Twisted Psychological Thriller

Every family has secrets, and on the hottest day of the year, the truth is about to come out. As a tragedy unfolds behind closed doors, the dawn chorus is split by the wail of sirens. And one by one the families who tried so hard to welcome the Wests begin to realise: Hogarth Street will never be the same again.

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 ...

Framed for murder. Surrounded by women with secrets. I’ve spent my whole life becoming someone else. A new name. A polished history. A flawless facade—all carefully constructed to earn me a place in Magnolia Estates, the most exclusive neighborhood in Mississippi. Joining the Magnolia Estates book club feels like the final seal of approval. These women are everything I’ve pretended to be: wealthy, elegant, untouchable. But perfection is exhausting. And every woman in that room is hiding something. Betsey Hartwell watches me like she knows who I really am. Margot Spencer’s designer ...

A hidden identity. A violent past. A killer who knows her better than she knows herself. I live by routines. Locked doors. Controlled schedules. Predictable days. Five years ago, I survived a violent attack while working as a real estate agent in Augusta. I escaped a man who should have been just another client—and I ran. I changed my name. I moved states. I rebuilt my life in Nashville, one listing at a time. I don’t talk about the past. I don’t revisit old memories. I tell myself survival was enough. Then a client is murdered at one of my properties. Then a colleague vanishes. Then ...

Twisted Ex-Wife By Imani He built the empire. She kept it from collapsing. When Preston Langford is removed as CEO of his own company, the headlines call it a strategic correction. What they don’t see is the truth behind the fall. For years, Kendall Langford was the quiet architect behind the empire’s success—questioning risk, slowing reckless expansion, protecting the foundation. But ambition has a way of mistaking restraint for doubt. And when Preston chose admiration over accountability, their marriage fractured long before the board ever voted. Now the company is stabilizing. The ...

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...

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...

A small-town missing girl thriller. A cold case disappearance. A wrongful accusation. A copycat abduction. A daughter determined to clear her stepfather’s name. I was fifteen when Waverly Martin vanished from my rec room during a birthday sleepover. One open window. One silent house. One missing girl. By morning, she was gone—taken while we slept three feet away. The police blamed my stepfather. The town believed them. And over the next ten years, I watched a broken man drown under the weight of suspicion, gossip, and an accusation he could never outrun. A disgraced family. A public ...

A gripping domestic thriller about the dark side of social media fame Becca Hart has it all: 1.2 million Instagram followers, lucrative brand deals, and a picture-perfect family. Every strawberry-picking trip, every bedtime routine, every milestone is content—and her daughter Emma is the star. But Emma doesn't want to smile anymore. Her cheeks hurt. The "phone people" are always watching. Then, during a livestream at a local farm, Emma vanishes. One moment she's holding her brother's hand. The next, she's gone—and nearly ten thousand people watched it happen in real time. As the ...

TWISTED TEACHER By Imani Mariah Bennett worked too hard for respect to still be struggling at thirty. She left fast money behind for a degree, a classroom, and a title that was supposed to mean stability. Instead, bills stack higher, rent climbs faster, and “respect” doesn’t clear a checking account. Then there’s Jalen Carter. Seventeen. Disciplined. Focused. Projected number one pick in the NBA draft. The entire sports world sees him as a future investment—contracts, endorsements, generational wealth already forming around his name. Mariah tells herself she doesn’t see dollar ...

"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 ...

When a single bullet misses its mark, it triggers a deadly chain reaction that threatens to expose the darkest secrets of a powerful political dynasty. Governor Jeffrey Riley will stop at nothing to secure his re-election — and eliminate the man having an affair with his wife. Enter Broderick, a disgraced ex-marine turned hitman, tasked with a seemingly straightforward assignment. But when his bullet finds the Governor's wife instead of her lover, Broderick becomes the state's most wanted man — and the only person who knows too much.

She left at eighteen and vanished without a trace. No goodbye. No address. No explanation. For eight years, Aaliyah was gone. Not kidnapped. Not reported missing. Just… erased. When Nia takes a babysitting job in one of the city’s most prestigious neighborhoods, she uncovers the polished machine that swallowed her sister whole. The Whitmire Foundation promises elite advancement, accelerated success, and access to powerful networks. It markets discipline as destiny and isolation as excellence. The girls who enter sign willingly. They are ambitious. Exceptional. Ready to rise. But inside ...

Nine months. That's all they needed from her. She didn't ask what came after. Megan Cole took the surrogacy job because she was desperate. $150,000 to carry a baby for the Ashfords, a connected and wealthy political family. Live on their estate. Follow their rules. Deliver the child and then disappear. But there are rooms that are off-limits. Questions no one will answer. And the Ashford's young daughter, Lily, mysteriously stopped appearing in photographs years ago. By the time Megan understands what the Ashfords are really planning—and why they chose her—they won't let her leave. The ...

For fans of Freida McFadden and Lisa Jewell comes a twisted psychological thriller about a desperate woman, a wealthy family's dark secrets, and the terrifying price of silence. She needed a fresh start. She got a nightmare instead. When Emma Rourke accepts a live-in position caring for twelve-year-old Oliver Lawrence, she thinks she's found the perfect escape. The pay is generous, the estate is stunning, and no one will think to look for her here. All she has to do is follow the rules, keep her head down, and guard the secrets of her past. But the Lawrence household has secrets of its own....

"What a fun and twisty thriller! I have enjoyed other books of Taylor’s in the past, as she is exceptional at creating crazy convoluted plots, but writing in her native Australian voice made this the strongest of the ones I have read" - Reader Review "This was a really good thriller. I really enjoyed all the characters. The plot was original and the surprise ending shocked me! It was a mix of politics, corruption, and a cheating husband that took 4 strangers and intersected their lives in an unexpected and inextricable way. I highly recommend this book!" - Reader Review FROM INTERNATIONAL...

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. ...

"I thought this job would be the perfect escape. A winter alone at an empty lodge in remote Montana—just me, the snow, and the silence. No past to haunt me, no secrets to unravel. But this silence isn't peaceful; it's heavy, dark, and watching. There are noises at night—soft footsteps, whispers of movement when no one should be there. Rachel, the manager, seems nice enough. Yet behind her smiles, I sense lies. Secrets. Like she's waiting, watching for me to reveal something. Like she knows my past, knows why I'm really here. Something is dangerously wrong at the lodge, and I'm starting ...

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...

A missing husband. A reality dating experiment. A marriage built by an algorithm. I wake up to find my husband gone. Not my real husband. My algorithmic husband. The man I was matched with on a high-stakes reality dating show, where strangers marry at first meeting, live together for thirty days, and compete for life-changing prize money—all under constant surveillance. Jonas wasn’t supposed to disappear. Not without a goodbye. Not after the vows. Not after the intimacy that felt uncomfortably real. Production claims he quit. No explanation. No warning. No contact. Just a vanished groom...