Mystery For Adults

1426, Joseon (Korea). Hwani's family has never been the same since she and her younger sister went missing and were later found unconscious in the forest near a gruesome crime scene. Years later, Detective Min - Hwani's father - learns that 13 girls have recently disappeared from the same forest that nearly stole his daughters. He travels to their hometown on the island of Jeju to investigate...only to vanish as well.

When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school’s senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start. After all, not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian, too. Shortly after the announcement is made, though, someone who goes by Aces begins using anonymous text messages to reveal secrets about the two of them that turn their lives upside down and threaten every aspect of their carefully planned futures.

How do you survive when you become the one thing you despise? It’s vamps like Roric who make humans believe vampires have a right to live in human society. As leader of the Vampire Enforcement Agency, his job is to find and capture the vampires who betray humans’ recently-earned trust. Until one human woman tempts him to break all the rules. When Roric intercepts a rogue vampire attack and finds Caroline dying, he can’t resist her blood or her beauty, and in a moment of passion, he does the unthinkable. But Caroline despises the monsters who killed her parents, and she’d rather die ...

They said she was special. That she had a bright future. It wasn't a lie, but they didn't say that was necessarily a good thing. Clara Cassidy was a C student just trying to get by in life. Nothing had worked out as she planned and now she spent her days without purpose or attachments. All of that changed suddenly when an elderly woman knocked on her door. 'Magic is real,' the woman insisted and offered her a spot at Crossedlake University, a school for rising stars in the casting world. Clara didn't buy it. Not until she accidentally touched the woman's staff and her world exploded into a ...

When Wendy Everly was six-years-old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. It isn't until 11 years later that Wendy discovers her mother might have been right. With the help of Finn Holmes, Wendy finds herself in a world she never knew existed - a world both beautiful and frightening, and Wendy's not sure she wants to be a part of it.

Ivy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close. Now all they have in common is Carlton High and the beginning of a very bad day. So when the three unexpectedly run into each other, they decide to avoid their problems by ditching. Just the three of them, like old times. Except they’ve barely left the parking lot before they run out of things to say...until they spot another Carlton High student skipping school - and follow him to the scene of his own murder. In one chance move, their day turns from dull to deadly. And it’s about to get worse.

This tiny town, where 17-year-old Grey spends her summers, is the self-proclaimed Psychic Capital of the World - and the place where Elora Pellerin, Grey's best friend, disappeared six months earlier. Grey can't believe that Elora vanished into thin air any more than she can believe that nobody in a town full of psychics knows what happened. But as she digs into the night that Elora went missing, she begins to realize that everybody in town is hiding something.

Paige Redmond has always felt lucky to spend her summers in Clearwater Ridge, with lazy days sunning at the waterfalls and nights partying at the sprawling houses of the rich families who vacation there. The Covingtons are one of these families, and beautiful, brilliant Audrey Covington is Paige's best friend. And last year, when Audrey's crush-worthy brother Dylan finally started noticing Paige, she was sure it would be the best summer ever.

These shivery tales were collected from the oral tradition, from people all over the Southwest, and represent the rich cultural diversity of the region, from the Ozarks to the Rio Grande, California to the Big Thicket.

Nan's story has always been the same. Last summer, she, Luce, Edie, and Jane took a boat out for one final swim in the river. It was a perfect summer night. But the only one who returned that night was Nan. She maintains that she has no idea what happened to her three friends. The girls went ahead, and it was as though they disappeared into thin air. Now, one year later, it's the memorial of that night. All of Saltcedar has gathered at the river. Nan is even wearing the same clothes she wore that fateful day last summer. And when Luce climbs out of the water, no one is more surprised than Nan.

9 Bonus Stories Included! Tia was the sister of the leader, to one of the most notorious motorcycle gangs in the city. She had just turned eighteen, but her brother Rex still treats her like a child. She is not though and is desperate to prove to his right-hand man Mark that she is all grown up. There is a problem though. Tia is untouchable with everyone knowing who her brother is and how protective he is of her. While Rex has to leave town for a few days, he leaves Tia in the hands of Mark to take care of her while he is gone. Tia proves harder to watch than anticipated, especially when ...

Where reality and simulation blur… In the realm where dreams intertwine with the tangible, Maeve's journey takes an unfathomable turn. The simulation pods for sapient students, once a haven for conquering fears and healing trauma, become a labyrinth of deceit. After her harrowing kidnapping, Maeve finds herself trapped in a twisted virtual reality. Her captor's sinister device forces her to relive distorted echoes of the past, blurring the lines between the simulated and the authentic. Trapped in horrific and untrustworthy prisons, Maeve must wage a battle against her own mind. What is ...

Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that was entirely not her fault, she’s stuck working to pay back her Auntie Daunis for repairs to the Jeep. Thankfully she has the other outcasts of the summer program. Together they ace obstacle courses, plan vigils for missing women in the community, and make sure summer doesn’t feel so lost after all. But when she attends a meeting at a local university, Perry learns about the “Warrior Girl”, an ancestor whose bones and knife are stored in the museum archives, and everything changes.

In the seaside town of Nautilus, Minerva Gutiérrez absolutely hates her job at the local ice cream stand, where her sexist boss makes each day worse than the last. But she needs the money: kicked out of school and stranded by her mom's most recent hospitalization, she dreams of escaping her dead-end hometown. When an armed robbery at the ice cream stand stirs up rumors about money hidden on the property, Min teams up with her neighbor CeCe, also desperate for cash, to find it. The bonus? Getting revenge on her boss in the process.

Lieutenant Ethan Hendricks greatest nightmare just also happens to be his grandfather’s newest business venture. Logan Hendricks is thrilled about his brand new detective agency’s first case, but things weren’t turning out the way they were supposed to, including the attempted murder of one of his brand new employees. But he figures their next case, which involves finding a missing sister, should go a lot smoother. How dangerous could it be? Ethan Hendricks wasn’t quite as confident about his grandfather’s new hobby, or that the supposedly straight-forward case of finding a ...

Ruby is sent on a quest to find the mythical Singing Mountains. But until she can embark on a new adventure, she must confront pieces of her past. She is in for a few wild surprises in her own garden. Havengothy has changed and Ruby is adjusting to life after a war and the results of the brutal battle that has marked her life and her beloved friends. Sebastian has been missing for nearly three years, and several of her friends who fought in the Great Liath Battle show the signs of the trauma of war. But their injuries and mental anguish do not detour her. Ruby is determined to join the ...

Spencer covets her sister's boyfriend. Aria's fantasizing about her English teacher. Emily's crushing on the new girl at school. And Hanna uses some ugly tricks to stay beautiful. But they've all kept an even bigger secret since their friend Alison vanished.

"TRUE BLOOD and TWILIGHT, anyone?" 🔥From New York Times, USA TODAY, Amazon Top-15 and #1 Dark Fantasy Bestseller Tamara Rose Blodgett comes Alpha Blood, Book 9 of the electrifying Blood Series. Enter a world where dark fantasy, supernatural suspense and forbidden desires collide🔥 What Readers are Saying: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "One of the best series I ever read..." ~ Kay Chambers ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "5 ALPHA STARS..." ~ Avid Reader 💔 A Heroine Defying Fate: Julia Caldwell refuses to be a pawn in Hades’ cruel game. As war looms on the horizon, Julia boldly declares her rebellion, setting ...

Stevie Bell solved the case of Truly Devious, and now she’s taking her detecting skills abroad when she becomes embroiled in a mystery from 1990s England. Another pulse-pounding and laugh-out-loud stand-alone mystery from New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson.

If you like Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, Thriller, Serials with Surprise Endings, and stories with a plot, Billy Wells Horror is for you. Billy Wells Horror's average review rating for all horror collections is 4.3! Twelve stories from the warped mind of Billy Wells. Scary Stories-Volume 5 is the eighth collection of short stories mostly in the horror genre with surprise endings by Billy Wells. Please be aware that some of these offerings are quite gruesome and not for those readers whose parents did not let them watch scary movies and TV shows as a child. ...