Psychological Twists

With the discovery of the bodies of Caroline Stone and her young lover Reece, Mac begins to unravel secrets of the people she knew and loved. Caroline’s husband Charles, having also mysteriously disappeared along with his Harley Davidson. Leaving no trace. Mac’s team consequently has a double murder to resolve. Bodies then pile up as the dark past unravels, buildings burning, and a mysterious figure appearing with vengeance in mind. The plot delves deep into buried past lives of not only the victims but also reveals the traumatic past of the friends and family. Who are these victims and...

He doesn’t chase. He stalks—and he always catches what he wants. Sasha Bell thought surviving her mother’s latest marriage meant peace. But it came with Riley. Her new stepbrother is everything she fears—silent, feral, and impossibly observant. He doesn’t mock her like the others. He studies her. Watches from the shadows. Shows up where he shouldn’t, breathing her air, filling the house with a presence that vibrates like tension on a wire. Riley doesn’t need words. His rules are unspoken. His punishments? Delivered with quiet cruelty. Trapped in a house she can’t escape and ...

After the death of her adoptive mother, Ava Saunders comes upon a peculiar photograph, sealed and hidden away in a crawl space. The photo shows a shuttered, ramshackle house on top of a steep hill. On the back, a puzzling inscription: Destiny calls us. Ava is certain that it's a clue to her elusive past. Twenty-three years ago, she'd been found wrapped in a yellow blanket in the narthex of the Holy Saviour Catholic Church - and rescued - or so she'd been told. Her mother claimed there was no more to the story.

John Beckett stands accused of the brutal murder of his wife, but he knows the truth: he is innocent. However, his alibi only makes things worse—he was committing premeditated murder at the time of his wife’s death. As the evidence stacks against him and the investigation, led by a driven female detective, grows more intense, Beckett must face the horrifying reality that someone has framed him for his wife’s murder. Was it the police chief, a jilted lover seeking revenge on Laura for leaving him to be with Beckett?

City coroner Doctor Stacy Lewis just learned that her fiance, Doctor Henry Goldberg, is the prime suspect in a serial murder case. She can’t believe for a moment that the man she loves and trusts more than anything is responsible for killing three women. But one man is convinced. And that’s her ex-boyfriend and the detective on the case, Matt Ensor. Her coworker at the city hospital, the charming ER doctor Henry, swept in quickly to steal her away—something that Matt has never forgiven.

"It’s a great addition to Marsh’s Dr. Kate Winters series! A little bit Criminal Minds and a little bit Paranormal investigations. It’s a story you can’t put down." Dr. Kate Winter has waited for this confrontation her entire life. Premonitions slide into reality without notice or fanfare. You think a message means one thing, then get blindsided when you are wrong. When energies gather in a particular quadrant of the sky, Dr. Kate Winter feels them. Her instincts come alive. “My latest case is personal. An intuitive nudge warned me. A force of energy from my past is coming. Now, ...

Welcome to The House That Hungers—a gothic descent into psychological terror, memory, and the appetite of places that never truly die. This is not your typical haunted house story. The house doesn’t just whisper. It doesn’t just remember. It feeds. Elena Marrow returns to a long-forgotten ancestral estate expecting closure. What she finds instead is a sentient structure that has waited generations to taste her again. Reality bends. Memory bleeds. Doors don’t just open—they bite. And the more she uncovers, the more she realizes: She didn’t come back to explore the house. She came...

What’s that noise outside the window? Maybe some endings should be left alone. What was that bump I felt? What’s that crawling in your underwear? Take a look through Dark Windows: More Twisted Tales to find the answers to these questions and more in this collection of short stories of dark fiction, supernatural, suspense and psychological horror all bound together with a black sense of humour. Why not take a look through these Dark Windows… you never know what you might see?

A husband’s chance at redemption turns sinister when a mysterious poker chip links his future to a violent past. When Jack Harper finds an old poker chip in his Las Vegas hotel room, he sees it as a symbol of his fresh start. The past few years have strained his marriage—marked by addictions, unemployment, and depression—but with this newfound luck secretly in his possession, Jack is determined to leave that past behind. This weekend’s getaway is the perfect anniversary gift for his wife, Emily, and he’s sure it will win back her love and admiration. Sixty years earlier, in the ...

A mystery novel set in New York City during the early autumn of 1923. In the vibrant, tumultuous world of 1920s New York, a shocking murder sends ripples through the heart of Broadway. "Death of a Star" follows the harrowing investigation into the life and untimely death of Eleanor Simon, the illustrious "Cardinal" of the stage, as her demise unveils dark secrets lurking beneath the glitzy façade of fame and fortune. When Eleanor is discovered strangled in her ransacked apartment, the city's elite are thrown into chaos. District Attorney John F.-X. Stanford is tasked with solving this high...

Evil. Behind the walls, muffled voices scream for help. Inexplicable circumstances leave questions unanswered. What seemed like a normal,old building turns into a passageway into the buried past - one that should have never been dug up. Childhood rumors are often prevalent in a family-oriented community. Some stories are so believable that they trickle down from sibling to sibling, friend to friend, creating a neighborhood buzz that lingers for years. Ryan Sheffield’s neighborhood wasn't any different. Though no one would admit it, adults and children alike were terrified by the eccentric...

He doesn’t guard the gates. He controls every lock inside her mind. Drew Cox didn’t choose Browning Academy. Her mother married a monster, and now Drew’s trapped behind iron gates, cold stone walls… and Brice Browning. Her new stepbrother is cruel, calculated, and obsessive. A sadistic warden with perfect control and a smile that slices deeper than knives. Brice doesn’t shout. He watches. He waits. He infiltrates her routines, her space, her thoughts—until her only escape is fantasy. But even there… he follows. Now he’s assigned her as his “student.” Overseer. Punisher. ...

They thought they had escaped a traumatic childhood, so why does it haunt them now? Could enemies from the past be stalking them? When Joe, Maisie and Sam met in a residential children’s home, they pledged to look out for each other; three friends who were inseparable until the night Sam disappeared. Twenty years later, Maisie suffers flashbacks, struggling to understand the cause of her recurring nightmares. Shocked to find Joe, homeless on Bognor seafront, she helps him turn his life around. Yet it doesn’t seem long before their past returns to haunt them. What really went on at ...

Stella McKinney has a great life. With a Malibu beach house, doting husband, and a flourishing business, everything is coming up roses - until it isn't. When her beloved husband Grant begins behaving out of character and devoting more time to his career, Stella has reason to question his fidelity for the first time in their marriage. As Stella's quest for the truth morphs into a sick obsession, the last thing she expects is a perfect stranger to show up at her door, a beautiful woman who knows intimate details about Stella and Grant that no one else could possibly know.

Eye For Her is a jaw-dropping thriller that fans of Gone Girl and Shutter Island won’t be able to put down—featuring a twist you’ll never see coming. A perfect life shattered. A nightmare begins. Abigail Blake seems to have it all: a loving husband, a long-awaited baby, and a thriving career in architecture. But one serene evening at their lakeside vacation cabin, everything changes. As she cradles her infant and waits for her husband Robert to arrive for dinner, he never comes home. That tranquil moment by the lake becomes her last memory of them as a family. When Abigail wakes, ...

Best-selling author Britney King returns with an adrenaline-fueled thriller about an unlikely array of characters and their heart-pounding plunge into the dizzying depths of madness. March 2020: Stranded on a remote cruise ship as the pandemic ravages the world, 753 desperate passengers find themselves in a perilous situation. With no hope of docking in sight and dwindling supplies, each must fight their inner demons to survive. Among them are an eclectic mix of people—a father desperately searching for a way to save his daughter's future, an artist running from a broken past, and a ...

From the bestselling author of HER and Water Under the Bridge comes a razor-sharp psychological thriller about obsession, deception, and the terrifying ease of watching—and being watched. A flawless couple walks into the coffee shop where Izzy Lewis works. They're perfect—effortless, enviable, everything she's ever wanted. So, she does what she always does: she stalks them on social media. Just like that—with the tap of a screen—she's inside their world. Their glamorous life, their intimate moments, their secrets. But this time, watching isn't enough. This time, she'll do whatever ...

Normal, everyday people are tired of waiting for justice. They're killing murderers and getting away with it, thanks to a controversial, best-selling how-to book. Case, intrigued with the book and its mysteries, becomes the hunted after witnessing the author's murder. Case is also hit with tragedy on more than one front, and some friends and family are murdered. He becomes frustrated with the police when leads run out, and he's forced to grapple with the moral decision about ultimate justice.

Angel sees the unseen. The unseen, see her. She is being consumed by the spirit world. Angel can't escape her fate. Her gifts are becoming stronger, and the spirits now see her as a threat. The time has come for her to face her fears and learn how to keep herself safe or perish at the hands of the unseen who want her dead. Ann Mountz is a master of writing. Her passion for writing is uncanny. She brings her book to life with expression and deep knowledge of human behavior. She writes as if she lives in each scene moment by moment and the reader will live it too. Since she was young, she's ...

Train Girl On a train ride home to visit her sister, Marley Walker encounters a haunting old man who reveals a dark premonition: her sister’s life is in danger. She would be crazy to believe him, but if she doesn't find the courage to face her darkest fears, her life will be in danger, too. Again Human resources director, Lucy Matheson, is an expert at terminating staff members. But when she fires the most feared and notorious employee at Edmon Enterprises, a curse is set into motion, turning her nightmares into a reality for all eternity. To Preserve, Protect and Defend When Fiona ...