Mystery For Adults

Thrown into solitary confinement for his failed escape attempt from furnace prison, Alex Sawyer struggles not to let the hellish pitch-black silence overwhelm him. Before another escape attempt is even possible, he must first survive the nightmare that now haunts his endless nights. Because the hole doesn’t need monsters to do its dirty work — not the usual brutes in black suits and their silver-eyed, fleshless hounds, or wheezing freaks with filthy syringes.

The woman he plans to claim is perfect for him—now he just has to convince her. After a special ops mission devastated his SEAL squadron, Carver Wolfe, aka Wolfman, has little purpose in the world. The brothers he led on the battlefield scattered to a ranch in Montana, but when Wolfe arrives, he’s thrown into another deadly fight. Guarding a younger, fiery bar owner comes with its own risks, especially since he can’t keep his eyes—or hands—off her. Livia inherited a bar, but she never expected the trouble that came with it. Now she’s saddled with a ruthless military man taking ...

At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans. Until her plan to run away from her legendary family of thieves takes an unexpected turn, leaving her mother’s life hanging in the balance. In a desperate bid, she enters the Thieves’ Gambit, a series of dangerous, international heists where killing the competition isn’t exactly off limits, but the grand prize is a wish for anything in the world—a wish that could save her mom.

It’s the first week of senior year at Meadowbrook Academy. For Amy and her best friend Sarah, that means late-night parties at the boathouse, bike rides through their sleepy Connecticut town, and the crisp beginning of a New England fall. Then tragedy strikes: Sarah and her boyfriend are brutally murdered in their dorm room. Now the week Amy has been dreaming about for years has turned into a nightmare, especially when all eyes turn to her as the culprit.

Isolated by a disfiguring injury since the age of seventeen, Sean Phillips crafts imaginary worlds for strangers to play in. From his small apartment in southern California, he orchestrates fantastic adventures where possibilities, both dark and bright, open in the boundaries between the real and the imagined. As the creator of Trace Italian—a text-based, role-playing game played through the mail—Sean guides players from around the world through his intricately imagined terrain, which they navigate and explore, turn by turn, seeking sanctuary in a ravaged, savage future America.

Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over, but nothing feels over to 18-year-old Zofia Lederman. Her body has barely begun to heal; her mind feels broken. And her life is completely shattered: Three years ago, she and her younger brother, Abek, were the only members of their family to be sent to the right, away from the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Everyone else—her parents, her grandmother, radiant Aunt Maja—they went left.

A scandalous party at the Country Club has left Logan isolated and alone. His friends, old and new, have fallen victim to the gossip that is now swirling about him. A chance encounter at the beach helps him to realize that he's not quite as alone as he thought, and his new accomplice, Devin, shows him that not everyone wealthy is untrustworthy. She has her own secrets, and is willing to confide in Logan in exchange for his help. But trust does not come easy when former friends are involved. When another shocking confession hits the airwaves, Logan begins to suspect that the spiral of death ...

Last summer, Alice Ogilvie’s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her. Then she disappeared for five days. She's not talking, so where she went and what happened to her is the biggest mystery in Castle Cove. Or it was, at least. But now, another one of Steve’s girlfriends has vanished: Brooke Donovan, Alice’s ex-best friend. Enter Iris Adams, Alice’s tutor who has her own reasons for wanting to disappear. The police are convinced Steve is the culprit, but Alice isn’t so sure, and with Iris on her side, she just might be able to prove her theory.

Not every angel deserves their halo. And some of them will do anything to keep their darkness hidden. Discover a world where angels walk among us, fighting the the same sins we struggle with…and the same desires. Deep down, everyone just wants to be loved and accepted. Meet 3 very different angels: Ava's the absolute worst angel ever. She can't even perform a simple miracle. Simon fights to regain his rightful place in the heavens after defying multiple angelic rules. And Aron, the Angel of Death, fell in love with a human...only she doesn't know. But angels aren’t all that walk among ...

Step into a world of intrigue, suspense, and secrets as the Campus Murder Club takes you on a heart-pounding journey through a chilling cold case in Kristi Rose's thrilling young adult mystery novel. College can be murder. Nestled in the woods of a Pacific Northwest town, a prestigious college becomes the setting for a chilling murder. When nursing student Jaime is brutally killed in her exclusive private all-girls room, the authorities quickly abandon her case, dooming it to the cold case files. But fate has other plans. Catching a killer can be deadly.

A prize-winning pig, a high-stakes rodeo, and a murder that stirs the pen… Angela Atkinson thought the annual Hummings Hollow Rodeo would be nothing more than an entertaining day of livestock shows and barbecue. But when the brash and competitive pig farmer Bram Cole is found dead in his trailer, surrounded by overturned furniture and wads of unexplained cash, the rodeo grounds erupt into chaos. With his prized pig Thunder ready for the race of the year, Bram’s untimely death leaves more questions than answers. With her loyal border collie Ruff by her side, Angela unravels Bram’s ...

Jenny Valentine has a secret. Jenny Valentine is a secret. Most of her classmates think Jenny is crazy. Sure, everyone read the Trouble books as a kid, but then they moved on. Grew up. But not Jenny. She’s still running around in a purple trench coat at age 16, sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong like it’s her job. No one knows she’s actually the estranged daughter of RJ Valentine, famed author of the bestselling Trouble: Girl Detective book series. But when tragedy strikes, Jenny is summoned at long last to Valentine Manor.

To some, the Elites are heroes, here to save innocents in desperate situations. But to the Inquisition Axis, the white-robed soldiers of Kenettra, they are monsters with demonic powers who must be brought to justice. As Adelina learns more about this perilous world where politics and magic clash, she soon realizes that her own powers may be in danger of bringing on an era of panic such as the world has never seen.

London, April 1812. Eighteen-year-old Lady Helen Wrexhall is on the eve of her debut presentation to the Queen. Her life should be about gowns and dancing, and securing a suitable marriage. Instead, when one of her family's housemaids goes missing, Lady Helen is drawn to the shadows of Regency London. There, she finds William, the Earl of Carlston. He has noticed the disappearance, too, and is one of the few who can stop the perpetrators: a cabal of powerful demons that has infiltrated every level of society.

Nora O'Malley's been a lot of girls. As the daughter of a con-artist who targets criminal men, she grew up as her mother's protégé. But when her mom fell for the mark instead of conning him, Nora pulled the ultimate con: escape. For five years Nora's been playing at normal. But she needs to dust off the skills she ditched because she has three problems.

COLLEGE INSTALOVE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN . . . Her wit is sharper than my route-running on the football field. Her mind is quicker than my fastball on the baseball pitch. She wears mom-jeans and is on a mission to graduate early and save the world or some nonsense like that. Too serious. Too nerdy. Too not my type . . . Or so I thought. Drama and madness with a touch of angst. Sweetness and a hint of darkness. No cheating. No cliffhangers. And a guaranteed happy ending. This is campus-love, Annabelle Winters style. HERE'S WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE CURVY IN COLLEGE SERIES: ⭐️...

Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each another, and they've never even met their grandmother. Rich and reclusive, she disinherited their parents before they were born. So when they each receive a letter inviting them to work at her island resort for the summer, they're surprised...and curious.

Every story has a dark side, and this story belongs to Cam, the brooding, bad-boy dark angel Fallen fans love. High school can be Hell. Cam knows what it’s like to be haunted. He’s spent more time in Hell than any angel ever should. And his freshest Hell is high school, where Lilith, the girl he can’t stop loving, is serving out a punishment for his crimes. Cam made a bet with Lucifer: He has 15 days to convince the only girl who really matters to him to love him again. If he succeeds, Lilith will be allowed back into the world, and they can live their lives together.

All’s fair in love and cowgirl boots… Young Love. New Flames. Sweet Revenge. When good girl Lilly Atkins meets bad boy Cash Stetson, everyone thinks they need a divine intervention. Sophomore Lilly is intrigued when everyone’s favorite player, Cash Stetson, has her in his sights. Everyone’s telling her to turn and run, but when she glimpses something good underneath that dangerous charm, she just can’t help herself. Will he make a good girl go bad? Senior Cash’s reputation is state-wide, and not just for his wide receiver skills. But something about little Miss Lilly Atkins and ...

F**k Commitment. Dean Hunter I don’t get involved. I was a Marine. And then I lost everything. Now I drown myself in booze and f**k every woman who throws herself at me. All I knew was fighting. Until her. She’s the most beautiful woman I’ve ever laid eyes on. I can’t get her out of my mind. She’s also the one girl absolutely off limits to me. Choosing her means losing everything I have left. Is a chance at happiness worth putting it all on the line? Saylor Larson My life has been a series of mishaps. Until I met Dean. He saved me from a world I never thought I could escape. But ...