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When anger and bad thoughts start to overwhelm every aspect of his life, Mr. Naismith decides to seek help. After his self-help exploration with psychiatrist Dr. Cochran, he is able to unlock a hidden door to his past that has been closed for a very long time. Once unlocked, Mr. Naismith walks through into a world that takes him from an innocent little boy into a vindictive killer seeking closure. Armed with newly discovered memories, Mr. Naismith...
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Andrea McIntyre is about to start medical school when a senseless crime turns her world upside down and takes away everyone she holds most dear. A masked killer invades her home, kills her entire family, and after having his way with her, leaves Andrea for dead. She manages to survive however, and she goes into hiding to keep herself safe. Six years later, when the killer is caught, Andrea decides to return to her childhood home, where she must face...
4) The Drifter
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The story which began it all.A drifter strolls into a small college town bringing with him the lightning. What once was will never be the same again as citizens are murdered one by one. A sheriff with secrets, a deputy looking to protect the town, and a group of young adults driven to find the truth before it's too late.An edge of your seat thriller from beginning to end.
5) Devil's Lake
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After two years of brutal captivity, Portia Lamont has escaped and returned to her family's Vermont horse farm-only to find her parents gone to New York to try an experimental treatment for her mother's cancer, and her childhood friend Boone Hawke running the farm.Like the rest of her family, Boone has never given up hope that Portia would return. But when she turns up battered, skinny as a twelve-year-old boy, afraid of everything and unable to talk...
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Twisted Appetites is an intense collection of thirty-five short stories covering many genres. From zombies, vampires, ghosts, mummies and werewolves to things that go bump in the night, there is something for everyone. Let your imagination build as the stories grow into chilling suspense and thrills. Experience a new twist of fear, the undead, hauntings, the paranormal and the criminally insane. These original horror and suspense stories will keep...
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A malicious collection of short horror stories. These twenty-one spine tingling shorts have an exciting twist that are full of personality and action. These troubled, haunted, psychotic souls will keep you questioning and reading more. What scares you the most? Better yet, just ask Jack.
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'Una vez psiquiatra…' lo tiene todo: personajes intrigantes, estilo novela negra, peligro, crimen, asesinos en serie, religión, secretos de familia, revelaciones psicológicas, enfermedades mentales, trauma, juicios contestados, investigaciones policiales, corrupción, y misterio. Si os gustan: 'Miénteme', 'Mentes Criminales' y 'El silencio de los corderos' y no os asusta adentraros en los abismos oscuros de la mente, atreveos a seguid leyendo.'Una...
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An edgy, suspenseful thriller. An unforgettable story.DEATH OF A GURUIt's 1992, and not all is paradise on the white sand beaches of Thailand.Magnus Larsen is a young American yearning for home when a strange series of events brings him face to face with a charismatic guru. A dynamic friendship ensues, and Magnus is drawn into an intrigue that exhilarates and terrifies him.Devon Clarke, a man with a tortured past, has reinvented himself as the guru...
10) Irex
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Irex is a richly-drawn historical thriller set in the late 19th Century, based on an actual event.Captain Hutton struggles to contain the unfolding disaster that faces him aboard the ill-fated cargo vessel Irex. He must maintain his ship and crew in the face of terrible storms, while he tries to contain his conflicting feelings for his three passengers. He is enamoured of married Salvation Army wife Mrs Barstow, and resents the antagonism of the mysterious...
11) Second Sight
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An acclaimed investigative journalist, Marlie Kaplan, is headed for stardom until an undercover story she is working on goes horribly wrong, killing one of her colleagues and leaving Marlie blind. Through experimental surgery she miraculously gets back partial vision -- and something more. Now she can also see weird, unexplainable things, things beyond what's visible with the naked eye.Eager to jump-start her career, Marlie lands an important exclusive...
12) Just Enough
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Just Enough is a short thriller about a man who is fed up with barely getting by. When his wife dies, he becomes obsessed with other people who have more than they need while he and his kids go without and decides to do something about it. 9500 word short story.
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A dead man's briefcase presents a down-on-his-luck pilot with the chance of a lifetime Pilot Douglas Grimes's best days are long behind him. Grounded due to a medical condition, Douglas has resigned himself to menial work as a desk clerk at a seedy hotel. But his fortune flips when he discovers a hotel guest dead from a heart attack and, next to him, a tube jammed with hundred-dollar bills. Douglas grabs the money and, with it, the chance to remake...
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Robert Smithson is the FBI's worst nightmare, a biochemist trained in developing weapons of mass destruction - and crazy enough to let those bugs and toxins loose on the President of the United States.Can Bill Peterson, the FBI's lead agent on the case, stop this madman's plan to recreate the biblical plagues of Egypt and use them against the government?This exciting thriller plays out as a deadly cat and mouse game between an unhinged genius and...
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"Beautiful to the Bone's themes of fantasy, magical realism, suspense, psychological drama and more . . . move the story along (with) a prickling sense of foreboding that travels across the pages. The evolution of the characters and the strong, twisted and interesting plot . . . will appeal to all readers looking to get tangled in a murky drama . . . that will definitely stick with the reader after completion."Rating: 5 out of 5 (An amazing book;...
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Love fast paced, gritty romance and suspense? Delve into the lives and loves, trials and tribulations, tears and high drama of Chris Taylor's hugely popular Sydney Harbour Hospital series.The boxed set collection includes Books 1-5 of the series:The Perfect HusbandThe Body ThiefThe Baby SnatchersThe Final BulletThe Debt Collector9781925119
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USA Today Bestselling author Chris Taylor doesn't disappoint with this latest instalment in the hugely popular Munro Family series.Highly decorated Australian Federal Police officer, Declan Munro is praised for his commitment to serving and protecting the people. But when he's accused of illegally accessing police files containing child pornography, his world comes crumbling down. Senior Internal Affairs Investigator Chloe Sabattini is at the top...
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Book #4 of the Consequences series:From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes the thrilling continuation of a powerful series about secrets and deception, passion and love, and choices and consequences.The unexpected fourth novel of the Consequences series, REVEALED: The Missing Years is..."The captivating missing piece that continues one of the most intricate, enthralling, and suspenseful stories I've ever read." –...
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THE CHRISTMAS VIGIL – A Munro Family Series NovellaWhen former New South Wales District Court judge, Duncan Munro, is found lying unconscious in a hotel room surrounded by evidence incriminating him in an affair, his close knit family are rocked to their core.Marguerite Munro is unwilling to believe her husband of forty years has been cheating on her, but the evidence doesn't lie.When the distress call goes around the family, they gather together...
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Detective Sergeant Lachlan Coleridge has seen it all. A veteran cop currently stationed in the rural town of Moree, there's nothing much that surprises him. But when two children are burned to death during an explosion in an illegal meth lab, he struggles to put the memory behind him. In desperation, he seeks counseling.Ava Wolfe is a Sydney Harbour Hospital psychiatrist who has agreed to cover her friend's practice in the country. As the only psychiatrist...
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