Psychological Thriller Mystery History

The most dangerous lie is the one everyone else believes. Six months after toppling a criminal empire, June Sawyer thinks the war is over. The Sawyer's Shack Cultural Center stands as a testament to her family's resilience, and the Louisiana bayou is finally healing. But peace is a fleeting tide. Dr. Julian Bellamy arrives in the parish like a savior. A charismatic billionaire benefactor, he brings resources, solutions, and miracles to the coast. He saves dying children and funds impossible dreams, earning the adoration of everyone June holds dear. But where others see a saint, June sees a ...

The year is 1906, and America is segregated. Hatred and discrimination plague the streets, the classroom, and the courts. But in WashingtonD.C., Ben Corbett, a smart and courageous lawyer, makes it his mission to confront injustice at every turn. He represents those who nobody else dares defend...

In the shadows of Victorian London, survival is a crime. And Katrin Hess is the only one committing it. Whitechapel, 1880. By day, Katrin Hess is a quiet, scarred woman running a modest apothecary, dispensing cough syrups and headache powders to the poor. But when the gaslights dim and the front door locks, the back door opens. For fifteen years, Katrin has operated in the gray space between medicine and the law, providing the desperate women of the East End with the one thing society refuses them: control over their own bodies. She is meticulous. She is discreet. She is invisible. Until ...

From the #1 bestselling author of The Historian comes a mesmerizing novel that spans the past and the present—and unearths the troubled history of a gorgeous but haunted country. A young American woman, Alexandra Boyd, has traveled to Sofia, Bulgaria, hoping that life abroad will salve the...

When gods are born from data, who decides humanity's fate? The Atlas Meridian combines the civilizational depth of Liu Cixin's The Three Body Problem, the sweeping scope of Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon, and the consciousness-expanding vision of Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End. The Cartographers have recovered treasures beyond imagination—scrolls from Alexandria's lost library, a working analog computer crafted by Archimedes himself. But their greatest discovery lies buried in the Sahara's heart: an alien Alchemical Engine that transforms consciousness itself. Kael emerges renewed, ...

A dead car. A storm that won’t end. And a house that is begging to be heard.Merrin Hill isn’t looking for a story. Three years ago, her ambition cost a teenage girl her life, and Merrin hasn’t written a real word since. Now, she hides in the obituary pages of a dying local paper, living by a single, unbreakable rule: Do not get involved.But when her car dies on a flooded backroad, Merrin seeks shelter in Kestrel Cottage.It seems like a sanctuary. The fire is lit. The table is set. But the stew in the bowl is rotting while it steams, and the dust on the floor is undisturbed by human ...

As the news of the international movie star's gruesome murder spreads, the world holds its breath in terror. Detective Botti of the Clearwater police department is tasked with finding the killer, but what seems like a routine investigation takes a dark turn when clues point to a well-known musician. As Botti delves deeper into the case, he finds himself drawn into a sinister web of deceit and betrayal. But the stakes are raised even higher when Botti discovers that the murder has ties to one of the largest Scientology churches in the city of Clearwater. With tensions running high and the ...

A cold case buried by power. A woman erased by history. And a forensic profiler who refuses to let her die forgotten. When Dr. Charlie Morrow agrees to look into the decades-old murder of Ginger Rae—a beloved Soho walk-up girl whose death was dismissed and quietly buried—she expects a dead end. What she finds instead is a live fuse. Ginger Rae wasn’t just a sex worker. She was a fighter, an activist, a protector of queer youth and immigrant girls in 1990s London. And someone wanted her gone. Someone with enough money, influence, and police cooperation to make the case disappear. As ...

“An eerily prescient novel about a devastating virus that begins in Asia before going global . . . A page-turner that has the earmarks of an instant bestseller.” —New York Post “Featuring accounts of past plagues and pandemics, descriptions of pathogens and how they work, and dark...

What if John Lennon’s assassination was just the beginning? New release... Already earning 5-star reviews. FBI Agent Lacie Webb heard the shooter’s strange words that December night in 1980. Then Reagan was shot. Then the Pope. Three assassins. Three cities. The same haunting phrase. Now Lacie is racing to expose a conspiracy that turns music into murder... before the next victim falls. IMAGINE THE TRUTH is a pulse‑pounding mystery thriller that will make you question everything you thought you knew about the most shocking crimes of the 1980s. This book is the newest installment in ...

The Secret History meets The Skulls by way of Rebecca in this gripping Collegiate Gothic romantic thriller TRADITION IS A TRICKY THING TO KILL Twice a year, Anathema emerges from the shadows to perform satirical Sermons—controversial events that lambast Radcliffe College and the behavior of its students. Membership in the organization is open knowledge, but its rituals are closely guarded by those involved. When a dissenter to the group’s practices is found dead under mysterious circumstances, two of the secret society’s most dedicated members, Matt Richardson and Joan Keating, fear a...

Everyone knows who Olivia Taylor is. Or so they believe. She’s the glamorous philanthropist who just returned to her hometown after a long absence. She’s the new fiancée of the wealthy and charismatic Winston Donovan. She’s Las Vegas royalty, celebrated by the media and pursued by paparazzi at every turn. And now she’s accused of murder in the first degree. If convicted, she’ll face death row. Little by little, her life is picked apart and her relationships are torn to shreds.

The New York Times best-selling author of the Nightside series, Simon R. Green has won widespread acclaim and an immense following for his Secret Histories novels featuring Eddie “Shaman Bond” Drood. In Green’s action-packed riff on everyone’s favorite superspy, Eddie once again finds himself at the center of supernatural intrigue. And even though protecting humanity from the forces of darkness is nothing new to Eddie, he now faces a threat that’s leaving him both shaken and stirred.

A psychological murder mystery set in Edwardian England during the early 1900s. "The Baron's Burden" transports readers to the crumbling manors and imposing estates of aristocratic England, where the veneer of noble life conceals dark secrets and complex intrigues. When Old Lord Windsom unexpectedly inherits his family's decaying estate, he also inherits a legacy of debts and duties. His marriage to the ambitious actress Erin Carson, adds further complications, igniting a series of scandals that ripple through high society. As Erin Carson's schemes to secure her status unfold, a series of ...

"A nonstop suspense thriller with an amazing cast of characters." --NetGalley Historian Wrenn Grayson arrives at the Rosemont mansion expecting to receive payment for her services from the mansion's new owner, Clay Addison. That expectation dies when she and Clay find Trey Rosemont murdered on the foyer floor. Across town, police officers race to Eastwood University. Priceless Egyptian artifacts were stolen from the history department safe. Wrenn's longtime love, Eastwood professor Gideon Douglas, heads the department. Only recovery of the artifacts will save his career. Life in Havens, ...

An intrepid young woman stalks a murderer through turn-of-the-century Chicago in "this rich, spooky, and atmospheric thriller that will appeal to fans of Henry Darger and Erik Larson alike" (Sarah McCarry). In the sweltering summer of 1915, Pin, the fourteen-year-old daughter of a carnival...

While on vacation on an idyllic island called Miden, a seemingly aimless woman meets an attractive man and leaves her country to be with him. A few months later, newly pregnant and just beginning to feel comfortable in her lover's space, her life is upended when a girl arrives at the door. Slight and pretty, the girl discloses a drawn out and violent affair she's had with her professor, the father of the woman's unborn child. In alternating perspectives, the professor and his girlfriend reflect upon their lives, each other, and their interloper.

Before he can retire, Las Vegas detective Salazar is determined to solve a recent spate of murders. When he encounters a pair of conjoined twins with a container of blood near their car, he' s sure he has apprehended the killers, and enlists the help of Dr. Sunil Singh, a South African transplant who specializes in the study of psychopaths. As Sunil tries to crack the twins, the implications of his research grow darker. Haunted by his betrayal of loved ones back home during apartheid, he seeks solace in the love of Asia, a prostitute with hopes of escaping that life. But Sunil' s own troubled past is fast on his heels in the form of a would-be assassin.

After vowing never to return, Kara Wade is back in New York City. She’s come to claim the body of her twin sister, Kelly, and to find out how she died. No secret as to the cause of death - a nearly nude, 12-story plunge from a room in the Plaza Hotel - but Kara is determined to learn what led to that plunge. Enlisting the help of an old lover, now an NYPD detective, Kara delves into her sister’s life. Startling and bizarre facts begin to surface. Instead of answers, Kara finds more questions. Who was the stranger Kelly became during the months prior to her death?

Hugo and Nebula Award winner Joe Haldeman ranks among the greatest science fiction authors to ever live. This thrilling entry from his Marsbound saga finds the mysterious alien Others prohibiting humans from space travel by destroying Earth’s fleet of starships in a display of unimaginable power. But Carmen Dula, the first human to encounter the Others, is determined to find a way to reclaim the future that has been stolen from humankind.