True Crime Psychological Thriller

Roach, a bookseller and a loner, is content to spend her days hoarding true crime proofs, listening to murder podcasts, and sneering at the predictable tastes of her normie customers. That is, until Laura joins the bookshop. Everyone loves Laura, with her neat outfits, literary tote bags and beautiful poetry. But Laura has a dark side that only Roach can see, and when Roach uncovers her tragic past, curiosity blooms into obsession. As Roach's boundaries disintegrate, it becomes clear that she will do anything to infiltrate Laura's life—and at any cost.

De gruwelijke, maar waargebeurde moord op Elizabeth Short drijft de agenten Bleichert en Blanchard van afschuw tot complete waanzin. Een absolute misdaadklassieker. In 1947 wordt Los Angeles opgeschrikt door de vondst van het zwaar verminkte lijk van een jonge actrice. 'De Zwarte Dahlia’ beheerst wekenlang de krantenkoppen, net als de levens van rechercheurs Bucky Bleichert en Lee Blanchard – collega’s, vrienden, rivalen. De zoektocht naar Elizabeth Short's moordenaar voert ze langs de schaduwkanten van het naoorlogse Hollywood, en de zwarte randen van hun eigen duistere verlangens.

Another blockbuster thriller hot on the heels of Atima Srivastava’s other bestsellers; It Takes a Girl, and Dark Waters. Part of The Killer Women Series. Shivani Srivastava has designs on the eminent Dr Shree. She doesn’t realise that, though separated from his wife, he is still married. So, when the glamorous Mala Sinha returns and starts getting in the way of her plans, Shivani accidentally runs her over in a pique of jealous rage. At first panicked, Shivani's horror soon turns to high spirits as she realises it’s easy to get away with it. All she has to do is control the narrative....

Two decades ago, Amber Glass's life changed forever. No-one had even known she was pregnant - including Joe, her date. Afterwards, she left town for good - and hasn't seen Joe since. But she knows he hasn't left, that he's working for his father's real estate company, married to a cosmetic surgeon. Child free. Now Amber is back, and as the two of them tentatively start to renew their once unlikely relationship, will their secrets and motivations finally destroy everyone around them?

Carl, reeling from the death of his brother, is drowning in visions. Followed by shadow men through the crumbling outer regions of the city. Unable to trust those closest to him. Doubting his own reality. As a wave of brutal, ritualistic gangland killings sweeps through the underworld, Carl’s involvement with a life he thought he had left behind catches up with him, with terrifying results.

When well-known true crime YouTuber Natalie Baker, host of For Crime's Sake, is found dead, her sister Rebecca has a lot of questions for the local Sheriff. Questions he doesn't want to answer. Did she get too close to her cold case? The Sheriff insists her sister died in a double suicide, but why was it no one had ever seen her with the man she was supposed to love? At least not until their bodies were found on the floor of her home.

Ein Schneesturm, ein verlassenes Haus – und ein tödliches Geheimnis Krimiautorin Wylie Lark zieht sich in ein abgelegenes Farmhaus zurück, um an ihrem neuen Buch zu arbeiten. Eingeschneit und umgeben von Stille, scheint es der perfekte Rückzugsort – wäre da nicht die grausame Vergangenheit des Hauses, in dem vor Jahrzehnten zwei Menschen ermordet und ein Mädchen vermisst wurde. Als der Schneesturm sich verstärkt, entdeckt Wylie draußen ein verstörtes, halb erfrorenes Kind. Sie bringt es ins Warme und versucht, seine Identität herauszufinden. Doch mit jeder Antwort wächst die Gefahr.

1979. Sixteen-year-old Carolyn Russell grows increasingly infatuated with her school mathematics teacher who is also giving her private lessons. Then she disappears. 2014. Struggling journalist Stephanie Brett creates a true-crime podcast focused on the disappearance of Carolyn Russell. By digging deep into this mysterious cold case, her confidence and flagging career are boosted. But after she confronts the suspects—and talks to a potential witness—the leads dry up. Nevertheless, she refuses to let the story rest.

A tense, taut tale of mounting suspense and chilling drama. An intricately plotted psychological thriller that explores obsession, madness, betrayal and fear. She has an affair. She ends it. She thinks it's finished. She has fatally miscalculated.... On the same evening Laura Hill first meets Sean Cazaly, her secretary Katie is attacked by "happy slapping" thugs. And Sonila arrives from Albania as part of a human trafficking scam targeting Laura's language school.

My father was Mr Bones - the notorious serial killer of 25 years ago. As a child I witnessed his crimes. Everything is different now. I have a new identity. I’m a mother. I am finally free. Until that podcast. I should never have listened. They’re linking a recent kidnapping to the crimes of the past. They know who I am. They’re calling me Little Bones again. They say I’m a villain, but I’m not. I’m a victim. You believe me, don’t you?

You'd die for your family. But would you kill for them? Family is everything. So what if yours was being terrorised by a neighbour - a man who doesn't listen to reason, whose actions become more erratic and sinister with each passing day? And those you thought would help - the police, your lawyer - can't help you. You become afraid to leave your family at home alone. But there's nothing more you can do to protect them. Is there?