Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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....

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.

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.

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....

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

Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist....

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....

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.

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....

After a whirlwind romance and three years of marriage, I’d tried to be a good wife. But Tom, my husband, is always watching, controlling my every move. He chooses my clothes, my hairstyle, even instructing what and how much I’m allowed to eat – just ten measly mouthfuls.

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....

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....

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

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....

Sloan will go through hell and back for those she loves. And she does so, every single day. Caught up with the alluring Asa Jackson, a notorious drug trafficker, Sloan has finally found a lifeline to cling to, even if it’s meant compromising her morals....

It’s not double jeopardy. It’s not double murder. It’s double triple homicide. Jane’s career has spanned from NYPD beat cop to Hamptons courtroom. She’s tough to beat. She’s even tougher to kill.

An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind’s most thrilling fantasies have come true....

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....

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

The lives of two homeowners are turned upside down when the house’s previous residents unexpectedly visit.

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from author David Baldacci....

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.

On an ordinary Monday morning, Ariel Cafferty's phone buzzes with a disturbing text message. Something’s happened. I need to see you. Meet me under the candelabra tree ASAP. The words would be jarring from anyone, but the sender is the only man she ever loved.

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....

Attorney Jane Smith is mounting an impossible criminal defense. Her client, Rob Jacobson, is the unluckiest of the lucky. No sooner is he accused of killing a family of three in the Hamptons than a second family is gunned down. It’s not double jeopardy. It’s not double murder. It’s double triple homicide. Jane’s career has spanned from NYPD beat cop to Hamptons courtroom. She’s tough to beat. She’s even tougher to kill. The defense may never rest.

Standing in my bathroom, the luxurious marble tiles cool under my feet, I stare at the test in my trembling hand. The second line is unmistakable: I’m pregnant. This is all my husband Theo and I have ever wanted, but I didn’t think it was possible. I should be excited, but all I can think about is telling my stepdaughter. Because Ellie’s always hated me, ever since she realised it was no longer just her and Theo. Now she’s seventeen, beautiful and smart–smart enough to see through me. And if Ellie decided to uncover my secrets, it wouldn’t be just my marriage at stake… it would be my life.

The carefree lives of four sixteen-year-olds were changed forever when they witnessed a cold-blooded murder. Everett, Jackson, Mason, and Ryder, The Association, have shared dark secrets since they were in high school. As teenagers, they suffered threats to themselves and their families. Blackmail was a reminder their lives were under close scrutiny while they achieved success in their chosen professions. As adults, they decide ‘no more.’ As they start their investigation into the murder, they have no idea how their lives have been manipulated by their unknown enemy. Jackson Vance is ...

The carefree lives of four sixteen-year-olds were changed forever when they witnessed a cold-blooded murder. Everett, Jackson, Mason, and Ryder, The Association, have shared dark secrets since they were in high school. As teenagers, they suffered threats to themselves and their families. Blackmail was a reminder that their lives were under close scrutiny while they achieved success in their chosen professions. As adults, they decide ‘no more.’ As they start their investigation into the murder, they have no idea how their unknown enemy manipulated their lives. As an investigative ...

Life in the French Quarter is quiet—which is exactly how Ofeila Archer likes it. She's making plans for Christmas, trying not to fixate on the fact that her mother is picking up trash as part of her community service, and otherwise just lazing about. Then life takes a turn, as it so often does in New Orleans, and her mother calls with a problem. It seems she's found a body. Ofelia and her fiancé Zach Sully race to Bywater and are shocked to find that Ofelia knew the victim. She went to school with him, and at one time, he was close friends with her brother Felix.

The carefree lives of four sixteen-year-olds were changed forever when they witnessed a cold-blooded murder. Everett, Jackson, Mason, and Ryder, The Association, have shared dark this dark secret since high school. As teenagers, they suffered threats to themselves and their families. Blackmail was a reminder their lives were under close scrutiny while they achieved success in their chosen professions. As adults, they decide ‘no more.’ As they start their investigation into the murder, they have no idea how their unknown enemy manipulated their lives. Everett Troy returns to his hometown...

In the vast deserts of New Mexico and Arizona, divorced ex-cop David Parker seeks a fresh start on vacation with his kids. Chemistry with a captivating woman sparks hope, but when three people are brutally murdered at a motel he stayed in along the way, Dave realizes he's been framed. Now, he must go on the run to clear his name and expose the real killer. Will the police catch him, or will the razor-wielding murderer find him first? In the high desert, survival becomes a deadly race against both the law and a merciless predator. Gum is a pulse-pounding thriller set along the dusty desert ...

It’s nearly Christmas in the small English town of Little Wittering, and retired teacher Sally Smith is enjoying an afternoon in the hair salon. Until she sniffs out a corpse. With a body in the broom cupboard and a police-imposed lock-in until the culprit is caught, it doesn’t take long to deduce someone in the salon is a cold-blooded killer.

Serendipity… For the better part of twenty-five years, both Octavia Fiske and Armand Mundy have long awaited this particular weekend. For Fiske, the CEO of the Norwood Fox, this weekend represents new beginnings, as the company morphs into an undeniable behemoth. While for Mundy, it’s the opposite; the end of the Air Force major general’s tenure acting as lead mechanical engineer on the globe’s prototype autarkical space station—the First Arcadia. Originally conceived by her father and the company’s founder, Maynard Fiske, and built by some of the finest minds to ever walk the ...

For protection, my father orchestrates a fake marriage with a mob boss. Instead, it thrusts me into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Reese Bowman, the hunky, fierce mafia boss, is now my fake husband and the man who will take my virginity for real. On the second day of our ruse, a baby from his past appears on his doorstep. Add pretend mom to the act and the stakes couldn't be higher. Watching him command his dangerous world with ease, I fall hard. Despite his attempts to keep his distance, he can't keep his hands or his lips off me. When a long-lost enemy snatches me in the night, our ...

Santa is on his way and he’s bringing a sleigh load of deadly secrets and surprises. It’s Christmas in Honey Hollow, and Lottie finds herself in a recipe for disaster. A naughty elf with a penchant for loose women shows up, not to mention the long-lost relatives coming out of the woodwork—and Lottie, herself, is in store for the shock of a lifetime. The holiday season in Honey Hollow is more than just merry and bright—it’s downright deadly. Every book in the series can be enjoyed on its own, so pull up a chair and get ready for a holiday season filled with humor, mystery, and a ...

A Rom-Com Mystery Suspense Series Was It Murder? is the fifth book in the Murder Blog Mysteries series. If you like mysteries with quirky characters, a hefty dose of humor, a dash of romance, a few tears, and stories that’ll keep you up all night, you’ll love Pamela Frost Dennis’s award-winning tales. ____________________ Can Katy McKenna outwit a cranky, cozy mystery writer? With her boyfriend nursing his dying ex in Los Angeles, heartbroken Katy finds comfort blogging her woes and visiting her elderly neighbor, Nina. One day, Nina tells Katy that her mystery-writing niece, Donna, is...

Sabrina Anne runs a multi-billion dollar dating app. As the founder and CEO, she is used to death threats from angry customers, but never before did she think her life would actually be in danger. Deshaun Newton is an ex-Marine, harden security guard that has seen his fair share of battle. He’s not afraid of anything except telling his boss his true feelings. When ambushed by an unknown force, Deshaun’s feelings emerge for Sabrina. Protected by a man who loves her, Sabrina not only needs to survive but will discover if her feelings for Deshaun are real. Saved by Him is a quick 5k action...

How do you stop a serial killer who can escape from any prison? On December 11, fifteen-year-old Helen Hinton is brutally murdered in an abandoned house. Her killer, Edward Phillips, is caught and sentenced to death. Helen's blood was on Edward's clothes and shoes, the murder weapon has his fingerprints on it. Edward claims he's innocent. He's telling the truth. Two months after Edward Phillips is transferred to death row, a murder similar to Helen's occurs in another city. The victim is eighteen-year-old Laura Sumner. On an October morning, Mark Hinton, Helen's father, visits Edward in ...

’Tis normally the season to be jolly. But with someone trying to wreck the winter wonderland, can she dig up a suspect in a mistletoe mystery? Carter Cash can’t wait to experience her first small-town Christmas. And with the local billionaire suddenly announcing his engagement to a Hollywood celeb, there’ll be glitter aplenty atop the tree. But when the parade float warehouse is vandalized and the A-lister is blamed for a shocking theft, the eagle-eyed amateur sleuth fears the community is hiding a vengeful Grinch. As the attacks expand to include Claire's intimate wedding, she and ...