Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological

On a cool October morning, Lauren Wilder is shaken when she comes close to striking Bo Laughlin with her car as he's walking along the road's edge. A young man well known in their small town of Hardys Walk, Texas, Bo seems fine, even...

'Unpredictable, challenging and compelling' Sophie HannahFrom the first time I saw them together I knew it felt wrong. I didn't like the way he touched her or the self-conscious way he played with Molly and Luke. Joanne saw none of it of course. So...

Two sisters, one long-ago murder, and a web of terrifying secrets collide in this gripping domestic suspense from acclaimed author Edwin Hill. Perfect for fans of Megan Miranda, Shari Lapena, Greer Hendricks, Alafair Burke, Karin Slaughter, and Charlie Donlea! "Shari Lapena meets Ruth Ware....

"Twisted friendships, toxic pasts and tangled motives--this is Sara Shepard doing what she does best!"--Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars Sara Shepard's next adult novel follows a group of mothers living in a...

Author: Gillian JacksonISBN-10: 1504085965ISBN-13: 9781504085960Publisher: Bloodhound BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/18/2023Pages: 284Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.64d

Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! One of Esquire's Best Horror Books of the Year!An Indie Next Pick! "This is gory and brutal and beautiful and painful and terrifying and a pure delight."--Stephen Graham...

As we welcome the Rowe family to our beautiful clifftop hotel, a shadow passes over my husband's face. In that moment I see it: my husband is hiding a terrible secret. Has he put us all in danger? Mark and I pride ourselves on...

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...

SIX CLASSMATES. ONE TERRIFYING NIGHT. A MURDER TWENTY YEARS IN THE MAKING...There's something sinister under the surface of the idyllic, suburban town of Wesley Falls, and it's not just the abandoned coal mine that lies beneath it. The summer of 1995 kicks off with...

Richard Beaumont hoped to see the elusive crow on the Dover cliffs. Instead he sees a young woman falling to her death. No one recognizes her, and no one has reported her missing. Richard returns, shaken, to his wife, but instead of seeking comfort...

She thought she'd escaped her poisonous past...Thirteen years ago, Maggie Ellis left her small town and vowed to never return. In her rearview mirror were two men she loved and an ominous secret that would forever haunt her. Now, tragedy has brought her back,...

From the bestselling author of The Party comes a "dark and wild ride of redemption, betrayal, and friendship" (Ashley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author of The Push) following a homeless woman fleeing a dangerous past--and the wealthy society wife she saves from drowning....

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Superb...[The Teacher] rivets." Publishers Weekly, starred reviewA mind-bending, psychological thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Housemaid!Lesson #1: trust no oneEve has a good life. She gets up each day, gets...

Phoebe Wong would do anything to escape a British winter. But it may cost her more than her airfare. Sunsets, tacos and margaritas all sound perfect to exhausted forty-three-year-old single mum Phoebe with a dead-end job in Southwark. When her long-distance boyfriend in New...

Dante Lewandowski is a child of privilege, and one who could have anything he wants. Top-notch sports cars? Absolutely. Living in the best neighborhood Detroit has to offer? You got it. But Dante has a secret. You see, he hates his father, so he...

I'm lying to the man I'm about to marry. I'm not the woman he thinks I am. But my secret's safe. Isn't it?I feel like the perfect bride as I drift across the beach towards my handsome new husband, the sand warm between my...

One snowy night in 1998, Brooke Mulcahy's car slides off the road in rural Vermont. Her car is discovered. She is not. Twenty-one years later, Robert Kirby, Brooke's stepbrother, is paid a visit from a young woman (Lily), claiming to be Brooke's daughter. Since...

Deputy head teacher, Sophie Boswell, is back from Croatia and set to tackle the new academic year at her independent school in London. As the term unfolds, Sophie's husband Michael's increasingly erratic behaviour begins to take its toll on her. Everything is in a...

Six months ago, Nathan's sister was brutally murdered. Now the 23-year-old former playboy desires only one thing: revenge. Late at night, Nathan trudges down the beach where his sister's body was found. He's searching for answers, but all he finds is a new nightmare:...

A serial killer has some loose ends to tie up in this riveting psychological thriller--a follow-up to the international bestseller, 34 Days. How much can one family take? Jenny Carbrook murdered three people to make it look as though there was a serial killer...

A haunting mystery tale that revolves around the Jack the Ripper murders, this novel was the basis for several films, including a 1927 Alfred Hitchcock silent film featuring Ivor Novello in the title role.Author: Marie Belloc LowndesISBN-10: 153287622XISBN-13: 9781532876226Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

This book is a taught theological thriller that explores the complexities of the Christian faith set behind a dark supernatural storyline. Good versus evil is a story as old time and this book lifts the veil on the powers beyond the visible world. 4/12/22...

Perfection has a cost . . . With transporting prose and meticulous detail, set in an era that remains shockingly relevant today, Rae Meadows's Winterland tells a story of glory, loss, hope, and determination, and of finding light where none exists. Soviet Union, 1973:...

Death is one heartbeat away when your stalker is a serial killer.The heart-stopping sequel to YOU DID THIS.Police detective Claire Wolfe has a secret admirer. But instead of sending flowers, this twisted psychopath murders wealthy, young women...and leaves gruesome messages for Claire on their...

A secret and sordid enterprise gets exposed when one broken soul decides she has had enough. Join Jezebel as she stands against child sex trafficking, enslavement and abuse. She embarks on an inspiring journey of liberation that will open your eyes and warm your...

A dark secret. A deadly obsession. No place to hide.Max Hunter, my boyfriend, booked the beautiful boat house on the Norfolk Broads as a surprise autumn breakA week away to heal after a fraught few months following my father's death. A chance to put...

How far are you willing to go for the ones you love ... and how far are you able to go?For Nathan Bray, this philosophical thought experiment becomes brutally real when an inexplicable event causes the oceans of the world to disappear, leaving him...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA Best Book of the Year: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Time, Financial Times, Slate, The Chicago Public Library, Kirkus, The TelegraphA Barack Obama Summer Reading Pick"[A] savagely satirical thriller." --People The Booker...

A wrenching psychological thriller in the vein of Tana French's In the Woods, Jon Bassoff's Beneath Cruel Waters reminds us that the sins of the mothers are the sins of the sons.Holt Davidson, a Kansas firefighter, hasn't been back to his hometown of Thompsonville,...

After a year in captivity, a kidnapped child escapes--only to reveal horrific truths that lead her psychologist on a race against time in this thriller from New York Times bestselling author Mike Omer.When eight-year-old Kathy Stone turns up on the side of the road...

When the death of his son's murderer fails to ease his pain, a grieving father finds himself on a mission for vengeance. On death row, the convicted killer grapples for meaning as he considers the path his life has taken and what lies ahead....

An anonymous caller makes a late-night report to the police that there is a lifeless body lying on the stage of the Paolo Soleri Amphitheater in Santa Fe. Upon arriving, the body of Paul Austin is discovered. He was a beloved and well-regarded counselor,...

A remote island. A missing girl. A woman with a troubled past.Becky is back on the tiny island where she was born, the island she swore she'd never return to.Apart from her former best friend Megan, everyone makes it clear she isn't wanted. The...

They've won the lottery - but at what cost? The Lottery Winners is a devilishly twisty psychological thriller from the bestselling author of His Wife's Sister about the price a couple are forced to pay when they hit the jackpot on the lottery and...

My whole body is shaking, my breath catches in my throat. I'm stuck here. Trapped. With the one person who will do anything to destroy me...When I step into the elevator that sweltering morning, I barely notice the woman standing next to me. She...

Named a Best Book of Summer 2023 by New York Post and KatieCouric.com"A lyrical, emotional novel...Reminiscent of HBO's hit The White Lotus, Bishop's tale will draw readers in with its realistic descriptions of the island. The obvious read-alike is My Dark Vanessa, and the...

The gripping new psychological thriller by bestselling author J.A.Baker! Prepare to be hooked!I am safe here, in my cottage in the woods where no one knows me or my real name. All is peaceful and calm and the real world can't hurt me -...

Parasite meets Such a Fun Age in a scorching debut that is as heartbreaking as it is thrilling, examining the intersection of race, class, and female friendship, and the devastating consequences of everyday actions. After her best friend's mysterious death, Elizabeth Smith's picture-perfect life...

A man on a mission must come to terms with his forgotten past in this gripping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz. In Portland, he saved a young boy from a drunk driver. In Boston, he rescued a child from...

The perfect girlfriend - or a perfect stranger?Jez thought he'd finally found happiness when he met Alice.She's elegant, stylish and beautiful, the kind of woman he never imagined would look at him twice.But when Alice goes missing with her young daughter and the police...

Qué pasaría si una llamada de 29 segundos pudiera cambiar tu vida para siempre?"Dame un nombre. Una persona. Y la haré desaparecer..."Cuando Sarah, una joven profesora de Literatura, ayuda a una niña en problemas, no espera nada a cambio. Pero su acto de valentía...

Praise for Cynan Jones: "[A] piercing novella. . . . Like Cormac McCarthy, Jones can make the everyday sound fraught and biblical." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Jones's perfectly pitched novel will appeal to anyone looking beyond sheer thrills." --Library Journal"This slim volume has all the...

"A deadly, dangerous, beautiful nightmare." -- Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the EndFor readers of Rachel Hawkins and We Were Never Here comes a searing vacation thriller set on a remote island in Thailand following two mysterious women,...

Everything he knows about his wife is called into question when she mysteriously vanishes in a breathtaking novel of suspense by Amazon Charts bestselling author Chad Zunker.Widower Luke Driskell didn't expect to fall in love and marry again so quickly. But Ashley and her...

HE is the river. HE takes who he wants and releases who HE wants.Emmy Jenkins knows what it feels like to have a serial killer come after her. She escaped HIM twice. Emmy and Brian must start over in a new town, away from...

Most of us have a code we live by.Some live their life altruistically, while others live by a more sinister code.A code that only their victims know. A code to kill... Fresh from a grueling joint operation with Spenser Song, FBI agent Blake Wilder...

I pick up the photograph from their mantlepiece and carefully wipe away the dust. The beautiful wife. Supposedly happily married and enjoying a family vacation. I know her husband killed her. And I'm going to make him pay... This is my first job as...

"A tense and twisty debut . . ." --Karen Dionne, author of the #1 international bestseller The Marsh King's Daughter and The Wicked Sister "Brimming with intrigue . . ." --Ellery Kane, award-winning author of the Doctors of Darkness seriesHaunted by a forgotten past....

The Priest's Hat is a suspenseful, moving, and darkly funny tale loosely based on Count Alessandro Faella's murder of the priest Virgilio Costa in Imola in 1881. Against the background of late nineteenth-century Naples, the novel brings us the meltdown of an aging playboy,...

A perfectly wicked debut thriller about an ambitious woman who, after a lifetime of conning alongside her mother, wants to leave her dark past behind and marry the heir to one of the country's wealthiest families. Like any enterprising woman, Bea knows what she's...