Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The biggest thriller of the year: A history-making eruption is about to destroy the Big Island of Hawaii. But a secret held for decades by the US military is far more terrifying than any volcano.

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER.

Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I’ll soon learn that the Winchesters’ secrets are far more dangerous than my own....

A storm is on the horizon. America’s days are numbered. A Chinese submarine has gone rogue and is navigating towards the continental United States, putting its nuclear missiles within striking distance of the West Coast....

The Lowells’ maid isn’t the only strange thing on our street. I’m sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors....

1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges.

After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer....

When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul....

Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty clothesline wrapped around her neck. At her stylish Manhattan apartment, detectives discovered notebooks full of names—businessmen, socialites, gangsters....

It’s hard to find an employer who doesn’t ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen....

Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people. Twenty years ago, when journalist Tom O'Neill was reporting a magazine piece about the murders, he worried there was nothing new to say. Then he unearthed shocking evidence of a cover-up....

After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up....

When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide....

I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me. I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh. But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave. He's always there, watching and waiting. And I can never look away. Not when I want him closer....

Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his boss’s biggest client, Lachlan knows he’ll never claw his way out of the underworld.

Daphne and Amber Parrish are thrust back into each other’s lives upon the resurgence of a long-forgotten threat, forcing a vicious game of cat and mouse where everything is on the line....

From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan comes a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse—the family’s generations-long legacy of misogyny, murder, and mayhem.

A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the government is behind the deaths of his team in this ripped-from-the-headlines political thriller....

Amber Patterson is fed up. She's tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. She deserves more - a life of money and power....

Lowen Ashleigh takes on a life-changing job as a ghost writer for her employer's ailing wife--and uncovers their twisted secrets.

After surviving the most dangerous mission of his career, John Dempsey is back at Ember. But Ember has changed—and so has he. Meanwhile, a new adversary sees an opportunity to rise. As Dempsey and Vice President Jarvis soon discover, the world stage is about to get deadlier than ever.

Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except… Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center....

John Grisham takes you back to Camino Island, where bookseller Bruce Cable and novelist Mercer Mann always manage to find trouble in paradise.

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy and trauma, love and family, and the evil that awaits....

Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell....

A gothic mystery book set in Ireland during the early 19th century. In the midst of poverty-stricken Ireland, in fall of 1816, Michael Smith abandons his studies at Trinity College to attend to a familial duty. His journey takes him to the isolated and eerie County Wicklow to care for his wealthy and reclusive uncle who lies on his deathbed, guarded within their dilapidated ancestral estate. Disturbing Revelations As he steps into his uncle’s haunting estate, Michael stumbles upon chilling secrets of his uncle's past. He encounters disconcerting memories and discovers the mysterious room ...

In this tale of misbehavior, manipulation, masochism, murder, and betrayal, a young woman experiences a series of sexual encounters, not all of them willingly. Excerpts: His hand muffled her call for help as she struggled to escape his strong grasp, began to lose consciousness and became more manageable. He took her to his nearby home where he duct taped her mouth, wrists and ankles. * * * From her old diary.. As I look into the bathroom mirror, I'm absorbed by the fact that I'm blonde and adorably cute. * * * The two girls made themselves comfortable on the sofa. Allie reached into her ...

Dissatisfied with the slow plodding investigative work of the police, Arnold Dirkson strikes out on his own to be proactive in crime stopping as a very dangerous PI in the WWII era. With the right friends, the love of a pretty writer, even the arrival of the FBI when he most needed them, he makes a difference. Whether the Fates or God, someone should reward him for his efforts, tilting at windmills. We wish him luck. He will need it. Enjoy! #TheStoryteller

Cassie's got the beachy life down in Magnolia Bay, but quicker than you can say "hot cornbread," she's juggling a threatened home, a magical inheritance, and some deep, dark family secrets. Oh, and there's the tiny issue of a murder rap thanks to her police-chief ex-husband. With the whole town whispering, her only hope lies in the mystical books she’s inherited and her feline partner-in-crime, Elvis. Can Cassie find her witchy mojo, clear her name, and deliver some much-needed justice before she gets a one-way ticket to the graveyard? Dive into the first book in the Magnolia Bay Cozy ...

In the small town of Rainfall, a devoted husband sets out to find the depraved savage who raped and murdered his beloved wife. He believes the culprit is the same mysterious man who stalked her when she was still alive. Fueled by rage and driven by vengeance — he’ll navigate through dark secrets and lies while crossing suspects off his list one by one. He won’t stop until he exacts revenge on the cruel, merciless man who destroyed the one person he loved most. He owes it to his late wife. Throughout this dangerous task, he slowly uncovers a dark, sinister mystery relating to multiple ...

Man Found Dead On Park Bench The Butler women are thriving. Anna's Cafe is a big success and her friendship with ex police chief Gino Mancini is progressing slowly but steadily. Now she wants to focus on finding her husband John's killer. When a man is found dead in the botanical garden, Anna feels obliged to help Gino investigate. The police suspect the old man's son, a hostile young man with a clear motive. For the first time, Anna is inclined to agree with them. As details of the crime emerge, Anna realizes the dead man was hated by many. False alibis, feuding neighbors and estranged ...

Joshua Barnes-Fleetwood is the prince of Willow Fork, Texas, but not all is right with his world. He's the heir to a multimillion-dollar company, has a family he adores, and his best friend at his side. He can't figure out what is missing until Nicole takes a job at Christa's Café. The pretty waitress is a mystery he needs to solve. He's never been so attracted to a woman, and after one night in her company, he's sure she can handle his needs. Unfortunately, he's also sure she's lying to him.

Five years ago, Tilly Taylors father did something that cost her everything. Her home. Her friends. And all the trust she'd ever earned. Now she's back, and ready to prove to everyone that she's nothing like Martin Taylor. Unfortunately, the small town of Misty Peak doesn't forgive or forget so easily. And when a murder occurs at Tilly's new workplace, proving her innocence gets even harder. Kayden Walker likes his solitude. That's why working in the mountains suits him so well.

Her daughter died. Did she take mine? A year ago, my best friend Rachel’s daughter died. Ever since then I have held my own beautiful little girl tighter. I watch Luna shriek with laughter as she tips her toys all over the floor and I look anxiously at Rachel, sipping her tea. But Rachel reassures me that being near Luna helps fill the gaping hole of her grief, just a little. So when Luna is snatched from her bed in the middle of the night, it is Rachel who holds me tightly. She looks at the blue and white police tape crisscrossing my little girl’s bedroom and promises me they will find Luna.

A few months after the mayhem in Vegas, FBI Division Chief Seraphine Thomas is still juggling too much… And adding more onto her shoulders. However, there has been significant traction on making things better for paranormals in the country. And with work going well, it’s time she finally handle her personal life a bit. Things blow up after stumbling through all the problems over the past several months, and it leaves Sera to reevaluate her life and the path she’s on. There’s always too much wanted from her and too many ways to be pulled. But maybe the answer is to start enjoying new...

From Melanie Jackson, Best-Selling author of the Chloe Boston Mystery Series. The sixth book in the Butterscotch Jones Mystery Series is 27k words in length. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." --WritersWrite.com The time had come-- Butterscotch was ready to tie the knot! Plans were under way for the festivities and then the Mountie got called away on a dangerous case. Butterscotch was sure she could cope but, as the saying goes, man plans and the gods laugh. They laugh twice as hard at frantic brides. Will the Mountie be able to wrap up his case in time to get back to their wedding-- ...

Welcome to the Gulch... funny things happen in the middle of nowhere. When the mafia plane exploded, that should have been the end of troubles McIntyre's Gulch, but the government only became more interested in The Gulch and RCMP detective, Chuck Goodhead. Butterscotch Jones has other woes besides. A giant skeleton has been discovered outside of town and Sasquatch Watch is on the way with reporters and an anthropologist. Can she get rid of them before someone ends up dead or the town's past ends up exposed? This includes the bonus short story "Don't Eat Possum In The Fall". "A light, fun ...

Cheryl Sanderson is looking to make a new start in life, beginning with her new home in San Francisco. But her old life in Las Vegas won't leave her be. So, she packs up her belonging, and her son, Nathan, and drives to San Francisco to take possession of an old Victorian she inherits from her aunt. Soon she's hip deep in boarders, larcenists, and dead bodies. And to clear her good name she must find the murderer of her most recent house guest. Sanderson House is an enjoyable cozy mystery about a young mother trying to catch a break in life.

The fifteenth book in Melanie Jackson's bestselling Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery Series. "Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch." —WritersWrite.com You are cordially invited to attend the wedding of Mrs. Agatha Graves and Mr. Lawrence Jackman. Chloe Boston reveals the killer, but it's only a game. She attends a game and encounters a killer. Only this murder is by the book. And you'll never guess who wrote it. Amidst the tumult of the wedding between Agatha and Lawrence, Chloe must outsmart a serial killer and stop him before he strikes again. If you think you know who the killer is, think ...

"Eye of the Beholder" is the seventh installment in the Miss Henry Cozy Mystery Series. Miss Henry did not like being out where the woodbine twinethed. Especially not when a hurricane arrived, cutting short the art festival. With the airport shut down and all the hotels full, Miss Henry decided to accept the offer of the festival organizer's chauffeur and accompany him to a local plantation to wait out the storm. But she arrived only to find the house in disarray and the residents missing. Cut off from help and alone except for the man who brought her to the plantation, can she stay safe ...