Suspense Mystery Twist

Some call it a myth. Others call it a legend. As far as Kannon McCarthy is concerned, it's a theory waiting to be proven right. According to the slew of fact- and fiction-based data on the subject, the lost city of Atlantis was once a thriving metropolis. Kannon McCarthy has spent years gaining the necessary backing and funding to launch an intensive investigation that will show the naysayers that the Atlantean Theory is firmly rooted in truth. Unfortunately, there are multiple roadblocks in his way. He just hasn't met them yet. Fans of The Life of Pi and lost world fantasy/adventure ...

Return to the most haunted small town in America.... Mackenzie Clair finally has this whole ghost-hunting psychic thing figured out. The Soul Searchers are a hit, she’s got pet-parenting down, and she even has a plan to banish the poltergeist running amok at a lakeside cabin. Best of all, Donn’s Hill feels like home. But not everyone loves the town as much as Mac. A world-famous paranormal debunker thinks the psychics in Donn’s Hill are lying about their abilities.

Man Found Dead On Park Bench The Butler women are thriving. Anna's Cafe is a big success and her friendship with ex police chief Gino Mancini is progressing slowly but steadily. Now she wants to focus on finding her husband John's killer. When a man is found dead in the botanical garden, Anna feels obliged to help Gino investigate. The police suspect the old man's son, a hostile young man with a clear motive. For the first time, Anna is inclined to agree with them. As details of the crime emerge, Anna realizes the dead man was hated by many. False alibis, feuding neighbors and estranged ...

Lifeless body, hidden clues, and a hidden murderer. Jane Donovan's ordinary trip to the fabric store takes an unexpected turn. When she comes upon the lifeless owner. With just scissors and a keen eye, Jane must find the identity of the murderer concealed in the cloth. Jane and Bruce team up to unravel the mystery. They find riddling messages and secret codes that the victim left behind. The victim's relatives and neighbors are gradually coming to suspect each other as a result of these enigmatic messages. The victim, sensing peril, leaves a trail of mystery. With her sharp sense and salon ...

The long-awaited sequel to Breathless has arrived, and fans of Tonya Sharp Hyche will not be disappointed. Till Death, Love is the final book in the Broken Promises Series, another fast-paced unpredictable thriller that her readers have come to love and expect. Quinton Pierson had been left to die in the Australia’s Outback by his wife, Melissa, and her love interest, Carey Scott. But as fate would have it, Quinton miraculously survives and resurfaces in Noosa, Australia. After landing a job as a lawyer at Woods Properties Real Estate Agency, he soon sweeps Megan Woods, the daughter of ...

A Forbidden Truth. A Haunting Past. A Reckoning Unfolds. Some secrets should remain buried, but these won’t stay hidden. A cloning experiment spirals into chaos, its horrifying consequences bleeding into reality. Shadows twist and whisper as spectral hauntings refuse to be ignored, dragging their victims into the unknown. Betrayal poisons trust, transforming love into a battlefield where survival demands sacrifice. Vigilante justice is swift and merciless. Covert operations unravel under deception’s weight. The past claws its way into the present. Chilling kidnappings unfold where ...

First, he murdered his wife. Then he lost his memory. Now he has to remember where he buried the body or his in-laws will kill him. "Dear Frank, I know you killed your wife, and I can prove it..." After receiving this note, Frank Fowler, a man suffering from amnesia, begins to suspect he may have murdered his wife Kelly, who vanished three days before he lost his memory. The bad news is Kelly's family has the same suspicions and will stop at nothing to make him remember what he has done to their beloved sister and where he buried her body. Frank's search for answers becomes a fight for ...

Today marks the two-year anniversary of starting my new hobby. It had been a terrifying, thrilling, and all together fulfilling journey. No one had suspected a thing, as far as I knew. The first few times I did it, I felt immediate panic afterward, but as soon as the reports of horrible freak accidents showed up in the news, I knew I was safe. Ashley Gerard lived in a small city and spent her days doing whatever she pleased thanks to an inheritance she received. With no job to tie her down, she was free to wander and enjoy her life. She enjoyed being alone, except for hanging out with a few...

When Congressional staffer Ben Walsh receives this cryptic text from his wife he initially doesn’t think much of it. But while waiting to hear from her again, Ben discovers that the text came an hour before a shooting that occurred along her daily running route. Veronica won’t pick up her phone, and when she doesn’t return home, he knows she is somehow involved. If she isn’t one of the victims, then where is she, and what did she know? While Ben searches for his wife, he stumbles upon another violent death, with clear connections to the shooting.

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?

"Suppose (Lillian Dove Mystery Series Book 2): When a missing woman’s case lands in Lillian Dove’s lap, she’s forced to confront the ugly truth that not all crimes remain buried. As a recovering alcoholic and amateur sleuth, Lillian’s been trying to get her life back on track—but a chilling discovery in a small-town park threatens to derail her progress. Drawn into a dark web of deceit and betrayal, Lillian must navigate a maze of suspects and uncover buried secrets that put her directly in the crosshairs of a dangerous killer. With snappy dialogue, taut pacing, and unexpected ...

Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor has helped psychologist Alex Delaware crack tough cases in the past. And in Jonathan Kellerman's New York Times best seller Billy Straight, she took the lead in the desperate hunt for a teenage runaway stalked by a vengeful murderer. Now the complex and wryly compassionate Petra is once again at the center of the action, in a novel of cunning twists and page-turning suspense.

When Melissa Cruz falls hard for a dreamy-eyed photographer named Jake, she can’t resist the urge to run away with him. The problem is that she already has a boyfriend, a rising star in his family’s crime organization. Betrayed and humiliated, Chris isn’t going to just let her go. To find Melissa, Chris turns to Lucky Wilson, one of his family’s professional assassins. But Lucky has his own problems. After years of lying about his day job, his marriage is in shambles and he suffers from relentless panic attacks. He’ll do this job if Chris will let him out of the killing life.

I couldn’t believe it when I got the call to offer me my dream job. It was right in the heart of the city with a flat provided. I jumped at the chance, and within days I had made new friends and began dating a wonderful man. For the first time in years, I feel safe. But soon strange things begin to happen in my flat: odd noises in the night, the feeling that I’m being watched. When I discover an old dress hidden behind my wardrobe and wear it to work, the atmosphere chills instantly. The dress belonged to a girl my boss would rather forget. The girl before me who vanished.

Embrace the shadows, dear reader. In this anthology of 50 short stories, we invite you to immerse yourself in a world of spine-tingling suspense, macabre tales, and haunting encounters. Brace yourself for a collection that will leave you breathless, disturbed, and questioning the very fabric of reality. Within these pages, you will encounter the rich tapestry of Thai culture woven with elements of suspense, crime, horror, fear, and the supernatural. From sprawling cityscapes to remote villages, each story transports you to a unique setting, where Thais and foreigners grapple with their ...

When Sarah and Tobias set off for a weekend hike in the dense, whispering woods, they expect nothing more than a chance to escape the mundane. But fate has other plans. As they stumble upon a colossal cave entrance, curiosity pulls them into a world shrouded in darkness and mystery. What starts as an innocent adventure quickly spirals into a harrowing journey as they uncover a dark history and the forces that guard it. Themes of friendship, bravery, and the struggle between light and shadow intertwine, revealing not only the depths of the cavern but also the depths of their own souls. With ...

Here are three more Sherlock Holmes adventures from the pen of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and read by Edward Hardwicke, who has become the definitive Dr. Watson of the 80s and 90s due to the spectacularly successful Granada television series in which he appears with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.

The city of Austin, Texas, "is fearfully dull", wrote young Will Porter to a friend in the spring of 1885, "except for the frequent raids of the Servant Girl Annihilators, who make things lively in the dead of night." Years later Will Porter would become the most famous writer in America - O. Henry, the toast of New York. The long-ago Austin servant girl murders would remain unsolved. But behind the O. Henry pen name, Will Porter was a man with secrets.

2017 Silver Falchion Award Nominee ​"He's first. You're next." That's the message someone scribbled on a photo of Stacy May Charms' six-year-old son, two days before her release from prison. Stacy knows why. She doesn't know who. And she's not waiting around to find out. Her plan is to grab her child and run. Elizabeth McClaine has no idea why Stacy ran, but she intends to find out. Contracted to oversee the governor’s early release program for young incarcerated mothers, she is responsible for the program’s first successful applicant. But when Stacy May breaks parole only two hours ...

Tourniquet Lane and its cottage enter the thoughts of cousins, Henry and Lucy. Through a series of letters, Henry gets around to asking Lucy if she could come to his estate for a visit. He's been ill of late and suggests the company might do him good. Besides, it will give them the opportunity to learn more regarding the mysterious cottage and what occurred there when they were children. A Retrospective Trip down Tourniquet Lane is an astounding supernatural story from award-winning author, Robert E. Kearns