Fiction - Psychological

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...

"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...

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...

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

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,...

Standing on a railway platform in a Swiss resort town, sensibly clad in his Burberry raincoat and walking shoes, a man thinks he may be looking at the woman for whom he ruined his life many years earlier. Alan Sherwood, a quiet English solicitor,...

Many people living outside an Upper City metropolis live in privation and squalor, so it is a good thing that the charitable ReUs Government has developed the Nation's first Emergency Mental Health Phoneline. Worry not, those who suffer from the vicissitudes of this tumultuous...

The Howards don't know who I really am, but I'm learning all their secrets. It seems like the perfect job. The wages are great, and accommodation is provided within the walls of an actual mansion. Not many little girls dream of becoming a maid,...

As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can't risk losing this job - not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe . . . It's hard to...

As a top writer on Psychology and Philosophy on Medium.com, synchronicity has profoundly impacted Som Dutt's intellectual, personal journey to perceive the interconnectedness of unrelated events, offering a richer and more nuanced understanding of the human experience. He is convinced that these synchronistic events...

Leaving the nest, and college bound, Sean Carver Jr. moves into his own apartment with the financial help of his estranged father. His mother despises the idea. Filled with worry for the well-being of her only son, she can't help but wonder whether Sean's...

Wickedly dark with a mystical edge, this story of an Italian love affair gone bad captures the irresistible pull of toxic relationships--from the acclaimed author of Carnality. A woman arrives in Florence, overwhelmed by the strange, warm city so different from her home. Amidst...

"A ferocious comedy of middle-class dysfunction . . . published to controversy in 1973 . . . A masterpiece." --Claire Allfree, The Telegraph When Dinah Brooke's second novel, Lord Jim at Home, was first published in 1973, it was described as "squalid and startling,"...

AN ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER WITH A STUNNING FINAL TWIST.Livia moves to a remote village on the rugged Cornish coast. She finds a diary full of dark secrets. The girl who wrote it is dead. Will she be next?This move, this new job at...

"An arresting and unpredictable tale of family." Kirkus ReviewsWinner of the Historical Fiction Company's "Highly Recommended" award of excellence, The Things We'll Never Have is part mystery, part psychological drama set in 1960s Italy about family, friendship, and the lies that bind us.The brightest...

Author: Elizabeth C. CabreraISBN-10: 8988060024ISBN-13: 9798988060024Publisher: Elizabeth C. CabreraLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2023Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d

Slamming the door shut behind her, Stephanie takes one last look at the party where her best friends are busy celebrating. As the drinks are poured and music blasts, she disappears into the darkness alone. Some say she was crying. Others think they heard...

A pair of lovers--a young female journalist and an older man who owns an isolated farm in Brazil--spend the night together. The next day they proceed to destroy each other. Amid vitriolic insults and scorching cruelty, their sexual adventure turns into a savage power...

The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea gives us a brilliant novel about an actor in the twilight of his life and his career: "a devastating account of a boy's sexual awakening and the loss of his childhood.... Seamless [and] profound ... An...

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the misanthropic...

Honest Author is a developmental dithyramb...which begins as a stream of consciousness...the myopic wandering eye...it splits in fairy tale like fashion...then settles in a synthesis...well enough.Author: Kevin SnelsonISBN-10: 822384995XISBN-13: 9798223849957Publisher: Kevin SnelsonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/2023Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d

It was his responsibility to fight for those who could not fight, punish those that needed punishing, and righting the world of all the wrongs-to Captain Vicarelli, that was his mission even out of the corps. Once separated from the Marines, he took his...

It was his responsibility to fight for those who could not fight, punish those that needed punishing, and righting the world of all the wrongs-to Captain Vicarelli, that was his mission even out of the corps. Once separated from the Marines, he took his...

At once gargantuan and miniaturist THE LUCY JINX TRILOGY is an intimate Epic, spanning eight years in the life and innermost mind of the titular poet as she navigates ambitions, friendships, lovers, and, above all, her monstrous, psychically tumultuous relationships with language, identity, and...

"Compulsively readable and deeply heartfelt..." -- David M. Carew, authorAva Skinner's idyllic life is about to unravel.A professional pianist, Ava lives with her husband, Langdon, in their multi-million dollar, Naples, Florida, Gulf Shore Drive mansion.Then the symptoms begin.Looking for answers, Ava takes a trip...

It's time to pray.Repeat after me.Lord Almighty, have mercy on me.Free me from my sins.Freedom.That's the first lie I swallowed.Haunted by ghosts and the secrets they carry, I'm being eaten alive by guilt. Pastor Michaels' reign of terror will continue until I surrender myself...

Some victims are hard to find sympathy for but it's the job of Adam Trent, a jigsaw officer and civilian investigator, Sarah Roberts to see past that and find out what happened. The death of a tenant from a local hostel brings together the...

Thirteen-year-old Lizzie Hood and her next-door neighbor Evie Verver are inseparable, best friends who swap clothes, bathing suits, and field-hockey sticks and between whom--presumably--there are no secrets. Then one afternoon, Evie disappears, and as a rabid, giddy panic spreads through the balmy suburban community,...

THE GRIPPING STORY OF THE UNRAVELING OF ONE MAN'S SEEMINGLY PERFECT LIFE, AND HIS STRUGGLE TO GET EVERYTHING BACK. A new baby, a loving wife, a solid career, a dream house in Beverly Hills: Dr. Bobby Flopkowski has it all. Until a complicated series...

National Indie BestsellerNamed a must read by People, Vanity Fair, Electric Literature, Nylon, Alta Journal, CrimeReads and DebutifulNamed a most anticipated book by Elle, The Millions, Bustle, Lit Hub, Dandelion Chandelier, Zibby Mag, Bookpage, and The Rumpus "Oh my mushrooms, The Extinction of Irena...

She woke up in a cage... UndergroundIt was time to kick butt. Kidnapping and murder never crossed Kaylee's mind when seeking a fresh start in Portland, a new beginning to shed the remnants of tragedy dogging her steps. After escaping an underground prison, she...

It is a long, hot summer at World's End, a two-family grey stone cottage in the English countryside. Pauline is editing a romance novel in the smaller dwelling, and the larger part is occupied by her daughter, Teresa; Teresa's baby; and her husband, Maurice,...

New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - A veteran journalist in Hong Kong investigates the disappearance of a student protester in this "sensual, provocative, and riveting" (The Washington Post) novel from the celebrated author of The Forgiven--now a major motion picture starring Jessica...

Author: Rosella Goddard, Jerome GoddardISBN-10: 1604891173ISBN-13: 9781604891171Publisher: Livingston Press at the University of West AlLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2013Pages: 268Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Set primarily in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City in the 1920s, the story centers around the reunion of two childhood friends--Clare Kendry and Irene Redfield--and their increasing fascination with each other's lives. The story is told as a third person narrative from...

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,...

Alice Raikes takes a train from London to Scotland to visit her family, but when she gets there she witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately. A few hours later, Alice is lying in a coma after an accident...

As we ended Book 4, Janet had at last challenged her father and won his respect. Ward was enjoying the success of his pupil. Janet was afraid for Steve and fearful of being found out. John was dealing with his deep suppressed feelings from...

As the story of Janet ended in the last book, I described her as a genus learning to spread her wings. And this was only the beginning. She was determined to gain her father's respect or give up working in the corporate office. John...

An unforgettable story of baby abduction, which examines motherhood, grief and the legacy of melancholy. Val, a widow living in Weston-super-Mare, spends lonely evenings dressing up as the movie star Elizabeth Taylor. It seems to be a way of coping with the loss and...

We meet Sally as a young Barnard student struggling to escape from her parents' troubled relationship. She embraces healthy distance in Stanford Law, only to be pulled back into the family drama via her father's disappearance. Eventually, joining her Israel-born physician boyfriend, she travels...

Larabeth McLeod has beauty, money, several patents, a Ph.D., a successful environmental firm, and some very old secrets. When a man with the uncomfortable name of Babykiller begins stalking her, terrorizing her with stories of her darkest days in Vietnam, she feels compelled to...

Author: Douglas J. FreemanISBN-10: 8223424991ISBN-13: 9798223424994Publisher: Live Oak PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2023Pages: 242Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d

a scarred-face serial killera twisted love storya psychological experience⁂ ⁂ ⁂ ⁂Life at Stillwater Sanitarium was exceedingly boring for a complete catatonic in her mid-twenties. Typically, Adelaide Lynch kept to herself. Always sitting in the same corner, reading the same book, strutting the same...