Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological

On the day before his twenty-first wedding anniversary, David Sullinger buried an ax in his wife's skull. Now, eight jurors must retire to the deliberation room and decide whether David committed premeditated murder--or whether he was a battered spouse who killed his wife in...

He gave her everything. But can she trust him? 'Get ready for a creepy, twisty ride' Heat Lauren can't wait to leave London for a fresh start in the countryside with her new partner Paul and his two young children. She never thought she'd...

"With Behind Closed Doors, New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris took the psychological thriller to shocking new heights. Now she'll hold you captive with THE PRISONER--a stunning new thriller about one woman wed into a family with deadly intentions. Amelie has always...

A playwright possessed by her muses, an actress desperate to succeed, and a doctor hauntedby a lost love. Three people cross time and space to meet through the playwright's bizarrecreative process: to create, the playwright must become her characters; to tell her tragic story,...

A deliciously twisty thriller about the dark side of female friendship and a revenge plot that gets a little out of hand from the New York Times bestselling author of the "intense, captivating, and astonishing" (New York Journal of Books) A Simple Favor. Twenty...

"The Secret History meets The Price of Salt" (Vogue) in this "equal parts dangerous and delicious" (Entertainment Weekly) novel about queer desire, religious zealotry, and the hunger for transcendence among the members of a cultic chapel choir at a Maine boarding school--and the ambitious,...

Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in this "expertly paced and psychologically acute" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) thriller from Michael Robotham that's "one of his best, suspenseful and hard to put down" (Stephen King). Twenty years ago, Cyrus Haven survived a family massacre. The...

A "propulsive thriller about secret organizations, hidden agendas, and the lengths one woman will go to reclaim her life" (Laura Dave, author of Reese's Book Club Pick The Last Thing He Told Me) from USA TODAY bestselling author Catherine McKenzie. At thirty-nine, Nicole Mueller's...

From 2021 Indie Author of the Year Amy Rivers-the second installment in her small-town psychological suspense series, A Legacy of Silence.When uncovering the truth can get you killed, how far will Kate and Tilly go to find justice?After losing her father, Kate is working...

FBI Thriller! ★★★★★Special Agent Jack Stone and his FBI contingent are hot on the trail of a neo-Nazi group whose terrorist plot includes bombing an elementary school. The FBI assault team raids their compound deep in the woods of Idaho, but after the dust...

A Small-Town Thriller! ★★★★★A mysterious hitchhiker sets kind hearted Tonya Anderson on a collision course she couldn't have imagined. When she drives him to Flint River, Tonya inadvertently introduces havoc into her peaceful small-town community. Soon after he arrives, petty thefts escalate to murder.Leary...

We stand together - witnessing the destruction of Hollywood. A curse brought on by the dawn of glitz and glamour A tragic coming of age tale set in the City of Angels. The naive fresh-faced Oliver Rain grew up glamorizing the countless songs, and...

In this high-level thriller, three criminal justice professors journey with a group of students to Paris to investigate the French criminal justice system. Two days after landing in the famous "City of Lights," the group is caught up in a massive terrorist attack designed...

This is a classic science fiction short story by James H. Schmitz and illustrated by Schoenherr that first appeared in Analog Science Fact and Fiction. The following passage is part of its intriguing intro: 'A novice is one who is inexperienced-but that doesn't mean...

The Two-Knock Ghost is the story about a good man, a psychologist, who slowly slips into alcoholism after the death of his parents and his paternal grandparents on their way home from his twenty-fourth birthday party. They are killed by a drunk driver. After...

Oliver Tweetletot was a socialite in south Florida. It was 1980's in South Florida and his social life was better than ever. He accidentally killed a man one night. He liked it. Was there something dark inside of him that made him keep killing?...

This cocoon you've been traveling in is meant to rip apart."Strangely euphoric." "A book that you think about, long after you've read it!" "Unforgettable." THE AMIE SERIES EMBRACES BIG QUESTIONS WITH EXPANSIVE SCOPE AND FOCUSED INTIMACY. IT BEGINS IN THE LOOK.You have a body....

This psychological thriller is a story about two families whose parallel lives intersect by fate. The setting is the beautiful southern city of Memphis, Tennessee and surrounding areas. This heart wrenching tale will leave the reader breathless with its action packed twists and turns....

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 a Member of Parliament to death, Gabriel Utterson tries to get to the bottom of the mystery and...

"Kevin Lucia is this generation's answer to Charles L. Grant." - Brian Keene The things we want are so very rarely the things we need. Clifton Heights, a modest Adirondack town, offers many unique attractions. Arcane Delights sells both paperbacks and hard-to-find limited editions....

Writing as Mina Hardy, New York Times bestselling author Megan Hart delivers a thrilling new psychological suspense for fans of The Woman in the Window and When the Lights Go Out. She's lost her best friend, her husband--and possibly, her mind. Five months ago,...

Lifestyle journalist Ella Skye remembers every celebrity she interviewed, every politician she charmed between the sheets, and every socialite who eyed her with envy. The chance meeting with her husband, Damien; their rapid free fall into love; and their low-key, intimate wedding are all...

"Four years since Elias Karlsson founded Chipd and one year since the start of public use of these chips, there have been no known concerns for their physical safety..."Sebastian, Luannie, Jaewon, and Samara are studying abroad in Sweden to attend The School of International...

Hoping to leave her past behind after ending her emotionally abusive relationship, Cally Pope moves to Halesbrook, a sleepy town in Gloucestershire. Content with her plans to open a glamping business in the forest and live a quiet life, she's sworn off any kind...

When Joe Lerner quits his super secret overseas assignment in Laos, he is shipped back to the world to an unexpected welcome. At loose ends, he returns to school and rejoins his old buddy Kid at college. They are housed in a dormitory ghetto...

Urban Creatures skirts the edge of reality, dexterously defying form and genre. Primal urges feed on the city, stalking its inhabitants. From a psychotherapist gorging on tragedy, to a predatory hair thief, and a grief-stricken father's search for his lost daughter, humanity's subterranean secrets...

Within Living Ink: Ascension, Brian and his small crew embark on a quest for supplies on a nearby space station after finding themselves stranded in the uncharted recesses of space; things quickly go awry when they find that those who board the station might...

The Deer is a rhythmic, surrealist psychological thriller about a physicist who hits-what appears-to be a deer. As he returns from the scene of the accident to his childhood home, long-forgotten memories flood his consciousness, and he must come to terms with the fact...

Megan Daniels was only three years old the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, but flashes of that day begin to trigger other disturbing memories that have lain dormant within her. At first they are merely snippets, but, as they begin to appear...

It was a strange impersonation--one young girl with an air of dauntless gallantry assuming the name and personality of that other girl, who was so done in, so beaten in spirit Begun half in jest and a dare, this transition led the tired girl...

Three women. A single, sweltering day that will leave no one unchanged.Author: Khristin WiermanISBN-10: 1684631653ISBN-13: 9781684631650Publisher: SparkpressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/06/2022Pages: 280Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d

Jude and Mercedez have kept deadly secrets from each other.Jackson's suicide haunts Jude. She burned all evidence of her brother's depravity. One less monster in the world, right? Tech-savvy Mercedez is the last living witness to a teenage amateur horror film that ended with...

"Expect a few chills to run down your spine as you work your way through this sharp debut" (CrimeReads) about a young mother who can't shake the feeling that her son's imaginary friend is putting him in very real danger--perfect for fans of Lisa...

Two sisters, a lifetime of secretsLilian and Rosie were once the closest of sisters, but the untimely death of their parents pulled them apart. Now, three years on, Rosie has reached out to her big sister, asking to meet. Driving on an icy road...

Two sisters, a lifetime of secretsLilian and Rosie were once the closest of sisters, but the untimely death of their parents pulled them apart. Now, three years on, Rosie has reached out to her big sister, asking to meet. Driving on an icy road...

Cold concrete cradled the spine and harrowing unresolved robbed the restless. Not everyone reveres their hometown but for uncouth Dani Poe it is something disparate. Fourteen years have passed since glass ripped flesh as Grey Vein firefighters pulled a child through a shattered window...

CircusBy: Christopher ShaversNeed an escape from reality? Come to the Circus. The only ones here are you, revenge, and creatures escaping into reality.Not all nightmares stay in your head. Some haunt you in your homes. Some eat at your dreams. Others live like you....

Memories are a wonderful part of human life, but some have the ability to haunt a soul forever. Go back in time with the main character in Alexandria as he remembers his daughter's death and re-lives the most haunting memories of all.Author: Lynnse SpencerISBN-10:...

From Amina Akhtar comes a viciously funny thriller about wellness--the smoothies, the secrets, and the deliciously deadly impulses.Lifelong New Yorker Ronnie Khan never thought she'd leave Queens. She's not an "aim high, dream big" person--until she meets socialite wellness guru Marley Dewhurst.Marley isn't just...

A collection of three chilling short stories full of fear, bravery, insanity, and horror that will make you want your own button eyed teddy bear to sleep with.Author: K. a. CampbellISBN-10: 1537099523ISBN-13: 9781537099521Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2016Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 9.00h x...

Bad dreams and monsters are for children, right? Kate Reilly had never suffered bad dreams until recently, when violent nightmares began waking her from her slumber in a pool of sweat? Kate Reilly is a homicide detective with Somerset Police. The media call her...

When the day finally came that hardened criminal Eli Coulden could walk out of prison a free man, his first act was a vow to turn his back on the way of life that led him there in the first place. Unfortunately for him...

Lizzie Lutwidge knows her father is up to something. Albert Lutwidge is head psychiatric scientist at Londons grand asylum, the Paupers Lunatic Mill. For as long as Lizzie can remember, Albert has been studying the young females of the asylum while reading Lewis Carolls...

Everyone has a secret they'll do anything to hide...Twenty-five years ago, the body of sixteen-year-old Eve Knox was found in the caves near her home in small-town Grotto, Iowa--discovered by her best friend, Maggie, and her sister, Nola. There were a handful of suspects,...

The idea of a new life is so compelling, Katie Werner will make a desperate leap toward freedom, despite the consequences. Similar to Black and Blue and Sleeping with the Enemy--This domestic suspense thriller is a provocative mix of intrigue, psychological manipulation, false clues,...

Blurring the lines between lunacy and reality, these authors will have you questioning your own perception of what's real and what's imaginary...Many stories deal with neurosis and psychosis in which it's believed that voices, images, visions, and hallucinations are real when they're not. These...

Have you ever woken in the middle of a dream only to find it isn't over? For Taren Evans, it's reality. He's stricken with an unnerving disorder that forces him wide awake in the middle of his dreams, in the middle of his nightmares....

WINNER Silver Medal Best Mystery Fiction. 2018 Global Ebook AwardsFINALIST 2019 National Indie Excellence AwardsThey are the most powerful men in America: billionaires born to privilege and linked by their membership in the nation's most elite fraternity. They have always snatched what they want....

B.J. Watson's "The Glare" takes you on a riveting, emotional roller-coaster ride from start to finish. Blindsided by an unsuspected divorce, feeling abandoned and betrayed, Ally turned to alcohol to escape the pain. Her reckless behavior fueled by continued alcohol abuse over the years,...

Winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award for Best Crime NovelInspector Green probes for family secrets that someone wants to keep buried...no matter the cost.Accident or suicide? That's the simple question put to Inspector Michael Green when a derelict stranger falls to his...