Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological

Straight up: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness The twist: an introduction by you. Annotated literary pairing for a truly immersive experience.Considered one of the most influential stories ever written, Heart of Darkness follows ferry boat captain Charlie Marlow, as he recalls his experience with...

It's been six months since the horrific events at Burnt House Farm and peace has been restored in Devil's Cove. But trouble is on the horizon.As the town prepares for the annual Devil's Day festival, Carrie is trying to salvage what's left of her...

An admired but cold and ruthless surgeon lies and cheats to rise to the top of his profession as a member of the President's cabinet. He founds a hospital in Nepal where he conquers 8000-meters peaks. Fame and self-esteem rise but he fails at...

Sherri Smith illuminates the dark side of the self-care and wellness industry in a thrilling ride of revenge perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty's Nine Perfect Strangers. The Retreat is a twisting, bone-chilling suspense that asks: how well do you really know your friends?...

- "The Archivist, Martha Cooley's first novel, was a national bestseller and a "New York Times Notable Book.- With the assurance, complexity, and depth of a work by Bulgakov, DeLillo, or Poe, Martha Cooley's extraordinary second novel is further evidence that she is one...

"Reminiscent of Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects" Christina Kaye, award-winning author of Presumed Dead Now a USA Today besteller! A twenty-year-old local mystery that has never been solved.A bone-chilling VHS tape depicting a horrific crime.Neighbors with something to hide.And a sister who is missing.Emily has...

Cate Brady almost had it all. Until a knock on her front door brought news that her beloved husband had been in a terrible accident. He was pronounced dead on the scene.Reeling from the shock and suspecting she's being followed, Cate must question everything...

A mysterious fire at a Somerset manor house leads to a complex and intriguing case for Bristol detective David Vogel.When Sir John Fairbrother, head of one of the world's biggest private banks, burns to death, along with his nurse, in a catastrophic fire at...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF ALL THE HIDDEN TRUTHS, WHICH IS SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD AND WON THE MCILVANNEY DEBUT PRIZE '(a) meticulous and compelling novel about the aftermath of a major crime and its effect on the affected families and investigating...

Return to the gripping, suspenseful classic #1 New York Times bestseller by master storyteller Stephen King Bestselling novelist Paul Sheldon thinks he's finally free of Misery Chastain. In a controversial career move, he's just killed off the popular protagonist of his beloved romance series...

Bea Hughes had put the past behind her. Until an anonymous caller phoned to say they knew what she'd done. To make matters worse, Bea suspects someone else in the house was listening in on the line.Fearful she's been found out and desperate to...

The Sweet sisters began life as identical twins, but thanks to the miracles of Jane Fonda and plastic surgery, on the eve of their fortieth birthday, they hardly resemble one another. Amora has become a glamorous, egocentric radio shrink with her own nationally broadcast...

She spoke out. I stayed silent. What would you do? 'Perfectly paced, the twists and turns and executed with precision' Woman & Home 'One of the most powerful stay-with-you books that I've read in the past year' Jane Corry, author of I Looked AwayWhen...

A new world has arrived...Underground Book Reviews 2015 Top Pick AwardSynthetic stem cells mean no more organ failure, no more pharmaceuticals. No cancer. The human race is stronger and smarter. Is it better?Cali is a nanobiometric engineer who has been her younger brother's guardian...

Descent Into Hell is a novel written by Charles Williams, first published in 1937.Williams wrote a series of novels which combine elements of fantasy fiction and Christian symbolism. Forgoing the detective fiction style of most of his earlier supernatural novels, most of the story's...

Jamie wants to be a halfskin. Her life has become dull and pointless. If she had more biomites--synthetic stem cells that promise hope--she could take control of her life. But Jamie's body is already 49.9% biomites. The rest is clay--her God-given organic cells. Any...

Five entered the escape room. Only four came out alive.Lisa Ashton receives a last-minute reprieve from death two weeks before her birthday. Regaining consciousness, she is horrified to learn one of her friends has been killed - and saved her life.As she recovers, she...

Book 2 of 3Her son was the victim. Wasn't he? Devil's Cove used to be a safe place to live. Until a serial killer was discovered hiding in its midst. Now, as the Cornish community deals with the aftermath, Carrie must face the fact...

The message is one simple word: Vengeance.Anonymous threats aren't unusual for a crime reporter. Even direct threats face to face are common, most never amounting to more than words. Michael Elliot has assisted the police with putting enough criminals behind bars to have earned...

In a tale ripped from the headlines, award-winning author P.D. Workman brings you Gabriel Tate's discovery of the dark and light sides of human nature in Mito, Medical Kidnap Files #1. Gabriel has dealt with mysterious medical issues his whole life. Just when he...

He can't breathe. The choker is tight around his neck and attached to a short chain, and he can't stand forever. As his legs begin to buckle, he calls out into the dark, "Why are you doing this?" Soon all goes black... Fed rat...

Avalanches are deadly, but high in the Rocky Mountains, something even more sinister awaits...Private investigator Katerina Carter and boyfriend Jace Burton embark on a cozy weekend getaway just before Christmas at a luxury mountaintop lodge. While he writes the biography of a billionaire environmentalist,...

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....

The Jackson Moores have been tilling the land of Hope House Farm on the West Coast of Cumbria for many generations, but they have been harbouring a dangerous history of dark and sinister secrets for far longer: cancerous secrets, that have slowly eaten away...

Death, deception, and a detective with quite a lot to hide stalk the pages of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne."You shouldn't be here. It's too late . . . "These, heard over the...

YOU'VE NEVER READ A LOVE STORY AS TWISTED AS THIS.Juliette loves Nate.She will follow him anywhere. She's even become a flight attendant for his airline, so she can keep a closer eye on him.They are meant to be.The fact that Nate broke up with...

From Alafair Burke--New York Times bestselling author of the runaway hit, The Wife--comes another twisty tale of domestic noir. When a prominent Manhattan lawyer is murdered, two estranged sisters--one the dead man's widow, the other his ex--must set aside mistrust and old resentments ....

A twisty and propulsive read, this dark psychological thriller of sibling rivalry, love, betrayal, and the dire consequences of family fallout brilliantly plays on our fears of loneliness and abandonment, harkening to the modern gothic bestsellers by Ruth Ware and Liz Nugent. Is a...

Conscience isn't something all people are born with...Gabriel Church is a portrait in contrast. It would be easy to get lost in his pale-blue eyes, ache with the need to feel the strength of his masculine frame. He appears to be nothing but animal...

A chilling new thriller from Bernard Taylor, the award-winning author of The Godsend and Sweetheart, SweetheartOnce a celebrated singer, Rosemary Paul is now an embittered woman in her sixties, forgotten by nearly everyone but her assistant, Carrie Markham, who idolizes her and panders to...

Five years ago, young Daniel Linwood disappeared without a trace. There were no ransom demands. His body was never found. His family had presumed him dead and moved on after the devastation. But five years after his disappearance, Daniel Linwood showed up on his...

In the days following Hurricane Florence, three boys walk along the beaches of North Carolina's Barrier Islands. Amidst the wreckage, they stumble upon a wooden box washed up on the shore. And inside that box they find the dismembered remains of a teenage girl....

Emily Hunter is a woman suffering. She is finally making strides at living independently after being mandated to residential psychiatric care for most of her adult life. Now, holding down a night shift job, taking her medication regularly, and meeting with her therapist twice...

A lost child.A marriage shattered beyond repair?John Baxter doesn't think so, which is why he has planned this weekend getaway with his wife. He expected a lot of shouting, a lot of tears, but in the end, he hoped to have a stronger foundation...

THE PRICE OF HONOR: The making of a man From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes the haunting story of love and honor. An epic tale of devotion and sacrifice spanning thirty years, bidding the characters, as well as readers to ponder...

Winner of the 2017 German Crime Fiction Prize Moses wants one thing: to get home, where his girlfriend and a cold beer are waiting for him. But his car breaks down on an empty street, not a single human being in sight. Moses slips...

In RECKLESS WHISPER the suspense continues with the second novel in the Off the Grid: FBI Series by #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy.FBI Special Agent Bree Adams has a personal secret, something she has managed to keep hidden for the past...

When Irene Rutledge, a brilliant and beautiful young graduate student, meets the mysterious and fascinating Frank Mattison, the two soon fall in love and marry, despite the warnings of Irene's family and friends. But after their marriage, dark secrets from Frank's past begin to...

Gordon Rutherford, a young writer, finds himself in a dangerous dilemma when he is the only witness to the accidental death of an acquaintance. Because of the strange circumstances of the case, Rutherford knows that if he goes to the police he will almost...

A woman haunted by her past. A killer who won't let her forget.Faith Day's condition curses her to recall her mother's fiery murder like it was yesterday. And when the forensic photographer's convicted stepbrother is somehow cleared 12 years later and released from prison,...

Revealing your secrets...can be deadly.Gemma goes to Dr. Ann Wilcox for therapy. What she uncovers will lead her on a journey through her long-forgotten nightmares.A dedicated and caring therapist, Ann wants to see her patients achieve the lives they deserve, but with Gemma, it...

This time, it's personal. And Alexandra takes her biggest risk yet. Now in New York, Alex settles in and immediately makes the acquaintance of her disturbing neighbors, a threatening co-worker, and a predatory client. Alex loves New York and loves her new job as...

Everyone has something to hide 
 Alexandra Mallory's recent killings have left her exposed. She's forced to conceal her identity from the detectives investigating the murders, trusting a stranger to keep her secret. At work, Steve Montgomery is increasingly curious about what she's hiding,...

A picture speaks a thousand words. Sometimes, one of those words means someone deserves to die. Alexandra loves her glamorous San Francisco apartment, but nothing is going as she'd dreamed. Her job is in jeopardy as Tess abandons mentoring Alex in favor of her...

Girl On The Edge is a searing breakthrough of a book. Utterly original and completely enthralling, it broke my heart and all the rules at the same time. -- New York Times bestselling author, Laurelin PaigeHe's her husband, but he's not the man she...

Girl On The Edge is a searing breakthrough of a book. Utterly original and completely enthralling, it broke my heart and all the rules at the same time. -- New York Times bestselling author, Laurelin PaigeHe's her husband, but he's not the man she...

I hear screams in my head. I see blood on my hands.When I look in the mirror I see a stranger.How is it that I can remember bits and pieces of my life, but nothing of any importance and nothing that makes any sense?...

A woman's tortured past is reawakened when a twisted murderer strikes close to home in this "original, spellbinding, and horrifying read" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Kate is a young woman whose mother is dying of cancer. Gillian is an oversexed, hyper-intellectual who looks like...

NAMED AN NPR GREAT READ OF 2018 From the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author of The Hole, a Kafkaesque tale of crime and punishment hailed by Korea's Wall Street Journal as "an airtight masterpiece." Distinguished for his talents as a rat killer, the nameless protagonist...

Dr. Ethan LaPierre was content in his tenure as a professor at the prestigious Oxford University, spending his days in the classroom, his leisure time with his dearest friend, Dr. Colin Bishop. An accomplished intellectual rooted in academia, Ethan had no greater aspirations and...