Fiction - Psychological

Elizabeth thought that after all they'd been through, the bad parts were over. Guess not.After saving herself and her little boy from abductors, Elizabeth yearns to put the terror behind them, to cocoon with her son, safe and secure at home.Court hearings confirm that...

East Berlin, 1961. Kirstin Beck is determined to escape to the West. She watches from her townhouse window as the border with West Berlin is closed, and a barbed wire fence strung through the cemetery behind her house. With a grandmother in West Berlin...

Possibly the best account yet of the role of Torquemada in the Inquisition, with particular emphasis in the back half of the book of the notorious "Infante de la Guardia" incident and the role of that affair on Ferdinand and Isabella's decision to expel...

A woman in a man's world.An enemy she never saw coming.Police officer Kate Murphy thought she'd left her tumultuous past behind when she married Matt, but nothing could be further from the truth.As problems and deceptions pile up both at home and at work,...

Paris (1898) is a novel by French author Émile Zola. Paris is the final installment in Zola's celebrated Three Cities Trilogy. Published toward the end of Zola's career, the trilogy is an ambitious, sweeping study of one man's struggle with faith in political, religious,...

Imagine this: you're sixty years old, divorced, broke. You've squandered away being the husband and father you should've been to your wife and children in your quest for status among your architect peers.Don't worry: that's all about to change. Unfortunate encounters with large trucks...

After aspiring novelist Jake Conley regains consciousness from a coma, he discovers he's affected by synaesthesia, and that his now cross-wired brain endows him with heightened psychic powers.Jake's research on the Northumbrian King Aldfrith takes him to Elfrid's Hole in North Yorkshire, where -...

For fourteen years, since the death of her father and the disappearance of her mother, it has been just the two of them - Eva and her beloved grandmother Millie, and they have forged a seemingly unbreakable bond. Now though, Eva has turned eighteen...

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...

From the bestselling author of 14 Days to Die and As Sick as Our Secrets comes a twisted tale of family secrets and the darker side of human nature that will leave you wanting to research your family history. Vicky Collins has a seemingly...

Canna Medici is a hedonistic young woman who flees her home and an abusive relationship in Italy, and finds herself in a new life in London. She becomes the new assistant of Virtuosi, a small opera group who are about to embark on a...

After 40 years of marriage, Olivia's husband unexpectedly passes away. But when Ben's will reveals a life-altering secret, she suffers a blow no widow should ever experience.Olivia learns that she gave birth to a baby who later died in the nursery. Instead of telling...

(Dark Laughter is a 1925 novel by the American author Sherwood Anderson. It dealt with the new sexual freedom of the 1920s, a theme also explored in his 1923 novel Many Marriages and later works. The influence of James Joyce's Ulysses, which Anderson had...

Wieland (1798) is a novel by American author Charles Brockden Brown. Considered the first American Gothic novel, this a story of psychological horror and occult mystery based on the real-life James Yates Murders. The novel follows the Wieland family, whose father immigrated to the...

One of the twentieth century's most darkly beautiful works of crime fiction--a story of carny life, spiritualism, and a con man of merciless resolve. Nightmare Alley begins with an extraordinary description of a freak-show geek--alcoholic and abject and the object of the voyeuristic crowd's...

A golden triangle in a pretty golden life... That is how Simon describes the arrangement between his workplace as a psychotherapist, the home of his ex-wife Lisa and son, and his girlfriend Cora's flat. It signifies for him the happy equilibrium of his existence....

The exciting sequel to the original sleeper hit-Preternatural It's been fifteen years since the vampire Blackheart was defeated, leaving Meadowsville desolate and broken. Alexandra has returned to take over her father's church but is struggling to find her true purpose. Torn by her shaky...

A modern-day historian finds her life intertwined with Annie Oakley's in an electrifying novel that explores female revenge and the allure of changing one's past. Ruth McClintock is obsessed with Annie Oakley. For nearly a decade, she has been studying the legendary sharpshooter, convinced...

CHILLING AND ADDICTIVEDo you wish to be carried away to a place and situation which you never thought existed in life?Settle down and read "The Manipulator" written by Brenda Mohammed.This is an interesting narrative of fiction. The author has used her vivid imagination and...

Smoke and Dr. O have, again, ventured into dangerous waters, this time in Hawaii. He is Henry 'Smoke" Smokehouse, a tough, decorated veteran, and a man of few words. She is Doctor Olivia Bennet is a forensic psychiatrist, formally of the Behavioral Analysis Unit...

Author: Yoko OgawaISBN-10: 820006493XISBN-13: 9798200064939Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2013Format: CDWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 5.83h x 5.59w x 0.63d

DescriptionWhen Durgadas, an ordinary businessman from Delhi, is arrested for murderin Lucknow, the lives of the people he left behind-his family and friends-unravel in unexpected ways. As they fight to prove his innocence and dealwith the upheaval in their lives, they find themselves turning...

Author: Kazuo IshiguroISBN-10: 1665236590ISBN-13: 9781665236591Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/07/2017Format: MP3 CDWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 6.70h x 5.40w x 0.60d

It all starts with a little blackmail...The blackmail letter reads I know what you've done.Court Lane has worked hard to create her fairytale life-loving and trusting husband, well-adjusted kids, safe neighborhood. So when the letter arrives at her doorstep, the message is clear-pay up...

From the author of LETTERS FROM THE WHAT-WENT-BEFORE A summer camp... to make you normal? When Maddie has another episode at school, her mum decides it's been enough. She sends her off to Camp Mind - the ultimate cure for anxiety. There, she meets...

Kori Persephone Driscoe suffered through her dad's mental illness. All she wanted was for him to get better, but instead he disappeared. Kori trespasses into the abandoned Northville Psychiatric Hospital, the last place her dad was treated, seeking solace and traces of his memory....

Atlantic City lives again Casino gaming has come to town and if you want in, you gotta ante up and play your cards just right. For a curious Ted Damian, that means his own South Jersey world just got a little more fun... a...

Marine biologist Nate Quinn is in love with the majestic ocean-dwelling behemoths who have been singing their haunting song for twenty million years. But why do the humpback whales sing? That's the question that has Nate and his crew filming, charting, and recording every...

The end of her high-profile broadcasting career came too soon for TV journalist Alison Reynolds--bounced off the air by executives who wanted a younger face. With a divorce from her cheating husband of ten years also pending, there is nothing keeping her in L.A....

A Vietnam vet crafts a flute from bamboo to redeem the past. An executive drives his mother's ashes to the Gulf. A woman paddles away from her daughter's graduation party on Lake Martin. A musician finishes writing his song during a tornado. A psychiatrist...

The Professor's House is a novel by American novelist Willa Cather. Published in 1925, the novel was written over the course of several years. Cather first wrote the centerpiece, "Tom Outland's Story," and then later wrote the two framing chapters "The Family" and "The...

A mother and daughter torn apartAn explosive accident on the way to Glasgow airport leaves Daria hurt, bereaved and confused. Her daughter has vanished without a trace and nobody is telling her what happened. Evie's gone. That's all. Gone. What does Daria have left...

Based on author E. M. Forster's real-life experiences, A Passage to India is a mind-opening tale set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement of the 1920s. It was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th-century...

From the award-winning, best-selling author of Hannahwhere and Inflictions, John McIlveen offers his latest collection, A Variable Darkness, thirteen tales of his trademark blend of heartache, humor, horror, and a ton of humanity. Inside these pages you will meet a captivating girl who is...

Heralding the arrival of "a huge literary talent" (Karl Ove Knausgaard), Megan Nolan's riveting debut is "a blistering anti-romance" (Catherine Lacey) about love addiction and what it does to us.Wouldn't I do anything to reverse my loss, the absence of him?In the first scene...

If you like Archie and Gretchen, Eve and Villanelle, or Hannibal and Will Graham, this series is for you. Liam Emerson spent six weeks trapped in a dog crate in an underground bunker, tormented and taunted by Phineas Slater. Now, Phineas is behind bars,...

The Magnificent AmbersonsThe Magnificent Ambersons is a 1918 novel written by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize for the novel. It was the second novel in his Growth trilogy, which included The Turmoil (1915) and The Midlander (1923, retitled National Avenue in...

Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of his best-loved works, collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. He also wrote penetrating novels on political, social,...

Programmer Martin Cardwell tends to float along, letting chance or others make his big decisions. So when the dot-com crash of the early 2000s leaves him jobless and disoriented, he looks to his charismatic childhood friend Swanson Geach, the only person around who's got...

Vulnerable and alone after the tragic loss of her parents, Felicity finds herself in a relationship with volatile and troubled Jay.Against her better judgement, Felicity allows Jay to draw her in to a twisted revenge plan against his former best friend. Soon Felicity becomes...

Hank has been in love with Renee for as long as he can remember. He wants to marry her, have as many children as she wants, and live happily ever after. The only problem with that is her brother Ethan.Author: Leila MarieISBN-10: 8657761777ISBN-13: 9798657761771Publisher:...

She escaped. But he's coming to get her.After her imprisonment at the brutal hands of her ex, Jay, Felicity is slowly putting her life back together. She's got a new name, a new hairstyle, and even a new partner: strong, supportive Scott, whose down-to-earth...

"As a psychoanalyst for many years, I worked with countless PTSD victims. I highly recommend The Aftermath for those seeking to understand trauma and know more about its manifestations and repercussions. Coffin writes with a deep and compelling veracity." -Lore Reich Rubin, Author of...

Set in both England and colonial India, The Woman in the Bazaar follows Captain George Coventry as he wrestles with guilt and the consequences of his actions. Rigid even by old fashioned standards, George Coventry holds misogynistic beliefs regarding the role women fill in...

Two people from disparate backgrounds are thrown together by circumstance when new ER physician Dr. Raj Patel and homeless aspiring singer Irina Petrova unexpectedly cross paths.Fleeing the Russian sex trade, Irina lands in New York with her father. When her brittle health takes a...

Sex. Lies. Revenge. On the heels of a devastating loss, Evelyn fights to put her life back together. Only ... part of her husband belongs to another woman, and the devil owns her soul. "If you tell her the lie, I will tell her...

"She's a pretty wildflower destined for my brother's vase. I'll make her mine, even if how I do it will make flowers wilt." A DARK MAFIA ROMANCEMen like us, we see things.We do things, things that make us unfeeling. That's the price of power...

He stole her childhood. Can she escape before he takes her life? Emily longs to be an artist. Her dream comes true when her new stepfather, a rich painter, begins mentoring her. But she's shocked to discover his dark side, and fear sends her...

In the heart of Virginia, where the forests hide secrets and the creeks run strong and deep Libbie Havens never fit in. She bought the old Carson place on Cub Creek and moved to the Virginia countryside to prove she could live on her...

Real estate agent, Terry Cooper, has it all-a beautiful wife, a loving family, and a successful career. But when his best friend introduces him to an online chat room, Terry meets a woman in the virtual gaming world who becomes more than a fantasy....