Short Thrillers

Do you love a good whodunit? Detectives and mobsters, newshawks and murderers–all ingredients for disaster in this murder mystery collection. Whether it was sending a detective after zombie killers on the prowl or chasing down grisly headhunters at a carnival, Ron knew how to thrill readers and keep them guessing until the end.

Leah has spent her formative years isolated on a remote island with her family. But their quiet existence, far from the devastated mainland, is cracking. Father, sensing a coming threat, demands that a wall be built. As the stone blockade rises, Father’s paranoia escalates. So does Leah’s dread that the violence the family left behind has found its way to their sanctuary.

Welcome to Operation Skyfall, a story that drops you right into the shadowy, high-stakes world of international arms smuggling and homegrown terrorism. This isn’t just a tale of spies and action—it’s an eye-opening dive into the threats that cross borders and land in our own backyards. You’ll see firsthand how the lines between foreign and domestic dangers are blurring, and what it takes to stop them. At the heart of this mission is Corey Pearson and his elite CIA team, each member bringing their own unique skills to the table. From Stacie’s razor-sharp tech smarts to Ana’s ...

Six American hostages. Seventy-two hours. A jungle alive with danger. When ruthless FARC rebels abduct six Americans—doctors, educators, and aid workers—deep in the Colombian jungle, the clock starts ticking. Their captors issue chilling demands, and the world holds its breath. Enter Corey Pearson and his elite CIA sleeper cell team, operatives skilled in blending into hostile environments and applying cutting-edge spycraft. From encrypted satellite feeds to on-the-ground human intelligence, Corey’s team must use every tool in their arsenal to locate the hostages before time runs out....

Uncover a world of espionage, betrayal, and high-stakes action in Crimson Shadows. Corey Pearson and his elite CIA team are thrust into a mission that could change the balance of power in Central America. A rogue general, backed by Russian operatives and a powerful cartel, has plans that threaten not only Panama but global stability. As the team infiltrates a heavily guarded jungle plantation, readers are plunged into an action-packed raid filled with drone surveillance, Apache helicopter strikes, and intense firefights. The tension escalates as Corey faces off against General Hector ...

Six American hostages. Seventy-two hours. A jungle alive with danger. When ruthless FARC rebels abduct six Americans—doctors, educators, and aid workers—deep in the Colombian jungle, the clock starts ticking. Their captors issue chilling demands, and the world holds its breath. Enter Corey Pearson and his elite CIA sleeper cell team, operatives skilled in blending into hostile environments and applying cutting-edge spycraft. From encrypted satellite feeds to on-the-ground human intelligence, Corey’s team must use every tool in their arsenal to locate the hostages before time runs out....

This collection of short stories from the master of modern fiction is available only as an audiobook. In Blood and Smoke, Stephen King takes us inside a world of yearning and paranoia, isolation and addiction. It is the world of the smoker. In this audio-only collection, the now politically incorrect habit plays a key role in the fates of three different men.

A beautiful young girl was walking down the street - when suddenly …Julia Carroll knows that too many stories start that way. A beautiful and intelligent nineteen-year-old college freshman, she should be carefree. But instead she is frightened - because girls are disappearing without a trace. Fellow student Beatrice Oliver and a homeless woman called Mona-No-Name are missing, both gone after being snatched off the street. Julia is determined to discover the reason behind their disappearances - before she's next.

Kendra Bentford has always been the type to believe in the happily ever after love story, even after experiencing heartbreak after heartbreak. Her mother always told her 'Those who practice patients, love's the hardest.' And, she didn't know how true that statement was until she ran into Ronnie her first crush and the first man that she had ever loved. She never told him because he was dating someone at the time. Then the unthinkable happened he broke up with his girlfriend and confessed his love to Kendra; she in return expressed her same love for him. Once it was all over she realized ...

Troy Triton was on a mission. His mission was to find a special pair of shoes. The shoes that held the answers to a scared little boy who saw his parents gunned down in cold blood. He would never stop until he found the pair of brown leather Brogue boots with golden tips. Every day he stared at shoes until one day, out of the blue the shoes appeared in a pair of surprising hands. Join Troy Triton on his quest to avenge his parents' deaths.

From a young age Brailynn had to face and go through so many trials. Trials you wouldn’t have believed, someone her age would be able to conquered, survived, and still remained a bit sane. The living proof of it all were her healing scars from her past. Each scar reminding her of what she had survived, and why she should remain living. Everyone has a story to tell when it comes to every scab or open wound on or inside their body. They either got it from playing too hard, running too fast, or in Brailynn’s case being abused. She tried to seem as normal as possible without drawing any ...

Edgar Allan Poe was a writer, poet, editor and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre, and is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature. Poe was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story and considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as a significant contributor to the emerging genre of science fiction.

Once he was called the Sphinx, a man so inscrutable that neither his adversaries nor fellow intelligence operatives could predict his next move. Now a contract agent with a secret mission, Jonathan Wyatt has gone rogue. For eight years he's been scheming to kill two Federal agents, whom he blames for the loss of his career. But as Wyatt prepares for a final confrontation, he makes a discovery that stretches back to the horrors of World War II, to Martin Bormann and Eva Braun and to a fortune in lost gold.

Robert A. Heinlein's The Long Watch is a powerful and emotional science fiction short story that explores themes of duty, sacrifice, and the moral courage of an individual standing against tyranny. First published in 1949, this story is part of Heinlein's Future History series and remains one of his most poignant and enduring tales. The story follows Lieutenant John Dahlquist, a young officer in the Space Patrol, who finds himself in a critical moral dilemma.

Books 7, 8, and 9 in the John Decker Supernatural Thriller series.

Before Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales. Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars. A fork-tongued princess. These are but a few of the truly brilliant stories in Tales of the Peculiar - the collection of fairy tales known to hide information about the peculiar world, including clues to the locations of time loops - first introduced by Ransom Riggs in his number-one best-selling Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.

It’s the perfect time to curl up in front of a crackling fire with these wintry whodunits from the legendary Agatha Christie. But beware of deadly snowdrifts and dangerous gifts, poisoned meals and mysterious guests. This chilling compendium of short stories - some featuring beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple - is an essential omnibus for Christie fans.

A far-from-warm welcome greets Hercule Poirot as he arrives for lunch at Lucy Angkatell's country house. A man lies dying by the swimming pool, his blood dripping into the water. His wife stands over him, holding a revolver. As Poirot investigates, he begins to realize that beneath the respectable surface lies a tangle of family secrets and everyone becomes a suspect.

For the past twenty years, Lee Child has been one of the bestselling authors in the world, thanks to the popularity of his iconic and instantly recognizable hero Jack Reacher. But even at the height of Reacher's fame, Child's short story writing was not confined to the series; throughout the course of his career, he published tales about a range of characters on both sides of the law, including assassins, a body guard, CIA and FBI agents, gangsters, and more.

Hired by an odd client previously unknown to him, Stone arrives in London on a mission he thinks he understands but doesn't. Soon he finds himself not only out of his territory but out of his depth as well. Baffled as he is by the behavior of both his quarry and his client, Stone's life is further complicated by two, possibly three murders and the affectionate attentions of two former lovers. When the intelligence services of three countries become involved, he can only hang on for a wild ride and hope for a not-too-bumpy landing.