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Per Addestrarti by Chiara Cilli
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCredevo di sapere chi fossi. Cosa fossi.Credevo di non avere più scampo, che la mia resistenza fosse ormai giunta al termine.Poi ho sentito la sua voce pronunciare il mio nome.Poi i suoi occhi hanno risposto al richiamo dei miei.Non ha paura di me. Si avvicina. Mi parla. Mi tocca come se le appartenessi. È folle.Lui è l’unica chance che ho per restare viva. Devo far sì che gli importi di me... -
![The Know by Martina Cole]()
The Know by Martina Cole
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJoanie Brewer' s children meant the world to her. She'd do anything to protect them, even resorting to prostitution and petty crime in order to feed and clothe them. So when her beautiful teenage daughter is raped and murdered, only one thing will stop Joanie's pain - seeing her daughter's killer brought to justice. Joanie knows who he is and she'll do whatever it takes to nail him.. -
![The Kat Dubois Chronicles Vol 1: Books 1-3 by Lindsey Sparks]()
The Kat Dubois Chronicles Vol 1: Books 1-3 by Lindsey Sparks
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first three books in the Kat Dubois Chronicles bundled together! Three years ago, the gods abandoned us. We've been alone ever since. Kat Dubois is immortal, and she’s retired. She’s long since hung up her sword and left assassinating immortals to someone else...anyone else... -
![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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![In the Scrape by James Newman, Mark Steensland]()
In the Scrape by James Newman, Mark Steensland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMost kids dream about a new bike, a pair of top-dollar sneakers endorsed by their favorite athlete, or that totally awesome videogame everyone's raving about. But thirteen-year-old Jake and his little brother Matthew want nothing more than to escape from their abusive father... -
![Sleep and Spirit by Courtney Thorne]()
Sleep and Spirit by Courtney Thorne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the only female born into a royal family in over four hundred years, freedom was never going to be an option.Gifted with the elements of all five kingdoms, Aurelia had never known a minute of peace. No Virium was ever meant to hold all five elements and now they war inside her, keeping her from rest... -
![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... -
![Day of Reckoning: The Stereoscope by John Saul]()
Day of Reckoning: The Stereoscope by John Saul
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen attorney Ed Becker spots the carved antique dresser in a dusty attic, he takes it to restore. Then Ed and his young daughter, Amy, make a curious discovery: Inside one of the drawers are a set of old pictures and a stereoscope, an old-fashioned device that allows you to see images in three dimensions. Oddly, all the photos resemble their house, where Ed’s grandparents lived long ago... -
![The Mother Of All Things by Gabriel Blake]()
The Mother Of All Things by Gabriel Blake
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDARK BEGINNINGS, BRUTAL ENDINGSA traumatic event and the break-up of her marriage returns Elaine to her childhood home where she embarks on renovating the run-down farmhouse as she reconnects with her mother and entertains her two children over the summer holidays... -
![Cryptid Country by Gerry Griffiths]()
Cryptid Country by Gerry Griffiths
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix months after the Cryptid Zoo tragedy gained national attention, violent creatures still terrorize the country. Nick and Meg Wells continue to deal with the horrifying experience having to institutionalize their catatonic son, Gabe, in a facility for the mentally disturbed... -
![She Won't Leave by James Caine]()
She Won't Leave by James Caine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe has taken over my life.Everything was perfect until tragedy brought my mother-in-law, Delores Sterling, to my front door with extra baggage at her side. After the sudden death of her husband, she asked if she could live with us temporarily.I knew that living with my mother-in-law wouldn’t be easy. She’s made it obvious ever since I married her only son, that I’m not worthy of him... -
![Mine by L.M. Kaplin]()
Mine by L.M. Kaplin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChandler Henricks hates his life. Socially awkward and a near shut-in, Chandler spends his time caring for his ailing mother and watching the neighbors from his window.His favorite person to watch is his next-door neighbor Samantha. Young and beautiful, she would be the woman of any man’s dreams. Chandler knows he will make Samantha happy, if she just gave him a chance... -
![The Artifact by Brian Hill]()
The Artifact by Brian Hill
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 4000-year-old Egyptian artifact, pulled from a mythical pharaoh’s tomb.A British aristocrat with mysterious intentions.A young thief without a past.A shady spiritualist in hiding.A Native American private investigator, trying to keep his business afloat.Who is the victim?Who is the criminal?Who is the monster?It’s 1984, and Rev Parata is a hard-nosed, Native-American P.I... -
![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... -
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![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... -
![White trash : Broken pieces of June 2 by Stuart Bray]()
White trash : Broken pieces of June 2 by Stuart Bray
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWaking up with a massive hole in her gut June must find the men responsible for the atrocities she faced and take herself from star to director. Lines will be crossed, blood will be spilled, the camera will roll... -
![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... -
![Asylum by John Saul]()
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... -
![Fathomless by Greig Beck]()
Fathomless by Greig Beck
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCARCHARODON MEGALODONThe largest and most fearsome predator to have ever existed on our planet. Rumors of its existence in our modern oceans have persisted for centuries. Now, in a new adventure, the rumors explode into brutal and terrifying reality. BARANOF ISLAND, GULF OF ALASKA, 1952 Jim Granger is searching for a place of legend... -
![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... -
![Akelarre by Mario Mendoza]()
Akelarre by Mario Mendoza
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAl investigador privado Frank Molina, borracho, marihuanero y paciente psiquiátrico, lo alcanza su pasado con una cuenta de cobro cuando la policía lo llama para que los asesore con unos extraños asesinatos que tuvieron lugar en el barrio Santa Fe. Un imitador de Jack el Destripador está inmerso en una auténtica orgía de sangre y mata prostitutas sin contemplación... -
![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.. -
![Brain Death by John Benedict]()
Brain Death by John Benedict
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnesthesiologist, Luke Daulton, returns after his life and death struggle with nurse Brandt Stevens. He is now moonlighting in the ICU at a Pennsylvania VA hospital—the same hospital where the vice president of the United States is undergoing emergency open-heart surgery. The VP suffers some sudden unexpected post-op complications and Luke assists in his resuscitation... -
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![The Rude Awakening of Theodor Moody by Per Jacobsen]()
The Rude Awakening of Theodor Moody by Per Jacobsen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat would you do to protect the people who have given your life purpose again?After suffering a stroke, petty racist, semi-demented, and grumpy pensioner, Theodor Moody, wakes up with telekinetic abilities. During Theodor’s hospital stay, an unlikely friendship develops between him and the cleaning lady, Yuki, as he uses his newfound abilities to save her son from some school bullies... -
![Beautiful Little Freaks: A Gatsby Retelling by Tylor Paige]()
Beautiful Little Freaks: A Gatsby Retelling by Tylor Paige
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom top three amazon bestselling author Tylor Paige, comes a new horror romance about two star-crossed lovers whose love for a tale told 100 years ago convinces them to rewrite the ending, no matter the cost.Gatsby-The world has found me guilty of heinous crimes that aren't mine. I've been called the beautiful monster. A man with a craving for flesh, but darling, it's not your liver I want... -
![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... -
![Atomka by Franck Thilliez]()
Atomka by Franck Thilliez
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA pocos días de Navidad, un suceso de gran envergadura irrumpe en las vidas de Lucie Hennebelle y Franck Sharko, policías de la famosa sección criminal del número 36 del Quai des Orfèvres... -
![La belle et la bête by Simon Rousseau]()
La belle et la bête by Simon Rousseau
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLes contes de notre enfance revisités... pour nourrir tous nos cauchemars !Une jeune infirmière traumatisée, obligée de raconter sa terrible histoire aux autorités. Une résidence luxueuse dissimulée au coeur de la forêt boréale et regorgeant d'horreurs innommables... Un prisonnier sauvagement mutilé, incapable de venir en aide à une famille au funeste destin... -
![The Crypt by Jonas Saul]()
The Crypt by Jonas Saul
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Crypt, Sarah Roberts Book 3, opens with Sarah Roberts walking the streets of Budapest in search of a weapon.A strange man in a fedora has been following her. Before she can find out who he is she’s arrested and brought to a Hungarian jail. After her release, she’s ordered out of the country. The man in the fedora shows up at her hotel... -
![Wrong Exit by N.L. Hinkens]()
Wrong Exit by N.L. Hinkens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHer life is about to change. But first she must survive the road trip.Driving the I-40 coast to coast was never on newlywed Cora Dalton’s bucket list. Until the day she finds out she has inherited a house in New York from an eccentric grandmother she has never met. Terrified of flying, Cora talks her best friend, Adele into accompanying her on a rip-roaring fun, ten-day road trip... -
![Invite the Wolf by Iain Rob Wright]()
Invite the Wolf by Iain Rob Wright
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDo you dig Stephen King, Richard Laymon, and James Herbert? Well, then check out this unique and horrifying read from multi-time bestseller, Iain Rob Wright. But be warned, reading it may cause nightmares."IAIN ROB WRIGHT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME!" - JA KonrathAlfie Everett is living his best life as a successful online content creator, exposing 'wolves' online with his friends... -
![Midsommar by Ari Aster]()
Midsommar by Ari Aster
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Screenplay from the new horror film by Ari Aster (Hereditary).Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village... -
![Robin des bois by Simon Rousseau]()
Robin des bois by Simon Rousseau
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLes contes de notre enfance revisités... pour nourrir tous nos cauchemars !Dans ce nouveau Conte interdit redécouvrez dans une version sombre la légende anglaise de Robin des bois, datant du 13e siècle et popularisée par le dessin animé Disney. Les gentils et les voleurs s'entremêlent dans une danse endiablante.. -
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![The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection by Ellen Datlow, William F. Nolan]()
The Year's Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection by Ellen Datlow, William F. Nolan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis groundbreaking anthology inaugurates an exciting new annual tradition—a giant collection of the greatest fantasy and supernatural stories published in 1987... -
![The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection by Ellen Datlow, Steve Rasnic Tem]()
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection by Ellen Datlow, Steve Rasnic Tem
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories... -
![Sunblind by Michael McBride]()
Sunblind by Michael McBride
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen U.S. Border Patrol Agent Christian Rivera discovers the body of an undocumented alien in the middle of the vast Sonoran Desert with three enigmatic words carved into her flesh, presumably by her own hand, it triggers a frantic search for the remainder of her party, a group of twenty-five men and women who have inexplicably vanished into the desert... -
![Fearful Symmetry by Michael McBride]()
Fearful Symmetry by Michael McBride
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMore than seventy years ago, five Nazi scientists embarked upon an expedition into the frozen Himalayas in search of the origins of the Aryan race. What they found instead was something beyond their wildest imaginations, a secret they would sooner take to their graves than risk releasing upon an unsuspecting world... -
![First Night of Summer by Landon Parham]()
First Night of Summer by Landon Parham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES, a father discovers that a journey of misfortune is sometimes the path to deliverance. The quaint mountain town of Ruidoso, New Mexico, is the perfect place for Isaac Snow to raise his family. But when eight-year-old daughters, Caroline and Josie, commit an innocent act of heroism, media coverage attracts the wrong kind of attention... -
![The Shadow Man by Mark Murphy]()
The Shadow Man by Mark Murphy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSavannah surgeon Malcolm King had a perfect life--a loving wife, devoted daughter, and a thriving medical practice. But when a random airport parking lot hit-and-run links him to a dead body in a Florida hotel and an acquaintance is found dismembered and stuffed into a garbage bag, Malcolm finds himself on the run as a suspected serial killer. But he's no murderer... -
![Bad News by Amy Cross]()
Bad News by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA missing girl. A man with a past. And a reporter who'll do anything to uncover the truth. When she's fired from her job at a TV station, Maggie Carter sets out to prove that she's got what it takes... -
![Creatures by David Burkett, David Burkett]()
Creatures by David Burkett, David Burkett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the personal plane of a highly ranked Brazilian cabinet member and his family disappears in the Amazon, a search and rescue helicopter records evidence of a massive anomaly in the jungle. Doc Morrison, a renowned geologist, is called in to help investigate what could be the collapse of the largest cavern known to man... -
![De fièvre et de sang by Sire Cédric]()
De fièvre et de sang by Sire Cédric
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIls semblent se nourrir de sang. Leurs victimes sont retrouvées exsangues. Eva Svärta et le commandant Vauvert viennent enfin de mettre un terme aux agissements des frères Salaville. Mais les meurtres continuent, défiant toute logique.Les talents d'Eva, policière albinos dotée d'un instinct hors normes, vont la conduire aux frontières de la rationalité... -
![Intrusive Thoughts: and Other Dark & Unusual Tales by Jennifer Osborn]()
Intrusive Thoughts: and Other Dark & Unusual Tales by Jennifer Osborn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet comfortable. Allow yourself to slip into a state of mind where the line between reality and delusion blurs. These 13 dark and unusual tales explore both the horrific and bizarre. They will lure you in subtly, before digging their claws into the deepest corners of your mind... -
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![Hunter by James Byron Huggins]()
Hunter by James Byron Huggins
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOne of Hollywood's hottest action-film writers, James Byron Huggins is a master at keeping the action rolling and the pages turning. Here, the author of "Cain" ("may be the thriller of the year" -- "BookPage), " unleashes a lightning-quick tale that pits a man born out of his time against the future's deadliest creation. Nathaniel Hunter could track anyone -- or anything -- on earth... -
![Mother Loves Me by Abby Davies]()
Mother Loves Me by Abby Davies
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe creepiest debut thriller you will read this year!One little girl.Mirabelle’s mother loves her. She’s her ‘little doll’. Mother dresses her, paints her face, and plaits her hair. But as Mirabelle grows, the dresses no longer fit quite as well, the face paint no longer looks quite so pretty. And Mother isn’t happy. Two little girls... -
![La Saignée by Cédric Sire]()
La Saignée by Cédric Sire
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings« Est-ce que tu aimes ? » clame le site sous la photo d’un cadavre mutilé. Sur le Dark Web, il existe des espaces interdits où les voyeurs de la pire espèce assouvissent leurs pulsions.Estel Rochand a été écartée de la police après une terrible bavure qui a causé la mort d’une innocente. Sa vie est en miettes, son couple à la dérive... -
![June: Broken pieces of June 3 by Stuart Bray]()
June: Broken pieces of June 3 by Stuart Bray
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this continuation of White Broken pieces of June 2 the twisted, and depraved "doctors" and "nurses" at the black hill's asylum, are about to meet their new patient. June is back, and she's bringing some old friends along for the ride... -
![Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs by L.P. Sicard]()
Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs by L.P. Sicard
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUne trappe, camouflée dans la forêt, qui n’aurait jamais dû être découverte. Une promesse trop difficile à tenir. Un trésor que l’horreur seule pourrait séparer. Et une vague vengeresse, qui s’apprête à déferler... -
![Le petit poucet by Yvan Godbout]()
Le petit poucet by Yvan Godbout
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUn ourson qui retrouve son âme après une lutte acharnée, mais invisible. Un petit garçon qui a perdu sa maman, son papa, et sa Boucle d'Or chérie. Une famille accueillante, mais troublée, qui ne voit pas l'entité noire planer au-dessus d'elle. Un ogre qui attend, depuis trop longtemps, l'arrivée du Petit Poucet dans sa contrée..
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