Dark Thriller

The Spear of Lugh, one of the four Kingly Hallows of Ireland is in Chicago. And everyone, everyone wants it, for it is said that he who carries the spear into battle cannot be defeated. Among those who seek it are an agent of the infamous Wild Hunt; a mobster who knows far more about these things than he should; and of course both the Seelie and Unseelie Courts - the last people PI Mick Oberon would want getting hold of the spear....

A young woman's body is discovered on a deserted footpath. It seems like a simple crime for DCI Sophie Allen and her team to solve. But not when the victim's mother is found strangled the next morning. The case grows more complex as DCI Sophie Allen discovers that the victims had secret histories, involving violence and intimidation. There's an obvious suspect, but Detective Allen isn't convinced. Could someone else be lurking in the shadows, someone savagely violent, looking for warped revenge?

The mission was simple. Land on Aris-6. Eliminate the threat. Get out clean. But Jack Rourke isn’t seeing enemies—he’s seeing ghosts. Civilian casualties. Forgotten lives. And flashes of a past they told him never existed. Now the soldier who never questioned anything is asking the one thing that could get him killed: What if the real enemy is the system that built him? Outbound Recon is gritty, high-stakes military sci-fi for fans of shadow ops, buried pasts, and heroes who defy the system. Read now. Before Jack’s memory—and his life—are wiped for good. "A haunting exploration ...

Winner in 2023 Global Book Awards competition Dark Matter: A fast-paced psychological thriller and emotional roller-coaster Personal tragedy gives D.S. Ross the daunting prospect of caring for his twelve-year-old autistic nephew, something he is ill-equipped to handle. As he learns and adapts, the killing doesn’t stop. Racked by grief and loneliness, enraged by those he believes responsible for the death of his wife, one man thirsts for revenge. The Press labels him the BBQ Killer. After being rejected and humiliated, another Killer hides in plain sight, cloaked in kindness and compassion...

A missing child's body is found on the edge of the Peak District. As DCI Kenny Murrain and his team investigate, more attempted child abductions are reported. Murrain's instincts tell him this is a community with secrets, and those secrets have their roots deep in the past. Unexpected connections surface as he uncovers mysteries long buried. A motorcycle accident in the nearby hills. The unexplained death of a local prison governor. And a high-profile child killing two decades before.

An outsider with nothing to lose. A professor with everything to protect. A journal that could rewrite history—and get them both killed. Lucas Thorne doesn’t play by the rules. But when he finds a coded journal buried in an abandoned subway tunnel, he stumbles into a mystery bigger than anything he’s faced before. The cryptic entries lead him to Professor Isobel Hart—an expert in ancient maps and buried secrets. She guards her research, and her trust, with equal precision. Lucas doesn’t ask for help, and she doesn’t work with strangers. But when a shadowy figure begins tracking ...

Name’s Mike Raven, but the world knows me as the Shadow Detective. I was ten when demons tore my world apart. Since then, I’ve made it my business to hunt the things that crawl out of the dark. Trained by a legendary monster slayer and armed with an arsenal of mystical weapons, I track and destroy the forces that prey on the innocent. But hunting monsters leaves scars. And if you stare too long into the abyss, don’t be surprised when it starts staring back. The Shadow Detective Boxed Set packs the first three supernatural thrillers—Cursed City, Soul Catcher, and Blood Rain—into ...

Edenbrook, a usually quiet college town, was ravaged last year when four sorority girls went missing. Their bodies - or what was left of them - were found months later, badly mutilated. The man charged with killing and torturing those women is now facing trial for murder. His attorney, Elliott Anderson, is a professional manipulator. He uses his charm to convince Lola White, a sophomore at Edenbrook University, to enter into an affair with him and eventually agree to become his sons' nanny. Despite the danger that looms in the air, Lola's sexual craving overpowers her fear. It isn't long ...

Katherine can't escape the pull of the haunted Blackstone mansion, even though it has already threatened her sanity—and her life. Desperate to uncover its secrets, she digs deeper into the mysteries of the Blackstone family, only to find herself entangled in a web of supernatural intrigue that spans generations. As she peels back layers of dark history, Katherine realizes the mansion's ghosts are more than just restless spirits—they're harbingers of a terrible truth that could consume her. With each revelation, the line between the living and the dead blurs, and Katherine must confront ...

Miley's plans take a terrifying detour when she's abducted during a morning run. Held captive in a desolate off-grid cabin, she'll have to use her athletic prowess, cunning mind, and courage to survive. As the nightmare at the cabin escalates, Miley is forced to form an unlikely alliance and attempt a risky escape.

When Special Agent Griffin "Decker" Davenport opens his eyes after several days in a coma, there is unfinished business still on his mind. Decker is on the cusp of discovering the mastermind behind a human trafficking case, and he and his partner, Special Agent Kate Copolla, are about to get a surprising new lead from a very unlikely source.

Joe Brody is just your average Dostoevsky-reading, Harvard-expelled strip-club bouncer who has a highly classified military history and whose best friend from Catholic school happens to be head mafioso Gio Caprisi. FBI agent Donna Zamora, the best shot in her class at Quantico, is a single mother stuck at a desk manning the hotline. Their storylines intersect over a tip from a cokehead that leads to a crackdown on Gio's strip joint in Queens and Joe's arrest - just one piece of a city-wide sweep aimed at flushing out anyone who might have a lead on the most-wanted terrorists....

Are you a fan of Stephen King and Dean Koontz? If you're looking for something fresh and new, join the millions of readers who have already delved into the heart-pounding World's Scariest Legends. "Those who enjoy Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and other masters of supernatural suspense will relish The Dancing Plague's ability to move through time, relationships, and intrigue to question the roots of mass hysteria and paranormal experiences." —Midwest Book Review What would you get if you smashed together Stephen King's coming-of-age tale The Body (aka Stand by Me) with Richard Laymon's The ...

Claudia Shephard’s husband died in a fire. Everyone says it was tragic. Accidental. She doesn't remember much—just smoke, panic, the way her lungs burned as she ran. But three weeks after the funeral, a manuscript arrives on her doorstep. A book she didn’t write. A book that describes, in disturbingly intimate detail, her husband’s affair… and the precise steps she took to murder him. It’s written in her voice. With her quirks. Her phrases. Her secrets. And page by page, Claudia feels her grip on reality begin to unravel. As whispers swirl through their coastal town and friends ...

How far would you go to save your child? This is the impossible question facing Lacey. Would you sacrifice your lover, your mother, your husband? Three families are torn apart, their lives shattered, everything they know turned upside down. when their children are kidnapped, the only communication they receive is a request from the abductor to sacrifice a loved one to be tortured to death. failing to follow the instructions will result in their child suffering that fate instead. Delving into the depths of a damaged mind, this novel contains some graphic scenes of torture and explores some ...

Horror Road Book 2 - A Supernatural Thriller is a story of ancient spirits, ghosts, psychics, and killers, by Robert Boren, author of the Bug Out! Series. In Horror Road Book 1, the action was spread out in three locations - the Kansas RV Park, Portuguese Bend in Southern California, and Klamath in Northern California. In Horror Road Book 2, the psychics are attacked by the spirit they call the other. This powerful spirit takes possession of four new people, adding them to the minions it already had under it's power. Jake and Frankie are on the verge of fleeing Kansas when the psychics from...

Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in "The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas". As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She lost some fingers and toes, but she survived, and famously testified that her 15-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, Ben sits in prison, and troubled Libby lives off the dregs of a trust created by well-wishers who've long forgotten her.

Chicago, 1932. Mick Oberon may look like just another private detective, but beneath the fedora and the overcoat, he's got pointy ears and he's packing a wand.

Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul, she's anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses. Raised among the Wardens - a race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe - Layla tries to fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from those she loves the most.

Cameron Cruz feels like she'll never recover when her lover, Diego, is killed during an undercover assignment - leaving her pregnant with his unborn son. Back from maternity leave, Cameron is ready to rejoin her Special Ops team and works to shut down a human trafficking operation. But when she witnesses a fellow officer shot, she can hardly believe her eyes. Because the shooter is someone she trusted. Someone she loved. Someone she thought was dead.