Wells Thriller

It is 1898, and Professor Concordia Wells has come to expect the hectic routine of classes, clubs, teas, and the inevitable student pranks at the women's college. If only she could avoid the cantankerous dean, Randolph Maynard, who has learned about her past experiences as a "lady sleuth." To Concordia’s dismay, he scrutinizes her every move for evidence of unseemly conduct. Then a mysterious woman claims that Concordia's young friend, the eleven-year-old Eli, is her long-lost child. Soon after, they find the woman murdered and the boy gone.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: Creepers 2 THE STUFF FILM: A billionaire is worried about his three daughters' disappearance after they left for Hollywood to be movie stars. THE COLLECTION: After twenty years together as soulmates, Jason is suspicious Cindy may be having an affair. THE PRACTICAL JOKER: Tom Tully has been playing repulsive pranks on people all his life but this time he picked the wrong person. FINGERS: A serial killer the media has named "Fingers" who amputates the index finger of ...

It is the summer of 1898. Professor Concordia Wells is eager to accompany her friend, Pinkerton Detective Penelope Hamilton, on a cross-country train trip to San Francisco. But Concordia should know there is no such thing as a free ride. When the Pinkerton Agency switches assignments at the last minute, she and Miss Hamilton have their work cut out for them. Fellow passengers prove to be both help and hindrance: a lady reporter in hiding, a con man...and a corpse or two.

As the Second World War nears its end, a man is stabbed to death on the shoreline of Kinloch, in the shadow of the great warships in the harbour. Many years later the postman on Gairsay, a tiny island off the coast of Kintyre, discovers that the Bremner family are missing from their farm. When DCI Daley comes into possession of a journal written by his wartime predecessor in Kinloch, Inspector William Urquhart, he soon realises that the Isle of Gairsay has many secrets.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE MAKEOVER: A plastic surgeon seeks revenge for being framed by a malicious, wealthy client who bribes the judge, jury, the attorneys, and the warden to make sure he serves hard time in prison for ten years. The INITIATION: The fraternity brothers have planned a Hell night to top all Hell nights. WHO’S YOUR DADDY: Cecil returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, he discovers the father he never knew was a serial killer who devoured his victims. THE ...

Patricia Fisher is trying to settle into village life, but the dead don’t won’t let her be. She’s a PI and used to investigating murder, but her latest case is just...well, it’s spooky. What started as a missing person case goes south fast when a body is found in the woods marked with pagan symbols.

She spent a fortune on the dress. It would have been cheaper to buy unicorn horn, but before she can even put it on, a scream splits the air...and the first body is found. Patricia and her friends are the special guests of the world’s third richest man, her benefactor, the Maharaja of Zangrabar. At a banquet thrown to celebrate a new peace treaty between his country, and long-time hostile neighbour, Itarnia, the murder of Itarnia’s ambassador does not bode well. To prevent a return to war, Patricia and her team must unravel the clues to find the killer.

It started in 2017 with “The Big Men.” Now, The Nod/Wells Timelines conclude with a collection of all-new stories spanning generations, touching and expanding on a host of events and characters from Michael Shotter’s most-beloved works of speculative fiction such as “309,” “Shards,” “The Nemesis Effect,” “Big Man Down,” and “500.” This collection includes six brand-new tales, plus the acclaimed novelette, “Mr. Perkins Goes to Hell,” previously only available via Kindle Vella. Prepare yourself to experience some of the most intense, poignant, and emotionally-...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE PARTY: A man crashes a Halloween party mysteriously held in a dilapidated mansion unoccupied for decades. ABSOLUTELY NO FISHING: Two friends from the poor side of town trespass on a community of luxury estates to fish on a beautiful lake despite the posted warning forbidding fishing. THE CANNIBAL: Linda's cat, Bluetooth, and her cocker spaniel, Dinky, are missing. She suspects three juvenile delinquents may be responsible in a neighborhood terrorized by The ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. If you are fans of Twilight Zone, Tales From the Crypt, Night Gallery, Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, and horror stories with a plot and a twist ending, look no further. Billy Wells Horror is your ticket to a journey into the macabre if you dare. The average Amazon review rating on all Billy Wells Horror collections is 4.3!! The terrors include: COLD CALLS: Mortimer will stop at nothing to find new clients for a failing funeral parlor business passed down to him by his ruthless father. ...

Those in power always need an unofficial option. In 2009, the CIA’s Kabul station fell for the claims of a source who promised to lead them to Osama bin Laden’s hideout, but instead blew himself up, taking several senior officers with him. Two years later the station is still floundering, agents are dying, and no one knows who to trust. John Wells reluctantly agrees to investigate, returning to the country where his career as an undercover operative began. There he finds a viper’s nest of hostility - and clues that hint at a drug-trafficking operation....

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE VAMPIRE KILLER: A man claims the iconic rock star he killed with a wooden stake was a vampire not a man. NEVERMORE: A billionaire builds an island paradise for his family when the zombie apocalypse has wiped out most of humanity. WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN: Little demons land on Earth during a meteor shower. ASPIRATIONS: A new student tells a blind date about all the things he plans to do in his life. SOMETHING IN THE CAR: Jasper and his wife Nancy are the victims ...

Three of the most popular mysteries of all time in one audiobook. Includes stories of Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, and Edgar Allan Poe's detective Auguste Dupin. Adapted and narrated by Jim Weiss.

منذ سبع ليال، وإتماماً لما اعتزمت عليه من إنهاء حياتي للتخلص من الحزن والكآبة، والأفاعي التي تفيض في أوردتي، أسكرت بعرق البلح عنتر، وأحكمت غلق غرفته بالأقفال بعد وداعه، ثم فرشت اللبلاب على صدري وصعدت فوق الكرسي وأحكمت الحبل الغليظ حول رقبتي ثم تلوت الشهادة، لكن الطرقات المزعجة مالبثت أن انهالت على الباب.

USA Today best-selling author Jaye Wells pens urban fantasies brimming with nonstop action and wit. When a dirty-magic coven leader is found murdered, Detective Kate Prospero must hunt down the killer - but it's the nosy reporter with an axe to grind who may be the greater threat.

In the quiet Scottish town of Forres, D.I. Fiona MacLeod is called to investigate a chilling murder at the ancient Clootie Well, a place steeped in local legend and folklore. The victim, Douglas Bain, a wealthy businessman with ties to a secretive group known as the Circle of Shadows, is found stabbed to death during a mysterious Halloween night ritual. As Fiona and her young, eager partner, D.S. Duncan Fraser, dig deeper into the case, they uncover a web of financial fraud, fear, and desperation that ultimately led to Bain’s tragic death.

When the Magic Enforcement Agency is called out to the scene of a dirty magic lab explosion, a body with a bullet wound is found in the smoldering ruins. As Detective Kate Prospero and her partner, Special Agent Drew Morales, hunt down the killer, they uncover evidence that a dangerous new coven may be operating in the Cauldron. It's not long before the bodies start piling up, and the heat is on for the team to make an arrest. Solving the murders will require unraveling dangerous alliances between the city's dirty magic covens.

Five years ago, the infamous Trojan murders turned the small town of Moss Pointe, Louisiana into a living nightmare. Four teen boys—all star players on Moss Pointe High's football team—were murdered one after the other by a Trojan-mask wearing killer. Eventually, the murderer was unmasked. But the community has never forgotten—and some folks in town still wonder whether the police got it right.

A brilliant theoretical scientist, Dr. Franklin Nod was born well before his time, the technologies required to prove his theories mere glimmers on a distant horizon. Now, in the twilight of his career, and perhaps his very existence, Franklin is faced with yet another day of apparently-meaningless chores but this day will prove unlike any other as the steadfast engineer completes his professional obligations, and his “Office Hours.” From the author of "The Big Men," “309,” "Shards," “The Nemesis Effect,” "Big Man Down," “500,” and “The Spiral and The Threads” comes an ...

In the dark of night, something comes to Jay from the deeper darkness that hovers in the corner of the room. He wakes up to find that his memories are a foggy blur. Jay can only remember the events of the day before. He had been out on a nature walk with his family and now he's in the middle of nowhere, staying in an ancient lighthouse. Now he must recover his memories as mysterious forces conspire.