Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological

A Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller.She can't ignore a cry for help. But in this remote hunting town, it's open season.Gwen Proctor escaped her serial-killer husband and saved her family. What she can't seem to outrun is his notoriety. Or the sick...

An acclaimed novel by the author of The Mistress of Spices, and Before We Visit the Goddess. Jhumpa Lahiri praises: "One Amazing Thing collapses the walls dividing characters and cultures; what endures is a chorus of voices in one single room." Late afternoon sun...

One Dark Secret. One act of revenge. When Emma Joseph met her husband David, he was a man shattered by grief. His first wife had been killed outright when her car veered off the road. Just as tragically, their six-year-old daughter mysteriously vanished from...

Originally published in 1942 and now rediscovered to international acclaim, this taut and exquisitely structured novel by the Hungarian master Sandor Marai conjures the melancholy glamour of a decaying empire and the disillusioned wisdom of its last heirs. In a secluded woodland castle an...

New York Times bestseller"Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next... A true tour de force." --Lisa Gardner"[A] multilayered mystery that brims with duplicity, betrayal and revenge." --USA TodayFrom the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes a chilling...

Six months after witnessing her foster brother take his own life, Kim finds herself scraping the bottom of the bucket, searching for any and everything she believes could assist her in her new obsession; finding her biological parents. While still balancing guardianship, working a...

'My book of the year so far...' --Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling authorIn this chilling thriller from the bestselling authors of Spare Room, one woman just wants the truth about who she really is. But she's not the only one looking...It's twenty...

The Crucifixion Killer is stalking Glasgow, leaving victims' mutilated bodies in a Christ-like pose. Detective Chief Inspector Alan McAlpine is drafted in to lead the hunt, supported by local officers Detective Inspector Anderson and Detective Sergeant Costello. But the past holds horrific memories for...

Nationally Bestselling Author! * Winner - Best Novel, 2019 ITW Thriller Award * MysteryTribune Ten Women Mystery and Thriller Writers You Should be Reading * Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best of 2018 * Bustle's Best Thriller 11 Authors Read This Year * CrimeReads' 20 Best...

A destitute woman deceives her way into the guesthouse of a Hollywood Hills mansion and inadvertently becomes a target in the twisted game of the wealthy family upstairs in the next intoxicating novel from Eliza Jane Brazier. Lyla has always believed that life is...

Their childhood was dominated by pain and fear. They escaped the darkness at first chance, but darkness is a beast that doesn't let go easily, and now it's found them. It will be a battle that will threaten their lives and souls. The time...

The dark, scandalous, and completely twisted sequel to Kiersten Modglin's #1 bestselling domestic thriller, THE ARRANGEMENT...First, there was the arrangement.A simple, yet salacious fix to the problems looming in their marriage.But when things took a tragic turn, Peter's and Ainsley's lives quickly fell into...

Sue Keller is lost. When her father dies suddenly, she's orphaned in her mid-twenties, her mother already long gone. Then Sue meets Annie. It's been twenty years, but Annie could never forget that face. She was Sue's live-in nanny at their big house upstate,...

I've hunted sexual predators, serial offenders, and brought down a cult. This time I might be in over my head.A serial killer who knows no boundaries, not in his depravity, or geographically. Four victims. Three cities. Different countries. And that's just the beginning, or...

In the spirit of Lisa Jewell and Kate Morton, an emotional mystery set in the rugged remote landscape of north Cornwall full of dark secrets and twists, about three unusual sisters forced to confront the past. Some secrets need to be set free... When...

"GRIPPING AND ATMOSPHERIC" --Sunday TimesA breath-taking missing persons thriller set under the menacing peaks of the Pyrenees.Five years after their disappearance, the village of Monteperdido still mourns the loss of Ana and Lucia, two eleven-year old friends who left school one afternoon and were...

The USA Today bestselling author of The Sister delivers a suspenseful novel "packed full of secrets and twists" as grieving mother and daughter become ensnared by a cult-like community where leaving isn't an option (Alice Feeney, New York Times bestselling author). At Oak Leaf...

"Outstanding... Grips you from the start to the end... A fantastic book... Move over Jack Reacher." Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐When girls go missing here, no one says a word...Twenty-four-year-old Lila has disappeared without trace. It's the kind of case that ex-military loner Grant Fletcher would...

A propulsive and chillingly prescient novel of suspense and terror from the Bram Stoker award-winning author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts."Absolutely riveting." -- Stephen KingIn a matter of weeks, Massachusetts has been overrun by...

From bestselling author Brian Freeman comes an explosive new psychological thriller that pushes the limits of reality as we know it.One rainy night, the unthinkable happens: Dylan Moran's car plunges off the road into a raging river, his beautiful wife drowning as he struggles...

Although Polish, Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest English writers, and Heart of Darkness is considered his best. As a reader we are brought to face our psychological selves to answer, 'Who is the true savage?'Author: Joseph ConradISBN-10: 1945644354ISBN-13: 9781945644351Publisher: Chump ChangeLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'If you only read one book this year. Make sure that it is this one. I promise you, you won't be sorry. Amazing.' Goodreads Reviewer Never make a promise you can't afford to keep... This is a story about Charlotte - a mother and...

When Ella wakes up in hospital following a hit and run incident, she is scared and confused. Close to tears, her eyes fall on a get-well-soon card on the window sill and the nurse reassures her that her loving husband will be back soon....

THE USA TODAY BESTSELLER The Murder List is a new standalone suspense novel in the tradition of Lisa Scottoline and B. A. Paris from award-winning author and reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan. "An exhilarating thrill ride that keeps you turning pages.. Ryan deftly delivers a...

From the acclaimed author of Still Missing comes a psychological thriller about one woman's search into her past and the deadly truth she uncovers. All her life, Sara Gallagher has wondered about her birth parents. As an adopted child with two sisters who were...

THE SENSATIONAL AWARD-WINNING THRILLER "IMPRESSIVE AND PROVOCATIVE . . .VASTLY ENTERTAINING." -San Francisco Chronicle It begins with a savage killing at a suburban Virginia juvenile detention center, but nothing is as it seems. Accused of murder and branded a cop-killer, Nathan Bailey becomes the...

The USA Today bestselling author of Somebody's Daughter and Layover presents a twist-filled thriller about a troubled family with long-buried secrets... The past has arrived uninvited at Jason Danvers's door in the form of his younger sister, Hayden, a former addict who severed all...

From Dathan Auerbach, the author of the horror sensation Penpal, a hauntingly dark novel about a young boy who goes missing, and the brother who won't stop looking for him. Eric disappeared when he was three years old. Ben looked away for only a...

Can a little black dress help a New York magazine editor live out her wildest fantasies . . . or will it be her downfall?Magazine editor Jane Avery spends her nights alone with Netflix and Oreos-until the Dress turns her loose. Suddenly she's surrendering...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story comes "an inspired thriller" (The Washington Post) about four Vietnam vets linked by a shattering secret and their global hunt to track down a brutal killer. Koko. Only four men knew what it...

Death is one heartbeat away when your stalker is a serial killer.The heart-stopping sequel to YOU DID THIS.Police detective Claire Wolfe has a secret admirer. But instead of sending flowers, this twisted psychopath murders wealthy, young women...and leaves gruesome messages for Claire on their...

In this high-concept thriller that's part The Guest List, part The Girl Before, a couple's romantic weekend-getaway is not what it seems.When Ellie and her boyfriend Steven take their first trip together, what starts as an idyllic weekend soon takes a darker turn, as...

Fire was my only companion. A burning light in a world otherwise filled with darkness. A life of pain and abuse I never thought I'd escape.I'm still not convinced I have.When friendly Santa-figure turned trucker, Al, finds me at a rest stop and offers...

A thriller that explores the truth or lies behind a teenage girl's multiple personality disorder, from D.J. Palmer, the author of The New Husband.Meet Ruby, who speaks with a British accent.Then there's Chloe, a perfectionist who strives for straight A's in school.And along comes...

Praying her daughter's still alive. Fearing her past is about to take its revenge. When three-year-old Immy vanishes during a family barbecue, her mother, Cleo, imagines the worst. Has she fallen into the river at the end of the garden and drowned? Or is...

Meet Chloe Sevre. She's a freshman honor student, a legging-wearing hot girl next door, who also happens to be a psychopath. Her hobbies include yogalates, frat parties, and plotting to kill Will Bachman, a childhood friend who grievously wronged her.Chloe is one of seven...

In the latest novel from a master of European crime fiction, past, present, and future collide on a breathtaking journey from 1950s Morocco to modern-day Spain and Sweden. Miguel and Helena meet at a nursing home in Tarifa, at an age when they believe...

She thought she had the dream life - and then her nightmares began..."A proper mind-blowing page-turner" - Elizabeth Haynes (Into the Darkest Corner)Eva Curtis is a pathological perfectionist whose attention to detail means she never makes mistakes - until one slip-up leads to the...

A tale in the tradition of Jane Eyre and Rebecca, in which a young woman follows her new husband to his remote home on the Icelandic coast in the 1680s, where she faces dark secrets surrounding the death of his first wife amidst a...

"Possibly the best shocker ever written." -- The English ReviewDr. Edmund Bickleigh married above his station. Although popular and well respected in his little Devonshire community, he seethes with resentment at the superior social status of his domineering wife, Julia. Bickleigh soothes his inferiority...

An FBI investigator must uncover the secrets of his hometown to solve a double murder in this twisty "page turner" that's "perfect summer reading" (Stephen King). "And that is how it happened. Can we stop now?" Kimberly Crepeaux is no good, a notorious jailhouse...

Named most anticipated book of the year by Cosmopolitan, Women's Wear Daily, Woman's Day, She Reads, The Nerd Daily, and Sassy Sarah Reads.From the New York Times bestselling author of A Simple Favor comes an electrifying domestic thriller of how one woman's life is...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Essex Serpent--soon to be an Apple TV+ Series"A beautiful, dream-like, unsettling narrative in which every word, like a small jewel, feels carefully chosen, considered and placed. Rarely do debut novels come as assured and impressive as this...

“Bad Monkeys has wit and imagination by the bucketload. . . . Buy it, read it, memorize then destroy it. There are eyes everywhere.” --Chris Moore, bestselling author of A Dirty Job and Lamb Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. She tells police...

Palmer Lewis married a liar. But just how deadly are his lies?Shortly after marrying her soulmate and the birth of their son, the lies begin.First, it's the phone calls, always held in secret, always deleted from his phone.Then it's his odd disappearances and the...

"Propulsive . . . Not only is the book difficult to put down, it's also an adroit exploration of the ethical quandaries of true crime storytelling, particularly in podcasts." --New York Times Book Review Elle Castillo once trained as a social worker, supporting young...

A woman's birthday party takes a dark turn in a poignant, heart-stopping new novel from the reigning queen of suspense, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, The Breakdown, and Bring Me Back. "A heartbreaking page-turner that will have...

Nine years ago her daughter was taken. And now she's back. Two-and-a-half-year-old Holly is playing happily in a pink plastic playhouse, while her mother Rachel sips coffee and chats with a friend nearby. It should be an ordinary day for all of them. But,...

New edition with bonus material from the author Alex Kava, including Reading Group guide and more. Over 1.6 million sold worldwide. The brutal murders of three young boys paralyze the citizens of Platte City, Nebraska. What's worse is the grim realization that the man...

Discover the classic thriller that launched the #1 detective series of the past twenty-five years, now one of PBS's "100 Great American Reads" Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. He works and lives in the ghettos of D. C....