS HAVING VISIONS THAT MAKE HER QUESTION EVERYTHING SHE KNOWS Marta and Hector have been married for a long time. Through the good and bad; through...

Finnegans Wake is one of the most difficult works of fiction in the Western canon.There are four Parts or Books and seventeen chapters total in Finnegans Wake. The chapters lack titles, and while Joyce didn't offer potential chapter titles as he had for Ulysses,...

What if, in the blink of an eye, you lost everything that you held dear? Your husband, your children, your family, and your home. Follow Autumn Marie Jensen on her roller coaster ride of emotions as she attempts to readjust to living in a...

E. Phillips Oppenheim's World War I-set novel "The Devil's Paw", written in 1920, is rife with international espionage and intrigue. After being given access to extremely private documents, Miss Katherine Abbeway is quickly detained on suspicion of being a spy. She gives the confidential...

Longlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize"This is a deeply impressive book, and I think an important one. Its intensity, its narrative attack, the fascinations of its era and setting, make it impossible to tear the attention away. Energy and inventiveness distinguish every...

"Amina Akhtar's Almost Surely Dead is a witty, fresh psychological thriller that's part stalker thriller, part ghost story. This book took turns I never saw coming. I was up all night, tearing through the pages as the mysterious pieces came together, leading to an...

A twisting tale of guilt, motherhood, and murder by the bestselling author of The Secret Couple . . . When the body of Jen's teenage son, Eli, is found at the edge of a lake, her shock and grief are overwhelming--and so is the...

The Awakening charts Edna Pontellier's journey of self-discovery. The time spent with a younger friend on a summer holiday on Grand Isle in Lousiana unlocks a feeling in her that she can't close away again. On returning to her family home in New Orleans,...

A psychological thriller from best-selling author Valerie Keogh you won't want to miss!!What if someone from your past tried to destroy your future?When Melanie Scott is promoted to junior partner, she thinks she has put her past behind her and while out celebrating her...

She's desperate to save her business. But will she end up losing her life?Jenna Wyatt has finally achieved her dream. She loves baking cakes in her charming new café and relaxing in her perfect city flat. But after her shyster ex rips her off,...

Go Play In Traffic (A Writer's Life), is a tale of writing, loss, friendship and telepathy during the COVID Pandemic. Reba, a 74-year-old lesbian, finds herself in a state of limbo after a year of writer's block, the beginning of retirement, and the break-up...

"We don't get involved with the prevention of crime. This is not our job. We are here if he kills you or physically harms you; sorry, we cannot help. I know that he called you 260 times last week and has made 254 photographs...