Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological

Fifteen years of abuse at the hands of her high school sweetheart has left Ruby Flame entirely bored and confused. With the ashes of her former captor-and later victim-scattered at sea, it's time to move on. But it won't be easy: Not with the...

Annie Winston and her twin brother, Alex, are very close. Alex is unfiltered. Annie is mostly naïve. They like to play dangerous games and do some urban exploring. Annie's research of a particular area outside of town gives her far more than she expected....

Praise for Fortitude"Vivid storytelling (that) plays like a colourful thriller film across the page...extremely intense moments give way to some hilarious encounters. Fortitude is an impressive debut novel, in which the characters come to life."Praise for Blackwater"Carefully crafted...skilled story-teller Paul weaves his magic and...

"I don't know which one I am, or if this is the first time I've written this note," the paper said. "All I know is that I think someone is following me.""Yes." I said to the note. "I am."I crumpled it in my hand....

Critically Acclaimed by Booklife Spotlight, and winner of the Badge of Literary Achievement from the International Review of Books, American Renaissance: Missions Dangerous is the first-person account of a cinematic espionage thriller series set in Paris but ripped-from-the-pages of art history and the news...

The term bad penny refers to an individual without scruples who ingratiates oneself into people's lives for self-gratification. In this instance, it involves a woman who will do anything, including murder, to get the man she wants at the expense of others. Will she...

Forced to move from home to home throughout his childhood, Tom's fantasy of a family member rescuing him from the foster care system dies after several years pass without as much as a phone call.His life unexpectedly shifts in his early teens when his...

Welcome to Murders Under the Sun, a podcast that pulls back the curtain on the dark side of sunny Southern California. I'm Molly Shure, and last March, I stumbled upon a chilling pattern-seven crimes, all linked, but their connection buried in the shadows. Each...

Welcome to Season Five of Murders Under the Sun, a podcast that takes a trip to the dark side of sunny Southern California. I'm your host, Molly Shure.Honey Wells wanted her first hike of the year to change her life. Exercise, eat right, and...

A survivor of an attack in his home that put him in a 10-day coma, Brice Dunn is trying to put back the pieces of his life. He has a long road ahead of him. Worse, his pregnant girlfriend, Mary, who was there the...

A survivor of an attack in his home that put him in a 10-day coma, Brice Dunn is trying to put back the pieces. He has a long road ahead of him. Worse, his pregnant girlfriend, Mary, who was there the night he was...

Bullied to death in the boardroom?Private Investigator Rebecca Marte doubted it. Since when would the president and CEO of a highly successful company find the criticisms of his subordinates so destructive to his self-image that he would commit suicide? That, however, was what her...

After technology robbed Randy Hutton of his livelihood, will it also claim his mind?Isabella Hutton was the up-and-coming star at Breakthrough Systems, leading a project that would help artificially intelligent computer systems work with their human counterparts. All the smart machines needed, she reasoned,...

After the tragic suicide of Mina's old friend Ryder, she reunites with the rest of her high school friends, John and Mario, to spend five days at John's secluded cabin in the woods to process their loss. Though she had spent time at the...

A vicious virus plagues the world, systematically attacking those who obsess over social media and taking the perfect selfie. As it spreads, leaving a devastating trail of destruction, it forces factions of survivors to form. But their competing motives lead to further disaster and...

New York Times best-selling author and top-selling Amazon author, Nick Russell, says, "Nasty and nice! Good people in bad situations, and bad people in positions of power make 'Dangerous Dreams' an engaging romp. GK nails it." The storytelling style of John Sandford collides with...

Thirteen tales of Horror, perfect for a dark and stormy Friday the 13th...or a sunny Tuesday afternoon. From science fiction to classic European horror, interwoven with layers of creep factor, gore, and mystery that will keep you turning the page...and looking over your shoulder....

If you woke in an unfamiliar house on broken furniture in a cloud of dust and cobwebs, what would you do?Scream? Run?For a pulse-pounding minute, you question if you are alone. Question who brought you here.And in that micro-flash of time, every plausible fear...

Fabbers, slabbers and fakies were dehumanizing slurs for fabricated humans. Bricks, however, was the People's favorite. The Sentience Laws were created to protect the rights of Bricks, but the laws didn't last long. Banished to the remote isolation of the Settlement, Paul and Raine...

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...

It's a normal day for Sunshine as she takes the seat at her desk as receptionist at the Lyden Times until the tragedy of a young nameless woman floods the newsroom. Her head and body covered in bloody gashes and fresh bruises. Sunshine forms...

Socrates Lewis struggles through his life, almost always leaning to his left. He has a stalled writing career, relationships needing repair, and a steady flow of whiskey.Miley, a suicidal hooker he meets in a dark alley, is tormented by an idea that she knows...

With a heavy heart from losing a friend in a tragedy that he couldn't prevent, Socrates Lewis still finds comfort in feeding the birds and his playful conversations with Wendy and her cat, Rae Cat. The whiskey helps too.But his life gets a fresh...

The holidays are supposed to bring people together but only seem to tear everyone apart. The aftermath of JoJo's trial is still felt amongst many, especially between twin rivals Jaquelyn and JoJo...where more than one brawl leads to the final showdown and only one...

When I ran out of Poca eleven years ago, I never planned on seeing the confines of this small town again. Now, it's mocking me. The very thing that drove me to run away at seventeen is what's pulling me right back into Poca's...

Stand Against the DarknessOne small town, six deaths-all females, all from the same small Baptist church. Not just any kind of deaths, either. The despairing kind that ends it all-on one's own terms.There is no rhyme or reason for the perfectly normal teenage girls...

The past doesn't always stay in the past. Sometimes it comes back with a vengeance.Rachel Burrows went for a run. Now she lays at the end of a trail gutted from her groin to her throat. Lt. Damien Kaine stares at the beautiful woman....

When the line between the rational and delusional blurs, the dream becomes reality, and life becomes a nightmare. Experience the psychosis these stories induce, from tales of insanity to those of twisted hysterics. Take the shot, and enjoy the Thorazine Dreams. -- "THORAZINE NIGHTMARES...

At just twenty-four, Rhea Patel seems to have the kind of life others dream of: a thriving career in fashion, a dashing boyfriend who also manages her career, and her first major runway debut only days away. On the surface, everything appears flawless. But...

A chilling psychological thriller. Nick Runarstein, a seemingly innocent mind lost somewhere in the blur of abuse and harsh reality is drawn into his own lonely clouded world. But things change when the secret crush of a tormented wallflower forms a love triangle. Sometimes...

She woke up to the sound of gunshots. A few seconds later, her life was stolen forever.Sixteen-year-old Olivia Walters never imagined that a single night could destroy everything she loved. But when she stumbles downstairs to find her parents lying lifeless on the foyer...

Trapped in a basement with a psychopath.Since her parents died, college student Jasmine has struggled. She's fallen into a relationship with an abusive boyfriend who won't let her go. But that all changes tonight. They've gone for dinner at his parents' house and she's...

The Hostage (Sarah Roberts Book Four) Meet Elmore Ackerman. He idolizes Sarah Roberts from afar and has done so for more than five years. He has studied her pictures, memorized her news clippings, and now waits in the dark for the day when he...

Author Jonas Saul (Sarah Roberts Series) and Rania Stone (What He Didn't Know) team up to write another dark thriller, The Soulless.The scientists warned them. Nobody listened. When a catastrophic experiment at CERN goes terribly wrong, the boundary between the living and the dead...

From Jonas Saul (Sarah Roberts Series) and Rania Stone (The Truth Is a Lie) comes a pulse-pounding thriller set against the sun-scorched beauty of the Greek islands. The mafia never forgets an enemy. And Darwin Kostas can't allow them to remember. Ten years hiding...

Five years ago, Nathan's world came crashing down. The witness protection program stole the woman he loved and now he's lost everything - including hope that she's still alive. His security job is a daily reminder of the girl he failed to protect, dragging...

Caroline Dalglish is a young freelance features writer, recently widowed when her husband, a brilliant Oxford historian, dies in an accident. She had been quietly adjusting to life without John when she is approached by the UK Government, which offers her funding to undertake...

A story as dark as the narcissistic souls who have gathered together unfolds in a single, transformative night ... Anna is on the brink of a revelation that echoes through the silver birch corridors of the infamous Narcissus Gardening Club. Tonight, she is ensnared...

A young girl trapped by generational trauma and an unexpected pregnancy struggles to realise her dreams in the final volume of Mag Vann's InSecurity Triptych.In 1987, baby Marlene witnesses her father mutilated in a Port Moresby compound invasion, giving rise to a deep psychological...

Dark Psychological Thriller. Book 4 in The Pain Series, needs reading as a series. Bratva/Mafia involved, for 18+, Suitable for Female and Male. Synopsis Vidana was rescued from years of being tortured, drugged, and sex trafficked. Only having one sister with her after she...

A haunting tale of family secrets, betrayal, and the shadows of the past.In the summer of 1990, young sisters, Caroline and Joanna, are sent to stay with their Great Aunt Dora in the idyllic Gloucestershire village of Witchwood. Still reeling from their father's tragic...

For years Kiera Scruggs has envisioned herself a staunch defender of social causes and women's rights. Her self-image contrasts with the reality of the past where she served prison time for helping kill the wife of her former lover. Details of her crime are...

One deadly obsession. One brutal murder... Angela Milligan's world shatters when her close friend, Toni Perry, goes missing from the hotel they both work in. Dismissed by the police and isolated from those she loves, Angela becomes obsessed with the man she believes is...

Catherine Langley, a driven ballet prodigy, grapples with a tumultuous past and a sinister obsession with fellow dancer Ophelia. In this chilling narrative, the protagonist's relentless pursuit of perfection takes a dark turn, exploring the thin line between ambition and malevolence - a psychologically...

This prize-winning suspense thriller asks how well you can know the people around you. Odeta's life is dull, running her father's grocery store in a remote Albanian village. So when an enigmatic stranger appears, promising her an exciting career in London, she jumps at...

When a young girl goes missing from her elementary school, local reporter Cory Miles grows suspicious of a deeper conspiracy. While the authorities draw a blank, Cory picks up the cold trail and finds there's something sinister going on in Shallow Falls-something he'll regret...

The Stairwell is a British psychological horror / suspense thriller novel.Brandon Chapman arrives home to a horrific scene. His wife is exhibiting behaviour that he can only describe as that of someone possessed, yet he has no belief in the supernatural. He soon discovers...

"Creepy... menacing. A unique, atmospheric story." - Snazzy BooksSome houses keep their secrets. Some won't let them go.Sebastian and Elise have lived in fear of their abusive mother for as long as they can remember-until she mysteriously vanishes. At last, they find safety in...

We've all visited places and dreamt of moving there. Kris and Ryan don't just settle for the dream. Life has become difficult in Los Angeles. After receiving a surprise invitation to visit an animal sanctuary in Southern Utah, they drive 500 miles and enter...

A tense, edge-of-your-seat psychological drama you won't want to put downSince losing her husband, receptionist Mary has lived a quiet and rather dull life. When she begins to be seen with a handsome, considerably younger man, it raises the eyebrows of her friends and...