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The First Death by Kendra Elliot
18 ratingsA Wall Street Journal bestselling series.For a search and rescue expert, the buried remains of her past are a dangerous obsession in a twisting novel of suspense by a Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author.Rowan Wolff was five years old when she, her brother, and their babysitter were kidnapped by a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest. The babysitter was murdered... -
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The Dollmaker by Mary Burton
24 ratingsDr. Tessa McGowan had never seen anything quite like it. But the mutilated bodies on her exam table tell a stunningly macabre tale: someone with a twisted mind is kidnapping women and altering their faces to resemble real, life-size dolls. As a forensic pathologist, it’s her job to aid the agent leading the case—even if that agent is her estranged husband... -
![Pretty Lost Dolls by Ker Dukey]()
Pretty Lost Dolls by Ker Dukey
18 ratingsFrom bestselling authors Ker Dukey & K Webster comes the heart-stopping, internationally bestselling crime thriller Pretty Lost Dolls which is book two in the continuation of the epic Pretty Little Dolls series.Have you ever touched another’s soul with the essence of your own and breathed them in, so they become a part of you? I have... -
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Pretty Stolen Dolls by Ker Dukey
18 ratingsFrom bestselling authors Ker Dukey & K Webster comes the heart-stopping, internationally bestselling crime thriller Pretty Stolen Dolls.Have you ever had to make a decision that haunts you every single day for the rest of your life—the life you stole back? I have... -
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![Die For Me by Karen Rose]()
Die For Me by Karen Rose
24 ratingsCOME TO METhe first victim is found in a snow-covered Philadelphia field. Detective Vito Ciccotelli enlists the aid of archaeologist Sophie Johannsen to determine exactly what lies beneath the frozen ground. Despite years of unearthing things long buried, nothing can prepare Sophie for the matrix of graves dug with chilling precision. The victims buried there haunt her... -
![Hunting Fear by Kay Hooper, Dick Hill]()
Hunting Fear by Kay Hooper, Dick Hill
20 ratingsHe's no ordinary kidnapper. Not only does he strike again and again, but he collects the ransom, gets away safely, and leaves his helpless hostages dead. Now, after months of eluding the best that law enforcement can put against him, this monster has left nothing in his wake but a cold trail of unconnected victims. He's no ordinary cop... -
![Touching Evil by Kay Hooper, Alyssa Bresnahan]()
Touching Evil by Kay Hooper, Alyssa Bresnahan
20 ratingsThis is the story of Seattle police artist Maggie Barnes, whose remarkable artistic talents are the focus of an even more extraordinary psychic gift that she is determined to keep secret: a gift that has allowed her to work with crime victims, to feel what they feel, to create perfect portraits of their attackers... -
![Closer Than You Think by Karen Rose, Hillary Huber]()
Closer Than You Think by Karen Rose, Hillary Huber
20 ratings28 hours, 37 minutesFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Watch Your Back and Did You Miss Me comes the newest novel by “the queen of romantic suspense” (Crime and Punishment).Psychologist Faith Corcoran is desperate to escape the stalker who’s made her life a nightmare for the past year—desperate enough to run to the one place that has been her nightmare far longer... -
![Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper]()
Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper
24 ratingsSomeone is stalking the little town of Silence...Three victims have fallen to a killer’s savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community — yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder... -
![No One Left to Tell by Karen Rose]()
No One Left to Tell by Karen Rose
18 ratingsA car crashes in front of rookie PI Paige Holden’s home. And suddenly, she finds one of her pro bono clients dying in her arms—from a gunshot wound. With her last breath, the woman whispers cryptic words into her ear and hands her a blood-smeared flash drive. Five years ago, State’s Attorney Grayson Smith put a murderer behind bars... -
![Sleeping with Fear by Kay Hooper]()
Sleeping with Fear by Kay Hooper
20 ratingsFear has never been so close...New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper returns with a relentless thriller that brings her readers face-to-face with fear itself. In this terrifying new novel, a psychic special agent finds herself caught up in a tangled web of secrets, lies... and evil.Riley Crane woke up fully dressed, a gun under her pillow, and covered in blood... -
![Blood Sins by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean]()
Blood Sins by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean
20 ratingsYoung, vulnerable, attractive, Tessa Gray made the perfect victim. Which was why Noah Bishop of the FBI’s Special Crimes Unit recruited her to play the role of grieving widow. As the supposed new owner of property coveted by the Church of the Everlasting Sin, she’d be irresistible bait for the reclusive and charismatic Reverend Samuel... -
![Starlet: A Dark Hollywood Mafia Romance by Cora Kenborn]()
Starlet: A Dark Hollywood Mafia Romance by Cora Kenborn
8 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling Author Cora Kenborn comes a dark and twisted enemies to lovers retelling of Anastasia. They call me America’s Sweetheart. Hollywood royalty. The last of an era. Sole survivor of LA’s most infamous crime. I’m not any of those things. He forced me into the spotlight. The liar with a perfect smile and cold blue eyes. But Alexandra Romanov’s fate won’t be mine... -
![Stolen: A Cassidy & Spenser Thriller by Carey Baldwin]()
Stolen: A Cassidy & Spenser Thriller by Carey Baldwin
10 ratingsIs she missing…or a murderer? When Laura Chaucer, daughter of a U.S. senator, vanishes from her college campus, celebrated FBI profilers Special Agent Atticus Spenser and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Caitlin Cassidy are called in. Thirteen years ago, Laura and her nanny disappeared from her family’s Denver home. Laura was found alive, but her nanny wasn’t so lucky… and the killer was never caught... -
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![Nocturnes & Nightmares by Keri Lake]()
Nocturnes & Nightmares by Keri Lake
10 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author Keri Lake comes an intense and gritty romantic thriller that’ll have you turning the pages well past your bedtime. The most terrifying monsters aren’t found in dreams ... Four young socialites have gone missing in the Chicago area. Two found dead, bearing the signature marks of a brutal serial killer... -
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Desolate by Ker Dukey
14 ratingsWarning, this book contains dark themes and explicit sex, read with caution. Desolate is the SECOND book to the International Bestselling title, Empathy. Please read book 1 to truly enjoy this title."Dark... raw... desolate. Ker Dukey at her finest." - International Bestselling Author, S.K. Hartley.Dark, twisted and captivating. I couldn't devour this book fast enough. Dukey does it again. . -
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Unhinged Cain by Brooklyn Cross
10 ratingsContemporary/MF/Thriller-Horror/Serial Killer/Captive/DarkKirby wished for a new life, but the Devil sent her Cain.I knew what my calling in life was at a young age. I was the embodiment of death. The scent of blood and watching the life fade from something’s eyes was more delicious than any dessert... -
![The Blood We Crave: Part One by Monty Jay]()
The Blood We Crave: Part One by Monty Jay
10 ratingsMy secrets are infested with infatuation. His cravings are dripping in blood. Is it love? Or is it something much darker… An obsession. Death found me as a young girl. Latching onto the core of my soul. No one knows what that horrid night did to me. What kind of monster it flourished inside me... -
![The Morning After (Pierce Reed/ Nikki Gillette) by Lisa Jackson]()
The Morning After (Pierce Reed/ Nikki Gillette) by Lisa Jackson
18 ratingsHIS VICTIMS . . . A woman is frantic as she awakens in a dark, closed space. From above her comes the muffled sound of cruel laughter, followed by the hard splatter of dirt. Pure terror takes over as she realizes she's being buried alive--and her last breath is a scream that no one but a sadistic killer will hear . . . WILL TAKE HIS SECRETS . . -
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Cold Blooded by Lisa Jackson
18 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling author of Hot Blooded returns to steamy New Orleans and the French Quarter with her supremely sexy and suspenseful new novel.With every book she pens, Lisa Jackson reaffirms her status as one of today's most talented, original and compelling writers of romantic suspense... -
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Final Scream by Lisa Jackson
18 ratingsNew York Times best-selling author Lisa Jackson crafts the breathtaking tale of a woman haunted by disaster, unable to escape the ghosts of her past. When she was only 16, Cassidy Buchanan fell for the 19-year-old bad boy in town, Brig McKenzie - who'd had his share of run-ins with both the law and the local women. Then a terrible fire killed Cassidy's sister, and Brig was the chief suspect... -
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Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper
20 ratingsTHIS KILLER DREAMS IN SHADES OF DEATH... He’s the kind of killer we instinctively fear the most. A killer without boundaries, without conscience, without any fear of being caught. And his latest victim is terrifying proof that no one is safe: the daughter of a powerful U.S. senator... -
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Shiver by Lisa Jackson
20 ratingsThe Crimes Are UnthinkableA serial killer is turning the Big Easy into his personal playground. The victims are killed in pairs--no connection, no apparent motive, no real clues. It's a very sick game, and it's only just begun.The Fear Is RealAbby Chastain left New Orleans long ago and for good reason... -
![Stealing Shadows by Kay Hooper]()
Stealing Shadows by Kay Hooper
24 ratingsWhat if you could enter a madman's cruel mind as he planned his vicious crimes? What if you could see the terrified faces of his victims ... Psychic Cassie Neill helps the LA police catch killers — until she makes a terrible mistake and an innocent child dies... -
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![Saving Mercy by Abbie Roads]()
Saving Mercy by Abbie Roads
6 ratingsHe's found her at last...Cain Killion knows himself to be a damaged man, his only saving grace the extrasensory connection to blood that he uses to catch murderers. His latest case takes a macabre turn when he discovers a familiar and haunting symbol linking the crime to his own horrific past—and only one woman could know what it means.Only to lose her to a nightmare.. -
![Deadly by Ker Dukey]()
Deadly by Ker Dukey
10 ratingsDeadly (An Empathy Novella) 18 only. Normal is not something Ryan and Cereus have ever been, where’s the fun in normal? When Cereus’s dreams follow her into the waking hours, she has to come to terms with the fact, Ryan is not the only monster in her madness... -
![A Grave Calling by Wendy Roberts]()
A Grave Calling by Wendy Roberts
10 ratingsThere had been no attempt to bury the dead girl, naked except for the white ribbon tied to her wristTwenty-five-year-old Julie Hall has a unique ability: when she takes up a dowsing rod, she finds not water but bodies. To Julie, it's a curse, not a gift, and one she rarely uses—she prefers her quiet life in a trailer, with her grandfather and her dog for company... -
![Hidden by Kendra Elliot, Kate Rudd]()
Hidden by Kendra Elliot, Kate Rudd
26 ratingsEleven years ago, the Co-ed Slayer murdered nine female students on the Oregon State University campus. Lacey Campbell barely escaped his attack, but lost her best friend whose remains were never found. As the sole surviving victim, Lacey helped send the sadistic serial killer to prison for life... -
![Hot Blooded by Lisa Jackson]()
Hot Blooded by Lisa Jackson
24 ratingsAgainst the sultry backdrop of New Orleans, Detectives Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya take on their first case together in #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson's chilling novel of a serial killer's obsessive vengeance...As host of New Orleans' radio talk show Midnight Confessions, Dr. Samantha Leeds is a trusted confidante to all kinds of troubled souls... -
![Wicked Lies by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush]()
Wicked Lies by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush
16 ratingsIf At First You Don't SucceedFor two years, Justice Turnbull has paced his room at Halo Valley Security Hospital, planning to escape. Justice has a mission-one that began with a vicious murder two decades ago. And there are so many others who must be sent back to the hell that spawned them. . .Kill. . -
![Take Me With You by Nina G. Jones]()
Take Me With You by Nina G. Jones
16 ratingsI watch.I study.I prowl.I hunt.I always go in with a plan. A set of rules for myself. I don’t take unnecessary risks. That’s how I’ve been able to evade capture all these years.But there’s something about this girl that is different than the others. When I finally meet her, the rules become a blur. And I break the most important one of all—I take her with me... -
![Sleep With The Lights On by Maggie Shayne]()
Sleep With The Lights On by Maggie Shayne
14 ratingsRachel de Luca has found incredible success writing self-help books. But her own blindness and the fact that her troubled brother has gone missing have convinced her that positive thinking is nothing but bull.Her cynicism wavers when a cornea transplant restores her sight... -
![The Bones of Others by Vickie McKeehan]()
The Bones of Others by Vickie McKeehan
12 ratingsSome monsters live in your head. Not this one.Brutalized as a young girl by a vile sexual predator, Skye Cree is a survivor. Guided by the visions of her mystical spirit guide to the whereabouts of abducted girls, she uses her unique abilities to turn her horrifying past into a positive force for justice... -
![Dysfunctional by Isabel Lucero]()
Dysfunctional by Isabel Lucero
12 ratingsA dark, MM romanceEzra Hamilton hasn’t felt the warm spurt of blood flow through his fingers or the indescribable feeling of pushing a knife deep into someone’s flesh in a long time. Too long.He’s been watching a man stalk women, curious as to what he’s doing with them... -
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![Handled by Romilly King]()
Handled by Romilly King
8 ratingsSerial killers think if it all goes south and they finally get caught that their swan song is a day in court, making the families relive the agony while they get off on that delicious pain, all over again. Not happening. Not anymore. We’re not making celebrities out of monsters. We’re not giving them a stage to strut on.Now they get an audience of two.One to Handle the problem, one to Witness it... -
![Tuesday's Child by Dale Mayer]()
Tuesday's Child by Dale Mayer
18 ratingsWhat she doesn't want...is exactly what he needs. Shunned and ridiculed all her life for something she can't control, Samantha Blair hides her psychic abilities and lives on the fringes of society. Against her will, however, she's tapped into a killer-or rather, his victims. Each woman's murder, blow-by-blow, ravages her mind until their death releases her back to her body... -
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Lovely Bad Things by Trisha Wolfe
17 ratingsHe's the devil. And she's his wicked game.Halen:They say eyes are the windows to the soul—but when he looks at me through hues of slate-green and flaring blue embers, I’m terrified of what’s watching me from behind his clashing gaze, something primal and feverish that threatens to melt me like fire in ice. I fear falling into Kallum Locke’s pitch-black soul... -
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Thread of Fear by Laura Griffin
16 ratingsForensic artist Fiona Glass is the best in the business -- which is precisely why she's quitting. Her skill at mining victims' memories to re-create the faces of sadistic criminals has left her haunted and wary, and only Jack Bowman's dogged persistence convinces her to help him. The rugged police chief is hunting a serial killer who's targeting teenage girls... -
![Whispers in the Dark (Dark Romance) by LeTeisha Newton]()
Whispers in the Dark (Dark Romance) by LeTeisha Newton
10 ratingsI was captured ... That's just the beginning of my tale. I've survived Purgatory, abuse, and near death. In that abandoned farmhouse I nearly lost everything, but Jacob saved me. We were trapped in this hell together, giving each other the strength to hold on. I fell into darkness with my captor's son. Until I left him behind. She was perfect, my Alana. Brilliant and full of pain... -
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Till Death by Jennifer L. Armentrout
20 ratingsIn New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s gripping new novel, a young woman comes home to reclaim her life—even as a murderer plots to end it. . . It’s been ten years since Sasha Keaton left her West Virginia hometown . . . since she escaped the twisted serial killer known as the Groom. Returning to help run her family inn means being whole again, except for one missing piece... -
![The Watcher by Jo Robertson]()
The Watcher by Jo Robertson
18 ratingsLength: 9 hrs and 59 mins Forensic psychiatrist Kate Myers believes the killer of two teenage girls in Bigler County, California, is the same man who savagely murdered her twin sister over fifteen years ago.Deputy Sheriff Ben Slater hides his personal pain behind the job, but Kate's arrival in his county knocks his world on its axis... -
![The Night Before by Lisa Jackson]()
The Night Before by Lisa Jackson
18 ratingsThe Barnes & Noble Review New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson's romantic suspense novel The Night Before is a chilling tale of murder and madness, with a romance that's to-die-for. For generations, the Montgomery family has been tormented by dark secrets, scandals, and tragedy, but Caitlin Montgomery Bandeaux has more to worry about than the past... -
![Dolly by Measha Stone]()
Dolly by Measha Stone
10 ratingsHe’s promised me sunlight. Hope for a better future. Freedom from this horror. A life that doesn’t end in a dark cellar. But, we’re trapped together. Forced to live for the worst kind of people. Desperate to survive for each other. I crave his touch with every breath I take. My heart aches for him. He’s my hope for survival. The man I want a future with... -
![Never Far by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini]()
Never Far by A.A. Dark, Alaska Angelini
10 ratingsI wasn’t a good person. Even amnesia couldn’t erase the fact that deep inside, there was a darkness I couldn’t deny. Flashes of strangers—of blood and torture—heightened a mystery impossible to unravel. The man I called my best friend landed an axe in my head trying to save himself. He says I’m a murderer. He may be right. Until memories return, I don't care... -
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![Devil Next Door: Criminal Delights - Obsession by Alex Jane]()
Devil Next Door: Criminal Delights - Obsession by Alex Jane
8 ratingsAll Remy Harker wants is a fresh start. Well, maybe that’s what he tells himself as he rolls up to his nice new house, in the nice little neighborhood, in a town where nobody knows his name. He’s surrounded by friendly neighbors and a white picket fence... -
![Born, Darkly by Trisha Wolfe]()
Born, Darkly by Trisha Wolfe
19 ratingsHe challenged her sanity. She shattered his reality. They dared each other...to the brink of madness. A dark and twisted maze awaits criminal psychologist London Noble when she falls for her patient, convicted serial killer, Grayson Pierce Sullivan. As she unravels the traps, her sanity tested with each game, she's forced to acknowledge the true evil in the world around her... -
![Satan's Affair by H.D. Carlton]()
Satan's Affair by H.D. Carlton
18 ratingsEvery Halloween, Satan's Affair will come to you. We travel the country, offering terrifying haunted houses, thrilling rides and the tastiest food.And with every passing town, I cleanse this world, one execution at a time.I hide within the walls, casting my judgement for those that reek of evil, singing lullabies to their rotting souls... -
![For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes]()
For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes
18 ratingsJoe Goldberg is ready for a change. Instead of selling books, he's writing them. And he's off to a good start. Glenn Shoddy, an acclaimed literary author, recognizes Joe's genius and invites him to join a tight-knit writing fellowship at Harvard. Finally, Joe will be in a place where talent matters more than pedigree . . . where intellect is the great equalizer and anything is possible...
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