Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological

Isabelle Donhelle is a professor of ornithology at the prestigious Hawthorne University in Boston. It's Isabelle's twenty-ninth birthday, and after escaping from a party she never wanted to be a part of, she has come to the conclusion that her life so far has...

He wrenches at the chains on his wrists and ankles-to no avail. Tears stream down his cheeks as his captor comes at him all dressed in black, chanting and mumbling incoherently, a large knife in his hands... When multiple body parts are recovered from...

We know serial killers exist. We don't want to believe they're in our own backyard. "Tense and terrifying." -The Reading Café Rookie FBI Agent Brandon Fisher and his team head to nearby Prince William County, Virginia, when a woman's recent disappearance sheds light on...

Risk madness, or let the killings continue? Jackson sees patterns - the sway of trees, the flow of traffic, the design of the human body. His condition makes him a brilliant massage therapist, but also once put him in a locked psych ward. Now...

A 'must read', adrenaline-pumping psychological thriller from bestselling Australian author Jaye Ford, now available in the US, UK, Canada and Germany. Imagine if your worst fears came true ... again.At seventeen, Jodie Cramer survived a terrifying assault at the hands of three strangers. Now...

Darkness shall light the way...Secretive and satiated by a life that others would consider taboo, Zo Hall has architected her existence. After petrifying nightmares begin infiltrating her tightly controlled waking life, she inadvertently awakens a preternatural presence that casts darkness into her psyche and...

Perfect for fans of Mark Billingham, Peter James and Peter Robinson. When a development in South London catches fire mid-construction, a close-knit team of fire fighters runs in to save a man spotted at the window. They come out without a body. They quit...

Heavily-tattooed and erratic, Tess hides in plain sight, off-the-grid in New Orleans. Tess is a survivor with more secrets than even she knows. Her clearest memories are tattooed on her skin, memorials to the missing dead.No one knows who Tess is--or that she's still...

In the thrilling, suspenseful new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz, all of Ellie de Florent-Stinson's secrets come to light in one eventful evening full of twists, turns, and surprises. Before she became a glamorous fashion designer, Ellie...

Everything she knows about her life is a lie. When Geniver gave birth to a stillborn daughter, her whole world came crashing down. Eight years later, she and her husband, Art, have slipped into the kind of rut that seems inescapable. But then a...

A terrifying crime reunites a mother and daughter in a novel of psychological suspense by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Trespassing.Three months after four-year-old Holly Gebhardt was kidnapped, she was inexplicably returned to the same park from which she'd vanished...with no memory of...

From an unforgettable new voice in suspense fiction, The Woman Outside My Door is a thrilling page-turner about a young mother who can't shake the feeling that her son's "imaginary" friend is putting him in very real danger, and she will stop at nothing...

What if someone from your past tried to destroy your future?When Melanie Scott is promoted to junior partner, she thinks she has put her past behind her and while out celebrating her promotion, she meets the handsome and charming Oliver Field.Melanie has her doubts...

A missing wife. A former lover. A house that isn't yet done with death.Estranged from his wife and living on a caravan park, Pete Bailey thinks the worst is over.Well away from the marital home where the murders took place, Pete is still hoping...

It's the summer of 1991 and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer has been arrested. His monstrous crimes inspire dread around the globe. But not so much for Emory Hughes, a closeted young man in Chicago who sees in the cannibal killer a kindred spirit, someone...

'Utterly absorbing and thought-provoking' Caz Frear 'What a premise, and packed with suspense' Victoria Selman 'A dark, delicious triumph' Niki Mackay If what they said was true, then the grotesque and the monstrous ran in her blood. It was imprinted within her very core,...

An evil man. A quest for revenge. A woman who will do anything to save her family. A truth that must be told ... Charlotte Grayson is caught up with something bigger and more dangerous than she could ever have imagined. What appeared to...

Five powerful men. One desperate woman. A seaside town rocked to its core ... When Charlotte Grayson discovers a local author dead in her seaside guest house she's determined to find out what drove such a successful man to take his life at the...

A return to the past. Two guilty secrets. A memory that won't stay buried ... When Charlotte and Will Grayson return to the seaside resort where they met as teenagers, they hope it'll help to heal the wounds in their marriage. But visiting the...

"A COMPLEX, CREEPY, AND INSIDIOUS NOVEL ABOUT AMBITION." --THE GUARDIAN"READERS OF RUTH WARE AND GILLIAN FLYNN WILL LOVE IT." --LIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED REVIEW)"FASCINATING, BRILLIANT, CREEPY." --GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGIf you had the perfect life . . . how far would you go to protect it? Professor...

Sometimes murder is the only choice...Even if it's risky.Alex is forced to decide how to free herself from her day trading neighbors, but discovering their secrets leaves her only one option.At the same time, her coworker, Stephanie, is putting Alex's job in jeopardy again....

Cover Your Tracks tells the gripping story of Margo Fletcher, eight-and-a-half months pregnant, who survives a horrible train crash and is the only one saved by former army ranger Nick Eliot. As the pair try to survive in the wilderness, Margo soon learns that...

"The first poetess of romantic fiction."-Sir Walter Scott ""Mrs. Radcliffe is a mistress of hints, suggestions, minute details, breathless pauses, and the hush of suspense." --The New York Times "Compared to Udolpho, Montoni's mountain hideaway, Castle Dracula is a country day school." --Barbara Walker...

In this page-turning thriller, Derek Landino is a famous, successful billionaire who only has love for his business. That is, until he falls for Christine Dayne, a university art director and unsuccessful painter. Derek is compelled to do anything to capture her heart, but...

THROWAWAY throh-uh-wey] - Noun - An agent who is considered expendable. Mark Strain had it all: beautiful wife, a baby on the way, and a skyrocketing career as a D.C. lobbyist. But when Mark is violently abducted from his home by masked men, everything...

The sixth book in the Morecambe Bay series ...A family back from the dead. A hunger for vengeance. A mistake that can never be forgiven...Charlotte Grayson is caught up in a race against time. Her husband is being held as a hostage and her...

To write the perfect story, he needs to commit the perfect crime. Tired of his day job, psychiatrist Eric Leroy yearns to fulfill his true destiny of becoming a New York Times bestselling author. But there is one thing he lacks to create an...

The Exciting Conclusion to the Brightside Saga In a World Where Mind Readers are Feared, Thought Thieves aren't the Only Ones Being Tortured and Killed.Dive into the world where Joe Nolan and a group of mind readers have broken out of the beautiful mountain...

He stole her childhood. Can she escape before he takes her life? Emily longs to be an artist. Her dream comes true when her new stepfather, a rich painter, begins mentoring her. But she's shocked to discover his dark side, and fear sends her...

Secrets can kill and Danni Brooks knows that better than anyone.When her husband and two of her three children perish in a devastating house fire, Danni is sure it is arson. She's even more sure that her and her eldest daughter Mia were meant...

For readers of Give Me Your Hand and Something in the Water, a gripping thriller set on the Greek Isles. Liv has never been a woman with a lot of female friends, but when she meets fellow new moms Beth and Binnie in a...

A haunted house horror attraction. Twelve people. $100,000 for the survivor.After fellow students torment a teen girl for years, she goes to therapy ... and comes up with an idea.Years later, they are all working comfortably. But everyone needs more money, one way or...

Since recovering from amnesia five years ago, Jessica Mack has done her best to ignore the voices that plague her from the spirit world. But when FBI agent Zach Smith wants her to use her "gift" to find an abducted four-year-old, she is forced...

A gripping tale of fear, longing and determination as one woman tries to survive the world of those who also kidnapped her sister.In The Perilous Road to Her, N.L Blandford takes us on a woman's harrowing journey to find her missing sister. Olivia Beaumont,...

Two years have passed since the dramatic conclusion of Operation EXCISE. Dolan has moved home to Boston to mend when once again, the Agency comes knocking. Terrorists have launched a bioweapon in the Middle East, thousands are dying of a horrifying virus with no...

Michael Dolan is a stoic perfectionist and former special operations pilot working a staff job at the Pentagon when he is approached by the CIA with an improbable request, to help prevent impending terrorist attacks in Europe. As his deep-cover role in OPERATION EXCISE...

Within this book are 27 chilling tales. 27 pieces of madness about the things that stalk the dark outside, and things that lurk within us. Stories about murder, revenge, insanity, terrors from beyond our world, failure in every facet of life, and reality itself...

"Ten-agers" Greta and her cousin Derek are constant companions. Upon finding an old well, of course they must pry off the rotten wood cover. Derek fetches his Dad's fishing rod. He soon hooks a beautiful gold ring with a red stone setting, followed by...

Love. Murder. Obsession.Gabriella Jamitson's world is turned upside down when someone she knows dies in tragic but familiar circumstances, with a stalker watching her every move.Jesse Warrier is Gabriella's best friend's brother and still grieving the death of his girlfriend Erica, convinced it wasn't...

A brand new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Bridesmaid and The Daughter in Law.In the quiet village of Helesbury, Miranda Wallace prides herself on being the most popular member of her small social circle; the perfect friend, the best mum -...

A rookie never forgets his first case. On his first night with Detroit PD, Officer Walter O'Brien is called to a murder scene. A terrified twenty-year-old has bludgeoned her kidnapper with skill that shocks even O'Brien's veteran partner. The young woman is also a...

Perfect for fans of Julia Heaberlin's We Are All the Same in the Dark and Megan Collins's The Family Plot, Cody Luke Davis' debut psychological thriller brings a sinister serial-killer tale to life with hair-raising twists and chilling turns. How far will some families...

Ignore your instincts at your peril! Her husband's life came to an end. Cynthia's coming to terms with that loss. Now the money in her bank account is also coming to an end. This was not the life she planned, but their little girl...

After a shocking death at a luxurious Italian resort, two very different women must question everything--and everyone--they love in order to untangle truth from lies in this twisty, captivating read. One year ago, Leah's feisty 21-year-old niece, Amy, mysteriously drowned in the beautiful lake...

HER SURROGATE HAS VANISHED, ALONG WITH HER UNBORN BABYAs a generous and respected philanthropist, Brooklyn Taylor is well aware that image is everything. Married, successful and living a life she created from scratch, Brooklyn only needs one thing to feel complete- a baby. Unable...

When an old colleague comes to him for help solving the mysterious death of his town's most prominent resident, retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney must use all of his analytical skills to hunt a murderer who just might be killing from beyond the grave...

"A highly original tale of deception, missing family members, betrayal, kidnapping and murder that spans decades and continents."-Amazon Review"A fast-paced, action-packed story, so clear your calendar! A must-read for a reader who enjoys strong female characters searching for the truth!"-Carole Wolfe, Best Selling Author...

A companion to Still Lives--a Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine selection--this savvy thriller exposes dark questions about power and the art world and reveals the fatal mistakes that can befall those who threaten its status quo. Brenae Brasil is a rising star at...

When four couples receive invitations to try out a luxury island resort, they are excited for a week of relaxation and reconnecting.For some, it's the honeymoon they never had the chance to take.For others, it's a last-ditch attempt to save their crumbling marriage. But...

Carina Marquez creates a bone-chilling three-in-one set of short stories in When the Floorboards Creak. She presents three eerie tales that will have you dubiously checking over your shoulder.In Sir Wilson's Manor, Sarah seeks closure with her grandma's death. The problem is Sarah's idea...