Dark Thriller

It’s 5 November, and a woman awakens to a nightmare. Bound and gagged, she lies trapped in the heart of a towering bonfire. As the smoke thickens, panic sets in–she’s moments away from being engulfed in flames. How did it come to this? Rewind eleven months: Margot, a faded TV star, and her long-suffering friend Anna watch as glamorous Liv and her flawless family move into their street. The three women soon fabricate the perfect pretence of friendship, but each harbours her own deadly secret–and newcomer Liv senses something is terribly wrong beneath the polished exteriors.

I unraveled Miriam's world with a single eviction notice. She never saw it coming. Desperate and out of options, she found my carefully crafted snare, an ad for room and board in exchange for help with my college thesis. To her, the opportunity was heaven-sent. To me, it was just another ritual for my coven, The 12 Knights of Adika. She was one of many blind, Christian lambs I'd drawn into a world never to be escaped. But as I engaged in my facade of philosophical debates, her unwavering faith clashed with my cold atheism, sparking a dangerous fascination. Her remarkable defiance and ...

In this second volume, Roland encounters three mysterious doorways on a deserted beach along the Western Sea. Each one enters into a different person's life in New York - here, he joins forces with the defiant young Eddie Dean and with the beautiful, brilliant, and brave Odetta Holmes in a savage struggle against underworld evil and otherworldly enemies. They also become the companions, forming a ka-tet, who will assist him on his quest to save the Dark Tower.

As Molly Dark knows all too well, the problem with being able to see ghosts is that they never tell you what you wish to know. For instance, how a proper young lady like Miss Dark is supposed to support an impoverished family after her father has died a ruined man. Or how she is going to impersonate a missing princess long enough to steal a fortune out from under the collective noses of a whole family of royal monsters. Or exactly why the charming imposter claims to be none other than Grand Duke Vasily Nikolaevich, when he certainly isn’t a prince…or a vampire.

From the opening chapter of the electrifying Dark Harbor, one thing is clear; this is the clarion call of an exciting new talent. Highly touted debut author David Hosp crafts an engrossing novel in the tradition of John Grisham, John Sandford, and David Baldacci.

Here’s a dirty little secret. Spirits can kill you. Sandy couldn’t take it anymore. Her work as a psychic for the LAPD was tearing her apart. Murders. Playing out in her head at night and slipping into her thoughts during the day. She quit. Her friend Mary Grace was still in the game, working with the police and running psychic investigations on the side. She had a séance planned. One that was right up Sandy’s alley. All she had to do was convince Sandy to join her. Holding a séance is the psychic’s way of opening doors, and Mary Grace was an expert. Sandy reluctantly said yes, ...

Cassandra Palmer can see the future and communicate with spirits - talents that make her attractive to the dead and the undead alike. The ghosts of the dead aren't usually dangerous; they just like to talk...a lot. The undead are another matter. Like any sensible girl, Cassie tries to avoid vampires, but when the bloodsucking mafioso she escaped three years ago finds Cassie again with vengeance on his mind, she's forced to turn to the vampire Senate for protection.

Deep in the Florida Everglades, a tragic accident has ignited a deadly feud between two families. Meanwhile a young writer, his girlfriend, and her family take a boat ride into the isolated wilds of the Everglades for research on a new book, only to become unwitting witnesses to a brutal crime.

I’m a good cop. And a good man. At least I thought I was... I can’t stop fantasizing about my target’s sister, a young vet student I’m supposed to befriend to get to her mobster brother. Years of undercover work are at risk because of her. She doesn’t belong in her brother’s criminal underworld. But a sweet girl like her also doesn’t belong in mine. Yet, I have sinful thoughts about her. I picture her in my bed, in the back of my cop car, underneath me, on top of me. Maybe I’m not a good cop. Maybe I’m not a good man. Because I will make her mine, no matter the cost. x My ...

A band of outlaws attacks an English manor in the dead of night. The bloody trail leads to the dark heart of Sherwood Forest, and Richard is certain that his old enemy, William de Ferrers, has returned. But England is in turmoil. The barons have erupted into armed rebellion against King John, and a French army has invaded the south, seeking to crown a French prince as the King of England. Richard must do his duty to save England. But he must also journey deep into Sherwood to destroy William and rescue the Lady Marian before she is devoured or turned.

There will be death.My name is Nicco Bregoli the don. Behind my back they call me Dominicco dead eyes. My late father was Dominicco Bregoli the head of the Bregoli Mafioso Family. I ascended to the throne and I’m now THE BOSS. Something is rotten in my organization. I can’t trust anybody not even my own family. Lordes Donovan is the only man I can trust. If you have the balls to go up against me you have the courage to catch a bullet. They say if you mess with the bull you get the horns. I say if you mess with a Bregoli, you get a dance with death. PLEASE READ: CORRECT COPY OF NICCO IS ...

An atmospheric debut novel set on the gritty streets of Victorian London, Some Danger Involved introduces detective Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, as they work to solve the gruesome murder of a young scholar in London's Jewish ghetto. When the eccentric and enigmatic Barker takes the case, he must hire an assistant, and out of all who answer an ad for a position with "some danger involved", he chooses downtrodden Llewelyn, a gutsy young man with a murky past.

From Best-Selling Author J R RICE — a New Horror is Rising. THE LONG-AWAITED SPIN-OFF TO THE BANE COUNTY SERIES In the Vein of the 1970s Eco-thriller . . . When Man Attacks Nature — Nature Bites Back October, 1945—Five months after the end of World War II, Walton Hess Jr. returned from Europe to his family home in Lakes End. Three weeks later, his father, a wealthy cattle baron was dead, making him the sole heir to the vast Hess empire. Walton had dreamed of this day for three long years while fighting the War. Now was the time to create a new empire—his empire—an industrial-based...

The death of Old Joe, a homeless man on Darlinghurst Road, seemed inevitable—until the autopsy revealed it was murder. Darlinghurst Road, once the beating heart of Sydney's red-light district, is where the past lingers in the shadows. However, the city's Eastern Suburbs are not known for bloodshed. When a second victim, an affluent woman from exclusive Point Piper, is found with her throat cut, the divide between Sydney's elite and its outcasts grows more sinister. Detective Gary Haddock has seen it all in Homicide, but even he is baffled by the lack of connection between the murders. ...

It's 1194, and Sir Faucon de Ramis, the shire's newly appointed keeper of the pleas, must do his duty and make an official declaration of the cause of a miller's death. Saddled with a clerk who names Faucon his "penance", the shire's first crowner must thread the tangled relationships between the sheriff, the village of Priors Holston, and the priory that once ruled it. As a simple task takes a turn to the political, what seems obvious isn't, and what appears safe turns out to be more dangerous than he could imagine.

The Dark Yorkshire Series are fast-paced crime fiction stories featuring DI Nathaniel Caslin. Books four to six in this best-selling series are brought together for the first time in a great value collection. Includes: Blood Money, Fear the Past, and The Sixth Precept.

When a catastrophic EMP strike plunges the country into darkness, journeyman electrician Luke Harper and his wife Caitlyn find themselves trapped on a Missouri highway as civilization crumbles around them. As vehicles die and planes fall from the sky, Luke's prepper skills are put to the ultimate test. Fighting their way through the chaos, they forge an unlikely alliance with a haunted ex-soldier and a compassionate nurse. But their journey to Luke's hidden Ozark homestead becomes a desperate race for survival as society unravels hour by hour. When ruthless scavengers begin targeting ...

The Denver Post hails Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire mystery series as a must-read. Joining the four previous novels - all of which have been Book Sense picks - The Dark Horse puts a unique Wyoming twist on the classic British village mystery. When Longmire meets a woman jailed for her husband's death, he travels outside his usual haunts to discover the truth behind this unusual murder case.

Three women. Three perspectives. One chilling truth lurking just beneath the surface. After the tragic death of her partner, Bonnie Bellington moves to the industrial heat of Gladstone for a fresh start. But when a co-worker’s attention turns dark, Bonnie finds herself documenting every unwanted gift, every late-night message, every escalating violation. She knows how these stories end—she’s not about to become another headline. Across the state, Dr. Denia Ward lectures in criminology by day and battles her own haunting memories by night. When she encounters Bonnie’s case, something...

When the governor of Wyoming gives Joe Pickett the thankless task of taking a tech baron on an elk hunting trip, Joe reluctantly treks into the wilderness with his high-profile charge. But as they venture into the woods, a man-hunter is hot on their heels, driven by a desire for revenge. Finding himself without a weapon, a horse, or a way to communicate, Joe must rely on his wits and his knowledge of the outdoors to protect himself and his companion.