Twisted Thrillers

Ex-FBI agent Brigid Quinn, now happily settled in Tucson, doesn't visit her family in Florida much. But her former partner on the force, Laura Coleman - a woman whose life she has saved and who has saved her life in turn - is living there now. So when Laura calls about a case that is not going well, Brigid doesn't hesitate to get on a plane. On leave from the Bureau, Laura has been volunteering for a legal group trying to prove the innocence of a man who is on death row for killing his family.

Her breath hitches, and her stomach lurches, tossing up bile into the back of her throat. The man holds the revolver to her head and says, “Let’s play a little game”. She closes her eyes with each pull of the trigger, almost praying for a bullet. They told her if the gun doesn’t kill her, they’d take their time...The recent murder of a defense attorney has Detective Madison Knight fueled to find justice for him and a lawyer who was killed eight years ago. She’d never solved that crime, but she’s always had a strong suspicion who was behind the murder.

I had the perfect life with my devoted stay-at-home husband, great career, and beautiful daughter. Until my husband's obsession with perfection took a dark turn and I learned more about my sister-in-law's suspicious suicide. I had only just gotten promoted to executive director at Morgan Stanley – one of the youngest ever – when I began to notice that something wasn't right in our house. The walls change shades overnight. Coffee cups appear in strange places, always full and cold. And my husband Mark's obsession with perfection grows more disturbing by the day. An encounter with his ...

Normal, everyday people are tired of waiting for justice. They're killing murderers and getting away with it, thanks to a controversial, best-selling how-to book. Case, intrigued with the book and its mysteries, becomes the hunted after witnessing the author's murder. Case is also hit with tragedy on more than one front, and some friends and family are murdered. He becomes frustrated with the police when leads run out, and he's forced to grapple with the moral decision about ultimate justice.

Isaiah Black is a newly minted detective for the small college town of Norman, Oklahoma. Seldom is there ever any violent crime. But something has changed. When a young woman is found brutally murdered in an alley, Isaiah's partner wants to write it off as a random act of violence. Isaiah isn't buying it. But catching the killer will be no small task. How do you catch a serial killer who leaves no forensic evidence behind? On his secret quest for justice, he encounters two unlikely allies. One causes him to question everything he believes. The other inspires him to be something more.

One honeymoon resort. Two couples. Everyone has something to hide. On the surface their lives seem perfect. Beauty, money, love. They have it all. Tansy and Daniel. Nikki and Arne. Two newlywed couples enjoying their enviable honeymoons at the same luxurious resort. But behind the filtered photos and fake smiles is the truth.

Marisa Vega's life as an adoptive mom in a tiny Mexican village isn't what she'd dreamed of while growing up in New York, but, as the target of a man who's convinced she stole millions of dollars from his financial firm, Marisa believes hiding is her only way to stay alive. When her daughter is snatched and held for ransom, Marisa, along with Nate Boyle, must discover who really stole the money in order to rescue her.

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 ...

This bundle includes three audiobooks following the cursed orphan Conrad Edison: The Living Curse, The Anchored World, and The Broken Relic.

In the small town of Crooked Creek, where the Appalachian Mountains climb into the clouds, 19-year-old Mandy’s Spring Break takes a sinister turn. Detective Ellie Reeves races straight to the scene, driving through the winding roads to the abandoned orphanage. Ellie saves the teenage girl but discovers human remains that have been there for 30 years, ever since the home for children closed down. Her heart shatters at the thought that they might belong to the helpless orphans. Working day and night on the case, Ellie searches for the orphanage’s files, but they have been stolen.

You're not who you say you are. Neither is she. She thinks she knows me. She believes my marriage is falling apart at the seams, that my husband can barely look me in the eyes. She thinks I’m desperate for a baby, that my longing for a family keeps me up at night. As much as I hate to admit it, all of this is true. She thinks I listen to her advice, that I care about her opinion. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Because she has no idea who I am. She has no clue that I know everything. I know her secret. I know that she did the unforgivable. I know how many lives she ruined.

Six weeks. Just forty-two short days. That’s all it takes to rip the heart out of a city and change the lives of those who live there. Forever. One such life belongs to Ryan Jarrod. In the early hours of a wet winter’s morning on Tyneside, Ryan Jarrod approaches the end of his second shift as a Special Constable when he stumbles across the body of a savagely beaten Teddy McGuffie, a down-at-heel taxi driver. On the same night, an explosion rips through the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne’s student community. Casualties are high; the city brought to a standstill. And the University blast ...

Sylvia and Ted Armitage, a retired couple, attend the wrong funeral service by mistake. A month later, their daughter returns from holiday to find them missing. The police make little headway in tracing their whereabouts until their bodies are found in their car, abandoned in the middle of a copse in a tranquil nature reserve. They appear to have committed suicide, but some of the forensic evidence suggests otherwise. The police slowly make progress and find several links to a shady organization that owns a string of bars, clubs, and cafes.

When a single bullet misses its mark, it triggers a deadly chain reaction that threatens to expose the darkest secrets of a powerful political dynasty. Governor Jeffrey Riley will stop at nothing to secure his re-election — and eliminate the man having an affair with his wife. Enter Broderick, a disgraced ex-marine turned hitman, tasked with a seemingly straightforward assignment. But when his bullet finds the Governor's wife instead of her lover, Broderick becomes the state's most wanted man — and the only person who knows too much.

Long blonde hair. Sparkling dark eyes. Perfect pearly white teeth. I’ve never met her before, but I know exactly who she is as I spot her through the crowds of the terminal. Because our new guest is the spitting image of the daughter we lost. And that’s exactly why I chose her.

🔥"TWILIGHT + TRUE BLOOD, anyone?"🔥 💔 Experience the Thrilling Continuation of the Supernatural Saga by New York Times, USA TODAY and Top-100 Bestseller Tamara Rose Blodgett! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Great supernatural series..." ~ Michelle Evans In the riveting fourth installment of this Twilight-meets-True-Blood saga, the fate of vampires, werewolves, and humanity itself hangs in the balance. ✨ A World on the Brink of Chaos: Sworn enemies are imprisoned, alliances are tested, and danger looms as Julia and her allies face the Alaska den’s ultimate threat. With corruption festering in ...

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.

For true fans of police crime mysteries written with authenticity and attention to detail, the Riley Scott detective series will bring to mind Harry Bosch and Alex Cross. The Cameo is the second book in the Riley Scott detective series and is proving to be one of the best murder mystery novels to come along in some time. Written with the reader in mind who does not want to have the clues placed in front of them like a trail of breadcrumbs, The Cameo is a thrill ride like no other. Every book has a line, a page, or even a chapter that is so powerful the reader stays with it and re-reads that...

Ex-cop Gina Santoro lands in more trouble than ever when her family comes to Hawaii for a once in a lifetime visit. Gina gladly plays tour guide, but when murders plague Honolulu's beautiful Waikiki, trouble gets too close for comfort. When family blood starts to flow, Gina is forced into making a life-changing decision. Catch this 'till death do us part' suspenseful murder mystery that crosses lines drawn in Waikiki beach sand.

Murder, jealousy, and deceit underscore three interlocking mysteries as Holmes and Watson take on a high-profile case at Windsor Castle, a boy drowned in the Serpentine, and a crusading women’s rights activist who suspects a traitor in her organisation. The cases send them into danger into locales as varied as the palace itself, a dockland cannery, an arts and crafts atelier, and a gypsy encampment. But is there peril underfoot as well – right at 221B Baker Street?