Fast Paced Thrillers

In the Shadow of Ancient Secrets, a Deadly Game Unfolds... Four years after a nightmare summer shattered her academic life, Dr Livia Huntingdon-Jones believes the sinister Pelican Society is a dark chapter best left buried. But when a brilliant young poet at St. Augustine's, Julian Agrawal, is courted by a mysterious and exclusive group, Livia's hard-won peace is threatened. As Julian is drawn deeper into a shadowy world of arcane rituals, hidden knowledge, and powerful figures operating within the ancient walls of Cambridge, Livia realizes the Pelican Society is far from dormant. A cryptic...

When an angry Facebook post spirals into a serial killing spree, John's ordered life slips sideways into a nightmare world where social media betrays his every move to the killers. ♠ Fast-paced, compelling psychological thriller.

In Romancing the Heart of the Volcano, volcanologist Elena Pinto arrives in Indonesia to decode deadly signals from Mount Merapi—but her mission is shaken by Reza Dharma, a temple guardian bound to ancient traditions. As lava stirs and tensions rise, Elena and Reza must bridge science and faith—while resisting a growing attraction neither expected. Amid secrets, eruptions, and betrayal, love may be their only chance to survive the fire threatening to consume everything they hold dear.

A rumour on the streets. A courier caught in the act. Somewhere in or close to Exeter, someone is making guns and selling them on the black market. Someone secretive enough to cover his tracks by any means necessary and ruthless enough to kill without compunction. DS Pete Gayle and his team must work with the National Crime Agency to catch him before he can spread any more death and destruction across the streets of the UK’s major cities as well as closer to home. But how can they track down a ghost who works in the shadows and leaves no witnesses when all they have to go on is a cryptic ...

A fast-paced, thrilling mystery with non-stop action that teens and tweens will love! When Emily Dawson’s best friend Lila vanishes without a trace, she is drawn into the dark secrets of Project Red Veil, a mysterious experiment tied to Lila's father’s past. As Lila and Emily uncover the horrifying truth hidden beneath an abandoned research facility, they become the targets of Langford, a ruthless figure intent on keeping the project’s secrets buried.

As Andrew and Sarah race to unravel a convoluted web of subterfuge and exploitation, they discover there is more at stake than even they knew. And somewhere, at the heart of it, lurks a faceless enemy, who is prepared to use everything—and everyone—at his disposal.

People would say I’m a respectable, law-abiding citizen. But my baby niece is sick. She’s going to die without treatment—expensive treatment. The kind we don’t have money for. So when a friend coerces me into seducing a wealthy stranger and robbing him blind, it’s temptingly simple: one act of wrongdoing in exchange for Grace’s life. It’s a risk I’m prepared to take. But after witnessing the murder of the man I set out to exploit, I’m left with two impossible choices: do I go to the police and tell all, or run with the funds to save my darling baby Grace?

When four campers decide to take a short vacation in the pine forests of Mount Shasta, a potentially active volcano, and some say, a mystical mountain region in the Cascade Mountain Range of Northern California, it turns out they aren't alone. After a long drive through the Shasta Trinity National Forest, British MIT graduate Tom Bishop and his three friends set up camp in the closed-for-the-season Pine Crags Wilderness Campsite, in the shadows of Mount Shasta. As they exchange legends about the mysterious mountain, something appears from the woods which defies all logic....

A spellbinding and gripping novel of betrayal, the unbreakable bonds of family, the power of love, and the price a family pays for its secrets by Susan Cochran, author of The Key. Grace Channing is a journalist, adopted as a baby by a world famous mother, a secret she's kept well hidden. While doing a news report on adoptees finding siblings through DNA testing, her own DNA test reveals a brother she never knew. Her discovery leads her to forge a strong bond with him and they uncover a web of secrets and betrayal. Two families lives intertwined and changed in an instant. Boone Varon is the ...

Would you kill for a million dollars? After the brutal death of his wife, John Hayes flees to Hong Kong, hoping for a fresh start. But instead of healing, he finds himself drifting—until one day, a million dollars lands in his bank account. No explanation. No sender. Just a message: Do as you're told. What begins as a tantalizing lifeline quickly becomes a deadly trap. Caught between guilt, greed, and survival, John must decide—will he follow orders and commit the unthinkable, or risk everything to uncover the truth? How far would you go to get your life back? A Million Reasons is Book ...

NOW YOU SEE HER. NOW YOU DON'T. NOW YOU'RE DEAD! A writer who's suffering from a prolonged bout of writer's block is hunted down by a fan...a deranged fan who now only wants him to write a new novel and dedicate it to her. She stalks him and makes his life a living hell. At the same time, no one believes he's being harassed, convinced he is simply cracking up under the constant pressure to produce words and make money. From Thriller Award winner Vincent Zandri comes a tale of suspense, fear, and dread. Nab your copy now! "Vincent Zandri is one of the most acclaimed thriller writers working ...

After messing up a live fire exercise, Sam Willet is hauled before the squadron leader for punishment. Her career as a fighter pilot appears to be over before it really began. Then, without warning, the enemy launches a major attack. Against this overwhelming force, every pilot is needed... Sam included. Now is her chance to redeem herself. Now is her chance to fight back. But the enemy's ambitions go far beyond the destruction of a second-string training base. If their bold plan succeeds, it could change the entire course of the war.

The world is on the brink of economic collapse. Tom is an unhappily married journalist from London, seeking to advance his career. Sally is single, ambitious and independent, visiting from Australia. They're both chasing the same story. After several incidents rock the Royal National Bank to its core, its share price tumbles and world stock markets begin to ripple. International economic stability is at risk. Timing and diversity of the events makes it impossible for them to be coincidence or incompetence.

London private investigator Jack Barclay is on the trail of financier Tom Stanton, who has disappeared with £1 million of clients’ money, leaving his desperate wife and children behind. Stanton’s Parisian mistress, Danielle, is also involved with the boss of a drug smuggling cartel and Stanton is seduced into laundering money for them. When £4 million of drug money goes missing and Tom is the prime suspect, he and Danielle go on the run.

A man who fights for synthetic rights. A quarter-million-credit bounty. When the tables turn, can he endure life on the run? NU-USA, 2125. Dhata Mays’s anger is primed to erupt. When an old friend on the force clues him in to a mysterious murder gone cold, the mercenary sleuth allows his obsession to take control. But no sooner does he dive into the details of the case than he barely survives an ambush by unknown assassins. Too bitter about the murder to back off, the cynical detective ignores the price on his head and pursues the organization he’s certain is responsible. But when he ...

DESTINY CAN BE CHANGED. When a billionaire industrialist seizes control of the top-secret Destiny project, physicist Neil Aldridge must race to prevent a disaster that will claim millions of lives. His allies: an elite EU special forces team, codenamed KESTREL. As the chase leads to London, Amsterdam and beyond, they must battle a ruthless adversary: a trained killer with an unnatural ability, who seeks to hasten the cataclysm. With time running out, Aldridge discovers that he shares his enemy's power, which may be the key to salvation — or cause death on an unprecedented scale…

Most people celebrate Cinco de Mayo with mariachi bands and tequila shots. Me? I’m spending it in Puebla, killing a cartel boss. The mission: take out Esteban “El Alacrán” Montoya—publicly, painfully, and with enough flair to send a message. Just your average bloody cleanup on aisle five. But guess who else decided to show up? Camille Noir. Last I heard, she was working for France’s external intelligence agency. Now I have to kill Montoya, piss off the French government, and maybe settle a long-overdue score. But I don’t walk away from an assignment just because of a few ...

When you can die at any moment, the only thing you have to lose is not a goddamn thing! When Moonlight is hospitalized for emergency lung surgery, he wakes up in a hospital room shared by a philandering construction tycoon whom he tailed on behalf of the tycoon's wife. Now that the resulting divorce proceedings are about to cost the construction man not only his business but his money, he wants vengeance from Moonlight. Is it a case of coincidence or something much more nefarious? Whatever the case, the ailing Moonlight finds himself fighting for his life and dodging bullets. "Vincent ...

Ellen was just trying to help a stranger. That was how it started: giving a few minutes respite to a flustered young mother sitting opposite her on the train. A few minutes holding her baby while the mother makes an urgent call. The weight of the child in her arms making Ellen's heart ache for what she can never have. Five minutes pass. Ten. The train pulls into a station and Ellen is stunned to see the mother hurrying away down the platform without looking back.

When Irene Linden disappears, Private Detective Angelus Walker makes a trip to Elderwood where the urban legend of a witch haunts the locals. But Irene’s disappearance is not an isolated case— others, including her friends have vanished, their trails running cold between myth and reality. As he delves deeper into the town's dark secrets, Angelus must race against time to uncover the identity of the killer before another victim falls prey to the witch's deadly curse.