Twisted Thrillers

When Detective Kim Stone is called to a local business, what she sees leaves her speechless. The photo on the driving license bears little resemblance to the man laid out before her, and she knows she’s up against the most twisted killer she has ever encountered. But as she breaks the devastating news to the victim’s wife, Diane Phipps, Kim can’t help feeling that something isn’t quite right about the woman’s reaction.

Claire thought she knew who she was—until a stranger began to take her life piece by piece. What started as a series of subtle disturbances—a missing scarf, a misplaced photograph—soon spirals into a nightmare Claire can’t escape. Lisette, a woman with an uncanny resemblance to Claire, isn’t just trying to manipulate her life—she’s trying to replace her entirely. As Lisette’s presence grows more invasive, Claire finds herself unraveling, questioning her own sanity as the lines between reality and paranoia blur. But Lisette isn’t just any intruder. She knows things no ...

My whole life, no one has had my back. My parents are dead, my adoptive mother is a drug addict, and the mean girls on campus mock me for my scars. So when I end up desperate for money and out of options, I agree to sell the one thing I have left: my innocence. On the night I’m meant to give my body to a brutal Russian mobster, three men storm into the room like dark shadows and kill him before he can claim me. When they drag me from the blood-soaked bed, I’m certain they’re going to kill me too.

Seven-year-old Beatrice has gone missing. Her mother Claire’s whole world has been turned upside down in just one moment, and she can’t stop shaking. She’s desperate to find her precious daughter, but nothing about the day she disappeared makes sense.

When you can’t hear…death comes silently. Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the Deaf in London, England. The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world. When more Deaf students are murdered, it becomes clear there is a serial killer operating within the sealed-off university. A chilling cat-and-mouse game evolves as the unknown killer targets Valerie and the virus claims more lives. A stunning, claustrophobic, “...

The first in the GHOSTWRITER MYSTERY SERIES — FUN, FEEL-GOOD CRIME From the Amazon-bestselling author comes ghostwriter Roxy Parker. She has a wicked sense of humour, a taste for cheap plonk and an obsession with crime. It's a good thing, then, that her clients keep getting murdered… In this stand-alone adventure, socialite Beatrice Musgrave is found ripped to shreds below her cliff-top mansion. The police suspect suicide but Roxy smells a rat. She's been writing the heiress's life story and suspects she was hiding a dark secret beneath her twinset and pearls. From the posh suburbs of ...

Ava grew up in a haunted mansion, envied by all her friends. But when her mother died mysteriously there, the thrills of Blackworth Mansion became nightmares. Ava never accepted that her mother perished from natural causes, but no one would believe her. Seventeen years later, Ava returns home to unravel the truth of her mother’s death—and her own demons quickly follow. Her estranged and vindictive father may be stalking her. Her secretive new sister-in-law lands on her doorstep with troubles of her own. And then there’s the strange girl who may or may not be haunting the grounds.

A murder shook a border town in northern Spain. Initially, all signs pointed to a crime of passion, and the main suspect had already been identified. The evidence seemed undeniable, and society was demanding a swift response from the police. However, years later, many doubts arose regarding the investigation and the guilt of the supposed murderer. An engaging story that continues to stir Basque society, revealing deeper and more surprising layers than originally thought.

One hot summer night, 15-year-old Olivia comes home late from a party she was strictly forbidden from going to, and she and her mother, Hannah, start arguing. Soon Olivia speaks the words that every parent has heard from their teenage child.

The Midnight Tide’s poker tournament should be all glitz, glamour, and high stakes—until a deadly hand is dealt. When a notorious high-roller is found lifeless in his suite, his winnings vanished and two golden poker chips eerily placed over his eyes, Cruise Director Rose Dela Cruz knows this isn’t just a simple robbery gone wrong. As whispers swirl through the ship’s elegant halls, Rose and her loyal beagle Rex follow a trail of counterfeit chips, tampered casino footage, and buried grudges that run deeper than anyone suspects. With the clock ticking toward the ship’s next port, ...

A contract killer only known as Kestrel has been hired by billionaire Wesley Van Ascot to kill an Iranian Diplomat and retrieve a file. After completing the task of killing the Diplomat, Kestrel is unable to locate the file. Soon, tensions between Ascot and the assassin become heated and Ascot hires a Russian contract killer to hunt Kestrel and retrieve the file. The only thing keeping Kestrel alive is no one has ever uncovered the identity of the assassin. But will this be enough.

I should let you love me? Tuh! The last time I let go and let love do its thing, I poured my heart and soul into him…gave him the best parts of me…loved him so much that I didn’t know where he ended and where I began. And what did it earn me? Public humiliation, professional embarrassment, a broken heart, and the type of sh*t that still haunts me at night. Fall in love? Again? Yeah, I’ll pass…” ~ Jru Mottola Back in the day, Jru would have risked it all for love, but when a scandal put her love life on blast in every blog, she decided to cut her losses and focus on securing the ...

What do the queen bee, star athlete, valedictorian, stoner, loner, and music geek all have in common? They were all invited to a scholarship dinner, only to discover it’s a trap. Someone has locked them into a room with a bomb, a syringe filled with poison, and a note saying they have an hour to pick someone to kill...or else everyone dies.

After a violent home invasion, Neve Maguire returns with her daughter to Black Lake, her childhood summer home, hoping for a fresh start. But when the body of a woman is found floating among the reeds in the lake behind her house, she fears she has made a horrible mistake. Neve is hiding secrets, though. Detective Jess Lambert can tell. Recently back after her own personal tragedy, Jess knows what it’s like to live with skeletons in your closet, and she’s sure Neve has a few of her own.

With the August heat strong enough to melt solid chocolate into syrup, Jake and Ellie crave a break from the bakery ovens, despite tourist season promising a sweet payday. But they never envisioned spending the last weeks of summer drifting around Passamaquoddy Bay searching for pirate’s treasure—and a dead body. Sally Coates believes her husband was murdered off the coast, and begs Ellie, a trusted childhood friend, to locate his remains. It’s unusual that a skilled fisherman would vanish along with the gold doubloon he inherited from his grandfather.

Once upon a time, a little girl wore a red hood and wandered through the woods with a basket of treats. That story is dead. In its place rises Red—a battle-trained, tactically armored operative whose mission is far more lethal than delivering baked goods to Grandma. The world has changed. The once-whimsical forest is now a quarantined war zone, home to cryptic disappearances, ancient lore reawakening, and whispers of a creature long believed to be just a fable: The Wolf of the Woods. But Red is not here to be hunted. Trained in covert operations, skilled in survival, and equipped with a ...

Nothing is as it seems. A man wakes in a dilapidated apartment, hooked to a strange machine, with a dead body in the next room—and no memory of who he is or how he got there. As he unravels the mystery of his identity over the next forty-eight hours, he discovers he may be one of the most influential figures of the twenty-first century. But the deeper he digs, the more he realizes that some truths are better left untouched.

She owns the coffee shop. He’s undercover. They’re both keeping deadly secrets. Mary Eileen Sullivan serves espresso with a smile and murder with chilling precision. Her past is soaked in betrayal—an ex-husband she hated, a lover she couldn’t trust—and now she’s cleaning up the mess, one body at a time. Then he walks in. The man with the easy charm, the quiet eyes—and the badge he’s hiding under his coat. He’s here to catch a killer. He never expected to fall for her. But in St. Isidore, secrets don’t stay buried for long. Two local reporters, Joy and Amanda, are digging...

BIRDS OF A FEATHER, KILL TOGETHER A smuggling operation, orchestrated by paramilitary groups representing both religious factions, takes a fatal turn when a local farmer loses his life, and journalist Jock McDevitt is left injured from a gunshot. This incident hits close to home for Ian Wilson, the leader of the Belfast Murder Squad, intensifying his determination to apprehend the perpetrators. As the Belfast Murder Squad delves into the investigation, they uncover a web of criminal conspiracies that transcend old rivalries, uniting former foes from opposite sides of the sectarian divide. ...

Financier. Criminal. Now... MI6 Target. LONDON, 2008. As the global financial system teeters on the edge of collapse, City financier Henry Crowne watches his empire crumble. His firm is under siege from a hostile takeover, his City allies have turned against him, and the secrets of his past as an IRA asset are no longer buried. When a rival’s private jet explodes mid-flight, Henry becomes the prime suspect. Hunted by the law, betrayed by those closest to him, and manipulated by MI6, he’s thrust into a deadly conspiracy of political deceit, covert intelligence, and hidden money trails. ...