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  • An Evil Mind by Chris Carter

    An Evil Mind by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A freak accident in rural Wyoming leads the Sheriff's Department to arrest a man for a possible double homicide, but further investigations suggest a much more horrifying discovery - a serial killer who has been kidnapping, torturing and mutilating victims all over the United States for at least twenty-five years...
  • Hunting Evil by Chris Carter

    Hunting Evil by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    'Every story one day comes to an end.' As roommates, they met for the first time in college. Two of the brightest minds ever to graduate from Stamford Psychology University. As adversaries, they met again in Quantico, Virginia. Robert Hunter had become the head of the LAPD’s Ultra Violent Crimes Unit...
  • The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven

    The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin . . .Washington Poe has a story to tell.And he needs you to listen.You'll hear how it started with the robber birds. Crows. Dozens of them. Enough for a murder . . .He'll tell you about a man who was tied to a tree and stoned to death, a man who had tattooed himself with a code so obscure, even the gifted analyst Tilly Bradshaw struggled to break it...
  • The Night Stalker by Chris Carter

    The Night Stalker by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    When an unidentified female body is discovered laid out on a slab in an abandoned butcher's shop, the cause of death is unclear. Her body bears no marks, except for the fact that her lips have been stitched shut...
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    dark  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • I Am Death by Chris Carter

    I Am Death by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    AN EVIL MIND was Chris Carters's most acclaimed novel to date, described by the Daily mail as: 'A chilling, compulsive portrait of a psychopath, and proves that Carter is now in the Jeffrey Deaver class.' It spent three weeks in the Sunday Timestop ten and received brillant reviews and sales. This terrifying new standalone thriller reunites Hunter and Garcia in their most explosive case to date...
    Categorized as:
    dark  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Such a Good Girl by Willow Rose

    Such a Good Girl by Willow Rose

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    FBI-profiler Eva Rae Thomas faces a devious plan in bestselling author Willow Rose’s blood-rushing thriller of murder and revenge.A girl falls from the penthouse floor of an apartment in Washington, D.C.Media Mogul Richard Wanton owns the apartment and is seen standing on the balcony when the girl falls...
  • Written in Blood by Chris Carter

    Written in Blood by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Don't miss GENESIS, the latest must-read serial killer thriller from master of the genre, Chris Carter. Available to order now. ‘Wonderful storytelling, with a superbly drawn killer, it underlines exactly how good Carter has become’ Daily MailTHE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER    A serial killer who will stop at nothing…  The Killer His most valuable possession has been stolen...
  • Gallery of the Dead by Chris Carter

    Gallery of the Dead by Chris Carter

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    ‘Thirty-seven years in the force, and if I was allowed to choose just one thing to erase from my mind, what’s inside that room would be it.'That’s what a LAPD Lieutenant tells Detectives Hunter and Garcia of the Ultra Violent Crimes Unit as they arrive at one of the most shocking crime scenes they have ever attended...
  • Homecoming by Kinsley Kincaid

    Homecoming by Kinsley Kincaid

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This day was always coming.After months of being deprived of what my mind craves, I received the call to return back home.To fulfill my duty and complete my initiation.The Sinclair family is part of an infamous group embedded deep within Vail.The Exodus.And The Reckoning is upon us.No one is safe.The town hides as the streets become bare.But it doesn’t matter, because I will find you...
  • Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon

    Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The world of Colonial America comes vibrantly to life in this masterful new historical thriller by Robert McCammon...
  • Maison De Fous by Nova Kane

    Maison De Fous by Nova Kane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sequel to A La FolieThis is a PITCH BLACK EROTIC HORROR. Please mind the trigger warnings. Are you ready for the show to begin?Cirque Du Desir : The Dark Harvest - A Night of chaos, carnage and contentment.Coming soon to a town near you...
  • The Face of Death by Cody McFadyen

    The Face of Death by Cody McFadyen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In Shadow Man, Cody McFadyen took the suspense thriller where other writers have feared to tread. He introduced readers to a heroine every bit as dark and edgy as the serial killers she hunts: Special Agent Smoky Barrett. Now, in his latest novel, McFadyen brings Agent Barrett back to track down a killer who breaks all the rules...
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    dark  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime  female-mc
  • The Hannibal Lecter Trilogy by Thomas Harris

    The Hannibal Lecter Trilogy by Thomas Harris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal - the three international bestsellers that provided literature with one of its most memorable characters - now available in one volume...
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    dark  thriller  adult  book  classics  crime  fiction  horror
  • Gentle Is the Angel of Death by Dean Koontz

    Gentle Is the Angel of Death by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    To some he’s a medical genius. To others, a twisted angel of mercy with a necessary solution to what he sees as an ugly dilemma. Only one man can help Dr. Death face the evil of his ways.Henry Siphuncle has a selfless mission: releasing his patients forever from their distasteful imperfections. It’s for their own good. And the world’s. Even Henry’s own wife didn’t survive his disgust...
  • Play With Me: A Splatterpunk Dark Romance by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Play With Me: A Splatterpunk Dark Romance by Emily Klepp, Jade Katzchen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Plenty of people make jokes about what they would do if a serial killer made them their target, but how many of them would beg for their lives if faced with the inevitability of death? How many would be triggered into a trauma response out of basic instinct? None of them understand true pain until all their tears have dried up and the numbness takes over...
  • Written In Blood: A Dark Feminine Rage Anthology by Layla Moon, CJ Riggs

    Written In Blood: A Dark Feminine Rage Anthology by Layla Moon, CJ Riggs

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ladies…May your voice be F*CKNG heard.May your voice be F*CKNG loud.May the men that did it to you rot in f*ckng hell!And may you breathe in the peace you deserve to inhale. #FeminineRage #SheIsNoMansPeace #SASurvivors ***All pr0ceeds to 'Map Your Voice'.An anonymous nonprofit service for SA survivors worldwide...
  • Wicked Games: A Prequel Dark Horror Romance Novella by P.H. Nix, Celeste Night

    Wicked Games: A Prequel Dark Horror Romance Novella by P.H. Nix, Celeste Night

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A black envelope with silver filigree, a house long abandoned by residents, and a tragedy covered up in the bayou. What did these three things have in common?HarperWhen I received an invitation to the House of Horrors at the once beautiful Toussaint Manor, unease had filled every fiber of my being. And like the dumbass I was, I still went...
  • Appetite for Innocence by Lucinda Berry

    Appetite for Innocence by Lucinda Berry

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Be careful what you post online. Your next check-in might lead him right to you...A serial rapist is kidnapping teenage girls. But he’s not interested in just any teenage girls—only virgins. He hunts them by following their status updates and check-ins on social media. Once he’s captured them, they’re locked away in his sound-proof basement until they’re groomed and ready...
  • Claiming the Reaper by C.A. Rene, R.E. Bond

    Claiming the Reaper by C.A. Rene, R.E. Bond

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Reaper is out for blood,How fast can you run?You’ve taken something that isn’t yours,When will you learn?There’s nowhere you can hide,What choice do you have?She can smell your fear,Who can help you now?You can’t avoid the scythe,Why do you even try?Family is who you make it and I’ve discovered blood means nothing, Not unless I’ve slipped my blade into flesh and drawn my scythe with it...
  • Dusk Corners by Dan Padavona

    Dusk Corners by Dan Padavona

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It takes a killer to catch a killer.Logan Wolf was the Behavioral Analysis Unit's most-respected profiler. Then a serial killer murdered his wife and tore his life apart. Now he's a vigilante fugitive, hiding from the FBI while he hunts the nation's deadliest criminals.When a college student and her boyfriend vanish in West Texas, Wolf suspects the Devil's Rock killer...
    Categorized as:
    dark  thriller  mystery  fiction  suspense  crime  vigilante  justice
  • J.A. Konrath Horror Trilogy - Three Thriller Novels by Jack Kilborn, J.A. Konrath

    J.A. Konrath Horror Trilogy - Three Thriller Novels by Jack Kilborn, J.A. Konrath

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three complete horror novels by the master of chills, J.A. Konrath. A F R A I D WELCOME TO SAFE HAVEN, POPULATION 907...Nestled in the woods of Wisconsin, Safe Haven is miles from everything. With one road in and out, this is a town so peaceful it has never needed a full-time police force. Until now...A helicopter has crashed on the outskirts of town and something terrible has been unleashed...
  • BONES by Yolanda Olson

    BONES by Yolanda Olson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Content advisory: The following book contains vivid depictions of gore, graphic sexual violence, endless mind games, will induce strangely beautiful feelings of paranoia, and lots of bad things. Really bad things. It's not recommended eating before, during, or after reading this story. Prepare for a one way trip to Hell. I'm haunted. Not by ghosts, but by a face I can't quite remember...
  • Only Psychos by Daniel J. Volpe

    Only Psychos by Daniel J. Volpe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who will survive the storm?It was a blizzard for the ages. Two, massive snow storms strike back-to-back, causingchaos in the Hudson Valley.Anna, and her two children, are without power and the temperature is plummeting. Theirsituation seems bleak, but a break in the storm gives them a chance at salvation. Anna flees herhome, hoping to find safety in a local hotel, but what she finds is madness...
  • Bathed in Blood by Callie Moss

    Bathed in Blood by Callie Moss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the author of For the Love of Layla comes the first standalone in the Dark Desires & Sinful Sweethearts series… Bathed in Blood.People are awful and circumstances, positions, perspectives are always changing. Life is constantly evolving and devolving, rapidly. In the blink of an eye, everything you thought you had, thought you were, is gone...
  • Cruel Black Hearts by Candace Wondrak

    Cruel Black Hearts by Candace Wondrak

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Dark Reverse Harem Romance. My name is Stella, and I am empty. I am broken. I am nothing. The only thing I enjoy about my life is my job at the Tribune. My focus in both my editorial and my personal writing involves serial killers. Even my best friend doesn’t understand my obsession with them. No one does. Until I meet them...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  anti-hero  book  contemporary  crime
  • The Keeper by Luke Delaney

    The Keeper by Luke Delaney

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A damp, dark cellar holds two cages. And for the women behind the bars, their worst nightmares are about to come true . . .When Louise Russell goes missing from her home, D.I. Sean Corrigan from South London's Murder Investigation Unit immediately senses foul play...
    Categorized as:
    dark  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  crime  drama  fiction
  • Love & Other Killers by Brynne Weaver

    Love & Other Killers by Brynne Weaver

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Serial killers versus serial killer in a hot and twisted novella about family games, true love, and competitive carnage by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Ruinous Love Trilogy.It’s the annual hunt for Sloane and her vigilante family of serial killers. Track the most cold-blooded psychos imaginable and take them down...
  • Blue Hill Blood by Elizabeth Gray

    Blue Hill Blood by Elizabeth Gray

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Henry - My past is gruesome and unforgettable no matter how hard I try to let go.Writing is my escape. My only therapy.When I met my wife, had children, and my career sky-rocketed, I thought I’d never revisit those dark days again.So, the moment Blue Hill, Maine beckons for me, I go willingly in an effort to write the next big story...
    Categorized as:
    dark  steamy  thriller  abuse  adult  anti-hero  book  cheating
  • Splinters of You by Anne Malcom

    Splinters of You by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Words are my weapon.Stories wrap around my soul, choking me, capturing you.I don't work in dreams.I don't offer escapes.I cage you within my nightmares.Magnolia Grace is a horror writer, despite what the name might suggest.One of the best in the business, if you asked around.Pressure comes with that title. Expectation for the next nightmare. The next bestseller.Sickness.That's what it is...
  • Captured by Lauren Biel

    Captured by Lauren Biel

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love has never been enough within these wallsAlexzanderEvery day feels the same. Beaten down, conditioned to hurt others, and unable to feel anything resembling love. My existence is a hollow shell of what it could be, until I find her.The woman I capture turns my world upside down. She's unlike any victim I've taken before, and her will to survive leaves me intrigued...
  • Trapped in the Shadows by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters

    Trapped in the Shadows by Georgia Wells, Cora Masters

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the nightmarish confines of the Puppet Master's Playhouse, a place of unrelenting horror, I am a prisoner, haunted by unspeakable childhood torments. This house, under the control of the Puppet Master, a sadistic architect of suffering, subjects me to a relentless barrage of psychological and physical trials, echoing the darkness of my past...
  • Shattered Reflections by S.K. Pryntz

    Shattered Reflections by S.K. Pryntz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the sexiest killer of them all?Ember:As she struggles with a dark past, she has become the most vigilant serial killer Rochester New York has ever seen. Her determination to create her own justice in the world has made her blind to the other shadows who are stalking the night. Her biggest rival of all has now set his targeted focus on her...
  • Bird on a Blade by Rose Bitterly

    Bird on a Blade by Rose Bitterly

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sawyer Caldwell was the worst thing that ever happened to me… until he wasn’t. EdieFifteen years ago, Sawyer Caldwell murdered four people—but left me alive. Now, on the run from my abusive ex, the dense Appalachian forest where I once escaped a killer’s grasp is the only place I feel safe.Except someone’s lurking in those trees. Watching me. Waiting.It can’t be Sawyer Caldwell. He’s dead...
  • The Hand that Fractures by K.M. Mixon

    The Hand that Fractures by K.M. Mixon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Someone’s killing in Crows Hollow again. And it’s not Neo Wade nor his deranged, stupid girl, Lyla Morris.Both have been called back, lured by the scent of blood to the town where it all began for them nearly two years prior. And while they don’t know who is killing blonde women fresh from prison sentences, they’re determined to find out...
  • One Fear by Belle Brooks

    One Fear by Belle Brooks

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “My one fear is now my reality.” He didn’t offer his name when he fulfilled his need to include me as a player in his game. I’m number thirteen. Just a number given to the bitches who wronged him. I was blindsided. Stolen from my life. In his devilled eyes, I have a debt to pay…he wants my final breath to see us even...
  • Brutal by A.J. Merlin

    Brutal by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing bad happens at summer camp. That’s what my fellow camp counselors have convinced me of when the nights around the lake get a little eerie. But when the kids all go home and the counselors throw a party on our last night at Camp Clearwater, things change...
  • Thrill of the Hunt by Dana LeeAnn

    Thrill of the Hunt by Dana LeeAnn

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Run, run, as fast as you can. I’ll hunt you down, then make you drown. Fight or flight, two animalistic instincts that kick in when you’re being chased through the woods by a masked man. Turn to face the predator, daring to take on a skilled fighter twice your size, or flee, running for your life...
  • Twisted Abel by T.L. Hodel

    Twisted Abel by T.L. Hodel

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once upon a time, in a land far far away, there lived a young prince in search of a princess.... pfft, just kidding. This isn't that story.I may be a prince but I sure as hell didn't need no princess. My brother fell down that hole, and look at him now. Tied down with a ball and chain. No thanks. I prefered to fly solo. There was no one but me and the blood and screams of my victims...
  • Dead Girl Blues by David Sodergren

    Dead Girl Blues by David Sodergren

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a young woman dies in Willow Zulawski’s arms, it sets in motion a chain of events that will push her to the brink of madness.A mysterious video is the only clue, but as Willow digs deeper into the murky world of snuff movies, those closest to her start turning up dead. Someone out there will stop at nothing to silence her...
  • Slay All the Way by Nova Kane

    Slay All the Way by Nova Kane

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝔖𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔞’𝔰 𝔤𝔬𝔱 𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔰𝔲𝔦𝔱, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔦𝔱'𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔡.Killer clown, killer clown,Stalking through the snow,Ribbons tight, silent night,Nowhere left to go.Killer clown, killer clown,On his blood-red sleigh,You can't escape his twisted shape,You’re all his to slay...
  • By Reason of Insanity by Shane Stevens

    By Reason of Insanity by Shane Stevens

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Thomas Bishop was twenty-five when he escaped from an institution for the criminally insane. Behind him was a grotesque history of pain, murder and rage. Ahead lay a path of horrifying vengeance that would trigger the most intense manhunt in history...
    Categorized as:
    dark  thriller  adult  book  crime  fiction  horror  murder
  • Vicious by Kevin O'Brien

    Vicious by Kevin O'Brien

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    NO MOTIVE For more than two years, he held Seattle in a terror grip. A cold-blooded killer who abducted young mothers right in front of their sons and murdered them execution style. Then, as suddenly as the killings began, they seemed to stop.NO MERCY Susan Blanchette is looking forward to a relaxing weekend getaway with her fianc�, Allen, and young son, Matthew...
    Categorized as:
    dark  thriller  adult  book  contemporary  crime  espionage  family
  • My Pretties by Jeff Strand

    My Pretties by Jeff Strand

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A novel of terror from the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of PRESSURE. A serial kidnapper is preying upon women. He abducts them, then locks them in one of the cages dangling from the ceiling in a soundproofed basement. There, he sits quietly and just watches them, returning night after night, hoping he'll be in the room at the moment his beautiful captives finally starve to death...
    Categorized as:
    dark  splatterpunk  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime  death
  • All the Pretty Faces by Rita Herron

    All the Pretty Faces by Rita Herron

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Josie DuKane is on shaky ground. Having narrowly escaped the notorious Bride Killer, she penned a tell-all memoir that dug up a town’s dark past. Now the book is being made into a movie, and Josie must visit the very place that will trigger an avalanche of unwanted memories—Graveyard Falls...
    Categorized as:
    dark  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime  female-mc
  • Terrified by Kevin O'Brien

    Terrified by Kevin O'Brien

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Truth Megan Keeler died years ago—or so everyone believes. In fact, she disappeared to escape from her sadistic husband, Glenn. When dismembered body parts were found near their home, Glenn was convicted of his wife’s murder...
    Categorized as:
    dark  thriller  abuse  adult  book  crime  female-mc  fiction
  • The Girls He Adored by Jonathan Nasaw

    The Girls He Adored by Jonathan Nasaw

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    For ten years, the charmingly disheveled veteran FBI Special Agent E.L. Pender has been investigating the apparently random disappearances of a dozen women across the country. The only detail the cases have in common is the strawberry blond color of the victims' hair, and the presence of a mystery man with whom they were last seen...
    Categorized as:
    dark  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • The Housemates by Iain Rob Wright

    The Housemates by Iain Rob Wright

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    TEN 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...
  • If You Dare by A.R. Torre, Alessandra Torre

    If You Dare by A.R. Torre, Alessandra Torre

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Equal parts Dexter and 50 Shades, this is the eagerly awaited new novel from A. R. Torre, author of the award winning erotic thriller, The Girl in 6E. The rules are the same. I can't open the door. I can't leave. I can't kill anyone. The only difference is, I don't set the rules anymore. Guards in grey uniforms do. It is everything I never wanted and everything I always deserved...
  • My Perfect Daughter by Sarah A. Denzil

    My Perfect Daughter by Sarah A. Denzil

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Most mothers hope their little girl turns out like their dad, but not Zoe. She hopes the apple falls far from the tree.Zoe didn't meet her daughter the way most mothers do. She finds five-year-old Maddie alone and dirty on a countryside road. Frightened for Maddie's safety, she picks her up and takes her back to her father, not knowing what she's about to step into...
  • The Mountain King by Anders de la Motte

    The Mountain King by Anders de la Motte

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    This atmospheric and sinister mystery, perfect for fans of the Nordic thrillers of Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson, follows an overachieving female inspector investigating the darkest side of humanity.Criminal inspector Leonore Asker seems to have the leading position at Malmö’s Major Crime Division within reach...
    Categorized as:
    thriller  dark  mystery  crime  fiction  audiobook  noir  suspense
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