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Here After by Sean Costello
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLOVE. LOSS. OBSESSION. REDEMPTION.Following the death of his ten-year-old son, physician Peter Croft embarks on a desperate, seemingly random search for a missing child, risking his sanity, even his life in a grief-induced quest. His journey propels him into the darkest reaches of human suffering, and pits him squarely against an adversary whose own obsession defies all reason... -
![Mercurial Dreams by Hadena James]()
Mercurial Dreams by Hadena James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAislinn Cain and the Serial Crimes Tracking Unit are being sent to the hottest place in North America to investigate mummified remains that were found in Death Valley. When Xavier Reece uncovers elemental mercury in the heart of one of the mummies, they discover there is more than Mother Nature at work... -
![Explosive Dreams by Hadena James]()
Explosive Dreams by Hadena James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBright midways, rides with loud music and flashing lights, barkers trying to get people to spend money on rigged games; the normal sounds of county fairs everywhere until an explosion rips through the tinny music of the carnival rides. Now the screams are not squeals of delight but the terrified shrieks of the dying.The danger is no longer imaginary, something to shrug off when the ride is over... -
![Shattered / Whispers / Watchers by Dean Koontz]()
Shattered / Whispers / Watchers by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree more electrifying thrillers by the new king of the genre. The New York Times #1 bestselling author's terrifying masterpieces: Watchers (his personal favorite), Whispers and Shattered, now for the first time in one hardcover edition... -
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![The Servants of Twilight / Darkfall / Phantoms by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols]()
The Servants of Twilight / Darkfall / Phantoms by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor the first time ever, three bestselling Dean Koontz novels—The Servants of Twilight, Darkfall, Phantoms—are available in hardcover and complete in this single volume. Koontz's novels are spine-chilling and terrifying stories about ordinary people caught in nightmarish situations... -
![The Deceiving by Ninie Hammon]()
The Deceiving by Ninie Hammon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe monster demon is BACK! ...and he’s had twenty-six years to plot his revenge. More horrifying than any Hollywood-animated, computer-generated, mechanical unreality, the winged demon called an efreet will do anything to get what he wants. Pronounce that: An-y-thing Defeated in 1985 by three twelve-year-olds, the monster returns determined to kill them... -
![John Saul: Three Terrifying Bestselling Novels: Suffer the Children; Punish the Sinners; Cry for the Strangers by John Saul]()
John Saul: Three Terrifying Bestselling Novels: Suffer the Children; Punish the Sinners; Cry for the Strangers by John Saul
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJohn Saul: Three Terrifying Bestselling Novels: Suffer the Children; Punish the Sinners; Cry for the... -
![The Pendergast Files: (Relic, Reliquary) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child]()
The Pendergast Files: (Relic, Reliquary) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis discounted ebundle includes: Relic, ReliquaryThe books that introduced the world to Douglas Preston’s and Lincoln Child’s FBI Special Agent Pendergast. Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beat... -
![Crimson Deep: A Thriller by Anthony M. Strong]()
Crimson Deep: A Thriller by Anthony M. Strong
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomething ancient has found new prey… Us.Deep in the Florida woodlands, a pair of recreational divers are attacked and killed. Miles away, a research team captures an impossible sight on their remote-operated submersible. Meanwhile, a team of bank robbers speed toward their Florida hideout... -
![The Haunting of University Park by Alexandria Clarke]()
The Haunting of University Park by Alexandria Clarke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJamie Layton has a secret.Running from her past, Jamie Layton takes a new job as a nanny to two volatile, rebellious children at a stately mansion in a reclusive area of town. Rumors fly about the mysterious death of the children’s father, and when strange things happen at night, Jamie and the children must confront the horrors that haunt the house... -
![Something Wicked by Brian Harmon]()
Something Wicked by Brian Harmon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Eric is summoned to help protect a coven of real-life witches from a murderous magic man, he thinks he has an idea of what's in store for him. After all, he's done this kind of thing twice before. But right from the start, nothing seems to be going right... -
![SORRY CAN'T SAVE YOU: A Mystery Novel by Willow Rose]()
SORRY CAN'T SAVE YOU: A Mystery Novel by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ... one of the best books I've read this year!What if you thought your husband was a murderer? The man you loved, the man who gave you two beautiful children and a perfect life. What if no one believed you? Laurie Davis is the mother of two children, struggling to keep her family together since her husband, Ryan, went to war and came back changed. His PTSD is evident... -
![Rushed: The Unseen by Brian Harmon]()
Rushed: The Unseen by Brian Harmon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Eric catches sight of Creek Bend, Wisconsin's most famous missing person, his mundane morning of running errands rapidly turns into a bizarre adventure filled with strange monsters, a murderous cowboy and a curiously intimidating man in a pink shirt as he searches for mysterious, hidden locations right in his own hometown. The second book in the Rushed series... -
![Anatomy by Sebastian Fitzek, Michael Tsokos]()
Anatomy by Sebastian Fitzek, Michael Tsokos
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis is the autobiographic work by German inference fiction master according to his personal experience. Only the readers with high IQ can understand the ending... -
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![Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King, Richard Chizmar]()
Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King, Richard Chizmar
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen Gwendy Peterson was twelve, a stranger named Richard Farris gave her a mysterious box for safekeeping. It offered treats and vintage coins, but it was dangerous. Pushing any of its seven coloured buttons promised death and destruction.Years later, the button box re-entered Gwendy's life... -
![Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose]()
Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn't Have Come Here, comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes literal) skeletons in the closet. After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end... -
![Mestaclocan by R. Lawson Gamble]()
Mestaclocan by R. Lawson Gamble
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen old friend Marty O'Bannon, a San Francisco Homicide Detective, calls FBI Agent Zack Tolliver early one morning with news of a third murder victim, her throat ravaged as if by an animal, Zack agrees to assist him with the investigation.But Zack's responsibilities at the Navajo Indian Reservation prevent him from leaving so he sends his friend Eagle Feather, a local hunting guide, in his stead... -
![The Temple of the Blind by Brian Harmon]()
The Temple of the Blind by Brian Harmon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHaving survived the nightmare that he and his friends found hidden within the crumbling ruins of Gilbert House, Albert Cross is newly determined to seek out the answers he has long been denied. He suspects that at least some of those answers may await him in the mysterious underground labyrinth he and Brandy discovered the previous year, the place he calls The Temple of the Blind... -
![The Roses of Mobile by M.L. Bullock]()
The Roses of Mobile by M.L. Bullock
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarrie Jo returns to Seven Sisters but the happy homecoming is short-lived. The spiritual atmosphere has shifted and the dream catcher quickly discovers that all is not well. As Carrie Jo's dream catching gift becomes much more complicated, she makes mistakes...and some of them trigger a cascade of unhappy events... -
![I Am Sal by Abraham Falls]()
I Am Sal by Abraham Falls
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat if you were born as a fully formed adult? Completely aware of your surroundings, fully able to speak, walk, think, and recognize, by name, all of the items you could see? The only thing missing, the only nagging void in your memory: your identity... -
![The Antagonist by Jonas Saul]()
The Antagonist by Jonas Saul
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVivian has sent Sarah to Kelowna, British Columbia, to antagonize a member of The Royal Canadian Mounted Police. When she arrives, Barry Ashford, the RCMP officer Sarah is supposed to irritate, has just saved a woman from a suicide attempt. To the media and the public, Barry Ashford is a hero... -
![Easter, the Krewe and Another Large White Rabbit by Heather Graham]()
Easter, the Krewe and Another Large White Rabbit by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA short story (apprx. 10,000 words) in which Angela Hawkins and Jackson Crow are called upon to help a friend in need . . .Strange baskets are arriving on Eliza Andrews' doorstep and a strange face is appearing in her window... -
![Evil Unveiled by Robert McCammon]()
Evil Unveiled by Robert McCammon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"New York Times" bestselling author Robert McCammon continues his triumphant return with the conclusion of an epic tale of suspense that reinstates him as one of the great storytellers of our time....The Carolinas, 1699: After hearing damning testimony from the townspeople of Fount Royal, magistrate Isaac Woodward sentences the accused witch, Rachel Howarth, to death by burning... -
![The Victim by Jonas Saul]()
The Victim by Jonas Saul
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn Book Five, Sarah Roberts is The Victim.Sarah is killed in a horrible car accident, the DNA found in the car verified as hers. But the government men at the Sophia Project have faked her death to keep her to themselves.After her funeral, she shows up in the food court of a busy mall where a violent exchange takes place. Things go wrong fast... -
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![The Knowing by Ninie Hammon]()
The Knowing by Ninie Hammon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the hot call comes over the radio: “Code Red! Active shooter at Carlisle Elementary School,” Police Sergeant Jack Carpenter has one job and only one job. Find the gunman; take him out. He rushes into the school, fully armed and focused on cold, hard reality. But what happens to him in the next few hours shatters the world as he has always known it... -
![Widow Town by Joe Hart]()
Widow Town by Joe Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the future there is no such thing as a serial killer.A breakthrough research project has detected an active gene present in all known psychopaths and developed a vaccine to make it completely dormant. People are inoculated at birth. Society has rejoiced the extinction of the sociopathic mind. There hasn’t been a serial killing in America in over forty years... -
![Le Manuscrit Inachevé by Franck Thilliez, Jean-Yves Berteloot]()
Le Manuscrit Inachevé by Franck Thilliez, Jean-Yves Berteloot
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAux alentours de Grenoble, un jeune a fini sa trajectoire dans un ravin après une course-poursuite avec la douane. Dans son coffre, le corps d’une femme, les orbites vides, les mains coupées et rassemblées dans un sac... -
![The Reaper's Game by Layton Green]()
The Reaper's Game by Layton Green
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs it murder from beyond the grave . . . or the final ruse of a twisted serial killer?Three years ago, a deranged murderer dubbed the Halloween Killer butchered half a dozen people in New Orleans. He was caught and sentenced to die. Just before his execution, the Halloween Killer vowed to take revenge on the district attorney who put him behind bars... -
![The Best of Mystery: 63 Short Stories Chosen by the Master of Suspense by Alfred Hitchcock]()
The Best of Mystery: 63 Short Stories Chosen by the Master of Suspense by Alfred Hitchcock
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThese 63 spine-tingling stories originally appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery magazine, and in the words of the master himself, they'll "make your blood run cold." Hitchcock coolly serves up cool cops, clever gangsters, bodies stuffed in trunks, kidnappings, adulterous affairs, murder, and espionage, and the resulting thrills are positively delicious... -
![Key to Midnight / Shattered / House of Thunder by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols]()
Key to Midnight / Shattered / House of Thunder by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols
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![The Midnight Book Club Super Box Set by Jeremy Bates]()
The Midnight Book Club Super Box Set by Jeremy Bates
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA TODAY and #1 AMAZON bestselling author Jeremy Bates brings you the complete collection of the award-winning Midnight Book Club short novels, which have been praised for their fast-paced plots and brilliant twists. As a bonus, you also get a digital copy of the runaway bestseller The Taste of Fear, which has garnered more than 500 five-star reviews... -
![J.A. Konrath Horror Trilogy - Three Scary Thriller Novels (Origin, The List, Haunted House) by J.A. Konrath, Jack Kilborn]()
J.A. Konrath Horror Trilogy - Three Scary Thriller Novels (Origin, The List, Haunted House) by J.A. Konrath, Jack Kilborn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree complete thriller novels. O R I G I N Thriller writer J.A. Konrath, author of the Lt. Jack Daniels series, digs into the vaults and unearths a technohorror tale from the depths of hell... 1906 - Something is discovered by workers digging the Panama Canal. Something dormant. Sinister. Very much alive. 2009 - Project Samhain... -
![Hideout by Jack Heath]()
Hideout by Jack Heath
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA tense, unputdownable thriller from the author of Hangman.Timothy Blake has nothing to lose. He's headed to an isolated house in rural Texas with a hammer in his pocket and murder on his mind. His target is Fred, the ringleader of a criminal empire on the dark web. Once Fred is gone, Blake can disappear for good.But it turns out that Fred isn't alone. Five other psychopaths live in the house... -
![Shadows from the Grave by T.L. Haddix]()
Shadows from the Grave by T.L. Haddix
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen it comes to murder, the past is never really dead... For ten years, Chase Hudson has carried the weight of his college girlfriend’s unsolved murder on his shoulders. When a ghost from the past comes calling, Chase’s friends and family become the targets of a serial killer who’ll stop at nothing to make Chase suffer... -
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![Psychosis by Tony Marturano]()
Psychosis by Tony Marturano
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Police, what is your emergency?” “They’re in the house and they’re going to kill me…” “My name is Marco and I am flawed. I know that. And I was fine with it until it cost me my family. Now, I’ll do anything to get them back – even see a therapist. Which is a joke, because I am a therapist. At least I was before I was fired... -
![Speak the Dead by Grant McKenzie]()
Speak the Dead by Grant McKenzie
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Sally Blue was six years old, sleeping peacefully in her bed, a gunshot woke her up and subsequently ripped her world apart.Jolted awake by the scary noise, Sally ran to her parent's bedroom for comfort. Instead, she found her mother slumped against the headboard, her ravaged nightdress drenched from a double-barreled wound... -
![Meds by Amy Cross]()
Meds by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Welcome to the Overflow. And remember, all roads lead back to Lakehurst.”At the edge of a ruined town, a burned-out hospital houses one final, functional ward. There, a small group of doctors and nurses tend to patients who have been consigned to the Overflow. Unloved, forgotten by the people who knew them, these are the patients who will never receive visitors... -
![Last Call by Sean Costello]()
Last Call by Sean Costello
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHIS BOOK is RATED-R FOR LANGUAGE by the publisher.In the space of a single day, twenty-year-old Trish West purchases her first car, gets accepted into veterinary college, and finds her rockstar father, Jim Gamble, a man who vanished into the streets before she was born and now clings to life in a Toronto intensive care unit.Eager to establish a relationship with Mr... -
![The Harbinger Collection: Hard-Boiled Mysteries Not for the Faint of Heart by Carolyn McCray]()
The Harbinger Collection: Hard-Boiled Mysteries Not for the Faint of Heart by Carolyn McCray
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Harbinger CollectionA Patterson-style set of thrillers with a dash of Hannibal.. -
![Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon's Flame by John Saul]()
Ashes to Ashes: The Dragon's Flame by John Saul
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen library assistant Rebecca Morrison comes across a beautifully ornate cigarette lighter in the shape of a fire breathing dragon, she gives it to her cousin, unwittingly igniting an evil that can only originate from the terrifying Blackstone Asylum. This is third installment in "The Blackstone Chronicles", Saul's serial novel about the horrors that plague a small New England town... -
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Asylum by John Saul
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEditor Oliver Metcalf has written a provocative article on the Asylum that implies there may be a curse on the town. The community is outraged, charging him with inflaming hysteria. More urgent is the mysterious disappearance of Rebecca Morrison. As Blackstone rallies to find the missing woman, a mysterious package arrives on Harvey Connally’s front porch... -
![Black for Remembrance by Carlene Thompson]()
Black for Remembrance by Carlene Thompson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaroline Webb knows what it means to lose the person you love most. Twenty years ago, her five-year-old daughter, Hayley, was the light of her life, her treasure, her angle. Then came the terrible day when Hayley was kidnapped from her favorite swing. More than a month passed before her burned, lifeless body was found. All that remained was the silence of Caroline's heartache--and her guilt.. -
![Twist of Fate: The Locket by John Saul]()
Twist of Fate: The Locket by John Saul
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJules Hartwick should be on top of the world. He has a distinguished career as president of the First National Bank of Blackstone, and his lovely daughter will soon be married. But his contentment is shattered: he's under investigation by the Federal Reserve--and that frightening audit threatens the financing of the Blackstone Center, which is slated to rise on the site of the old Asylum... -
![In the Shadow of Evil: The Handkerchief by John Saul]()
In the Shadow of Evil: The Handkerchief by John Saul
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhile researching an historical piece on the Asylum for the town’s newspaper, editor Oliver Metcalf digs through the attic that once belonged to his father, the last superintendent of the facility. There, among the dusty medical records, Oliver discovers a beautifully embroidered linen handkerchief with an ornate “R” in one corner... -
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![Under the Dome: Part Two by Stephen King]()
Under the Dome: Part Two by Stephen King
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAll hell has broken loose in Chester's Mill after an invisible force field suddenly and inexplicably descends on the small Maine town, isolating all within it from the outside world. As the grim reality of the situation dawns and panic sets in, each other town's denizens reveals their true nature in the face of shortages, rationing, lawlessness, and uncertainty... -
![La Ligne noire by Jean-Christophe Grangé]()
La Ligne noire by Jean-Christophe Grangé
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIl existe, quelque part en Asie du Sud-Est, entre le tropique du Cancer et la ligne de l'Equateur, une autre ligne. Une ligne noire jalonnée de corps et d'effroi.. -
![The Book of Counted Sorrows by Dean Koontz]()
The Book of Counted Sorrows by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the author's The Book of Counted Sorrows, being the mind-bending, heart-stopping, bowel-freezing, spleen-tickling history of the most dangerous book of poetry ever written, including the text of the cursed book itself, with the prayer that God will protect you from a spontaneous head explosion (and even worse potential fates) if you dare read it... -
![A Smile Full of Lies: An Obsessed Neighbor Dark Romance by Rose James]()
A Smile Full of Lies: An Obsessed Neighbor Dark Romance by Rose James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI want someone who would burn the world down for me, and smile while it burned.Struggling writer Rosalind Cooper doesn’t need more distractions, but when her life falls apart, she ends up under the roof of her enigmatic neighbor, Philip Knox... -
![Anathema by Nick Roberts]()
Anathema by Nick Roberts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBryan and Ellie Stockton hope they left behind their demons when they move to their idyllic new home in southern West Virginia. Above all, they want a fresh start for their young son, Derrick, who witnessed the tumultuous first years of their marriage – years that were rife with substance abuse, rage, and resentment... -
![The Cross by Steve Cavanagh]()
The Cross by Steve Cavanagh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn exclusive race against time ebook short thriller. **Contains an extract from Steve Cavanagh's brilliant debut novel, THE DEFENCE** Eddie Flynn, con-man turned criminal lawyer, has an impossible choice.He has damning evidence against a corrupt NYPD detective who stands accused of killing a suspect...
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