Fiction - Psychological

An unputdownable psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist.Verity's widowed mother has a new boyfriend. But is he really all he seems? Verity finds out her mother is secretly dating a man she met online. After five long years of widowhood, Eleanor is finally happy...

In 1912, a young girl is found dead. In present day, young Jeremy's parents are involved in a murder-suicide. Soon after, he is committed to an insane asylum.Years later, Jeremy turns eighteen and is released. After he returns home to live with his uncle,...

To marry is madness.To escape is impossible.'The Darlings of the Asylum by Noel O'Reilly grips like a vice' Nicola CornickIn 1886, a respectable young woman must acquire a husband. But Violet Pring longs to be a professional artist and live on her own terms.When...

When Carl awakens from a coma after being attacked on a subway train, life around him feels unfamiliar, even strange. He arrives at his best friend's house without remembering how he got there; he seems to be having an affair with his secretary, which...

I watched her from afar ever since she was born. I knew from the moment my eyes spied her that she was the one: the one I needed, the one I had searched for so very long. My careful planning and sacrifices would all...

Welcome to the Paris Correctional Facility. Walk to your room. Follow the instructions. Do your time. Change your attitude. Meet Shakeem, a jaded prisoner. Follow Ally, a loyal investigator Observe Bernie, a rude genious. Study Dr. Amir, the man behind it all. Don't look...

Author: Peter KestertonISBN-10: 1504083296ISBN-13: 9781504083294Publisher: Bloodhound BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/22/2023Pages: 374Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.83d

Caspar Hauser oder Die Tr gheit des Herzens ist ein historischer Roman von Jakob Wassermann, erschienen 1908. Der Roman handelt von den letzten sechs Lebensjahren Caspar Hausers in N rnberg und Ansbach."Die N rnberger, ein neugieriges Volk", erz hlen sich "in den ersten Sommertagen...

A truly eclectic, psychological horror story collection, in which the true monsters are those that skulk about the darkest wrinkles and fissures of the human brain... Decades ago, the sciences of the brain were in their infancy. One such science was phrenology. Phrenology concerned...

Author: Paula HillmanISBN-10: 1504083318ISBN-13: 9781504083317Publisher: Bloodhound BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/10/2023Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.68d

IndieReader Best Books - June 2018Featured in the New York Review of BooksAspiring engineer Hank Galloway wants two things in life: to snag a coveted position working for NASA and to get an accurate diagnosis of his mental illness.Hank doesn't realize how serious his...

A scandalous accusation sends a woman fleeing to the countryside, where she meets an enigmatic man who also has something to hide . . . After a teenage boy makes allegations of inappropriate behaviour, Evie Cooper goes back to her hometown. There, her old...

It was a summer of love, and a summer of secrets. She has built the semblance of a good life: a husband who adores her, a daughter she is fiercely proud of, and a home with warmth and love at its heart. However, the...

*2024 Books of Horror Indie Brawl Contender*Chandler Hendricks hates his life. Socially awkward and a near shut-in, Chandler spends his time caring for his ailing mother and watching the neighbors from his window.His favorite person to watch is his next-door neighbor Samantha. Young and...

Nothing in the air Saturday evening in May of 1950 predicts that from Naomi Hollister's kitchen at the Tysen Hotel to the pulpit of the First Baptist Church, few will be left unscarred in body or spirit by the conflict that erupts at Tysen's...

In a collage of small-town stories, three strangers return home, dealing with hardships that divide family, beggar faith, and test their sanity. Allison loses her favorite uncle, Brent confronts humanity's self-destruction, and Kevin trades his future for his addiction. It goes from bad to...

The bestselling author of the "clever spine-tingler" The Secretary returns with an unputdownable thriller following a woman in a desperate search for answers after she's institutionalized against her will.The year is 1962, and every night Grace lays her head on her pillow at the...

Best-selling author Britney King returns with a page-turning thriller that will take you on a rollercoaster ride of suspense and intrigue. Join six friends as they confront a fateful decision that spirals into a dark and twisted journey.During a night of drunken revelry, three...

The first in a new series of Therapeutic Tales from the School of LifeAnna is a kind and thoughtful person, in her mid-twenties. But lately, life has been hard. Her job is extremely stressful, her relationship is lacking balance and support, she has a...

Catching a killer is dangerous--especially if he lives next doorFrom the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them...

WINNER OF THE 2023 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEShortlisted for the 2023 Booker PrizeIncluded in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023 For readers of Shirley Jackson, Iain Reid, and Claire-Louise Bennett, a haunting, compressed masterwork from an extraordinary new voice in Canadian fiction. A young...

Includes an exclusive 35 page bonus novella! We're ready to die for the sins of our fathers, but is she? They told us we were the cure. That we were special. That we were pure.It was all a lie. We were just like all...

A young woman's carefully constructed fantasy world implodes in this brilliantly conceived novel that blurs distinctions between right and wrong, comedy and tragedy, imagination and reality: "Surreal . . . filled with technicolor lies and terrible truths" (Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling...

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Girl Who Lied and Sister Sister... Someone knows she is lying about her past. Who can be trusted? Who is the target? Who is closing in? Helen has had to leave everything she's ever known behind...

What do invisible rats, aspiring rapists, axe-wielding gorillas, coffee shop ninjas and clown-faced kidnappers all have in common? They're just some of the shady miscreants and dubious heroes who populate the pages of the twisted tales making up Dave Lauby's rollicking short fiction collection...

From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother's unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother's fate--and find a connection...

April Nimitz is recently widowed and is on the road, from Texas to Connecticut, to live with her daughters. She hopes to escape the multitude of her misdeeds and memories of her life in the hills of Texas, which include her time as a...

In this gripping suspense novel from the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy, lead forensic expert Laughton Rees is back, this time investigating a series of missing women in a small town near the Forest of Dean--where she uncovers a dark and sinister plot,...

"The ending shattered me in a way only Tarryn Fisher can!" --Colleen HooverFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Never NeverIris Walsh saw her twin sister get kidnapped--so why does no one believe her? Iris narrowly escaped her twin sister's fate as...

In this gripping suspense novel from the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy, lead forensic expert Laughton Rees is back, this time investigating a series of missing women in a small town near the Forest of Dean--where she uncovers a dark and sinister plot,...

"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...

As we continue with Book 2 of the 16, Janet and John have had their first date. You've gotten to know George and Molly Berkins. I'll remind you they are the majority stockholders of the family-owned corporation. George Berkins is a great-grandson in a...

Some people believe there are only six steps of separation between anyone. Just six connections to reach any other person alive today. In some cases? They're even closer than expected.When life takes a turn and isolates Frankie, she feels like everything has fallen apart....

In Book 2 Janet said "goodbye" to Steve. Steve left her with important guidance concerning her goals in life. To bring things to a head with winning her father's respect, she needed to take on a problem at the mill and solve it. If...

I thought he took my secret to the grave. But the truth can't stay buried forever... In the wake of my darling husband's death, I am so lucky to have my three beautiful, grown-up daughters by my side at our holiday home in Scotland....

This story is dedicated to all who dare to walk on holy ground by touching another human soul with love. (A thought suggested by Stephen Covey.) Why did I write it? It took over 12 years to complete the 16 books. I wrote it...

Are the voices in Cassie's head real or just added mayhem?Cassie MacLean has been under siege since that cold January night when her mother, Rose Owens plowed into a group of pedestrians killing five and critically-injuring many others. The town's pent-up fury explodes when...

"She was bald. Not like cancer bald. More like... Britney bald."Professor Newman becomes infatuated with My Little Pony. Dolores chases a lithe painter. Mark keeps putting off his suicide. A charming mixture of melancholy and mirth, Homeward Bound and Other Stories spins exhausted despondency...

"Love the title! it made a 64-year-old dude pay attention. It reeks of childhood and scariness. The dialog is strong and Andrea writes very well." -Koehler BooksThe mind is a curious thing. It allows us to reach back into our memory banks and retrieve...

Now I've killed another person. I'm a serial killer. Sure, two people is hardly serial, but it's a good start. I'm still young. Who knows where opportunities might lead me? Opportunity makes the thief, or the murderer, or even the pastry chef. It's well...

Holden Hosenheim is a Division 4 Agent, working under the Shio Branch. His job is to protect the Great Society of the Aarde Union and the Connected City, Shio, from the Revivalists, a narco-funded rebel group that produces and sells a memory enhancing drugs...

A happy family. A picture-perfect street. A secret someone would kill for. My husband James and I love living on Smith Street, with its neat houses and friendly family barbecues. Our daughter Scarlett grew up playing outside with the other local kids - it's...

The YesterlingsSecrets Among the Wild Horses of Sable IslandSeeking adventure, Argentine dandy Balboa Brontine charms his way onto an expedition to film a remote Canadian island famed for wild horses and shipwrecks. He persuades Paul the filmmaker to let New Orleans femme fatale Geraldine...

Trickery is magic until you figure out how it's done....Richard Harjo's job is to counsel death row inmates in Oklahoma's notorious McAlester Prison. That usually consists of convincing them heaven is a sort of afterlife work release program, and God is the most gullible...

From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea comes a mesmerizing novel that is both a literary thriller and a love story as sumptuously perverse as Lolita. - "A strange and dreamlike book ... Banville has a breathtaking style." --The Boston GlobeAuthor: John BanvilleISBN-10:...

Author: John BatesonISBN-10: 0595194257ISBN-13: 9780595194254Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2001Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 11.20h x 5.54w x 0.53d

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder, and obsession, that further cements "Michaelides as a major player in the field" (Publishers Weekly)--now in mass market. Edward Fosca...

A sensational collection of stories of the American experience from the Depression to the aftermath of 9/11, by one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series. John Updike mingles narratives of Pennsylvania with...

When Roger Carrington, a successful CEO, loses everything after putting his own financial security ahead of his company's survival, he is reduced to living in a cardboard shack under a Seattle freeway. In order to survive, he must adapt quickly to his new reality....

In this taut and fascinating novel, the bestselling, New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of The Sacrifice, The Accursed, and Lovely, Dark, Deep examines the mysteries of memory, personality, and identity and pierces the enigmatic force that drives human lives--love.In 1965,...