Dark Crime Thrillers

On an otherwise normal morning, former Special Forces operative Sam Dryden is the target of an unsuccessful attempted abduction. Using his attacker's cell phone, he learns that another person, a woman named Danica Ellis, is also being targeted. Dryden arrives just in time to save Danica from the assault team sent after her. But neither of them recognizes the other or has any idea why they are being targeted. The only clue is a heavily redacted, official-looking document given to Danica by her stepfather before he was killed.

Sergeant Logan McRae is in trouble.... His missing-persons investigation has just turned up a body in the woods - naked, hands tied behind its back, and a bin bag duct taped over its head. The Major Investigation Team charges up from Aberdeen, under the beady eye of Logan's ex-boss, Detective Chief Inspector Steel. And, as usual, she wants him to do her job for her.

I didn't ask for her as my bride. I just made her mine. Her father had to be taught what happens when you cross a King, but that isn't why Genevieve Rossi is sore, well-used, and waiting for me to claim her in the only way I haven't already. She's sore because she thought she could embarrass me in public without being punished. She's well-used because after I spanked her I wanted more, and I take what I want. She's waiting for me in my bed because she's my bride, and tonight is our wedding night.

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 final game is here...A decade has passed. The Lambert family is thriving...Or so they wish. Nothing could be further from the truth...Two fledgling killers who happen to idolize the infamous serial killers Arty and Jim Fannelli have been paying attention - and these two killers are eager to show the Lamberts just how much they truly admire their idols...with the help of Arty and Jim themselves?

When a former penal colony island is besieged by a murderous curse, can a man of God cleanse it before the shores wash red with blood? Tasmania, Australia. Zack Bolder left the priesthood for a higher calling. Now a spirit hunter, he’s on his way to investigate a series of grisly tourist murders on a lonely isle off the coast. But his presence awakens a vengeful demon intent on swallowing his soul… Determined to resist the powerful pull of evil, Zack’s pursuit of evidence leads to another body and a missing person. And a shocking clue points him to a lethal confrontation that will ...

Los Angeles burglar Junior Bender has a rule about never taking a job that pays too well: In the criminal underworld, if you’re offered more money than a job is worth, someone is going to end up dead. But he’s bending his rule this one time because he and his girlfriend, Ronnie, are in desperate need of cash to hire a kidnapper to snatch Ronnie’s two-year-old son back from her ex. The whole thing is pretty complicated and has Junior on edge.

Three years ago, Saga Bauer received a postcard with a threatening text about a gun with nine white bullets - one of which is waiting for Detective Joona Linna. But time passed and the threat faded. Until now....

On the quest to find her missing mother, prim and proper Enne Salta became reluctant allies with Levi Glaisyer, the city's most famous con man. Saving his life in the Shadow Game forced Enne to assume the identity of Seance, a mysterious underworld figure. Now, with the chancellor of the republic dead and bounties on both their heads, she and Levi must play a dangerous game of crime and politics...with the very fate of New Reynes at stake.

Her blue eyes were luminous. They saved her life…for a while. The first book in The Journey Series of Suspense Thrillers, Deadly, introduces us to the characters and follows them on an odyssey that leads to a fateful and deadly encounter in an Iowa cornfield. With plot twists that immerse the reader in the journey, the story reminds us that things are not always as they appear. The first book in The Journey Series of Suspense Thrillers, Deadly will leave you wondering who the “good guys and bad guys” are. Scroll up and pick up your copy of Deadly today!5.0 out of 5 stars - A great ...

Having jeopardized their careers in an unauthorized investigation that threatened to reveal the corruption in South Africa's halls of power, Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido have been demoted from the elite Hawks police unit. While waiting to be transferred from Cape Town to seemingly mundane duty in Stellenbosch, Griessel receives a disturbing, anonymous letter: "I can only trust you and Captain Cupido. There is an adder in our bosom. Be careful of phone calls."

Family meant everything to Ayden Stratton. It always had even when he didn’t always allow it to show. Because of that, he understood the fury in Tobias Blaise’s eyes when they learned that his sister had been dragged out the backdoor of her restaurant despite every effort to stop her from being kidnapped. Fury didn’t begin to describe what he saw in his brother’s face. Cassidy Blaise might be Tobias’s sister, but she was Benjamin’s entire world. Tobias Blaise never expected to find any woman he wanted to spend his life with, let alone one who looked at him the way Ellis did, ...

Enne Salta was raised as a proper young lady, and no lady would willingly visit New Reynes, the so-called City of Sin. But when her mother goes missing, Enne must leave her finishing school - and her reputation - behind to follow her mother's trail to the city where no one survives uncorrupted.

Cleveland Belongs to the Mob… But the Hatchet Man Has Other Plans. Cleveland, 1946. A man wakes up on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, clothed in nothing but a hospital gown and bloodstained bandages. No name. No memories. No past. The only things rattling inside his fractured mind? Visions of a child’s drawings—a hatchet-wielding hero—and the haunting image of a beautiful woman, a beacon of light in the darkness. As he struggles to recover, a deep, unshakable compulsion takes hold: the city is rotten with crime, and someone needs to pay. With nothing to lose and rage burning in his...

A wealthy couple is found brutally murdered. Their young son is missing. And one detective is about to be dragged back into a past he thought he'd buried. Detective Sergeant Conal Brophy is struggling to stay afloat—personally and professionally. When a high-profile double murder shakes the quiet Irish town of Woodstown, Brophy is handed the case that could either redeem his career—or destroy it. But nothing about the crime scene adds up. No witnesses. No motive. And the missing boy, Sean, has vanished without a trace. As Brophy digs deeper, a familiar name from an old, unsolved case ...

Discovering the 300-year-old skeleton of shipping tycoon Jedediah Biddeford in the ballroom wall is a big old hassle for Josie Waters, owner of the Oyster Cove Guesthouse. Especially when Biddeford’s descendants turn up, certain that a family legend about treasure buried nearby must be true. Josie is too busy dreaming up the perfect cake for the Oyster Cove’s 250th anniversary celebration to worry about the Biddeford family - plus half the town - digging up her yard...until one of her guests is murdered in the guesthouse garden.

Almost one year has passed since the earth shook up Matt Horning and his coastal village. Now, the world’s foremost scientists have flocked to the remote town to study the aftereffects on the sea and land. Turns out, one of them isn’t a nice man. Famous geologist British Lord Phineas Stuart goes missing. As the investigation into Stuart’s disappearance gets underway, Matt and his colleagues quickly realize they’re not hurting for suspects who wish the geologist harm. Has Stuart just taken off somewhere, or is a jealous competitor responsible for the missing scientist?

In the autumn of 1968, the bodies of six brothers were found hanging from Hollyhead's billboard dressed in white, flowing gowns. Their killer was never identified. Twelve years later, another death has occurred. Will Metlocke, an author with seemingly psychic abilities, is called back to his hometown by his estranged father in a plea to help solve the murders. When Will finds an old friend who has apparently risen from the grave, he knows he must investigate. Only time is running out. Will has been diagnosed with cancer that he refuses to seek treatment for. He never planned to reconnect ...

When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect. He wasn't the best father - the job always came first - but now his daughter needs him more than ever. As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast - and a small town with big secrets - he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn't want to find....

'In the gritty streets of '90s Bristol, a former SAS soldier drowns his sorrows in alcohol, haunted by a past he can't escape. But when a cryptic message leads him to a chance at redemption, he must navigate a dangerous web of deceit and violence to find a missing girl and start over as a private investigator. With echoes of Bukowski and Chandler, John Bowie's Untethered is a dark and moody crime noir that will leave you breathless. Buy now before the price changes and get lost in this twisted, intoxicating world. If you enjoyed this book, you will also love James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential...