Dark Crime Thrillers

When a former penal colony island is besieged by a murderous curse, can a man of God cleanse it before the shores wash red with blood? Tasmania, Australia. Zack Bolder left the priesthood for a higher calling. Now a spirit hunter, he’s on his way to investigate a series of grisly tourist murders on a lonely isle off the coast. But his presence awakens a vengeful demon intent on swallowing his soul… Determined to resist the powerful pull of evil, Zack’s pursuit of evidence leads to another body and a missing person. And a shocking clue points him to a lethal confrontation that will ...

Molka Must Choose Between Keeping Her Word To The Ones She’s Sworn To Serve Or Keeping Her Promise To The Little Sister She Loves! Her choice sends shockwaves across an entire continent! What Readers Are Saying… "LOVED IT! I SUGGEST YOU START READING THIS SERIES RIGHT NOW!” "Perfect blend of exciting action and twist-filled plot with a strong, complex character you want to follow for many books!” "A GREAT NEW SERIES TO DIVE INTO AND ENJOY!” “Molka is like a female Jack Reacher, Scot Harvath, Jack Noble, etc., only tougher and sexier!” Molka, an elite special forces warrior, ...

A half-dead brute found with his head smashed in on top of a half-dead hooker. Two bent cops with a terrible secret to hide at any cost. A missing witness with a dark reason for staying missing. Damaged people set on an unswerving collision course with terrible consequences for them all... A twisted, graphic crime novella from the author of BiteMarks and Grind Their Bones.

In a dingy office in Fisherman's Wharf, the glass panel in the door bears the names of A. Kimrean and Z. Kimrean. Private Eyes. Behind the door there is only one desk, one chair, one scrawny androgynous P.I. in a tank top and skimpy waistcoat. A.Z., as they are collectively known, are twin brother and sister. He's pure misanthropic logic, she's wild hedonistic creativity. The Kimreans have been locked in mortal battle since they were in utero...which is tricky because they, very literally, share one single body. That's right. One body, two pilots.

Three years ago, DCI Laura Hart was the top hostage and crisis negotiator for the Greater Manchester Police. Then her husband was kidnapped. Despite her best efforts to reason with the criminals, he was brutally murdered. Now living on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, Laura is slowly healing. Then she gets a call: armed drug dealers have seized a tourist boat—and her 10-year-old son Jake is on board. There’s no other negotiator available, and the police need her to step up.

Maui is sacred places, ancient artifacts, and the dark lava of deepest passions.

Nothing ever goes easy for detectives Lei Texeira and Michael Stevens. An investigation into heiau desecrations must take a backseat to the emergence of an enemy who targets those closest to them, leaving shrouds as a calling card. Lei and Stevens face challenges of the body, mind, and heart in this seventh in the best-selling Lei Crime Series.

The Unmasked Villain A gripping psychological thriller about memory, madness, and the terrifying truth hiding in plain sight. Sarah Miller doesn’t remember the night her life changed. She only remembers waking up in blood-soaked clothes… and no one believing she’s innocent. As a respected criminal profiler, Sarah has built her career decoding the darkest minds. But now, she’s the one under suspicion. Haunted by fractured memories and plagued by chilling flashbacks, Sarah must untangle a web of lies—before the next victim falls. The deeper she digs, the more disturbing the truth ...

She's the only one I ever wanted. And she's just become my enemy. There's a rat threatening to take down the whole club. An old business partner's been picked up by the cops and the word is out that he's going to talk. That’s where I come in. It's my job as enforcer for the Wayward Kings to make sure this guy eats a bullet before he can open his mouth. And I'm ready to prove my loyalty to the club with bullets and blood. Except I didn't count on the woman I’ve fallen for getting hired to be his lawyer. Maria. The fiery redhead I've wanted to claim for my own since the day we met. This ...

Every family has secrets. Even the families you least expect. Years ago, the leaders of two prominent families agreed on a treaty that would cloak the forbidden shadows of desire with darkness, hiding a romance that was never supposed to happen. An ultimate betrayal momentarily broke the organization apart. Now, the group has reformed with new rules, new values, and new ruthless ways of silencing their enemies.

Can the Black Sheep of the Family be its Guardian Angel? Cole Dust opens with inheriting a farm in the small town of Orvin, Oklahoma from a cousin he never knew. When investigative journalist Cole Sage stumbles upon an old trunk in the attic of his family’s farmhouse, he unearths something far more valuable than gold. Inside, neatly bound and yellowed with age, are the journals of his grandfather, George Sage—an enigmatic man Cole barely knew. These journals pull Cole into a story from the past, one that intertwines with his own life in ways he never expected. As Cole delves deeper into...

A man with dark thoughts on his mind is racing along the remote snowy roads of Hurmevaara in Finland when there is flash in the sky and something crashes into the car. That something turns about to be a highly valuable meteorite. With euro signs lighting up the eyes of the locals, the unexpected treasure is temporarily placed in a neighbourhood museum, under the watchful eye of a priest named Joel.

Years after a near-fatal car accident almost destroyed his career, Erik Patko has finally returned to the Broadway stage, starring alongside his famous parents Lord Justyn and Lady Rebecca in a revival of the classic musical Opera Ghost. Even his girlfriend Priscilla joins the chorus after her college graduation, but instead of soaking up the accolades, Erik is tormented by his leading lady and growing more and more dependent on opiates to manage his anxiety and depression. When a masked vigilante fighting hate crimes in the Theatre District enacts vengeance on his tormentors, Erik fears ...

A year has passed. Marine and security specialist Domino Taylor does not work anymore. His days and nights are spent shadowing the Lambert family; the guilt he feels for the tragic events that unfolded in western Pennsylvania haunts him without mercy. When someone from Domino's past contacts him, she begs him to take on one last job: Find and return her kidnapped son.

Helena Lanark is an elderly woman, living in a luxurious care home. The heiress of an immense family fortune, she keeps the secret to the horror which once occurred within the Lanark family house. Jane Tennison is leading a murder investigation into the recent brutal death of a young girl, her decomposed starved body discovered in an old air raid shelter in the garden of the Lanark's now derelict house. Initially the focus is on identifying the victim, until another body is found, hidden in the walls of the shelter.

The residents of Wilmington, North Carolina are facing an unseen menace. A predator is walking in their midst. As he secretly divines whispers from another realm, this killer picks his victims and their mode of death. Detective Bob Standish is the city's only hope. His supernatural gift of hearing the voices of the dead has helped him solve crimes in the past. But will it help him this time? As Bob chases this criminal, his inner voice begins to overwhelm him. He begins to wonder if his gift is helping him to close in on the killer, or is it consuming him and turning him into the killer? ...

The last thing Ash expects when she lands in Clearwater, Florida is to be stalked by a troubled teenager. If that's not bad enough, she is caught in a shooting spree next to the nearby elementary school. The cops think it’s an attempt at mass killing, but Ash wonders if the only victim was specifically targeted by the killer. Will she manage to identify him and have him arrested before he comes after her?

Amber Patterson is tired of being a nobody: an invisible woman who melts into the background. She deserves more. She deserves a life of wealth, luxury and leisure. Daphne Parrish is the golden girl of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut. With her model looks, her picture-perfect mansion and her millionaire husband, Jackson, she has everything Amber wants.

Department 12: Dirty. Deniable. Deadly. Allegra Page is found dead from an overdose of fentanyl-spiked cocaine, trafficked into Britain by the ruthless Albanian shqiptare. But Allegra’s mother is Olivia Page, the Home Secretary of a failing, bankrupted government. Wracked by grief, Page learns of a secret unit. Department 12. Half-forgotten. A relic from Britain’s murky past. Department 12 is sanctioned perform the unthinkable - extrajudicial killing. And, if Olivia Page so chooses, she can unleash them on organised crime. If she dares. Department 12 is the latest book from author of ...

First place winner of the 2021 North Street Book Award for Genre Fiction Top 25 Best Indie Books of 2022 by Readfreely A mixed-race patrolman at the bottom ranks of Harbin's Special District police force. A dismembered body. A raging Red Terror campaign. A brewing war with the Soviet Union… 1929: Borya is at the bottom ranks of Harbin's Special District police force. His meager salary is the only thing that keeps his widowed mother and sisters fed. When fate takes him from chasing pickpockets to pairing him with one of the force's premier detectives, his life changes forever. They are ...

In a secluded farm house in the Pacific Northwest, a family has been slaughtered—and a teenage son has disappeared. Single mother and cop, Emily Kenyon spearheads a dark hunt for a killer. But Emily's teenage daughter Jenna is one step ahead of her. Jenna knows the boy suspected of murdering his family and wants to help him—perhaps too much. Then within days of the first murder, another family is killed, this time in Iowa. And on the heels of this brutal slaying, another follows in Salt Lake City. Eerie similarities link the crime scenes.