Small Town Thriller

Every grave keeps a secret. Toby Maddox has long listened to the whispers of the dead, but nothing can prepare her for the nightmare about to erupt from the forgotten graves of Elkhorn. As she struggles to piece together her shattered childhood, Toby is dragged into a world of gruesome murders and whispered legends where secrets fester like wounds. Alongside Christian—a hardened investigator whose haunted heart mirrors her own—Toby must confront the malevolent spirit of Abel Younger before it consumes her. When every revelation reveals another ghost waiting to be unearthed, only the ...

It can be dangerous to hide Her husband has hurt her for the last time. Battered and bloodied, Wendy flees for her life into the night. She finds refuge at the beautiful Magnolia House bed and breakfast where she lets twins Millie and Maude hide her to keep her safe. She’s given a job and a room and even a new friend, Griffin. She tries to build a new life, but soon finds her idyllic escape isn’t what it seems. Danger lurks in the corners of the old house. She must face the darkness inside herself or die trying. Thriller readers, like you, say, “This book rocked me. I had to keep ...

North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in prison. Her dream of a career in the arts is put on hold - until a mysterious visitor makes her an offer that will see her released immediately. Her assignment: restore an old post office mural in a sleepy southern town. Desperate to leave prison, Morgan accepts. What she finds under the layers of grime is a painting that tells the story of madness, violence and a conspiracy of small-town secrets.

Winner of the Literary Titan Book Award America Writing Awards Finalist in LGBTQ Fiction "The Lost Boy, by S. F. Williams, is a beautifully written and emotionally resonant tale that combines mystery, introspection, and heart. It's a story that stays with you and one that leaves readers eager for the next installment in the series. A truly remarkable debut." —Literary Titan "A cozy hometown mystery to wrap yourself in when you need yourself a lovely cop to follow around." –Reedsy Reviews Can Officer Callum Nowak face his childhood phobia of the woods in time to catch a killer and save a...

Stranger Things meets The Conjuring in this haunting thriller about a family that moves into a new home that is filled with secrets that have stalked their home and their town for generations. Welcome to Ducket… A small town that is haunted by its past. The Webb family is looking for a fresh start after surviving a tragedy. Their new home seems like the perfect fit for them until they discover it has a rich history of horrors and secrets that lay dormant within its walls. Is it supernatural or have their imaginations simply gotten carried away? Shane has lived his entire life in Ducket ...

Edited and re-released! A suspicious fire… An orphaned child wanders into the woods… Police, fire and the locals search for little Ivy! Where can she be? The forest is large. And it is dangerous! Bodies of water and animals are just the tip of the iceberg! The forest is haunted. And the locals never enter! But the town holds out hope. They search the forest anyway. But Ivy isn’t found. And she is not seen again until ten years later! When Ivy emerges, she emerges naked, trembling and afraid. She walks into a diner and into the lives of a childless couple who take her in and start ...

I kidnapped her to save her life. I'll wage a war to make her mine. Stacy's new in town. Looking for a fresh start away from her troubled past. A ruthless biker like me has no business wanting a woman like her. We are opposites - she's innocent and kind, I'm a vicious killer for the Twisted Devils MC. She's everything I shouldn't want but can't resist. And I won't stop until she's mine. She tries to resist our explosive attraction, But her lustful looks and lingering touch gives her away. She aches to submit to me. And her life depends on it. Because there's someone else after her. He's ...

Cujo is a 200-pound Saint Bernard, the best friend Brett Camber has ever had. One day Cujo chases a rabbit into a cave inhabited by sick bats. What happens to Cujo, how he becomes a horrifying vortex inescapably drawing in all the people around him, makes for one of the most heart-stopping novels Stephen King has ever written.

Looking for a fresh start after the death of his partner, homicide detective Jack Lee and his wife move to Cedar Island, WA, where he accepts the position of chief of police. Jack hopes to leave his past behind him and settle into the small community. However, upon arriving, the body of a woman turns up, a child goes missing, and a devastating mudslide hits the town. Even crazier are the rumors of a Bigfoot lurking around. Enter Jack’s longtime friend, Dr. Allie Chandler, an anthropologist. Her lifetime obsession with Sasquatch could at least answer one of the burning questions plaguing ...

True love is priceless! That's why a jet-setting billionaire is determined to prove to a small-town doctor that he's searched the world for a love like theirs. The tabloids are calling Kellan Maddox a wealthy heartbreaker-turned-philanthropist, which is better than some of the things they've called him in the past. And it's true. He's turned over a new leaf by becoming the CEO of his family's world-renowned charity foundation. After accepting an invitation from a friend to visit storm-torn Heart Lake, he's working around the clock to assess the rebuilding needs of the local homes, ranches, ...

Making amends for past mistakes can result in unintended consequences. Criminologist, Maeve Rosetti, returns to the small town where she grew up, aiding in the search for her missing fifteen-year-old niece while navigating a complicated relationship with the sister she left behind. Where is Jessica? The police believe she is holed up with a friend to punish her parents, but Maeve has serious questions. A couple of off-the-grid inhabitants raise suspicion. Could one of them have kidnapped Jessica? Murdered her? Then, her brother-in-law’s strange behaviour sows a seed of doubt. And there ...

A haunting past. A town with secrets. A debt that refuses to die. When John Miller retreats to an isolated coastal town to escape the ghosts of his past, he never expects those ghosts to follow. Twenty years after a tragic accident, strange whispers fill his home, unsettling symbols appear, and shadows move where no one stands. As John digs deeper into the town’s dark history, he uncovers a chilling connection between his own guilt and an ancient curse that has haunted the cliffs for generations. But someone—or something—is determined to keep the past buried. And the more John learns,...

A message from beyond the grave. A small town full of secrets. A love that refuses to die. “Chelsea, this is your mother, I need you”. When a message from her ‘dead’ mother pulls her back to Redemption Hills, the small town she vowed never to see again, Chelsea must confront a past she never truly escaped and a love she thought she’d buried. Returning means reopening old wounds... and facing Ethan Walker, her high school sweetheart who shattered her heart by fathering a child with someone else. Now a wealthy CEO, Ethan is determined to prove that their story isn’t finished—...

In the drought-stricken town of Warragulla, where ash and ember now dominate the scorched landscape, Detective Maya Thorne returns to help her brother rebuild after a devastating bushfire jumps containment lines and threatens the town. What begins as recovery efforts soon erupts into something far darker when archaeologist Dr. Eliza Jennings is found murdered at a site where the fire has uncovered ancient remains along a disputed property boundary. As Maya is temporarily deputised to assist the investigation, she discovers this death connects to historical disappearances, mineral rights, ...

Meri's family has been producing doctors for so many generations that no one remembers why, so when she flunks out of medical school, she runs as far from her parents as she can get. In the small mountain town of Canyon Mines, Colorado, she takes a job at the Inn at Hidden Run B&B. And waits. It's only a matter of time. What she doesn't count on is genealogist Jillian Parisi-Duffy and her father, Nolan, having her back when it takes everything she has not to bolt again but to stay and face the truth that only unfolding her family's history will reveal....

With Holding Lies, John Larison takes us deep into a thriving subculture of the Northwest, one born of the ferns and firs, rain and hot-springs, firebombs and whitewater. He takes us even deeper into the troubles of Hank Hazelton, a 59-year-old river guide, as he struggles to reconnect with his only daughter after a 14-year estrangement. His failure as a father haunts him, along with other deep regrets, tragedies, and longings. In the days before his daughter's arrival, Hank discovers a drift boat stranded below a rapid, empty except for a long smear of blood on its seat.

In a tale inspired by real events, pregnant journalist Joan Harken is cautiously excited to follow her fiancé back to his Minnesota hometown. After spending a childhood on the move and chasing the screams and swirls of news-rich city life, she’s eager to settle down. Lilydale’s motto, “Come Home Forever,” couldn’t be more inviting. And yet, something is off in the picture-perfect village. The friendliness borders on intrusive. Joan can’t shake the feeling that every move she makes is being tracked. An archaic organization still seems to hold the town in thrall.

CHAD BECKMAN MYSTERY SERIES: Leap of faith, Lesser of Two Evils, and Hot Ashes Cold Granite. All three exciting full length mysteries in one volume. Small town politics and a serial killer clash in the tiny coastal town of Bay View. This three book series brings the reader into the lives of Chad Beckman and his soon to be significant other when they cross paths with a serial killer, a corrupt city government, and in book three, a mystery hidden away for years in the town cemetery. Reader review of book 1─ LEAP OF FAITH WELL WORTH THE LEAP OF FAITH Sometimes trying out a new author in a ...

The True: True stories from a small town are true stories from that place. From my childhood up through my adulthood. Some heartfelt, some heart rending, some the horrible truth of the life I lived at that time... (Based on a true story from my life. Names have been changed, but truthfully almost all of them are dead now so it doesn't matter.) The feeling of being thrown from the car, the jarring impact, the dizzying disorientation – these were moments etched indelibly into my memory. The world seemed to spin wildly, colors blurring, sounds distorting, creating a distorted kaleidoscope of...

After losing her young son in an accident, Rachel Kennan throws herself into her career as police chief of a small Virginia town to avoid focusing on her grief. Meanwhile, her husband, Finn, a washed-up writer whose alcoholism led to the devastating tragedy that changed everything, struggles to redeem himself before his family completely falls apart. Their two daughters are the only things keeping Rachel and Finn together, but the girls have demons of their own. At the same time, a disturbing crime rocks their tightknit religious community.