Zodiac with a terrifying twist, in a taut thriller from author Mark Stevens about a reformed serial killer and the disgraced journalist he coaxes into finding the imposter trading on his name.When a reporter dies in a shockingly familiar way, the media rushes to announce the return of the PDQ Killer. The city of Denver reels, but no one more than Harry Kugel. After all, he is the PDQ Killer—or was fifteen years ago. And he didn’t do this.Still working to reform his ways, Harry won’t let some amateur murderer ride his twisted coattails and risk drawing the police back his way. To protect his legacy and quiet new life, he’ll have to expose the copycat. Without exposing himself.Disgraced TV journalist Flynn Martin holds the key. After a botched hostage situation, she’ll do anything to revive her dying career—even hunt down a monster who executed one of her own.Harry must convince Flynn to follow him into the heady world of a killer. But with the law closing in and a rival at large, he starts to feel the familiar pull of old urges… Read more

“Those who haven’t read any of the novels in the Women’s Murder Club series are cheating themselves” (BookReporter). Sergeant Lindsay Boxer, medical examiner Claire Washburn, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano, and crime reporter Cindy Thomas investigate the shocking murder of a former SFPD chief in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.    SFPD homicide detective Lindsay Boxer knows her way around a crime scene.   But nothing can prepare her for the shock of recognition: the victim is Warren Jacobi, Lindsay’s onetime partner who rose to chief of police.    A top investigator until the end, Jacobi managed to leave Lindsay a clue.    Following a trail of evidence along the west coast, the Women’s Murder Club pledges to avenge Jacobi’s death before the killer can take another one of their own. Read more

She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim.Sydney Shaw, like every single woman in New York, has terrible luck with dating. She’s seen it all: men who lie in their dating profile, men who stick her with the dinner bill, and worst of all, men who can't shut up about their mothers. But finally, she hits the jackpot.Her new boyfriend is utterly perfect. He's charming, handsome, and works as a doctor at a local hospital. Sydney is swept off her feet.Then the brutal murder of a young woman―the latest in a string of deaths across the coast―confounds police. The primary suspect? A mystery man who dates his victims before he kills them. Sydney should feel safe. After all, she is dating the guy of her dreams. But she can’t shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be as perfect as he seems. Because someone is watching her every move, and if she doesn’t get to the truth, she’ll be the killer’s next victim... A dark story about obsession and the things we’ll do for love, #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden proves that crimes of passion are often the bloodiest… Read more

Lee Child says it’s “stunning… certain to be a book of the year.” Kathy Reichs calls it “extraordinary… a major achievement.” Gillian Flynn says of Karin Slaughter: “I’d follow her anywhere.”Sisters. Strangers. Survivors.More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia’s teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss—a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed.The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it.Powerful, poignant, and utterly gripping, packed with indelible characters and unforgettable twists, Pretty Girls is a masterful novel from one of the finest writers working today. Read more

"If you're so concerned about my humanity, Elena, then reach into my soul and find it, because I'm not sure I have any left."According to the FBI, I was considered a serial murderer after three kills.What do they call me after fifty-two?They call me the Silencer.One final bullet would have been all it took to stop me from taking another soul, and I would have been doing Meridian City a service by pulling that trigger.An angel crying for help stopped me, and that night, I took three lives for her. Then three turned into eight. Then eight turned into twenty. Twenty turned into twenty-one. Twenty one turned into twenty-three.Elena Young is the hero in my story, but I’m the villain in hers.And this is the kind of story where the villain gets the girl, even if it kills her.This is a dark romance novel intended for mature readers only. Please check trigger/content warnings. This book does not have an HEA. Read more

Some doors are locked for a reason…While eleven-year-old Nora Davis was up in her bedroom doing homework, she had no idea her father was killing women in the basement.Until the day the police arrived at their front door.Decades later, Nora’s father is spending his life behind bars, and Nora is a successful surgeon with a quiet, solitary existence. Nobody knows her father was a notorious serial killer. And she intends to keep it that way.Then Nora discovers one of her young female patients has been murdered. In the same unique and horrific manner that her father used to kill his victims.Somebody knows who Nora is. Somebody wants her to take the fall for this unthinkable crime. But she’s not a killer like her father. The police can’t pin anything on her.As long as they don’t look in her basement. Read more

An Amazon Charts bestseller.Near an isolated mansion lies a beautiful garden.In this garden grow luscious flowers, shady trees…and a collection of precious “butterflies”—young women who have been kidnapped and intricately tattooed to resemble their namesakes. Overseeing it all is the Gardener, a brutal, twisted man obsessed with capturing and preserving his lovely specimens.When the garden is discovered, a survivor is brought in for questioning. FBI agents Victor Hanoverian and Brandon Eddison are tasked with piecing together one of the most stomach-churning cases of their careers. But the girl, known only as Maya, proves to be a puzzle herself.As her story twists and turns, slowly shedding light on life in the Butterfly Garden, Maya reveals old grudges, new saviors, and horrific tales of a man who’d go to any length to hold beauty captive. But the more she shares, the more the agents have to wonder what she’s still hiding… Read more

"Hands down, one of my favorite reads of the year!" -Freida McFadden, author of The HousemaidMeghan, Brecia, and Skye have just one thing in common.They were all murdered by the same man.He hunted them online, masquerading as an eligible bachelor. Then he played the perfect gentleman, a thick layer of charm and a thousand-watt smile hiding the fact that his first dates end in shallow graves.He’s gotten away with murder three times now.The only thing that might keep him from killing again? The women he murdered.Meghan, Brecia, and Skye might be dead, but they’re not gone. They’ve found each other. And they won’t rest until they find a way to stop him.The haunt is on. Read more

The past has a pulse. And it’s hunting her.FBI Special Agent Emma Last is still trying to catch her breath after what went down in Salem. The trauma lingers. The secrets she’s held tight? Not so secret anymore. And as her team reels from the fallout, her once-solid foundation is starting to crack.And that’s not even the worst of it.When a rookie DC cop is gunned down in a federal garage by someone wearing an FBI windbreaker, the storm only intensifies. The killer might be posing as one of their own—or worse, might actually be one of them. Before Emma can make sense of the ambush, another officer’s gunned down.Now it’s not just murder—it’s a message.The media is circling. Tensions are high. And the arrival of a new agent with a murky past is the last thing she needs.As questions mount and alliances shift, Emma must navigate a minefield of suspicion, betrayal, and a personal vendetta that may trace back to a sister she’s never met. One with a dangerous grudge—and a growing body count.Last Shield, the gripping fourteenth book in the Emma Last FBI series by bestselling author Mary Stone, is a razor-sharp psychological thriller where trust can be weaponized—and the enemy might already be inside the circle. Read more

Even sleepy, picturesque coastal towns have their secrets.Welcome to Solva, where a burned-out car, a corpse, and a hauntingly precise execution greets a morning walker.DCI Evan Warlow faces a case steeped in fear and the worst of modern crimes.As clues lead him down twisting trails, Warlow must confront not only the killer’s identity but also the lingering echoes of a community’s darkest sins and the intersection of power, revenge, and justice.Edge of the seat crime fiction. One Less Snake is the twisty 16th novel from bestselling crime author, Rhys Dylan. Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, Simon McCleave, and Peter RobinsonWHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT Rhys Dylan’s INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING DCI Warlow SERIES:"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A tightly written story, by someone who knows how to write a chilling tale.” Amazon Review, THE ENGINE HOUSE“⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Would give this book a ten if I could absolutely love it and what a great team they are making." Amazon Review, CAUTION DEATH AT WORK"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Love the writing, very compelling, captivating and comfortable to read. Thanks again for a brilliant book." Amazon Review, ICE COLD MALICE"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow, that was some read. Again, read in one sitting as the author has the uncanny knack of getting into your head and you thinking, just one more chapter then I'll go and do the housework!" AMZ Review, SUFFER THE DEAD⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Based in Wales this, a beautifully written police book with many twists and turns, but with great credibility. Certainly the best I've read for many a month, so roll on the next one.” AMZ Review, GRAVELY CONCERNED"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Justifiably the best around. Do yourself a favour and read this series.” AMZ Review, A MARK OF IMPERFECTION⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Great book, great series. From first to last an excellent series, especially the enjoyable side comments., likeable characters, and absorbing plots. More! More!" AMZ Review LINES OF INQUIRY"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐I cannot believe I have finished (for the time until book 15 is released.) I have read this series back to back, finishing one then downloading the next. Such fabulous story telling with wonderful characters that you so easily relate to. AMZ Review DRAGON’S BREATH"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Evan Warlow and his team are one of my favourites and I could find no fault at all with this book." AMZ Review, THE LAST THROW Read more

In this “skillfully penned tale of murder and cover-up that will keep readers enthralled until the powerful finish” (Fresh Fiction), family secrets and a serial killer from the past converge in this electrifying thriller. In 1985, Edward Shank famously gunned down the Beacon Hill Butcher, ending the serial killer’s reign of terror over the city of Seattle. But now in his eighties, Edward’s action-packed glory days are long behind him. The decorated former Seattle police chief has given up his high-maintenance Victorian home to his grandson Matt for a quiet life at the nearby Sweetbay Village Retirement Residence, where mac-n-cheese Wednesdays have become the highlight of his week. Though it’s hard to watch his grandfather get older, Matt is thrilled to inherit the large house he grew up in. Already an accomplished chef with a popular restaurant and a TV show in the works, Matt’s dream life is finally within reach…until he discovers a crate buried in the backyard that holds a secret about his grandfather so terrible, it threatens to ruin all their lives if it ever gets out. Especially his girlfriend Sam’s, whose mother was killed when she was only two years old. As Matt struggles with his dark family secret, Sam’s obsession with solving her mother’s murder continues to grow. A true crime writer now working on a book about the Butcher, Sam has always suspected her mother was one of his victims, even though she was killed two years after the Butcher was supposedly gunned down. But when new victims begin to turn up, their murders eerily similar to the Butcher’s all those years ago, Sam realizes she might be right. The more she digs into the old murders, the more dangerous it gets…and the truth is closer to home than she ever could have imagined. “A tense, suspenseful, thoroughly creepy thriller” (Booklist), The Butcher sinks its teeth in you from the very first page. Read more

Come all and place your bets,Be careful not to lose your necks…After a busy first year with the Bureau, FBI Agent Allie Bishop has finally found her place at the TFO. No longer a rookie, she has proved her aptness time and time again. So when a recent string of murders shows connections to a local casino, Allie is tapped to investigate. Everything points to meticulous planning—but is it driven by revenge, or is there another motive at play?In the midst of it all, Allie is still reeling from shocking revelations about her family’s past. The sting of betrayal has hardened into resolve as she pushes forward in her search for answers, no matter where they might lead.Don’t miss this latest installment in the highly acclaimed Allie Bishop series. Read more

When Detective Riley Quinn receives a bloody letter,a note filled with peculiar riddles arranged like a crossword,she launches an investigation against her peer’s advice.Some believe that it’s a prank, but Riley is convinced it holds vital clues to a murderous case.Although every clue and attempt to solve the puzzle initially leads her to dead end,Detective Riley Quinn perseveres against all odds.With enough time, she follows the puzzle's clues to a famous site.An infamous construction area once destined for a huge mansion and elaborate grounds,until money ran out and it was abandoned.While exploring the deserted yet lavish entertaining area in the backyard,Riley stumbles upon a strange area that changes the entire trajectory of her case.Bloody trails, deadly codes, secret letters, and a twisted game that seems to have no end in sight.Play sickening games, pay the eternal judgement. Read more

Be careful what you post online. Your next check-in might lead him right to you... A serial rapist is kidnapping teenage girls. But he’s not interested in just any teenage girls—only virgins. He hunts them by following their status updates and check-ins on social media. Once he’s captured them, they’re locked away in his sound-proof basement until they’re groomed and ready. He throws them away like pieces of trash after he’s stolen their innocence. Nobody escapes alive. Until Ella. Ella risks it all to escape, setting herself and the other girls free. But only Sarah—the girl whose been captive the longest—gets out with her. The girls are hospitalized and surrounded by FBI agents who will stop at nothing to find the man responsible. Ella and Sarah are the key to their investigation, but Sarah’s hiding something and it isn’t long before Ella discovers her nightmare is far from over. Fans of The Butterfly Garden and The Girl Before will devour Appetite for Innocence Warning: Contains sexual violence which may be a trigger for some readers.. Read more

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AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry’s daughter. Renée Ballard and the LAPD’s Open-Unsolved Unit get a hot shot DNA connection between a recently arrested man and a serial rapist and murderer who went quiet two decades ago. The arrested man is only twenty-four, so the genetic link must be familial: His father was the Pillowcase Rapist, responsible for a five-year reign of terror in the City of Angels. But when Ballard and her team move in on their suspect, they encounter a baffling web of secrets and legal hurdles. Meanwhile, Ballard’s badge, gun, and ID are stolen—a theft she can’t report without giving her enemies in the department ammunition to end her career as a detective. She works the burglary alone, but her mission draws her into unexpected danger. With no choice but to go outside the department for help, she knocks on the door of Harry Bosch. At the same time, Ballard takes on a new volunteer to the cold case unit: Bosch’s daughter Maddie, now a patrol officer. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city’s library of lost souls—a case that may be the most iconic in the city’s history. Complex, satisfying, and full of dexterous twists, The Waiting demonstrates once more that “you can’t do better than Michael Connelly” (Forbes). Read more

They captured me, broke me. Molded me into their perfect weapon.They made me murder and seduce strangers. Until a hitman killed my captors and set me free.LeroiI rescued a girl from a basement thinking she was innocent, but I brought home a serial killer whose darkness borders on insanity.Now, I need to tame her murderous instincts before I become her next victim.Seraphine is reckless, unstable, and likely to get us both destroyed. Every instinct says I should end her, but she’s too captivating to resist.Each day, she draws me deeper into her web, her allure stripping my self-control. But I’m harboring secrets treacherous enough to add me to her list of men to slaughter.SeraphineLeroi is dark, deadly, and dangerously attractive.I don’t know what he wants, but resisting him is impossible and I'm ready to slay him at the first sign of betrayal.When a dark figure from the past rises from the shadows, wanting to reclaim me, I'm forced to trust a man who might stab me in the back.Taming Seraphine is a dark romance containing themes that may be disturbing to some. Please check the warnings inside the book. Read more

Nationally Bestselling Author!* Winner - Best Novel, 2019 ITW Thriller Award * Authors on the Air Network - Thriller of the Year 2018 * Finalist - Anthony Award for Best Novel * Finalist - Macavity Award for Best Novel * MysteryTribune Ten Women Mystery and Thriller Writers You Should be Reading * Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best of 2018 * Bustle’s Best Thriller 11 Authors Read This Year * CrimeReads’ 20 Best of 2018 * Writer Types Podcast Favorite Books * LitReactor Best Books of 2018 * CrimeReads Favorite Crime Books of the Year * BOLO Books Top Reads of 2018 * SouthFlorida.com Best Mystery Novels of 2018 * Suspense Magazine Best of 2018 - Mystery/Thriller category "Jar of Hearts grabs you by the throat! The perfect blend of riveting characters, chilling details, and gasping twists in this standout thriller will keep you frantically reading until the explosive end.” – Lisa Gardner, New York Times bestselling author of Right Behind YouThis is the story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who's been searching for the truth all these years . . .When she was sixteen years old, Angela Wong—one of the most popular girls in school—disappeared without a trace. Nobody ever suspected that her best friend, Georgina Shaw, now an executive and rising star at her Seattle pharmaceutical company, was involved in any way. Certainly not Kaiser Brody, who was close with both girls back in high school.But fourteen years later, Angela Wong's remains are discovered in the woods near Geo's childhood home. And Kaiser—now a detective with Seattle PD—finally learns the truth: Angela was a victim of Calvin James. The same Calvin James who murdered at least three other women. To the authorities, Calvin is a serial killer. But to Geo, he's something else entirely. Back in high school, Calvin was Geo's first love. Turbulent and often volatile, their relationship bordered on obsession from the moment they met right up until the night Angela was killed. For fourteen years, Geo knew what happened to Angela and told no one. For fourteen years, she carried the secret of Angela's death until Geo was arrested and sent to prison.While everyone thinks they finally know the truth, there are dark secrets buried deep. And what happened that fateful night is more complex and more chilling than anyone really knows. Now the obsessive past catches up with the deadly present when new bodies begin to turn up, killed in the exact same manner as Angela Wong.How far will someone go to bury her secrets and hide her grief? How long can you get away with a lie? How long can you live with it? Find out in Jennifer Hillier's Jar of Hearts. Read more

Seven meets L.A. Confidential with a vampire twist, in this true crime and film noir-inspired standalone dark romance from New York Times Bestselling author Karina Halle.In 1940s Los Angeles, the murder of Lena Reid's closest friend, Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, shocks the city and leaves whispers of a serial killer stalking the shadows. Drawn to danger and desperate for answers, Lena crosses paths with Victor Callahan, an ex-boxer turned private detective with a tormented soul and haunted past.Their connection is fiery, obsessive and depraved, but as the investigation deepens, Lena discovers a darker threat lurking beneath Callahan's carefully controlled exterior. The blackouts he can't explain. The nights he can't remember. The blood on his hands.With each passing night, something primal awakens within him—a heritage concealed since birth. Callahan is hunting a killer while unaware that vampire blood runs in his veins, transforming him into something both powerful and dangerous.As they uncover the terrifying truth behind Elizabeth's murder, Lena and Callahan are thrust into a twisted game of love, lust, and violence. In a city where monsters wear human faces, they have no choice but to confront the predators stalking them—and the ones lurking within. Read more

A New York Times Bestseller“A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you’ll never see coming. Stacy Willingham’s debut will keep you turning pages long past your bedtime.” —Karin SlaughterWhen Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath.Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. While she finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to achieve, she sometimes feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. So when a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, seeing parallels from her past that aren't actually there, or for the second time in her life, is Chloe about to unmask a killer?From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page. Read more