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Psychological Thriller Dark and Disturbing Choices Paranormal Uncertainties At the Edge of No Return, psychological thriller, brings four characters to the edge of falling toward darkness or light. Has Elvis Colt, a serial killer, rolled the dice too many times; the Reverend William Meeks lost any chance for salvation; Jack Goodman, forever stuck at Horizon’s End; and behavior psychologist Dr. Georgia Jeningson made a fatal decision when trying to right a wrong which she can never take back? At the Edge of No Return offers more than just another story of murder, vengeance, and love lost. ...

Equal parts Dexter and Fifty Shades, this is the eagerly awaited follow-up to the daring erotic thriller The Girl in 6E by A.R. Torre.

This book contains 2 detective murder mysteries and 1 FBI thriller. Roaming Shadows Approached in the Dark High-Profile Target

Twelve-year-old Josy has an inexplicable illness. She vanishes without a trace from her doctor's office during treatment. Four years later Josy's father, psychiatrist Viktor Larenz, has withdrawn himself to an isolated North Sea island in order to deal with the tragedy. Then he's paid a surprise visit by a beautiful stranger. Anna Glass is a novelist who suffers from an unusual form of schizophrenia: All the characters she creates for her books become real to her.

Dive into the spellbinding world of "Thou Shalt not Suffer a Witch to Live," where the past collides with the present in an epic tale of revenge and redemption. Fans of Beth Underdown and Charissa Weaks will be captivated by this gripping novel that seamlessly blends mystery, history, and the paranormal. Follow retired detective inspector Harry Bridges as he is thrust into a web of enigmatic murders with ties to the notorious Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins. As Harry delves deeper into the investigation, he finds himself entangled in a centuries-old quest for vengeance that spans ...

THE DAUGHTER'S FRIEND By Roberta Huckle Do you believe in ghosts? Or do you trust what you see? When a mother’s young daughter begins speaking to an unseen presence named Vatavia, it’s easy to dismiss as imagination. But as the "friend" becomes more real—and more disturbing—the mother is drawn into a spiral of fear, doubt, and disbelief. Is her daughter playing a game? Is something more sinister at work? Or is the fragile veil between reality and something else beginning to tear? What happens when you stop believing it’s just in your head? The Daughter’s Friend is a gripping ...

Late one winter afternoon in upstate New York, George Clare comes home to find his wife killed and their three-year-old daughter alone—for how many hours?—in her room across the hall. He had recently, begrudgingly, taken a position at a nearby private college (far too expensive for local kids to attend) teaching art history, and moved his family into a tight-knit, impoverished town that has lately been discovered by wealthy outsiders in search of a rural idyll.

“…at least 60, maybe more.” Beginning in the spring of 1984, a series of letters were sent to the LAPD, wrapped in light blue envelopes with ‘CONFIDENTIAL’ stamped across the back. These letters described multiple gruesome murders that were allegedly committed by the writer. At first the typewritten letters seemed to be the ramblings of a mad man. However, in time, and as more bodies were found, the accuracy of details foretold in the letters made it clear that they were, in fact, written by the prolific killer. This is the story of The Glendale Butcher, one of the most prolific ...

There's a killer on the loose who knows that beauty is only skin deep, and a trainee investigator who's trying to save her own hide. The only man that can help is locked in an asylum. But he's willing to put a brave face on, if it will help him escape.

When a traveling carnival stops in the sleepy countryside, 16-year-old Josie Crowley is psyched to go with her new friend, Freya. But what started out as a fun-filled night of games, candied apples, and Ferris wheel rides quickly spirals into a gut-wrenching encounter with one of the carnival attractions. Once the excitement is over, Lamison is missing one of its residents. When Freya is nowhere to be found, Josie suspects the carnival has something to do with her disappearance.

After a series of unexplained disappearances take place at a castle hotel, a group of investigators try to crack the case. Some of the investigators end up disappearing, themselves, while others remain baffled as to what is happening. Feeling deep empathy for the victims and their families, Blaine and Laura decide to investigate, themselves. They are not professional investigators by any means, but they have brains and determination. They book a date to stay overnight. But after discovering secret passageways, unsettling noises, and other suspicious occurrences, they begin to question ...

A fierce sandstorm hits southern Algeria and uncovers a lost ruin, its location unknown to modern man...until now. A team led by slacker archaeologist, Harrison "Hank" Boyd, is called in to investigate the find. In way over his head, Hank must lead his team through countless dangers and survive brutal encounters with enemies both human and inhuman alike. And if that's not bad enough, a shadowy group with a thirst for violence and a blind ambition is hot on their heels and will stop at nothing to obtain what has been found. Hank and company should have heeded the warning left by the ancient ...

Aislinn Cain and the Serial Crimes Tracking Unit are being sent to the hottest place in North America to investigate mummified remains that were found in Death Valley. When Xavier Reece uncovers elemental mercury in the heart of one of the mummies, they discover there is more than Mother Nature at work. The victims have matching injuries, but only one of the bodies reveals the liquid metal, raising questions about how many killers are using the valley as a dumping ground.

Conner is a love-lost soul who dreads a nagging preordained destiny. Returning to his rural hometown in Oklahoma, he finds an irresistible netherworld of heathen cranksters; meth-heads marauding the countryside.

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.

Ready or not, here he comes.... It's the same each time. A woman's body is found with a ticking stopwatch clutched in her dead hand. A distraught father must find his child before the boy suffocates - and the killer takes his left eye. Alexander Zorbach, a washed-up cop turned journalist, has reported all three of the Eye Collector's murders. But this is different. His wallet has been found next to the corpse, and now he's a suspect.

From the attic of Lyntons, a dilapidated English country mansion, Frances Jellico sees them - Cara first - dark and beautiful - then Peter - striking and serious. The couple is spending the summer of 1969 in the rooms below hers while Frances is researching the architecture in the surrounding gardens. But she's distracted. Beneath a floorboard in her bathroom, she finds a peephole that gives her access to her neighbors’ private lives.

Sixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby is a teenage grim reaper with the bizarre ability to Damn souls. That makes her pretty scary, even to fellow Grims. But after inadvertently transferring her ability to Zara, a murderous outlaw, Lex is a pariah in Croak, the little town she calls home. To escape the townspeople’s wrath, she and her friends embark on a wild road trip to DeMyse. Though this sparkling desert oasis is full of luxuries and amusements, it feels like a prison to Lex.

An ill-fated grave-robbery unearths a corpse with a most disturbing symbol on it. The very same sign is daubed in blood on the walls of Edinburgh's lunatic asylum, on the night that one of the patients is murdered. The mark in question? The mark of the devil. The prime suspect: Amy McGray, the asylum's most infamous inmate, a young woman who has grown up behind bars after she killed her parents many years ago. Her brother, Detective 'Nine-Nails' McGray, knows the evidence is stacked against her. To prove her innocence, he needs the help of an old friend.

Phillip Springer has been grading diamonds since he was eight years old. His eyes are as sharp as any magnifying glass, and he has used them to turn the family diamond business into a global concern. Besides their love of diamonds, the Springers have another interest: the occult, ESP, and the mystical power of gems. Phillip has never fully believed in such superstition, but a sudden death in his family forces him to contemplate things he thought impossible.