Tequila
An empire built on tequila. A family torn apart by greed and betrayal. A lawyer caught in a deadly web of cartels, corruption, and forbidden love. From the agave fields of Mexico to the skyscrapers of Manhattan, from bayside mansions in Miami to Los Angeles courthouses, Tequila follows three generations of the Ramirez family as they battle for control of RAM, a multibillion-dollar luxury spirits powerhouse. When Maria Ramirez becomes CEO, her greatest foes aren't her competitors. They're her brothers - the corrupt, sociopathic Miguel and the self-destructive, spiraling Tomaso - whose actions threaten to drag the Ramirez name to ruin. LA attorney Brian Youngman enters their world, hired for Tomaso's divorce case. What he uncovers are cartel ties, financial crimes, and unimaginable violence. As his growing love for Maria collides with his fight for justice, Brian becomes a reluctant hero in a battle where survival means pain and sacrifice. With searing legal drama and pulse-pounding twists, Tequila is a genre-bending, plot-driven epic - a gripping blend of suspense, emotional reckoning, and explosive thriller.
In Defense of the Righteous
In Defense of the Righteous is a dark allegorical thriller that draws readers beneath the surface of Levy Ridge, where missing children, a haunted detective, and a war-scarred veteran descend into a City that judges all who enter.Detective Dani Francis carries the weight of a tragic shooting from her past. Jake Tinsley, a combat veteran, knows the futility of wars that never leave a soldier's mind. Rally Gillum, restless and reckless, leads the younger ones into a labyrinth that feeds on guilt, memory, and choice, echoing Dante's Inferno.In the City's quarters-the Market of Balances, the Temple of Absolutes, the Quarter of Shadows, and the Labyrinth of Mirrors-justice is not blind. It is merciless, shifting, and alive. The Archivist records, the Enforcers march, and the Deceiver waits in the Central Court.This is a story about innocence under siege and truth on trial. Every decision is weighed. Every past act returns. And no one leaves unchanged. In Defense of the Righteous is both a psychological descent and a gripping thriller-a journey through justice, from the righteous to the damned.
One Dark Thought
Beneath a country road, an abandoned quarry track hides a decade-old secret. The discovery of human remains plunges DCI Beniamin Dinescu into a mystery driven by jealousy, obsession, and long-buried lies.In a derelict house, another dark mystery surfaces, revealing a crime far more complex than they imagined. Two discoveries. One question: how are they connected? To uncover the truth, they must navigate a fractured family's past, where love and betrayal can both be motives for murder.Some secrets should stay buried...Dinescu, Summers, and the team return in a gripping mystery set against the evocative backdrop of Chichester and its surrounding villages. One Dark Thought is a British police procedural that will keep you hooked until the very end.
The Onus
***KILLER TWIST PITCH PRIZE SHORTLIST***The exciting debut novel from Scotlands newest crime writer.A broken father. A defiant daughter. A city that wants them dead.Amos Fisher, an ex-Royal Engineer, now a shell of his former self is reunited with his estranged daughter, Mary, for his wife's funeral. Their uneasy truce, however, is shattered when Mary is kidnapped by her crime-lord boyfriend, a man with secrets worth killing for.Desperate to save her, Amos tears through Glasgow's underworld with the help of an ex-army intelligence officer and a determined cop. He follows a trail of blood and deception only to discover that Mary's phone holds the key to bringing everything crashing down. And her captor will do anything to get it back.In a city where survival is never guaranteed, family might be the only thing worth fighting for.
Give Us A Smile
He told her to smile. He shouldn't have.Maggie Maine has been a shadow of herself since surviving the worst. Once full of life, she now simply exists. Paranoid, hollow, and haunted by rage at a world that looked the other way.What begins as an act of self-defence ignites something in Maggie that she can't ignore. When news of a mysterious killer spreads, Maggie learns that power always comes with a price, and she's about to discover just how much she's willing to pay.Dark, twisted, and unapologetically fun, Give Us A Smile is a good-for-her novella about rage, revenge, and what happens when women stop playing nice.
Turn Off the Light
Two women living centuries apart are bound by the same dark secret in this haunting novel that "upends everything you think you know about ghost stories" (Jennifer McMahon, author of The Winter People). "A delightful twist on both the haunted-house and beach-read genres." --Carissa Orlando, author of The September House The Devil enters through doors left open... On the isolated Eastern Shore of Virginia, Edith is a healer, a woman of knowledge--and a woman watched. Shadows move where they shouldn't. Whispers creep through the dark. Terrified she has opened her home to the Devil, Edith makes a desperate choice. Claire doesn't believe in ghosts--until she returns home to care for her dying father and finds her childhood house... listening. As one sleepless night bleeds into the next, she becomes convinced something is stirring beneath the floorboards. Something that has waited a long time to rise. Is the house haunted? What compels this lurking darkness? As the danger mounts, Edith and Claire will discover they'll need each other to survive. But they are separated by four hundred years. And time is running out for them both.
Barbarossa Red
From international bestselling author Dennis Jones comes the acclaimed cold war military technothriller.1989: A U.S.-Soviet arms treaty finally leads to the withdrawal of Pershing and SS20 medium-range missiles from Germany. It seems like the dawn of a new age of peace and stability in Europe - until a highly-placed KGB mole in the German government uncovers that country's very secret plans...- Germany's complete secession from NATO- The reunification of her divided East and West into one nation- The revival of the Wehrmacht, armed with French nuclear missilesSuddenly the age-old Russian nightmare of attack from the West comes alive again. After the strongest diplomatic protests prove ineffective - and an assassination attempt against the German Chancellor fails. The Soviets take the only course of action left...it is called...BARBAROSSA RED
Too Many Criminals
Aiesha is a mysterious woman with a son and an even more mysterious past. She belongs to a group that lays claim to Eric once he turns eighteen. This group s leader, the larger-than-life Chief Arthur, is as charismatic as he is evil. Aiesha has scores to settle with a number of people in her past. To do this, she must disappear for a while, so that she can return ready for revenge.
In the Company of Demons
Everyone has them. Some are more dangerous than others. Some should never emerge to see the light of day yet they lurk, poised to pounce on the unwary. It is a dark autumn evening. Dusk is falling over a busy stretch of motorway when a reluctant traffic jam forms. This is an ordinary road, a normal if frustrating snarl of congestion. It is no place for demons. And yet, in the stillness, they thrive. Living in the spaces created by stasis, they go unnoticed. The travellers, lost in thought, remain unaware of the true danger that lurks among them something ancient, something waiting something that dwells in their midst.
Stolen Identity
They were two strangers on a cruise. Now, they're racing against the clock to save lives and are about to become the world's most unlikely heroes.Athena and Brent had never met until fate threw them together aboard a luxury cruise ship. When disaster strikes and the ship begins to sink, they risk their lives to rescue a couple in wheelchairs, making them the last passengers to escape the doomed vessel.Their bravery goes viral. Overnight, they become internet darlings, the "it" couple, adored by millions and living a carefully curated, staged romance under the spotlight. But behind the filters and fame, danger lurks.When they're suddenly kidnapped, it's clear this isn't about ransom. Powerful political forces are in play, and Athena and Brent are caught in the middle of a deadly plot. With the clock ticking and no one to trust, they must work together to unravel a chilling conspiracy, one that targets none other than the President of the United States.Can two accidental heroes stop an assassination and survive long enough to tell the world the truth?
The Boundaries We Cross
He swears by his boundaries. But did he cross the line? At 8 o clock on a blustery, mid-January morning, Charles Bliss is summoned to the head of school s office at Carrington Academy. Charles, a teacher at the elite Connecticut boarding school, is surprised by the unusual request, but when he arrives, no time is wasted. Charles learns that he has been accused of engaging in a romantic relationship with a student. The student behind the accusation, Hayley Goodloe, is the daughter of a state senator, the granddaughter of an ex-governor, and an heiress to a massive fortune. But Charles has long prided himself on keeping proper boundaries with his students. He insists he would never cross the line . . . or would he? Hayley s diary makes it clear she had strong feelings for her teacher. Was it just an unrequited schoolgirl crush? Or was it something more? When Hayley disappears under suspicious circumstances, a daunting pile of evidence points to Charles as the chief suspect. Charles swears he s being framed. And it soon becomes apparent there s only one way he can clear his name. Find her. Perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and Jodi Picoult
Hell's Heresies
Emerie Fox's New Home Comes with Unwanted Surprises... Leaky pipes, moldy basements--and a mischievous demon poltergeist who's redecorating her home, stealing her stuff, and leaving blood-soaked messages on the mirror. Sure, the messages are helpful (like reminders to buy milk or grab an umbrella), but Emerie is not the kind of person who tolerates vermin--supernatural or otherwise. When DIY Exorcism Goes Wrong... In a desperate attempt to rid herself of the supernatural nuisance, Emerie accidentally rips open a rift between worlds, unleashing the forces of Hell onto her quiet New England town. Now, with a sarcastic witch, a no-nonsense priest, and a dangerously attractive (and seriously irritated) demon named Samael by her side, Emerie has no choice but to track down and exorcise every demon before the portal to Hell consumes everything. But as things spiral out of control, Emerie begins to wonder: is this just a simple case of demon extermination, or is something far darker--and much more personal--at play? Perfect for fans of dark humor, supernatural adventure, and steamy demon romance, this fast-paced, laugh-out-loud paranormal romp will keep you hooked until the very last page!
What Feasts at Night
An Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Indie BestsellerA Barnes & Noble Best Horror Book of 2024A Goodreads Best Horror Choice Award Nominee Now in paperback, this New York Times bestseller is the chilling gothic sequel to What Moves the Dead, a new adventure featuring beloved sworn soldier Alex Easton. After their terrifying ordeal at the Usher manor, Alex Easton feels as if they just survived another war. All they crave is rest, routine, and sunshine, but instead, as a favor to Angus and Miss Potter, they find themself heading to their family hunting lodge, deep in the cold, damp forests of their home country, Gallacia. In theory, one can find relaxation in even the coldest and dampest of Gallacian autumns, but when Easton arrives, they find the caretaker dead, the lodge in disarray, and the grounds troubled by a strange, uncanny silence. The villagers whisper that a breath-stealing monster from folklore has taken up residence in Easton's home. Easton knows better than to put too much stock in local superstitions, but they can tell that something is not quite right in their home. . . or in their dreams. Also by T. KingfisherA House with Good BonesNettle & BoneThornhedgeA Sorceress Comes to Call
Temple County Lines
DI Donovan Temple knows the Severn Valley hides secrets. But this? A string of brutal crimes, each more chilling than the last. The culprits? Simon and Jimi, ruthless enforcers for a shadowy organised crime group. Temple s investigation pulls him deeper into a web of violence and corruption. Every clue leads to more questions. Every step closer to the truth puts him in greater danger. The clock is ticking. The stakes are rising. And Temple? He s running out of time. Temple County Lines is a gripping crime thriller where loyalty is tested, justice is elusive, and the line between right and wrong blurs. Can Temple stop the OCG before they strike again? Or will the valley s dark secrets bury him first?
Happy Sun Farm
She comes home to mourn her father. She stays to uncover the shocking truth.When college student Berry returns to her family's small Southern California farm after her father's sudden death, she believes she's coming home to grieve and reassure her mother that she'll soon be back for good to run the farm. She is eager to bring new life to the failing farm through modernization and sound financial management after receiving her degree in agricultural economics. It doesn't take long for Berry's plans to collapse. Upon her arrival home, she is shocked to discover her mother just sold the farm to a foreign-owned agribusiness, Happy Sun Farm, which has been taking over all the small farms in the area. Her father had resisted pressure to sell his land to them while he was alive. As she delves into the company's campaign of coercing farm sales, Berry suspects they may have been responsible for her father's death. She learns that Happy Sun Farm is far from a happy place. Their strange farming practice of removing healthy, productive crops, doesn't make sense to her. The secrecy surrounding the farm leaves many questions unanswered, especially after unexplained deaths surface.With help from law enforcement not forthcoming, Berry sets out to explore what she can, but soon finds her own life in danger. Not knowing whom she can trust, she uncovers a diabolical plan of mass proportions no one could have imagined.
Battle for the Faith
In the isolated Arctic town of Hammerfest, Norway, a sinister presence disrupts the peaceful community, casting doubt on the faith of Lars Fredriksen, a dedicated Pentecostal pastor. Mysterious phenomena shifting objects, shadowy apparitions, and an unsettling energy lead Lars to uncover a chilling truth rooted in the ancient traditions of the indigenous Sami people, whose suppressed spirituality threatens to awaken malevolence. As supernatural occurrences escalate, Lars finds himself at odds with vengeful Sami spirits, forcing him to confront the ancient magic he once dismissed. Tragedy strikes when his wife Anja falls into a coma, and their daughter Astrid teeters on the edge of possession. To save them, Lars embarks on a perilous journey into the wilderness for a powerful purification ritual, battling grotesque spirit guides that embody his fears. Though he believes he has triumphed, Anja awakens transformed, her chilling demeanor suggesting that the battle for Hammerfest is far from over. An ancient darkness still lurks, eager to unleash a new wave of terror on the town.
The Fractured Veil
What lies beyond the veil of a perfect life? Sometimes, it s darker than you could ever imagine. She seems like any other single mother: quiet, withdrawn, trying to make the best of her circumstances. But behind closed doors, her mind is slipping. Her envy of those with happy, fulfilled lives grows insatiable, twisting into something terrifying. Some women dream of love. Others dream of escape. She dreams of blood. Her children are her anchor, her reason for living. They keep her tethered to reality or so she believes. But when a kind stranger, Thomas Greene, steps into her life, her carefully constructed world begins to crack. The closer he gets, the more the truth claws its way to the surface. What happens when the monsters we fear are the ones hiding in plain sight? Fractured Veil is a haunting psychological thriller that lures you deep into the mind of a woman on the brink. As her perfect fa ade crumbles, you ll be left questioning where the line between reality and delusion truly lies. Can you trust what you see, or is everything just a fragment of the fractured veil?
The Slaying of Souls
Ria is nineteen when she joins a peaceful protest at her university na ve, disconnected from the realities of her country, and unaware of the price others have already paid for defiance. But the world she thought she knew unravels piece by piece. Taken alongside her mother and sister, she is thrown into the hands of a mercenary with a vendetta, one who believes Ria s family is tied to the very forces she seeks to destroy. When Ria wakes up in a place she doesn t recognize, with no memory of how she got there, the past is a void waiting to be filled. Strangers tell her what she has survived, but the truth is more than just lost memories it is something darker, something that refuses to stay forgotten. And when the past finally catches up with her, Ria will be forced to make an impossible choice: to seek justice in a world that offers none, or to let go before it consumes her. The Slaying of Souls is a gripping and emotionally charged story of survival, identity, and the unseen forces that shape us one wound, one loss, one vanished piece at a time.
Fiend
Historical horror maven Alma Katsu turns her talents to the modern world for the first time, in this terrifying tale about an all-powerful family with an ancient evil under its thumb. "If you liked Succession but think it would have been a lot more fun with a 1,000 year old demon, then Alma Katsu's Fiend has got you covered." --Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Imagine if the Sackler family had a demon at their beck and call. The Berisha family runs one of the largest import-export companies in the world, and they've always been lucky. Their rivals suffer strokes. Inconvenient buildings catch on fire. Earthquakes swallow up manufacturing plants, destroying harmful evidence. Things always seem to work out for the Berishas. They're blessed. At least that is what Zef, the patriarch, has always told his three children. And each of them knows their place in the family--Dardan, as the only male heir, must prepare to take over as keeper of the Berisha secrets, Maris's most powerful contribution, much to her dismay, will be to marry strategically, and Nora's job, as the youngest, is to just stay out of the way. But when things stop going as planned, and the family blessing starts looking more like a curse, the Berishas begin to splinter, each hatching their own secret scheme. They didn't get to be one of the richest families in the world without spilling a little blood, but this time, it might be their own.
The October Film Haunt
One of the Best Horror Novels of the Year by Vulture * Geek Rage/ Strange Library * Cinema ChordsMacabre Daily's #1 Horror Novel of 2025Horror Movie meets the scope and emotion of Stephen King in this heart-pounding, magnetic tour de force novel, destined to become an instant classic, about a woman pulled into a cult horror film that is determined to have a sequel, by critically acclaimed author Michael Wehunt. Ten years ago, Jorie Stroud was the rising star of the October Film Haunt - a trio of horror enthusiasts who camped out at the filming locations of their favorite scary movies, sharing their love through their popular blog. But after a night in the graveyard from Proof of Demons - perhaps the most chilling cult film ever made, directed by the enigmatic H矇l癡ne Enriquez - everything unraveled. Now, Jorie has built an isolated life with her young son in Vermont. In the devastating wake of her viral, truth-stretching Proof of Demons blog entry -- hysteria, internet backlash, and the death of a young woman -- Jorie has put it all, along with her intense love for the horror genre, behind her. Until a videotape arrives in the mail. Jorie fears someone might be filming her. And the "Rickies" - Enriquez obsessives who would do anything for the reclusive director - begin to cross lines in shocking ways. It seems H矇l癡ne Enriquez is making a new kind of sequel...and Jorie is her final girl. As the dangers grow even more unexpected and strange, Jorie must search for answers before the Proof of the movie's title finds her and takes everything she loves. This riveting and layered horror novel unleashes supernatural terror in a world where truth can be manipulated, and nothing is as it seems. Beautiful and horrifying, with an unforgettable cast of characters, The October Film Haunt will shock and delight readers all the way to its breathless final page. "So unique and steeped in 21st century paranoia and dread you won't be able to read this alone at night." - Paul Tremblay "The horror in here is palpable, but the writing itself is just as scary: How can one pen have this many good lines in it?" - Stephen Graham Jones
The Long Walk
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE The brilliant and chilling first novel Stephen King ever wrote tells the tale of the contestants of a diabolically cruel competition where 100 boys start the "long walk" and there is only one winner--the one that survives. In a dystopian near-future, America has fallen on hard times. Sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual grueling match of stamina and wits known as the Long Walk. One hundred boys must keep a steady pace of four miles per hour day and night, without ever stopping. The winner gets "The Prize"--anything he wants for the rest of his life. But the rules of the Long Walk are harsh and the stakes could not be higher. There is no finish line--the winner is the last man standing. Contestants cannot receive any outside aid whatsoever. Slow down under the speed limit and you're given a warning. Three warnings and you're out of the game--forever. Written by King when he was a college student and published in 1979 under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, The Long Walk is an unforgettable and timeless masterpiece that showcases King's genius for character building and his visionary storytelling.
Temple County Lines
DI Donovan Temple knows the Severn Valley hides secrets. But this? A string of brutal crimes, each more chilling than the last. The culprits? Simon and Jimi, ruthless enforcers for a shadowy organised crime group. Temple s investigation pulls him deeper into a web of violence and corruption. Every clue leads to more questions. Every step closer to the truth puts him in greater danger. The clock is ticking. The stakes are rising. And Temple? He s running out of time. Temple County Lines is a gripping crime thriller where loyalty is tested, justice is elusive, and the line between right and wrong blurs. Can Temple stop the OCG before they strike again? Or will the valley s dark secrets bury him first?
I'll Follow You
"Reading this made me want to text my best friend. And then block her. And then text her again. It was a wild ride!" --Mindy KalingFor two best friends desperate to escape their dead-end town, a viral online persona becomes a dangerous game of control in a twisting psychological thriller about class, power, and identity.Faith and her charismatic best friend, Kayla, always vowed to escape their trailer park together. After their social media persona, Hannah Primrose, goes viral, their fates seem more entwined than ever. But when Faith is accepted into prestigious Harkness College, she must decide whether to keep her promise to Kayla or learn to tell her own story.By the time Faith arrives on campus, Kayla is no longer speaking with her. Struggling to fit in with her wealthy classmates, Faith reinvents herself, drawing the attention of her enigmatic art history professor. Then Kayla shows up outside her dormitory one night. I need to stay with you.Having Kayla on campus is thrilling--and dangerous. Posing as a student, Kayla charms everyone she encounters, and soon enough they're posting together again. Hannah Primrose, after all, is perfect for a place like Harkness. But as Faith risks her future for the persona she helped create, she begins to realize that Kayla is playing a deadly game...and it may be too late to regain control of the narrative.
Shadows Within
Firefighter Reed Williams and his bride, Lily, are enjoying their long-awaited honeymoon in Paris. But bliss turns to agony when they're assaulted along the Seine and Lily is murdered.Now Reed is plunged into a world of bloodlust and horror, led by a woman who offers immortality at the price of his humanity.Nothing makes sense. Reed doesn't breathe, doesn't have a pulse, and doesn't even cast a shadow. His loss of Lily is all the more terrifying as he experiences visions of crows stealing his memories of her and all that he holds dear. Overwhelmed, he flees his relentless pursuers for home in Philadelphia.Back in the States, he stumbles upon three unexpected allies, who, like Reed and his attackers, have non-beating hearts and shadowless bodies. The trio-a brilliant, but socially graceless linguistics professor; a grifting ladies' man without a past; and a penitent hitman trying to atone for the widows he's made-must pull Reed back from reckless despair and help him remember his heroic self in order to defeat those who want to claim his soul forever.
Vampire Hunter D Omnibus: Book Nine
A new omnibus collecting volumes twenty-five, twenty-six, and twenty-seven of the Vampire Hunter D horror novel series! The hunt continues in the bizarre far future of 12,090 A.D, where the immortal vampire lords who were the only winners of mankind's nuclear war still oppress the human survivors who have pushed the blood-drinking fiends back to the lawless Frontier. Yet humanity too remains as quick as ever to prey upon itself, and where the law can't bring safety or justice, the crescent blade of D will--assuming you meet the half-vampire wanderer's price! Vampire Hunter D Omnibus Book Nine collects three different complete novels. Everyone knows vampires fear running water--so how did the immortal Nobility come to reside on Undead Island, and what is the secret of the fog they create that lures in human fisherfolk to be their slaves? Then, D crosses the route of the Bedeviled Stagecoach, transporting a valuable prisoner--Dorleac, mortal page of the mighty Duke Sinistre. The prisoner is to be transported to the Capital to learn his vampire lord's secrets, but Sinistre has no intention of letting the stagecoach finish its journey! Nightmare Village is the unwilling destination of a band of travelers from an inn, spared by seeming chance from a bizarre landslide to find shelter in an ancient town said to once be the site of genetic experiments by the Sacred Ancestor. Can D save them--or will his very presence trigger their doom...? The Vampire Hunter D Omnibus Book Eight collects volumes 25, 26, and 27 in author Hideyuki Kikuchi's adventure horror series: Undead Island, Bedeviled Stagecoach, and Nightmare Village. Illustrated by Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano, the legend of D endures!
Teenage Girls Can Be Demons
13 terrifying coming-of-rage stories from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Queen of Teeth, perfect for fans of Clive Barker, Mariana Enriquez and Eric LaRocca 13 coming-of-rage stories the way only Bram Stoker Award-winning author Hailey Piper can tell them--wildly inventive, brilliantly imaginative, and completely and utterly enthralling. A vicious group of college upperclassmen prey on the freshman girls in "Why We Keep Exploding"; across the world, something is mutating adolescents into bizarre creatures in "The Turning"; a girl on a night out realizes a bizarre cop is hunting her in "The Long Flesh of the Law"; and in the acclaimed novella "Benny Rose, the Cannibal King", a Halloween prank goes horribly wrong when a murderous ghost steps out of an urban legend and into the real world. These stories take our most difficult years of transformation and twist them into new and terrifying shapes, where the monsters are real and you'll do whatever it takes to get away, or get even.
Hometown Vendetta
Marine Captain Luke Steele and FBI Special Agent Amberlyn Reiner must work together to unravel a deadly conspiracy before time runs out while also navigating their undercover fake relationship that is becoming all too real. When a terrorist attack grips the nation, Luke Steele, a military aide to the president of the United States, is reassigned to track down the suspect because the alleged bomber was spotted wearing a state championship ring from Luke's hometown. Luke has desperately tried to forget his high school years, but he can't run from them now. Instead, he must face his most formidable assignment yet: leave his post by the president's side, return to Pine Falls, Virginia, and face every demon from his childhood--including every person and every thought that told him he wasn't worth anything. FBI Special Agent Amberlyn Reiner has spent years tracking domestic terrorism. When she catches a break that could pinpoint the key player in the antigovernment group responsible for dozens of needless deaths, she's willing to do whatever it takes to get the information she seeks--even if it means going undercover as Luke Steele's plus-one at his high school reunion. Though Amberlyn found Luke arrogant and aloof during their time together at Quantico, it doesn't take long for her to discover that there's much more to him than she realized. But even as the line between fact and fiction in their relationship blurs, the countdown to danger accelerates. Time is running out, and with the threat of another terrorist attack looming, the stakes are higher than ever.
Observer
Observer, by Robert Lanza and Nancy Kress is a slick, modern, hard science fiction standalone medical thriller, combining classic Robin Cook with the hard edge of Black Mirror and Altered Carbon. After neurosurgeon Caro Soames-Watkins's career has gone down in flames, she receives a strange job offer from Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sam Watkins, a great uncle she barely knows, and desperation overcomes any suspicions. Watkins's mysterious medical facility conducts research into the nature of consciousness, reality, and life after death. Two obstacles stand in his way: an intel leak and his failing body may not last long enough for the tech to be ready. As danger mounts, Caro finds more than she bargained for: murder, love, and a deep disturbing look into the nature of reality.
Underrated
A gritty thriller exploring friendship, betrayal, and the far-reaching effects of unrequited love, and drug abuse, Underrated follows the lives of five lads who are coming of age. In differing ways, they try to make life better for themselves, but their lives entangle when they turn to cocaine. Some people take drugs to escape their circumstances, while others deal drugs to escape theirs, but is escape ever really an option?
Yaya's Secret
Has it ever occurred to you that everyone has their secrets? What if it's something dark? And what if the very person entrusted to take care of you is plotting something sinister behind closed doors?Andrew has always sensed something unsettling about Yaya, his family's house helper. When everyday oddities-missing knives, secretive habits, and midnight activities-start piling up, he takes it upon himself to investigate, inching closer to the truth sealed in Yaya's room.What exactly will he find?
I'll Follow You
"Reading this made me want to text my best friend. And then block her. And then text her again. It was a wild ride!" --Mindy KalingFor two best friends desperate to escape their dead-end town, a viral online persona becomes a dangerous game of control in a twisting psychological thriller about class, power, and identity.Faith and her charismatic best friend, Kayla, always vowed to escape their trailer park together. After their social media persona, Hannah Primrose, goes viral, their fates seem more entwined than ever. But when Faith is accepted into prestigious Harkness College, she must decide whether to keep her promise to Kayla or learn to tell her own story.By the time Faith arrives on campus, Kayla is no longer speaking with her. Struggling to fit in with her wealthy classmates, Faith reinvents herself, drawing the attention of her enigmatic art history professor. Then Kayla shows up outside her dormitory one night. I need to stay with you.Having Kayla on campus is thrilling--and dangerous. Posing as a student, Kayla charms everyone she encounters, and soon enough they're posting together again. Hannah Primrose, after all, is perfect for a place like Harkness. But as Faith risks her future for the persona she helped create, she begins to realize that Kayla is playing a deadly game...and it may be too late to regain control of the narrative.
The Woman Who Laughed
'The very definition of unputdownable' David Peace In the first months of 2020 there was a spate of murders of Black sex workers in northern cities. One of them was Ella Bailey, last seen talking to a punter in an alley in Sheffield city centre, and although no trace of her was ever found, the punter, Michael Godley, soon confessed to all three murders. Five years later, as another sex worker is murdered in the same district, the bag Ella had been carrying with her reappears, hanging on the door handles of a caf矇, and a local vagrant claims to have seen Ella sitting on a bench in a churchyard near the site of the murder. South Yorkshire Police call in the Finder. So begins a search that takes him back to the strange days of the pandemic, to talk to those who knew Ella best, such as her wayward girlfriend 'Loz', abusive boyfriend Caine Poynton-Smith and respectable foster-parents still struggling to come to terms with Ella's life. How did their intelligent, strong-willed daughter - bright student and national schoolgirl athletics champion - end up in that alley? As fear grips the city, our Finder must court danger to discover the truth.
Hard Town
An 2026 Edgar nominee for Best Novel When a plea for help sends a retired Detroit cop to the small desert town of Fenton, Arizona, he finds himself uncovering secrets that want to stay hidden and questioning his own moral compass in this "gripping, fiercely propulsive, and vividly written" thriller (Meg Gardiner). After surviving a deadly prison break, ex-Detroit cop Kurt Argento is ready for some quiet. Still working through his grief over the passing of his wife, Argento finds himself house-sitting for a friend with his loyal companion, Hudson, a Chow Chow-Shepard mix. It's a simple life, picking up odd jobs here and there, but it's one that Argento is content to live. Then Kristin Reed shows up with her young son, Ethan, and begs Argento to help find her missing husband. Argento tells her he'd just be in the way. He's no investigator, not anymore. He's a handyman who fixes fences. But he's not one to ignore his gut feeling when something is wrong. After Kristin and her son disappear as well, Argento starts to notice that Fenton, Arizona is more than meets the eye. First there's the large, overly equipped public safety team complete with specialized tactics and sophisticated weaponry. Then there's the unusual financial boosting of failing small businesses by the U.S. government. And finally, there's a man with no name who seems to have an unprecedented control over the town. Argento finds himself unraveling not just the truth behind the disappearance of a family, but a conspiracy that's taken a whole town to cover up. But Fenton is going to push him further than he's ever had to go. And along the way, he may just lose a part of himself. Because justice isn't as black and white as Argento would like to believe.
Dutch Treats
From the Low Countries comes a high-stakes collection of crime fiction.In Dutch Treats, the shadows stretch long and the tension runs deep. This gripping collection brings together twenty-one stories by some of the most celebrated crime writers in The Netherlands and Flanders-authors whose names are household words in Europe and whose work has won top awards like Holland's Golden Noose and Belgium's Hercule Poirot Prize.These stories are sharp, surprising, and expertly told. Each is a stand-alone mystery, translated with care by editor Josh Pachter, a well-known name in the world of short crime fiction. They explore everything from quiet deception to bold, dangerous choices-with characters who are clever, reckless ... and sometimes just unlucky.This isn't merely one more mystery collection. It's a showcase of major talent, featuring heavy hitters like Ren矇 Appel, Michael Berg, Dominique Biebau, Bavo Dhooge, Hilde Vandermeeren, and Marion Pauw, to name a few. Their stories have appeared in the world's most respected mystery magazines, and now, for the first time, they're gathered in one exciting volume.For readers who enjoy clever plots, moody settings, and a fresh perspective on crime, Dutch Treats is an unforgettable read.
The Essential Horror of Joe R. Lansdale
In this career horror retrospective, World Horror Grandmaster Joe R. Lansdale (Bubba Ho-tep; Hap and Leonard) tackles racism and human cruelty as deftly as he conjures demon nuns and Elder Gods. Featuring an original introduction from Joe Hill, this much-anticipated volume showcases the best of Lansdale's terrifying short stories--menacing, astute, and wildly inappropriate. "This book is flat-out incredible." --John Skipp, New York Times bestselling author-turned-filmmaker of This Is Splatterpunk Bestselling author Joe R. Lansdale is known for his gritty mysteries and his eccentric horror. As an eleven-time Bram Stoker Award winner, Joe Lansdale cooks up an inimitable recipe of Southern Gothic and Southern fried chicken that continues to delight his many fans and influence generations of horror legends. Lansdale mashes up crime, Gothic, mystery, fantasy, and science-fiction, filtered through a raw, violent world of dark humor and unique characters. Lansdale is one of the early American horror writers to portray racism not as abstract but as realistic, intimate, and impossible to ignore. In Lansdale's nightmarish visions, you'll discover psychotic demon nuns, a psychopathic preacher, cannibals, 80-year-old Elvis, undead strippers, flying ghost fish, Elder Gods, possessed cars, and the worst evil of all: mankind. Table of contentsIntroduction by Joe Hill"The Folding Man""Hoodoo Man and the Midnight Train""God of the Razor""My Dead Dog Bobby""Tight Little Stitches in a Deadman's Back""By Bizarre Hands"On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folk"Love Doll: A Fable""Mister Weed-Eater""The Bleeding Shadow""Not From Detroit""The Hungry Snow""Dog, Cat, and Baby"Bubba Ho-tep"Fish Night""Night They Missed the Horror Show"
Hunter's Moon
International bestselling author James Byron Huggins returns with the sequel to his novel Hunter, delivering a story of primal terror, relentless pursuit, and ultimate confrontation.A brilliant but twisted Army scientist has done the unthinkable. He has become the beast, an ancient, prehistoric monster powerful enough to survive anything, even death itself. Buried beneath ice for ten thousand years, it was meant to stay forgotten. Now it walks again, leaving a trail of blood and destruction across the English countryside.No conscience. No mercy. No weakness.Only one man has faced the creature and survived. Hunter. Once again, he is called to do what no one else can: track and destroy the unstoppable before it consumes everything in its path.Driven by duty, haunted by memory, and pursued by the past, Hunter must go beyond fear, beyond pain, and beyond human limits to end what began in a time before history.The battle has begun. The world hangs in the balance.
The Hunger We Pass Down
Jordan Peele's Us meets The School For Good Mothers in this horror-tinged intergenerational saga, as a single mother's doppelganger forces her to confront the legacy of violence that has shaped every woman in their family. "Genuinely frightening story of rape, abuse, and neglect. A bold story of intergenerational trauma that creates spooky scares out of real-life atrocities." --Kirkus, STARRED Review Single mother Alice Chow is drowning. With a booming online cloth diaper shop, her resentful teenage daughter Luna, and her screen-obsessed son Luca, Alice can never get everything done in a day. It's all she can do to just collapse on the couch with a bottle of wine every night. It's a relief when Alice wakes up one morning and everything has been done. The counters are clear, the kids' rooms are tidy, orders are neatly packed and labeled. But no one confesses they've helped, and Alice doesn't remember staying up late. Someone-or something-has been doing her chores for her.Alice should be uneasy, but the extra time lets her connect with her children and with her hard-edged mother, who begins to share their haunted family history from Alice's great-grandmother, a comfort woman during WWII, through to Alice herself. But the family demons, both real and subconscious, are about to become impossible to ignore. Sharp and incisive, The Hunger We Pass Down traces the ways intergenerational trauma transforms from mother to daughter, and asks what it might take to break that cycle.
Hunter's Moon
International bestselling author James Byron Huggins returns with the sequel to his novel Hunter, delivering a story of primal terror, relentless pursuit, and ultimate confrontation.A brilliant but twisted Army scientist has done the unthinkable. He has become the beast, an ancient, prehistoric monster powerful enough to survive anything, even death itself. Buried beneath ice for ten thousand years, it was meant to stay forgotten. Now it walks again, leaving a trail of blood and destruction across the English countryside.No conscience. No mercy. No weakness.Only one man has faced the creature and survived. Hunter. Once again, he is called to do what no one else can: track and destroy the unstoppable before it consumes everything in its path.Driven by duty, haunted by memory, and pursued by the past, Hunter must go beyond fear, beyond pain, and beyond human limits to end what began in a time before history.The battle has begun. The world hangs in the balance.
The Fine Art of Lying
"Alexandra Andrews is monied Manhattan's very own Agatha Christie."--Ada CalhounFrom the critically acclaimed author of Who is Maud Dixon? comes a riveting new novel about a young wife and mother in a world of wealth and privilege, whose rash mistake sets off a domino effect of murder and betrayal.In the beginning, there was art.It was Clare Bast's love of art that saved her from a bleak, predictable life in upstate New York, and drew her to the cultured world of Manhattan's Upper East Side where she met Jed, her doting, affluent husband.Despite her best efforts--including a half-finished PhD, abandoned when her daughter Sadie was born--Clare secretly can't help but feel like an imposter in Jed's one-percent, Park-Avenue life.When the well-connected wife of Jed's new boss introduces her to influential friends--a curator here, a gallerist there, an aficionado abroad--Clare feels an essential part of herself coming alive again. And when she discovers that an important work painted by the subject of her unfinished dissertation is hanging in the brownstone of a seductively attractive dealer, she believes fate is leading her where she belongs . . . until she finds herself at the scene of a gruesome murder and a stolen masterpiece. Caught in the perfectly wrong place at the perfectly wrong time, every clue the investigation uncovers points back to her.Suddenly, Clare is trapped inside a dark and treacherous art world filled with unscrupulous dealers and international criminals. What, exactly, has she gotten herself into . . . and how is she going to get herself, and her family, out?
Pitfall
A top Chicago trader loses everything in the 1929 crash and struggles to rebuild life amid crime and suspicion.Frank Cork is head trader at Chicago's leading brokerage firm. It's October 1929, and Frank has made a killing trading wheat futures on the city's commodities exchange. At thirty-two, Frank and his wife, Katrina, have climbed from the South Side to the tony northern suburbs. They're at the top of their game in their stunning modernist home with two young children. But on October 29, 1929, Frank watches in the trading pit as his fortune is wiped out in a single day. Some traders skulk home while others lurk in the shadows of the Clark Street Bridge. Frank drags himself to Grand Central Station. Hawkers scream, "Black Tuesday, Market Crash," as Frank staggers onto the nearest train. Flattened by shame, the fallen trader finally debarks a thousand miles later as his train crosses the border into Saskatchewan. Holed up in a shed on the Canadian Prairies, Frank wrestles with how to redeem himself and return home. The only opportunity in sight is selling Canadian whiskey to the Chicago mob. Frank faces setbacks at every turn, including a terrifying visit to the still in the tunnels under Moose Jaw. In Chicago, Frank's firm is looking for him. Was it suicide? Murder? Everyone's a suspect, from the managing partner to the mob-boss mayor.
Borderline Decision
Snatched by a Drug Cartel. Forgotten by His Government.Fight with America's Secret Military Elite to Rescue a U.S. CommanderBorderline Decision is the first in a series of military thrillers from author Hugh Simpson that feature U.S. Marine Pilot Lt. Col Hap "Kang" Stoner, who operates where governments fear to tread.High-ranking U.S. military commander, Chuck Warden, is taken hostage by the ruthless Black Stone Mexican drug cartel, who work hand in hand with a treacherous Middle Eastern terrorist group.Corrupt U.S. officials turn a blind eye. But Lieutenant Colonel Hap "Kang" Stoner takes action, leading a gritty squadron of Marine aviators on an unauthorized raid into Mexico to bring Warden home.With intense action and stark realism, author Hugh Simpson pulls you into the pit of a gut-wrenching black ops mission where you'll...Plunge into the harsh, brutal world of foreign drug cartelsExperience harrowing flight maneuvers and firefightsWitness unthinkable government greed, lies, and corruptionDiscover the true meaning of courage, heroism, and patriotismBorderline Decision opens your eyes to the chilling threat that lives at America's doorstep. You'll be forced to face the cold reality that your government conspires with people who want you dead.All that stands between you and them are the silent heroes you've never met... until now."Borderline Decision takes you deep into daring black military operations you never hear about. The action is riveting and suspenseful. You'll live it, feel it, and ask for more." -Casey Demchak, Copywriter & Consultant
A Play about a Curse
From the author of the viral phenomenon The Roommate comes a literary horror novel following a young playwright who conjures up a true tragedy through a Machiavellian curse when spurned by her mentor.Enter COREY, a passionate young nobody, and her professor, MAXINE, an award-winning playwright and living legend of the American theatre. When Maxine shatters Corey's dreams of artistic collaboration after graduation, Corey seeks revenge. At a clairvoyant's den in a violet-lit Dallas strip mall, the young playwright unleashes a life-altering curse on Maxine.Possessed by dark powers and even darker ambitions, Corey follows Maxine to a prestigious playwriting residency in Chicago where the women become fatally entwined. Through three acts, two interludes, and one curse, Corey pushes her mentor toward theatre's haunted margins, where reality begins to crumble.Caroline Macon Fleischer's A Play About A Curse reads like an A24 film. Part psychological horror and part theatrical fever dream, Curse shadows a heroine-turned-villain as she confronts the supernatural power struggle between mentor and prot矇eacute;g矇, learning that to achieve our dreams, someone else must suffer a nightmare.
Death in the Spires
The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that's all, and then Toby died. Was killed. Murdered.1905. A decade after the grisly murder of Oxford student Toby Feynsham, the case remains hauntingly unsolved. For Jeremy Kite, the crime not only stole his best friend, it destroyed his whole life. When an anonymous letter lands on his desk, accusing him of having killed Toby, Jem becomes obsessed with finally uncovering the truth.Jem begins to track down the people who were there the night Toby died - a close circle of friends once known as the 'Seven Wonders' for their charm and talent - only to find them as tormented and broken as himself. All of them knew and loved Toby at Oxford. Could one of them really be his killer?As Jem grows closer to uncovering what happened that night, his pursuer grows bolder, making increasingly terrifying attempts to silence him for good. Will exposing Toby's killer put to rest the shadows that have darkened Jem's life for so long? Or will the gruesome truth only put him in more danger?Some secrets are better left buried...From the bestselling, acclaimed author of The Magpie Lord and The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen comes a chilling historical mystery with a sting in the tail. You won't be able to put this gripping story down!
All the Beautiful Sinners
This novel "masterfully plays with the serial killer genre, walking a line between convention and invention and delving into the psychology of both killer and detective" (Publishers Weekly). For more than eight years, a serial killer has been stalking the country, visiting towns with biblical names and leaving pairs of victims behind--one female and one male, their bodies broken and twisted to create the same gruesome scene over and over again. In rural Nazareth, Texas, a Native American man suspected of shoplifting shoots and kills the local sheriff, then takes off running. Found in the trunk of the shoplifter's abandoned car? Two decaying bodies that match the serial killer's chosen prey. Seeking vengeance for the death of the lawman, Deputy Sheriff Jim Doe goes AWOL, embarking on a cross-country manhunt with the FBI following close behind. From town to town, Doe finds himself caught up in a whirlwind of myth and mayhem, as a storm builds from the menacing clouds of both his--and the killer's--tragic pasts . . . "Jones's writing betrays a huge intelligence, but he embraces the genre's conventions without sending them up or dumbing them down." --Texas Monthly "It does what crime drama is supposed to do: scare the bejesus out of the reader. Eerie and engrossing, the novel is the sort of thing you have to shake out of your system when you've finished." --San Antonio Express-News
Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine
A strange and sinister debut from Stephen Dixon Award winner Kristina Ten The new kid in school discovers a diabolical presence in the depths of an English-language-learning CD-ROM. A desperate and declining empire designs an elaborate matchmaking system around cootie catchers and soda-can tabs. A former varsity volleyball player reopens the grisly wounds of her youth, haunted by a lost friend. In each story, the game has been twisted. In each game, players must make their own rules. Through a bloody, shattered lens, the artifacts of growing up take on a new and disquieting power-riddles remain unsolved, pranks have perilous stakes, and superstitions won't save you.Populated by living paper dolls, summer camp legends, and trivia nights gone terribly wrong, the twelve genre-crossing tales in Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine wrestle with themes of memory, disobedience, alienation, belonging, and the horrors of inhabiting a body others seek to control.
Pillow knows, The Truth
The book comprises a story in which lies an unsolved mystery that makes our mind fixate and think in a different mode.Will the law and its keeper be able to crack the mystery on time before harm's way is left untouched or will.Will law and justice be served, will the pillows speak out the truth, will the questions be answered, will ?
