Mind Crime

From the unexplained disappearances of historic expeditions to the mind-bending theories of some of the world's most puzzling cases, this book takes listeners on a journey through the most fascinating mysteries of our time. With insights from the latest research and the mind of an AI, this book offers new perspectives on well-known cases, such as the disappearance of the Mary Celeste and the unexplained death of Elisa Lam.

Hypno-Spy Nicole is falling down, so far down that she may never escape again. As she follows the escaping Spymistress through a window high above Las Vegas, Nicole flashes back to her first sexual encounter. A romantic loft in New York. A high school sweetheart. An unconventional cure for a fear of heights... In the end, who will fall prey to whom?

Sin City is one of the most notorious cities with a high murder rate. Crime Money Drugs; C.M.D. These streets are known to get down or lay down. High crime and drug rate, it’s just high violence period. In Sin City, we had it all for a small city, we’re known as the Cocaine Kingdom, every part of town was Chaos; there was the South Sonic Crew, The North Kackalakas, and the East Bangalagas. Outsiders were scared to enter these Bandlands because every corner had Beef and every street you caught static.

From the bestselling author of HER and The Social Affair comes a dark, provocative psychological thriller where charm is a weapon, obsession is deadly, and the truth is buried beneath a web of lies. Jason McClure knew how to play the game—wealthy, charming, and dangerously persuasive, he collected women like trophies and left behind a trail of broken hearts. Now, someone has played him. His body is discovered naked in a dumpster, a crumpled photograph shoved in his mouth. A final message. A warning. Criminologist Camile Brennan is exactly the kind of woman Jason would have pursued. ...

Dexter meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith. They're the perfect neighbors, the perfect parents, the perfect couple. If it weren't for that one thing... From the bestselling author of HER and The Social Affair comes a dark, unrelenting psychological thriller where marriage is a deadly game, deception is currency, and trusting the wrong person isn't just a mistake—it's a death sentence. "I've been watching her for weeks. I know how she takes her coffee, the way she smooths lotion over her wrists, the precise moment exhaustion settles in before she drifts to sleep. I don't know what she looks like when...

From the bestselling author of The Secretary comes a dark, seductive psychological thriller where marriage is a contract, power is a game, and murder might just be the honeymoon phase. Some vows are meant to be broken. Some secrets should never be shared. And some wives are deadlier than others. When Joel answers a mail-order bride ad in the Farmers' Almanac, he doesn't know what to expect. For sure, it isn't Gina. Gina always knew she was special. Her father called it a "gift." A power that could make any man fall at her feet. But Pine Lake is a small town, and Gina has big dreams—dreams...

The serial killer Gregg Thorton was introduced to you in my short story "Serial Family Man", giving you an insight to the man who spent 44 years murdering over 20 people. In this new story, Gregg Thorton will confess like he never has before.

Pinnacle Award for Best Thriller, Fall 2016, Awarded by the National Association of Book Entrepreneurs Love is in the air but so is murder! Despite Cold War tensions hovering over the country, love is in the air for football star Nick Paxton and effervescent cheerleader Sarah Rogers. But evil lurks in their midst. Several local girls have gone missing and when they are found dead, Sarah becomes the next target. The kidnapper is cunning, devious, and determined. Can anyone find him in time to save Sarah and Nick?

For fans of Fatal Attraction and Unfaithful, Bedrock is a dark, addictive psychological thriller where passion turns perilous, desire becomes deadly, and one wrong choice can unravel everything. Addison Greyer knows better. Or at least she should. Never in a million years would she have guessed she'd wind up agreeing to the sinister side-gig her tough-as-nails new boss proposes. Until she does. Turns out, one bad decision often leads to another. He's troubled. She's married. It's a dangerous game, for sure—one in which she stands to lose the most. Soon, she learns desire is not only ...

What do you live for when you lose your one true love to a senseless murder? You live for revenge. You devise a plan to catch a killer and avenge her death. It's the only thing that makes sense. Mind of a Killer is the heart-stopping conclusion to the Ripper series.

Rulloff was a brilliant yet utterly amoral murderer—some have called him a 'Victorian-era Hannibal Lecter'—whose crimes spanned decades, but by 1871 he was captured, chained in a cell—a psychopath holding court while curious 19th-century 'mindhunters' got to work. From alienists (early psychiatrists who tried to analyse the source of his madness) to neurologists (who wanted to dissect his brain) to phrenologists (who analysed the bumps on his head to determine his character), each one thought he held the key to understanding the essential question: is evil born or made?

There's no spy like Nicole King. She infiltrates, she dominates, and she moves up the ladder toward the ultimate prize: the Spymistress. But with so many submissive, suggestible women just begging her to hypnotize them, will Nicole's libido distract her? And when she finally meets the Spymistress, will her own deep desire to surrender turn her into the ultimate double agent?

In a story that will blow your mind, a fugitive billionaire and a former spy must stop an insidious plot to control the population through high-tech mind reading. Chase and Wen are trapped in a maze of illusion, reality, and secrets, as they struggle to overcome an enemy so powerful, their very own thoughts are used against them.

From the bestselling author of The Social Affair and HER comes a darkly satiric psychological thriller that peels back the perfect façade of a utopian cult—where seduction is a weapon, power is a game, and loyalty comes at a deadly price. Vanessa Bolton is the picture-perfect suburban housewife—on the surface. She shops on Tuesdays, does Pilates on Thursdays, and attends church on Sundays. Her home is immaculate, and her role as a mother? Passable. But behind closed doors, in discreet hotel rooms across the city, Vanessa is someone else entirely—whoever you need her to be. As a "...

Murderous Minds, Volume 3: Stories of Real Life Murderers That Escaped the Headlines is the latest offering in a series that takes you inside the lives of killers who committed cold-blooded murder, for a glimpse at events that drove them to kill. Authored within a historical context, each chapter is an unbelievable venture inside the dark and twisted world of cannibal killers whose names and crimes might not be familiar to you.

Adam Dalgliesh debe investigar el asesinato de la señora Bolam, la antipática administradora de la clínica Steen, un selecto centro psiquiátrico donde ingresan pacientes adinerados que valoran en igual medida la atención médica y la discreción.

"If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would." - Goodreads reviewer "Chroma Hearts by Mayumi Cruz is a gripping and thought-provoking story about fighting for love against mental illness, with a side of crime solving. Strongly recommended for those who enjoy mind-stirring and heart-squeezing." - KB Meniado, bookbed.org Can love triumph over all—even catatonic depression? Can love defeat everything—even a diabolical evil? A new bride suffering from catatonia. A determined husband trying to break through the black pit in which her brain escaped to. And a ruthless abomination who ...

The stillness of the warm, Kentucky afternoon on Copperhead Cove is shattered by the echo of a high-powered rifle, sending birds flying and two famous basketball coaches to a watery grave. Bo Paxton, their fishing guide, becomes collateral damage, thrashing through the murky waters of Quail Hollow Lake for his life while a Chicago hit man hunts him down, beginning a life-and-death manhunt for Bo and a marked member of the Chicago mob. Ethan Paxton and Jake Delgado, from far-off California, search the unfamiliar Kentucky hill country for Bo, but they aren’t the only ones looking for him. ...

How did Charles Manson inspire his 'family' to launch a campaign of murder? What twisted ideology lay behind horrific events like the Waco Siege, Aum Shinrikyo's poison-gas attack on the Tokyo metro and the mass suicides and murders of Jonestown? Why did the suicidal adherents of Heaven's Gate believe doomsday was at hand? How did the idealistic commune of Rajneeshpuram collapse into shocking controversies, involving biological terrorism and attempted murder? The shocking truth about some of the most disturbing criminal cults that have ever existed are discussed in this audiobook.

Society couple Michael O'Neill and Stuart Rattle had it all - their lavish country property, their interior design business - until Michael bludgeoned Stuart to death with a cooking pan. Akon Guode intentionally drove into a lake, leaving three of her children trapped in the car to drown. Geoff Hunt, pillar of the local community, shot dead his wife and their three children before killing himself. From feuds on the farm to the infamous Lindt Café Siege in Sydney, Mind Behind the Crime profiles Australia's most horrific, and often most unlikely, killers.