Fiction - Psychological

Growing up abandoned by her father and raised by a single mother, Celeste was determined to create the perfect family--but even perfect families have secrets. Her days are filled with a rewarding career, a devoted husband, and her four-year-old daughter. Celeste is the only...

In this luminous novel about romance and illusion--and what's left of love when they're stripped away--an American Anglophile is drawn into the lives of a disintegrating aristocratic family. After the sudden death of her husband, Annie Devereaux flees to England, site of the nostalgic...

Lori Golden's family have had more than their fair share of troubles. But through it all, Lori and her sister, Jessie, have always supported each other. Then Jessie is killed. And Lori's world turns upside down.Devastated, Lori struggles to cope with her loss, and...

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SHE INVITED HIM IN, NOW SHE CAN'T GET HIM OUT . . .Donna is so ready to start her new life. But the nightmare has only just begun.Donna's had enough of her dead-end job in Chicago, her unhappy family life, and total lack of...

'She had the perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very, dangerous to live even one day.'Virginia Woolf's most famous 'stream of consciousness' novel,...

Consider this, then, the antithesis of a Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce campaign, an attempt to set the record straight. No judgment, merely a forthright account of what might have been observed during an innocent bystander's own peculiar experience growing up there in the late...

When Malcolm J. Hawkins, the Head of Psychology at Bethel University in Alabama, feels his position and his credibility threatened by up-and-coming English professor Ginnie Gillan, he decides to use her husband Edmund's gullibility against her. Feeding Edmund a steady diet of drugs and...

If you want to be entertained and yet stretched, then Twisted Journeys is the book for you.Albert Trajstman has again shown his mastery of the novella in this new collection of three new works. Diverse and ambitious, the stories take us to faraway places...

Sydney 1986, and Devlin's life is music, madness and a vivid dream of another life. Another place. A place he's seen and can't forget. A place of heat and dust and silence, and endless blue. Time to think. And to kill. And forgive. A...

Her face, beautiful even in death, gazed open-eyed at the azure sky. Her brown, silky hair fanned around her head, bringing out the pallor of her skin. Her lips were slightly parted as if she was still breathing, as if she was whispering her...

Behind closed doors is a secret someone is willing to kill for.I walk into the bright, open living room of my new apartment, and I know this is the fresh start I've been dreaming about. As I double lock my pretty red door each...

Her words cut deep. Teddy's a world-famous playwright in the mold of David Mamet, but for the past year he's been stuck. An assignment to write a play about Emily Dickinson should have been simple--but instead it has turned into pure obsession. Then, one...

Broaching a taboo deeply embedded in the human psyche, this haunting story tells of a woman who desires "something more, as if something more had been promised her that was not yet given." The first published in 1962, The Son introduces readers to Vivian...

First published in 1966, A Conference of Victims charts the corrosive power of guilt and loneliness, showing how one terrible act can possess a family Hal O. Costigan, candidate for Congress, is the kind of man people envy. He has a loving wife, a...

For the idyllic mountain town of Jerome, Arizona, a blizzard is coming. A storm of such magnitude, the likes of which the town hasn't seen in thirty years. Nestled at the top of the mountain is the Jerome Grand Hotel, a historic inn rumored...

In Patricia Highsmith's debut novel, we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno, passengers on the same train. But while Guy is a successful architect in the midst of a divorce, Bruno turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who manipulates Guy into swapping...

No matter what you see, no matter what you've heard, assume nothing. Adam and Sophie Warner and their three-year-old daughter are vacationing in Washington State's Hood Canal for Memorial Day weekend. It's the perfect getaway to relax--and to calm an uneasy marriage. But on...

"Beautifully elegiac and intricately plotted, this is Nordic noir at its best."--PeopleWinner of the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel - Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year - Shortlisted for the Best Swedish Book of the Year Award - One of...

"Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning author of the breakout novels Little Secrets and Jar of Hearts. Paris Peralta is suspected of killing her celebrity husband, and her long-hidden past now threatens to destroy...

The beautiful, old cottage in the Peak District was the perfect place for Simone to take a much-needed break following a horrific attack. Surrounded by nature and peace, she can finally relax.Until she realises she isn't alone.Someone is hiding in the woods, and sneaking...

Haysle Dawson and Liam Emerson tried to use Phineas Slater to trap and capture Destiny Worth. But they failed. Now, Phineas is free again and they have been taken captive by Destiny Worth herself. Separated, tortured, starved, they are lost in a nightmare from...

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'...knowing where the lies are is the greatest knowledge...' A murder at an Irish hillside cottage. A mother shot by her mentally illdaughter, Mim. The girl's stepfather, Denis, the only witness. Mim starts talking fast. Her non-stop words are imagined random socialmedia exchanges. Locked...

You paid the price for wanting what you couldn't have. Now DNA tests threaten to expose what you spent a lifetime hiding...As an ambitious young woman in the years following the Second World War, Barbara made some hard choices, decisions changing everything that came...

Demons attack. Angels defend. Heaven and God the Father are the traitor's final prizes as he marks all mankind for extinction. How can Steven Popoford and his small band possibly save mankind from the Devil's spawn?A Shape-shifting dark angel. A scary, riviting, wild ride...

Will Glenndenning is a medical school drop-out, a PhD drop-out, and very nearly a drop-out from life itself. Now middle-aged, he has settled into a comfortable, solitary life as a science writer and amateur biotech analyst. Yet, from his roots in Lost Mine, Texas,...

The summer of 1954 begins a pivotal year in nine-year-old Robby Barnaby's life. On the last day of school, he breaks his arm sliding into home plate while playing for the fifth graders in an all-star game against the sixth graders. Baseball is his...

Everywhere Saviors is Frank Dewey Staley's fourth novel and is clearly his most expansive. This story reconnects with the life of Dobro Temple, agent to the Los Angeles glitterati and his daughter, the effervescent and precocious Sara. For light to appear there must be...

From this renowned philosopher comes a debut work of fiction, at once a brilliant pr cis of the history of philosophy, a semiautobiographical meditation on the absurd relationship between knowledge and memory, and a very funny storyA French philosopher dies during a savage summer...

Twenty-two-year-old Clare Thomas Lane begins therapy by court order, not by choice.Clare is sure that she doesn't need the help of a shrink. Clare's fortysomething psychotherapist, Avery Frontiera, doubts her own ability to connect with this prickly young shoplifter. As Avery and Clare begin...

WEAVING the TIMES is set in 3022 in a world governed by the Magnificent Noo Wld Reepublik uv Aezhu and de Amerikez, also called "The RAA." The only permissible language is Inglish. Loyel Sitizenz dare not question the rools and regs of the RAA.Hom,...

The NEW edge-of-your-seat thriller from the bestselling author of THE GUILTY HUSBAND!'A complete thrill-ride of a book!' NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐When is the right time to tell your husband your marriage is a lie?THE PERFECT LIFEJuliana Daniels finally has the life she's always dreamed of....

A heavy fog has settled over Portland, OR, where Charlie West has returned after the devastating events in Astoria. Trapped between a lost dream and a life he hoped to leave behind, he takes up residency at the Portland City Mission. Shards of a...

Working at a Department store has never been more challenging .This fast paced murder suspense will keep you turning the pages until you are done .A great read that will leave you wanting more .Canadian author Linda Larson has over 80 Titles and now...

"Your brain at positive performs significantly better ... your intelligence rises, your creativity rises, your energy levels rise ... your brain is 31% more productive than your brain at negative, neutral, or stressed."Author: Aqsa BukhariISBN-10: 8847808391ISBN-13: 9798847808392Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/22/2022Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize:...

A housewarming party ends in tragedy. . . Steve Galanos, a native Midwesterner, reflects on his time in Northern California during the 1990s, a time when the two-digit year emerged as the Y2K problem, the burgeoning Internet fueled the expansion of the New Economy,...

How do unforeseen events influence our lives?For retired professor, Lenny Isaacson, daily life has become predictable: walking his dog, reminiscing, and grappling with questions of living and dying. He longs for something more. But as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for.Things...

Behind a Broken Smile brings together 21 uncanny stories of the beauty and horror that lie at the heart of everyday life. From the childish pleasure of clowns and dolls, to the simple scent of flowers or the tang of the sea drifting on...

Tom Huxley, owner and CEO of a large accounting firm in the town of Jasmine, South Carolina, is on his way to the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics when he is assaulted at a rest area near the Georgia border. His wife,...

Fen McCallin is devastated by the loss of her friend and lover, Donovan, to suicide. His spectre haunts her as she works through the stages of grief. Friends would like to help her, but she knows she must do this alone. Deciding to sail...

Fen McCallin is devastated by the loss of her friend and lover, Donovan, to suicide. His spectre haunts her as she works through the stages of grief. Friends would like to help her, but she knows she must do this alone. Deciding to sail...

Peter Stamm's best-selling debut novel, Agnes, now available for the first time in the United States. "Write a story about me," Agnes said to her lover, "so I know what you think of me." So he started to write the story of everything that...

"Charlie Donlea is a superb psychological suspense writer...the book has a fast-paced plot and main characters unlike any typically found in this genre." --Seattle Book Review An Apple Books Best of the Month SelectionA Publishers Weekly Summer Reads 2020 Editors' PickA Library Journal "12...

There is a derelict house at the end of the street. For all but one day of the year, it remains boarded up with strict punishments in place for those foolish enough to trespass. On the one day it is open (Halloween), the nearby...

NOW AN INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM"Stephens gives the reader an unvarnished view of the subculture of lobster fishermen in small-town coastal Maine." - James Acheson, author of The Lobster Gangs of Maine"Stephens has a wonderful clear eye for people, especially Maine people, and The Ghost...

"Marvelously moving . . . These tales evoke a certain peace and a definite wonder at what an astonishingly graceful writer Updike is."--USA Today To the hero of the title story of this collection, all of England has the glow of an afterlife: "A...

"A GLASS-SHATTERING, DIESEL-FUELED, HARD-CHARGING THRILL RIDE OF A READ . . . John Case is] a confident master working at peak performance."-LORENZO CARCATERRA Author of Street Boys and SleepersDr. Jeff Duran suffers from severe panic attacks whenever he ventures outside his home office. And...

"Rayne, is launching a new series here, and if future installments are as gripping and intricately plotted as this one, it could have a long run." ― BooklistIntroducing professional researcher Phineas Fox in the first of a brand-new series of chilling mysteries.Phineas Fox has...

Shrubs of broom grow black and twistedAs if by Devil's fingers And the wind that never ceases, Like a chorus from the dead. Those who lived here it's for certain, would grow dark and tortured too' In Jamaica Inn, at the heart of the...