Twisted Evil

When a celestial object strikes the moon, it shatters more than stone — it tears the boundary between the modern world and the realm of the fae. In a dying desert town, teenage loner Morgan watches the heavens ignite through his childhood telescope as the world unravels overnight. Technology fails. Cities fall dark. Reality itself begins to fray. In the silence that follows, something ancient awakens and begins to hunt. Driven by the need to find his estranged sister Imogene and escape with his life, Morgan ventures into a landscape transformed by magic and ruin.

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 ...

"One of the most unnerving and intelligent psychological thrillers you will read this year. Utterly unputdownable." WELCOME TO THE GLASS HOUSE. From the outside, the home is an architectural marvel in the quiet town of Willowbrook. Walls of glass. Open spaces. No secrets. From the inside, it is a prison. And Claire Montgomery is not its owner. She is its warden. After an unspeakable act of violence shattered her family, Claire’s life has become a suffocating routine of surveillance. She checks locked drawers. She tracks screen time. She counts every breath. She is desperately trying to ...

He’s evil incarnate, cloaked in a beautiful disguise. My father uprooted our family, forcing me to relocate to America. If that wasn’t bad enough, he’s making me marry the son of a psychopath. Maxim Volkov. Heir to the Volkov Bratva. I’d rather die than be shackled to a man so evil. A man who has no soul. His piercing blue eyes are as cold as his stony heart. And he’s not exactly thrilled, either. My life has never felt so hopeless.

A MUDDY BOOT. A DEAD HUSBAND. A NIGHTMARE THAT WON'T END. Claire knows exactly how her husband died. Not with a weapon, but with five words spoken in a kitchen doorway. The guilt is her penance. Three years of it. Fresh flowers at a backyard stone. Careful management of her own unraveling. Then the boot appears on her doorstep. Muddy. Worn. Identical to the one David lost the night he died. The one she sealed away herself, years ago. Sitting center-stage on the welcome mat, toe pointed at the door, laces knotted in David's specific double knot. Someone has been inside her house. Now a new ...

A Celebration at a Luxury Island Resort Ends in a Brutal Murder at the Hands of an Evil Man When a bachelorette party at the luxurious Bellamy Island Resort turns deadly, Special Agent Bailey Flynn suspects the murder may be the work of the same man who strangled a young bride-to-be on the island a decade earlier. After the investigation turns up an unidentified set of remains near the body, and a possible witness to the crime goes missing, Bailey calls on FBI profiler Bridget Bishop to help her track down the evil serial killer responsible before another innocent life can be taken. Book ...

The job offer seemed too good to be true. It was. Sophie Chen needs to disappear. When a private nursing position opens at the remote Baxter Estate—isolated, well-paying, no questions asked—she takes it without hesitation. Her patient: Richard Baxter, a wealthy tech investor left paralyzed and mute after a stroke. Her employer: his elegant, cold wife Claudia. Sophie's job is simple. Keep Richard comfortable. Follow Claudia's rules. Don't ask questions. But something is wrong in this house. The locked rooms. The missing staff. The way Richard's eyes follow her with desperate intensity. ...

Jason tumbles into a quest to save a magical in this #1 New York Times bestselling start to Brandon Mull’s Beyonders fantasy series. Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable—until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly transporting from the hippo tank...

As a child, Susan Kesegich and her sisters suffered extreme neglect, sexual, mental and physical abuse. Their father raped them and they watched him tie their mother to a tree, light a fire beneath her, and shoot at her. Marrying at the tender age of 14 to escape the horror, Susan found herself in a marriage that rivaled her mothers for physical abuse. Six years later, she, too, was divorced, poor, uneducated, and lost. Although her life changed when she met her current husband, it was through the victimization of her father's second family that she ultimately found closure.

From a bestselling author, a "hauntingly original, impossibly clever and devilishly daring" thriller in which Scarpetta receives a message from beyond the grave…(Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colors of the Dark) Autopsies can reveal the secrets of the dead. And this victim is sending...

Behind deception lies a devastating reality… When London lawyer Grace Peters visits her in-laws in Dubai, she finds herself in an escalating terrifying nightmare, after her five-year-old son vanishes without a trace. She's falsely arrested and thrown in jail, where she uncovers the dark secrets of her vicious in-laws, who have used their wealth and power to hide the truth as well as her child. Trapped in a new glittering city, Grace must make difficult decisions and take dangerous risks to save her family or return home alone and leave them behind forever. This gripping psychological ...

"Fans of The Plot, and they were legion, will rejoice at this sequel, performed with mesmerizing skill by the wonderful Julia Whelan...Whelan's achievement here seems like a little miracle, relentlessly compelling and wonderfully satisfying."—AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner) After the...

When she becomes a madman's target, Eve Duncan's daughter Jane must team up with longtime love interest Seth Caleb in this suspense novel from a #1 New York Times bestselling author. Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan and ex-Navy Seal Joe Quinn are about to give Seth Caleb their trust for the most...

What if the “Ugly Stepsister” wasn’t so ugly… or so mean? Anna has been blamed for everything: for being selfish, cruel, and jealous of Cinderella’s perfection. But now, she finally gets to tell her side of the story. Between a grumpy mother, relentless bullies, and the heartbreak of losing her stepfather, Anna’s life is anything but fair. And when the Prince’s ball arrives, she’s expected to find a husband to save the family fortune. As Cinderella glows and Prince Charming can’t take his eyes off her, Anna must decide: help her stepsister win the Prince’s heart… or ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The President Is Missing, America has elected its most brilliant president ever, but he’s also a psychopath—and about to start a world war with our most dangerous enemy. US President Keegan Barrett has swept into office on his success as Director...

A glowing ghost lantern. Two dogs lured into deadly danger. And one killer determined to keep the past dead. Quilt shop owner Alexandra Allin would rather be sewing than chasing killers, but when ghost tour guide Miranda Holloway is found dead mid-tour, Alex is pulled into the investigation with her loyal canine partner Saedie and visiting cavapoo Buddy, a ball-chasing dynamo whose curiosity won’t quit. With best friend Juniper, mischievous reporter Justin Case, and the Granny Squad—armed with knitting needles, binoculars, and zero patience for criminals—Alex untangles a century-old ...

Eve Duncan’s daughter Jane MacGuire seems to have found a perfect life with Seth Caleb—until a ruthless madman threatens to destroy it all, in this gripping suspense novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen. Jane MacGuire is enjoying a period ofdomestic bliss as she...

When an unexpected death occurs in the teachers’ lunchroom, the school’s maintenance man is the obvious suspect, but Michael Bishop has his doubts. He quickly realizes that several people had the opportunity and the motive to commit this heinous act, but who had the means? As the investigation unfolds, one of the administrators is struck down by a rare illness, and another is victimized by a stalker. Bishop must deal with rumors of a past affair with a former student whose daughter is the voluptuous assistant principal, Lulu Pitts. In his classroom, Bishop’s students discuss the moral...

In this pulse-pounding thriller from #1 New York Timesbestselling author Iris Johansen, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan journeys to Africa to help families torn apart by a violent attack deep in the jungle -- but she may be putting herself in more danger than she knows. A journalist shows up on Eve...

Step into the Darkness with me and explore the mysterious world of Avenues Of Darkness. These short stories will leave you on the edge of your seat, wondering about the hidden dangers lurking in the shadows. From a witness spiraling into darkness after a disappearance on The Bridge, to being punished for watching television in TV Police, to the enigmatic power of a laptop screen in By The Light Of The Laptop, each story will take you on a thrilling journey. Meet the characters who will guide you through this dark journey, from a key searching for its lock in The Key, to the unpredictable ...