Fiction - Thrillers - Psychological

Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back.Dawn Schiff is strange.At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends....

Author: Heather GudenkaufISBN-13: 9798885796811Publisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/16/2024Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 8.72h x 5.64w x 0.96dLarge Print

A 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 ends meet in New York City when they receive life-changing news: Chad's...

For fans of The Silent Patient and Gone Girl, a razor-sharp and Hitchcock-inspired psychological thriller about two ordinary women who make a dangerous pact to take revenge for each other after being pushed to the brink. One dark evening on New York City's Upper...

From the critically acclaimed author of In My Dreams I Hold A Knife and The Last Housewife comes Midnight is the Darkest Hour, a gothic Southern thriller about a killer haunting a small Louisiana town, where two outcasts--the preacher's daughter and the boy from...

You both wanted her out of your lives. But is one of you a killer?When Paige Nichols meets her husband's glamorous new colleague at a faculty mixer, she instantly knows they're having an affair. It's the way he looks at her, like she's the...

Two contract killers, each with a hit out on the other, must fight their growing attraction as they face off in an epic game of lust and murder across Western Europe. When Eva and Jonathan hook up on the sleeper train from Florence to...

Once an unyielding and devoted soldier, Billy earned a reputation for unmatched resilience and an unwavering sense of duty. Raised in the heart of the Bronx by a military widow, he carried a powerful moral compass, yet his inability to open up emotionally distanced...

How many bad decisions does it take to go from a conventional life to one where murder makes perfect sense? Not as many as you'd think . . .Adrian Smythe is employed, married, and a doting father to Lydia. But he feels confined and...

A digital romance turns deadly in this sensual domestic thriller from USA Today bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey.Eden Miller's world is crumbling. Her husband blindsided her with divorce, and her daughter barely speaks to her. In an impulsive decision to escape her present and...

When a woman returns to the scene of the horrific mass murder that shattered her life, the nightmare begins again in a chilling novel of psychological suspense.Five years ago, Tessa Chamberlain was the lone survivor of a beach house massacre that left three of...

She has my daughter. I know it.I just can't prove it.All I ever wanted was to give my sweet Gracie everything I never had. I'm failing miserably though.The happiest my daughter seems is when she's with Annie Meadows, an odd but endearing daycare teacher...

"An intense, addictive, and incredibly clever read." - The Writing GarnetCould you hold your nerve to steal eight million euro to save your partner's life?That's the dilemma facing Vincent Butler - a well-respected bank manager in Dublin's city centre.Vincent and his partner for 10...

For fans of The Silent Patient and Gone Girl, a razor-sharp and Hitchcock-inspired psychological thriller about two ordinary women who make a dangerous pact to take revenge for each other after being pushed to the brink. One dark evening on New York City's Upper...

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...

A suicide prevention hotline volunteer answers a call that may implicate her own son in a serious crime, in this edge-of-your-seat audio original thriller by the bestselling author of The Perfect Child and The Best of Friends, performed by A.J. Cook (Criminal Minds) and...

Zombie pirates, living toys, medical equipment, and mannequins. These are just a few of the things that can tear you apart. Enjoy these stories and try not to disparage the things you see just because you don't think they're conscious. You could insult a...

"One of the greatest fictional detectives of all time" (Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child) is in the sights of the Dead Hours Killer, a serial murderer on a ruthless mission. An airport killer targeting pilots expands his scope. Alex Cross Must Die. "Drop whatever...

Sharon Stevenson is a forensic psychiatrist. Her job is to decide whether a patient is of sound enough mind to stand trial, not whether they did or didn't commit a crime. But Sharon is also a mother grieving the disappearance of her seventeen-year-old daughter,...

I feel the steady thump of my new heart beating inside me. The surgeon said everything went well. But I can't stop thinking about my donor: the girl who was killed. Her death saved my life. But now whoever took hers is coming for...

Wounded by her ex, hated by her roommate, and out of work. When her new gig has a sinister vibe, will the soft whisper of wings spell her doom? Early 2000s. Danni Porter's life is a dumpster fire. Growing up in poverty and shelving...

This novel brings together in a single volume the First Edition of The Last of Heaven (2016) and its sequel Future Perfect: A Resurrection (2018), with revisions and new material. The result is a uniquely powerful, haunting tale of doomed lesbian love. Book One,...

"She wasn't looking for a knight, she was looking for a sword." Atticus When tragedy affects his life, an unconvicted, "politically-shielded" professional killer blames and hunts a young woman. He pursues sweet revenge. Her beloved adoptive family circle the wagons around her. This time,...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER What if the childhood you remember isn't really what happened at all? "A gripping story of troubled relationships, mental illness, and buried secrets with a murder at its heart. . . . Clever, twisty, and chilling." --Shari Lapena, #1 bestselling author...

How do you find a victim when the witness can't remember the crime?Ivy Preston's life takes an unforeseen turn when she witnesses a chilling kidnapping, but an accident leaves her with a problem-a concussion that erases her memory of the crime. Now, Ivy isn't...

Dial T for Terrorist. Kahlil Sharivar can destroy the electrical grid with only a few keystrokes on a smartphone. His target: Montana's Hungry Horse Dam. Who will be blamed? Seasonal employee Tawny Lindholm, a lovely widow he seduces. Once he places the incriminating device...

'Your life is perfect.' Anna says, smiling across my dining table. But something in her tone and the glint in her hazel eyes lets me know the comment is laced with jealousy. I sip my wine and smile. Soon she'll learn that having this...

An upstanding political candidate. A determined stalker. A shattering lost weekend. Amid the clashes and intrigue of the campaign trail, to what lengths will the elegant, all-too-devoted wife of a seemingly incorruptible politician go in the name of love, loyalty, and ego? From breakout...

Every family has its secrets. Some are more deadly than others... I live on a quiet tree-lined street with my perfect husband Cain. But when 18-year-old Charlotte knocks on the front door, what she says has me questioning just how well I really know...

My heart pounds as I take in the headline: 'Missing girl believed kidnapped'. Underneath is a photo of my beautiful daughter Mia, her gap-toothed grin unmistakable. But Mia is safe beside me, snuggled up on the sofa. Why would someone pretend my child has...

When a group of mothers takes the competition for private schooling too far, the consequences are deadly, in this twisting tale of secrets and betrayal, perfect for fans of Big Little Lies and One of Us is Dead. Every year, the reputable Queensland institution...

After four years of mourning, Doctor Hackett Metzger is determined to stop letting his wife's death control his life. He is finally beginning to live again, but his recovery leads to an unexpected fight for his own survival and startling revelations about what happens...

A bestselling thriller author arranges a luxury train trip that is not what it appears to be in this electrifying modern homage to Agatha Christie from the author of the "tense and twisty" (Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author) The Chateau. Reclusive, mysterious...

A bewildering locked-room murder occurs as an amateur crime writer investigates strange events in the Chizurui mansion in this prizewinning classic Japanese mystery The 1st book in English from Akimitsu Takagi since his "Clever, kinky, and highly entertaining" The Tattoo Murder Case (Washington Post)...

SOME SECRETSWhen Liv Dugan ducks out of work for lunch, it's just an ordinary day. When she returns, she stumbles onto a massacre. All her colleagues at Zuma Software have been shot. Only luck has left Liv unscathed, and that might be running out...

A dark secret from their teenage years comes back to haunt two women, in this novel of psychological suspense by the author of Keep Her Safe. Long ago, Nicole and Emily lied about their whereabouts and witnessed a terrible accident. Neither of them took...

Cambodia, 2001 - a country re-emerging from a half-century of war, genocide, famine and cultural collapse.German Detective Maier travels to Phnom Penh, the Asian kingdom's ramshackle capital, to find the heir to a Hamburg coffee empire. As soon as the private eye and former...

"You're having twins!" Becca runs her hand over my huge pregnant belly. It sends shivers down my spine. There's something off about her smile. And now she's living in my home... When my husband Seth and I bought our perfect home, all I wanted...

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...

Razor Thin A twin's devotion is unending.After losing her sister, Kate Vanguard struggles with reality. Weeks before graduating top of her class and securing her dream job, an innocent party ends in murder, leaving the college student unable to focus on even the simplest...

"A great new voice in suspense." --J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of It's One of UsThree women work to uncover the scorching lies and scandal behind a self-help movement, igniting a powder keg of secrets that could blow their town apart, in...

Ophelia, a professor of Dante, is stricken when she discovers that her husband Andy has been cheating on her with a winsome colleague. What follows is Ophelia's figurative descent into hell as she obsessively tracks her subjects, performs surveillance in her beat-up Volvo, and...

One wrong choice...Every time Kate Duggan looks in a mirror she's reminded of the night her life changed forever. Kate managed to walk away from the car accident that ruined the lives of her siblings, but questions still remain about what really happened on...

"The Zookeeper of the Backrooms" is a tale that delves into this surreal and haunting environment, chronicling the journey of Lilly, an ordinary individual who finds herself thrust into an extraordinary and terrifying reality. Lilly's story is one of survival, transformation, and the blurred...

"Be prepared to fully lose yourself in The Winner--a book I started and then simply couldn't stop reading. Teddy Wayne has written a timely, topical novel that still somehow feels like a classic."--Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Long Bright River Conor...

'Original, timely, terrifying' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Brilliant, profoundly unsettling' DAILY MAIL WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WATER RUNS OUT? THE WORLD IS RUNNING OUT OF WATER. With supply in the cities drying up, Aida is forced back home to live with her mum at their rural...

My husband was the last person to see the girl in room 12. But did he kill her?Our gorgeous house on our quiet tree-lined street is completely safe, the perfect place to raise our little girl. Or so I thought. Because my heart beats...

A "twisted page-turner that should appeal to fans of You."--Entertainment Weekly.com AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED A TOP 10 DEBUT AUTHOR TO WATCH BY POPSUGAR A PARADE.COM DEBUT NOVEL EVERYONE WILL BE READING His first mistake? Thinking she'd let him go. Juliette finally has it...

In this gripping and emotionally-charged thriller, New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf shows how all it takes is a single moment to change everything. In the midst of a sudden spring snowstorm, a man armed with a gun walks into a school.Officer Meg...

One secret, one nightmare, one lie. You guess which is which.1. I have the scar of a gunshot on my forehead.2. I have willfully misrepresented my identity to the US military.3. I'm the new mother of a seven-year-old girl.Kellen Adams suffers from a yearlong...