Fiction - Psychological

He could be dead, dreaming, or painfully alive. Does he really want to find out which? Timothy Smit is sick. He's stuck in middle management at a second-rate news aggregator when an intense coughing fit causes him to pass out at his desk. Tim...

"Steppenwolf" by Hermann Hesse is a profound and thought-provoking novel that delves into the inner struggles of a man named Harry Haller. Harry is a solitary and intellectual man who feels out of place in the world and struggles to reconcile his dual nature...

They were a match made in the hallowed halls of Quantico. Until Death came knocking... Seven years ago, FBI Profiler Megan Iluak tapped into the mind of a serial killer--and nearly became his last victim. Her FBI colleague and then husband, Jack, put everything...

We were lost until Briar Valley offered us a home. Love. Safety. Protection. But it came at a cost. I ran to protect my family. Now, it's time to return.When tragedy strikes, I'm forced to retrace my steps, back into the arms of the...

Malcolm Ward's struggle to survive in a 1950's state hospital continues into the general population where he finds allies in his assigned group therapy and he and his friends confront and joust with a megalomaniac superintendent and a charge attendant bent on destroying Malcolm...

The love of a good woman draws out a man from sure death from addiction and psychosis and precipitates a dazzling realization.Author: 44288 Ohio Ment Presented Perry AayrISBN-10: 0595744044ISBN-13: 9780595744046Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/26/2002Pages: 336Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.49lbsSize: 9.38h x 6.68w x 1.04d

Hush little baby, don't say a word...A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK!As seen in People, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Shondaland, Goodreads, and more!...Mama's going to show you the horrors she's endured.Anna Victoria Alcott is desperate to have a family. But as she...

Four girls close their eyes. Only one wakes up. Leah and her three best friends get changed into their pyjamas, eat pizza and argue about what film to watch. They laugh together until the early hours. But the next morning, Leah blinks open her...

Totally original and utterly compelling, with a voice all of its own, this is the outstanding new thriller from the no.1 internationally bestselling author of The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides. "The king of all unreliable narrators, [with] enough twists and turns to power two...

"Shocking, disturbing, and utterly original." --Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A truly incredible reading experience." --Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author The internationally bestselling author of Lying in Wait returns with a wickedly dark, twisted, and brilliantly observed new...

A twisting, pulse-pounding thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid and The Coworker"You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second...

In this "twisty, propulsive thriller" (Robyn Harding, internationally bestselling author) from Megan Collins, two sisters-in-law are at painful odds when the man who connects them--the brother of one, the husband of the other--is accused of a brutal crime. Julia and Sienna Larkin are sisters-in-law,...

"A deftly plotted, completely involving novel with one of the most memorable protagonists to come along in years."--Laura Lippman "Label me a big fan."--Harlan CobenEdgar(R) Award nominated author Alison Gaylin is rapidly becoming a major player in the thriller game. A breathtaking novel of...

The biggest heist. The most dangerous adversary. By the master of the genre. Oh, and explosions. The Cobra is a shadowy figure of international crime. And only one man can stop what's about to happen: Sly and sharp-witted Riley Wolfe, the ultimate thief, fresh...

A brand-new thriller by the bestselling author of Girl in Bed Three. A writer helps a victim of abuse tell her tale and finds herself becoming part of the story . . . Single mother Polly has been struggling since work started to dry...

"Donahue at his best plumbs the souls of his characters. In this tale of a crushing apocalypse undreamed of by man, beast, or Bibliomancy, he redefines humanity as well as the nature of monsters." -Ef Deal, author of Esprit de Corpse "Masterfully crafted cosmic...

In this novel, first published in Italy in 1947, a chance encounter and an accidental shooting leave a young woman dead and a young soldier attempting to reason away responsibility and assuage his guilt.Author: Ennio FlaianoISBN-10: 1568970196ISBN-13: 9781568970196Publisher: Marlboro PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/1992Pages: 251Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Autumn Fowler appears to have it all a devoted husband, beautiful twin daughters and a promising art career. As her 30th birthday approaches, the sleep paralysis that plagued her as a child has returned. But the vivid nightmares are deadlier than ever. Paralyzed by...

She trusted him. Now she's paying the price...I loved my husband, Doctor Drew Devlin, but he betrayed me. And now he's dead.As I put the key in the lock and open the door to the luxurious new home I've purchased with Drew's life insurance...

The psychologist with a troubled past...Dr. Christopher Kellan spends his days at Loveland Psychiatric Hospital, overseeing a unit known as Alpha Twelve, home to the most deranged and psychotic killers imaginable. His newest patient, Donny Ray Smith, is accused of murdering ten young girls...

From the bestselling author of The Secret Mother, a chilling tale about revisiting the past--and digging up secrets you'd rather forget.The invitation to her school reunion couldn't have come at a better time for Chloe Flynn. Divorced, broke and bored at work, she's living...

A CrimeReads Most Anticipated Book of the Summer Heathers meets The Secret History in this thrilling coming-of-age novel set in a boarding school where the secrets are devastating--and deadly. When Sarah Taylor arrives at the exclusive St. Ambrose School, she's carrying more baggage than...

In a post-Knausgaard fictional reality that is as devastating as it is hilarious, an idealistic social worker with the same name as the author counsels the mentally ill, tries to be scrupulously honest (too honest?) with his girlfriends, and earnestly lectures his fellow writers...

'Welcome to Serenity Falls, ' I say, forcing a smile as I guide our new guests across the courtyard and through the doors of the old house. This should be a fresh new start for the couple, but how can I help them when...

Children suffer with anxiety and if they are not taught good healthy anxiety management tools then they will continue to be anxious throughout their teenage years and adulthood. I believe all children should be taught emotional regulation tools at an early age to assist...

'Many years ago in Mytherranea, before the stars had names, when daisies were still called days' eyes, and the moon stayed up all night to keep the darkness company, there lived a race called redbits...' So begins the tale of Rensal, a small creature...

A literary mediation on life and death, being and non-being, and the intense mystery and beauty of existence between a mother and child. "Heartbreakingly perfect" (San Francisco Chronicle), Maso's moving, dreamlike novel follows a mother and child as they roam through wondrous and increasingly...

ROMOLA (1862-63) by British Victorian woman author George Eliot is a complex historical novel of Renaissance Florence. Young, handsome, and ambitious scholar Tito Melema falls in love with the erudite and intelligent Romola, daughter of another scholar and convinces her to marry him. In...

Anthem is a dystopian science fiction novella by Ayn Rand. Mankind has entered a new dark age as a result of the evils of irrationality and collectivism and the weaknesses of socialistic thinking and economics. Individuality and ambition have become sins. Technological advancement is...

From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: "Tainted love, jealousy and, brilliant revenge--this book has got the lot" (New Woman). Thirty-eight-year-old Jules Sampson is barely getting by as a working actor in London--until she gets a job as a stand-in for...

"With a technologist's understanding of how Silicon Valley works, a futurist's vision of what's coming next, and a novelist's sense of irony and suspense, Hodjat dramatizes, in this sharp-edged novella, a bleeding-edge breakthrough in storytelling..."-BookLife ReviewsWith the advent of ChatGPT, comes this timely thriller.Imagine...

"Echoes of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest reverberate through this cinematic tale...readers looking for an adrenaline-inducing resistance plot will find this worth their time." --Publishers WeeklyFrom award-winning author J. Michael Straczynski, The Glass Box is a hard-hitting, fast-paced sci-fi novel about the choices...

Duncan's life of privilege takes a horrifying turn late one night when he drives around a bend, sees a flash of yellow, and feels a sickening thud. He does check, but confused and panicked, he leaves the scene. A day later, he notices a...

"With masterful pacing, Gifune and DeLuca create an atmosphere of nonstop suspense as they draw the reader into a world of obsession, occult worship, and madness. So much so that, long after the last page was turned, I couldn't stop thinking about The Still...

Chattahoochee, Florida, a town with a state mental institution on its main drag, seldom slips from its usual relaxed pace. Detached from the tourist havens farther south, everyone here knows everybody else. Senior citizen Elvina Houston, head of the little-ole-lady hotline, keeps her nose...

MANIPULATIVE. TRAINWRECK. PSYCHO. Elizabeth Madigan needs too much love. As the neglected daughter of a beautiful, selfish mother, she learned early in life how to get attention through lies, but it's never enough. At age eight, she pretends to have cancer. At age twelve,...

A brutal serial killer stalks the million-acre Ottawa National Forest in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula, a man who can vanish into the vast woodlands without leaving a trace. The fragile local economy is paralyzed while authorities search for him. Will the elusive fugitive be...

Not since D. M. Thomas's bestseller The White Hotel has there been such a remarkable novel about women, hysteria, and the profession of psychiatry as practiced by men. Set in California and Mexico in the late 1950s and early 1960s, A Version of Love...

Detective Frank Stanton wanted to retire. His live-in lover, Paige Mallory, demanded it - a quiet exclamation point on a brilliant career. Nothing stoodin his way except a broken road of unfinished business between him, his dead partner, Internal Affairs, two million in missing...

Detective Frank Stanton wanted to retire. His live-in lover, Paige Mallory, demanded it - a quiet exclamation point on a brilliant career. Nothing stoodin his way except a broken road of unfinished business between him, his dead partner, Internal Affairs, two million in missing...

A harrowing and emotional novel set in rural Wisconsin--A Winter's Rime explores the impact of generational trauma, and one woman's journey to find peace and healing from the violence of her past. Mallory Moe is a twenty-five-year-old veteran Army mechanic, living with her girlfriend,...

She was the perfect wife, with the perfect life. You would kill to have it. Ciara Dunphy has it all--a loving husband, well-behaved children, and a beautiful home. Her circle of friends in their small Irish village go to her for tips about mothering,...

On a weekend voyage, the power-hungry children of an aging billionaire are unprepared for a storm of deceptions in a novel about ruthless family ambition by USA Today bestselling author Kaira Rouda.You are cordially invited to an overnight voyage on the Splendid Seas.An invitation...

"Deighton writes with effortless mastery." --Wall StreetJournal Bernard Samson's wife, Fiona, has just been chosen by theBritish Secret Service to be their top agent in Germany, set to undermine theEast German economy. When she embarks on a violent, unparalleled mission ofworldwide importance, it's clear...

"Spy Line is vigorous and sleazy, psychologically complexand action-packed. And it is always exciting." --Daily Mail Bernard Samson is a spy on the run, forced to abandon hislife and job and plunge into hiding. But in the murky, dangerous streets ofBerlin, he knows where...

"In Deighton's best books--like this one--the narrative glidesforward on rollers, and the scenes and characters fit perfectly into place. Theresult is marvellous." --The IndependentWhen the Department sends Bernard Samson to Washington totrack down the million pounds that have just gone missing, it's just the...

While vacationing in a hunting lodge in the Austrian mountains, a middle-aged woman awakens one morning to find herself separated from the rest of the world by an invisible wall. With a cat, a dog, and a cow as her sole companions, she learns...

Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist is a novel written by Charles Brockden Brown. The story revolves around a man named Carwin, who has the ability to throw his voice and manipulate people's thoughts. The novel is presented as a series of memoirs written by...

"NJ Moss knows how to get inside your head with a story that will leave you reeling in its wake! Work of a genius." --Amazon review This compelling new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Second Wife begs the question: How far...

What goes on in the mind of a person as they succumb to Alzheimer's disease? Man in the Mirror is a novel about a man succumbing to Alzheimer's, but it is so much more than that-it's the story of a man's life. Aaron Young...