Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFaddenAll families have secrets. But some secrets are deadly.Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until, one quiet evening, two detectives show up at her front door."Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son...

Wait Until Dark meets Gone Girl in For Worse, a debut thriller that pulls the reader deep into a dark web of sinister plots for marital revenge.Ellie is leaving her husband ... again.After twenty-two years of marriage and an unsuccessful separation, she can't take...

Six Feet Under meets Succession with a gothic twist after the suspicious death of a midwestern funeral home empire's wealthy patriarch in New York Times bestselling author Lisa Childs' dark, twisty, horror-tinged new series for readers of Megan Collins, Samantha Downing, Stacy Willingham, and...

I tread quietly up the plush carpeted stairs. There's no-one here to see me as Cassie and Jon's bedroom door creaks gently open. I've watched them from afar for so long. Now I'm finally in their house. But there's no time to waste. I'm...

In this spellbinding psychological suspense, a London couple flees gossip and suspicion-but in a house full of secrets, there is nowhere to hide... When people say they love the sea, they don't really mean it. Because they don't know what that means or what...

What if your social media addiction jeopardized the person you love? Inspired by the explosive events of our polarized political climate, Burner is an all-too plausible contemporary thriller that examines the social and personal consequences of the lost sense of identity, trust, and truth...

"Maggie Shayne's books have a permanent spot on my keeper shelf." -#1 NY Times Bestselling Author KAREN ROBARDHey, I'm Rachel de Luca, a self-help guru with a potty mouth and a penchant for crime-solving. My partner, soon to be husband if I can get...

Chichikov, a middle-aged gentleman of middling social class and means arrives in a small town and turns on the charm to woo key local officials and landowners. He reveals little about his past, or his purpose, as he sets about carrying out his bizarre...

A glamorous French weddingIt's set to be one of the society weddings of the year, but thriller-fan Hetty Jones is feeling out of her depth. She's already picking up on family tension between her boyfriend Davey and his twin sisters Ailsa and Juliette, which...

It started with Monday. But it doesn't end with Sunday.Read Sunday Silence, the new novel in the series that LOUISE PENNY calls "fabulous, unsettling, and riveting" -- and brace yourself for the breathtaking series finale in summer 2018.Lover of London, gifted psychologist, frequent police...

Vermont State Police Major Crime Investigator Lieutenant Donald Dark has a lot on his mind. Failures in his personal life and growing concerns about the value of dying in a police action related to the unstoppable illicit drug epidemic in America have him doubting...

YOU DON'T NEED SLEEP TO LIVE A NIGHTMAREEverything in Sierra Preston's life is almost as perfect as the weather she predicts. It's not until she survives a freak accident when her world gets turned upside down. With her newfound ability to solve complex math...

"A fast-paced, twisting thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page" Paula Hawkins, International Bestselling author, The Girl on the Train.What really happened to Sara-Jane?It's been fifteen years since Gem's eight-year-old daughter Sara-Jane went missing, snatched with her best friend Abby...

Perfect for fans of You Shouldn't Have Come Here and None of This Is True, Bodies to Die For is a brilliant psychological thriller that will have readers wondering whether the perfect body really is worth dying for ... Popular fitness influencer Gemma has...

A "collection of twelve dark academia short stories...In these stories, dear student, retribution visits a lothario lecturer; the sinister truth is revealed about a missing professor; a forsaken lover uses a seance for revenge; an obsession blooms about a possible illicit affair; two graduates...

A deadly trap. A ticking clock. How long until she has only one last breath? Jessie wakes to darkness, cold, and the rain beating down on her. She reaches out, and her hands meet hard stone. Suddenly she knows where she is. Deep in...

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY VULTURE! "You've gotta read Ascension by Nicholas Binge. Old-school creepy. . .five-star horror."--Stephen King "Smartly paced, deploying twists and turns strategically to keep the reader moving. . . The ideas are big and the journey is...

What does she know? On a leafy, suburban street, curtains are subtly twitched to watch the new neighbor moving in. Anne gets exactly the welcome to the neighborhood she expects: a basket of homemade cupcakes delivered by the woman next door and her best...

Breath catches in my throat and terror grips me as my daughter's favourite jumper slides into focus. Time slows. Helpless, I watch my precious little girl run into the road. Screeching tyres slice through the quiet afternoon. Days from now, my friends will say...

When authorities reopen their investigation into the suicide of a woman named J. Winter Brown, Boulder psychologist Alan Gregory and his equally culpable friend Sam Purdy inadvertently disclose details of their involvement in her death. Now, the trail that leads back to Alan and...

When a girl in the New England town of Ryme is found brutally murdered, the community seeks help from criminal psychologist Audrey Harte. The media wants Audrey's insight into the mind of a killer, and the school and parents hope she can help the...

Loving father. Loyal husband. Liar?In our large family home on a peaceful, tree-lined street, I clear away the breakfast things whilst my husband ignores me, his eyes on his phone. Leo comes home from conferences with flowers for me and hugs for our twin...

When Jodie, a young lawyer and aspiring writer, attends an author talk and meets her idol - best-selling writer Maxine Croyett - she asks a question that sparks a coming together of the two writers. Jodie can't believe her luck when Maxine invites her...

A woman is trapped in a taxi with a killer who has very special plans in place for her . . . After her martial arts class, Katy Mitchell gets into a taxi as usual. But something is wrong as her driver, Markus, misses...

After losing his wife to a drunk driver, Joshua Raymond's only wish was to show his young stepdaughter, Georgina, the country where her mother was born and meet her estranged family.However, after an unexpected car accident leaves their rental in a ditch, Joshua wakes...

Adult Dark Psychological Thriller. Book 3 in The Pain Series, needs reading as a series. Bratva involved, for 18+. Suitable for Female and Male.Growing up, the eldest of six girls in a run-down tiny house in an old unused mining town in Russia, Svetlana...

A gripping psychological thriller that sheds light on the current political situation in Hong Kong.Tongueless follows two rival teachers at a secondary school in Hong Kong who are instructed to switch from teaching in Cantonese to Mandarin--or lose their jobs. Apolitical and focusing on...

A gripping psychological thriller full of twists and turns! Is the right person behind bars? One morning ten years ago, the town of Twin Rivers changed forever when the body of Tyler Washington was found in the woods. Son of the mayor, star of...

A woman haunted by her past and a killer who won't let her forget.'A long, long time ago, you did a bad, bad thing, Now it's time to pay...'When I first found the note, I assumed it was a prank.But then I am lured...

On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage ... and that's just the beginning... The twisty, shocking, darkly funny thriller by award-winning author Helen FitzGerald. A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a...

This story only ever has one ending. When Everly Tertium encounters a strange man in the park claiming to be her grandfather, she is invited to visit a mysterious apartment building. There, she finds herself in a constant state of déjà vu, impossibly certain...

"THE HYPE IS REAL. You won't be able to put this book down... an exhilarating read which grabs you from the start and doesn't let go. The ending is pitch perfect too." Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A twisted killer. His estranged daughter. A shared obsession...

Ice fog descends upon Dickens, Alberta, growing thicker and thicker until Heidi Crawford can no longer see the coniferous forest and snow-capped mountains outside the windows of her Jeep. A huge four-legged shape moves in the mist. She slams on the brakes and squeezes...

How far would you go to protect the innocent?Michelle's life is on the brink of collapse, and she's determined to find redemption. Volunteering at a charity dedicated to child abuse victims seems like a step in the right direction. But as she delves deeper...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Sexy, sinister and utterly compelling.' Bestselling author M.J. Arlidge ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Fascinating... a gripping story.' Harriet Tyce, bestelling author of Blood Orange ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'One of my top reads this year. You know when you finish a great read and feel it was more than...

From the author of stunning historical fiction books comes a Sunday Times bestselling new story of crime, deceit, and murder, set in the early 1920s...In the summer of 1914 a boy vanishes, never to be seen again.Now, in 1920, the once esteemed Stilwell family...

A troubled schoolteacher stumbles upon a fetish website and begins a journey of pleasure and madness. In this modern-day version of Sacramento, deeply flawed people search for love while a serial killer stalks the State of California. Horror author Stephen Rhoades delivers a terrifying...

A howl rends the peaceful atmosphere of the night asunder! They come! And there is no way to sate their ravening hunger! They will not be deterred...not until you throw the stick?Heed the old poem, "Even a man who's pure of heart and says...

The wife is always the last to know...What if everything you believed was a lie?Your life...your marriage...your very existence.What if the person lying to you is your husband, the man who claims to love you more than anything in the world?Isolated in his remote...

It was meant to be the perfect getaway...As I board the plane, all I can feel is hope and excitement. One whole week away. Just me and the man I have promised to be with forever.Time to repair what has been broken. Maybe even...

A wake for the damned.A bar with some happenings.A cannabis field polluted with toxic ooze.And a stranger who happens to be in the middle of it all.Three tales of terror.Are you ready to go to Hell?Goin' to Hell: Fresh Kills Volume One is now...

They made a mistake. Some might call it an error in judgement, others call it murder. As adults, Andy, Gary, Hal, and Monty are defined by the events of a single day on the banks of the Arkansas River that followed their high school...

WHO WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO SAVE FROM A MADMAN'S BULLET? THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE OR YOUR CHILD? When an unmarried man, a writer, and a married woman, a decorated cop, who are conducting an affair accidentally run into a man in the supermarket...

Equal parts creepy and sentimental, this chilling story of a grieving adult orphan's investigation into abduction and murder is a haunting exploration of the relationships we have with our mothers, even after they're gone.Nora Aberdeen has been a mess since her mother died. Once...

Nora Aberdeen has been a mess since her mother died. Once a promising young journalism student, she's dropped out of school, stopped taking care of herself, and cut off most of her friendships. On a whim, she ventures out of her comfort zone to...

From the acclaimed author of The Evening Spider and The Broken Teaglass comes this psychological thriller about the murder of a psychologist in a quiet New England town and his former patient whose unreliable thread will keep readers guessing until the shocking end.I hear...

The inspiration for the major motion picture starring Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain"Had me in its grips from the first page to the astonishing and jaw-dropping ending." --Samantha M. Bailey, USA Today bestselling author of Woman On the EdgeA dark, intense domestic thriller about...

Zoje Stage delivers another knockout with a blood-chilling follow-up to international sensation Baby Teeth, taking readers back into the unsteady world of a young sociopath who's all grown up.Hanna is no stranger to dark thoughts: as a young child, she tried to murder her...

A twisting, pulse-pounding thriller from Freida McFadden, the New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid and The Coworker"You must be our new neighbors!" Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter's hand and smile back: but the second...

Zoje Stage delivers another knockout with a blood-chilling follow-up to international sensation Baby Teeth, taking readers back into the unsteady world of a young sociopath who's all grown up.Hanna is no stranger to dark thoughts: as a young child, she tried to murder her...