Short Thrillers Suspense

In this chilling collection, five acclaimed authors invite you into a world where the supernatural hides in plain sight. Look closely, and you’ll find it: lurking within an ancient tree, stalking an idyllic beach, and whispering through a friend’s letter. Your curiosity is exactly what it’s been waiting for.

Meet Roxanne Bloom, ex-lawyer and who likes to be called Roxy by her close friends. She's the owner and operator of The Bean Hive coffee shop in Honey Springs. Kentucky. But when a dead body is dumped on her doorstep like a sack of coffee beans, the cozy coffee shop becomes an all-out crime scene and everyone in the small town is hankering for some good gossip. Sheriff Spencer warns her to be careful because everyone is a suspect. Roxy's snooping lawyer skills are on alert and she can't help but brew up a few clues to help find the cold blooded killer

In this 5th novel in the UNDERCOVER HILLBILLY MYSTERY SERIES, Billy Hill's new girlfriend becomes frantic with worry about her half-brother who has gone missing. Billy drives to the bayous of Pecan Island, Louisiana to investigate. Danger tends to stick to Billy like an unwanted hemorrhoid and this latest mystery is no exception. Billy soon finds himself immersed in a confusing and perilous predicament as he is inadvertently scooped up in the Joe Biden administration's latest illegal plot to change the very fabric of American society. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a retired ...

Stealth Genesis pulls aside the curtain and reveals the never-before-told “back story” of the award-winning series, Nanostealth. Dr. Daniel Bickel, world-renown nanophysicist, and his devoted technicians, Rick and Tony, explore the tunnels of the old Manzano Weapons Storage Facility, braving the ongoing danger of discovery to locate a forgotten Cold War devolution site—a cavern carved deep within the mountain to be used as a presidential command center in the event of nuclear war. Unknown to most, two such command center caverns had been carved out of the mountain’s rock. The second...

Previously published as Sleepy For My BFF's Dad: Deep While she Sleeps ~ Taboo Sleep Sex With Permission Dirty Short Story by Wilder, Lakelyn (AUTHOR) TWO Things You LOVE: Sleep Never Felt SO Good! Some things are inevitable… even when you fight them... I never dreamed I’d do anything with my best friend’s father besides fantasize about how incredibly good looking he was… but he had other ideas and ways to make them happen. Sure, I told him he could do it, I just never dreamed he would! Click Look Inside to see a sample of what you get. Enjoy the read! ~ Lakelyn Super hot short read...

In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet, reasoned the detective, like Hercules, he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters. So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot makes up his mind to accept just 12 more cases: his self-imposed "Labors". Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.

"He was walking down the alley. He seemed to do this every night – although he didn’t know why. So far, this time was no different than the other times. It was the same thing night after night. There it was. The shadow. It stuck out from around the corner. This time it seemed obvious, more than ever. He ran as fast as he could. The shadow came out from around the corner and started to chase him. He ran. The shadow ran. He ran faster. The shadow ran faster." So begins an exciting new suspense thriller short story, "The Face of the Shadow." Matthew Robinson is plagued by a recurring dream...

A judge’s first murder trial. A defense attorney in over his head. A prosecutor out for blood and glory. The accused, who is possibly innocent. And the killer, who may have just committed the perfect crime.

Gears, Grills, & Guns: When Wendell Holliday's body is found dead in one of Happy Trails Campground bungalows, Mae along with the help of the Laundry Club Ladies once again put on their sleuthing caps. Eggnog, Extortion, & Evergreens: Mae West along with the help of the Laundry Club Ladies put on their amateur sleuth cap to help solve the mystery of the murders before a killer sends her a Christmas gift she can't return. Ropes, Riddles, & Robberies: With a group of friends to help, Mae is on the case to put the clues of the past together to bring out the truth.

An Ancient Book Harboring Monstrous Secrets. A Deadly Guardian Ravenous for Blood. Rick can’t let go of what he’s seen and done. Participating in the slaughter of a werewolf will do that to a guy. But now unsettling questions linger. If that’s out there, what else lurks in the depths of the night? Now Rick has followed hints and rumors of a tome that will provide answers. But there’s a snag: it’s spent centuries secreted away in a castle dungeon in the Austrian countryside. Now he travels alone, risking his life on a perilous journey into the heart of darkness.

Once he was called the Sphinx, a man so inscrutable that neither his adversaries nor fellow intelligence operatives could predict his next move. Now a contract agent with a secret mission, Jonathan Wyatt has gone rogue. For eight years he's been scheming to kill two Federal agents, whom he blames for the loss of his career. But as Wyatt prepares for a final confrontation, he makes a discovery that stretches back to the horrors of World War II, to Martin Bormann and Eva Braun and to a fortune in lost gold.

Anne is barely keeping it together. A frazzled ghostwriter and aspiring novelist, she juggles nine-year-old twins and a listless marriage from an overcrowded Manhattan apartment, spreading herself thinner each day. Just as Anne is about to give up on her dreams, she lands her biggest client yet: Melody Wells. Melody paints a picture of serenity and empowerment in the lavender haze of her visualization workshops—however, the one thing she can’t manifest are the pages her publisher is demanding for her new motivational book. Enter Anne.

This collection of mysteries from a fresh voice in Southwestern fiction stakes out the common ground between Tony Hillerman, Elmore Leonard, and Cormac McCarthy. Collection includes Nail’s Crossing, Greasy Bend, Butcher Pen Road, and Ten-Acre Rock.

From mystery and crime to romance and tragedy, in this collection you will discover award-winning writing that effortlessly spans genre and style. Witness the excess and luxury of 1920s America in The Great Gatsby, experience profound meditations on death in The Bridge of San Luis Rey, as well as Poirot's very first murder case in The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

He's a billionaire recluse known for the world's most valuable invention. She's a lonely assassin hired to steal his ideas and end his life. . . . When these two meet sparks of passion fly that neither expected nor wanted. -------------------- Simon Canton doesn't trust humans with good reason. His last human girlfriend tried to murder him in his sleep. Simon is perfectly happy with his androids to keep him company . . . that is until he meets Draya. Draya Carter is a trained assassin hired to infiltrate Simon's world, steal his ideas, and end his life. Taken from her family as a child, she...

John Langan, author of the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel The Fisherman, returns with ten new tales of cosmic horror in Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies. In these stories, he continues to chart the course of twenty-first century weird fiction, from the unfamiliar to the familial, the unfathomably distant to the intimate.

One of the worst blizzards in years hits Cherringham, cutting off the village from the rest of the world. Just outside of town, Broadmead Grange is a struggling retirement home, housed in a gothic mansion behind towering walls. One of the home's residents, poor old Archy, becomes Cherringham's latest victim after he loses himself amongst the snow drifts. Did Archy really just fall victim to the elements, or was there foul play involved? Jack and Sarah take on the case to dig up the truth.

In New Orleans' French Quarter, the Tooth Fairy isn't a benevolent sprite who slips money under your pillow at night.... He's a mysterious old recluse who must be appeased with teeth—lest he extract retribution. When young Diogenes Pendergast loses a tooth, however, his skeptical older brother Aloysius is determined to put the legend to the test...with dire consequences.

The Dualitists recounts the tale of the Bubb family, childless for very long but finally blessed with twins. Two friends lived in the houses surrounding the Bubbs, Harry and Tommy, but they were forbidden to see each other because of the trouble they caused. Harry and Tommy began to secretly meet in the Bubb's garden, bringing with them their knives and items to destroy with the knives. Soon, items are not enough for the boys and they begin dueling, then killing animals. But their thirst could not be quenched.

When a heart attack sends Penn's father, Tom Cage, to the ER, Tom begs that his son be brought to his side to hear a dying declaration. But when Penn arrives, Tom denies ever making the request - keeping his secrets for another day. The emergency hurls Penn back to a chilling case in Houston, where he worked in a DA's office known as the "death factory", which sent more killers to death row than any other in America.