Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological

When thirty-year-old teacher Meg Blackwell embarks on a renovation project at the old family farmhouse, she discovers letters and photographs that begin to unravel the fabric of her identity.As she investigates a tragedy that originated in one man's twisted desire for recognition, Meg realizes...

"Spine-tingling fun." --People"Lisa Unger, you've done it again." --Sarah Michelle Gellar, Emmy Award-winning actressA couple inherits an apartment with a spine-tingling past in this unputdownable thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six.Rosie and Chad Lowan are barely making...

The debut short-story collection from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man, hailed as "Britain's female Stephen King" (Daily Mail), featuring eleven bone-chilling and mind-bending tales"All hail the queen of scream. A Sliver of Darkness is C. J. Tudor at her spine-tingling, nightmare-inducing best....

WELCOME TO BLACKWOOD INSTITUTE.HOME TO THE DANGEROUS AND DISTURBED.Brooklyn West, a convicted murderer and diagnosed Schizophrenic, is given an offer she can't refuse-attend the prestigious Blackwood Institute and complete its three-year experimental program, or rot behind bars for the rest of her life.The deal...

For fans of Riley Sager, The Hawthorne School is a twisty psychological suspense about the lengths one mother will go for her child, inspired by present-day obsession with cults and true crime. Claudia Vera is overwhelmed. She's a single parent trying the best that...

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo meets Sharp Objects in this internationally bestselling psychological thriller, for fans of Jo Nesb and Henning Mankell, now for the first time in English. Danish journalist Heloise Kaldan is in the middle of a nightmare. One of her...

None of this was supposed to happen.It all started so innocently. Charlie only stopped in Redemption, Wisconsin, because she was lost.She never meant to stay.She never meant to fall in love.She never meant to bring the danger she was running from into this wholesome...

I knew what love was. Love was sex. And I was most definitely going to make Jason love me today. Love me as if his life depended on it.Green Monsters is told completely from the viewpoint of the antagonist, delving deep into the mind...

I knew what love was. Love was sex. And I was most definitely going to make Jason love me today. Love me as if his life depended on it.Green Monsters is told completely from the viewpoint of the antagonist, delving deep into the mind...

A devastating flood reawakens a young woman's buried childhood memories ... with life-changing results. A dark, warmly funny and deeply moving novel from the bestselling author of How To Be Brave and The Lion Tamer Who Lost. ***LoveReading Book of the Year*** ***Longlisted for...

From the author of the "full-throttle thriller" (A. J. Finn) No Exit--a riveting new psychological page-turner featuring a fierce and unforgettable heroine.Three months ago, Lena Nguyen's estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge seventy miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and jumped two...

For fans of Kathleen Barber and Julia Heaberlin comes a chilling psychological suspense from award-winning author Jen Williams about a woman who discovers her late mother had a decades-long secret correspondence with a serial killer, begging the question: how well do we know our...

You can try to leave but they'll never let you go...Are YOU ready to return to FOG ISLAND?The gripping sequel to Fog Island from the international bestseller Mariette Lindstein...Sofia may have escaped from Fog Island, but she can't escape the horror...Thanks to her, cult-leader...

The Pearl of Spirituality Shines Brightest Amidst the Heart of Darkness.Darkness haunts Sherry Whittington. To the outside world, she's a typical thirty-seven-year old woman. Inwardly, she battles schizophrenia, but when Sherry discovers she is also psychically gifted, it is one more burden she must...

Bobby Ives doesn't mean to kill. When his first victim ends up beneath the wheels of a London city bus, he almost succeeds in convincing himself it was an accident. Until the day he sees the jogger and a strange and uncontrollable sensation begins...

When you have everything you always wanted, you have everything to lose. After years of struggling to overcome her tragic childhood, Hattie has the life of her dreams--her adored husband, Eli, her precious little daughter, Lilly, a beautiful home, and more money than she...

Tina Brown thought she had it all.She had married the love of her life and had a brand-new baby boy.On Tina's first day back to work after her maternity leave, she vanished from the staff parking lot of the restaurant she worked at, never...

In 1912, a young girl is found dead. In present day, young Jeremy's parents are involved in a murder-suicide. Soon after, he is committed to an insane asylum.Years later, Jeremy turns eighteen and is released. After he returns home to live with his uncle,...

What if murder wasn't a mystery?For one young man, it is always decided by a simple code of chance taught to him by his mentor, a gruff truck driver named Petty, who once took him under his wing.Now a trucker himself, the savant travels...

Twice a year, Anathema emerges from the shadows to perform satirical Sermons-controversial events that lambast Radcliffe College and the behavior of its students. Membership in the organization is open knowledge, but its rituals are closely guarded by those involved.When a dissenter to the group's...

The shocking new thriller for 2023 from internationally bestselling author Lisa StoneA friendly reunion...After ten years, Sarah and her husband Roshan are looking forward to catching up with their closest school friends. So when one of them invites the group to spend a week...

"A superior, creeping psychological thriller taut with tension and drama." --The Seattle Times"Easily the creepiest setting for a suspense novel since the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's The Shining." --BookPageFrom the critically acclaimed author of Black Widows comes a thriller set in a remote...

April Nimitz is recently widowed and is on the road, from Texas to Connecticut, to live with her daughters. She hopes to escape the multitude of her misdeeds and memories of her life in the hills of Texas, which include her time as a...

On the day my friend disappeared I tried to follow him. I met a man so kind, so weak, so precious, I found myself distracted. But underneath that sweetness was the taste of blood and pain. Eyes deep red, teeth a mess...Something was wrong...

Only she knows what really happened that night... It was meant to be a time of celebration, of neighbours chatting over sparkling glasses of wine, enjoying the decadent surroundings of the huge mansion house which overlooked all the houses on Laurel Street. But then...

Are the voices in Cassie's head real or just added mayhem?Cassie MacLean has been under siege since that cold January night when her mother, Rose Owens plowed into a group of pedestrians killing five and critically-injuring many others. The town's pent-up fury explodes when...

They arrive alive. They always leave dead.But first, they give me their confessions.My name is Jack Steen, and for those who arrive on my 'death' ward at the Asylum, I'm the last face many will see before they die. I am the night nurse...

Darkness and mystery abound along a beautiful and isolated stretch of Alaskan coastline when Elena abruptly enters James's life. The allure of the picturesque bay and mountains can be deceiving though, as James and Elena try to find some beauty within the sad and...

"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...

Author: Robin MichaelsISBN-10: 8218208712ISBN-13: 9798218208714Publisher: Robin Michaels AuthorLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/18/2023Pages: 388Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.80d

James Bryant is a relatively unknown detective with an otherwise average career. But for one detail: he caught a notorious serial killer from the Midwest. A psychopath, dubbed the South Side Sadist, Richard Allen Fenton, is locked up in the El Dorado Correctional Facility,...

Slamming the door shut behind her, Stephanie takes one last look at the party where her best friends are busy celebrating. As the drinks are poured and music blasts, she disappears into the darkness alone. Some say she was crying. Others think they heard...

'I'm sorry, Sam's not available, ' says the woman who answers my husband's phone. I can't place her voice, so I politely ask who she is. Her answer sends my world spinning out of control: 'I'm his wife.' I know I want to marry...

In a summer heatwave, a college reunion takes a dark turn when old grudges resurface, exposing the lies and betrayals of the past, and leading to a fatal confrontation.A grieving mother...When Claire loses her daughter to suicide, her world falls apart. Tormented by guilt...

In 1912, a young girl is found dead. In present day, young Jeremy's parents are involved in a murder-suicide. Soon after, he is committed to an insane asylum.Years later, Jeremy turns eighteen and is released. After he returns home to live with his uncle,...

Alice Raikes takes a train from London to Scotland to visit her family, but when she gets there she witnesses something so shocking that she insists on returning to London immediately. A few hours later, Alice is lying in a coma after an accident...

A heartbreaking mystery from the Queen of Plot Twists, the Multi-million-copy Bestselling Author She thought she could keep it a secret.Just fourteen years old, Amalie thought she could take off and go to the festival with her best friend without anyone knowing it -...

Your worst enemy is closer than you think.Someone is watching Amy when she starts a new life in Manhattan. Her mysterious "best friend" sends her creepy text messages...and murders anyone who stands in her way.When the rising body count threatens to expose the deadly...

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...

Special Agent Ingrid Skyberg has settled into her life in London working out of the US Embassy. She's got a new apartment, a new roommate, and such a busy caseload she has forgotten about her exceedingly un-busy romantic life.But then she gets a call...

A heart-stopping psychological thriller about a woman running from the aftermath of a gruesome family tragedy--and also from the truth about her part in it. For fans of Gillian McAllister's Wrong Place Wrong Time and The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell. You can run...

Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac return in Robotham's latest psychological thriller, which finally unlocks the secrets of Evie's past and reaffirms why Stephen King has proclaimed this author "an absolute master." The mystery of Evie Cormac's background has followed her into adulthood. As a...

I run around the house calling my daughter's name, my voice growing more panicked with every empty room. 'Has anyone seen Tess?' I cry. It should be the happiest day of my life, but my daughter is missing...All I wanted was to take my...

"Barbara Freethy delivers riveting, plot-twisting suspense and a deeply emotional story. Every book is a thrilling ride." USA Today Bestselling Author Rachel Grant Ten years ago, I was seventeen, spending summers with my wealthy family and friends on Hawk Island. One terrible night, I...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Sex, suspense, and the supernatural fuel this propulsive debut." --People A young author is invited to an exclusive writer's retreat that soon descends into a pulse-pounding nightmare--in the vein of The Plot and Please Join Us. Alex has all...

Lance is a foolHe should've stayed home. He should've prioritized family, instead of running off to Europe to be a studio musician.But it's too late. His sister is deadAfter the funeral, he learns what pushed Hannah down the spiral of drug abuse. A year...

"Tell me what happened yesterday?" I shift on the padded chair in my psychiatrist's office, staring at the abstract watercolor on the wall as an attempt to avoid her question. "I saw Lucas." "And. . ." Dr. Gabrieli prodded. I don't answer. "Riley? I...

A man is behind bars while a manipulative killer walks free. Rural Minnesota police officer Erin Ericsson has been on the trail of this elusive criminal before. She knows there will be more crimes, and more victims. This time, she will follow her own...

The Curiosity, Stephen Kiernan's debut novel, is a gripping, poignant, and thoroughly original thriller that raises disturbing questions about the very nature of life and humanity--man as a scientific subject, as a tabloid plaything, as a living being, as a curiosity.... Dr. Kate Philo...

When your whole life becomes one big lie...The night my mum disappeared, after a panicked 3am phonecall, I knew something was wrong.The police tried to reassure me. There had to be a logical explanation they said - perhaps she's taking a break after the...