Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological

A small town is shaken up when two kids appear, claiming to have been raised by wolves, ransacking a local grocery store and biting police officers. But the kind police chief who takes them in can't make sense of their story: Something's not quite...

There are no silent nights for Alex Cross, star of the Prime series, this Christmas. Someone is targeting Supreme Court justices, and Cross--and his family--are in the crosshairs too. It's time to put the guns down, Detective Cross. Even if you knew the way...

From New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison comes a taut thriller about one author at the pinnacle of her career, whose past threatens to destroy everything she has--and everyone she knows.A great writer knows when to deliver a juicy plot twist. But for...

Get wasted, get laid, and get the f*ck over it.That's my friend Braxton's motto when it comes to life's trickiest problems. So, when my cheating fianc馥 leaves me just months before our wedding, he comes up with a simple plan to help me get...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne series comes a breathtaking thriller about a man whose only chance to rescue his family is to return to the past he thought he'd left behind.Tommy Miller is a man with deadly...

This gripping and emotionally riveting tale is a dark and timely retelling of The Wizard of Oz which unravels the prejudices of the Midwest in the late 19th century. Kansas, 1896. After a tornado destroys the Gale family farm, 11-year-old Dorothy goes missing. As...

A razor-sharp debut thriller about what happens when one of the first child stars of the social media age grows up ... and goes missing.Hazel Davis is drifting: newly unemployed, living in a city she hates, and significantly less successful than her infamous younger...

Perfect for fans of You Shouldn't Have Come Here and None of This Is True, Bodies to Die For is a brilliant psychological thriller that will have readers wondering whether the perfect body really is worth dying for ... Popular fitness influencer Gemma has...

Nanny Wanted is a gripping thriller from the bestselling author of Out of Her Depth, Lizzy Barber. 'Nanny Wanted is the perfect gothic suspense novel, with complex characters and a creeping sense of dread that will have you turning the pages long after you...

The author of Good Neighbors, "one of the creepiest, most unnerving deconstructions of American suburbia I've ever read" (NPR), returns with a cunning, out-of-the-box satirical thriller about a family's odyssey into an exclusive enclave for the wealthy that might not be as ideal as...

"A small coterie of retired cops jumps at the chance to solve the mystery of the neighbor's missing granddaughter. A thoroughly engaging and clever read where the senior sleuths encounter a network of dastardly characters involved in drugs and human trafficking. Two thumbs up!"...

From New York Times and USA Today bestseller CJ Lyons, for readers of Tess Gerritsen, Douglas Preston, F Paul Wilson: Fatal Insomnia, Book OneIn the chaos of the ER, functioning without sleep is a prized skill. But even Dr. Angela Rossi will admit that...

A lonely woman and an emotionally damaged ex-cop join together to solve a case no one else cares about...Vicki Reiner is emotionally isolated and craves the fleeting happiness she experienced in the years prior to her college graduation. In an attempt to recapture this,...

The Pearl of Spirituality Shines Brightest Amidst the Heart of Darkness.Darkness haunts Sherry Whittington. To the outside world, she's a typical thirty-seven-year old woman. Inwardly, she battles schizophrenia, but when Sherry discovers she is also psychically gifted, it is one more burden she must...

Winner of the Bath Novel Award, this is an immersive and heartrending thriller, set in the world of the foster system and forgotten childrenAuthor: Kate SimantsISBN-10: 1788166981ISBN-13: 9781788166980Publisher: Serpent's TailLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/02/2024Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d

Love knows no boundaries; it's written in the threads of destiny...."An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break." - Chinese ProverbThe Invisible Red String...

"Demian" is a novel written by the German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse. Originally published in 1919, "Demian" is a coming-of-age novel that explores themes of individualism, self-discovery, and spiritual awakening. The story is narrated by Emil Sinclair, a young boy growing up in Germany during...

In Oxford, a bestselling author revisits an old secret . . .Why is bestselling author Tessa Wainwright visiting Oxford again after so many years abroad? Even Vince, her agent and factotum, is in the dark but Conrad Merrivale, a student doing vacation work at...

Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in Robotham's latest psychological thriller, which finally unlocks the secrets of Evie's past and reaffirms why Stephen King has proclaimed this author "an absolute master."The mystery of Evie Cormac's background has followed her into adulthood. As a child,...

Jane Eyre meets The Thirteenth Tale in this new modern gothic mystery from two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award-winner Carol Goodman, about a reclusive writer who is desperate to rewrite the past.Losing yourself inside of a book can be dangerous. Not everyone finds their way...

The Night Out is an award-winning horror story by Terry M. West. It was a finalist for the 1997 INTERNATIONAL HORROR GUILD Award for a short story.In the seedy depths of a topless bar, Kevin, a lost soul plagued by a memory disorder, seeks...

Her diamond engagement ring glitters as she tells me he's the one. But I'm sure there's hesitation in her voice and the way she winces when her fiancé pulls her close makes my stomach drop. Could he be as dangerous as I feared? I...

They arrive alive. They always leave dead.But first, they give me their confessions.My name is Jack Steen, and for those who arrive on my 'death' ward at the Asylum, I'm the last face many will see before they die. I am the night nurse...

HE'S WEAVING HIS WEB OF MURDER.Lukas Retter is a recluse in the correctional city of East Haddam, Connecticut, washing cars and dreaming about taking back control of his life. He has been ever since The Safety First Act redefined criminal justice in America.Meanwhile, the...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Crossfire(R) saga.You can't believe all of them, but can you trust any of them?Lily Black was presumed dead for years.Now, she's back in the unquestioning arms of her loving husband, Kane.Where she's been remains...

From Sundance Award-winning filmmaker and podcast creator Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and #1 New York Times bestselling author Sara Shepard, Gaslight is a tense thriller that dredges the inner workings of cults, the susceptibility of young minds, and the fragility of both friendship and marriage.Rebecca is...

"The thriller of the summer."--Today.com Set in the glamorous, competitive world of showjumping, a novel about the girls who ride, their cutthroat mothers, and a suspicious death at a horse show...from the author of Good Rich People When the nouveau riche Parker family moves...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFaddenAll families have secrets. But some secrets are deadly.Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until, one quiet evening, two detectives show up at her front door."Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son...

Wait Until Dark meets Gone Girl in For Worse, a debut thriller that pulls the reader deep into a dark web of sinister plots for marital revenge.Ellie is leaving her husband ... again.After twenty-two years of marriage and an unsuccessful separation, she can't take...

Six Feet Under meets Succession with a gothic twist after the suspicious death of a midwestern funeral home empire's wealthy patriarch in New York Times bestselling author Lisa Childs' dark, twisty, horror-tinged new series for readers of Megan Collins, Samantha Downing, Stacy Willingham, and...

I tread quietly up the plush carpeted stairs. There's no-one here to see me as Cassie and Jon's bedroom door creaks gently open. I've watched them from afar for so long. Now I'm finally in their house. But there's no time to waste. I'm...

In this spellbinding psychological suspense, a London couple flees gossip and suspicion-but in a house full of secrets, there is nowhere to hide... When people say they love the sea, they don't really mean it. Because they don't know what that means or what...

What if your social media addiction jeopardized the person you love? Inspired by the explosive events of our polarized political climate, Burner is an all-too plausible contemporary thriller that examines the social and personal consequences of the lost sense of identity, trust, and truth...

"Maggie Shayne's books have a permanent spot on my keeper shelf." -#1 NY Times Bestselling Author KAREN ROBARDHey, I'm Rachel de Luca, a self-help guru with a potty mouth and a penchant for crime-solving. My partner, soon to be husband if I can get...

Chichikov, a middle-aged gentleman of middling social class and means arrives in a small town and turns on the charm to woo key local officials and landowners. He reveals little about his past, or his purpose, as he sets about carrying out his bizarre...

A glamorous French weddingIt's set to be one of the society weddings of the year, but thriller-fan Hetty Jones is feeling out of her depth. She's already picking up on family tension between her boyfriend Davey and his twin sisters Ailsa and Juliette, which...

It started with Monday. But it doesn't end with Sunday.Read Sunday Silence, the new novel in the series that LOUISE PENNY calls "fabulous, unsettling, and riveting" -- and brace yourself for the breathtaking series finale in summer 2018.Lover of London, gifted psychologist, frequent police...

Vermont State Police Major Crime Investigator Lieutenant Donald Dark has a lot on his mind. Failures in his personal life and growing concerns about the value of dying in a police action related to the unstoppable illicit drug epidemic in America have him doubting...

YOU DON'T NEED SLEEP TO LIVE A NIGHTMAREEverything in Sierra Preston's life is almost as perfect as the weather she predicts. It's not until she survives a freak accident when her world gets turned upside down. With her newfound ability to solve complex math...

"A fast-paced, twisting thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page" Paula Hawkins, International Bestselling author, The Girl on the Train.What really happened to Sara-Jane?It's been fifteen years since Gem's eight-year-old daughter Sara-Jane went missing, snatched with her best friend Abby...

Perfect for fans of You Shouldn't Have Come Here and None of This Is True, Bodies to Die For is a brilliant psychological thriller that will have readers wondering whether the perfect body really is worth dying for ... Popular fitness influencer Gemma has...

A "collection of twelve dark academia short stories...In these stories, dear student, retribution visits a lothario lecturer; the sinister truth is revealed about a missing professor; a forsaken lover uses a seance for revenge; an obsession blooms about a possible illicit affair; two graduates...

A deadly trap. A ticking clock. How long until she has only one last breath? Jessie wakes to darkness, cold, and the rain beating down on her. She reaches out, and her hands meet hard stone. Suddenly she knows where she is. Deep in...

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VULTURE! "You've gotta read Ascension by Nicholas Binge. Old-school creepy. . .five-star horror."--Stephen King "Smartly paced, deploying twists and turns strategically to keep the reader moving. . . The ideas are big and the journey is...

What does she know? On a leafy, suburban street, curtains are subtly twitched to watch the new neighbor moving in. Anne gets exactly the welcome to the neighborhood she expects: a basket of homemade cupcakes delivered by the woman next door and her best...

Breath catches in my throat and terror grips me as my daughter's favourite jumper slides into focus. Time slows. Helpless, I watch my precious little girl run into the road. Screeching tyres slice through the quiet afternoon. Days from now, my friends will say...

When authorities reopen their investigation into the suicide of a woman named J. Winter Brown, Boulder psychologist Alan Gregory and his equally culpable friend Sam Purdy inadvertently disclose details of their involvement in her death. Now, the trail that leads back to Alan and...

When a girl in the New England town of Ryme is found brutally murdered, the community seeks help from criminal psychologist Audrey Harte. The media wants Audrey's insight into the mind of a killer, and the school and parents hope she can help the...

Loving father. Loyal husband. Liar?In our large family home on a peaceful, tree-lined street, I clear away the breakfast things whilst my husband ignores me, his eyes on his phone. Leo comes home from conferences with flowers for me and hugs for our twin...

When Jodie, a young lawyer and aspiring writer, attends an author talk and meets her idol - best-selling writer Maxine Croyett - she asks a question that sparks a coming together of the two writers. Jodie can't believe her luck when Maxine invites her...