Psychological Publishing

When Veronica Lewis wakes up in a Nevada hospital, the doctors tell her that she was badly injured in a car accident. She claims to be a college student at New York University, but a quick call to the admissions department reveals that she graduated years ago. Vonny has no memory of the past decade and no idea what she was doing in Nevada. The situation intensifies when a pair of detectives shows up at the hospital. They inform Vonny that her husband, John, was recently found dead. The detectives reveal that he was murdered in an alleyway and want to begin questioning her immediately.

They call themselves Keepers of the Covenant, the Illuminati, God's one true Church. Believed to be wiped out in the 4th century, they survived in secret and spread around the globe, ultimately becoming rich and powerful, manipulating governments and influencing world events from behind the scenes. Owen Powell is the Arbiter, the ultimate authority and enforcer in disputes between the Covenant’s 12 Great Houses. A former U.S. Army Ranger and intelligence officer, extensively trained in the martial arts and educated in the best universities, he was carefully groomed to be one of the most ...

A strange town. A missing mother. A darkness that watches from the woods. Sadie Angelheart never wanted to move to Obscurum, North Carolina—a town so tiny it barely appears on the map. But after her father's arrest and her family's unraveling, it seemed like a fresh start. That is, until her mother vanishes without a trace. Now, Sadie is stuck in a town where shadows move when no one’s watching, the forest holds secrets older than memory, and nobody seems to notice just how wrong everything feels. Together with her little brother Sam and a quirky librarian with a hidden past, Sadie ...

Everyone in Tom Ryder’s life is passionate about something… His girlfriend is extremely body-conscious. His uncle prides himself on a clean, well-stocked store. His mother has the church. His co-workers believe in the importance of their vocation. Tom, however, believes in nothing very deeply. Until he finds a method that could kick-start his career in life insurance sales. What could it hurt? “Somewhere between Glengarry Glen Ross and Fargo, between Office Space and Fight Club, Baldry exudes in rich tones the familiar neurosis of relationships and careers and the quiet hell of ...

It's the perfect plan. Until someone ends up dead.Brick Barlow serves drinks at his dead-end job at the posh Catalina Resort, but he’s getting nowhere. And he’s got debts—big ones—but they’re not his fault. Not entirely. So, how is it Brick’s coworker Conner, who makes the same wage as Brick, drives a fancy new sports car, and Brick is about to have to live in his own car. It’s easy, Conner says. Just six magic words, and the girls' fathers are handing over the cash. It’ll be even easier for you. Brick doesn’t like it. It’s not ethical. But, then again, it’s not ...

Go Big or Go Dead: A Twisted Psychological Thriller Two girls. One killer. No way out. Bree and her girlfriend want more than love—they want infamy. And they’ve found the perfect monster to help them get it: their former high school biology teacher, now a seasoned serial killer. Oh, their hometown, St. Isidore, will never be the same. With a string of brutal murders, the girls orchestrate a media frenzy and set up the killer to take the fall—literally. He dies in a hail of bullets, and they bask in their moment of twisted glory. But monsters don’t stay dead. The killer’s brother ...

After a fire rips through her loft, destroying the seven billboard-size paintings meant for her first major exhibition, a young painter is left with an impossible task: recreate the lost artworks in just three months without getting caught - or ruin her fledgling career. Homeless and desperate, she begs her way into Pine City, an exclusive retreat in upstate New York notorious for three things: outrageous revelries, glamorous artists, and the sparkling black lake where brilliant prodigy Carey Logan drowned herself.

Tessie's four-year-old son was attacked and killed by an alligator in the summer of 1991. A few months later, what she believes to be the same alligator appears in Tessie's backyard. Her family and friends believe Tessie is coming apart, but for Tessie, bringing the alligator inside her house is the first step in a cosmic journey to find meaning in her suffering.

Ember- Has known so much loss. Her heart couldn't possibly take any more. So, when her husband sees that she may have to deal with another heartbreak, he devises a plan to save her and their life together. Will she find out what he's done and stand with him through thick and thin? Parks-loves his wife and loves using his wealth to help those who need a hand up. After linking up with an old football rival who has fallen on hard times, he does what he always does, lends a helping hand. But, when his family is in danger, will he keep that same energy for his new friend? Or will he sacrifice ...

Lies, Lust, and always, Consequences Cathy and Phil, high school sweethearts, reunite after years apart, reigniting a love that refuses to die. The catch? They're married. But not to each other. As their passion ignites, Cathy confides in her best friend Jan, only to discover Jan's hidden secrets. Cathy's own marriage to Tom holds another enigma. In this captivating short story, the delicate balance between truth and deception unravels, leaving readers questioning the lies we tell ourselves and the ones we keep hidden. Can love survive when secrets threaten to shatter it all?

Revised - Revamped - Refreshed - 2025 A Riveting Psychological Thriller Geri and James are back—sharper, bolder, and caught in their most explosive mystery yet! Just when their neighbour, Lydia, finally seems to have found peace with the birth of her second son, disaster strikes once more. Determined to help their friend, Geri and James step in—but they soon realise Lydia’s troubles are only the beginning. While researching historic unsolved murders for James’s latest book, Geri stumbles upon a chilling revelation: one of the prime suspects from a decades-old case is now a resident ...

When Kayla wakes up in a mansion with no memory of the past two days, her perfect life shatters into a waking nightmare. She is the heart of this quirky apartment community. Everyone loves her. No one knows the secrets she keeps buried deep. A writer in need of inspiration, she fights an inner demon, a second self she's never truly known. Waking up in a mansion that’s more like a nightmarish labyrinth than luxury, memory has become a stranger. Her own handwriting haunts her with notes filled with venom about her friends.

Ross Ransome is at the top of his profession; one of the most successful, and certainly one of the richest, plastic surgeons in the business. Such a man would expect his wife to be perfect - and why not? After all, he has spent enough hours in surgery to get her that way. But when his wife falls ill she turns her back on conventional medicine, and her arid marriage, and seeks help from the world of alternative medicine and a charismatic therapist who promises not just medical salvation. For Ransome, this is the ultimate betrayal.

MI6 operative Elliot Kane has spent 15 years managing events overseas that never make the papers. He is a ghost in his own life, assuming and shedding personalities as each new cover story comes into play. But when the woman he loves, another operative named Joanna Lake, vanishes without a trace in Kazakhstan, he is forced center stage in his own life.

A young Florida woman goes missing. Everybody believes she is dead. They even have a body at the morgue that her mother identified as her. But the mother keeps getting letters from the daughter saying, "Don’t worry, and don’t look for me." They are in the deceased girl’s handwriting and there’s even a DNA match - but the body at the morgue is definitely her.

Some rules should never be broken. After suffering multiple miscarriages, school counselor Jo Murphy is on a mission to save her marriage by any means possible. When Mia, a pregnant senior, unexpectedly shows up in her office, Jo devises an unorthodox plan to adopt her baby. But when Mia's handsome football captain boyfriend suddenly goes missing, Jo finds herself embroiled in a heart-stopping murder plot that threatens to destroy the one thing she wants most.

Five years ago, LuLu was in a car accident that left her with a traumatic brain injury and a gaping hole in her memory. Choosing to start over rather than return to a life she can’t remember, she moved to Sedona, Arizona, and built a new life which includes plenty of time for crochet, night-hiking in the desert, and starting an eco-friendly cleaning company. But now her buried past might be coming after her.

Brilliant and beautiful Haley Burrows has just landed her dream job at a prestigious law firm, but someone is stalking her. When she finds her tires slashed, and a menacing message scrawled across her windscreen, she quickly realizes the situation has become a deadly game for her anonymous stalker. But she can't involve the police because she's hiding a guilty secret from her past that would instantly unravel her charmed life if it ever came to light. Ensnared by the lies she has built her life on, she is forced to rely on her own wits and intuition to track down her stalker.

Boston real estate agent William Collins knows that his habits are slipping out of control. Due to obsessive-compulsive daily cleaning binges and a penchant for nightly online cruising for hookups, he finds his sales figures slipping despite a booming market. There’s also his ongoing struggle to collect the rent from his passive-aggressive tenant and his worries about his best friend, Edward, whom he’s certainly not in love with. Just as he decides to do something about his life, he meets Charlotte and Samuel, wealthy suburbanites looking for the perfect city apartment.

The folks of Argus, Illinois, from the small-time dealer to the returning Vietnam vet, the townie grocery clerk and the new sheriff, all know what they want out of life, but the paths to their desires are conflicted and unclear. In a narrative with all the clarity and determination of a prophecy, Well Deserved chronicles the struggles of these four people as they come to the stark realization that their paths are not solitary, but entwined, and their very lives hinge on one shared moment.