Fiction - Psychological

"A Call" written by Ford Madox Hueffer, is a poignant exploration of the psychological and emotional impact of warfare on people. This novella delves into the studies of George Winterbourne, a writer who, in spite of to start with resisting the decision to arms,...

We're on the run, and he's going to find us. We're on the run, and he's going to find ME. What would he do to me when he decided to make his move? Why hadn't he already? He must have known where I was....

"If he be Mr. Hyde" he had thought, "I shall be Mr. Seek." -Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886)Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) is one of the most classic horror stories of all time,...

From USA Today bestselling author Dani René comes an emotional second chance romance."Lust. It drives people to do things they normally wouldn't." A whisper is a secret that keeps you safe in the dark. It may hold truth, but it may bring about pain....

Storm Child follows the evolution and survival of a damaged foster home runaway. She has something of a learned charm about her, but she is not as she seems. Due to the sickening circumstances of her childhood, she sees the world through different eyes...

Victory (also published as Victory: An Island Tale) is a psychological novel by Joseph Conrad first published in 1915, through which Conrad achieved "popular success." The New York Times, however, called it "an uneven book" and "more open to criticism than most of Mr....

A tale of horror in the classic gothic tradition, The Abbot's Book follows four generations of a noble Italian family and their response to temptation and corruption brought about by a mysterious book. The story takes place in 17th century Italy, and is a...

Greg Goodman is a very ordinary guy--a not-very-ambitious school teacher and football coach who takes his attractive wife, Patty, their twin adolescent daughters, and the comfortable ease of their suburban routine for granted. Until lightening strikes--both literally and figuratively--as Greg runs a pattern with...

Nina and Tony are twenty years into a turbulent marriage-like relationship. Her world is centered at home in rural Pennsylvania: she builds intricate kinetic toys, her solitude both solace and confinement. He is a painter, in New York much of the time. Bill, the...

A brilliant philosopher with a talent for self-destruction, Mason Ambrose gratefully accepts an offer no starving ethicist could refuse. He must travel to a private tropical island and tutor Londa Sabacthani, a beautiful, brilliant adolescent who has lost both her memory and her moral...

Author: Susan Thumm PaxtonISBN-10: 4824148715ISBN-13: 9784824148711Publisher: Next ChapterLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/02/2025Pages: 312Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d

One husband, well done.When infamous chef, restauranter, and television personality Maria Capello's husband died, the media circus was intense...and quick to cast the blame. Whispers claimed Maria murdered her husband to build her culinary empire on his bones, and that there was an all-too-grisly...

In this heartbreaking yet hopeful autobiographical novel, an acclaimed Italian author who lost his partner to suicide testifies to the power of storytelling in living with grief. When in 1999 30-year-old Matteo B. Bianchi published his debut novel--a scathing portrait of the sentimental education...

Experience the thrill of medical tales set in diverse locations. Dive into engaging narratives featuring doctors, exploring the practice of medicine across eras. A collection designed to enlighten and entertain. In The Final Awakening, R. J. Fletcher, a seasoned physician-writer, brings you a unique...

A respected professor begins a secret affair with her son's girlfriend one summer on the Brittany coast in this intense, poetic novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Little Paris Bookshop. Claire is one of Paris's most esteemed behavioral biologists, with...

The second psychological thriller from Trisha Sakhlecha, author of Your Truth or Mine? In politics there is always someone determined to reveal past secrets, and now a young Indian minister is about see her life come crashing down around her.Author: Trisha SakhlechaISBN-10: 1509886346ISBN-13: 9781509886340Publisher:...

For fans of Rachel Kushner and Gillian Flynn, a gritty contemporary debut novel that puts Katniss Everdeen into Euphoria. Casch Abbey is a waitress, single mom, and recreational boxer who falls in love twice: first with a veteran who secretly grows pot on a...

Can coming home bring redemption? Or at least a measure of peace? Recently released from prison, Blake Alvares returns to the only place she ever felt safe, the now derelict Maine town in which she harbored as a teen. Determined to conceal her secrets...

The BRAND NEW psychological thriller from international bestseller Gemma RogersIn a split second, your whole world crashes around you...My wedding was the perfect whirlwind of a day. The happiest I'd ever been. That was until I discovered my beloved husband, Ryan, tucked away in...

When my husband went missing I was desperate to get him home. Now I know his secrets, I wish he'd never come back... I hate when Wyatt is away for work. The cold bed. Dinner alone. And comforting our little boy, telling him Daddy...

Katy Lynne was in the wrong place at the wrong time. An accident resulted in a coma. She thought it was just a dream, but when her friends began to disappear one at a time, she learned something different on her trip home from...

A haunting novel exploring a mother's fierce love for her disabled son as she grapples with her own mental health, by the author of the feminist cult classic The Princess of 72nd Street--with an introduction by Sarah Manguso "Elaine Kraf is one of literature's...

"Beyond the Father" sets the scene for the 8-book Sci-Fi Epic "gods on Trial: The Series(TM)," delving into life's determination to transcend all limitation. Set on the planet Xżyber, citizens of the Sub-Median Region, imperfectly reborn into metal, oppress those who are organic. Elsewhere,...

Too Skinny to Float is a story about a young girl's journey through the yearnings and pitfalls of the human soul. Wrapped inside a poignant first-love story of lies, betrayal, and consequences. Like To Kill a Mockingbird's Scout, Lanie penetrates the intrigue and deceptions...

An anthology of poems inspired by life and family.These verses are a journey that meanders through love, drama, trauma, events, positive inspiration and the joys found in each and every day.These thoughts are a part of me which I must now set free for...

"I'm still wiping my eyes from this book and clinching my fist. This book literally blew me away!" - Amazon Review"Totally intense and dark but absolutely amazing." - Amazon ReviewYou knew me but I didn't know you.To me you were a stranger.A random person...

Author: Raymond Lozada-NegronISBN-10: 8643245933ISBN-13: 9798643245933Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/04/2020Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d

Burnt out psychologist Helen Myrer decides to take a vacation in the remote New Hampshire woods. Lying in wait for her is Kevin McCallum - a vicious killer who has targeted her as his next victim.Author: Anne McLean MatthewsISBN-10: 0446605093ISBN-13: 9780446605090Publisher: Grand Central PublishingLanguage:...

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...

Joseph K. Bleau, a banker with mediocre writing skills and with several failed efforts, sets out to write yet another novel. Unlike his previous attempts, this work plays out spectacularly in his mind.He captures it all in writing and completes this novel in a...

Three newlywed couples arrive on Bali's Honeymoon Island expecting two weeks of bliss. Some of them will die.Bestselling author Jane E. James' twistiest thriller ever.White beaches, endless cocktails . . . and murder.Which of the couples will make it off the island alive?Samantha: 'Nathan...

Immerse yourself in this gripping young adult saga that explores a maze of what-ifs and mysteries. Follow Harper's quest to unravel her true identity and discover her place in an unpredictable multiverse. Along the way, she encounters a vigilante group that seeks to control...

Inspired by the life of artist Paul Gauguin, this novel tells the story of Charles Strickland, a man who abandons his conventional life to pursue his passion for painting. His journey takes him from London to the South Pacific, where his obsession with art...

Electrifying, sharp, and darkly funny, Mariel Franklin's first novel, Bonding, is a story of sex, tech, and pharmaceuticals in the tangle of our digital age. Adrift in her early thirties, Mary is exhausted by an endless cycle of casual relationships and unstable work. When...

St. Barth's has a murder rate of zero. But that's about to change. When Audrey Collet's ex Tyson calls, threatening to expose the skeletons in her closet unless she helps him figure out who is blackmailing him, she wants nothing more than to refuse....

"Evocative and suspenseful, Bright Little Girls will keep you turning the pages and guessing until the very end." -Patti Callahan Henry, NYT Bestselling author of The Secret Book of Flora LeaA wannabe author. A narcissistic musician. A serial killer. An average girl. Someone tells...

With enough wine to last forever, a lone submarine prowls the depths. Oceans, days, and years glide slowly by. Filet mignon, sardines, baked flounder, mussels, crustaceans large and small, each in turn give way to Vera, Bianca, and Lieutenant Gerald Mitkof aboard the submarine...

For fans of Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Assembly, an intimate and darkly propulsive story told over the course of a dinner party, from its careful preparation through its explosive, irrevocable finish, about the tensions of love and autonomy, grief and female rage, and the...

Moonflow is three-time Hugo Award nominee Bitter Karella's debut horror novel--a gloriously queer and irreverent psychedelic trip into the heart of an eldritch wood and the horrors of sisterhood. Answer the call of the forest, if you dare. I see something out there, in...

I thought my first husband was dead. But when I get a letter with his name on it just days before my wedding, it will tear my perfect new life apart... As we drive up to the gorgeous house by the lake with its...

It's not dust she's looking for . . . it's dirt. Esmie is meant to be invisible. A cleaner for an exclusive gated neighborhood in Ireland, Esmie fades into the background, slipping in and out of kitchens and closets, quietly observing her clients' perfect...

Years ago, seven boys connected as children at their local boys club. The strength of their bond lasts through adulthood-and now has serious, possibly murderous, implications. Beautiful women are being slaughtered in West Side, Massachusetts. Major Crimes Unit Captain Rudy Beauregard and his team...

"Evocative and suspenseful, Bright Little Girls will keep you turning the pages and guessing until the very end." -Patti Callahan Henry, NYT Bestselling author of The Secret Book of Flora LeaA wannabe author. A narcissistic musician. A serial killer. An average girl. Someone tells...

A Deadly Legacy is a criminal mystery, thriller, suspense novel with multiple points of view set in 1968. Opening in Orlando Florida, Charlie Harrington, a civilian nurse, has been consulted by Director Hoover to aid in developing the Behavioral Analysis Unit. Agent Michael Vale,...

This is the second edition of this book. The author's independent publishing company has reformatted, done some minor edits, and changed the cover for this book.Richard Gardiner Jr. thinks he knows who has been killing off his family members. He devises a plan with...

This is the second edition of this book. It has been re-edited, revised, and re-formatted. The cover has been changed as well. The original title was The Lyons Garden Book One Family Ties. The title has been changed to be more congruent with the...

By the award-winning author of Sunflowers Under Fire, a psycholgical fiction inspired by the author's experience as a family therapist on a psychiatric ward. When Dr. Joanna Bereza, a passionate intern, challenges Dr. Myron Eisenstadt, her supervising psychiatrist, on his aggressive use of shock...

Teddy Moon, ace major league relief pitcher, manic-depressive, and occasional amnesiac-is convinced that he's being framed for the bizarre murders of several transsexuals who are turning up in the garbage chutes of his team's various hotels. Hounded by the police, the Legion of Fear,...

Behind every welcoming smile lies a chilling secret.Everything was fantastic when they first moved in next door. The epitome of friendly, caring, trustworthy...until you got to know them. Then the nightmare began.In this chilling collection of thirteen tales, meet the neighbors that want to...

Twenty short stories and ten poems written over the span of several years. these are the works of a young girl growing up with an ever pessimistic outlook that begs itself to change. This personal collection contains art done by the author's brother. From...