Psychological Suspense

It’s 5 November, and a woman awakens to a nightmare. Bound and gagged, she lies trapped in the heart of a towering bonfire. As the smoke thickens, panic sets in–she’s moments away from being engulfed in flames. How did it come to this? Rewind eleven months: Margot, a faded TV star, and her long-suffering friend Anna watch as glamorous Liv and her flawless family move into their street. The three women soon fabricate the perfect pretence of friendship, but each harbours her own deadly secret–and newcomer Liv senses something is terribly wrong beneath the polished exteriors.

I know I’m lucky. I have a stunning Cheltenham apartment and a charming weekend cottage in Devon. Chris, my partner, is kind and supportive. He loves me in spite of my scars—the result of a childhood incident I don’t talk about. Most of all, I love my job, helping young women with eating disorders. But I can’t help everyone, as I tell Kyle Stannard. Kyle was once a top male model—before he was left horrifically scarred in a random attack. Kyle thinks we’re the same, but I can’t help him with his problems. It’s not my field. Then creepy things start to happen.

When Detective Lauren Medina sees the calling card at a murder scene in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, she knows the Pied Piper has returned. When another teenager is brutally murdered at the same lagoon where her sister's body was found floating years before, she is certain that the Pied Piper is not just back, he's looking for payment he's owed from her. Lauren's torn between protecting the city she has sworn to keep safe, and keeping a promise she made long ago with her sister's murderer.

Be careful where you share your secrets. You don’t know who’s listening. Charlie Ray has a bit of a sleep disorder. She sleeps like the dead. When it’s time to get up, she’s up. But when she’s asleep, she’s completely unaware of the world. It’s been a big joke to her family and friends for years. Sleepovers were wrought with pranks. She’s learned to laugh it off. It’s never been a problem…until someone finds out and decides it’s something to have fun with. Someone dark. Someone dangerous. When she is at her most vulnerable, they come out to play. What starts out ...

When a coed falls prey to a sadistic murderer, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Caitlin "Caity" Cassidy and Special Agent Atticus Spenser are called in to testify - one for the defense, one for the prosecution. With warring approaches to justice, these two rivals have been butting heads for years - both inside the courtroom and out. And at first, this case appears to be no different. But when a brutal attack leaves the accused man dead and Caity in critical condition, petty differences take a backseat to saving lives. As the lone survivor, Caity knows too much.

Liz Dawson weaves through a crowd with the ease of a tropical breeze; she’s clever, smooth, and confident—qualities that make her a brilliant serial con artist. Isabelle Beresford is strikingly beautiful, obscenely wealthy, and the new owner of Casa Esmerelda, a fabulous villa on the Mexican coast—attributes that make her the perfect mark. When she offers Liz a job handling the installation of a piece of art in her otherwise vacant home, Liz can’t resist the allure of a beach retreat. But when Liz is mistaken for Isabelle herself, Liz can’t help slipping into the socialite’s identity.

Everyone is hiding a secret. Including me. The last thing I want to be doing on the coldest day of the year is sleeping rough on the streets of Plymouth. When a young woman approaches me and says she knows of a place where I can have a bed and a hot meal, I’m quick to agree. And that’s how I end up at the House of Stars. The house is run by Jupiter, who gives all his girls and clients codenames. When he finds out I’m young and untouched, he names me Virgo. He says he’ll take care of me, because he has very special plans for me. One of his clients is going to pay a lot of money to ...

A private detective, down on his luck. A bus crash in the middle of nowhere. A murderer, hiding in plain sight. When Sydney Cartel investigates a murder, he usually stands on the other side of the police tape. Trying to escape the limelight of his career, he boards a night bus in rural southern Britain. But when the bus loses control and falls into a valley, Sydney and the survivors scramble to find shelter at a local inn by the side of the road. In the dead of night, with a storm preventing anyone from getting in or out, the survivors of the crash prepare for a long stay at the Roadside ...

How do you live with yourself when you don’t even know who you are? On a chill October night, a girl goes missing setting the small town of Oakridge on edge. James has spent the last five years running from a past that still haunts him to this day. Now he finds himself thrust back into a life he thought he left behind. Finding out his new home may be haunted and reconnecting with an old friend while being thrust into a murder mystery, James finds himself trying to figure out which end is up while questioning his own sanity. **AUTHOR’S NOTE** Buried Secrets is a New Adult, mystery ...

The houses in Willow Tree Court are sleek and modern—the kind designed to harbor happy families and laughing children. No one would guess the secrets that lurk beyond the neat lawns and beautiful facades. Molly Dennehy is trying to fit in to her new surroundings, though her neighbors are clearly loyal to her husband's ex-wife. But that's the least of Molly's worries. Her stepson's school has been rocked by a brutal slaying, and a psychopath known as the Cul-de-Sac Killer is murdering families in Seattle homes. Homes just like Molly's.

Assassin, Kurt Harm, is sent to Budapest to eliminate an enemy that threatens to release thousands of CIA contact's names. Harm must locate the elusive target within days. His list of enemies are growing by the day, and not everything is as it seems to be in the Hungarian capital city. One thing is certain: There will be hell to pay for those that get in Harm's way.

# 2 Bestselling Murder Mystery in Kindle Store! Small town Police Chief Sidney Becker is pitted against a ruthless killer who’s obsessed with Viking mythology. The investigation will lead her team through a labyrinth of dark secrets and myths. The killer stays one step ahead of them at every turn. As they close in, he becomes more dangerous. They narrowly escape his deadly traps of fire and ice. What is the meaning of ancient coins planted on the bodies of his victims? What clues lie in the legend of the Viking apocalypse that killed the God of Thunder? Will the bones of a headless corpse...

When a woman wakes on a desolate beach with no memory and a spiral scar etched into her wrist, the quiet coastal town of Seacliff becomes the stage for something far more sinister than amnesia. As disturbing visions, buried identities, and whispers from the past claw their way to the surface, Jane Doe must unravel the truth—about a missing cult, a forgotten name, and the darkness she might have willingly embraced. Broken Memory is the explosive first book in the chilling new Vacant Shadows series, a psychological thriller trilogy crackling with dread, deception, and deadly revelations. ...

Note: This book was previously published under the title Pride by Literary Freedom Publishing as part of the 7 Deadly Sins Series. THEY SAY PRIDE IS THE ULTIMATE SIN… Angelique Devoe reigns supreme in the City of Sin, a self-made powerhouse and the CEO of a thriving music empire. She’s rich, famous, and untouchable—until the hits stop coming, the money dries up, and the empire she built begins to crumble. In an industry where loyalty is a myth and betrayal is currency, Angelique discovers the harsh truth: every queen faces a reckoning. BUT POWER IS THE DEADLIEST ADDICTION. In the ...

The frozen quiet of a forgotten town hides something feral beneath the snow. Detective Laura Hensley never expected the return of the one presence she’s spent her life trying to forget—the faceless killer with white eyes who vanished a decade ago after leaving a trail of meticulously posed bodies and silence. Now he’s back. And this time, it’s personal. As Laura unearths cryptic symbols, childhood echoes, and a string of murders too familiar to dismiss, her investigation begins to fracture—along with her mind. Her private journal becomes the only place she can confess what’s ...

While Emma is recovering from a traumatic brain injury, she has a premonition that her husband is murdered. She dreams of her husband’s body floating in the water, surrounded by blood. She ignores the sense of foreboding and joins Paul on a boat to celebrate a big new client. By the end of the night, Paul is dead and Emma wonders: Did she see the future, or did create it?

From New York Times best-selling author Joanne DeMaio comes a love story set at a tucked-away cottage by the sea. For Mack and Avery Martinelli, the summer is their oyster. They can spend all day on the beach, or not. Cruise the dusty beach roads, or never leave their deck overlooking Long Island Sound. Fill their itinerary with excursions on the Connecticut shore, or while away the hours in a shingled cottage. Every decision this week is theirs to make.

Residents of the posh Upstate New York neighborhood of Deer Crossing enjoy all the amenities wealth provides. From drive-up dog-grooming to monthly botox parties, these lucky suburbanites have everything they could ever want. And one thing they don’t. Stalker Caroline Case, who wheels her infant along their streets each night with just one goal...to spy on anyone too careless or too foolish to close their window blinds.

Colorado MYSTERY AWARD-WINNING, Daphne Suspense Finalist author. BESTSELLER SOME STORMS RAGE INSIDE AND OUT Chief Inspector Gray James is standing in the spot where he killed his only son when he hears the news – THE STITCHER is back after a fifteen-year absence. And the victim – lips sutured shut with medical nylon – disappears within minutes of being found at a nearby Body Farm. Something is brewing in the quaint and peaceful coastal town of Searock – edged between the Pacific Ocean and the Coast Mountains near Vancouver. The town of Gray’s youth and where it all began – where...

Young professionals are turning up dead across Chicago, their bodies meticulously posed, marked with cryptic symbols, and absent of any traceable evidence. When the case lands on the desk of relentless prosecutor Elena Marquez, it quickly becomes clear—this isn’t the work of a typical killer. This is ritual. This is performance. And it’s only just begun. Elena, still haunted by past trials and a legacy she’s desperate to outrun, is thrown into the heart of a mystery that defies logic. With pressure mounting from the public, the media, and within her own fractured psyche, she pursues...