Violent Person

This epic crime novel tells a story of Los Angeles power brokers and those at the edge—and a single shattering incident that threatens to bring it all crashing down. Los Angeles, right now. America with its back up against the wall. This Frankenstein's monster of crimes and lurid dreams sewn...

In this psychological thriller, a missing patient raises concerns in a New York hospital, but as others start disappearing every dark possibility becomes more and more likely. To Senior Midwife Lucy Ryuan, pregnancy is not an unusual condition—it's her life's work. But when two kidnappings and...

In the autumn of 1967, five heavily armed men ventured into the dense, fog-choked forests of Northern California. They thought they were hunting a legend. They were wrong. The peaceful giant they sought wasn't a discovery—it was a decoy. When the tracking expedition is ambushed in the remote wilderness, the hunters quickly realize they have stepped into a highly evolved trap. Stalked by an intelligent, hyper-violent apex predator that uses the famous myth as camouflage, the group is systematically torn apart. To survive the suffocating silence of the ancient redwoods, they must fight ...

Daniel Woodrell's modern classic is an unforgettable tale of desperation and courage that inspired the award-winning film starring Jennifer Lawrence. Ree Dolly's father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn't show up for his...

Blackthorn Ridge is not on any official map. And what lives there is not in any biology textbook. Carter Digman spent eighteen months searching for a ghost. Armed with a hand-drawn map, high-tech bait stations, and a heavily armed expedition team, he ventured deep into the uncharted canopy of the Pacific Northwest. The goal was simple: prove the ultimate myth is real. But they didn't just find proof. They found an apex predator's territory. And they made the fatal mistake of drawing first blood. When the team's heavy steel cables severely injure a juvenile, the expedition transforms from a ...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson, Professor Brandt Savage and his girlfriend Kira Sunlight thought they found heaven on earth—but their paradise becomes a nightmare when they stumble on a terrifying conspiracy. When professor turned crime-fighter Brandt "'Doc'"Savage...

A missing hiker. An abandoned camp. A silent forest holding a terrifying secret. When investigator Nora follows the vanishing trail of Kevin Maddox into the deep isolation of the Pacific Northwest, she expects to find a lost man or a tragic accident. Instead, she finds a meticulously abandoned campsite, cold ashes, and a haunting journal that hints at something far more sinister. As Nora pushes deeper into the dense, oppressive trees, she realizes the missing hikers share a chilling connection. They are not merely getting lost. They are being hunted. With miles of unforgiving terrain in ...

He was a pioneer in modern law enforcement, a trailblazing leader in the hunt for serial killers. But after decades of staring deep into the darkness, he entered a seminary to search for the good. No one gets closer to evil than a criminal profiler, trained to penetrate the hearts and minds...

In the early 2010s, reports began to emerge of deaths linked to a government department. Suicide notes, coroners' reports, and research by disabled activists pointed to failings within the Department for Work and Pensions—the DWP—the government body responsible for the disability benefits system. As years passed, and austerity tightened its grip, the death toll mounted, and an even more disturbing picture emerged: bureaucracy, politicians, and the private sector had combined over thirty years to reckless, deadly effect.

Any murder causes pain and suffering that ripple through families and communities - of both the victims and the perpetrators - but premeditated murders cause the worst kind of damage. The Allure of Premeditated Murder is about the worst kinds of premeditated homicide in which the perpetrator plans an attack over a period of days, weeks, or months, leaving behind massive carnage and unspeakable suffering. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with murderers, sociologists Jack Levin and Julie B. Wiest help listeners understand why such vicious murders occur.

Thanks to Lynn Montoya, nicknamed Cruella Deville, the crew gets a bonus when she initiates a plan to lure the Muslim Brotherhood gang readying to be dispersed across the nation into a public trap. A successful sting leads out in spiraling directions with terrorist plots involving Alexi Fiialkov's container shipping line. Soon, the crew launches a rescue mission for Fiialkov's granddaughter, and entraps the architect of a weaponized anthrax threat. The kid gloves are off, and the bodies begin piling up.

In the audiobook Codependency: Recovery from Codependent and Violent Relationships with Sociopaths, Narcissists, Toxic and Negative People, learn to recognize them to protect you from offensive and manipulative people. We will explore a subject that plagues a lot of people and their relationships. We will take a close look at what codependency truly is, dive into the history of the term, and explore the many psychological considerations involved.

‘Tense, gripping and packed with twists’ Lucy Clarke Someone is watching your every move… Holly Lawrence always wanted to be a spy, but the experience proved more dangerous than anything she imagined. Now, Holly lives in hiding under an assumed name. She avoids relationships and trusts no...