Fiction - Psychological

What if you were forced to live the echo of your own choices?Arthur Pendleton is a titan of industry, a man who makes decisions by the numbers. When he signs a corporate initiative that will eliminate over three hundred jobs, he sees only progress,...

This is an imagined adult coming-of-age story told by an injured soldier who awakens one day with no memory of his life before that moment. From this shock he embarks on a quest to recover his identity, or at least learn how to survive...

Evan Moore has built the perfect life: a stable marriage, a successful consulting career, and absolute control over every word he says. Until one Tuesday morning, when he tells a client something brutally honest that he never intended to say.At first, he dismisses it...

In the heart of the Midwest, the small town of Oakhaven appears ordinary. But beneath the surface of harvested fields and quiet routines, an invisible current is stirring. Home follows eight beautifully drawn characters, each carrying a private burden of trauma, regret, and longing.Oscar...

Art, ambition and desire collide when a struggling academic becomes entangled in the life and marriage of her literary idol. By day, Dr Ruth Morgan lectures on 'AI: the new frontier of storytelling' at East Toronto University. By night, she toils away at a...

Step into the unsettling world of "The black kiss," a masterful collection of short stories from the renowned talents of Robert Bloch and Henry Kuttner. This seminal anthology delivers a potent blend of horror, psychological suspense, and dark fiction that continues to grip readers...

St. Elmo explores the emotional and moral evolution of a young individual whose tranquil existence is disrupted by a tragic act of violence. The narrative begins with a serene rural life that is soon overshadowed by the witnessing of a fatal duel, a moment...

David Dale has been running from guilt for three years.The car accident that killed his family was his fault. Now he has one chance at redemption: opening a charity for families shattered by tragedy.But that's made him the perfect target.Days before the launch, anonymous...

Author: Jonathan Kellerman,Jesse KellermanISBN-10: 0755395298ISBN-13: 9780755395293Publisher: HeadlineLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/26/2015Pages: 578Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 1.43d

Shame has its teeth. Hope has its wings. Two wolves live inside every man. One whispers of hunger, shame, and ruin. The other speaks in quiet persistence of hope, mercy, and love. Which wolf wins depends on which is fed.Gabriel's story is one of...

Sometimes the past doesn't die quietly. It waits.When a woman wakes up alone in a dim motel room with no memory of how she got there, she's left with only fragments of her identity; whispers of a name, flashes of a face, and a...

"A masterclass in slow-burn tension with profound character development."-Hopeless Pluto, book bloggerHe knows her secrets. She doesn't know he exists.Scarred by tragedy, Ava confides in an AI. But the intelligence isn't artificial-it's a man drowning in grief and secrets. When the truth comes out,...

Discover the timeless allure of "Contact, and Other Stories," a captivating collection of short stories that has finally emerged from the shadows of obscurity. Once out of print for decades, this cherished anthology is now republished by Alpha Editions, meticulously restored for today s...

Grunge with Guns! A Seattle electrician shockingly discovers a dead body on the floor, above a garage, in an upscale Madison Park neighborhood. Instead of dialing the police he calls a local radio station to tell the world that he has found America's missing...

Mildred: A Novel explores themes of family, identity, and the complexities of human relationships. The story follows a young girl abandoned as a baby and her search for her true identity. Set against a backdrop of societal change, the novel begins on a stormy...

"Heat," by Edward Marvin Shealy, is a compelling work of early 20th-century American literature. A subtle exploration of human psychology, the novel offers a glimpse into the inner lives of its characters. With elements of classic literature, "Heat" presents a nuanced and timeless story.This...

The Perfect Liar: A Psychological ThrillerRachel Morgan thought she was starting over. A charming new boyfriend. A peaceful life with her son. But when a single photo unravels the first thread of Adam's perfect story, her reality begins to fracture. What starts as a...

Caregivers tax credit is a hitBut it will only solve a small bitMore nursing homes is highly neededAnd bad Doctors can be deletedGive them incentives to work in oneFree education can get us someAgencies to relieve home care stressWith twice a month visits would...

What if your secrets were worth your life?Alice is a survivor. Whatever circumstances were thrown her way, she'd always manage to find a way through... until now.Alice deals in secrets, selling them to the highest bidder has been quite profitable until the wrong secret...

Tales of the Jazz Age is a captivating collection of short stories that captures the spirit of the 1920s. Each narrative delves into the complexities of love, ambition, and the changing cultural landscape of the time. Through a variety of characters, Fitzgerald explores themes...

The Burning Spear Being the Experiences of Mr. John Lavender in the Time of War by John Galsworthy examines the search for purpose and patriotism during a time of war. The story follows a character who, disturbed by the chaos of war, seeks to...

Michael's Crag is a novel that explores the emotional complexities of guilt, loss, and the burden of the past. The protagonist, a conflicted landlord, struggles with his deep-seated aversion to his ancestral home and the haunting landscape around him. His troubled relationship with the...

The Pension Beaurepas by Henry James is a novella that delves into the lives of American expatriates residing in a European setting. The story explores the intricate social dynamics and romantic entanglements within a small pension, reflecting the psychological depth and character study that...

Upon the untimely death of the brutal Fyodor Karamazov, a dramatic unravelling ensues. The murder of a man who has lived solely, and heedlessly, to satiate himself is hardly tragic, but proves to alter the lives of his three sons. The passionate and turbulent...

When six gifted children vanish around the globe, an investigation reveals genetic experimentation, dubious funding and the disappearance of a research assistant.Searching for proof of the Exodus, biblical archaeologist Lynne Raven meets enigmatic billionaire heir Connor Mackenzie. As the two grow closer, a disturbing...

Entangled between the gods of the old world and an extremist group in the new, retrocognitive Jake Conley seeks a way to stop the zealots - while struggling to survive.When a conversion attempt leads Jake's partner Liffi to erect a heathen temple to the...

"I loved you like there was no tomorrow. And then, one day, there wasn't..."The clock is ticking. The end is nigh. There's something in the air. The Water Tower has been condemned. Someone's final hour is close at hand.The past is over now. The...

George Eliot's final novel and her most ambitious work, Daniel Deronda contrasts the moral laxity of the British aristocracy with the dedicated fervor of Jewish nationalists. Crushed by a loveless marriage to the cruel and arrogant Grandcourt, Gwendolen Harleth seeks salvation in the deeply...

George Eliot's final novel and her most ambitious work, Daniel Deronda contrasts the moral laxity of the British aristocracy with the dedicated fervor of Jewish nationalists. Crushed by a loveless marriage to the cruel and arrogant Grandcourt, Gwendolen Harleth seeks salvation in the deeply...

Cecelia by Moonlight weaves the captivating story of Cecelia Middling, a child of serendipity, born from a fleeting Fourth of July sexual encounter. Raised by her unsophisticated parents, Clay and Avis "Birdie" Guertner, in the laid-back ambiance of Sausalito, California, they soon find themselves...

Noah Wiley has gotten experimental eye surgery for a crazy inexpensive price. Now he's seeing demons and angels everywhere he goes. His new girlfriend has informed him about an unsolved murder mystery in town, and Noah is certain he can use the demons to...

Ella's Ghost, debut novel by Sarah Harper, is a domestic abuse psychological thriller with a supernatural edge, exploring themes of identity, gaslighting and survival.Ella is scared... TO DEATH.After surviving a vicious attack by her abusive boyfriend Dominick, Ella is sent to a women's shelter...

This story takes us back to the 1990s where our hero Tex is starting university and making new friends. Like most teenagers he doesn't know what life holds in store for him. Tex is having a hard time distinguishing life between his past and...

Terry Gillis is just a normal guy innocently minding his own fishing business. No way can he wrap his mind around the fact that he's been chosen as the subject--or is he the victim?--of a risky experiment by a quirky team of spirit guides....

"Living in North Dakota was reason enough to commit suicide" (...living is an illness...death the remedy...). Bethany Schmidt lived the majority of her life in psychiatric facilities where infrequent pinholes of light revealed an entirely different history than the one written in her doctor's...

What is the meaning of human life, of living for a short period in this strange world and then leaving it alone, quietly in the silence of your soul? What is the central aim of liberal arts education? What makes the life of a...

Sweetness is a town where the whispers of the rotten echo louder than the tolling of Saint Felicitas's church bells, where its heartbeat thrums to the rhythm of blasphemy, where divergence is corrected, and opposition is silenced. Father Roman-Cornelius Baelor is a chain-smoking, black...

In this first in the Alex Bales Fiction Series, high-powered, Chicago CEO Alex Bales has it all, including a loyal friend named Randy Danhurst. Yet something is missing in his life. Alex's flings with strange women and drunken debauchery bring him no satisfaction, and...

EVERYONE KNOWS YOU KILLED YOUR WIFE... DIDN'T YOU?Your name is Robert Duran. You are an insurance investigator specializing in art fraud. You live with your beautiful, fabulously-wealthy wife in a magnificent house in San Francisco.Now your wife has vanished, believed to be dead. The...

"A Faint Heart" is a fantastic short story by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881), a Russian novelist, essayist, short story writer, journalist, and philosopher. His literature examines human psychology during the turbulent social, spiritual and political atmosphere of 19th-century Russia, and he is...

FINAL CUT Retired, no longer chief of detectives, Derek Cheney plans to lavish his time on his exquisite wife, Elizabeth. But then a wealthy neighbor asks Cheney to investigate a hit-and-run death that was no accident. A seductive reporter refuses to take no for...

The life of scholarly contemplation enjoyed by the Fellows of Sheepshanks College, Cambridge, is shattered when the Pryevian Librarian collapses and dies at High Table owing to a slug of arsenic in his port, and the recently discovered holograph copy of Shakespeare's earliest poem,...

Delve into the eerie world of "The Saintsbury Affair," a classic of psychological fiction by Roman Doubleday. This gripping mystery explores the unsettling power of hypnotism, weaving a tale of suspense and intrigue that will keep you on the edge of your seat. A...

Unravel a dark family secret in Wilkie Collins's gripping novel, "The Dead Secret." Set against the atmospheric backdrop of Cornwall, this classic of gothic fiction weaves a tale of suspense and hidden truths. As secrets long buried begin to surface, the psychological tension mounts,...

In Floyd L. Wallace's intriguing short story "Forget Me Nearly," the boundaries of identity blur within a compelling science fiction framework. A gripping mystery unfolds, delving into the complexities of the human mind and the unsettling experience of amnesia. This work explores the psychological...

"The Making of a Soul" explores the intricate landscape of love and relationships through a profound character study. Kathlyn Rhodes crafts a compelling work of literary fiction that delves into the psychological complexities of the human heart. This meticulously prepared edition allows readers to...

Explore the fascinating boundaries of reality in Robert Donald Locke's "Next Door, Next World," a classic of psychological and metaphysical fiction. This thought-provoking novel delves into the human psyche, venturing into the realm of alternate realities and existential questions. A compelling exploration of the...

Delve into the chilling world of Edith Wharton's "The Triumph Of Night," a masterful collection of short stories exploring the unsettling intersection of the psychological and the supernatural. Wharton, celebrated for her sharp wit and insightful observations, turns her gaze to the realm of...

Walter Bupp's "Card Trick" is a compelling short story exploring the fascinating intersection of psychic ability and the possibility of alien contact. This classic of science fiction delves into psychological themes with a touch of humor. Experience a unique narrative that blends the speculative...

May Sinclair's "The Divine Fire" explores the complex inner world of poets and the tumultuous landscapes of love and redemption. This powerful work of psychological fiction delves into the intense rivalry between siblings, each grappling with their own ambitions and desires. A timeless exploration...