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  • The Lost Sister by Elle Gray

    The Lost Sister by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The truth will set you free.For FBI Agent Blake Wilder the price of that truth requires the ultimate sacrifice.Blake Wilder lives with reoccurring nightmares from her grim and mysterious past.Fourteen years ago, her entire family was taken from her.Her parents murdered, and her sister taken...
  • The Lost Girls by Elle Gray

    The Lost Girls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Whatever you do, don’t look back.After learning the shocking truth behind the man she fell for, Blake feels lost at sea.She feels adrift. And is punishing herself for not realizing who Mark was or his true motive by her side...
  • The Secret She Kept by Elle Gray

    The Secret She Kept by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Soon, I’ll see you. Soon, we’ll be together again...For FBI agent Blake Wilder, the past is inescapable.And the one lead she had, regarding the mysteries of her past, only led to dead bodies and dead ends.When Blake is assigned a new case, they find that their victim has been stuffed into a barrel — in pieces...
  • The Chosen Girls by Elle Gray

    The Chosen Girls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    One Mississippi. Two Mississippi. Three...“Need a ride?”Fourteen years ago, FBI agent Blake Wilder's life turned upside down.Her parents were murdered, and her sister was taken.At the age of 22, Blake joined the FBI. Hoping one day she would find out the truth behind her tragic past. Unfortunately, the only lead she had; a man she had known since childhood was found dead...
  • Find Her Alive by Lisa Regan

    Find Her Alive by Lisa Regan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Detective Josie Quinn hasn’t heard from her sister since Trinity stormed out of the house in the heat of an argument three weeks ago. So, when human remains are found at the remote hunting cabin where Trinity was last seen, Josie can only assume the worst...
  • Triple Cross by James Patterson

    Triple Cross by James Patterson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Detective Alex Cross hunts down a serial killer who’s murdering entire families—and who will next be coming for Cross.A methodical killer is targeting multigenerational families in and around Washington, DC—striking under cover of darkness, triggering no alarms, leaving no physical evidence of any kind.   Alex isn’t the only one investigating...
  • The Girl on the Road by A.J. Rivers

    The Girl on the Road by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “You’re going on a date with someone you’ve just met online?There are a bunch of crazies out there. You need to be careful!”After multiple assassination attempts, FBI agent Emma Griffin is on the road to recovery.At times though, her dreams and reality seem to blur together. Leaving her to question aspects of her life...
  • The Accomplice by Steve Cavanagh

    The Accomplice by Steve Cavanagh

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN AMERICAThe Sandman killings have been solved. Daniel Miller murdered fourteen people before he vanished. His wife, Carrie, now faces trial as his accomplice. The FBI, the District Attorney, the media and everyone in America believe she knew and helped cover up her husband's crimes.THE LAWYEREddie Flynn won't take a case unless his client is innocent...
  • Her Final Confession by Lisa Regan

    Her Final Confession by Lisa Regan

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Watching her friend dragged away in handcuffs, Josie couldn't believe for one second that Gretchen had killed that poor boy. Confession or not, someone else was involved. She would find out who…When the body of a young student is found on the driveway of a local Denton home, a photograph pinned to his collar, Detective Josie Quinn is first on the scene...
  • Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To be young, wild, and carefree.The true essence of Taft High’s Spring dance.But there’s a price for the naivety of youth.A high price that could cost your blood, soul, and your silence.Sweetwater Falls is a charming town with all sorts of characters.From chaperoning the school dance with Ryker to putting drunk drivers behind bars...
  • Winter's Redemption by Mary Stone

    Winter's Redemption by Mary Stone

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The Preacher is killing again...The serial killer who slaughtered Winter’s parents has come out of retirement, leaving bloody victims in his wake. Special Agent Winter Black has spent her entire life preparing for this moment, and she intends to end the man who took everything from her and solve the disappearance of her little brother—no matter the cost...
  • Left For Dead by Caroline Mitchell

    Left For Dead by Caroline Mitchell

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A victim on display. A detective on the rails.Shopping with her sister, DI Amy Winter is admiring a Valentine’s Day window display of a perfect bride encrusted in diamonds and resplendent in lace—until she notices blood oozing from the mannequin’s mouth.This is no stunt. A post-mortem reveals the victim was left to die on her macabre throne for all to see...
  • The Crying Season by D.K. Hood

    The Crying Season by D.K. Hood

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The light fades as she runs for her life, the forest now becoming quieter around her. The only noise she hears is the sound of footsteps following her... It’s hiking season in Black Rock Falls and the small town in Montana is flooded with visitors. But when a hiker finds a human skull on a deserted trail in the woods that surround the town, Detective Jenna Alton is called in to investigate...
  • The Silent Threat by Elle Gray

    The Silent Threat by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After the bodies of six young girls were discovered in a shipping container that had been dumped in a scrapyard, FBI agent Blake Wilder is summoned onto the horrific scene. A closer inspection of the bodies reveals strange markings, similar to Spenser's victims in Sweetwater Falls...
  • The Missing Daughter by Elle Gray

    The Missing Daughter by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When a congressman's daughter goes missing,FBI agent Blake Wilder and her team are sent to Iowa to find the missing girl.Already dealing with a mysterious figure who keeps sending her body parts, now Blake finds herself under attack from within her own unit...
  • The Solace Farm Killings by Simon McCleave

    The Solace Farm Killings by Simon McCleave

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A fanatical religious cult. A growing list of missing teenagers...
  • Dawn Girl by Leslie Wolfe

    Dawn Girl by Leslie Wolfe

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A GRIPPING SERIAL KILLER THRILLERHer blue eyes wide open, glossed over. A few specks of sand clung to her long, dark lashes. Her beautiful face, immobile, covered in sparkling flecks of sand. Her lips slightly parted as if to let a last breath escape...
  • The 7 She Saw by Elle Gray

    The 7 She Saw by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Throughout history and in just about every religion the number 7 has held significance.And in the small town of Briar Glen the secret of the 7 will forever haunt you. Blake Wilder is plagued with nightmares from her dark and twisted past.Fourteen years ago, her entire family was taken from her.Her parents murdered, and her sister taken...
  • Cold Truth by Mary Stone, Donna Berdel

    Cold Truth by Mary Stone, Donna Berdel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Say the words...In a dark basement, a cold-blooded killer pits friend against friend, torturing one until the other says the horrible words that will end their friend’s suffering. He’s gotten away with murder for years. Until now...Ellie Kline can’t remember most of her kidnapping when she was fifteen, but that night has shaped her life. Instead of cowering, that horrible night made her strong...
  • The Secret Child by Caroline Mitchell

    The Secret Child by Caroline Mitchell

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    DI Amy Winter knows evil. She’s lived through it.Four-year-old Ellen is snatched by a stranger in the dead of night. Her devastated mother, Nicole, receives four identical phials and a threatening note in a familiar scrawl that chills her to the bone. But she always knew this would happen. She’s been expecting it for years…According to the note, one of the phials is poisoned...
  • Malevolent by Jeff Menapace

    Malevolent by Jeff Menapace

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After years of silence, the game is back on… Widower Allan Brown is hosting a support group in his home for the bereaved. One of the guests in attendance will be Amy Lambert, this week marking the five-year anniversary of her family’s horrifying ordeal at Crescent Lake. Of course it’s hardly cause for celebration...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror
  • The Girl With No Name by Lisa Regan

    The Girl With No Name by Lisa Regan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Detective Josie Quinn is horrified when she’s called to the house of a mother who had her newborn baby snatched from her arms...
  • Cross Out by James Patterson

    Cross Out by James Patterson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Detectives Cross and Sampson are tracking a serial killer who's fatally ambushing young men in the “Dead Hours” murders. They don't hear the machine gun fire. At first. “Drop whatever you're doing, Dr. Cross, and head to Reagan Airport,” DC Metro Police dispatch says. “A plane just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto...
  • A Litter of Bones by J.D. Kirk

    A Litter of Bones by J.D. Kirk

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Was the biggest case of his career the worst mistake he ever made?Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan stopped the serial child-killer dubbed 'Mister Whisper,' earning himself a commendation, a drinking problem, and a broken marriage in the process.Now, he spends his days working in Glasgow's Major Incident Team, and his nights reliving the horrors of what he saw.And what he did...
  • The Girls in the Falls by Elle Gray

    The Girls in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After answering the job posting for Sweetwater Falls, former FBI agent Spenser Song thought that she had finally escaped her painful past. Unfortunately, she quickly learned some things you just can’t ever run away from…When a local girl goes missing and another one turns up dead, Spenser finds clues that connect to a grim reminder of another fatal mistake in her past...
  • Bad Blood by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    Bad Blood by L.T. Vargus, Tim McBain

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The body slumps over the steering wheel. Pools of blood going tacky on the dash. Two shots to the back of the head. A mafia-style hit in a small town.So Special Agent Violet Darger arrives in rural Michigan. She must make sense of this savagery. Figure out how something like this could happen in an idyllic town of just 5,000.The victim had been living the American dream...
  • The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

    The Locked Door by Freida McFadden

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Some doors are locked for a reason…While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement.Until the day the police arrived at their front door.Decades later, Nora’s father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  killer
  • Birthday Girl by Matthew Iden

    Birthday Girl by Matthew Iden

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Blow out a candle. Make a wish. Your last one. Eight years ago, Elliott Nash’s daughter was murdered. Since then, everything the brilliant former criminal psychologist had is a memory―his child, his career, his wife, and his home. Now he lives on the streets around Washington, DC, with only a bottomless well of guilt and nightmares to make him feel alive. Until Amy Scowcroft solicits his help...
  • The Girl in the Grave by Helen Phifer

    The Girl in the Grave by Helen Phifer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When the body of a teenage runaway is found hidden inside someone else’s grave in a small-town cemetery in The Lake District, an urgent call is made to Forensic Pathologist Beth Adams. Still traumatised by a recent attempt on her own life, one look at the beautiful girl’s broken body is enough to bring Beth out of hiding for the first time since her attack...
  • The Innocent Girls by B.R. Spangler

    The Innocent Girls by B.R. Spangler

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tears stream down her face as she feels the cold blade press against her neck. The sweet scent of her daughter’s favorite strawberry pancakes all around, her last thought is for her beautiful girl. Please, please let Lisa have escaped...
  • Expose by Danielle Girard

    Expose by Danielle Girard

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Examining the dead will help her solve present crimes and uncover past secrets in this page-turner thriller for fans of Patricia Cornwell and Rizzoli and Isles.With her vindictive ex-husband out of prison, San Francisco medical examiner Annabelle Schwartzman is trying harder than ever to move on with her life—by focusing on her job to speak for the victims who can’t...
  • Arsonist by Victor Methos

    Arsonist by Victor Methos

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Evil is Released Onto the Streets of San Diego...A series of deadly fires rages across the cityscape, claiming the lives of entire families. Helpless to stop the fires, the SDPD assigns their most famous detective, Jon Stanton, to the case. The evidence points him to a single arsonist committing the horrendous acts...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror
  • One Left Alive by Helen Phifer

    One Left Alive by Helen Phifer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ‘One of those rare books that really is unputdownable . A must read.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐A gentle breeze blew her blonde hair across her face, her glazed eyes staring blankly into the sunset. Her small frame looked lost hanging from the large oak tree. On the branch next to her was a worn child’s rope swing. She looked too young and beautiful to be dead...
  • Death by Midnight by A.J. Rivers

    Death by Midnight by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s a time for celebration.Unfortunately in Twilight Cove, the festivity is masking something ominous...PI Dean Steele has had to solve many strange mysteries throughout his career.This time he is called to the small seaside town to unmask the truth behind a chilling murder...
  • The Garden of Secrets by A.J. Rivers

    The Garden of Secrets by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a hunter approaches an unattended fire, he sees a hand sticking out of the ground.There's a bracelet around her wrist, adorned with a rose charm.A decade has since passed, and to this day, her identity remains unknown.Dean Steele has spent most of his life in the service of something greater.From serving his country in the military to bringing justice to the evildoers in this world...
  • Into the Night by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    Into the Night by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Into the night, a killer is shrouded from sight as he stalks his next victim…When a teen is found dead, and her body displayed in a ritualistic killing,FBI agent Olivia Knight is called to the town of Hollow Nest.Fall marks the beginning of the town’s many festivities, and no town celebrates Halloween quite like Hollow Nest...
  • Psychopath by Jeff Menapace

    Psychopath by Jeff Menapace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The final game is here… A decade has passed. The Lambert family is thriving. Amy Lambert is a successful entrepreneur and in a promising relationship with Allan Brown. Caleb Lambert is a respected member of the United States Marine Corps. Carrie Lambert is a flourishing college student. Or so they wish. Nothing could be further from the truth...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  fiction  horror  murder
  • 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...
  • His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Not all flowers are grown with love. Years earlier, teenage girls began to vanish off the streets of Seattle. Now, they're turning up dead, their mutilated bodies left in prominent locations around the city. Skye Cree suspects there are more...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  thriller  adult  book  female-mc  fiction  mystery
  • The Girls They Lost by J.H. Leigh

    The Girls They Lost by J.H. Leigh

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dead girls don’t run or tell secrets.Nicole, Dylan and Jilly may have escaped the horrors of the auction house but they aren’t safe.Madame Moirai has eyes everywhere. There’s nowhere the girls can go that can shelter them for long. On the run, with no one to trust, it’s just a matter of time before they’re found...
  • The Girl Hunter by Leslie Wolfe

    The Girl Hunter by Leslie Wolfe

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    His pale skin is covered with the dirt I threw over his still-warm body. His hands, marked by a struggle that ended in blood, rest over his chest. His once vibrant, loving eyes are now forever closed. I am the one who consigned my husband to the damp earth of the Glades.Seven months ago, I lost everything.I used to have it all. A successful career in television...
  • Spider's Truth by Christa Yelich-Koth

    Spider's Truth by Christa Yelich-Koth

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A psychological detective thriller.Some people can’t let go of a grudge. Homicide Detective Sean Trann is learning this the hard way. He made the mistake of interrupting the killing spree of Boston’s most notorious serial killer, Spider. Intent on finishing what he started and infuriated at Sean’s previous involvement, Spider has decided to use those closest to Sean as pieces in his twisted game...
  • Taken from Home: A totally addictive mystery and suspense novel by B.R. Spangler

    Taken from Home: A totally addictive mystery and suspense novel by B.R. Spangler

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Help me,” the girl cries, alone in the forest, shivering in her nightgown, her small frame almost lost between the trees. “Please.” When Detective Casey White discovers the body of a beautiful teenage girl in a white nightgown near the shoreline in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a familiar fear floods through her...
  • Wildflower Girls by D.K. Hood

    Wildflower Girls by D.K. Hood

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the dark pine forest surrounding the quiet town of Rattlesnake Creek, the body of a young girl lies on the ground. Her angelic blonde hair spills over her shoulders and her unblinking eyes stare up toward the sky...It was Beth Katz's serial killer father who made her like she is: a successful FBI agent and an unstoppable vigilante dedicated to hunting down murderers who have evaded capture...
  • A Caller's Game by J.D. Barker

    A Caller's Game by J.D. Barker

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    DIE HARD meets TALK RADIO in this heart-pounding, relentlessly fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fourth Monkey—master of suspense, J.D. Barker. "I'm going to offer you a choice." Controversial satellite radio talk show host, Jordan Briggs, has clawed her way to the top of the broadcast world...
  • Death is in the Details by Heather Sunseri

    Death is in the Details by Heather Sunseri

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A woman haunted by her past. A killer who won't let her forget.Faith Day's condition curses her to recall her mother’s fiery murder like it was yesterday. And when the forensic photographer’s convicted stepbrother is somehow cleared 12 years later and released from prison, Faith wonders if he'll put an end to her tortured memories...
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    crime  suspense  thriller  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Dying Scream by Mary Burton

    Dying Scream by Mary Burton

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The killing just won’t stop as a ruthless psychopath revisits his greatest obsession—but this time, a Richmond, Virginia, homicide detective is determined to stop him in his bloody tracks . . .   An aspiring artist. A high-school senior. A stripper. Three missing women with only one thing in common—wealthy Craig Thornton knew them all. For that, they paid the ultimate price...
    Categorized as:
    crime  kidnapping  suspense  adult  book  dark  fiction  murder
  • DARK FALLS by Gregg Olsen

    DARK FALLS by Gregg Olsen

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    They say your past can come back to haunt you. For Detective Megan Carpenter, her past might just come back to kill her.Detective Megan Carpenter is no stranger to horrifying crime scenes, but when she arrives at the home of a woman whose body has been brutalized, Megan is shocked to discover that she knows the victim. Monique Delmont helped Megan when she was in danger years ago...
  • Stranger in the Woods by Anni Taylor

    Stranger in the Woods by Anni Taylor

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Photographer Isla Wilson is thrilled she’s landed her dream job, but the clients who hired her are getting stranger by the day. It sounded so perfect - a month‘s assignment at the misty, sprawling Scottish Highlands property of brilliant architect Alban McGregor, and his wife, Jessica. But deep in the woods, there is a chilling playhouse...
  • Playing with Fire by A.J. Rivers

    Playing with Fire by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    At a beloved local theme park, all has not been well.After an inexplicable fire ravaged the park, the community united to rebuild the attractions.The grand re-opening ceremony was filled with excitement and hope.But the laughter soon turned into screams.PI Dean Steele has solved countless cases.Endured life's many tragedies, including the murder of his first love...
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