Fiction - Thrillers - Suspense

It has been a year and a half since Xo filed for emancipation, escaping from her drug ridden parents. As a junior in high school she is faced with the harshness of her classmates along with trying to provide for herself as a waitress...

Author: Fern MichaelsISBN-10: 8885785123ISBN-13: 9798885785129Publisher: Wheeler Publishing Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/25/2023Format: Library BindingWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 8.10h x 5.70w x 1.10dLarge Print

A dark and chilling ghost story that explores the evils of denial and the tragedy in stubborn refusal to let go of that which destroys.Nestled in the foothills of the southern Appalachian Mountains, the small town of Daffodil harbors a secret about the mansion...

Meet Samantha Beck and Rebecca Nisha-two women born twenty-five years and hundreds of miles apart, yet joined together by a shocking family ritual.When Samantha discovers the remains of an ancient tribe in Pennsylvania, she expects to at last prove her grandmother's Native American ancestry...

Is her neighbor a friend or a foe?Soccer mom Yvette Palmer lives an ordinary life in San Antonio, Texas when a box is delivered to her by mistake, and in taking it to its rightful owner-a crotchety neighbor named Mona who shares her back...

Three leading voices in modern horror take us on a journey through Halloween in the infamous town of Clifton Heights.DAUGHTER OF THE MISTS by Kevin Lucia: Clifton Heights' biggest classic horror movie cinephile finds himself plunged into the midst of his own personal horror...

Three leading voices in modern horror take us on a journey through Halloween in the infamous town of Clifton Heights.DAUGHTER OF THE MISTS by Kevin Lucia: Clifton Heights' biggest classic horror movie cinephile finds himself plunged into the midst of his own personal horror...

Don't get me wrong, but work is a four letter word.No matter how hard you try to avoid it, it is unavoidable."Joey Truman manifests a bizarro literary sitcom as sexy romp as meditation on being trapped in the working class with no way out."...

He can dominate her body, but he can't control her past... Summer Marsden hopes to have found safety and security working at the restaurant of Collar and Cuffs, a salubrious club in a Miami. If she can just keep her head down and work...

My husband has been murdered. Everyone thinks I did it. Now I have to prove my innocence but I can't tell the truth. Because then I'd have to confess who I really am... My name is Sarah Shaw. I'm a nurse. I'm working at...

A wife. A mistress. A week away with no escape... As my girlfriends and I sip wine and share secrets in the flickering candlelight of our remote Scottish hideaway, we all agree we need this break. Every morning we will swim in icy cold...

Simon Says ... RunSome cases are clear-cut and make sense, and then there's this one. Two women, avid joggers, out for a hard Stanley Park Fun Run. Both dead. Both at the same time. Both on the popular park trail. rail running up and...

In 2000 in South Florida, Maria Alvarez gets a call from her mother begging her to return to Bogotá, Colombia to reconcile with her father who is dying from chronic kidney disease. Two years earlier, Maria was kidnapped by the Colombian rebel group known...

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO KEEP YOUR SECRETS HIDDEN?Max Jennings is broken and damaged. He's built a new life to protect himself. Then Max meets the charismatic and handsome Ben Matthews, who offers him a life-changing experience; a club that will fix him.And...

USA TODAY BESTSELLER * JULY 2023 LIBRARYREADS SELECTION Eight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run.When Christa joins a tour group heading deep into the snowy expanse of the Rocky Mountains, she's hopeful this will be her chance to put the ghosts of her...

There's nothing a community won't do to protect its own...Shirley Wallace and her four sons return to her childhood home on Pope Mountain in Jubilee, Kentucky, with a lifetime of hardship behind them, hoping to find peace and begin their lives anew. Eldest brother...

Refuge Angel is book 2 in the Promise or Perish series. The tale continues at the Refuge, a hidden underground hospital facility, where Addie has gone into premature labor of a baby only twenty-three-weeks old.As the story continues, Addie must learn to survive as...

Author: Jeffery DeaverISBN-10: 1668012936ISBN-13: 9781668012932Publisher: Pocket BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/07/2023Pages: 496Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 7.50h x 4.10w x 1.10d

Inspired by real-life class-action lawyers, The Education of Ryan Coleman begins in a Texas courtroom, where an ambitious attorney from Philadelphia chases his share of a lawsuit and gets his ass reamed by the judge. During this "trial-by-fire," Coleman meets Eugenia Cauley, a female...

Over New York fell the murderous spell of Death's burning stare-and men died in the throes of some terrible, secret, inner fire! Richard Wentworth, alone, as the Spider, dared challenge this astounding attack by a modern Genghis Khan gone mad with a passion for...

The story, which takes place in the nineteen-seventies, is about a young couple, Dan Merak, an electrical engineer in his mid-twenties, and his wife, Kim, an avid autograph collector. It is told in the first person by Dan, who Kim has persuaded to transfer...

The story, which takes place in the nineteen-seventies, is about a young couple, Dan Merak, an electrical engineer in his mid-twenties, and his wife, Kim, an avid autograph collector. It is told in the first person by Dan, who Kim has persuaded to transfer...

Author: Thomas SmithISBN-10: 1587678551ISBN-13: 9781587678554Publisher: Cemetery Dance PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/10/2022Pages: 316Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d

You believe her. Don't you? Faye is 39 and single. She's terrified that she may never have the one thing she always wanted: a child of her own. Then she hears about an online co-parenting app. For men and women who want to have...

Closely associated with the Romantic movement, John William Polidori is considered by many to be the creator of vampire fiction. His 1819 short story, 'The Vampyre', is widely accepted as the first vampire story ever written. Many of the earliest and most interesting vampire...

In this gripping novel, a man in despair stumbles upon the secrets of his Japanese father's World War II experiences, and the past that shaped his family. Robert Takahashi sits in the empty attic of his mother's old home in Hawaii, a home he...

A haunted, heroin-addicted Vietnam vet's new PI gig might turn his life around--or end it: "[Hurst] is crazy as a loon, funny as hell, and deadly serious." --Sterling Watson, author of Night Letter Jackson Hurst is not in a good place. The only thing...

Apollo's Lair is the first in a four part series that mixes fact, supposition, and fiction to craft a wonderfully complex tale. Could there be a group operating behind a veil of secrecy controlling all governments and making the political class little more than...

1920s. New York City. When a wealthy white man is killed in Harlem, racial tensions flare throughout the city. Ava must delve into her old life in the jazz clubs and speakeasies of New York, fighting against a ticking clock before the entire city,...

Trigger warning to those sensitive to scenes depicting extreme violence and sexual assault and use of a racial slur. Read at your own discretion.When Serena wakes up in a strange room with 9 unfamiliar faces, she learns they are in a high stakes game...

A haunting tale, inspired by real events, driven by timeless legends . . .After years of abuse for her albinism and macabre face, Eunis believes she's finally turned her life around and shed the superstitious beliefs that tormented her as a child. Now on...

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED NOVELS OF 2023 - "A bravura feat of storytelling...a daring and completely satisfying mystery." --James Patterson, #1 best-selling author A PULSE-POUNDING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER ABOUT A SERIAL KILLER NARRATED BY THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM: HIS 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, HIS GIRLFRIEND--AND THE...

Author: Don BentleyISBN-10: 0593422740ISBN-13: 9780593422748Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/21/2023Pages: 560Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 7.50h x 4.10w x 1.30d

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Chain comes a pulse-pounding thriller about a family that must face their darkest fears--and deepest secrets--when they go on the run for their lives. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES "BEST...

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize"The novel does not set up an elaborate apocalypse, but astringently strips away the smears hiding the apocalypses we really face. Like Jessie's, it is a small, calm voice of reason in a nonsensical world." --The IndependentSet in a...

Deadly Quiet (A Murder Mystery)By: B. J. BaumgardnerAbout the AuthorB. J. Baumgardner, born October 28, 1935 in San Jose, IL, was the 10th child in an intellectual and innovative family of 10 children. She felt blessed to have so many loving sisters and brothers....

When Klair Knox wakes up one day with no memory, her only mission is to remember who she was. Her best ally in this effort is her husband Luke, but when she sees discrepancies between what he says and what he does, she suspects...

The bad calls are the ones you remember. Mike Spence is an ex-medic haunted by his past. His PTSD has been mostly under control these past several years - the flashbacks less frequent. However, as the anniversary of his partner's death looms the flashbacks...

A fractured mind and a race against time... Tom Mondrian is watching his life ebb away directing traffic as a police constable--until a bullet to the brain changes everything. With a new unusual perspective, including an inability to recognize faces and absolutely no filter...

In the aftermath of World War I, nurse Bess Crawford is caught in a deadly feud between two families in this entry in the beloved mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd.Restless and uncertain of her future in the wake of...

Honeymooners at a posh resort receive an ominous warning with deadly consequences in the latest gripping, twisty psychological thriller from New York Times bestselling author Sophie Hannah. Jane and William are enjoying their honeymoon at an exclusive couples-only resort......until Jane receives a chilling note...

St. Nicholas Salvage & Wrecking, a largely illegal bounty hunting operation, tracks down the worst of the worst criminals for the presiding judge of the International Criminal Court. In this action-packed international thriller, will the hunters become the hunted?Michael Finnegan might be off the...

St. Nicholas Salvage & Wrecking, a largely illegal bounty hunting operation, tracks down the worst of the worst criminals for the presiding judge of the International Criminal Court. In this action-packed international thriller, will the hunters become the hunted?Michael Finnegan might be off the...

"A warning tale for the adulterers, packed with nail-biting brutality and loads of teenage angst. Great fodder for those who like a little kink in their revenge." - Chad Lutzke (Stirring the Sheets; Wallflower) Amelia Fletcher is a good girl. She's a straight-A student,...

A group of young Spring Breakers headed for Lake Havasu take a sudden detour in the middle of the Mojave Desert. It will be a quick stop, he said. It won't take long, he said. It's hot. Over 100 degrees, and no one really...

Riley Marie Finn lives a stolid, conventional life, every detail planned and unexpected and dull. But when her boyfriend dumps her and the school district where she teaches releases her due to budget concerns, Riley's whole world turns upside down. Jilted and jobless and...

Some of us die long before our hearts stop beating.Tessa believes she's the reason a serial killer is targeting the residents of her small town. All of Hinton's victims have some connection to her and if that's not enough, her cousin Gary, leader of...

"The World We Wish takes the reader inside the stark realities of the Chinese communist system. A fascinating and intriguing story that seems too real to be fiction."-Bill Gertz, journalist and author of Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China's Drive for Global Supremacy. "Drenched...

The story of the Cutler family continues in New York Times bestselling author V. C. Andrews's Cutler family series.Dawn can hardly believe she is a student at one of New York City's best music schools. Now her most precious wish, to become a singer,...

The mysterious connection between a teacher's disappearance and an unsolved code in a children's book is explored in this fresh novel from the author of the "clever and often wryly funny" (PopSugar) novel The Appeal.Forty years ago, Steven "Smithy" Smith found a copy of...