Fiction - Thrillers - Suspense

A family of five has just been brutally murdered and the police immediately catch a suspect trying to flee the scene. As the suspect is being placed in the back of a police car, he immediately asks for only one thing--Sal Amici. Sal Amici...

A family of five has just been brutally murdered and the police immediately catch a suspect trying to flee the scene. As the suspect is being placed in the back of a police car, he immediately asks for only one thing--Sal Amici. Sal Amici...

Does anyone really know the truth about their lives? Sal Amici thinks he does. He is a successful defense attorney for one of the largest firms in New York City and is on the path to becoming partner. He has a wife that adores...

DirusThought extinct during the last ice age, a predator has continued to thrive in the shadow of man and has remained undiscovered in the isolated forests of central Canada. In a quest for a new and distant territory, a young pack of carnivores settles...

The timeless battle between savage and sacred Myles Dunn is certain of nothing except that he can never return to Oxford. Two years ago, as a much-admired Jesuit at the threshold of prestige and possibility, he made two irredeemable mistakes: he fell in love...

Into the Shadows: The Enemy Inside All of Us is a gripping novel by Valerie E. Henry. This story is one of greed and power. It explores the bad side of everyone, even those you would least suspect. The small town featured in the...

In the heat of the city, a man is out of time: speeding in a beat-up Ford Tempo, blasting easy-listening music. Reporter Steve Everett drinks too much, makes love to his boss's wife, and has just stumbled upon a shocking truth: a convicted killer...

National bestselling author Kiki Swinson never lets up with relentless characters, unpredictable twists, and a merciless depiction of Southern striving, scheming--and dying. Now she takes you to the explosive beginnings of wild-card lawyer Yoshi Lomax, who discovers that even a life of privilege isn't...

Dominik is 25 years old and is a neighborhood informant for a police officer. He is the son of a famous soccer legend from the 80s and lives with his mother.He was caught by the police with an illegal pistol in 2011, and since...

Dexter MacCandlass, and a team of FBI agents from the Southern California office investigate a suspected terrorist safe house. Mac's specialty: computer technology, Though the hostiles escape, Mac goes in to gather as much information from their computer as possible. The hostiles are then...

Morphine is a strong opiate or narcotic found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin extracted from poppies. It became the drug of choice for treating wounded soldiers in the Civil War and proved highly addictive.Heroin, made from morphine, was introduced in 1898 as...

Morphine is a strong opiate or narcotic found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin extracted from poppies. It became the drug of choice for treating wounded soldiers in the Civil War and proved highly addictive.Heroin, made from morphine, was introduced in 1898 as...

When is truth nothing more than an illusion?Dwight returns to his hometown after a divorce, determined to pick up the pieces of his life and finish writing his second book. After all, the first one was a bestseller. Instead, he gets pulled into a...

Is the man she married the man who wants her dead? Twenty-six-year-old Emma Hollis is about to marry David, the hot guy who swept her off her feet in just four months. She feels like life couldn't be more perfect, with a job she...

No secret can stay hidden forever ... Submissive housewife, Becky, and feisty single parent, Abi, are unaware of each other's existence until their biological father, Henry Williams, dies and leaves them Vellangoose, a dilapidated smallholding in Cornwall. When both women find themselves homeless, living...

Many Words Press-an imprint of Able Muse Press-is proud to introduce Advocatus Diaboli of the Catholic Themes, initiating a new series by the author of the popular Jack Colt mystery series: Advocatus Diaboli is the story of a murder mystery caught up in a...

Michael Dolan is now leading the CIA black operations team formerly known as SCALPEL, his fortunes buoyed by unparalleled success in thwarting numerous terrorist attacks. After uncovering a sinister network of organizations planning a cyberattack with global financial and geopolitical implications, he must risk...

Finding a missing nuke in three and half million square miles of the dangerous South China Sea is a job that's too big for anyone else--except The Team. The South China Sea is a dangerous place. China, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Brunei are all building...

What happens when a college student in his final semester has a premature midlife crisis when he realizes he has lived a life of all work and no play? Following a trusted professor's advice, studious college senior Ky Cooper tries to let loose and...

Danny Sardano, newly elected Sheriff of Tuolumne County, has achieved his lifelong goal. As a third generation resident in this rural community in the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains, his life seems perfect. Then, a serial killer decides to move from his hunting grounds in...

Roses Are DeadlyBy: Katie LoftisA small-town librarian, stuck in the throes of a torturous relationship in which escape seems like a dream, is too proud to admit the truth behind the bruises. When a random stranger steps in to help her, everyone seems relieved....

The protagonist of James Cherry's Edge of the Wind is rooted in history, in a lineage of African-American men, real and those that take life in literature, for generations; and yet remains a voice for today and even tomorrow. An iconic individual as much...

Terrorism became personal for Mike Walton on his last mission--a mission that resulted in triumph...and devastating tragedy. Now the stakes have been raised again. Mike and his wife Lisa--both covert assets of the International Market Stabilization Institute, a privately funded organization operating outside official...

A mother and her children murdered.A nanny on the run.A killer in pursuit. Hunted and reviled, ex-nanny Joanne Mason turns to her sister, Detective Karen Ratcliffe. Torn between duty and family, Ratcliffe asks Tess Grey and her partner Nicolas 'Po' Villere to bring Joanne...

Photojournalist Sophie Medina must figure out how the death of a Supreme Court justice and the murder of a homeless man are related before she becomes an assailant's next target. International photojournalist Sophie Medina and her old school friend Father Jack O'Hara are out...

On a stretch of highway in the Pacific Northwest known for the country's highest number of serial killers, cold cases pile up across state lines, stumping the local police. An elite FBI unit is formed, with brilliant special agent Rylie Wolf at its head-and...

They tried to kill Romeo, but didn't finish the job. Now his rage is about to rain down...Mike Romeo is helping a reformed gang member protect a girl rescued from a sex trafficking ring. When the girl is kidnapped, Romeo sets out to find...

What would you do if you could never see your sister again? Syra is desperate to find her missing sister Telora and a group of students."I'll find you even if it kills me." In the lands of Netidum, missing persons cases increase at an...

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEARThe New York Times Book Review - Publishers Weekly - CrimeReads - Book Riot A LibraryReads Pick The lives of two librarians become dangerously intertwined in this razor-sharp exploration of human nature and the lure of artistic obsession. No...

"One of the finest police procedural writers around... [Standing in the Shadows] is as narratively rich and surprising as Robinson's best work. Knowing it's his last makes the reading bittersweet." -- New York Times Book ReviewThe 28th twisting installment in the DCI Alan Banks...

"The inventive Mr. Swanson never lets the willing reader down. With The Kind Worth Saving, he surpasses his own high standard." -- Tom Nolan, Wall Street JournalIn this spectacularly devious novel by New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson, a private eye starts to...

"Claire Douglas is a mistress at weaving the reader into a web of domestic deceit."--Jane Corry, author of The Dead ExA journalist's life is threatened when she investigates the truth about a mysterious car crash that happened twenty years earlier in this gripping thriller...

From the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author of When No One Is Watching comes a riveting thriller about the new caretaker of a historic estate who finds herself trapped on an island with a murderer--and the ghosts of her past. Years...

New York Times bestseller"Swanson rips us from one startling plot twist to the next... A true tour de force." --Lisa Gardner"[A] multilayered mystery that brims with duplicity, betrayal and revenge." --USA TodayFrom the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes a chilling...

Inspired by his decades-long love of cars, internationally bestselling author Linwood Barclay envisions a world in which automotive technology outpaces our wildest dreams--and our darkest nightmares--in a gripping new novel of action and suspenseThese headlights are watching you...The media have descended on Garrett Island,...

New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman showcases why she is one of today's top crime writers in this acclaimed collection of suspenseful stories featuring fierce women--including one never-before-published novella."A first-rate collection, an obvious must for the legions of Lippman fans, but also great reading...

"Rene Denfeld reminds us that storytelling remains one of the most powerful means we have of confronting our darkest human impulses, and sometimes overcoming them."--Washington PostFrom the bestselling author of The Child Finder and The Enchanted, a compelling and poignant story of sibling bonds,...

Detective Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus return to Los Angeles when a kidnapping hits close to home--in this breathtaking conclusion to the beloved series from New York Times bestselling author Faye Kellerman.Peter and his partner, Detective Tyler McAdams, are thrown into an unsolved case...

"The Risen is an important novel -- and an intriguing one -- from one of our master storytellers. In its pages, the past rises up, haunting and chiding, demanding answers of us all." --The News & Observer New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash...

"A startling new talent."--James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of Altar of Eden The thrilling sequel to the international bestseller Secret of the Seventh Son, Glen Cooper's Book of Souls sets FBI agent Will Piper on the trail of an ancient volume that...

"A winner: tense and terrifying with a twist you'll never see coming. You won't soon forget these characters and the shocking ways their lives intersect." -- Laura Dave, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told MeEvery marriage has its...

In the tradition of My Dark Vanessa and The Divines, a bold coming-of-age novel set in the competitive, high stakes and controversial world of elite gymnastics...Martina wants to be the best gymnast in the world. But so does everyone around her.During one week of...

Some wars are destined to be fought forever...They call it 'The Graveyard of Empires' for good reason. For thousands of years, Afghanistan has been the rock that generations of would-be conquerors have perished on. What chance does one man stand in this place?So when...

The new addictive, compelling and immersive thriller from Nell Pattison, with enough dark twists to give you whiplash...Fans of Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell will be hooked.My name is Isabella Butterworth. Your name is Isabella Butterworth.We're around the same age. We live in the...

'I gobbled it up in two sittings, quickly turning pages to see what would happen next. The windswept, desolate setting, cold, gloomy manor house and dark characters created the perfect stormy day read... And did I mention the twists? Oh my goodness!' NetGalley reviewer,...

'At the end of chapters, I was either "Wow" or "Oh my God!"' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Robson does it again. The end will leave you flabbergasted!' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'The intense suspense had me finishing this novel in a day!' Reader Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A birthday to remember....

Gail wakes in the middle of the night to everyone's worst nightmare.She can't move, can't speak and a stranger is standing over her. Then everything goes black.Gail knows she didn't dream it. Or him. But the police don't believe her.That was two years ago....

Divorce can be deadly...Seven years ago, Austin Dash's dangerously jealous wife, Naomi, nearly stabbed him to death, an act that landed her in prison. Freed from her influence, Austin filed for divorce and took their young son to Atlanta for a fresh start. He...

Quinn Quicksilver had a happy if unexceptional life. Until the day of "strange magnetism." It compelled him to drive out to the middle of nowhere. It practically saved his life when two government agents showed up in pursuit of him. Now Quinn is on...

Building upon the highly acclaimed debut of Alice Henderson's A Solitude of Wolverines and its follow-up thriller A Blizzard of Polar Bears comes the eagerly anticipated and electrifying third installment A Ghost of Caribou, in which wildlife biologist Alex Carter encounters an unsolved murder...