Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological

Your daughter is missing. Did someone close to you take her?Seven-year-old Beatrice has gone missing. Her mother Claire's whole world has been turned upside down in just one moment and she can't stop shaking. She's desperate to find her precious daughter, but nothing about...

People don't just disappear without a trace ...Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once-peaceful community. Are these incidents...

A psychiatrist, a mother, and an expert hitman each race against time in these three fast-paced thrillers from the world's #1 bestselling writer, James Patterson.Dead Man Running: Psychiatrist Randall Beck specializes in PTSD cases -- and his time is limited. Especially when he uncovers...

With her life on the line and nothing left to lose, Detective Harriet Blue runs from the law -- and a vicious killer -- in this thrilling New York Times bestseller. In the space of a week, she has committed theft and fraud, resisted...

From USA Today bestselling author Carter Wilson comes a psychological thriller about forgotten strangers, dark pasts, and a secret so big it just might destroy everything.They meet on a plane, but nothing about this situation is coincidental... This flight will take them somewhere they...

The follow-up to her critically acclaimed Lie to Me, J.T. Ellison's Tear Me Apart is the powerful story of a mother willing to do anything to protect her daughter even as their carefully constructed world unravels around them.One moment will change their lives forever...Competitive...

If only she'd said no...Katherine knew she'd had too many drinks, but they were only going a short distance. And as Eve pointed out, it was late, there was no traffic anyway...Now Katherine would do anything to turn back the clock. If anyone ever...

In THE PERFECT BLOCK (Book #2), rookie criminal profiler Jessie Hunt, 29, picks up the pieces of her broken life and leaves suburbia to start a new life in downtown Los Angeles. But when a wealthy socialite is murdered, Jessie, assigned the case, finds...

#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A terrifying new thriller in the the internationally bestselling Killer Instinct series: Detective Joona Linna finds himself on a collision course with a terrifying killer whose past is more troubling than anyone could imagine. "One of those rare books that...

"Ingeniously twisted." --Entertainment Weekly, "Must List" "Will leave even the most seasoned crime fiction readers guessing." --CrimeReads "[Jeong] maintains suspense about her inhuman-seeming protagonist's fate until the bitter end." --The Wall Street Journal Finalist for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon's "Summer Reads" Book...

Winner of the Mary Higgins Clark AwardIn the tradition of Daphne du Maurier, Shari Lapena, and Michelle Richmond comes a new thriller from the bestselling author of The Lake of Dead Languages--a twisty, harrowing story set at a prestigious prep school in which one...

I look at my daughter. My darling girl. I remember her tiny hand in mine, her first smile. I recall her tears when she'd tumble over, healed instantly with a band-aid and a little kiss. I have to keep her safe. Even if it...

In the follow-up to That Was Before, Randolph Spiers barely has time to breathe and recover from the con that changed everything-and he's not alone.Sheila Backe has vanished, and the chase is on. Foes become friends as Randolph and Benji Griffin team up as...

"Exceedingly entertaining." --The New York Times "Umbrella Academy meets Tana French. Dark, claustrophobic, and beautifully written." --Andrea Bartz, author of We Were Never Here From the author of The Winter Sister and Behind the Red Door, a family obsessed with true crime gathers to...

The sunroom at the back of the house is just as I remember. I can't taste homemade lemonade or smell oatmeal cookies without thinking of home, of the beautiful cliffs of Martino Bay, and I feel welcomed. But all thoughts of a happy family...

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

J.T. Ellison's pulse-pounding new psychological thriller examines the tenuous bonds of friendship, the power of lies and the desperate lengths people will go to in order to protect their secrets.Goode girls don't lie...Perched atop a hill in the tiny town of Marchburg, Virginia, The...

A USA TODAY Bestseller "A psychological thriller that will keep you up all night...Get ready."--Good Morning America Part locked-room mystery, part domestic thriller, this gossipy, scandal-ridden whodunit told in alternating narratives from an unforgettable cast of characters is perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins...

She's a total stranger. But she knows who you are...Suzi did a bad thing. She's paying for it now, pregnant, scared, and living in an isolated cottage with her jealous husband, Nick.When Nora moves into the only house nearby, Suzi is delighted to have...

A sister's worst nightmare. A homicide detective's destiny.Everybody loves Claire's little sister, Tina. But only Claire sees the twisted psychopath hiding behind her sister's angelic face. When Tina is brutally murdered on her fourteenth birthday and while in Claire's charge, Claire never forgives herself....

Set against the backdrop of San Francisco during the presidential elections, we follow Nathan Valmont and Oliver Merteuil as they set out on their respective paths of conquest and revenge in this daring and imaginatively faithful but no-less transgressive adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos'...

"Moody and riveting." --New York Times Book Review, Editor's ChoiceIn this eerily riveting thriller--the follow-up to the international bestseller Dark August--Gus Monet becomes dangerously entangled with a powerful family whose wealth and success are built on dark and deadly secrets.After moving back to her...

Do you have any idea what the people you know are capable of? Bestselling author of All My Lies Are True, Dorothy Koomson, asks how well you can really know your neighbors. Fans of Lisa Jewell and Louise Candlish will rip through the pages...

The brand new thriller from the No.1 Kindle bestselling author of The Perfect Couple and Am I Guilty?"Filled with suspense, intrigue and a cast of engaging characters. Fabulous!"Lucy Clarke, author of The Castaways"Suspicion, secrets and shocking reveals!"Sarah Linley, author of The TripMy family has...

The incredible thriller you won't be able to put down from the Top 10 Sunday Times bestselling authorA happy family...Alice and Tom Sark seem to have it all - a wonderful marriage, a gorgeous baby, a beautiful home. And now Alice, a journalist, starts...

When someone tells you who you are, do you believe them?The first question the cops asked me was if anything out of the ordinary happened to me lately.When I woke up this morning in the room of a mental institution I couldn't remember a...

Perfect for fans of Alafair Burke and Megan Collins, Sarah Warburton's debut novel that explores the dangerous bond between sisters. When her sister goes missing, Zoe assumes it's just another one of her estranged sibling's stunts--but the danger is all too real. Zoe Hallett...

I have three deadly problems: 1. I've seriously offended a maniacal killer.2. I just had a bullet removed from my brain.3. My new daughter is growing up too fast--and she's in the line of fire.Living on an obscure, technology-free island off California means safety...

Young women aren't safe in Oshawa with a sadistic serial killer on the loose. Detective Sergeant Hannah Phillips is fierce and dogged as she tirelessly works to find out who is behind the abductions and murders of young women around the Ontario city. After...

"Deeply moved by the tragic Sandy Hook school shootings, Lynn Katz weaves together a compelling story that manages to raise all the key questions." -Harold I. Schwartz, M.D., Psychiatrist in Chief EmeritusConnecticut high school teacher, Jenn Cooper, falls under the spell of her more...

No one knows your darkness like your own Shadow. Nothing has been normal for Teddy, not since discovering the harsh identity of the monster he had been living with his whole life-his own father. Teddy and his mother leave that behind to start over...

"WOW I have not read a book this good some time " Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Two Widows was perfection " Goodreads Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This is a hidden gem of a novel " NetGalley Reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This is most definitely a five star read." Little...

'Oh my goodness... There were so many twists and turns... I wish I could award it more than five stars.' Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Everyone's welcome. But not everyone leaves...Nick and Amber Miller are splitting up and selling their Devon home. But despite the desirable location,...

Inside a beautiful Victorian family home in Glasgow, a mother and her young son are found brutally murdered. DI Costello is furious and knows exactly who did it: George Haggerty, the husband and father. The only problem is that Haggerty has a cast-iron alibi...

You couldn't have done anything to save her. Or could you? Sylvie Armstrong has been running from her past for twenty years - until her mother's death forces her to return to her home town, along with her newborn daughter. Overwhelmed by grief in...

"A brilliant, breathless thriller that kept me guessing to the last shocking page." --Erin Kelly, Sunday Times bestselling author of He Said/She SaidAn Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller.It was supposed to be the perfect reunion: six university friends together again after twenty years....

In Freud's dangerous, dazzling Vienna of 1903, an ingenious doctor and an intrepid detective again challenge psychotic criminals across a landscape teetering between the sophisticated and the savage, the thrilling future and the primitive past. On opposite sides of the city, two men are...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKPAGE - The must-read thriller of the year, for readers of dark psychological suspense and modern classics of mystery and adventure. Don't miss a special preview of Dean...

A powerful dystopian vision of a world where money reigns supreme, from a World Fantasy Award-winning author. "An extraordinary novel that stands with the best of dystopian fiction, with dashes of The Handmaid's Tale." -- -Cory Doctorow The penalty for Dani Cumali's murder: $84,000....

The basis for the Emmy-nominated "instantly gripping" (Washington Post) anthology series on USA starring Jessica Biel, The Sinner is an internationally bestselling psychological thriller surrounding an unexplained murdert On a sunny summer afternoon by the lake, Cora Bender stabs a complete stranger to death....

From New York Times bestselling author Gilly Macmillan comes this original, chilling and twisty mystery about two shocking murder cases twenty years apart, and the threads that bind them.Twenty years ago, eleven-year-olds Charlie Paige and Scott Ashby were murdered in the city of Bristol,...

11/9/2001: Christian fundamentalists hijackfour jetliners. They fly two into theTigris & Euphrates World Trade Towersin Baghdad, and a third into the ArabDefense Ministry in Riyadh. The fourthplane, believed to be bound for Mecca, isbrought down by its passengers. The UnitedArab States declares a War...

The arrangement was just meant to fix their marriage.No one was supposed to get hurt.But when the rules of this open marriage are broken, the consequences are sinister.Ainsley Greenburg is a fixer.It's what she prides herself on.So, when she realizes her marriage is at...

"Beyond being a brilliant skewering of social media and influencer culture, People Like Her is, quite simply, a damn good thriller . . . . The novel reads like Gone Girl on steroids in all the best ways."-- BookReporter"Breathlessly fast, brilliantly original. Bravo, Ellery...

Caught in a web of assassins, Alex Cross enters the final battle with the all-knowing genius who has stalked him and his family for years. Dr. Alex Cross and Detective John Sampson venture into the rugged Montana wilderness--where they will be the prey. They're...

When a family obsessed with true crime gathers to bury their patriarch, horrifying secrets are exposed upon the discovery of another body in his grave in this chilling novel from the author of Behind the Red Door and The Winter Sister.At twenty-six, Dahlia Lighthouse...

If you're not paranoid, you're not paying attention... Cary Mackin is a TV journalist who has covered crime for nearly twenty years. After losing her job she moves to a small town in Connecticut--only to get caught up in the web of a deranged...

Detective Harriet Blue is chasing down a violent killer on a university campus in a terrifying case that's far more sinister than she ever imagined.Harriet Blue, the most single-minded detective since Lindsay Boxer, won't rest until she stops a savage killer targeting female university...

"Endlessly surprising . . . A] twisty tale."--Wall Street JournalAfter a very public mental breakdown, Rachel Childs, once a tenacious, globe-trotting journalist, now lives as a virtual shut-in. In all other respects, however, she enjoys an ideal life with an ideal husband. Until a...

Cool Joe is a dealmaker of the 1920s New York scene and a distant relative of a famous mobster. While he's not exactly a mobster himself, he hangs around with them...and naturally, some of it rubs off. When Joe unexpectedly commits suicide, his adult...