Missing Person Fiction

When Darkness Falls: Terrifying True Stories: Volume 5 plunges readers into the eerie and inexplicable realms of the paranormal, mysterious, and horrifying. This collection of short stories, each based on real events, unveils chilling encounters with the supernatural, unearthly phenomena, and unsolved mysteries that defy rational explanation. From haunted houses and ghostly apparitions to bizarre disappearances and sinister legends, each tale is meticulously crafted to haunt your dreams and stir your deepest fears. Perfect for fans of the macabre, this volume continues the tradition of ...

Halley James knows her marriage is over. But she’s not prepared for the rest of her life to fall apart too. She just lost her job at the forensics lab. Her dad needs emergency surgery. But the biggest blow comes back home in Marchburg, Virginia, where she discovers her mother didn’t actually die in a car crash. Her mom was murdered—and her father lied about it all these years.

A woman drives to a beautiful headland overlooking the Devon coast. She is never seen again, and no trace of where she went can be found. The woman's sister calls missing persons investigator David Raker. As Raker tries to find her whereabouts - fearing the worst - he learns that she was recently widowed from a reclusive film director. It seems that, going through her husband's belongings, she found a secret so dark and shocking that it forced her to leave her entire life behind. Chasing the truth will consume Raker and place him in grave danger....

A hidden fortune behind a painting. A daughter's search for truth. A mother's dangerous game of cat and mouse. Fresh from college and determined to make her mark, marketing executive Ivy Rowe launches her own agency in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. But when she discovers $25,000 in cash hidden behind her late aunt's Thomas Kinkade painting, she realizes some family secrets are worth killing to protect. As Ivy investigates her aunt's suspicious death, her mother vanishes without a trace from her HR position at John Crane Inc. Meanwhile, Detective Marshall Long, newly returned to ...

A canceled wedding, missing guests and a plane crash. What else could go wrong? Determined to find her absent father, Grace turns away from friends to go it alone. But they’re not just friends. They’re the Initiative, a secret covert operation, created to help those in need. Her fiancée begs her to let them help and tell him where she is. Will Grace come to realize she needs the team and especially Chase’s love and support? *Grace is a standalone read*

In the months after Cam and Blair broke their small hometown’s legendary missing-girl story and catapulted to accidental fame, they vowed never to do it again. No more mysteries, no more podcasts, and no more sticking their heads where they don’t belong.

Gaia Gill is the last person in the world anyone would expect to go missing. Beautiful, athletic, and recently accepted to a prestigious college, she has everything to look forward to—but the night of her going-away party at the Moon Mountain ski resort, she disappears. Gaia's younger sister Esme is supposed to be flying back to England with her family after the party, but she can't leave with Gaia missing—especially because nobody remembers Gaia leaving the party. Or if they do, they're not saying.

This time it’s personal. Can Lily beat Blair at her own game? Lily is abducted and thrown into a van before she can say her “I dos”. She doesn’t need to guess who’s responsible. She knows. Blair Winters, her nemesis since high school. The woman turned criminal long ago yet kept Gabe and Lily in her sights. Blair once dated Gabe, and even though she moved on, she wanted no one else to have him. Lily knew her friends would pull out all the stops to find her. But they’re not just friends. They are the Initiative, a secret covert operation created to help those in need. Lily is in ...

In April of 1985, Buzz Legare went fishing. The next day all that was found was his boat and his waiting, faithful dog. Twenty years later, his daughter Hannah still finds hope in believing, alone among her family, that he's still alive somewhere. She has a smart husband, a thriving business, a beautiful home in San Francisco-and a huge hole in her troubled heart. True to her trademark talent for self-sabotage, she finds herself one starry night climbing up the fire escape in a desperate (and drunken) attempt to win back her own husband.

FBI Agent Kira Lockhart has recovered more missing persons than anyone else in the Bureau. But one case haunts her more than any other: her daughter. Five years after Kira failed to save her daughter, she will finally have the chance to catch the people responsible. But will she live long enough to see justice served?

Lena is starting to feel like having it all may actually be possible! She and suspense novelist Camilla Graham are busily plotting their next novel and she's got a brand-new diamond ring on her finger thanks to her fiance, Sam West. The only blot on her Blue Lake life is a strange new corporation that has come to town called Plastisource. They seem to be intent on gobbling up prime real estate and changing the landscape of Lena's lovely adopted home. When she and Sam get a call from their good friend (and Blue Lake detective) Doug saying that his girlfriend - and Lena's pal Belinda - isn't answering her phone and missed a date with him, they all head out to her home.

Alex, Karen and Misty were an inseparable trio at university. But when Alex died suddenly, the remaining two friends could no longer look each other in the eye, knowing they both had a part to play in her death. Thirty years later, Misty and Karen have long since moved on with their lives. But when Karen thinks she sees her former friend alive, she soon becomes obsessed with a past she thought she’d left behind. Before long, the perfect life she’s built for herself starts to unravel, and it seems as though history might just be repeating itself.

25° compleanno di Anne, madre single e cardiopatica di Trevor, 9 anni. Litiga con l'Uomo che se ne va. Una telefonata della madre lontana squarcia un velo nella sua memoria: Dick, il suo patrigno e violentatore, è il padre di Trevor. Sconvolta, eccede in tranquillanti e muore nel sonno. Trevor la trova morta al rientro da un week-end con amici, ma non accetta la verità e tirerà avanti per un intero mese nascondendola al resto del mondo. A poco a poco, però, le pressioni della vita reale si fanno più forti e lui più debole, e quando l'Uomo si ripresenta Trevor decide di lasciarlo entrare, convincendosi che il Principe Azzurro sveglierà con un bacio la Bella Addormentata e che potranno vivere felici e contenti.

Remi and her sisters, Maeve and Eliana, have a knack for stumbling into murder mysteries. And after a killer family camping trip last year, they’re back together for a Halloween they’ll never forget. Remi is living her best life in Seattle until Eliana’s husband, Chad, who refused to sign their divorce papers, disappears on the spookiest night of the year. Eliana swears she has no idea where he is, though her obvious motive and weird behavior don’t really weigh in her favor. Nor does the severed finger they find in his house…

Riley Brodin is the granddaughter of Walter Muehlenhaus - a man as rich, powerful, and connected as anyone since the days of J. P. Morgan. Despite her family’s connections, it’s McKenzie she reaches out to when her relatively new boyfriend goes missing. Despite his reservations about getting involved with the Muehlenhaus family - again - Mac McKenzie agrees to look for one Juan Carlos Navarre. What he finds, though, is a man who appears to be a ghost.

REVIEWS: ★★★★★ The author has continued to develop these characters giving them great depth and relatability. In addition, this second book continued the first story seamlessly. This plot is laid out excellently, not too fast and not too slow. - W Fulton ★★★★★ Extremely entertaining. Lots of suspense and action. Engaging cast of characters, excellently portrayed. Loved the book. Can't wait to start the next one - Gene BOOK DESCRIPTION: Fr. Liam's brother Mike Mullens finally moves up to Ocala so the brothers can be together again. Colleen, Mike's daughter, is now facing ...

Karina is trying to keep her mind on getting a cosponsor for a bill, but it's tough with her mom blowing up her phone. By the time Karina finally stops hitting "ignore", Mom is frantic. It appears Karina's Aunt Vera has disappeared, fibbed to her employer about the reason for her absence, even abandoned her beloved cat, Nightshade—which is completely out of character. Karina would bet her favorite pair of designer shoes that Vera is in some kind of trouble.

After a nightmare brings clarity to a hazy memory of childhood trauma, Sylvia Wilcox starts to replay the event in her mind. As she digs through the twisted details, struggling to recover lost innocence, she uncovers multiple levels of deception and betrayal. Finally, after decades of mystery, the disturbing and unexpected answers begin to appear before her eyes.

Stroud's best years are behind him. A former war photographer, he's seen things no one should have to see. He left the front line before his luck ran out. His best friend and mentor, Vincent Raphael, was not so fortunate and died in an explosion. His body was never recovered; his friends buried an empty box. But then Stroud gets a call from his old editor, Marcus Haig. Two months ago Raphael was photographed in Istanbul. Stroud doesn't believe it's him, but there's money on the table for Stroud to go out there and prove he's dead.

Natalie Lockhart is a rookie detective in Burning Lake, New York, an isolated town known for its dark past. Tasked with uncovering the whereabouts of nine missing transients who have disappeared over the years, Natalie wrestles with the town’s troubled history - and the scars left by her sister’s unsolved murder years ago. Then Daisy Buckner, a beloved schoolteacher, is found dead on her kitchen floor, and a suspect immediately comes to mind. But it’s not that simple. The suspect is in a coma, collapsed only hours after the teacher’s death.