Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological

A heart-stoppingly suspenseful thriller from New York Times bestselling author Christina DoddA submerged car is pulled from the bottom of the lake, and in an interesting twist, the driver has been shot in the back of the head.No other bodies are found; only the...

Defending an accused rapist, a high-powered lawyer learns firsthand the terrible truth about her client . . . a discovery that propels her on a quest for justice and revenge in this addictively readable thriller from the author of The Cage.Kelly McCann is a...

From the critically acclaimed author of The Heap, a thought-provoking and wryly funny novel--equal parts satire and psychological thriller--that holds a funhouse mirror to the isolated workplace and an age of endless distraction. At the far reaches of the world, the Northern Institute sits...

Two sisters. One mistake. A thousand consequences.Kate and Bec are sisters, but they could not be less alike.Bec lives the perfect life: perfect house, perfect husband, perfect children--that is, until she meets Ryan, ten years her junior, wild and exciting. His arrival makes her...

After her professor's suspicious death, a PhD student uncovers dark machinations among her academic associates in this richly atmospheric and irresistibly readable (Joyce Carol Oates) Gothic mystery set between Scotland, Italy, and France.Fleeing a disastrous affair with a colleague in Boston, Isabel Henley moves...

After a long-buried, harrowing incident, a woman whose promising film career was derailed has an opportunity for revenge in this visceral and timely thriller about power, privilege, and justice.A Hollywood has-been, Sarah Lai's dreams of success behind the camera have been put to the...

Audio edition of the landmark of 20th Century literature, by acclaimed author Paul BowlesIn this classic work of psychological terror, Paul Bowles examines the ways in which Americans apprehend an alien culture--and the ways in which their incomprehension destroys them. The story of three...

Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling locked-room thriller by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger. What could be more restful, more restorative, than a weekend getaway with family and friends?...

When too many patients die under his watch, a troubled young doctor suspects murder. But are his instincts to be trusted? A smart, haunting psychological thriller for fans of Alex Michaelides and A. J. Finn.Returning to practice after a suspension for stealing opioids, a...

"Brilliant, dark, and impossible to put down. O'Flynn masterfully crafts a twisted tale of buried secrets in Deadly Words. Poppy is unforgettable--unlike any character you've read before. This is storytelling at its finest, and will sit with you long after you've turned the final...

From USA Today Bestselling author L.A. Detwiler comes a dark domestic follow-up to The Delivery that can be read as a standalone. A new house. A new start. But what happens when things start to unravel for this picture-perfect family? When the Taylors move...

She's not fragile like a poppy. She's fragile like a bomb. Poppy Pratt isn't sure whether it's normal for a recently widowed psychopath to feel this level of rage, but she does know two things: Her husband is dead because of what she is....

"Full of complex, engaging characters and evocative detail, Wicked Sharp is a white-knuckle thrill ride. O'Flynn is a master storyteller." Paul Austin Ardoin, USA Today Bestselling Author A mountain hike with your serial killer father. Good Samaritans who aren't as innocent as they appear....

Like father, like daughter. Poppy never believed she'd be a married woman with a pet pug, but she's enjoying it...as much as a suburban psychopath can enjoy anything. Of course, feelings are irrelevant. It's actions that make you a good employee, a good friend,...

"From the feverishly surreal to the downright demented, O'Flynn takes you on a twisted journey through the deepest and darkest corners of the human mind." Bestselling Author Mary Widdicks BEWARE THOSE WHO ENTER HERE... From the bestselling author of The Jilted comes a hellscape...

"Intense. Feral. Deliciously unhinged." Bestselling Author Kristen Mae Seven people. A locked storm shelter. Inevitable starvation.What could you do to survive? Victoria Larson and her husband, Chad, are sitting on their rooftop, waiting for the end. For three days, they've watched their coastal Louisiana...

"Dark and intense, with an M. Night Shyamalan-level twist." Bestselling Author Kristen Mae OLD SINS. NEW BLOOD. Deputy Sheriff William Shannahan doesn't feel like a detective, at least not like the ones he admires on TV. Not that he needs to be; the small...

Born Bad meets Ash Park in an electrifying and darkly hilarious crime thriller that will keep you glued to the pages. A brilliant psychopath with a singular goal. A detective desperate to do the right thing--for once. What happens when their worlds collide? Poppy...

"It's okay to not feel okay." Immortal Illness, written by the same author as Crimson Purple, is an emotional thriller with a slightly comedic twist to it. You are the protagonist, a young adult suffering from insomnia, traumas and chronic depression. This story is...

Jon is in a pressure cooker. The ethanol plant he manages, Core Fuels, is crumbling and his disgruntled employees grow testier by the day. The executive board relentlessly micromanages and Jon wonders if he might soon be replaced. Evenings are for unwinding but a...

They say a twin bond is one that can never be broken.But can it survive murder?Ed and Emmie have grown up under the same roof but the treatment from their parents couldn't have been more different. Emmie is the shining star while Ed is...

A dream girls trip to a luxurious French chateau devolves into a deadly nightmare of secrets and murder in this stylish, twisty thriller for fans of Lucy Foley, Ruth Ware, and Lisa Jewell.Welcome to picturesque Provence, where the Lady of the Chateau, S駻aphine Demargelasse,...

Growing up abandoned by her father and raised by a single mother, Celeste was determined to create the perfect family--but even perfect families have secrets. Her days are filled with a rewarding career, a devoted husband, and her four-year-old daughter. Celeste is the only...

Twisty and brimming with the emotional power of beautifully drawn characters, the solo debut by the coauthor of The Boy in the Suitcase is a brooding and atmospheric thriller that sets a young mother on a collision course with her past in order to...

A dangerous cult disbanded years ago. Now they're back, and they want revenge. Alex Mercer spends his spare time operating a blog for missing children--a pastime inspired by his daughter's recent disappearance. Another relative goes missing. As he follows up on leads coming into...

This was a white-knuckled ride with tension that was tangible, fantastic characters that flew off the page, and a tight plot that kept me turning the pages." - K.H.A., GoodReads "I was amazed at the high-tension scenes that propel this novel to its riveting...

B is for Bianca.B is for Beretta.B is for B.The Subject Trilogy encompasses all three books in this Australian psychological thriller series The SubjectThe Subject 2: FadeThe Subject 3: FallJoin anti-hero Bianca Beretta as she manipulates, seduces and fights her way through the web...

Sydney 1986, and Devlin's life is music, madness and a vivid dream of another life. Another place. A place he's seen and can't forget. A place of heat and dust and silence, and endless blue. Time to think. And to kill. And forgive. A...

"In my career, having reviewed over 1,200 novels, I can honestly say . . . I have never read anything quite like this. Think Misery meets Gone Girl. Landon Beach delivers a special, unforgettable, jaw-dropping reading experience that readers won't soon forget. Narrator is...

If they're coming for us, who's coming for them?The galaxy is vast, and not everything is what it seems. The invasion we always feared is here.Which begs the question: what do the invaders fear? If not us, then what...or whoAnd what happens to the...

In this highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning A Hero Dreams, Ricky Williamson is now a seemingly well-adjusted adult and loyal corporate employee, working diligently in a ten-by-ten cubicle--a mere breath away from executive row. Under the surface, though, he's haunted by memories of...

Celestine Tolland returns to a small Maine hometown that she scarcely recognizes.Author: Kevin St JarreISBN-10: 1638085137ISBN-13: 9781638085133Publisher: Sterling Mystery SeriesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2022Pages: 500Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 8.52h x 5.72w x 1.00dLarge Print

Bella and Kate. Kate and Bella. From childhood they were bosom friends, Bella sensible and cautious, Kate gregarious and just a little dangerous.Author: Jessica FellowesISBN-10: 1638085072ISBN-13: 9781638085072Publisher: Center PointLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2022Pages: 500Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 8.51h x 5.73w x 1.14dLarge Print

By popular demand, national bestselling author Niobia Bryant brings you the sizzling, sexy, twist-a-minute follow-up to Madam, May I, in which Manhattan's most exclusive madam discovers her past is back with a vengeance . . . Billionaire celebrity clients, anything-goes erotic nights, seductive betrayals--Desdemona...

Wealthy Beverly Hills couples are being found dead, with seemingly nothing to connect them other than their troubled marriages. Jessie senses a pattern, and knows this killer will strike again. But can she outwit him in time? "A masterpiece of thriller and mystery."-Books and...

"Over the last few years, prominent people--a retired diplomat, a beloved basketball coach, the CEO of an empire--have died in a series of fluke accidents and shocking suicides. There's no apparent connection, no signs of foul play. Behind it all is a powerful group...

Magic stops. Men vanish. Worlds end. Life goes on. The stories in The Last Vanishing Man start with the end of the world, as a narrator seeks to imagine how the actions of an American terrorist ripple through his family. American violence and masculinity...

"Things We Do in the Dark is a brilliant new thriller from Jennifer Hillier, the award-winning author of the breakout novels Little Secrets and Jar of Hearts. Paris Peralta is suspected of killing her celebrity husband, and her long-hidden past now threatens to destroy...

Captivating in every sense of the word. --Sarah Pearse, New York Times bestselling authorGrabbed me in a way that no book has done since The Secret History. --Rachel Kapelke-Dale, author of The BallerinasIn this sinister, jaw-dropping (Sarah Penner, author of The Lost Apothecary) debut...

Darby Kane, the author of the critically acclaimed and #1 International Bestseller Pretty Little Wife, has crafted another gripping and twisty suspense about an invitation to an exclusive club that comes with deadly consequences.They meet the second Tuesday of every month and vote...and then...

USA TODAY bestselling author Kimberly Belle returns with a deeply addictive thriller exploring the dark side of the digital world when a mommy-blogger's assistant goes missing. Alex likes to consider herself the down-to-earth Mommy Blogger. The messy family moments she shares online have made...

Test of Evil (based partly on true events)Genre: fiction, Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Mental psychopathy, courtroomTest of Evil Thrusts Readers Into the Social Fallout That Results From the Murder of Seven-Year-old Isaac Manis. As an Investigation Into his Wrongful Death Ensues, the Hideous Forces...

A rising star in a prominent Atlanta public relations firm, Claire Kincaid can fix anything, except herself. When she shows up at a couples workshop without a partner, a handsome stranger named Kevin Thomas rescues her from humiliation by posing as her fiancé. Although...

When a boy vanishes under strange circumstances, forensic psychologist Annie Hunter collects her team of sleuths, the Nut Crackers. They link the boy to a network of powerful people, the "I Scream Men," who gain political favors through a juvenile sex trafficking ring. As...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The President Is Missing, America has elected its most brilliant president ever, but he's also a psychopath--and about to start a world war with our most dangerous enemy. US President Keegan Barrett has swept into office...

'A galloping pulse-pounder' Heat'You'll be left open-mouthed by the turn of events' Woman's Weekly'A compelling page-turner' BellaMEET THE WALSH FAMILYLucy: Loving mother. Devoted wife. And falling to pieces.Aidan: Dedicated father. Faithful husband. And in too deep.Connor: Hardworking son. Loyal friend. But can never tell...

After her professor's suspicious death, a PhD student uncovers dark machinations among her academic associates in this richly atmospheric and irresistibly readable (Joyce Carol Oates) Gothic mystery set between Scotland, Italy, and France.Fleeing a disastrous affair with a colleague in Boston, Isabel Henley moves...

Looking for peace, she found a nightmare... Fading movie star Christina Dawn has decided to start a new life, so she relocates from L.A. to a picturesque mountain town, hoping she'll find peace and tranquility there. Meanwhile, a man who has hunted a witness...

They arrive alive. They always leave dead.But first, they give me their confessions. The theme of these confessions: Original+Bloody+Twisted Fairytales= the perfect bedtime story, right?My name is Jack Steen, and for those who arrive on my 'death' ward at the Asylum, I'm the last...

Lights Feeling her stardom fading, struggling soap-actress Adele Rafferty is ready to give up on her dreams when she gets a last-minute offer to play the lead in upcoming horror film Final Draft. Could this be her big break? Will she have redemption for...