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  • Something Wicked by Lily Morton

    Something Wicked by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After powerful psychic Blue Billings fell in love with Levi Black, he believed their biggest challenges would arise from Blue’s ability to see and speak to the dead. So it’s rather alarming when he and Levi are confronted with a spate of new—and frightening—problems that have to do with the realm of the living...
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    crime  suspense  dark  romance  paranormal  mlm  mystery  ghosts
  • The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    In downtown Manhattan, a gruesome discovery has just been made-an underground charnel house containing the bones of dozens of murder victims. Research reveals that a serial killer was at work in New York's notorious Five Points neighborhood in the 1880s, bent on prolonging his lifespan by any means...
  • I Don't Want to Kill You by Dan Wells

    I Don't Want to Kill You by Dan Wells

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    John Cleaver has called a demon—literally called it, on the phone, and challenged it to a fight. He’s faced two of the monsters already, barely escaping with his life, and now he’s done running; he’s taking the fight to them...
  • Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    To catch this killer, she must break every rule and cross every line.Out Of The ShadowsA picture-perfect Tennessee town has just become a monster's hunting ground. Two bodies are found tortured to death. A third person goes missing. What little evidence is left behind defies all explanation...
  • Blood Sins by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean

    Blood Sins by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Young, vulnerable, attractive, Tessa Gray made the perfect victim. Which was why Noah Bishop of the FBI’s Special Crimes Unit recruited her to play the role of grieving widow. As the supposed new owner of property coveted by the Church of the Everlasting Sin, she’d be irresistible bait for the reclusive and charismatic Reverend Samuel...
  • Dark Hollow by John Connolly

    Dark Hollow by John Connolly

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Dark Hollow is a masterful second novel from a young Irish writer whose storytelling skills were established with Every Dead Thing. Now his fiery, ingenious detective, Charlie Bird Parker, returns to uncover a legacy of evil that has haunted Maine citizens for decades...
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    crime  dark  drama  noir  suspense  thriller  action-adventure  adult
  • When by Victoria Laurie, Whitney Dykhouse

    When by Victoria Laurie, Whitney Dykhouse

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Pretty Little Liars meets Medium in this fast-paced thriller and fantastic YA debut from a New York Times bestselling author.Maddie Fynn is a shy high school junior, cursed with an eerie intuitive ability: she sees a series of unique digits hovering above the foreheads of each person she encounters...
  • The Unquiet by John Connolly

    The Unquiet by John Connolly

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    "But that is the nature of revenge. It escalates. It cannot be controlled. One hurt invites another, on and on until the original injury is all but forgotten in the chaos of what follows."John Connolly's originality and talent for storytelling have quickly made him one of today's preeminent thriller writers...
  • Brimstone by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    Brimstone by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Art critic Jeremy Grove is found dead, his face frozen in a mask of terror. His body temperature is grotesquely high; he is discovered in a room barricaded from the inside; the smell of brimstone is everywhere... and the unmistakable imprint of a claw is burned into the wall...
  • The Eye of the Moon by Anonymous

    The Eye of the Moon by Anonymous

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Following a massive rampage that left the streets of Santa Mondega soaked with blood, the elusive supernatural serial killer known only as the Bourbon Kid is now himself being haunted. Hot on his heels are several vampire gangs, the Secret Service, a couple of werewolves, corrupt cops, and the Dark Lord himself, and none will rest until he is dead...
  • Shadows by Kristen Proby

    Shadows by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling Author, Kristen Proby, comes an all new paranormal romance set in the mystical city of New Orleans… I am never alone. Not even when I am alone. I see the unquiet dead, the souls that wander through the French Quarter. They can’t move on, and I can’t stop seeing them. I wear malachite for protection, and I control what I let in. It’s the only way to stay sane...
  • Angel Killer by Andrew Mayne

    Angel Killer by Andrew Mayne

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In this self-published bestselling e-book by a real illusionist—the first thriller in a sensational series—now available in paperback, FBI agent Jessica Blackwood believes she has successfully left her complicated life as a gifted magician behind her . . . until a killer with seemingly supernatural powers puts her talents to the ultimate test...
  • The Devil's Only Friend by Dan Wells

    The Devil's Only Friend by Dan Wells

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    John Wayne Cleaver hunts demons: they've killed his neighbors, his family, and the girl he loves, but in the end he's always won. Now he works for a secret government kill team, using his gift to hunt and kill as many monsters as he can......but the monsters have noticed, and the quiet game of cat and mouse is about to erupt into a full scale supernatural war...
  • This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong

    This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In This Fallen Prey, the next installment of New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrongs thriller series, Casey Duncan is about to face her toughest job as police detective in Rockton yet...
  • Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper

    Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    THIS KILLER DREAMS IN SHADES OF DEATH... He’s the kind of killer we instinctively fear the most. A killer without boundaries, without conscience, without any fear of being caught. And his latest victim is terrifying proof that no one is safe: the daughter of a powerful U.S. senator...
  • Stealing Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Stealing Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What if you could enter a madman's cruel mind as he planned his vicious crimes? What if you could see the terrified faces of his victims ... Psychic Cassie Neill helps the LA police catch killers — until she makes a terrible mistake and an innocent child dies...
  • Mr. Monster by Dan Wells

    Mr. Monster by Dan Wells

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    In I Am Not a Serial Killer, John Wayne Cleaver saved his town from a murderer even more appalling than the serial killers he obsessively studies.But it turns out even demons have friends, and the disappearance of one has brought another to Clayton County. Soon there are new victims for John to work on at the mortuary and a new mystery to solve...
  • The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting

    The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    IN THE END, ALL THAT'S LEFT IS AN ECHO.Before, Violet's morbid ability to sense the dead led her to uncover dark murders and long-buried secrets in her small town. Now that she's working with a special investigative team, Violet hopes she can help even more people - whether by saving a life or catching a killer...
  • Nothing Left to Lose by Dan Wells

    Nothing Left to Lose by Dan Wells

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Dan Wells continues his acclaimed John Wayne Cleaver series, popular with fans of DexterHi. My name is John Cleaver, and I hunt monsters. I used to do it alone, and then for a while I did it with a team of government specialists, and then the monsters found us and killed almost everyone, and now I hunt them alone again.This is my story...
  • Deadly Night by Heather Graham

    Deadly Night by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The Flynn brothers have inherited more than a New Orleans plantation. They've inherited a ghostly presence -- and a long-kept secret.Aidan Flynn, a private investigator and eldest of the Flynn brothers, scoffs at the haunted-house rumors -- especially since Kendall Montgomery, a tarot card reader who has been living in the mansion, is the one to tell him the tale of a woman in white...
  • Sacred Evil by Heather Graham

    Sacred Evil by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A terror born of Jack the RipperThe details of the crime scene are no coincidence. The body of a promising starlet has been battered, bloodied and then discarded between two of Manhattan's oldest graveyards.One look and Detective Jude Crosby recognizes the tableau:A recreation of Jack the Ripper's gruesome work. But he also sees something beyond the actions of a mere copycat...
  • The Ghost Files by Apryl Baker

    The Ghost Files by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Soon to be a major motion picture!Cherry blossom lipstick: check Smokey eyes: check Skinny jeans: checkDead kid in the mirror: check For sixteen year old Mattie Hathaway, this is her normal everyday routine. She’s been able to see ghosts since her mother tried to murder her when she was five years old. No way does she want anyone to know she can talk to spooks...
  • Omens by Kelley Armstrong

    Omens by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Twenty-four-year-old Olivia Taylor Jones has the perfect life. The only daughter of a wealthy, prominent Chicago family, she has an Ivy League education, pursues volunteerism and philanthropy, and is engaged to a handsome young tech firm CEO with political ambitions.But Olivia’s world is shattered when she learns that she’s adopted...
  • Dead Silence by Kimberly Derting

    Dead Silence by Kimberly Derting

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Violet thought she’d made peace with her unique ability to sense the echoes of the dead and the imprints that cling to their killers…that is until she acquired an imprint of her own. Forced to carry a reminder of the horrible events of her kidnapping, Violet is more determined than ever to lead a normal life...
  • Deadly Gift by Heather Graham

    Deadly Gift by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Caer is spending this Christmas among strangers. Brought to Newport, Rhode Island, from her native Ireland to nurse ailing millionaire Sean O'Riley, she's living a life few can imagine. But money can't hide the tension between O'Riley's trophy wife, his paranoid daughter, the eccentric aunt in the attic and the staff members who run the house...
  • The Vision by Heather Graham

    The Vision by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The gift of sight comes at a dangerous price When Deep Down Salvage begins the hunt for the "Josephine Marie, " it seems like any other dive...until Genevieve Wallace sees the vision of a dead woman in the water, her vacant eyes boring into Genevieve's very soul...
  • The Bones of Others by Vickie McKeehan

    The Bones of Others by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Some monsters live in your head. Not this one.Brutalized as a young girl by a vile sexual predator, Skye Cree is a survivor. Guided by the visions of her mystical spirit guide to the whereabouts of abducted girls, she uses her unique abilities to turn her horrifying past into a positive force for justice...
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    crime  dark  drama  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Black House by Stephen King, Peter Straub

    Black House by Stephen King, Peter Straub

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 48 ratings
    Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer travelled to a parallel universe called The Territories to save his mother and her Territories "twinner" from a premature and agonizing death that would have brought cataclysm to the other world. Now Jack is a retired Los Angeles homicide detective living in the nearly nonexistent hamlet of Tamarack, WI...
  • Every Dead Thing by John Connolly

    Every Dead Thing by John Connolly

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Tortured and brilliant private detective Charlie Parker stars in this thriller by New York Times bestselling author John Connolly.Former NYPD detective Charlie "Bird" Parker is on the verge of madness. Tortured by the unsolved slayings of his wife and young daughter, he is a man consumed by guilt, regret, and the desire for revenge...
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    crime  dark  drama  noir  suspense  thriller  action-adventure  adult
  • Shadow Touch by Marjorie M. Liu

    Shadow Touch by Marjorie M. Liu

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Elena Baxter can work miracles with her hands. She can coax bones to knit, flesh to heal. She can mend the mind. She has been doing such work for almost all of her twenty-eight years. That is why she will be taken.The media called it a rampage of terror, the recent murders. But fighting crime is why Artur Loginov joined Dirk & Steele...
  • NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

    NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 70 ratings
    NOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, the New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns.Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions...
  • The Death Dealer by Heather Graham

    The Death Dealer by Heather Graham

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Poe Killings...A string of homicides is mirroring the author's macabre stories.And Genevieve O'Brien's mother is next.Genevieve knows all about nightmares. She herself survived two months as a psychopath's prisoner. And now this new menace stalks the city. Spooked by the bizarre slayings, she turns to P.I. Joe Connolly, her past rescuer, friend and..
  • Known Devil by Justin Gustainis, Peter Brooke

    Known Devil by Justin Gustainis, Peter Brooke

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "My name's Markowski. I carry a badge. Also, a crucifix, some wooden stakes, a big vial of holy water, and a 9mm Beretta loaded with silver bullets." A new supernatural gang is intent on invading Scranton—as if I didn't have enough to contend with! Supernatural gang warfare? Not on my watch!Justin Gustainis was born in Northeast Pennsylvania in 1951...
  • Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong

    Exit Strategy by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Popular fantasy author Kelley Armstrong (Women of the Otherworld) makes a thrilling foray into crime fiction, with the debut of a series featuring female assassin Nadia Stafford.Stafford is one of the world’s few female contract killers. A former cop, drummed out of the force because of a scandal, she is an expert at disguise and cool under pressure...
  • Agent of Enchantment by C.N. Crawford, Alex Rivers

    Agent of Enchantment by C.N. Crawford, Alex Rivers

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The fae live among us. And one of them is a serial killer. I thought this would be a simple profiling case. Just another Jack-the-Ripper wannabe, prowling London’s streets, searching for easy kills. I was wrong. This killer is fae, and he’s as elusive as smoke on the wind. But I’m an FBI profiler, and it’s my job to track him down...
  • Impostor by Susanne Winnacker

    Impostor by Susanne Winnacker

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    TESSA IS A VARIANT, able to absorb the DNA of anyone she touches and mimic their appearance. Shunned by her family, she’s spent the last two years training with the Forces with Extraordinary Abilities, a secret branch of the FBI.When a serial killer rocks a small town in Oregon, Tessa is given a mission: she must impersonate Madison, a local teen, to find the killer before he strikes again...
  • The Missing by Shiloh Walker

    The Missing by Shiloh Walker

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From the national bestselling author whose sexy stories you will not soon forget(Romance Review) comes a brand-new, sinfully sexy romantic suspense novel. Her psychic gift drove away the man she loved and years later has drawn him back to her As a teenager, Taige Branch hated her psychic gift. No one could understand, except for Cullen Morgan, the boy who stole her heart...
  • Red by Kate SeRine

    Red by Kate SeRine

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “My name is Tess Little. But everyone calls me Red.”Once upon a time, a spell went awry, stranding Make Believe characters in the ordinary world. Since then, Tess “Red” Little—a/k/a Little Red Riding Hood—has worked as an Enforcer for the Chicago branch of the Fairytale Management Authority. But, consider yourself warned—she’s not just some waif with a basket of goodies...
  • The Girl In The Moon by Terry Goodkind

    The Girl In The Moon by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Angela has the ability to recognize killers. When she unexpectedly finds herself stalked, Angela is the only one who knows the truth of what they are about to do. She's an unlikely hero. She's also our only hope. Terry Goodkind introduces his most unforgettable and deadly character yet. For fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz. Angela Constantine is a girl born broken...
  • The Last Victim by Karen Robards

    The Last Victim by Karen Robards

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Dr. Charlotte Stone sees what others do not. A sought-after expert in criminal pathology, Charlie regularly sits face-to-face with madmen...
  • Shadowlands by Kate Brian

    Shadowlands by Kate Brian

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived… and the serial killer who attacked her escaped. Now that the infamous Steven Nell is on the loose, Rory must enter the witness protection with her father and sister, Darcy, leaving their friends and family without so much as a goodbye. Starting over in a new town with only each other is unimaginable for Rory and Darcy...
  • Sleep No More by Aprilynne Pike

    Sleep No More by Aprilynne Pike

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The blockbuster film Inception meets Lisa McMann's Wake trilogy in this dark paranormal thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Aprilynne Pike. This supernatural young adult novel is perfect for fans of Kelley Armstrong, Alyson Noël, Richelle Mead, and Kimberly Derting.Charlotte Westing has a gift. She is an Oracle and has the ability to tell the future. But it doesn't do her much good...
  • The Hollow City by Dan Wells

    The Hollow City by Dan Wells

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Michael Shipman is paranoid schizophrenic; he suffers from hallucinations, delusions, and complex fantasies of persecution and horror. That’s bad enough...
  • Afterlife by Marcus Sakey

    Afterlife by Marcus Sakey

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Between life and death lies an epic war, a relentless manhunt through two worlds… and an unforgettable love story.The last thing FBI agent Will Brody remembers is the explosion — a thousand shards of glass surfing a lethal shock wave. He wakes without a scratch. The building is in ruins. His team is gone. Outside, Chicago is dark. Cars lie abandoned. No planes cross the sky...
  • Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry, Tom Weiner

    Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry, Tom Weiner

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From a new master of horror comes an apocalyptic showdown between the residents of a secluded, rural town and the deadly evil that confronts them wherever they turn. Pine Deep buried the horrors of its past long ago. Thirty years have gone by since a serial killer sheared a bloody swath through the quiet Pennsylvania village...
  • Made for You by Melissa Marr

    Made for You by Melissa Marr

    Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Bestselling author of the Wicked Lovely books Melissa Marr’s first contemporary YA novel is a twisted southern gothic tale of obsession, romance, and murder. A killer is obsessed with Eva Tilling...
  • I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells

    I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it.He's spent his life doing his best not to live up to his potential.He's obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn't want to become one. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules he's written for himself, practicing normal life as if it were a private religion that could save him from damnation...
  • Grave Danger by Heather Graham

    Grave Danger by Heather Graham

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Discover heart-racing intrigue in this Thriller Short of romantic suspense.Originally published in LOVE IS MURDER (2013),edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown.In this Thriller Short, New York Times bestselling writer Heather Graham shows off the skills that led International Thriller Writers to grant her their highest award as a Thriller Master...
  • Hang Wire by Adam Christopher

    Hang Wire by Adam Christopher

    Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Ted Hall's birthday dinner in San Francisco's famous Chinatown ends with an explosion, the fire department blames a gas leak, but when Ted finds strange, personalised messages from the restaurant's fortune cookies scattered around his apartment, his suspicions are aroused, particularly as his somnambulant travels appear to coincide with murders by the notorious Hang Wire Killer...
  • Conjured by Sarah Beth Durst

    Conjured by Sarah Beth Durst

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Eve has a new home, a new face, and a new name—but no memories of her past. She’s been told that she's in a witness protection program. That she escaped a dangerous magic-wielding serial killer who still hunts her...
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