Psychological

Social psychologist Ben Monroe has returned to Tokyo after a failed marriage, determined to seek out his former lover Kozue. His estranged teenage daughter Mazzy reluctantly flies from California to join him. On the flight she meets a young Japanese man, Koji, a cult survivor, who tells her the story of the luminous night princess Kaguya, a powerful tale of beauty and obsession. As Ben delves deeper into the underworld in search of Kozue, Mazzy and Koji are compelled to follow, and their four lives dangerously intersect as past and present collide.

Only days ago, I had everything. A man I wanted to marry. A prestigious fellowship for graduate school. A perfect new apartment. I’m a psychology student. I should have known she was hiding something from the start… Now I’m shivering under a foil blanket wondering how my life became a nightmare. And when the paramedics check me over, it’s not concern I see on their faces. It’s fear. They think I did this. They think I killed her…

The colour drains from my husband’s face as she releases him. When Ted says her name–Alice–my blood runs cold. Because I’ve heard her name before. Alice is the woman who broke my kind husband’s heart. Ted told me she vanished from his life after their breakup, but has he been lying this whole time? I stare at him in disbelief, but he swears he never invited her. Can I believe him? Whatever actually happened, I want her out of my house… but as thunder cracks and the sky turns dark, a huge storm sets in. We’re stuck here: is this my chance to discover the truth?

Military intelligence colleagues summon attorney Craig Malcault to testify against his client, a sensual, provocative socialite with a suspect divorce case. But he decides to destroy her file and risk all he's got to guard her secret. Craig was chasing informants a decade ago when his client built an international conglomerate and founded Ara Pacis, the code-named territory in Latin America, with the two men in her life as protection against threatening extermination. The bloodcurdling discoveries Craig now makes about her case are a human rights attorney's stellar dream come true.

Mina is a professional pickpocket and thief for a huge South Korean conglomerate (chaebol) into which she was born. Having brought great shame to the chaebol as a teenager, she is obligated to work as a criminal for them. This chaebol is also a crime syndicate. She desperately wants out of her dangerous and depressing existence. She sees a ray of hope in the character of Sienna who is the complete opposite to her. She becomes obsessed with Sienna to the point she complicates things on a truly horrific scale.

Bystander is a pitiless, bold work of intense psychological realism narrated by a professionally successful but socially bankrupt anti-hero who expects global connection and local anonymity. It excoriates the contingency of contemporary morality, and, at a time of growing isolation, forces the listener to examine what it means to be a good neighbor.

“As far as I know, you can only die once…” But when Aetna Simmons disappears from her lonely Bermuda cottage, she leaves behind not one but ten suicide notes. Ten different suicide notes. And no other trace to speak of, not even a corpse, as if she’d never existed. Drafts of a Suicide Note is the darkly enigmatic love letter of Kenji Okada-Caines, a petty criminal who once exposited on English literary classics and now, marooned on his native isle, nurtures an obsession with Aetna’s writing.

The dark things wait for you to close your eyes... Emma Beckham is bothered by a repetitive nightmare until, at the recommendation of a friend, she starts seeing dream healer Maya Grecco. Maya's innovative approach to taking charge and changing dream structure greatly benefits most people and Emma is no exception. But what happens when disturbing dreams aren't allowed to play out as intended? Maya finds herself exploring this question with Emma when a growing number of her past clients suddenly begin to experience increasingly worse nightmares, including herself. Can the two desperate women...

Under a sweltering July full moon, the daughter of a Russian vodka magnate is savagely murdered in Washington, DC. Detective Captain Alexander Strange arrives at the crime scene and knows he's seen this brutal style of killing before—25 years ago, as a Force Recon Marine in a Central American jungle.

Far more than a coming-of-age tale, Falling Into Place harmonizes fact and fiction for an entertaining academic journey. Corruption within sports and government is the focal concern by Pat Adams's alcoholic father, Russell. Father's words come to fruition when Pat falls into the illegal gambling of Hartford Jai Alai. Along with the adventure the feds and a strong gang bring, the true nature of nineteenth-century American bureaucrat's is also revealed to Pat through a descendant's journal. A great true history of The War of 1812 is surprisingly unfolded. This passionate depiction of history ...

Is the end of oil near? Do we know what chemicals we ingest daily? How did we get in this predicament? Prepare for a reckless abandoned joy ride in 'Lost Reality'. The substantial issues life provides from youth through adulthood is celebrated in this tale of Thomas Adams' growth. The debatable practices used by the CIA to overthrow government is illustrated as well. Ultimately, Tom is thrust into a position only great strength can overcome. Based on true events.

Book #1 of Samantha Raven Trilogy! Nothing is what it seems. No one is who they are. Everyone has a secret. Twisted Relationships. Deceit. Lies. A faceless, ruthless criminal chases Samantha Raven. Two men are interested in her and both have their reasons and secrets. And then her worst nightmare happened again: another attempt to abduct her. When Samantha discovers the kidnapper is someone she knows, her life takes a more shocking turn. The first book of the trilogy is fast-paced domestic suspense, certain to surprise you with its heart-rending twists. But you'll have to read the next two ...

Lou Manson is an outsider when she joins the final-year class at Highfield Manor, Dublin’s most exclusive private school. Beyond the granite pillars and the wrought-iron gates is a world of wealth, privilege and potential. But Highfield is also hiding a dark secret – and Lou is here to expose it. When Lou befriends the beautiful and talented Shauna Power, her plans are thrown into turmoil. Speaking out against the school would mean betraying Shauna, and Lou soon discovers that the Highfield elite will go to any lengths to protect their own reputation…even when the consequences are fatal.

Luke, Connor, Thea, and Violet spend their first holiday together alone in their father's house in France. The boys don't really know him—he left their mother when she was still pregnant with Connor, getting together with the girls' mother soon afterwards—and they don't really know their half-sisters, either.

Detective Erin Crane is assigned to the investigation into sixteen-year-old Sophie Madson's murder along with her partner, detective Tom Radley. Over the years they've formed a close professional bond built on mutual trust and a shared contempt for the unscrupulous head of the anti-corruption team, Walker. This case will prove a bigger test of their relationship than either of them could ever have imagined.