Psychological Twists

For true fans of police crime mysteries written with authenticity and attention to detail, the Riley Scott detective series will bring to mind Harry Bosch and Alex Cross. The Cameo is the second book in the Riley Scott detective series and is proving to be one of the best murder mystery novels to come along in some time. Written with the reader in mind who does not want to have the clues placed in front of them like a trail of breadcrumbs, The Cameo is a thrill ride like no other. Every book has a line, a page, or even a chapter that is so powerful the reader stays with it and re-reads that...

A ritual killer returns. A broken detective is the key. Haunted by an unsolved case, Casey Shaw is pulled back when the murders begin again - marked by symbols only he understands. As reality fractures, one truth emerges: the final pattern was never about the victims. A gripping psychological thriller of memory and madness.

The Blood Test – A Psychological Thriller That Will Keep You Guessing When Olivia takes her son Henry for a routine checkup, the last thing she expects is a blood test result that doesn’t make sense. She and her husband, Noah, conceived Henry through IVF—but the numbers don’t add up. With a nagging suspicion that won’t let her go, Olivia digs deeper, uncovering a series of unsettling coincidences. Then she meets Margo, another mother at Henry’s preschool, whose daughter looks eerily like him. The two women bond over their shared experience with the same fertility doctor—Dr. ...

I nearly threw the letter about the inheritance away with the recycling. Late for work, worrying about how I would afford new school shoes for Kate, I just assumed it was a mistake. But perhaps moving to a new home in a quiet seaside town would be the fresh start we both need. Away from the school bullies making Kate’s life a misery, and out of the clutches of my dangerous ex.

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 ...

Welcome to The House That Hungers—a gothic descent into psychological terror, memory, and the appetite of places that never truly die. This is not your typical haunted house story. The house doesn’t just whisper. It doesn’t just remember. It feeds. Elena Marrow returns to a long-forgotten ancestral estate expecting closure. What she finds instead is a sentient structure that has waited generations to taste her again. Reality bends. Memory bleeds. Doors don’t just open—they bite. And the more she uncovers, the more she realizes: She didn’t come back to explore the house. She came...

Long blonde hair. Sparkling dark eyes. Perfect pearly white teeth. I’ve never met her before, but I know exactly who she is as I spot her through the crowds of the terminal. Because our new guest is the spitting image of the daughter we lost. And that’s exactly why I chose her.

Melanie Oak appeared to have the perfect life. Married to her childhood sweetheart, Jacob, the couple live with their beautiful, loving, teenage daughter, Beth, in a pretty village. Nothing can shake her happiness -- until the day that Beth goes missing, and is discovered beaten almost to the point of death, her broken body lying in a freezing creek on the marshes near their home. Consumed with grief, Melanie is determined to find her daughter's attacker. Someone in the village must have seen something. Why won't they talk?

There will be no escape this Christmas... They’re out there again. My heart pounds as I look out of the kitchen window. For weeks now, they’ve been harassing us, vandalising our property and intimidating our children. It’s been relentless. The police don’t take them seriously because they’re teenagers. But they don’t know what it’s like to live like this. Those girls are running rings around us, and it’s got to the point where they're there every time we leave the house, mocking us. Following wherever we go. We’ve had as much as we can take. So in the middle of the night, ...

With two young children, Mary hasn’t slept in what feels like years. For his part, Tim never feels safe enough to sleep. And so one hot, exhausting night, the two strangers meet while seeking solace in a nearby park. There, they witness something horrific: a violent attack in the window of a neighbouring house. Bonded by what they’ve seen, Tim and Mary are desperate to find answers. And when they see news reports of a missing woman who was last seen walking alone not far from them, the pair are convinced it’s her they saw being attacked—no matter what the police say.

A time to mourn. A gruesome find. A race for the truth. After her husband and son are killed in a tragic car accident, Carolyn goes to stay with her mother in a quiet, rural town. She hopes the break will help her cope with her loss. Soon, Carolyn discovers that the small town holds unforgivable secrets. One she stumbles upon when she discovers the body of a young boy down a well – only to find he has disappeared when she returns with the police. The local residents, including Carolyn’s mother, doubt her discovery and blame it on her current state of mind. Rumours begin to spread. With ...

When Jane Mooney’s violent stepfather, Warren, disappeared, most folks in Maud Bottoms, Arkansas, assumed he got drunk and drowned. After all, the river had claimed its share over the years. When Jane confessed to his murder, she should have gone to jail. That’s what she wanted. But without a body, the police didn’t charge her with the crime. So Jane left for Boston—and took her secrets with her. Twenty-five years later, the river floods and a body surfaces.

A man… A lie… A secret… And something he cannot control! Robert and Emma are your quintessential couple. Robert’s genius affords them an enviable lifestyle. He designs highly advanced robots and his creative work is even installed in his home. Robert names the system GINA. She is a major part of their family. The family has an interactive home and are the envy of their friends. They seem to have everything. Then something devastating! A family outing turns tragic! Robert is forced to use his brilliance to do the unthinkable. An act that is unfathomable and must be kept secret. He ...

Nothing is as it seems. A man wakes in a dilapidated apartment, hooked to a strange machine, with a dead body in the next room—and no memory of who he is or how he got there. As he unravels the mystery of his identity over the next forty-eight hours, he discovers he may be one of the most influential figures of the twenty-first century. But the deeper he digs, the more he realizes that some truths are better left untouched.

Home alone on a Friday night, Katherine is anticipating a peaceful evening. But that all changes when she receives a shocking note through her letterbox. The note tells her that she only has one hour left to live, but with no other information, Katherine has no idea who just threatened her or why. But things quickly go from bad to worse when she suspects her tormentor is already in her home and suddenly, her fight for survival begins.

Ava grew up in a haunted mansion, envied by all her friends. But when her mother died mysteriously there, the thrills of Blackworth Mansion became nightmares. Ava never accepted that her mother perished from natural causes, but no one would believe her. Seventeen years later, Ava returns home to unravel the truth of her mother’s death—and her own demons quickly follow. Her estranged and vindictive father may be stalking her. Her secretive new sister-in-law lands on her doorstep with troubles of her own. And then there’s the strange girl who may or may not be haunting the grounds.

Twin sisters May and June couldn’t be more different. May is quiet, self-conscious, withdrawn; June is boisterous, beautiful, magnetic…and missing. It’s been a year since June disappeared, a year of May waiting for her to turn up with an explanation of where she’s been and why she left. But with the discovery of an old newspaper article comes a secret: their mother once vanished, too, on the same date when she was nineteen years old. Just like June.

What she discovers in the woods will change her life—and her marriage—forever. Sophie’s life is unraveling in ways she can’t explain. Since her thirtieth birthday, a recurring nightmare has taken root—an eerie vision of a strange rock buried deep in the woods. When her husband, Alex, vanishes without a trace, Sophie is left clinging to the frayed threads of her sanity. In search of answers, she turns to her therapist, Carla, whose quiet presence becomes her only lifeline. But the visions intensify. The birds arrive—relentless, uncanny, hurling themselves at her windows like ...

He doesn’t guard the gates. He controls every lock inside her mind. Drew Cox didn’t choose Browning Academy. Her mother married a monster, and now Drew’s trapped behind iron gates, cold stone walls… and Brice Browning. Her new stepbrother is cruel, calculated, and obsessive. A sadistic warden with perfect control and a smile that slices deeper than knives. Brice doesn’t shout. He watches. He waits. He infiltrates her routines, her space, her thoughts—until her only escape is fantasy. But even there… he follows. Now he’s assigned her as his “student.” Overseer. Punisher. ...

Gold Quill Award-Winning Novel A puzzle mystery with heart, humor, and populated with diverse and interesting characters. Two murders. One night. Darnell Dixon, Horseshoe Corner's extraordinary cupcake baker, the intended victim. Who wants Darnell dead and why? The investigation leads to an accident that happened seventeen years ago and a family secret. Will Darnell find the truth or die trying?