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Alive by Courtney Konstantin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRafe Duncan has been working his family’s compound for years in the event of a global catastrophe-- and doomsday has finally arrived. Both he and Charlie Brewer work at a facility where secret government experiments are carried out, experiments that are classified even to them. Then the plague breaks loose, and hell arrives on earth... -
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Gray After Dark by Noelle W. Ihli
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA merciless wilderness. A harrowing attack. A desperate escape.When a tragic accident sidelines Miley's dreams of Olympic gold, she takes a summer job at a mountain guest lodge.The Frank Church Wilderness is remote, but it’s the perfect place to train and recover. Local lore about a staffer who died years ago doesn’t scare her. But it should... -
![Dark Rivers of the Heart / Sole Survivor / Intensity by Dean Koontz]()
Dark Rivers of the Heart / Sole Survivor / Intensity by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDean Koontz is one of the world's top-selling authors with total worldwide sales of his novels at 225 million copies! He achieves what few writers can: he creates books that consistently jump to the top of the bestseller lists in both hardcover and paper... -
![One By One by Freida McFadden]()
One By One by Freida McFadden
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsOne by one, they will get what they deserve...A night spent sleeping on dirt and leaves is not how Claire Matchett expected to spend her vacation.She thought this would be a break from the stresses of work and raising her young children. A chance to repair her damaged marriage. A week of hiking and hot tubs with two other couple friends. It sounded like heaven... -
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![In the Tall World by Angel N. Van Atta]()
In the Tall World by Angel N. Van Atta
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMella finds herself in a whole new world, surrounded by all new things and people. Life was often scary back in the tall trees in that tiny little house, but it was all she knew, and that brought her comfort. Now, separated from her Momma, and her baby brother Pete, Mella has to find out how to make her way in this strange new home with all new rules and people... -
![The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean]()
The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA woman being held captive is willing to risk everything to save herself, her unborn child, and her captor’s latest victim in this claustrophobic thriller in the tradition of Misery and Room. On an isolated farm in the United Kingdom, a woman is trapped by the monster who kidnapped her seven years ago... -
![When Smiles Fade by Paige Dearth]()
When Smiles Fade by Paige Dearth
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlternate cover edition.ASIN: B00B8XPVL6Young Emma Murphy kills people, but only if they deserve to die.Emma's father's coldblooded beatings and the ultimate abuse to which he subjects her, lays the foundation of the person she becomes. As she matures into a resourceful teenager, she is unwilling and unable to stifle her desire for revenge... -
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Undead Ultra by Camille Picott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUndead: a reanimated corpse with a craving for human flesh.Ultramarathon: any footrace longer than a traditional marathon (26.2 miles).For ultrarunners Kate and Frederico, a typical Saturday morning is spent pounding out a twenty- to thirty-mile “fun run.” It’s during one of their runs that an insidious illness descends upon northern California, turning humans into flesh-shredding zombies... -
![Saint/Sinner by Sam Sisavath]()
Saint/Sinner by Sam Sisavath
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHERE IS NO REST FOR THE WICKED.After spending ten years of her life hunting her sister’s killer and barely surviving, Allie Krycek is ready to move on. She’s got a new job, in a new city, with a new man in her life. Things are finally looking up.Too bad there are people determined to ruin Allie’s second chance... -
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Event Horizon by Steven Konkoly
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPrevious cover edition for ASIN B00I0DP2U2For alternate cover edition see hereThe critically acclaimed post apocalyptic saga continues...With Boston collapsing faster than Alex Fletcher predicted, his personal rescue mission deep into the heart of an increasingly unfamiliar city reaches a critical point... -
![Last of the Magpies by Mark Edwards]()
Last of the Magpies by Mark Edwards
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe chilling conclusion to the #1 bestseller The Magpies. Twelve months ago, Jamie Knight walked straight into Lucy Newton’s trap. Both Jamie and his ex-wife Kirsty barely survived. Now, with the police investigation into Lucy’s disappearance going nowhere, Jamie teams up with a true crime podcaster to track down his nemesis... -
![Darkness Rising by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus]()
Darkness Rising by Justin Bell, Mike Kraus
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the end arrives, how far will you go to save the ones you love? When a terrorist plot results in the detonation of several nuclear devices across the West Coast, the Frasers are thrown into disarray and their strained familial relationships are tested as they watch society collapse around them... -
![The Housemates by Iain Rob Wright]()
The Housemates by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTEN DAYS, TWELVE COMPETITORS, TWO MILLION POUNDS IN CASH.What at first appears to be a wonderful opportunity for Damien Banks turns out to be the worst nightmare he can imagine. Trapped inside a house with eleven strangers, and a booming voice known only as ‘The Landlord’ controlling his every move, Damien will be forced to compete not only for the money, but for his life... -
![Dear Child: A Novel by Romy Hausmann]()
Dear Child: A Novel by Romy Hausmann
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA woman held captive finally escapes—but can she ever really get away?Gone Girl meets Room in this page-turning, #1 internationally bestselling thriller from one of Germany’s hottest new talentsA windowless shack in the woods. A dash to safety. But when a woman finally escapes her captor, the end of the story is only the beginning of her nightmare.She says her name is Lena... -
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![Bee Speaker: Dogs of War, Book 3 by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Gabrielle Nellis-Pain]()
Bee Speaker: Dogs of War, Book 3 by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Gabrielle Nellis-Pain
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBloomsbury presents Bee Speaker by Adrian Tchaikovsky, read by Rod Hallett, Gabrielle Nellis-Pain, and Adrian Tchaikovsky.From the Arthur C. Clarke award winner, Adrian Tchaikovsky, comes the third instalment of the DOGS OF WAR science fiction series, a future where genetically engineered “Bioforms” have inherited not the Earth, but the Solar System. The end of the world has been and gone... -
![The Old Lady by Kristopher Triana]()
The Old Lady by Kristopher Triana
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe never wanted to come home.After the death of her estranged father, Tracey returns to the remote cabin she grew up in. As a traumatized veteran of the Vietnam War, Tracey’s father subjected her to rigorous survival training under brutal conditions, believing it was for her own good. She escaped and never looked back... -
![The Stillwater Girls by Minka Kent]()
The Stillwater Girls by Minka Kent
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTwo sisters raised in fear are about to find out why in a chilling novel of psychological suspense from the author of The Thinnest Air.Ignorant of civilization and cautioned against its evils, nineteen-year-old Wren and her two sisters, Sage and Evie, were raised in off-the-grid isolation in a primitive cabin in upstate New York... -
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Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom bestselling author Darcy Coates comes Dead of Winter, a remote cabin in the snowy wilderness thriller that will teach you to trust no one. There are eight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run.When Christa joins a tour group heading deep into the snowy expanse of the Rocky Mountains, she's hopeful this will be her chance to put the ghosts of her past to rest... -
![The Drowning Game by L.S. Hawker, Amanda Dolan]()
The Drowning Game by L.S. Hawker, Amanda Dolan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey said she was armed.They said she was dangerous.They were right.Petty Moshen spent eighteen years of her life as a prisoner in her own home, training with military precision for everything, ready for anything. She can disarm, dismember, and kill and now, for the first time ever, she is free... -
![Cold War, A by Alan Russell]()
Cold War, A by Alan Russell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNina Granville believes her business trip to Alaska will give her a short respite from the merry-go-round that came with her engagement to Congressman Terrence Donnelly. But instead of allowing her the peace she craves, Nina’s getaway from the public eye means that no one witnesses her abduction into a very cold hell... -
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Neverwake by Amy Plum
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor most people, nightmares always come to an end. But for Cata, Ant, and the others, there may be no escape from theirs. After an experimental treatment meant to cure their insomnia went horribly wrong, the teens were dragged into a shared dreamworld where their most terrifying fears became reality.The six of them have no way of waking up... -
![Terminal by Michaelbrent Collings]()
Terminal by Michaelbrent Collings
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"5 stars... another outstanding novel from author Michaelbrent Collings..." - Horror After Dark All passengers, please prepare for departure... An employee, a cop, and six passengers; a prisoner, a stowaway, and a madman. "A great read." - Sci-Fi and Scary These are the people waiting at the Lawton bus terminal... -
![Scavenger Hunt by Michaelbrent Collings]()
Scavenger Hunt by Michaelbrent Collings
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“I already know all your names. As for me... you can call me Mr. Do-Good.”Five strangers have woken up in a white room. A room with no doors, no windows. A room with no hope.Because these strangers have been kidnapped, drugged... and brought here as the newest contestants in the world’s most high-stakes scavenger hunt. Run by a madman named Mr... -
![The Cabin by Amy Cross]()
The Cabin by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"There are stories about this place. It's said that something really bad happened here once, in the room where we're standing right now." When Anna arrives in Norway to visit a long-lost friend, she expects to spend a calm, relaxing weekend at a remote cabin. Soon, however, she learns that some of the other guests are not what they seem, and the cabin itself has a dark history... -
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![Everything's Fine by Matthew Pridham]()
Everything's Fine by Matthew Pridham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEric’s day is off to a rough start: his regional managers are in town, he’s running late to work, the moon seems to be falling apart, and he just can’t seem to get his tie right. At least he has his priorities straight: it’s the little things that matter... -
![Relentless by Christopher Artinian]()
Relentless by Christopher Artinian
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSal had woken up with no recollection of the night before a few times but never like this … in a forest … alone … confused … scared.She scoured her surroundings, desperate for some clue as to how she’d ended up here. Fragments of conversations, snapshots of memories were all she could scramble together.But, suddenly, none of it mattered.A stranger.A warning.And the hunt is on... -
![It Came With The Crash (Creature Encounters) by Boris Bacic]()
It Came With The Crash (Creature Encounters) by Boris Bacic
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey thought the plane crash was the worst that could happen to them. They were dead wrong.Stranded in the middle of the forest and without help, six crash survivors forge a plan to stay alive in the harsh conditions that surround them. As the days go on and their supplies dwindle, the tension in the group increases... -
![The Final Scene by Steph Nelson]()
The Final Scene by Steph Nelson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe cabin is unlocked, but there’s no escape. When Brooke was kidnapped on her way home from work, she thought her life was over.That was ten years ago.She’s been held captive in an isolated cabin on the Oregon coast ever since, scrambling to follow her kidnappers’ twisted instructions to the letter. Because the price of a mistake is death.But when a new victim shows up, everything changes... -
![The Last War by Ryan Schow]()
The Last War by Ryan Schow
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSan Francisco is collapsing. The McNamara family is scattered across a city at war. They’re riding the hard edge of a civilization facing extinction and they are far from safe. With the population in swift decline, life has become a death sentence. The McNamara’s are an ingenious, resilient bunch, however, and they refuse to take the collapse of the modern world lying down... -
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All Shall Mourn by Ellie Marney
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe third and final book in the None Shall Sleep Sequence.Simon Gutmunsson is on the loose... Since the disastrous events of the College Killer case, the FBI is coming to terms with the fact that while catching one sociopath, they've released another. Chillingly manipulative, frighteningly intelligent, and wholly insane, Simon Gutmunsson is the worst of the worst... -
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Room 21 by Jessica Huntley
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThey say blood is thicker than water. I say blood is just harder to wash off your hands. My name’s Kimberley. I’m twenty-five. I have epilepsy, a seizure alert dog named Muffin, and a job I love as a senior housekeeper in one of London’s top hotels. I’m used to being invisible. Overlooked. Safe.But that was before Jennifer Clifton checked in... -
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Forbidden Island by Jeremy Robinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsInternational bestselling author Jeremy Robinson has been compared to both Matthew Reilly and Stephen King. In Forbidden Island, he brings the characters and plotting of the fastest paced thrillers together with mind-bending imaginative horrors. SEEKING TO CONTACT HUMANITY'S LOST TRIBE...On the precipice of a cliff, contemplating suicide, dishonorably discharged U.S... -
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The Manhattan Hunt Club by John Saul
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn Manhattan Hunt Club John Saul plumbs the depths of the Manhattan underground--the network of subway tunnels and secret caverns and chambers where the homeless denizens of the city have created their own society... -
![Only One Survives by Hannah Mary McKinnon]()
Only One Survives by Hannah Mary McKinnon
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Rock'n'roll with a dash or two of murder... -
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Shadow Beast by Luke Phillips
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWe just lost our place at the top of the food chain. Man is just meat."This was on par with Jurassic Park." Courtney L."This story has heart and soul in the midst of its rampaging terror." Bevi Debb"His hero has the potential to be one of the most loved adventure icons, in the mould of Indiana Jones." A.K...Categorized as:
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![The Ripper Gene by Michael Ransom]()
The Ripper Gene by Michael Ransom
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSilver Falchion Award for Best Horror (2016) and Best Serial Killer Mystery (2016). A neuroscientist-turned-FBI-profiler discovers a gene that produces psychopaths in The Ripper Gene, a thrilling debut novel from Michael Ransom.Dr... -
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Consumed by Matt Shaw
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Six friends accept help from a friendly stranger, and his even friendlier family, it leads to one Hell of a dinner invitation they'll never forget - no matter how much they wished they could! A tasty new horror from the author who brought you "The 8TH", "The Cabin" and "Smile" - this book is not for the easily offended nor is it for people who don't appreciate shocks galore... -
![The Grey by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers]()
The Grey by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohn Ottway has found the job at the end of the world, working as a hunter for an oil-camp on the North Slope of Alaska. It's brutal, cold, and isolated, and there's little he needs to do but wait for the day when he has the courage to end his life, as he plans to, some day, "at a time to be determined... -
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Survive by David Haynes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the frozen wilderness of Alaska, a cabin is readied for the winter. Jonesy and Lisa, with their loyal dog Lad, have been preparing their home to avoid a repeat of their horrific first year living apart from civilisation.They survived that. They’ll survive this.But then the strangers arrive... -
![When We Were Lost by Kevin Wignall]()
When We Were Lost by Kevin Wignall
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen their plane crashes in a remote rainforest with no adults left alive, a group of high school students struggles to survive against sinister threats from the jungle—and one another—in this tense thriller... -
![The Split by Sharon J. Bolton]()
The Split by Sharon J. Bolton
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTense, gripping and with a twist you won't see coming, Sharon Bolton is back in an explosive new standalone thriller about a woman on the run in The Split.No matter how far you run, some secrets will always catch up with you...The remote Antarctic island of South Georgia is about to send off its last boat of the summer – which signifies safety to resident glaciologist Felicity Lloyd... -
![Counterfeit Son by Elaine Marie Alphin]()
Counterfeit Son by Elaine Marie Alphin
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCameron Miller is the son of a murderer. All he has ever known is the stench of the locked cellar, where he can hear the blows and cries and his father's torrent of terror and abuse. Then a miracle happens: his father is killed in a police shootout. In the aftermath, Cameron grabs his one chance for a normal life: he takes on the identity of Neil Lacey, a boy who Mr... -
![The Night Inside by Nancy Baker]()
The Night Inside by Nancy Baker
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsArdeth Alexander’s life is the wholly predictable one of a graduate student. She lives by schedules – for papers due, classes to attend, small jobs of research to complete for extra income. Ardeth is the responsible one – steady, dependable, maybe even a little boring.One day, when she is out for her customary early morning walk, all that changes... -
![The Wicked We Have Done by Sarah Harian]()
The Wicked We Have Done by Sarah Harian
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvalyn Ibarra never expected to be an accused killer and experimental prison test subject. A year ago, she was a normal college student. Now she’s been sentenced to a month in the compass room—an advanced prison obstacle course designed by the government to execute justice. If she survives, the world will know she’s innocent... -
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![The Lost by Natasha Preston]()
The Lost by Natasha Preston
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn the small town of Aurora, teens go missing all the time. But when one of Piper and Hazel's classmates disappears, they become determined to find out the truth of what happened to her.While investigating, they meet three handsome and rich grad students...who kidnap them. The girls are taken to a building in the middle of a privately-owned forest... -
![Bitter Passage by Colin Mills]()
Bitter Passage by Colin Mills
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA nineteenth-century Arctic expedition descends into a chilling nightmare in a gripping and epic historical novel of discovery, rescue, deliverance, and survival by any means.In May 1845, Sir John Franklin, commander of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, departed England to seek a navigable route across the top of the Americas. He and his 128 men never returned...Categorized as:
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![The Summer I Died: The Roger Huntington Saga, Book 1: Volume 1 by Ryan C. Thomas]()
The Summer I Died: The Roger Huntington Saga, Book 1: Volume 1 by Ryan C. Thomas
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSo much screaming. When Roger Huntington comes home from college for the summer and is met by his best friend, Tooth, he knows they're going to have a good time. A summer full of beer, comic books, movies, laughs, and maybe even girls. So much pain. The sun is high and the sky is clear as Roger and Tooth set out to shoot beer cans at Bobcat Mountain... -
![Trafficked: The Diary of a Sex Slave by Sibel Hodge]()
Trafficked: The Diary of a Sex Slave by Sibel Hodge
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy name is Elena and I used to be a human being. Now I am a sex slave.If you are reading this diary then I am either dead or I have managed to escape...****Trafficked: The Diary of a Sex Slave is a gritty, gripping, and tear-jerking novella, inspired by real victims' accounts and research into the sex trafficking underworld... -
![Cost of Survival by Bonnie R. Paulson]()
Cost of Survival by Bonnie R. Paulson
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy dad predicted World War III would happen in our lifetime. He was right. Mom's bleeding in my arms right now. She could die any moment, but not before she's made me promise three things: Pray. Don't trust anyone. Stay alive. I promised, but I don't know if I can keep them. Not surviving World War III doesn't scare me, it's surviving it that does... -
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Impact by Adam Baker
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world is overrun by an unimaginable horror. The few surviving humans are scattered in tiny outposts across the world, hoping for reprieve - or death. Waiting on the runway of the abandoned Las Vegas airport sits the B-52 bomber Liberty Bell, revving up for its last, desperate mission. On board - five crew members and one 10-kiloton nuclear payload...
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