Psychological Crime Thrillers

Once in a long while, a child is born possessing the rarest of gifts, the innate ability to feel impossible beauty, to recognize priceless works of art. When such a child is discovered, a 250-year-old secret organization called Our World trains them to acquire the greatest works of art through theft, bribery, forgery, and even murder. Once found, the masterpiece will disappear again without anyone ever knowing it surfaced and sold for billions of dollars of profit at a secret auction attended by only the wealthiest of the art world’s patrons.

She thought she was chasing a killer. She didn’t realize the case would chase her back. FBI agent Briana can’t let the past rest—especially when it refuses to stay buried. Assigned to a reopened case alongside her partner, Buck, she dives into the mysterious death of Terry Russo, a case once closed under suspicious circumstances. Terry’s father had powerful ties to the Bureau’s Director, and now Briana finds herself sifting through dusty files, questionable autopsies, and a widow who’s hiding more than grief. A pizza delivery boy confessed… then disappeared. Anonymous tips ...

Gwen Proctor escaped her serial-killer husband and saved her family. What she can’t seem to outrun is his notoriety. Or the sick internet vigilantes still seeking to avenge his crimes. For Gwen, hiding isn’t an option. Not when her only mission is to create a normal life for her kids. But now, a threatened woman has reached out. Marlene Crockett, from the remote town of Wolfhunter, is panicked for herself and her daughter. When Gwen arrives in the small, isolated rural community, Marlene is already dead - her own daughter blamed for the murder.

Jeremiah Barren slouches in the corner booth of the dimly lit, smoke-filled bar, peering at the others within the room over the tankards on the table in front of him. Despite the presence of the ale, and his status as the town drunk, he isn't there to drink, but to watch. To observe. He's only one member of a group aimed at converting murmured bar gossip into profits at the market; to exploit the loose lips of the inebriated and harm the wealth of The Director, Darkwell's ruthless leader. Despite his outward appearance of uselessness, he is rather effective in this role. It's when their ...

Four-year-old Ellen is snatched by a stranger in the dead of night. Her devastated mother, Nicole, receives four identical phials and a threatening note in a familiar scrawl that chills her to the bone. But she always knew this would happen. She’s been expecting it for years. According to the note, one of the phials is poisoned. Nicole is given a deadly challenge: If she drinks one, the sadistic kidnapper will notify the police of Ellen’s location. The sender claims to be Luka Volkov, but Luka is supposed to be dead, killed long ago in a fire that haunts all those involved.

When Angela was young, before she came to realize she had a rare ability, she was a rather ordinary girl. At least, that was what everyone said. But Angela is anything but ordinary. The daughter of a meth addict, she is convinced she was born a freak. Haunted by an abusive childhood, she was forced to become a woman far too soon. And in the process, she became more.

Tariffs paid on an ill-fated decision can last a lifetime. A young boy faces an impossible situation. Father or sister, he must kill one for the other to survive. Two decades later, Logan Channon has developed his psychic talents and trained with the military to learn the skills necessary to find the family abandoned as a child. The problem is, he’s not the only one who’s searching. His military discharge includes a request from his ex-commander to root out a terrorist cell in exchange for help in locating his family. Graduating with her psych doctorate, Tori McPherson anticipates the ...

Juan Pablo Castel es un pintor recluido en prisión por el asesinato de María Iribarne. Durante su encierro rememora la cadena de acontecimientos que lo llevaron a perder el control, a convertirse en un hombre con el interior oscuro, un hombre poseído por una insalvable soledad, la de la ausencia de la mujer amada hasta el límite, la del engaño que ha convertido su corazón en un pedazo duro y frío de hielo y ha colocado entre sus manos el cuchillo que pone fin al sufrimiento.

Audrey has a secret. She likes killing bad people. She’s on the hunt for her next victim, what she doesn’t know is that someone is also hunting her. Is there such a thing as a ‘good serial killer’? Meet Audrey King. She’s young, privileged, beautiful, desirable, respected and admired. But none of these matters to Audrey. As the youngest daughter of billionaire Victor King, she’s not interested in fast cars, fast men, private jets and super yachts. She’d rather put her allowance and her unique talents to more ‘humane’ pursuits—like killing bad people. But then it all goes...

This set contains books seven to nine in the gripping, fast-paced crime fiction series featuring DCI Whitney Walker and forensic psychologist Dr. Georgina Cavendish: Ritual Demise, Mortal Remains, and Silent Graves.

Justice is only as corrupt as those who govern it. The first shot has been fired. The first name has been scratched out. Now she is ready to strike out another… And it looks like she’s headed home. With JL ruined and behind bars, Sofie feels one small piece of her heart mended. But there is no time to rest. Back home in Auburn Village, more trouble and danger await as Chief Edison continues to use his power and influence for his own selfish needs. Sofie swore she wouldn’t return to the place that holds so many dark memories… not until she was ready to destroy those who tore her life...

From the bestselling author of What You Did comes a stunning psychological thriller. One party. Thirteen people. By 3.02 p.m., one of them will be dead.

The flight attendant working a shift on her birthday. The mother struggling alone with two young children. The newlyweds excited about their tropical honeymoon . The overworked father missing his kid’s big show. The young man returning from his best friend’s funeral. The ER nurse wondering what retirement will bring. All strangers. All unsuspecting. Each with a life heading in a particular direction – or so they imagine.

In this stunning and provocative domestic drama about a sweet 16 birthday party that goes horribly awry, a wealthy family in San Francisco finds their picture-perfect life unraveling, their darkest secrets revealed, and their friends turned to enemies.

Wandering through the snowy woods in the mountains near her home, Angela Constantine stumbles upon a wolf feeding on the body of a murdered young woman. That discovery is only the start of her problems. Throw a blind evangelist and his mute sister into the mix, and New York Times best-selling author Terry Goodkind has concocted another irresistible cocktail of suspense, a tale where the difference between life and death dances on the edge of a razor-sharp blade. Trouble’s Child set in the world of the novel The Girl in the Moon.

Two years ago, sangria flowed and laughter echoed at a suburban Pleasure Party—until jealousy walked in with a loaded gun. The survivors thought the nightmare ended that day. They were wrong. Someone's been watching. Waiting. Learning their new secrets—the ones born in the blood-soaked aftermath of that afternoon. Now this invisible puppet master is ready to play, and the price of silence is devastating. As the women reunite in the wake of tragedy, a sinister game begins. Blackmail slithers into their perfect lives, threatening everything they've rebuilt. Marriages crack. Careers ...

Dr. Adam Shaw and Detective Tara Lewis, once bound by a sinister past, now find themselves entangled in a deadly web of murder and deceit. As they race against time to unravel the secrets of the Binding program, the body count rises, and the evidence points to an unspeakable truth: one of them might be the killer. Desperate for answers, they delve into the twisted labyrinth of their own minds, risking their sanity and their lives. But when a chilling message from a mysterious figure emerges, promising to reveal the truth behind the mirror, they must decide whether to trust the whispers of a...

Called to an isolated farm to check on an elderly widow, Sheriff Bree Taggert finds a brutal double homicide. One of the victims is Eugene Oscar, the bitter and corrupt former deputy she recently forced out of the department. Working with criminal investigator Matt Flynn, Bree discovers that she isn’t the only one who had a troubling history with Eugene. But someone doesn’t want Bree digging up the past. She becomes the target of a stranger’s sick and devious campaign calculated to destroy her reputation, career, family, and new relationship with Matt.

Denny O’Callaghan is afraid to open his eyes. He’d been out drinking last night with the guys, and his head throbs, his arms hurt, and he can’t remember what he’s done. He opens his eyes. Blood. On his sheets. His pillowcase. Then he gets a call: his ex-wife was murdered last night. He desperately tries to piece together what happened. But he can’t explain how he got the scratches on his arms, the police want to know about the domestic violence report his ex filed against him, and his buddies say he was raging against her last night before he stormed off on his own. Right about ...

A wealthy couple is found brutally murdered. Their young son is missing. And one detective is about to be dragged back into a past he thought he'd buried. Detective Sergeant Conal Brophy is struggling to stay afloat—personally and professionally. When a high-profile double murder shakes the quiet Irish town of Woodstown, Brophy is handed the case that could either redeem his career—or destroy it. But nothing about the crime scene adds up. No witnesses. No motive. And the missing boy, Sean, has vanished without a trace. As Brophy digs deeper, a familiar name from an old, unsolved case ...