Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological

In the seven feverishly unsettling works that compose DIS MEM BER and Other Stories of Mystery and Suspense, exquisite prose stylist Joyce Carol Oates focuses on the inner lives of vulnerable girls and women--some victimized, others provoked by deep emotional unrest--to commit violence against...

The discovery of the partially-clothed body of a teenage girl in Bristol's red light district indicates a tragic yet familiar scenario for DI David Vogel. But this marks the start of a murder investigation where nothing is as it seems. A darkly complex secret...

With Properties of Light, the award-winning author of The Mind-Body Problem gives us "one of the magnificent performances in contemporary fiction, a fusion of the imagination and intellect . . . achingly beautiful, moving, and intriguing on every page" (Charles Johnson). This mesmerizing tale...

A psychological thriller for readers of The Good Girl and Girl on a Train, The Wrong Sister follows a woman with a troubled past whose search for the truth is fascinating, chilling, and ultimately horrifying. Sometimes a perfect stranger... From behind the wheel of...

Fifteen years ago, Susan Morrow left her first husband, Edward Sheffield, an unpublished writer. Now, she's enduring middle class suburbia as a doctor's wife, when out of the blue she receives a package containing the manuscript of her ex-husband's first novel. He writes asking...

"A searing, chilling sliver of perfection . . . May well turn out to be the year's best thriller." --Charles Finch, The New York Times Book Review "This is simply one of the nastiest and most disturbing thrillers I've read in years. I loved...

The stunning national bestseller! Wendy Walker's All is Not Forgotten--the basis for the major motion film Gone But Not Forgotten--is a twisty, edge-of-your seat thrill ride from beginning to end. "Fascinating and at times shocking."--Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good...

Some are born with a perfect palate, others with perfect pitch. Lily Sparks was born with a perfect eye. As Conservator of Paintings at the Denver Art Museum, she uses her keen visual powers to restore masterpieces and detect what's authentic and what is...

Hannah had a perfect life in London--a loving husband, a great job--until she did something shocking. Something that she doesn't quite understand herself. And now she has landed herself in a high-risk psychiatric unit.Since Hannah was admitted, two women have died, including Charlie, one...

"With echoes of Kafka and Conrad," the acclaimed Israeli author of Castle in Spain offers "a provocative, spare, slow-to-unfold mystery of character" (Kirkus Reviews). On the day of his forty-first birthday, Israeli secret agent Alexander Abramov encounters a beautiful young redhead on a city...

Are you my mommy? Tessa Markham returns home to find a child in her kitchen. He thinks she is his mother. But Tessa doesn't have any children.Not anymore.She doesn't know who the little boy is or how he got there. After contacting the police,...

My dearest daughter, I will never forget the day I nearly lost you. The day you learned the secrets that would tear our lives apart...Time stops for Jen when her beloved daughter, Gracie, is involved in a terrible car crash. After the little girl...

This USA Today bestseller dares to ask the heart-stopping question: What do we really know about those who care for our children?Teresa's heart stops when she enters her daughter's bedroom to find that her sweet, trusting little girl is gone. Teresa can't bear to...

'You don't know me, but I'm your sister.' Claire is shocked when she receives a message out of the blue from Sophie, a beautiful young woman who tells Claire that she's their father's secret child. Having spent years nursing her sweet little daughter Ella...

Not all secrets are what they seem.When Bridget spots an elegantly dressed woman leaving her husband's office late one night, she fears the worst. Her marriage is already strained but things are about to take an even more shocking turn when her family is...

Not all bad deeds can be undone.Young and ambitious Haley Burrows has just landed her dream job at a prestigious law firm, but someone is stalking her. When she finds her tires slashed, and a menacing message scrawled across her windscreen, she quickly realizes...

From the internationally bestselling author of the Frieda Klein series, Nicci French, comes this steamy and suspenseful stand-alone thriller about a group of housemates who must determine the killer among them when a series of murders occur.Be careful of the ones closest to you......

Some rules should never be broken.After suffering multiple miscarriages, school counselor Jo Murphy is on a mission to save her marriage by any means possible. When Mia, a pregnant senior, unexpectedly shows up in her office, Jo devises an unorthodox plan to adopt her...

An Entertainment Weekly hottest read of the summer - A USA Today hottest read of the week - A Refinery29 best thriller of June - A New York Post best book of the week"With hairpin twists and immense psychological acuity, Kelsey Rae Dimberg's Girl...

Your husband's car crash wasn't an accident... Maddy Shaw learns the life-shattering news in the most horrific way: live on air. As the shaky mobile phone recording pans over the terrible crash, she recognises her husband Simon's car in the wreckage... He is critically...

'The new GIRL ON THE TRAIN' Observer What did he do to ... The Girl Before You ASK HIM NO QUESTIONS, HE'LL TELL YOU NO LIES... Alice has always been haunted by the women from her husband's past. As a politician and now a...

A SHOCKING DISAPPEARANCE. A VILLAGE FULL OF SECRETS. Ten years ago, a boy named Samuel Murray went missing from the quiet village of Buckthorpe and was never seen again. Rosie Sharpe cried over her missing friend for weeks after. But her little sister Heather...

Imagine the worst thing a friend could ever do.This is worse.When Mel receives an unexpected email from her eldest friend Abi, it brings back memories she thought she'd buried forever. Their friendship belonged in the past. To those carefree days at university.But Abi is...

It's a beautiful day for a wedding. White roses scent the air and the summer sunlight streams in. A spoon chimes against a champagne flute and the room falls silent. And there he is - my husband - getting to his feet to propose...

She knows she's going to die when he's finished with her, but there's nothing she can do to save herself. Her head is spinning, and her eyes are heavy. She never should have accepted his offer to escape to his place in the country....

From the bestselling author of The Social Affair comes a new riveting, powerful psychological thriller that offers a savage look into a utopian cultish society where beauty and perfection are valued at all costs. Statistically speaking, fifty percent of marriages end up in divorce....

Featured on the Lifetime and Netflix TV show You A Darkly Compelling Debut of an Unusual Bond Between Two Killers--and the Destruction Left in Their Wake A cold-blooded killer-for-hire, Edison North drifts across America from city to city, crime scene to crime scene, leaving...

"To read Cove is to take a masterclass in taking out everything but the essentials. This is writing stripped back to the bone, and storytelling that gets under the skin. Powerful, terrifying, brilliantly done."--Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13 Out at sea, in a...

My name is Quinn Roberts and I was murdered.Quinn Roberts is dead and she wants to know how it happened. She's angry, confused and disappointed that her life is over. Most of her friends have moved on and it seems like no one cares...

If you think photos aren't important... wait until they're all you have left of your child. Your life isn't perfect, but you're still happy. Your husband has stuck by you and he's a good dad. Your daughter Becca makes your heart explode with love....

Whatever you think you know... you're wrong. Following a whirlwind four-month romance, lawyer Claire and hotel entrepreneur Angus are engaged to be married. Happy and successful, and ready to start their new life together, Claire and Angus find what they believe to be the...

You're hiding a secret that only she can see. Her name is Beth. She came into my life when I needed her the most. We lead very different lives, but she's the only person who understands me. She was the only other witness to...

Christopher would never hurt anyone. Not intentionally. Even after everything that's happened I still believe that... Christopher Harris is a lonely boy. A boy who has never fitted in to his family. Who has always felt something was missing from his life. Until one...

Four months ago, Rebecca Pendle's husband disappeared. So did 14-year-old Kayleigh Jackson. Just a coincidence? Rebecca wants to believe so... But as the police start to draw parallels between Chris and Kayleigh, it's getting harder for her to trust his innocence. Faced with an...

ONE OF THE YEAR'S 10 BEST MYSTERY NOVELS -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Finalist for the CWA (Crime Writers' Association) Gold Dagger Finalist for John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Awards From Australia's most exciting new crime-writing talent comes an "outstanding . . . gripping and violent"...

FBI Agent Logan Reed specializes in explosives. He can track and defuse almost any incendiary device... Except for the one buried deep inside his soul. Home from Afghanistan now for two years, Logan has secured the perfect assignment on the FBI-K9 Bomb Squad in...

The first time you see them, out for an evening walk on the cliffs, you'll think they're the perfect family. You'll see a wife who looks so happy, strolling peacefully beside her husband in his dark winter coat, holding her daughter's hand. But you...

Sharon and Mary have watched every episode of The Game. They've watched it from the start, right through to the final series at Murder House. Even though the producers pulled the plug, the two super fans weren't quite ready to say goodbye to it...

One woman has nothing to lose.The other has everything.To the outside world, Gracie Dwyer has it all: the handsome husband, the adorable child, the beautiful home and the glittering career.Juliet's life couldn't be more different. A single mother struggling to make ends meet, she...

For readers of The Silent Patient--a taut, twisty, character-driven suspense novel about a famous novelist and a small-town striver locked in a struggle for fortune and fame.Florence Darrow is a small-town striver who believes that she is destined to become a celebrated writer. When...

HER MARRIAGE IS TO DIE FOR...Alicia Gray knows she's a lucky woman. With a gorgeous, successful husband who whisks her away on romantic trips, a beautiful home in one of the country's richest zip codes, and two wonderful daughters, life couldn't be better. However,...

'Elegant, clever and totally convincing'Sunday Mirror on What She Never Told Me **********Your mother. The one person you trust. What if you're wrong?Widowed Nan is on her way to her beloved son's wedding. She should be excited, but she is dreading her return to...

He promised to love her until her dying day... When Becca's first love shows up on her social media feed, she can't help but smile fondly. Once upon a time Connor was the love of her life, and though it was over ten years...

STUCK PAGES is a trilogy representing the journey of a heartbreaker who never intended to be what he ultimately becomes. Taking place in turn-of-21st-century New York City, Quincy Simmons is a complex-yet-sometimes-na ve young gay man embarking on a professional career as an urban-radio...

When radio journalist Pete Bailey betrays his wife Meg on his fortieth birthday, he has no idea of the terrible consequences that will follow his infidelity. His passionate relationship with Meg is on the rocks and they're having no luck starting a family. It's...

PRETTY... OR PRETTY TWISTED?Almost two years ago, Faith and Grace Tiddle arrived home from their Saturday morning dance class to find both of their parents lying face down in pools of blood.Five days later, the twins - only nine years old at the time...

Some of us are hiding secrets. All of us are lying.After Matt returns from a harrowing deployment in Afghanistan, he and his wife, Blair, take off around the States in his father's camping trailer for what they hope will be a tranquil trip. When...

They say she's guilty. She says she's not. Who do you believe? 'Help me Help me, please ' When Jenna hears the cry in the park one night, she feels she has no choice but to run and help. Cradling the injured woman in...

A fast-paced, page-turning thriller that contemplates the consequences of motherhood, memory, and crime as a commodity.Black ops specialist Aubrey Sentro may be one concussion away from death. But when pirates seize the cargo ship she's on, she must decide whether to risk her life...

Seven strangers. Seven secrets. One perfect crime.When Amelia is invited to an all-expenses-paid retreat on a private island, the mysterious offer is too good to refuse. Along with six other strangers, she's told they're here to test a brand-new product for Timeo Technologies. But...