Krimi & Thriller

A year has passed since Lise Norwood survived a violent encounter with a serial killer. Thanks to the publicity from that case, her private investigation firm is thriving.Lise attends the grand opening of a museum's new art exhibition, where she is lauded for locating a long-lost masterpiece. At the same time, an unidentified homeless boy is gruesomely executed in San Marco, Florida. Both events, seemingly unrelated, soon intertwine, and Lise is hired to learn the identity of the victim. Her investigation becomes more perplexing when she discovers that multiple kidnappings, a million-dollar briefcase, and a band of juvenile thieves are tied to the boy's murder.Unable to turn to the authorities for fear of retribution against innocent victims, Lise relies on old friends and new to assist her investigation. But with multiple lives at stake, Lise will ultimately have to step into the lion's den alone, knowing she's outnumbered and outgunned.

Get ready for a laugh-out-loud adventure with Samantha Kidd, the most stylish sleuth in Ribbon, Pennsylvania! In this cozy mystery, Samantha finds herself trading high heels for cowboy boots as she heads to a dude ranch, hoping for some rest and relaxation. Little does she know a murder mystery is about to lasso her in...When fashionista Samantha Kidd's father-in-law arranges a week on the dude ranch he's aiming to buy, Samantha preps for blue skies and clean living. But all too soon she learns life on the ranch is anything but calm. When the owner is found dead inside one of the stables, all signs point to murder.As Samantha wrangles clue after clue, she smells something rotten-and it's not manure. In her quest for the truth, she encounters quirky cowhands, brazen barrel racers, and suspicious horseplay-not to mention a social paradigm straight from the eighteen hundreds. Can Samantha bring justice to the wild west of eastern New Jersey, or will a renegade ranch dweller get away with murder?Ranch Dressing is a hilarious western adventure that will have you laughing 'til the cows come home. Yeehaw!

Kats Takemoto, the nisei private detective from Hunters Point, returns to investigate the murder of a young Chinese girl, killed in a covert CIA brothel in the heart of San Francisco. Her family, members of a Tong, a powerful Chinatown gang, demand vengeance that threatens to start an all-out war in Chinatown unless Kats can discover the truth behind the slaying. Along the way, he will discover a personal connection to the suspected killer, a fellow veteran who was tortured and experimented on, turning him into a lethal weapon and a ticking bomb. Kats and his friends race to find this soldier before the government and the rival Tong gangs spiral into more bloodshed.

An evocative tale of sapphic love in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by religious zealots and supernatural monsters. Kolesnik's Elogona transports readers to a time after the world's end, when a long-dormant sea creature has awoken to stake its claim against one of the last human settlements. Verna must battle both man and monster to protect her family and her newfound love for Audrey, a refugee from the mainland. Meanwhile, the Elogona calls...

"Chilling, a real page-turner!" ¿¿¿¿¿ Janine Galliano, author of The Inheritance"Had me gripped from the start... the story has a strong atmospheric setting, a protagonist you root for, and a deeply ominous feel," ¿¿¿¿¿ Steve Griffin, author of the bestselling Ghosts of Alice series"Atmospheric slow build horror... a compelling mix of folk horror, faeries, and chilling dread," ¿¿¿¿ Netgalley Review"A beautifully crafted tale of folklore and horror," ¿¿¿¿¿ Amazon ReaderA nerve-shredding slice of rural horror for fans of Adam Nevill and Andrew Michael Hurley.Forced by his publisher to deliver a fresh manuscript by the end of the year, author Rick Rooney retreats to a secluded cottage in the West of Ireland in search of inspiration.After a night of dabbling with a spirit board at the local pub, strange events begin to unfold at the cottage, while a menacing figure lurks in the trees outside.When Rick digs deeper into the area's dark history, he makes a chilling discovery about a local family, a devastating fire, and a centuries-old curse. Has Rick disturbed an ancient evil, and who, or what, is stalking him now?Some souls should never be summoned..."A compelling mix of folk horror, faeries, and chilling dread ... formed from "found materials" - email, book manuscript, letters," for fans of Adam Nevill (The Ritual), Andrew Michael Hurley (Starve Acre), Tom Fletcher (Witch Bottle) and A.M Shine (The Creeper).

Danny - just an ordinary boy, decides one day that he won't be bullied or pushed around anymore. Trouble is, when he fights back, his nemesis winds up dead with a knife in his heart. Sentenced to four years in a juvenile centre, he meets with the leader of a vicious gang and is invited to join them. Saying 'no' is not an option, and he is dragged into the brutal world of a criminal life-style. A vocation as a hitman ends disastrously when he kills a high-ranking member of an outlawed motorcycle gang. Now both the cops and the bikies are hunting him!From a treacherous train trip from Sydney to Melbourne, where he meets with a rogue manager running the docks of Melbourne, to being forced to work in a cemetery digging graves to remove problems for a mafia family, and, running deadly drug errands for them, Danny's life couldn't get worse - could it?This is a story of close calls and fatal outcomes. Danny's life is not one for the fainthearted, it's simply - a desperate battle for survival!

THE BRAND NEW GRIPPING, ACTION-PACKED SPY THRILLER WITH A SHOCKING TWIST.October 1957 The war-torn Socialist Republic of Great Britain seethes with unrest.Thomas Fairburn, British-born KGB officer is summoned to London by Britain's security leader, Kim Philby. Philby tasks Fairburn with a dangerous mission: uncover the high-level officials aiding a dissident author's defection to the USA.Who would risk their lives to help a mere novelist, and why?With just two weeks before Russia's First Secretary of the Communist Party, Khrushchev arrives in London. Fairburn must discover if the Americans have infiltrated the heart of Communist Britain.But as Fairburn delves deeper, he uncovers a terrifying secret - a revelation that could unleash Soviet tanks and firing squads on the streets of London . . . And change the course of British history.This unmissable alternative historical thriller is perfect for fans of Robert Harris, Rory Clements, Len Deighton, C.J. Sansom, Ken Follett, Philip Kerr and Brian Klein.

Author Jonas Saul (Sarah Roberts Series) and Rania Stone (What He Didn't Know) team up to write the dark thriller There Will Be Blood.The mafia never forgets an enemy. And Darwin Kostas can't allow them to remember.Ten years ago, Darwin Kostas narrowly escaped the clutches of multiple mafia families. Living off the grid in Europe, he has remained hidden from those who remember the past, those who would want to seek revenge. That is until his real identity is leaked, along with the names and addresses of others like ex-spies, ex-mercenaries, and black operations soldiers.Meanwhile, a woman has gone missing from her hotel on the island of Rhodes in Greece. When investigators arrive to look into the matter, a hotel security team member is found dead. Later that day, another body is discovered.Connected to Darwin's search for the information leak, he must get there and shut it down. Using a group of highly-trained mercenaries, Darwin works against the clock-and the authorities-to ensure his personal information doesn't get into the wrong hands, and the only way to do that is to shed blood.One thing is for sure-with that many trained killers in one hotel, There Will Be Blood-and a lot of it.

Crime story set in glasgow involving murder suspense and lots of twists and turns when a young woman gets a new job but gets more than she bargained for. This case leads to another with travel abroad and links to home leading to a shock discovery.Christine finds a Job in another city to get away from her downward spiralling marriage but an unforseen discovery of a body pulls her into a murder mystery resulting in her life being turned upside down in more ways then one.Two local cops take on this baffling case and find themselves going round In circles as twists and turns lead them in all directions all leading to a dramatic conclusion.An edge of your seat story for crime buffs that keeps you guessing all the way to the end to see who done the crime and how it was done. The cops find themselves working in the USA in another case with links to home.What could it be.

Quand j'étais petite fille, je l'estimais énormément. Jusqu'à ce qu'il me dévoile sa véritable nature.Pendant des années, je l'ai observé.Je l'ai traquée.Je l'ai suivie.Au début, je cherchais seulement à la protéger. La garder en sécurité et hors de danger.Puis c'est devenu une véritable obsession.Je m'étais fait le serment de ne plus jamais la toucher, de la protéger de tout le monde, y compris de moi-même.Lorsque des ennemis tapis dans l'ombre menacent de tout faire disparaître, je sais que je suis prêt à tout pour protéger mon papillon.... même à trahir la seule famille que j'ai jamais connue.

Mike Reynolds is a Necromancer in a post-apocalypse world where an RPG system has been imposed on planet Earth. The former gas station clerk has risen to the challenges of the game and together with Jessica, a powerful archer, they are staying ahead of the ever-more powerful mobs.It's not only monsters and dungeon crawls that Mike and his growing team have to face: humans are a danger too. Given a vicious struggle for survival and the appearance of powers that allow individuals to dominate other people, it's no wonder that those who would try to stick to a moral path have to be constantly on guard. A new and rapidly growing cult is one such threat; can Mike discover who is behind it?¿¿¿¿¿ "Everything you want in an apocalypse LitRPG"Royal Road reviewer.

Picturesque hills stained with blood. An MO like no other. Can this senior officer draw on his paratrooper past to catch a twisted mind?DCI Harry Grimm is still grappling with the Yorkshire Dales custom of eating cheese with cake. But the seasoned big-city cop has more than enough experience getting pulled out of bed in the middle of the night for the grisliest crimes. So the gruesome early-hour discovery of a woman's savaged remains on the bleakly beautiful terrain has the detective keen to slam an ugly killer behind bars...With both a clear motive and an obvious offender firmly in his sights, the dedicated policeman hunts relentlessly for the killer. But when the prime suspect goes missing and Grimm reworks the scene, he fears he sees signs of meticulous military planning and a culprit with a long list of victims.Can the tough investigator get into the head of a murderer before he's called to the next kill zone?Corpse Road is the mesmerising third book in the DCI Harry Grimm crime fiction series. If you like razor-sharp cops, insanely bent villains, and dark page-turning plots, then you'll love David J. Gatward's wild ride through the moors.Buy Corpse Road to follow a psychopathic predator's trail today!Corpse Road is the third book in the DCI Harry Grimm crime thriller series, set in the Yorkshire Dales, and perfect for fans of L. J. Ross, J. D. Kirk, , Adam Croft, Simon McCleave, Alex Smith, J. M. Dalgliesh, J. E. Mayhew, and J. R. Ellis.

¿¿¿¿¿ 'Within five minutes, I couldn't put this book down...' - Advanced ReaderA Reunion Haunted By The PastAs the former pupils face an unnerving reunion, each must grapple with the need to conceal an ominous secret.Amongst the shadows of an eerie château on a secluded island in France, a small group of former pupils reunite under the most peculiar of circumstances. Ridgeview Grammar School, a place they thought they had left far behind, resurfaces in their lives when an unexpected invitation arrives. Their ex-history teacher, a figure they've not glimpsed in over fifteen years, beckons them to restore a decaying house in return for hard cash.Desperation gnaws, as each of them struggles with their own financial burden. The invitation, however unsettling, offers a lifeline they cannot afford to refuse.As they gather on the island, the tasks at hand seem simple enough, but a chill hangs heavy in the air, and inexplicable events unravel to test their already fragile unity.And unbeknown to one another, they all harbour a dark secret tied to a boy from their past, a spectre long gone from their days at Ridgeview Grammar. But can it truly be him waiting to expose their deepest fears and unravel their sanity?In this heart-pounding psychological thriller, dark secrets resurface and the line between reality and nightmare blurs. As they navigate the château's haunting corridors, they must confront their own demons, unless the past consumes them first.Read 'HE IS HERE' Now! The latest unputdownable psychological thriller from the best-selling author of You're Family Now

Maize is a dark tale about gruesome murders and the urgency to find the cause. In rural Ryne County, a tourist attraction is the site of a grizzly killing. Residents start to suspect each other, while the local county sheriff and his deputy look for answers. After a second victim is found, they begin to suspect that something sinister is underneath the corn.

This book is a raw and riveting story about spiritual battles, navigating dark valleys, the horrors of addiction, and struggling with the loneliness that only years of shameful secrets can produce while outwardly putting on our best church clothes, pretending that everything is okay, and attempting to serve Jesus with a sanctified smile on our faces, like good Christians are supposed to while staggering through the darkness. It's a story about how ugly and uncomfortable the sanctification process is when two kingdoms collide over and over again.It's a story about the subculture of Christianity in the South, where traditions are equal to doctrine in many instances, and how the negative effects of a real Christ-centered community leave us hanging high and dry, isolated and vulnerable.It's a story that shines an unwanted but painfully necessary light on the dark corners of kingdom living, even for ministry leaders, while powerfully reminding us about redemption, grace, and how the gospel has the power to continue to set us free if we will allow it to.

Hannah Harper's scars tell of a traumatic past and her fear of edges hinders her ability to function outside her home, but her visions and psychic readings are rarely wrong. When Detective Bev Wuthers turns to Hannah for help finding a serial killer, she leads the police right to their man. But the facts of the case aren't adding up and the threat of corruption within the police department stalls the investigation leaving Hannah exposed as the killer's next target. Disgraced undercover cop, Ned Sanders would do just about anything for Bev and is inexplicably drawn to Hannah. He's not sure how this case is tied to the assassination attempt that nearly ended his life, but he's not about to fail the two women counting on him. With the body count rising and supernatural forces interfering, the trio scramble to find enough evidence to make an arrest before a killer's obsession with Hannah ends in the death of their gifted consultant.

The fifth book in the Charming Mysteries series!From USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Joann Keder...Feather Jones, renowned for her uncanny paranormal investigative skills, finds herself entangled in a chilling web of danger. An enigmatic stranger presents an offer: not to solve a mystery, but to commit murder. Worse yet, the proposed victim is someone she knows well.Meanwhile, Gemini is ensnared in a web of suspicion spun by a meddlesome neighbor. The once-harmonious neighborhood turns into a hotbed of hostility, secrets, and unexpected alliances.Right and wrong entwine in a dance of suspense, leaving you breathless until the final, shocking revelation!

Le marché était conclu à la minute où elle est montée sur scène.C'était comme voir un fantôme. Des cheveux blonds comme le soleil, une peau pâle et des yeux azur qui renfermaient des milliers de secrets.Je ne savais pas ce qui l'avait amenée à finir dans cette vente aux enchères.Et je m'en fichais royalement.Tout ce que je savais, c'est que je devais l'avoir... à n'importe quel prix.Un million de dollars plus tard, elle devenait mienne.A moi de la casser.A moi de l'utiliser.A moi de la garder.Nous avons tous des secrets, et quand je découvrirai le sien, personne ne pourra la sauver de moi.Il s'agit d'un roman de plus de 100 000 mots. Il aborde des sujets sérieux, y compris la violence et des scènes à caractère sexuel. Bien entendu, il n'y a pas d'infidélité et l'histoire se termine en beauté.

She never thought she'd have to face her husband's death twice. She was wrong.Connie Keyes has finally found some peace. After refining her capacity to communicate with ghosts and embracing her intuitive talents, she's reconciled to spending her days helping confused wayward spirits. But her new life changes in an instant after a friend is falsely accused of murder...Certain her buddy committed the act in self-defense, Connie worries something ominous could be pulling shady strings. But when a sinister force abducts her talking cat and sets its sights on her ghost husband, the purposeful existence she worked so hard to create turns into a living nightmare.Can this caring woman bring back her loved ones and restore justice before her world shatters?Fooled by the Friend is the spine-tingling third book in the Extra-Ordinary Midlife Mysteries series and the last book before the spin-off series Mystic on the Rocks. If you like heroines reinventing themselves, slightly scary situations, and a little snark, then you'll love Lynn M. Stout's paranormal mystery.This book was originally published as Dead Locks by Lynn M. Stout.

Federal Judge Adam Willow, a former Marine commando, demands perfect justice. Some defendants are acquitted by juries in his Chicago courtroom, but none survive. Set in Chicago in the late 1980's and early '90s, the commando Judge takes matters into his own hands. He starts when he is left alone with a defendant who has escaped justice, and in a moment of pure impulse, he kills the man. Emboldened by the experience, he goes on to murder more defendants. But when he kills a corrupt Supreme Court Justice, and an innocent man is put on trial for the murder, Judge Willow faces a crisis of conscience. He tries to save the defendant, but he fails. His law clerk, a beautiful Asian woman with whom he is having an affair, tries to soothe him. But in the end, the Judge must sit in trial on himself in the Court of Last Resort.

Twisted Fate: Tales of Horror (A Collection of Stories of Terror) The Reaper - Jacob is a young boy who insists that his name is Mark and that he used to live in a nearby village in the 1930s. His parents agree to drive him to the village if only to put his delusions to rest. When they arrive, they discover that their son is right and that there's a bigger plan in place, and their family is at the very center of it. The Reaper is waiting - and he's been there all along.The Painting - A painting in Matt's home office has him spooked. On the surface, it's nothing more than a landscape scene. But now it's come to life. One evening, the painting's creek begins to flow, the leaves on the trees rustle, and a deer is spooked by someone nearby. As Matt stares at the moving picture on his wall, his wife enters the scene, followed by his ex-business partner. He discovers more than he bargained for ...The Ruse - A man receives a mysterious text that turns out to be prophetic. A few days later, he gets another one, which also comes true. As more texts come in, he chooses to act on the prophecies, and what follows changes his life forever.These stories and many more await you in Twisted Fate.

Desperate to find a cure for his dying wife, Ashley, David becomes obsessed with the legendary Grand Grimoire - an ancient text rumored to contain forbidden rituals for summoning demonic entities to do one's bidding.Against Ashley and son Henry's protests, David performs the ritual to conjure Lucifuge Rofocale, a powerful infernal spirit, and the Prime Minister of Hell, who is said to preside over all the world's treasures.Though initially appearing in David's hour of need to promise renewed life in exchange for loyalty, Lucifuge's offer comes at a costly price no family should pay.It soon becomes clear that the pact has allowed the cunning Lucifuge entrance into their world through David, where the demon can begin exerting an insidious influence on all of them. As Lucifuge's possession of David grows stronger, his personality radically changes, forcing Ashley and Henry into increasingly desperate measures to counter the demon's sadistic whims before he destroys everything they hold dear.Will Ashley manage to solve the house's mysterious connection to accursed supernatural forces in time to spare her loved ones? Or will her amateur rituals provoke Lucifuge to full chaotic manifestation on an unsuspecting mortal plane far beyond her control?Only through great sacrifice and sheer force of will, can Ashley and Henry hope to regain their beloved David and head-off this powerful demon in a risky winner-takes-all battle royale. Failure to outmaneuver Lucifuge means their family and souls will be utterly consumed by an active living Evil that will stop at nothing to cross over forever.

Roman, pun kretanja, akcije i vjernih opisa ljudi, njihovih psiholökih profila, ponäanja i dogäaja, slika ¿ivot u postratnom periodu na Balkanu. Aldo kao glavni lik je kockar koji se bori sa svojim porokom, a oko njega su nemoral, lä, prevare i kriminal u koji i sam neplanirano upada. Izgleda da je sve u potpunosti spremno da bez odlaganja s ¿avolom krene u pakao. Neko je pogasio svjetla po ¿itavom svijetu pa su sile mraka bestidno pokuljale kao ¿to bi, i sile dobra da je kojim slüajem njihovo vrijeme. Da bi se izvukao iz svega, Aldo bje¿i od sträne opasnosti koja se nadvila nad njega ¿vrsto odlüan da ¿e postati dobar ¿ovjek. ¿ivot u bijegu iz jave prelazi u sferu nadnaravnog gdje Aldo za deset sekundi postaje dobar. (?) ¿ivot je vje¿no ispravljanje i preusmjeravanje kako bi smo postali bolji ljudi. Jer poznato je ono ¿to nikad dovoljno ne möe biti nagläeno - tamo gdje su dobri ljudi, dobro je svakome! A to, ¿to je malo dobrih ljudi, pri¿a je za sebe. Ima li nade za ovaj svijet, za vas, i za mene u njemu? Höe li se odnekud naduti vjetar kao onaj ¿to raznosi opalo li¿¿e, pa da rastjera ovu maglu koja se nadvila nad ovu pustu dolinu näeg uma? Möda bi bilo dobro da za svaki slüaj budemo spremni i ne dozvolimo da nas iznenadi neki cunami radosti. Ne bih rado da se jednog dana probudimo ¿ude¿i se rascvalom prolje¿u koje nagoni ¿ivot na veselje. Nikad se ne zna!?

I've been in love with Rian Walsh for as long as I can remember. He has held many titles over the years. He's my brother's best friend. One of the Bastards of Grove Hill-part of the Five Families.He's also responsible for every single time my heart has been broken.I'm the good girl of our bunch of miscreants. I get good grades and I do what I'm told.I only ever buck up to Rian and it's a toxic cycle I crave. I love him and I hate him at the same time. I need the push and pull like a drug, but when the push and pull become one entity, how can I be expected to walk away from the one thing I've always wanted?Him. It's always been him.Careless is the second book in the Bastards of Grove Hill series. The series starts with Reckless which follows Finn O'Reilly and Francine Gray. For a full list of content warnings, please visit the author's website.