Occult Thriller

Masquerade is a supernatural thriller told from the perspective of a spiritual medium and astral traveler. Following a whirlwind relocation for a live-in job at the local inn, Beth quickly realizes the whole village is thoroughly haunted, the people here fearful and cowed. As a spiritual medium, her attention is drawn to Scarsdale Hall nearby, the enormous stately home dominating what is undoubtedly a wild and beautiful landscape. Built of black stone with majestic turrets, it seems to drain the energy from the land. There is, she feels, something malevolent about it.

When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic, rural town of Ludlow, Maine, this new beginning seems too good to be true. Yet despite Ludlow's tranquility, there's an undercurrent of danger that lingers...like the graveyard in the woods near the Creeds' home, where generations of children have buried their beloved pets.

A house with no furniture. Seven bodies posed like performance art. No signs of forced entry. No screams. No sounds. No fingerprints. Only a spiral. When former detective turned reluctant consultant is called to a chilling new crime scene, it feels less like a discovery and more like a message—one composed with precision, soaked in silence, and dripping with intention. The killer didn’t just commit murder; he designed it. Each room a stage, each body a symbol, and at the center of it all: a presence she thought she’d buried long ago. Helix is a mind-bending psychological horror ...

'If you want a series with a strong, kick-ass female lead, then this is it!' Hounded by the police, trying to learn a new job in a new town, and constantly picking up after her slob of a flatmate, Anastasia has all she needs on her plate … … add being hunted by demons to the mix won’t help then. When former soldier, Anastasia Aaronson, stumbles across two hellish creatures, her body reacts by channeling magic to defend itself and unleashes a power the Earth has forgotten. The sudden and unwanted discovery soon attracts a lot of heat: the demons all seem to want her, but the ancient ...

Eli Gac has been ten moves ahead of Doc since beginning his deadly game of cat and mouse, with Tucker’s life as the prize. Doc is willing to go as far as is needed to save his friend, including sacrificing his own life. But as the battle of wits leaves Doc with no other options, will he be ready to do the unthinkable?

The deadly dimensions over London have been sealed, and the monsters have departed. But word has come to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson of a more terrifying creature still - the great Cthulhu has been sighted off the waters of Innsmouth, Massachusetts. Only Holmes can defeat him. And in the muddy village of Innsmouth, surrounded by villagers who are more sea-monster than human, Holmes meets again his nemesis, Moriarty, and yet greater foes: Amelia Scarcliffe and Maria Fitzgerald, harbingers of Dagon, who have called forth Cthulhu.

Eleven-year-old Ava O’Brien has always been quiet, observant, and just a little different. But when she tells her parents about a day at school that ended in horror, they’re left shaken and uncertain. Ava’s story is chilling: classmates blindfolded and led into a hidden basement, masked figures performing unthinkable rituals, and a darkness so suffocating that it still haunts her dreams. Her details are vivid, her fear palpable—too vivid to dismiss as fantasy. Teddy and Barbara O’Brien want to believe it’s all in their daughter’s mind. But as cracks form in the facade of their...

Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special 12-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted fans of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.

Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been summoned to remote Cardavan House, home of the world’s largest private collection of Ancient Egyptian artefacts, for the unveiling of George Cardavan’s latest acquisition: a bona fide Egyptian mummy. When a bloodstained body is discovered beside the empty sarcophagus, Ishmael is dismissive of the theory that the mummy’s curse is to blame.

Come along in this two part Vampire supernatural thriller. Vampires walk among us, that much is true, they thrive and survive through our disbelief in their very existence. Living off human and animal blood, depending on their environment. They enjoy the night life among mortals, they feed off of their disbelief. Which gives them free reign upon humans. Keeping to the shadows, shape shifting and moving about unnoticed by mortals they continue to feed on blood and live among us. They are hundreds of years old, they have traveled the world unseen. The are immortal, they never grow old and ...

It all began years ago, with a college Professor named Richard Divine, who taught a course on the Supernatural. A path he would take, that would soon prove to be the beginning of chilling nightmare, which would continue on, long after his death. This is his story, which turns out to be the beginning of an on-going nightmare, for not only his family, but his friends as well, after his death the battle is left in their hands to carry on. Continuing where he left off, in a mission to destroy the powers of darkness, deep in the Louisiana Black Bayou. This is the tale of the Devil Wolf, where it...

An ancient prophecy, a terrifying threat, a dangerous secret about to unleash its fury. When a terrorist explosion in the Great Pyramid of Giza, kills a group of tourists during a late-night ceremony, the sole survivor, Isa Floris, a photographer, stumbles upon a thirty-year-old plot to control the greatest prize of all -- the power of the human mind. From Cairo to Paris and London, across the mountains of Colorado to the dusty playa of the Black Rock Desert, hunter and hunted, Isa races through the nether worlds of deep black ops and ancient power in a desperate bid to prevent the ...

Five years ago Susannah Harper's son, Joel, went missing without trace. Bereft of her son and then of her husband, Susannah has rebuilt her life around helping others. But then, on the last night of Hull Fair, a fortune-teller makes an eerie prediction. She tells her that this Christmas Eve, Joel will finally come back to her. As her carefully constructed life begins to unravel, Susannah is forced to confront the buried truths of her family's past.

Some houses never forget what happened inside them. Real estate agent Rebecca Torres specializes in the properties no one else will touch—homes where murders occurred, families died, and darkness lingers in every room. She tells herself she's helping people move on from tragedy. She's wrong. Her clients aren't buying houses. They're collecting crime scenes. When Rebecca discovers her buyers are recreating the original murders with disturbing accuracy, she realizes she's been providing detailed instruction manuals for wealthy psychopaths who pay premium prices for authentic killing ...

Jacqueline Carey is the New York Times best-selling author of the award-winning Kushiel's Legacy series. Dark Currents introduces Daisy Johanssen, a hell-spawn living in a Mid-west resort town that also boasts fairies, vampires, and a Norse goddess. As police department liaison for the paranormal, Daisy takes notice when a drowning victim shows signs of eldritch involvement. Paired with officer - and werewolf - Cody Fairfax, she must solve the case before tourist season is ruined.

What if the test of your soul isn’t in the next life— but this one? Deep in the Egyptian desert, archaeologists uncover an ancient well surrounded by forbidden inscriptions. They call it The Pit—a structure older than any known civilization, untouched by time, sealed by silence. The hieroglyphs speak of a test unlike any known to man: a plunge into the unknown that reveals not just fate, but truth. Those who pass are reborn with divine knowledge and power. Those who fail are cursed for eternity—and worse, are never the same again. When Darren Vale, a disillusioned engineer haunted ...

A series of apocalyptic underground explosions shatters the globe, plunging humanity into chaos. For Grace and Tom, survival means isolation in their apartment, where the outside world has turned into a suffocating fog of fear. But as the days stretch into nights, the horrors beyond their walls are matched only by the chilling visions haunting Grace’s mind. Something is out there—something ancient, something waiting. And as Grace begins to uncover the secrets she’s kept buried for years, she realizes the darkness may be closer than she ever imagined. Lowlands is a spellbinding journey...

Isabeau, the witch, longs to rejoin her sister and her home in these uncertain times, but she must first complete one last task for her teachers. To find her true purpose in life, she must reach the Skull of the World and listen to the silent words of the White Gods. Few survive. But those who do are changed forever. Now, when she does return home, she does so with an extraordinary gift. But when Margrit of Arran decides to take advantage of Lachlan’s absence by kidnapping his son - heir to the throne, Isabeau must learn to use her gifts in the face of evil - and overcome her enemy.

Zach Adams is one of the best detectives in the country. Nicknamed Cowboy, he serves on a federal task force that has a single mission: to hunt down Dominic Abend, a European gangster.

"A MUST READ FOR FANS OF MYSTERIES AND FOLK HORROR." - NP CUNNIFFE, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF "THE WEEJEE MAN". "...IT'S A WELL WRITTEN HORROR STORY WITH FANTASTIC CHARACTERS, BLOODY KILLS, AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT" - HORROR READS, 5 STAR AMAZON/GOODREADS REVIEW. "IT'S LIKE STEPHEN KING'S VERSION OF GREMLINS." - THE DANSE MACABRE While on a research expedition in the wilds of the Irish countryside, a team of archeologists are brutally murdered on an ancient druid henge. The bite marks found on the bodies by the forensic techs that gathered the crime scene evidence suggested that animals were ...