psychological thriller

What happens when people learn, with medical certainty, that they are about to die in 10, 20 or 30 days? Vince Fuller, a recently retired management consultant, is among those who are about to find out. The year is the very near future. Vince and his wife, Trudi, live happily in their California bubble” with Miles, their Corgi. But their world is about to change when Vince is knocked down by a young punk in a parking lot. His sense of shame and rage, resulting from feelings of age-related vulnerability, triggers a first-time interest in guns.

Dr. Shelly, a brilliant psychologist, forever haunted by her father and his murderous past, is driven by the need to find out why we do the things we do? Is the concept of free will just a concept and nothing more, a construct that blinds us to a less palatable truth, that who we are is predetermined and encoded at birth? Does anyone really choose to do the bad things we do or are we just doing what comes naturally?

A serial killer descends into madness. His life is spiraling out of control – and there might be an alien hunting him! Annabelle is a dark, twisted, and funny story. Annabelle is full of twists and turns - and will keep you riveted and will shock you.

A dead girl, clutching a stuffed toy elephant covered in political buttons, is found posed on a luggage carousel at O’Hare Airport. Chicago, oblivious to the evil that has gripped the city for the past two months, believes they have discovered the first victim of the errantly named “Patriotic Killer.” Only Lieutenant Jonathan Dearfield knows the truth: He must solve this case before the unimaginable happens. Perfect Posture takes readers inside the mind of a killer, while chronicling the lives of those committed to stopping the escalating carnage.

Kerryl is a lively teenager who finds herself alone when everyone around her falls victim to a fatal virus. Somehow she must survive, but how? Her situation begins to affect the balance of her mind. She dreams someone else is there - Adam, a good looking boy who she thinks is following her. Adam becomes increasingly real to her, until she convinces herself she is getting messages from him. She sets out to meet him and gets herself ready for what she is sure will be a romantic encounter.

The darkest secrets hide in plain sight. When Freya Thorne finds a woman’s body on the beach, she is swept back into the nightmare of the past. She knows the similarities to her daughter’s tragic death cannot be coincidence, but nobody will believe her.

He’s affable. Rather shy, quite a gentleman, and he loves his mother. But don’t smile. Don’t attract his attention. For Christ’s sake don’t agree to meet. He’s hunting. It will be a date with death. He’s a stalker, an obsessive, and depraved. Worse, he doesn’t know it. You see it’s all your fault. You made him do this. You turned him into The Creep Outside. Another suspense-filled case for Detective Inspector David Stark that will reveal murder and end with a tragedy shocking Stark and Nottingham CID to its core.

In a New Jersey suburb two best friends host a Pleasure Party. It’s supposed to be a fun gathering with decadent snacks and homemade sangria. At least that’s the plan, until a gun-wielding guest out for revenge takes the party hostage. Laura is angry. You would be too if some young hussy stole your husband and ruined your life. But now Laura finally caught up to her and she’ll show her and this bunch of other losers just what happens to homewreckers.

Books 4 and 5 in the award-winning Secrets of Redemption Series: The Summoning and The Reckoning. It all started so innocently. Charlie only stopped in Redemption, Wisconsin, because she was lost. She never meant to stay. She never meant to fall in love. She never meant to bring the danger she was running from into this wholesome Midwestern town. Except Redemption had some secrets of its own ... and they were even more deadly than what she was trying to escape. Both books are a prequel to the main series and can be read before Books 1-3.

She was supposed to be safe. For the first time in her life, Charlie felt like she belonged. She loved living in Redemption, Wisconsin. She had everything she ever wanted: a home, friends, a new business, a new love. However, nothing is ever what it seems in Redemption. And you should never, ever, discount the darkness hiding under the surface. The Reckoning is Part 2 of Charlie's story and resolves the cliffhanger from The Summoning. Both books are a prequel to the main series and can be read before Books 1-3.

None of this was supposed to happen. It all started so innocently. Charlie only stopped in Redemption, Wisconsin, because she was lost. She never meant to stay. She never meant to fall in love. She never meant to bring the danger she was running from into this wholesome midwestern town. Except Redemption had some secrets of its own ... and they were even more deadly than what she was trying to escape.

On the surface, Kit Caldwell has it all. A senior in college with her future ahead of her, lots of friends, lots of parties…not to mention also having the eye of Tommy, the star quarterback of the football team. But underneath, Kit's life is a charade, built on a foundation of secrets and lies, including one so dark it threatens to tear her world apart: her twin sister, Cat, was kidnapped when they were both seven, never to be heard from again. That is, until one dark Halloween night.

If you're looking for a gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller to read, then look no further than Retribution. This new terrifying book tells the story of a woman who has committed a chain of brutal crimes in the thriller, and she is now being hunted. It's sure to keep you entertained from start to finish.

The tender scars on her abdomen throb as memories of the attack come rushing back, flooding her mind and sending her heart racing... Psychotherapist Neve Keane knew that returning to work at the hospital after being stabbed by a patient would be difficult. But entering her unit only to be surrounded by a crowd of people claiming they need her help to stop the apocalypse—that’s more than she bargained for.

Who can you trust if you can’t trust yourself? When Scott McCabe’s wife dies tragically he almost loses his mind. And his son. Three years later he’s a struggling lone parent to six-year-old Jae, who longs for a new Mum. So reluctantly, Scott lets his best friend talk him into online dating. And from the minute he publishes his profile, Scott has made his Date with Fate. Underneath his casual exterior Scott is a man with a tormented conscience, a potholed memory and a vivid imagination. Is he plagued by guilt about Sally’s death, or is it something that runs much deeper?

Nothing is what it seems in this gripping psychological drama. For five high school leavers the prospect of a long summer ahead means they have time to fill, so they are excited to get an unexpected invitation to spend a couple of weeks at a villa belonging to a celeb. All their expenses will be paid and they'll live in luxury. They should smell trouble but they don't, and they find themselves the captives of a powerful puppet master.

September 1987. The internet is yet to be born, and the iPhone is over twenty years from its inception. A packet of cigarettes costs £1.60 and Rick Astley is number one in the charts with 'Never Gonna Give You Up.' Some things don't change, however; greed, love, jealousy, and a knife sliding through a carotid artery tend to have the same impact on people's lives as they ever did.

It is the summer of 1987.

The man was 100 yards from his moment of destiny. He was oblivious to it, of course. Murderers don't necessarily realise they are killers until a few seconds before it happens. Murderers are sometimes just like you and me. He would never have dreamed that such a thing might happen. Ridiculous. If anyone had told him that today was the day he would turn into a killer, he would have looked at them quizzically; questioning their sanity, instead of his own.

It is Christmas 1987. A perverted criminal sociopath is on the loose. An innocent young woman is murdered in horrific circumstances. DI Stark announces 'Christmas is cancelled,' and his team investigates; aware that every second the maniac is at large moves him closer to his next victim. A second woman is raped and brutalised. How is the killer discovering intimate secrets about his victims? Why does he insist on terrifying them in the lead up to the attacks? What is driving this depravity? Who will the next victim be?

‘I do not know what second it will be, what minute it will be, what hour, or even day. But it will come. You may see it coming. You may not. Regardless, I can guarantee you; there will be a moment like no other when you will draw your last breath. Like it or lump it. And at that moment you will see your final view of the world. However, what I do not know, is whether your last glimpse will be the sympathetic countenance of a loved one or the grotesque, contorted, teeth-clenched face of a crazed killer. Nor do you. That is yet to be determined. Other options are available.’

Could you unwittingly become the target of evil? Could your world be turned upside down and inside out? How could such a thing happen to you? It can’t, can it? Have you ever stopped to consider the transient nature of your life? Do you think that nothing will ever change? That it will always be like this? I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I’m afraid it won’t. Sometimes that is a good thing, and sometimes it is not. Single mum Jane Cooper is forced into an altercation with a woman in a supermarket.

FINAL ACT is a fast-paced sequel to Final Notice and has been described as simultaneously realistic and surrealistic ... and totally engrossing. It is set in today’s chaotic political climate and gun-crazy culture; and features the “only slightly” sci-fi watch – the VT2 – that monitors blood chemistry so accurately that it can predict the wearer’s death.

Paul finally has his life back on track. After losing his wife, Helena, in a horrific car crash, he has found love with Sally and moves into her country cottage near his old childhood home. As a former high-ranking Naval Officer, Paul now works as Head of Security at MI5. He has no memories from before he was ten years old. An accident left him in a coma for 9 months. But was it really an accident? Soon Paul starts to have flashes of childhood memories, all involving his childhood friend, Owen, and a terrifying witch-like woman who lived in the woods whom he and Owen used to taunt.

Love can hurt. It can be a killer. When she smiled at him as she walked past on that wet Berlin street, Jon Quennell fell instantly, madly in love. Sometimes, however, being ‘crazy in love’ with someone doesn’t end in a beautiful romance. Sometimes people get hurt. And sometimes, people die.

The brightest victories often lie in the darkest places. The normal ordinary life of Sheila Leclaire, an investment banker, takes a turn in Sommerville, Virginia as she is haunted by voices. In overcoming her condition, she traces the root of her illness—a childhood secret that she cannot remember.

What would cause a woman to brutally murder a man she loves? January hits the big time when she marries millionaire Warren Vanderhorn. With looks, money, and charisma, he's the ideal GQ cover guy.

This house is cursed, and everyone who lives there is in grave danger. Ever wonder what stories you’d hear if walls could talk? What if those walls witnessed unimaginable horrors? Inside these pages is the story of one such house. What it sees, the people it meets, and what happens when a terrified spirit is invited to stay. Story 1 – The Butcher Story 2 – Marna, Fred, and Kimberly McDade Story 3 – Lacy Mae Ritter Story 4 – Mark and Olivia Cullpepper Story 5 – The Writer

One man's sanity takes a backseat as he searches for a serial killer with a taste for reality television stars. A thrilling ride full of deception, twists, and turns. *NOTE: This is the third story in a series of stand-alone novels with cross-over characters and may be read independently of the other books.