Small Town Thriller

When the world crumbles, a broken man finds hope where he least expects it in the grit and quiet strength of a small Montana town. Cole Ramsey thought he’d left rural life behind for good. He poured his soul into big tech solutions for a cutting-edge smart city, only to be cast out as a scapegoat amidst corruption and scandal. He's blacklisted and adrift when a letter about his grandfather’s death pulls him back to the family ranch he had long abandoned. What he finds in Bridger’s Pass isn’t a simple homestead in disrepair. It’s a community clinging to old ways. Neighbors who ...

Inheriting a cursed estate, Darla must unravel deadly family secrets before vengeful spirits claim her as their next victim. Inheriting a vast estate, Darla uncovers deadly family secrets and vengeful spirits. As she digs deeper, the ghosts tied to her lineage reveal a curse that threatens her life. With time running out, she must face the haunted past or become the next victim. The truth could cost her everything.

When Dean receives a distraught phone call from his ex-girlfriend. He rushes to her home to find a horrific and dreadful scene... A ransacked house and her bloodied body lying on the floor. As the police and her husband arrive at the scene, Dean learns that his ex's son is also missing. While Dean searches for answers behind her death, a bombing kills a friend from his days in the military. At the memorial service, Dean has to confront people he hasn't seen in years while facing memories of a tragic event that left them all scarred. The situation takes a darker turn as mysterious classified...

How do you live with yourself when you don’t even know who you are? James has spent five years running from a past he can’t remember and a truth he’s afraid to face. When a girl goes missing in the quiet town of Oakridge, the mystery dredges up memories he thought were buried for good. His new home may be haunted, his old friend isn’t who he remembers, and the deeper he digs, the more reality begins to slip. As secrets unravel and paranoia sets in, James must confront the ghosts of his past—both literal and psychological—before they consume him. But in a town where everyone’s ...

Dying is simple. Coming back is when things get interesting. Ivy Wells never wanted to die. When she does, she thinks it's all over. It isn't. When the 30 year old mother of two wakes up as a 12 year old, she has to navigate her life all over again. And she remembers everything, including the serial killer who is terrorizing her small town. Over several lifetimes, Ivy battles to save herself, her friends, and even her own children from the vicious killer. Follow Ivy Wells in a desperate race through time as she tries to outwit the person that is killing her over and over. What would you do ...

A successful rodeo owner doesn't believe in love at first sight, but there’s nothing he won’t do to help his tribe — even proposing a marriage of convenience to a single mother who’s fallen on hard times. Wayne Whitaker (or Chief Lighthorse, as his fellow Comanches prefer to call him) is constantly putting out fires on their poverty-stricken, crime-ridden reservation. The old-timers on his squabbling tribal council claim it’s because he’s too young, too inexperienced, and too single to run both the tribe and his family’s rodeo business. What they don't understand is that he ...

When online influencer Simone Baker asks Leland Munroe to defend her on a criminal charge, the small town lawyer is ready to say no. He’s not a criminal lawyer—despite what the people of Basking Rock seem to think. Social media and manslaughter are both far from his area of expertise. But with no other clients coming through his door, Leland takes the job to make ends meet.

When newly appointed Sheriff Shea Callahan and her college friends plan a girls' weekend in a secluded cabin on Misty Mountain, they expect laughter, wine, and memories of their last carefree days together. But the weekend takes a dark turn when a group of strangers notices their matching "Girls' Weekend" T-shirts at a small-town gas station. What begins as innocent curiosity quickly spirals into a harrowing game of cat and mouse as the women find themselves stalked and terrorized by men who seem to know every move they make. With the clock ticking and their lives on the line, Shea must ...

A masked robber, a gunshot, an endless nightmare left in its wake. Wynter Moore was just four years old when she witnessed the murder of her mother. For 25 years, she's tried to blunt the trauma with ambition. Yet each year, she shuts down her popular Iowa restaurant to return to her small hometown of Pike, Wisconsin, to grieve. Only this time, her visit will be marked by new danger and shocking discoveries about the past - and about her mother.

Welcome to Jewell, North Carolina, a small strip of land on the Crystal Coast with no stop signs or traffic lights, but it's got a whole lot of magic. Ruby Mae Jewell helps run the family business of selling antiques and refurbished goods. But with old objects, you never know when one of them possesses more than just dust and cobwebs. When Rue hits up a flea market, she gets more than she bargained for. Finding a potentially dangerous magical object, she has to get it off the market and out of mortal hands.

There are places in this world where you can enter, but never leave... After witnessing and helping to solve many cases with FBI agent Emma Griffin, PI Dean Steele should get an honorary FBI badge as a reward. With Fall and its festivities rapidly approaching, Dean gets an urgent call. Four years ago, in the quiet town of Harper, three teens were murdered against the backdrop of Halloween. Their body parts were found in the most bewildering way. The body count has now risen and there are still no answers. When the family of the first victim hires Dean to get to the bottom of it, he is ...

When Joseph Palmer, one of the richest men in the world, was found murdered. Dead by midnight, during one of the year's most extravagant parties at his palatial mansion. Dean was hired to investigate the case. Although the case is now closed, Dean can’t help but feel that there’s more to his story. As he revisits the clues and digs deeper into Joseph’s past, he unearths a dark network. One that could threaten his life and the life of those he loves most. How did Joseph make his fortune? What happened to his wife and child? As the list of questions grows and the fabric of the case ...

Are you a fan of Stephen King and Dean Koontz? If you're looking for something fresh and new, join the millions of readers who have already delved into the heart-pounding World's Scariest Legends. "Those who enjoy Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and other masters of supernatural suspense will relish The Dancing Plague's ability to move through time, relationships, and intrigue to question the roots of mass hysteria and paranormal experiences." —Midwest Book Review What would you get if you smashed together Stephen King's coming-of-age tale The Body (aka Stand by Me) with Richard Laymon's The ...

Forensic psychologist and FBI agent Alexis Forrest is on the hunt for a serial killer who has been terrorizing New England for decades. Years ago, her teenage sister fell victim to this predator, but the wrong person was convicted and sent to prison and the real killer is still out there. The eerie calm of Broken Hill, Alexis's hometown, is shattered when a string of brutal killings resurfaces, echoing the nightmare of her past. For years, everyone thought he was gone and then he strikes again. After her father's house is burned down and her mother receives threats, Alexis knows she's ...

Twenty years of secrets. One night of reckoning. Criminal profiler Dr. Edith Ward thought returning to her hometown of Bain Island would offer a fresh start. Instead, she finds herself thrust into a nightmare when a series of brutal murders rocks the small community, eerily connected to a twenty-year-old cold case. Teaming up with Sheriff Devon James, Edith must confront the ghosts of her past while racing to catch a killer. As she delves deeper into the investigation, Edith realizes the murders are hitting closer to home than she ever imagined. With her unique insight into the criminal ...

Don’t kiss a friend. No workplace romance. Never date a cowboy. And whatever you do, don’t fall for a guy in a uniform! Prim Midraven has been following her mother’s dating advice for years. You should be able to trust a professional matchmaker, right? Which doesn’t explain why Prim is still painfully single. When her best friend, Deputy Shep Whitaker, organizes a volunteer K-9 search and rescue team at the poverty-stricken reservation where she works, she ignores her mother’s advice (for once) and signs up as his first volunteer. His only volunteer, as it turns out, which is why ...

In a grand Louisiana estate, an orphan's lost memories hold the key to a ghostly puzzle that could cost her life. Haunted by a past she can’t remember, orphan Leigh Ann is drawn into the sinister corridors of a mysterious Louisiana estate. As horrifying secrets unfold, she’s ensnared in a terrifying dance of danger and discovery. With malevolent forces closing in, will Leigh Ann unveil the chilling truth, or will darkness claim her forever? A spine-tingling journey of horror and suspense awaits.

Laurel Dane faces tough challenges as she grapples with betrayal, family secrets, and a dangerous criminal underworld in her Tennessee hometown. Haunted by the dishonesty of a close family member, Laurel must confront her own feelings of anger while unraveling a nationwide kidnapping ring that targets innocent babies for ransom. Determined to bring justice to the victims and stop the criminals behind the operation, Laurel dives deep into the investigation, risking everything to save lives and uncover the truth. But as Laurel delves deeper into the case, she's forced to make difficult ...

When Leona Davis hatches a plan to return to her beloved hometown of Honeytree, Oregon, she hopes to build the egg farm of her dreams and leave behind the marriage of her nightmares. But the yolk's on her when she breaks ground on her chicken palace and unearths a skeleton in her front yard. It's clearly fowl play. The bones may be decades old, but there's no statute of limitations on murder. With a county forensics team roosting on her lawn and a flock of town gossips poking their beaks where they don't belong, her well-laid farming plans may be nothing more than a wing and a prayer.

Death has a membership fee... In the latest high-stakes Baker & Tate thriller, a rich rancher’s obsession with a serial killer leads Ruth into a deadly game of cat and mouse. In the latest high-stakes instalment of the Baker & Tate series, Texas Rangers Ruth Baker and Aaron Tate uncover a deadly conspiracy tied to a rich rancher’s obsession with a serial killer. When Wade Hargrove, a prominent Texas rancher, is found strangled in his sprawling estate, Ruth and Aaron discover his connection to the secretive Murder Club—a group of wealthy landowners fixated on tracking the notorious ...