Fiction - Psychological

From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny comes a horror-tinted, gothic fairy tale about a lonely dress shop clerk whose mother's unexpected death sends her down a treacherous path in pursuit of youth and beauty. Can she escape her mother's fate--and find a connection...

April Nimitz is recently widowed and is on the road, from Texas to Connecticut, to live with her daughters. She hopes to escape the multitude of her misdeeds and memories of her life in the hills of Texas, which include her time as a...

In this gripping suspense novel from the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy, lead forensic expert Laughton Rees is back, this time investigating a series of missing women in a small town near the Forest of Dean--where she uncovers a dark and sinister plot,...

"The ending shattered me in a way only Tarryn Fisher can!" --Colleen HooverFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Never NeverIris Walsh saw her twin sister get kidnapped--so why does no one believe her? Iris narrowly escaped her twin sister's fate as...

In this gripping suspense novel from the bestselling author of the Sanctus trilogy, lead forensic expert Laughton Rees is back, this time investigating a series of missing women in a small town near the Forest of Dean--where she uncovers a dark and sinister plot,...

"Amina Akhtar's Almost Surely Dead is a witty, fresh psychological thriller that's part stalker thriller, part ghost story. This book took turns I never saw coming. I was up all night, tearing through the pages as the mysterious pieces came together, leading to an...

As we continue with Book 2 of the 16, Janet and John have had their first date. You've gotten to know George and Molly Berkins. I'll remind you they are the majority stockholders of the family-owned corporation. George Berkins is a great-grandson in a...

Some people believe there are only six steps of separation between anyone. Just six connections to reach any other person alive today. In some cases? They're even closer than expected.When life takes a turn and isolates Frankie, she feels like everything has fallen apart....

In Book 2 Janet said "goodbye" to Steve. Steve left her with important guidance concerning her goals in life. To bring things to a head with winning her father's respect, she needed to take on a problem at the mill and solve it. If...

I thought he took my secret to the grave. But the truth can't stay buried forever... In the wake of my darling husband's death, I am so lucky to have my three beautiful, grown-up daughters by my side at our holiday home in Scotland....

This story is dedicated to all who dare to walk on holy ground by touching another human soul with love. (A thought suggested by Stephen Covey.) Why did I write it? It took over 12 years to complete the 16 books. I wrote it...

Are the voices in Cassie's head real or just added mayhem?Cassie MacLean has been under siege since that cold January night when her mother, Rose Owens plowed into a group of pedestrians killing five and critically-injuring many others. The town's pent-up fury explodes when...

"She was bald. Not like cancer bald. More like... Britney bald."Professor Newman becomes infatuated with My Little Pony. Dolores chases a lithe painter. Mark keeps putting off his suicide. A charming mixture of melancholy and mirth, Homeward Bound and Other Stories spins exhausted despondency...

"Love the title! it made a 64-year-old dude pay attention. It reeks of childhood and scariness. The dialog is strong and Andrea writes very well." -Koehler BooksThe mind is a curious thing. It allows us to reach back into our memory banks and retrieve...

Now I've killed another person. I'm a serial killer. Sure, two people is hardly serial, but it's a good start. I'm still young. Who knows where opportunities might lead me? Opportunity makes the thief, or the murderer, or even the pastry chef. It's well...

Holden Hosenheim is a Division 4 Agent, working under the Shio Branch. His job is to protect the Great Society of the Aarde Union and the Connected City, Shio, from the Revivalists, a narco-funded rebel group that produces and sells a memory enhancing drugs...

A happy family. A picture-perfect street. A secret someone would kill for. My husband James and I love living on Smith Street, with its neat houses and friendly family barbecues. Our daughter Scarlett grew up playing outside with the other local kids - it's...

The YesterlingsSecrets Among the Wild Horses of Sable IslandSeeking adventure, Argentine dandy Balboa Brontine charms his way onto an expedition to film a remote Canadian island famed for wild horses and shipwrecks. He persuades Paul the filmmaker to let New Orleans femme fatale Geraldine...

Trickery is magic until you figure out how it's done....Richard Harjo's job is to counsel death row inmates in Oklahoma's notorious McAlester Prison. That usually consists of convincing them heaven is a sort of afterlife work release program, and God is the most gullible...

From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea comes a mesmerizing novel that is both a literary thriller and a love story as sumptuously perverse as Lolita. - "A strange and dreamlike book ... Banville has a breathtaking style." --The Boston GlobeAuthor: John BanvilleISBN-10:...

Author: John BatesonISBN-10: 0595194257ISBN-13: 9780595194254Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2001Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 11.20h x 5.54w x 0.53d

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder, and obsession, that further cements "Michaelides as a major player in the field" (Publishers Weekly)--now in mass market. Edward Fosca...

A sensational collection of stories of the American experience from the Depression to the aftermath of 9/11, by one of the most gifted American writers of the twentieth century and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series. John Updike mingles narratives of Pennsylvania with...

When Roger Carrington, a successful CEO, loses everything after putting his own financial security ahead of his company's survival, he is reduced to living in a cardboard shack under a Seattle freeway. In order to survive, he must adapt quickly to his new reality....

In this taut and fascinating novel, the bestselling, New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of The Sacrifice, The Accursed, and Lovely, Dark, Deep examines the mysteries of memory, personality, and identity and pierces the enigmatic force that drives human lives--love.In 1965,...

Standing on a railway platform in a Swiss resort town, sensibly clad in his Burberry raincoat and walking shoes, a man thinks he may be looking at the woman for whom he ruined his life many years earlier. Alan Sherwood, a quiet English solicitor,...

Many people living outside an Upper City metropolis live in privation and squalor, so it is a good thing that the charitable ReUs Government has developed the Nation's first Emergency Mental Health Phoneline. Worry not, those who suffer from the vicissitudes of this tumultuous...

The Howards don't know who I really am, but I'm learning all their secrets. It seems like the perfect job. The wages are great, and accommodation is provided within the walls of an actual mansion. Not many little girls dream of becoming a maid,...

In a small Appalachian town, an amateur detective unearths a dark conspiracy and his own haunted past, in a chilling novel about sacrifice, art, and revenge.Med school dropout Harlan Winter returns to his impoverished West Virginia hometown, where the law is scarce, arsonists are...

As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can't risk losing this job - not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe . . . It's hard to...

THE ADDICTIVE AND GRIPPING NEW STAND-ALONE THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONAL #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR ROBERT BRYNDZA'Robert Bryndza does not disappoint with this stand-alone thriller! Every page had me breathless with anticipation of what was to come. Bryndza is without doubt one of the modern masters...

As a top writer on Psychology and Philosophy on Medium.com, synchronicity has profoundly impacted Som Dutt's intellectual, personal journey to perceive the interconnectedness of unrelated events, offering a richer and more nuanced understanding of the human experience. He is convinced that these synchronistic events...

Leaving the nest, and college bound, Sean Carver Jr. moves into his own apartment with the financial help of his estranged father. His mother despises the idea. Filled with worry for the well-being of her only son, she can't help but wonder whether Sean's...

Wickedly dark with a mystical edge, this story of an Italian love affair gone bad captures the irresistible pull of toxic relationships--from the acclaimed author of Carnality. A woman arrives in Florence, overwhelmed by the strange, warm city so different from her home. Amidst...

"A ferocious comedy of middle-class dysfunction . . . published to controversy in 1973 . . . A masterpiece." --Claire Allfree, The Telegraph When Dinah Brooke's second novel, Lord Jim at Home, was first published in 1973, it was described as "squalid and startling,"...

AN ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER WITH A STUNNING FINAL TWIST.Livia moves to a remote village on the rugged Cornish coast. She finds a diary full of dark secrets. The girl who wrote it is dead. Will she be next?This move, this new job at...

"An arresting and unpredictable tale of family." Kirkus ReviewsWinner of the Historical Fiction Company's "Highly Recommended" award of excellence, The Things We'll Never Have is part mystery, part psychological drama set in 1960s Italy about family, friendship, and the lies that bind us.The brightest...

Author: Elizabeth C. CabreraISBN-10: 8988060024ISBN-13: 9798988060024Publisher: Elizabeth C. CabreraLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2023Pages: 220Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d

Slamming the door shut behind her, Stephanie takes one last look at the party where her best friends are busy celebrating. As the drinks are poured and music blasts, she disappears into the darkness alone. Some say she was crying. Others think they heard...

A pair of lovers--a young female journalist and an older man who owns an isolated farm in Brazil--spend the night together. The next day they proceed to destroy each other. Amid vitriolic insults and scorching cruelty, their sexual adventure turns into a savage power...

The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea gives us a brilliant novel about an actor in the twilight of his life and his career: "a devastating account of a boy's sexual awakening and the loss of his childhood.... Seamless [and] profound ... An...

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the misanthropic...

Honest Author is a developmental dithyramb...which begins as a stream of consciousness...the myopic wandering eye...it splits in fairy tale like fashion...then settles in a synthesis...well enough.Author: Kevin SnelsonISBN-10: 822384995XISBN-13: 9798223849957Publisher: Kevin SnelsonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/2023Pages: 196Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d

A Federal Law created to address a racial inequity destroys Edward Givens' life making him a racist. This is the story of Edward and people in his world. It is a tale of flawed and frayed humanity. Edward's religious beliefs now conflict with his...

It was his responsibility to fight for those who could not fight, punish those that needed punishing, and righting the world of all the wrongs-to Captain Vicarelli, that was his mission even out of the corps. Once separated from the Marines, he took his...

A Federal Law created to address a racial inequity destroys Edward Givens' life making him a racist. Ironically, Edward contends with reverse discrimination in the workplace. This is the story of Edward and people in his world. It is a tale of flawed and...

It was his responsibility to fight for those who could not fight, punish those that needed punishing, and righting the world of all the wrongs-to Captain Vicarelli, that was his mission even out of the corps. Once separated from the Marines, he took his...

At once gargantuan and miniaturist THE LUCY JINX TRILOGY is an intimate Epic, spanning eight years in the life and innermost mind of the titular poet as she navigates ambitions, friendships, lovers, and, above all, her monstrous, psychically tumultuous relationships with language, identity, and...

A Federal Law created to address a racial inequity destroys Edward Givens' life making him a racist. Ironically, Edward contends with reverse discrimination in the workplace. This is the story of Edward and the people in his world. It is a tale of flawed...

"Compulsively readable and deeply heartfelt..." -- David M. Carew, authorAva Skinner's idyllic life is about to unravel.A professional pianist, Ava lives with her husband, Langdon, in their multi-million dollar, Naples, Florida, Gulf Shore Drive mansion.Then the symptoms begin.Looking for answers, Ava takes a trip...