True Thrillers

What happens to a couple when they decide to move into a house with a locked cold storage room that they were told never to enter? A jail guard is hearing and seeing things that are not meant to be inside the cellblock with him on the ninth floor. In the 1980s, Detroit was in the throes of a crime and drug epidemic, but there is an urban legend that during this time something vicious was on the streets that defy logical explanation. A trucker stops off at a 24-hour convenience store for a quick bite and gets more than he can chew.

The Exceptional Crimes Unit stopped another criminal: Lucy Speckle. The brilliant FBI agent, Christian Windsor, pushed her to suicide....watching as she cut her own throat. It changed Christian, though, and those around him are starting to notice. He's darker. Harsher. Crueler. His partner, Luke Titan, couldn't be happier because he engineered the whole thing. If anyone knew Titan's true intentions, they'd call him a psychopath. They'd lock him up. They'd put him in the electric chair. Too bad his genius keeps him hidden in the shadows.

Ambitious young Denver newspaper reporter Polly Blythe is searching for the big story that’s going to launch her career. On Friday evening, August 24, 1900, she gets her break when two women are cracked over the head within a two-minute walk of each other. But policeman Edwin Timmer thwarts Polly’s ideas of a serial criminal…until the shadowy figure strikes again. Will the reporter and the policeman team up to find the culprit before he strikes too close for comfort?

This book is for listeners of true crime podcasts and audiences of both fiction and true-crime nonfiction. It's the true story of first-generation Irish-American nurse Jane Toppan, born as Honora Kelley. Jane Toppan was absolutely a monster, but she did not start out that way. When Jane was a young child, her father abandoned her and her sister to the Boston Female Asylum. From there, Jane was indentured to a wealthy family who changed her name, never adopted her, and wrote her out of the will.

Ride along with the New Orleans police department as the officers work together to solve unusual happenings in this unique, historic city. You’ll meet Zack Nelson, a former police officer, now living in a retirement center because of his daughter-in-law’s illness. While he’s not keen to move, he does so temporarily to help his son, Tom, and Patty cope with the medical issues.

The night Jack Smyth ran into flames in a desperate attempt to save his wife from their burning home, he was, tragically, too late - but hailed a hero. Until it emerged that Kate was dead long before the fire began. Suspicion has stalked him ever since. After all, there's no smoke without fire. A year on, he's signed a book deal. He wants to tell his side of the story, to prove his own innocence in print. He just needs someone to help him write it. Emily has never ghostwritten anything before, but she knows what it’s like to live with a guilty secret.

Der Raubmord an dem britischen Bankier Thomas Briggs im Jahr 1864 erregte weltweit Aufsehen. Täter war ein deutscher Schneider, der über den Atlantik verfolgt, ausgeliefert und schließlich öffentlich hingerichtet wurde.

Ten years ago, Katy, a promising young journalist, left her desk and was never seen again. Someone knows what happened to her. The controlling boyfriend? The inappropriate professor? The clingy colleague? When Katy went missing, it wasn’t just her devastated mother, Grace, whose life was ruined. Now, a new documentary delving into the missing person case threatens to open old wounds. As Grace gets closer to the truth, she discovers just how far people are willing to go to keep the past hidden.

THE CARTAYA CAPER is a story whose plot is woven from the fabric of real life experience on the Costa de la Luz. Despite living in a pleasant seaside village close to the Portuguese border, Nick Mellors is bored of his life as an itinerant teacher. His Welsh friend Meuric is tired of his office job, while his young Spanish pal Juanjo is sick of working for peanuts at a posh hotel. When the three men sit down to devise a money-making scheme to get them out of their collective rut, some rather dodgy options are discussed. After choosing one and planning their first project, their lives will ...

Last Sunrise is the story of Randy “Buck” Blaylock, a cowboy, rodeo champion, movie stuntman … and contract assassin for the CIA. No one, not even his wife of more than 30 years, knows Buck’s dark past in Vietnam. They only know him from the time he entered the movie business as a stuntman, who doubled for major stars in westerns. Today, he and his wife, Linda, live in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near the small town of Bridgeport. After the death of their teenage son, Buck was nearly destroyed by grief and alcohol. With Linda’s love and support he has recovered and they are ...

In this engaging 20th Century, Fictional Historical Drama you will follow the fortunes of the wealthy and titled Benbrook family, owners of the grand Cotswold estate known as Allworth Park. You will witness the state of bruising and distress caused by the suicidal death of their children’s tutor, Cynthia Heywood. Miss Heywood, a young, educated girl, is besotted by the lustful advances of Lady Caroline’s handsome young Godson and professional womanizer, Captain Teddy Danvers. Her relationship with long time lesbian lover Herminie Wilson is under threat as the scandalous activities of ...

She only wanted to make people feel better- and a little bit of money. Then the voices told her what to say. Marilyn is a Long Island grandmother in her fifties trying to quit her job and make ends meet while caring for her autistic grandson. She starts a YouTube channel where she reads daily Virgo horoscopes — funny, down-to-earth, and wildly relatable. She never really believed in astrology. But others do. Her channel goes viral. She starts making money. And then the dreams begin. Now Marilyn wakes with lines already written. She hears faint music. She says things she doesn’t remember...

By day, he wears a mask, concealing his true nature from the world. By night, he conducts his plans, carefully composing death for those deemed less worthy in his eyes of existence. When bodies of convicted felons start turning up, Detective Gregory Shaw is called upon to investigate. His suspicions fall on a well-known attorney, but can he prove his hunch holds merit?

Marshall Drummond simply wanted to share a holiday gift with his good friend, Leroy Parker. But two brothers barge in with other ideas. One is armed with a rifle. The other is cursed and close to death. Not the gift Drummond had planned for. Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. These stories explore the dark mysteries and thrilling adventures of 1940s PI, Marshall Drummond, before he died and became the ghost detective found in the bestselling Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries.

On Blackwell Island, New York, a hospital was built to keep its patients from ever leaving. With her late father's fortune under her uncle's care until her 25th birthday in the year 1887, Edyth Foster does not feel pressured to marry or to bow to society's demands. She freely indulges in eccentric hobbies like fencing and riding her velocipede in her cycling costume about the city for all to see. Finding a loophole in the will, though, her uncle whisks Edyth off to the women's lunatic asylum just weeks before her birthday. Do any of Edyth's friends care that she disappeared?

The Illusion of a Boy Award Winner - BookFest First Place Award, Young Adult > Thrillers & Suspense A few months ago, Jessie Taylor’s father was found dead in the woods, and as far as she’s concerned, good riddance. With his absence, she and her brother Brian can unwind and take a much-needed emotional break. Sadly, the reprieve is short-lived due to their mother’s destructive behavior. Now Jessie is afraid the very thing that allowed them to survive her father’s cruelty threatens her life and the lives of everyone she loves. Can Jessie pull together the pieces of her fractured mind...

To solve a high-profile abduction, one former police officer must confront a dark past. A child's abduction reveals a frightening pattern within a small town where nothing is as it seems. Katy Dowry's world shatters when her son, Denny, is abducted from his school. Amidst heavy snowfall and rising tensions, Katy uncovers a web of secrets involving the disappearance of the child.

A woman's car is rammed on a desolate road. A man is shot dead at point-blank range. For the jury, it should be a clear-cut case of self-defense. Danielle, a young schoolteacher with a clean record and a registered firearm, claims the man she killed was a violent aggressor who threatened her life. The prosecution argues it was an unnecessary execution, painting Danielle as a vigilante. With the nation fiercely divided on the issue, the pressure is on the twelve men and women in the deliberation room to get it right. As they examine the grainy gas station video and listen to the chilling ...

When lowly civil servant Ben Anscomb’s luck deserts him, he opts for a walk on the lawless side of life. Jobless and wifeless, he draws up his very own Theft Chart and sets about earning his living through a series of systematically planned felonies. Confident in his ability to avoid the cock-ups of the commonplace crook, he proves to be a singular thief. "A short but punchy read about one man's mission to set himself up financially for life - by turning to crime. Down on his luck - with no job, a failed marriage and the threat of repossession looming - Ben feels he has no alternative. ...

In the quiet, close-knit town of Lake Redding, a sudden abduction shatters the community's calm. When seven-year-old Lacy Peters vanishes, her teenage cousin Blakely is left haunted by secrets that everyone in town seems to be hiding. As Blakely digs deeper into the mystery, she uncovers a web of lies that could unravel the town’s reputation and bring a long-buried truth to light. In a race against time, Blakely must piece together the clues before Lacy’s fate is sealed forever.