Fiction - Thrillers - Suspense

Desperate for a job, Marcie Parker is thrilled when she's hired as director of a halfway house for recovering alcoholic women. Then she meets the housemother, Deborah, an angry dwarf who dislikes Marcie on the spot and sets out to make her life miserable....

Diane D's cousin Nancy who is also one of her back-up singers and dancers has an eerie encounter with Diane D's other personality late one night inside their family's home in Northern Westchester, New York. When Nancy approaches Diane D in the dark hallway...

A savage son of a savage system, Mironov was not afraid to die. But that was not his last mission. An officer of a commando unit of the Red Army, he knows no pity or pain as he exterminates the enemies of his hungry...

From the bestselling author of 'The Webber Agenda' and 'Worst Nightmares' comes a thrilling thriller set in Washington, Moscow, Sydney, and Hanoi. Set against the backdrop of the US Presidential race and global money laundering, this is the story of a father's relentless pursuit...

A Scottish crime thriller laced with intrigue, deception, blackmail, betrayal, and bloody murder.Angel, the star pole dancer at Teasers nightclub is savagely murdered in her bed.Tony Palmer is the main figure in Dundee's underworld and has many business interests both legal and illegal. His...

Operation Salvage was meant to be routine, a mundane collection from an asset in Moscow. But Nick Torr was walking into a trap. Accused by his masters of blowing the operation, of murdering his wife, he's caught in a nightmare of betrayal and personal...

Colwyn Yeats, expert sailor and veteran of the war in Afghanistan, is all set to spend his summer aboard his university's research vessel, working towards his PhD, but the trip is cancelled at the last moment, leaving him at a loose end. Fortune arrives...

A Tangled Web of Obsession, Deception, and Violence Unravels in MoroccoWhen British journalist Carla Black travels to Essaouira with a provocative book and a dangerous plan, she hopes to lure a serial killer out of hiding and into the arms of justice. Her target?...

'So addictive' Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Between You and Me. A gripping psychological thriller of family secrets and the crimes we commit to keep them, Too Close is perfect for fans of Katerina Diamond or BAD LITTLE GIRL. Cecelia and Sebastian have a...

What is it that makes trees so inspiring? Is it because they can be ancient, majestic, atmospheric, sinister and beautiful, all at once? In this paranormal short story collection, every story is set in the Forest of Dean, a wonderful landscape in the South...

Shares in a plc that markets bottled water seems a natural choice for the Ethical Portfolio of the London investment company where young graduate, Anisha, is researcher for the 'green team'. That is until, in the course of her researches into the industry, she...

TAKE AN A-BOMB INTO MAHUD WADI? But wasn't that like carrying coals to Newcastle? Everyone knew the Arabs had almost completed an a-bomb of their very own, no matter what the U.N. Security Council and Nuclear Proliferation Committee might say. Except--"reliable sources" insisted that...

Only ninety miles of open water separate Florida from Cuba. But after more than forty-five years of Communist rule, the two tropical paradises couldn't be more different. José Latour, who has been lavishly praised by Martin Cruz Smith, brilliantly brings both worlds to life...

HALLOWED GROUND is a romantic suspense about a beautiful, hardheaded nurse who becomes embroiled in a desperate fight to save her uncle?Author: Cindy ZipermanISBN-10: 0759694362ISBN-13: 9780759694361Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/22/2002Pages: 236Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 8.18h x 5.00w x 0.61d

Author: Franklin Van ReemISBN-10: 0759676100ISBN-13: 9780759676107Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2002Pages: 160Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 9.36h x 6.44w x 0.66d

The saga of Charley Martin's quest for gold and adventure includes success, the love of Claire, and the dark sides of hate and vengeance. Long-held secrets are revealed to an estranged daughter's family in hopes of healing bitter sentiments.Author: David G. RasmussenISBN-10: 0759679843ISBN-13: 9780759679849Publisher:...

Author: Franklin Van ReemISBN-10: 0759676046ISBN-13: 9780759676046Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/05/2002Pages: 148Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 9.32h x 6.39w x 0.71d

A fast-paced, harrowingly realistic novel of a corporate executive who is suddenly tumbled from the heights of success into a criminal nightmare. Combining credible characters with brilliantly authentic detail, BY EXECUTIVE ARRANGEMENT, a masterful tale of business intrigue and suspense.Author: Taber McMordieISBN-10: 0759675627ISBN-13: 9780759675629Publisher:...

"Two generations--one out of college and one a New York Police Department detective--try to make a difference in their immigrant neighborhood against corrupt landlords and politicians who use sex, money, and murder for their own gain!"Author: Ivan DiazISBN-10: 075965901XISBN-13: 9780759659018Publisher: 1st Book LibraryLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

"A plot packed with high-octane action and gut-churning violence. . . the perfect book for anyone who thinks there's nothing to read between Michael Connelly novels"Booklist Starred Review Introducing tough-as-nails former Royal Marine, ex-cop and sportfishing skipper Steve Flynn in the first of a...

Actress Enora Andresson is dragged into the UK's exploding drugs scene when her son's girlfriend is kidnapped. Malo is in trouble again. Enora Andressen's wayward son has received a ransom demand for the return of his girlfriend, the daughter of a wealthy Colombian business...

Brynn Wilder must confront a dark and dangerous walk back into her traumatic past Eighteen years ago, twelve-year-old Brynn Wilder's life changed forever when her father and a teenage girl were severely injured in a brutal attack in the woods. Jonah Wilder died, but...

This book is about a 19-year-old young man named Ace Parks who is involved in a hit and run and decides to flee from Albany, N.Y. to France with his 17-year-old girl friend, Gabriella Capaldi, to avoid possible jail time. Parks is on probation...

Two child victims, no clues. "The Eraser" has struck again for a third time. Can Detective David Johnson hold his marriage together long enough to solve the case with a town on the edge, the media circus on his heels, and now an unexpected...

Roxanne loves her husband but he is a stranger in her bedroom. Haunted by her past, she struggles to totally be invested in this relationship. Roxanne no longer wants the secrets to define who she is and be constant in her life. She was...

Fred O. Batiste hasn't had a nightmare since he was a young boy. As an enforcement specialist for a Chicago crime family, there is not much that keeps Fred up at night. When a nightmare wakes him suddenly, he is surprised. When he sees...

The sequel to Uglies Of The Beauty Salon ExclusiveSpecial Edition. Looking to find Drama, Sexiness, Romance, Mystery. This book is for you.Author: Bbc PromotionsISBN-10: 0692755314ISBN-13: 9780692755310Publisher: BBC PromotionsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/25/2016Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d

Five years ago, Austin Wapiti left his home on the Meskwaki Settlement in Tama, Iowa, determined never to return. He'd abruptly learned everything he'd valued in his first twenty-one years was a lie. Even so, today we find him and his dog Murray making...

At Granite's Mill, deep in the backwoods of Virginia, a body is discovered with unusual physical characteristics. By morning, the media erupts over a headline in a local newspaper, 'The Son of Virginia's Governor is Missing'. FBI Special Agent Jack Stanwick is handed the...

1943 San Francisco CAThe city is still edgy. Rumors of a Japanese invasion continue to circulate. America's offensive strategy begins to win battles, raising morale. A lonely sailor on liberty walks down Sutter Street looking for booze and women. What Navy Submariner Nick Devin...

Meet Johnnie King, former FBI agent, now settled into a picturesque town working at The First National Bank of Ackers, WV. Vandalism strikes the bank, leaving a body in Johnnie's office closet. Together with Ackers Homicide Detective Terry Nichols, they tackle the case allowing...

Tate Echo, former FBI profiler, is trying to put the past behind him. A broken marriage drove him away from the woman and job he loved and sent him to the mysterious Black Hills to lick his wounds. Taking a job in his sleepy...

"...gripping...undercurrent of suspense...Readers will hold their breath waiting to see how it all turns out." KIRKUS REVIEWS An American student framed for murder struggles to survive while the real killer, his college mentor, enjoys a life of wealth and power. In 1970, the era...

He brought you S'WANEE: A PARANOID THRILLER and THE UNION CLUB: A SUBVERSIVE THRILLER. Now the curtain rises on Don Winston's most fiendish tale yet...Betty Rose Milenski dreams of Broadway. Talented, ambitious, and obsessed, she was the biggest fish in college. But New York...

The Crosby family has a frightening problem. Is it psychological? Supernatural? Or something entirely unexpected? In 1984, seventeen-year-old Rose and her fiancé discover an injured girl with no memory. The girl, Jordan, is in Rose's life for a brief time but leaves her world...

Stephen Cranton's mid-life crisis is coming on a decade too early. On a business trip to Indonesia, he evaluates his heartless life after getting challenged by an obnoxious adventure guide on his flight. Soon after landing, Stephen tries to spice up his stale life...

Critiquing another writer can be murder. From its lurid, over-the-top prologue to its quirky addendum, Frame Shop is a mystery thriller filled with violence, humor, and occasional writing advice. Harold J. Ackerman thinks his latest cat mystery proves he is the best writer in...

Matt Sizemore is emotionally broken. A failed marriage and string of bad investments are his rewards for poor decision making, but one more decision, tantalizing him on late-night TV, could make him a threat to the structure of global civilization. Matt orders a cutting...

A beautiful nation crafted by men of faith is under siege by arrogant, elite humanists bent on conquest. Enter this story at Berkard University and live on the battle lines.Author: Pascal John Imperato,John PascalISBN-10: 0692177957ISBN-13: 9780692177952Publisher: John Pascal BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2018Pages: 432Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.39lbsSize:...

Who is the mysterious Enoch Strange? Or better yet, what is he? Nolan Weeks finds himself on the run across the Midwest, with twelve different sadistic murderers inside his head, leaving behind a wake of blood and misery. Each one of the killers lashes...

Needleneck is an unusual, vivid tale, combining elements of sexual compulsion and enduring love, of violence and intellectual questioning, of action so handled that it becomes morally symbolic, of the carnal and the spiritual. This is a fast-paced adventure and a moral dream that...

Addiction is a cruel master and a vicious servant. A cold-blooded killer is roaming the dark underbelly of Washington DC, stalking addicts of various dependencies to feed an addiction of his own... murder.The line between good and evil is not as simple as black...

Chernobyl. A name synonymous with death and destruction, where danger lurks in the basement below the nuclear reactor and the exclusion zone for miles around is a radioactive wasteland. The generators creating electrical power have long been silent, but a brutal Ukrainian criminal organisation...

A political and romantic thriller, set in Sydney's expatriate Vietnamese community in 1995, 20 years after the end of the Vietnam War. Paul Quinn, former spy and old Indochina hand, had served in Saigon in the last stages of the war, and later seen...

Her friend's suspicious death propels Shelley to learn the truth. The police have covered it up, and powerful people are keeping deadly secrets. What will she risk to unravel the sinister mystery? Will she pay with her life?A compelling and complex thriller where ordinary...

Dangerous Secrets. A Web of Lies.Secrets have a way of unravelling. When Laura's husband, Tom, dies suddenly, the shocking autopsy results make her question everything she thought she knew about him. Then documents detailing Tom's research into his employer's Iraqi operations are stolen from...

When a new virus emerges, one man is set to change the future.The Australian agent Jared Pond is sent to investigate the rumours of a new Chinese bioweapon, the Hei Bai virus. During his assignment, Jared meets and falls in love with the Chinese...

What do an international Cabal controlling the world from the shadows, a Russian assassin looking for work, secret laboratories scattered around the world attempting to revive an ancient evil from the time of the tower of Babel, a repentant climate scientist and a German...

Gilbert is the titular Memory Taker and he is embarking on his first ever solo mission to relieve those with dark, impure memories of their burdens before they can ascend. He should be completely invested in his chosen path, but one distraction exists: Arianna....

Global Warming is a complex thriller with Garry Willmott's trademark mix of fact, fiction and projection. From the death of one man, pilot Ericson, the story builds to a tsunami of blackmail, terrorism, compromise and revenge... and that's before the Russian mafia gets in...