Fiction - Psychological

The spine-tingling bestseller that has taken Japan by storm--an eerie fresh take on horror for fans of Hidden Pictures and Junji Ito, in which a series of seemingly innocent pictures draws you into a disturbing web of unsolved mysteries and shattered psyches. An exploration...

Since the establishment of the secret agency, A Capsule of Stars, in Japan, there has a been a record zero suicides in the country. The men and women who work there-the lifeguards-are trained to be patient, caring, and anonymous. Personal interactions are strictly forbidden...

"When you're older, Alan, you will learn that nothing is real."With his parents gone, 13-year-old Alan Cope will do anything to connect with his one and only sibling, a broken man whose memories of their past are pure fantasy. His delusions prove real when...

"Not everything is meant to know, Ilana. Some things need their mystery to survive."Ilana has an enviable job at the opera house, a committed relationship, and a cozy Greenwich Village apartment, but the questions inside of her are growing insistent. Is it due to...

He followed her home ... and she let him in Tanith Fellows is battling to cope with the death of her younger brother and, as a result, she's been taking more sleeping tablets than she probably should in order to ensure escape when she...

"A truly spectacular psychological thriller with a dazzling mystery at its core. Shell Games is the ultimate one-sitting read that has everything--incredible family dynamics, characters that burst off the page and a premise so deliciously enticing and surprising that the pages quite simply turn...

The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, first published on 15 April 1919. It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator providing a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a...

"Oh my God! I was just taken on a wild ride! I had to hold my breath through most of the book. I didn't want to put it down, but I had to just to soak in what I just read. Join the FBI...

In Nigerian novelist and journalist Okey Ndibe's powerful debut novel, living to tell the tale is not enough--you must also tell it. Twenty years after its original publication, and now with a new Foreword by the author, Arrows of Rain remains a vital exploration...

Bluebird is the story of a man turning to stone. Following his young son's death, Henry Dunstan yearns to become insentient and impervious to sorrow. He turns to boulders, marble, and flint to gain wisdom, guided by a decades-old vision he experienced while visiting...

Teacher by day playwright by night, Alice Petrovka is pushed to her limits. But something is conspiring to push her further...possibly over the edge. The past begins to impose itself on the present as a famous Renaissance playwright demands to be heard. And seen....

Set in the islands of the Malay Archipelago, Victory tells the story of a disillusioned Swede, Axel Heyst, who rescues Lena, a young English musician, from the clutches of a brutish German hotel owner. Seeking refuge at Heyst's remote island retreat on Samburan, the...

Author: Eleonor SamuelISBN-10: 1835267521ISBN-13: 9781835267523Publisher: Joffe Books LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/19/2024Pages: 418Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 1.04d

Original publication and copyright date: 1975.Author: Stephen KingISBN-10: 1613832656ISBN-13: 9781613832653Publisher: Turtleback BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/27/2011Pages: 653Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 6.90h x 4.00w x 1.70dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.4Point Value: 23Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 18946 / Salem's Lot

8 artists.1 art residency.1 chance to leave alive.Art is pain. Or so they say.As a struggling artist in New York City, Ira is desperate to get her shot at the big time. When an invitation to a week long art residency on a private...

Author: Bb CliffordISBN-13: 9798985102475Publisher: Zero Labels LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/08/2024Pages: 258Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d

"Not everything is meant to know, Ilana. Some things need their mystery to survive."Ilana has an enviable job at the opera house, a committed relationship, and a cozy Greenwich Village apartment, but the questions inside of her are growing insistent. Is it due to...

Author: Robb GrindstaffISBN-13: 9798890251107Publisher: Evolved PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2024Pages: 260Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d

Author: Joe CliffordISBN-10: 1960725149ISBN-13: 9781960725141Publisher: Square Tire BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/02/2024Pages: 286Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.18lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

An unsettling and creepy story collection of literary horror set in the Renfield universe from "major new talent" (R.L. Stine) Sam Rebelein, author of Edenville."I hope I get to go back to Renfield County again, before too long." --LitHub on EdenvilleThere's something wrong in...

Ascension date is approaching, cult members are disappearing left and right, and Mills is stuck in the middle of a majestic corpse: A dismal game of death imitating art.But when love is stronger than fear, Stark and Livvy can overcome anything. Together, they work...

Kidnapped by Volga County's serial killer, Emily "Mills" Ellis finds herself trapped in a luxury building with everything she needs: art supplies, the time to create, and the support of a budding family. Everything, that is, except for food and rest.While her best friend...

Author: William ShakespeareISBN-10: 8129101475ISBN-13: 9788129101471Publisher: RupaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2003Pages: 116Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 7.48h x 4.72w x 0.28d

The "firecracker debut"(Kirkus) about London teenagers contemplating murder. After his mother takes another beating from her drug-dealing boyfriend, Danny decides to do something about itcommit murder. Should his best friend Si get involved? Seen through Si's eyes, this moral dilemma and ultimate test of...

I look at where the woman was sitting. There's a scrap of paper tucked into the gap between the seats. With shaking hands, I pick it up. The note reads: Help me. At first glance, the couple on the train look normal. She's dressed...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and It Ends with Us--whose writing is "emotionally wrenching and utterly original" (Sara Shepard, New York Times bestselling author of the Pretty Little Liars series)--delivers a tour...

Author: Armando Lucas CorreaISBN-10: 198219751XISBN-13: 9781982197513Publisher: Atria BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/12/2024Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.31w x 0.68d

The most influential book of Taiwan's #MeToo movement--a heartbreaking account of sexual violence and a remarkable reinvention of the trauma plot, turning the traditional Lolita narrative upside down as it explores women's vulnerability, victimization, and the lengths they will go to survive.Thirteen-year-old Fang Si-Chi...

A new heart-stopping thriller from the author of The Wild Girls in which two couples go on vacation and murder ensues.How well do you know your friends?Four friends are on the vacation of a lifetime in Thailand. Until a vicious murder shatters their paradise.Four...

Imogen and Peter are living the high life as musicians, at least to the outside world. Peter is murdered and there are only a few suspects, including his wife, Imogen, who swears she had nothing to do with it. Yet doesn't know what happened...

In this gripping novel of loss and regret, Steve Goldman, about to turn 80, has just buried his wife Evelyn. Alone in his San Francisco home, he ponders his future, wonders if loneliness awaits him as a widower. For that matter, will he want...

The Seat of the Scornful is a enlightening journey through the depts of the human experience from the perspective of the blessed and ungodly person. This book is an invitation to discover the transformative power of aligning one's heart, mind, and soul with the...

One missing baby. Two shattered families. Too many secrets to count.A baby girl disappears from her stroller parked outside a restaurant in Denmark while her mother eats lunch inside. Authorities are notified and a massive manhunt is launched.Two thousand miles away in Sardinia, Italy,...

"The most unique, enthralling, psychological, mystery romance I've ever read..." - Mia DaskulaTwo love stories unfold in this captivating journey through time and continents. Forbidden love, obsession, sabotage and an unimaginable guilt bind two women.In the opulent world of 18th century France and the...

An outsider graduate student forges her way into an exclusive Law and Literature cohort and plots a takedown of its popular professor in this provocative campus novel about privilege, power, and obsession"A standout dark academia thriller, with shades of Donna Tartt's modern classic The...

When he was a boy, Stuart Mullond's mother held him down while his urologist Dr. Ferguson performed a medical procedure on him that was so traumatizing and humiliating that its painful memory stayed with him for decades. For his entire life, his nightmares have...

A group of strangers are pitted against one another in Matt Shaw's latest extreme horror. The Game is simple. Each of the contestants are asked a question: how much to complete a certain task? They then have two minutes to name a price but...

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868). The last is considered the first modern...

This book is also available in large print (font size 16) and extra large print (font size 24). Gabriel Utterson is intrigued by the sinister figure of Mr Hyde, and the latter's strange relationship with Utterson's good friend, Dr Jekyll. When Mr Hyde beats...

Author: I. J. KayISBN-10: 0143123459ISBN-13: 9780143123453Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/25/2013Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 7.99h x 5.39w x 0.80d

"Like the love child of Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle . . . delightful to read."--NPR.org, on The ForgersA gripping literary thriller that brings readers inside the world of expert forgery, rivalrous fury, and generations of dark family secrets, with Mary Shelley's...

"A mystery of remarkable scope, bristling with intelligence, beauty, and humanity. It is, quite simply: stunning." --Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl "A stunning, achingly beautiful and gripping mystery. Full of page-turning suspense, intrigue, and secrets...I loved it." --Chris Whitaker, author of All the...

Author: Jane E. JamesISBN-10: 183526736XISBN-13: 9781835267363Publisher: Joffe Books LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2024Pages: 300Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.75d

Step into a world where gods walk among mortals and the balance of good and evil hangs by a thread. In 'Immortal Game, Bruno Fawcett weaves a tale of divine intrigue, relentless battles, and the eternal struggle between light and darkness.Malkor, a fearless deity...

Author: Fish NealmanISBN-13: 9798330308972Publisher: Mirage BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2024Pages: 194Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d

A comedic novel that combines romantic dysfunction, edgy humor, while exploring the fluid nature of intimacy, independence, and bodily functions. It also addresses the question: How much can - and should you -- change for someone you love?It's 2015 and Boston is being colonized...

Author: John D. CarterISBN-10: 1738362906ISBN-13: 9781738362905Publisher: John CarterLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/12/2024Pages: 278Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.78lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d

It's my first day back at work, the grief I'm carrying is still with me, but I file it away and put on my professional face to greet my new patient. As a successful psychiatrist and criminologist, I'm used to working with damaged minds....

Just one wrong turn and her life will never be the same again... Abbie's husband walked out on her two months ago. She's now a single mother of a two-year-old, fighting to keep her job and a roof over their heads. She's up for...

Author: Fish NealmanISBN-13: 9798330308996Publisher: Mirage BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/29/2024Pages: 194Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d