Psychological Twists

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LIED? The first lie: MONSTERS DON’T EXIST. When the body of a man is discovered in the Boston Common, Martina finds herself entering a horrific nightmare. She discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of ancient methods of persecution being carried out by a Puritan-indoctrinated serial killer who believes the devil walks among us. The second lie: YOU WOULD KNOW A MONSTER IF YOU SAW ONE. After the first victim is dismissed as gang-related, Martina fears there is more to the murder than meets the eye. Her instincts are soon proven correct when another...

She agreed to marry a stranger for money and fame. Now he's gone, and she can't remember why. I wake up to find my husband gone. Not my real husband. My algorithmic husband—the one I promised to marry on a reality show where strangers get thirty days to fall in love. Where cameras watch everything. Where the prize money could change my life. Jonas wouldn't just leave. Not without saying goodbye. Not after everything we've shared. But production says he quit. Says he couldn't handle it anymore. Says I should just finish the show, take my money, and move on. There's just one problem. I ...

Her sister had a family. Now no one remembers them. I come home for Christmas expecting eggnog and carols. Instead, I find my sister alone in my parents' living room, looking ten years younger and completely at peace. There's just one problem. Marlowe has a husband. Two kids. A whole life I spent last Christmas watching her live. But when I ask where Will and the children are, my family stares at me like I've lost my mind. Marlowe laughs nervously and says she's never been married. My parents exchange worried glances and suggest I need more sleep. I know what I remember. Holiday dinners ...

She hired the perfect helper. Now she's a stranger in her own home. Claire Thompson is drowning—between her freelance career and two young children, exhaustion has become her default state. When she and her detached husband Mark hire Annika Jensen, a beautiful Danish au pair who seems impossibly competent, Claire finally thinks she can breathe again. At first, Annika is everything they hoped for. The house runs smoothly. The children adore her. For the first time in years, Claire feels like she might survive motherhood. But small things begin to feel wrong. A coffee cup moved. A door left...

She thought moving to a small town would keep her safe. She was wrong. School nurse Delilah Morrison chose Millbrook, Wisconsin for its quiet streets and friendly faces—the perfect place to escape her dark past. Eight years ago, a stalker named Calvin Reeves turned her life into a nightmare, culminating in a terrifying home invasion that left her forever changed. His chilling words still haunt her: that she was his "sunshine," and their story wasn't over—no matter how far she ran or how much time passed. Now she has a fresh start, a new job, and even a loving boyfriend in deputy sheriff...

Five colleagues. One deadly Christmas party. No one leaves unpunished. I thought I knew what guilt felt like. I was wrong. The invitation arrives two days before Christmas. A team-building weekend at a remote mountain lodge with my colleagues from VectorPoint. Our CEO, Gregory Armstrong, will be there. So will Daniel, Ethan, and Vanessa. The people I work with every day. The people I thought I knew. But Gregory has been missing since Thanksgiving. And Emma Heaton—the woman who tried to warn me, who begged for my help, who disappeared last December—is supposed to be dead. The lodge is ...

A MUDDY BOOT. A MISSING HUSBAND. A NIGHTMARE THAT WON'T END. Claire thinks she’s losing her mind. The truth is much, much worse. For three years, Claire Montgomery has lived in a self-imposed prison of guilt. Everyone believes her husband’s death was a suicide, but Claire knows the truth: her cruel final words drove him to the edge. Her penance is silence, solitude, and the heavy weight of the secret she keeps. Until the morning the boot appears. It’s sitting center-stage on her porch. Muddy. Worn. Pointed at the door. It is identical to the one David was wearing the night he died. ...

After an affair wrecks their marriage, Dan and Miranda Kelly attempt to escape with their young daughter to the remote lake town of Pinewood, Kansas. It’s a new start, a chance to heal and begin a new chapter of their lives. More importantly, it’s an opportunity to forget Abby, the woman who nearly destroyed their family. Unfortunately, Dan and Miranda soon discover that past mistakes cannot be avoided so easily. Shortly after beginning their new life in Pinewood, Dan begins to receive harassing messages from Abby, warning him that she will not be easily forgotten. What begins as ...

Forensic psychologist and rookie FBI agent Alexis Forrest returns to her hometown of Broken Hill to investigate the disappearance of a missing teenage girl. Returning to this snowy New England town is the last thing Alexis wants to do. She has a strained relationship with her divorced parents whose relationship did not survive the disappearance and murder of Alexis’ older sister, or her dad’s prison sentence. The circumstances of this girl’s disappearance are surprisingly similar to her sister’s yet the local police aren’t exactly welcoming to an inexperienced FBI agent sent to ...

Someone is killing therapists across the north east. Now, he wants to talk to you about his problems… Dr. Lauren Beckinsale had the perfect practice in a small town in upstate New York. It was safe, predictable, and under control. Until she met a man for drinks in nearby Saratoga Springs, and he disappeared without a trace. Now she has a new patient, Rick Stanton, a traveling musician, army veteran, traumatized loner who was at the same bar the night her date disappeared . Then Lauren discovers Rick's previous therapist died soon after treating him... and it dawns on her that she's ...

She came to heal. What she uncovered might just destroy her instead. Tessa Rowan checked into Eversage Ridge hoping to heal. What she found was something far more insidious. Behind the tranquil façade of the exclusive wellness retreat were secrets, surveillance, and a carefully curated web of psychological manipulation. As the staff peeled back her layers, Tessa began to question everything—her memories, her sanity, even her own guilt. But the deeper she dug, the more dangerous the truth became. And when she finally uncovered the real reason she was brought to Eversage, Tessa was forced ...

She can't leave the dying mall until she learns what happened to her sister. The truth is waiting in the darkness. My sister Audrie disappeared from Nightfall Commons Mall fifteen years ago. She was eight years old. She vanished from the play area while I was supposed to be watching her. The police gave up. My parents gave up. Everyone moved on. Everyone except me. Now I work in that same dying mall, walking the empty corridors every night, searching for answers in a building that's barely alive. I can't leave. Can't stop looking. Can't let go of the guilt that's been eating me alive since ...

She wanted a family. She found a nightmare. When Lucy marries Edward, she believes she’s finally found the safe, happy life she’s always longed for. But everything changes the day Edward’s sister Josephine arrives. At first, Josephine is warm and welcoming. Then the cracks begin to show. She wears Lucy’s clothes. She cooks Edward’s favourite childhood meals. She whispers in her brother’s ear and twists the truth until Edward looks at his wife with doubt instead of love. The more Lucy fights back, the more isolated she becomes. And when Josephine’s cruel games spiral into ...

When Loren meets Jack, she’s sure he’s the man she’s been waiting for - a perfect husband and father for her young daughter. Shortly after their wedding, their plans to start a life together are put on hold when the couple receives word that Jack’s father has died. In an effort to appease her new husband, Loren invites her mother-in-law, Coralee, to stay with them while she grieves. When strange things begin to occur just after her arrival, Loren questions how much she knows about the woman she invited into her home.

She watched a killer hunt. The people she trusted were hiding everything. I haven't left my apartment in two years. Not since the night I watched my best friend get attacked and no one believed me. Not since the police dismissed my testimony because I'd been drinking. Not since Claire disappeared from my life, and I blamed myself for not saving her. Now I watch the world through a webcam feed of the Gullhaven Boardwalk. It's safer this way. Predictable. I catalog the regulars—Jogger Jim, Bench Betty, Phone Guy. I know their patterns. I understand their routines. Then she appears. A woman ...

She wanted safety. She found a controlled community instead. Your new neighbors are watching. For your own good. I thought moving to Serenity Heights would fix everything. After my divorce, the manicured lawns, smiling neighbors, and promise of safety felt like a fresh start—exactly what I needed to rebuild a broken life. But insomnia has a way of revealing what daylight hides. While the rest of the neighborhood sleeps, I’m awake—watching residents move through the streets in eerie synchronization. Noticing how questions are quietly discouraged. How people who push too hard suddenly ...

Claire Johnson’s seemingly ordinary life takes a chilling turn when she wakes up hungover on a Sunday morning with a foggy memory and no recollection of how she got home. She tries to hide her indiscretions from her husband, but this becomes increasingly difficult when she discovers that a man she knows has gone missing and all signs point to her. As the evidence mounts against her, Claire questions her innocence and grapples with the terrifying possibility that she may be a killer. However, as she delves deeper into the mystery of the man’s disappearance, she questions whether someone ...

There will be no escape this Christmas... They’re out there again. My heart pounds as I look out of the kitchen window. For weeks now, they’ve been harassing us, vandalising our property and intimidating our children. It’s been relentless. The police don’t take them seriously because they’re teenagers. But they don’t know what it’s like to live like this. Those girls are running rings around us, and it’s got to the point where they're there every time we leave the house, mocking us. Following wherever we go. We’ve had as much as we can take. So in the middle of the night, ...

The iconic mystery writer Penelope Highsmith has made a name for herself with unique plot twists, selling millions of books. Her announcement of an early retirement, a real-life twist no one expected, adds a new layer of mystery to her already enigmatic persona. But before she bids adieu, she has one last puzzle to present—a true crime retrospective focusing on the unsolved murders of her high school classmates in the small town of Willow’s Bane. The publisher plans a special event for the book's release at the very place Penelope has avoided since graduation.

Two strangers. One night. A secret that binds them. Nicole Brennan spent nearly eighteen years believing justice had been served. As a prosecutor, she put serial rapist Christian Ivanov behind bars for what should have been life. But when hidden corruption overturns the conviction, Ivanov walks free—and begins stalking Nicole's seventeen-year-old daughter. The police won't help. The courts have failed. And Ivanov has made his intentions terrifyingly clear. So Nicole does the unthinkable. James Cortez has dedicated his life to helping survivors of trauma. But when his young client Tyler ...