Thrillers

A woman invited to her wealthy fiancé’s family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret—and that she’s been there before, by the bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods. A whirlwind romance. When Theodora Scott met Connor—wealthy, charming, and a member of the powerful Dalton family—she fell in love in an instant. Six months later, he’s brought her to Idlewood, his family’s isolated winter retreat, to win over his skeptical relatives. Stay away from Connor Dalton. Theo has tried to ignore the threatening messages on her phone, but she can’t ignore the footprints in the snow outside the cabin window or the strange sense of familiarity she has about this place. Then, in a disused cabin, Theo finds something impossible: a photo of herself as a child. A photo taken at Idlewood. I’ve been here before. Theo has almost no recollection of her earliest years, but now she begins to piece together the fragments of her memories. Someone here has a shocking secret that they will do anything to keep hidden, and Theo is in terrible danger. Because the Daltons do not lose, and discovering what happened at Idlewood may cost Theo everything.

Could ten days at a health resort really change you forever? These nine perfect strangers are about to find out... Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can’t even admit to themselves. Amidst all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next ten days are going to be. Frances Welty, the formerly best-selling romantic novelist, arrives at Tranquillum House nursing a bad back, a broken heart, and an exquisitely painful paper cut. She’s immediately intrigued by her fellow guests. Most of them don’t look to be in need of a health resort at all. But the person that intrigues her most is the strange and charismatic owner/director of Tranquillum House. Could this person really have the answers Frances didn’t even know she was seeking? Should Frances put aside her doubts and immerse herself in everything Tranquillum House has to offer—or should she run while she still can? It’s not long before every guest at Tranquillum House is asking exactly the same question. Combining all of the hallmarks that have made Liane Moriarty's writing a go-to for anyone looking for wickedly smart, page-turning fiction that will make you laugh and gasp, Nine Perfect Strangers once again shows why she is a master of her craft.

A restaurateur lured by pandemic\-era incentives moves her family to a seemingly idyllic town in Georgia. The email message that lands in Billie Hope’s inbox seems like a gift from the universe. For $100 she can purchase a spacious Victorian home in Juliana, Georgia, a small town eager to boost its economy in the wake of the pandemic. She can leave behind her cramped New York City rental and some painful memories. Plus she’ll get a business grant to open a new restaurant in a charming riverside community laden with opportunity. After some phone calls and one hurried visit, Billie and her husband and daughter are officially part of the "Juliana Initiative." The town is everything promised, and between settling into her lavish home and starting a new restaurant, Billie is busy enough to dismiss misgivings. Yet those misgivings grow. There’s something about Juliana, something off\-kilter and menacing beneath its famous Southern hospitality. No matter how much Billie longed for her family to come here, she’s starting to wonder how, and whether, they’ll ever leave.

Ein schauriger Horrorroman über eine Heimsuchung, erzählt aus der Perspektive eines jungen Mädchens, dessen zerrüttete Familie von einem Wesen ins Visier genommen wird, das sie „Andere Mama“ nennt, vom New-York-Times-Bestsellerautor von Bird Box Für die achtjährige Bela ist ihre Familie ihre ganze Welt. Da sind Mama, Daddo und Oma Ruth. Aber da ist auch Andere Mama, ein bösartiges Wesen, das sie jeden Tag fragt: „Kann ich in dein Herz hinein?“ Als entsetzliche Vorfälle im Haus darauf hindeuten, dass Andere Mama es leid wird, Bela immer und immer wieder dieselbe Frage zu stellen … versteht Bela, dass ihre Familie bald bezahlen muss, wenn sie nicht Ja sagt. Andere Mama wird unruhig, stärker, dreister. Nur die Familienbande können Bela beschützen, doch weitere Vorfälle zeigen Risse in der Ehe ihrer Eltern. Die Sicherheit, auf die Bela vertraut, steht kurz davor, zu zerbrechen. Doch Andere Mama braucht eine Antwort. Vorfälle im Haus ist eine schaurige, völlig einzigartige Geschichte wahren Grauens, erzählt von dem Kind Bela. Eine Geschichte über eine Familie, die ebenso heimgesucht wird wie ihr Zuhause.

Moderní klasika Carrie představila výrazný nový hlas americké literatury — Stephena Kinga. Příběh nepochopené středoškolačky Carrie Whiteové, jejích mimořádných telekinetických schopností a jejího násilného řádění z pomsty zůstává jedním z nejprůlomovějších a nejšokujících románů všech dob. Domluvte si schůzku s hrůzou a prožijte noční můru, kterou je... Carrie — zadní obálka

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. Unless... In 2011, Jake Epping, an English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, sets out on an insane—and insanely possible—mission to prevent the Kennedy assassination. Leaving behind a world of computers and mobile phones, he goes back to a time of big American cars and diners, of Lindy Hopping, the sound of Elvis, and the taste of root beer. In this haunting world, Jake falls in love with Sadie, a beautiful high school librarian. And, as the ominous date of 11/22/63 approaches, he encounters a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald...

From the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author of When No One Is Watching comes a riveting thriller about the new caretaker of a historic estate who finds herself trapped on an island with a murderer—and the ghosts of her past. Years after a breakdown and a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder derailed her historical preservationist career, Kenetria Nash and her alters have been given a second chance they can’t refuse: a position as resident caretaker of a historic home. Having been dormant for years, Ken has no idea what led them to this isolated Hudson River island, but she’s determined not to ruin their opportunity. Then a surprise visit from the home’s conservation trust just as a Nor’easter bears down on the island disrupts her newfound life, leaving Ken trapped with a group of possibly dangerous strangers—including the man who brought her life tumbling down years earlier. When he turns up dead, Ken is the prime suspect. Caught in a web of secrets and in a race against time, Ken and her alters must band together to prove their innocence and discover the truth of Kavanaugh Island—and their own past—or they risk losing not only their future, but their life.

Penpal began as a series of short and interconnected stories posted on an online horror forum. Before long, it was adapted into illustrations, audio recordings, and short films; and that was before it was revised and expanded into a novel! How much do you remember about your childhood? In Penpal, a man investigates the seemingly unrelated bizarre, tragic, and horrific occurrences of his childhood in an attempt to finally understand them. Beginning with only fragments of his earliest years, you'll follow the narrator as he discovers that these strange and horrible events are actually part of a single terrifying story that has shaped the entirety of his life and the lives of those around him. If you've ever stayed in the woods just a little too long after dark, if you've ever had the feeling that someone or something was trying to hurt you, if you remember the first friend you ever made and how strong that bond was, then Penpal is a story that you won't soon forget, despite how you might try.

Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and viscera and human bones littering the gift shops, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares. How could a group of survivors, mostly teenagers, commit such terrible acts? Presented as a fact-finding investigation and a series of first-person interviews, FantasticLand pieces together the grisly series of events. Park policy was that the mostly college-aged employees surrender their electronic devices to preserve the authenticity of the FantasticLand experience. Cut off from the world and left on their own, the teenagers soon form rival tribes who viciously compete for food, medicine, social dominance, and even human flesh. This new social network divides the ravaged dreamland into territories ruled by the Pirates, the ShopGirls, the Freaks, and the Mole People. If meticulously curated online personas can replace private identities, what takes over when those constructs are lost? FantasticLand is a modern take on Lord of the Flies meets Battle Royale that probes the consequences of a social civilization built online.

Quinn Maybrook just wants to make it until graduation. She might not make it to morning. Quinn and her father moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs to find a fresh start. But ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half. On one side are the adults, who are desperate to make Kettle Springs great again, and on the other are the kids, who want to have fun, make prank videos, and get out of Kettle Springs as quick as they can. Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress. It’s a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown in a pork-pie hat, goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there now.

What was it like? Living in that house. Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a nonfiction book called House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity—and skepticism. Today, Maggie is a restorer of old homes and too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father’s book. But she also doesn’t believe a word of it. Ghosts, after all, don’t exist. When Maggie inherits Baneberry Hall after her father’s death, she returns to renovate the place to prepare it for sale. But her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the past, chronicled in House of Horrors, lurk in the shadows. And locals aren’t thrilled that their small town has been made infamous thanks to Maggie’s father. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself—a place filled with relics from another era that hint at a history of dark deeds. As Maggie experiences strange occurrences straight out of her father’s book, she starts to believe that what he wrote was more fact than fiction. In the latest thriller from New York Times bestseller Riley Sager, a woman returns to the house made famous by her father’s bestselling horror memoir. Is the place really haunted by evil forces, as her father claimed? Or are there more earthbound—and dangerous—secrets hidden within its walls?

A wildly inventive spin on the supernatural thriller, about a woman working as a nanny for a young boy with strange and disturbing secrets. Mallory Quinn is fresh out of rehab when she takes a job as a babysitter for Ted and Caroline Maxwell. She is to look after their five-year-old son, Teddy. Mallory immediately loves it. She has her own living space, goes out for nightly runs, and has the stability she craves. And she sincerely bonds with Teddy, a sweet, shy boy who is never without his sketchbook and pencil. His drawings are the usual fare: trees, rabbits, balloons. But one day, he draws something different: a man in a forest, dragging a woman’s lifeless body. Then, Teddy’s artwork becomes increasingly sinister, and his stick figures quickly evolve into lifelike sketches well beyond the ability of any five-year-old. Mallory begins to wonder if these are glimpses of a long-unsolved murder, perhaps relayed by a supernatural force. Knowing just how crazy it all sounds, Mallory nevertheless sets out to decipher the images and save Teddy before it’s too late.

In this family, everyone is keeping secrets—especially the dead. Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there. And they don't come much richer than Fred and Sheila Merton. But even all their money can't protect them when a killer comes to call. The Mertons are brutally murdered the night after an Easter Dinner with their three adult kids. Who, of course, are devastated. Or are they? They each stand to inherit millions. They were never a happy family, thanks to their capricious father and neglectful mother, but perhaps one of them is more disturbed than anyone knew. Did one of them snap after that dreadful evening? Or was it someone else that night who crept in with the worst of intentions? It must be. After all, if one of your siblings was a psychopath, you'd know. Wouldn't you?

Who am I? I've forgotten the answer to that question long ago. Ever since I ran from that house, so desperate to escape, I left with only the clothes on my back and socks on my feet. After that day, I've only ever walked in stolen shoes. Could I be a girl who is searching for the meaning of life in faceless men? They were all so forgettable. Until he came along. He took me under a waterfall and made me forget my name, and in return, I took his instead. Enzo Vitale. An enigmatic man that will only ever love the deep sea. Or rather the predators that inhabit it. Turns out, he's not so different than the monsters he feeds. He lured me onto his boat like a fish in the ocean, seeking vengeance for my crime. Had I realized his intentions, and that a massive storm would leave us shipwrecked, I would've ran. Now, I'm a girl who's seeking refuge in a decrepit lighthouse with a man who loathes me almost as much as he craves me. He wants to hurt me, but the old caretaker of the abandoned island may have intentions far more sinister. It's no longer a question of who I am, but rather, will I survive?

Από τη Lisa Jewell, συγγραφέα μπεστ σέλερ Νο. 1 των New York Times — τρεις γυναίκες συνδέονται με έναν άντρα σε αυτό το καλειδοσκοπικό θρίλερ. Ο εστιάτορας Πάντι Σουάν ήταν η ψυχή της παρέας, μέχρι τη μέρα που ένας άντρας τον έσπρωξε στις γραμμές ενός τρένου που πλησίαζε, αφήνοντας συντετριμμένες την κόρη του, την Άς, που είναι στα είκοσι και κάτι, και τη σύζυγό του, τη Νίνα. Λίγο μετά την κηδεία του Πάντι, οι δύο γυναίκες λαμβάνουν ταχυδρομικώς μια έκπληξη: ένα σημείωμα και ένα πακέτο από τον Νικ Ράτκλιφ, παλιό φίλο του Πάντι, καθώς και έναν συνηθισμένο αναπτήρα που κάποτε του ανήκε, δεκαετίες πριν. Αυτό το απρόσμενο δώρο φέρνει πιο κοντά τον Νικ και τη Νίνα — προς μεγάλη δυσαρέσκεια της Άς. Η Μάρθα είναι μια ανθοπώλισσα σε μικρή πόλη, με όνειρα επέκτασης. Ζει με τον δεύτερο σύζυγό της, τον Αλ, το μωρό τους και τους δύο γιους της από τον προηγούμενο γάμο της. Όμως φαίνεται πως δεν έχουν ποτέ χρήματα και, με τα συνεχή επαγγελματικά ταξίδια του Αλ, νιώθει σαν μονογονέας — ιδιαίτερα όταν μια έκτακτη κατάσταση την κάνει να συνειδητοποιήσει ότι κάτι πρέπει να αλλάξει. Όμως ο Νικ και ο Αλ ίσως να μην είναι αυτοί που λένε πως είναι, οδηγώντας αυτές τις τρεις γυναίκες σε μια συγκλονιστική πορεία σύγκρουσης, ενώ εύχονται να είχαν λάβει υπόψη μια προειδοποίηση: Μην τον αφήσεις να μπει.

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and The Cabin at the End of the World. In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing, art\-house horror flick. The weird part? Only three of the film’s scenes were ever released to the public, but Horror Movie has nevertheless grown a rabid fanbase. Three decades later, Hollywood is pushing for a big budget reboot. The man who played “The Thin Kid” is the only surviving cast member. He remembers all too well the secrets buried within the original screenplay, the bizarre events of the filming, and the dangerous crossed lines on set that resulted in tragedy. As memories flood back in, the boundaries between reality and film, past and present start to blur. But he’s going to help remake the film, even if it means navigating a world of cynical producers, egomaniacal directors, and surreal fan conventions—demons of the past be damned. But at what cost? Horror Movie is an obsessive, psychologically chilling, and suspenseful twist on the “cursed film” that breathlessly builds to an unforgettable, mind\-bending conclusion.

Das Leben der Barretts, einer normalen Vorstadtfamilie aus Neuengland, wird auseinandergerissen, als die vierzehnjährige Marjorie Anzeichen einer akuten Schizophrenie zeigt. Zur Verzweiflung ihrer Eltern sind die Ärzte nicht in der Lage, Marjories Abgleiten in den Wahnsinn aufzuhalten. Während ihr einst stabiles Zuhause zu einem Haus des Schreckens wird, wenden sie sich widerwillig an einen örtlichen katholischen Priester. Pater Wanderly schlägt einen Exorzismus vor; er glaubt, die verletzliche Teenagerin sei das Opfer einer dämonischen Besessenheit. Er kontaktiert außerdem eine Produktionsfirma, die begierig darauf ist, die Notlage der Barretts zu dokumentieren. Da John, Marjories Vater, seit mehr als einem Jahr arbeitslos ist und die Arztrechnungen sich auftürmen, erklärt sich die Familie damit einverstanden, gefilmt zu werden, und wird bald zu den unfreiwilligen Stars von The Possession, einer erfolgreichen Reality-TV-Show. Als die Ereignisse im Haus der Barretts in einer Tragödie gipfeln, werden die Sendung und die schockierenden Vorfälle, die sie festhält, zum Stoff einer urbanen Legende. Fünfzehn Jahre später interviewt ein Bestsellerautor Merrys, Marjories jüngere Schwester. Während sie sich an jene lange zurückliegenden Ereignisse erinnert, die stattfanden, als sie erst acht Jahre alt war, treten lange begrabene Geheimnisse und schmerzhafte Erinnerungen zutage, die im Widerspruch zu dem stehen, was im Fernsehen ausgestrahlt wurde – und eine verstörende Geschichte des psychologischen Horrors wird entfesselt, die quälende Fragen über Erinnerung und Realität, Wissenschaft und Religion sowie die Natur des Bösen selbst aufwirft.

The last thing Jamie Watson wants is a rugby scholarship to Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged father. But that’s not the only complication: Sherringford is also home to Charlotte Holmes, the famous detective’s great-great-great-granddaughter, who has inherited not only Sherlock’s genius but also his volatile temperament. From everything Jamie has heard about Charlotte, it seems safer to admire her from afar. From the moment they meet, there’s a tense energy between them, and they seem more destined to be rivals than anything else. But when a Sherringford student dies under suspicious circumstances, ripped straight from the most terrifying of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Jamie can no longer afford to keep his distance. Jamie and Charlotte are being framed for murder, and only Charlotte can clear their names. But danger is mounting and nowhere is safe—and the only people they can trust are each other.

The fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Charlotte Holmes series! Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson think they’re finally in the clear. They’ve left Sherringford School—and the Moriartys—behind for a pre-college summer program at Oxford University. A chance to start from scratch and explore dating for the first time, while exploring a new city with all the freedom their program provides. But when they arrive, Charlotte is immediately drawn into a new case: a series of accidents have been befalling the members of the community theater troupe in Oxford, and now, on the eve of their production of Hamlet, they’re starting all over again. What once seemed like a comedy of errors is now a race to prevent the next tragedy—before Charlotte or Jamie is the next victim.

Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love - all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life.

Ένα υγρό βράδυ του Οκτωβρίου, η εικοσιτετράχρονη Άσλεϊ Κόρντοβα βρίσκεται νεκρή σε μια εγκαταλελειμμένη αποθήκη στο κάτω Μανχάταν. Παρότι ο θάνατός της χαρακτηρίζεται αυτοκτονία, ο έμπειρος ερευνητικός δημοσιογράφος Σκοτ ΜακΓκραθ υποψιάζεται το αντίθετο. Καθώς ερευνά τις παράξενες συνθήκες γύρω από τη ζωή και τον θάνατο της Άσλεϊ, ο ΜακΓκραθ έρχεται αντιμέτωπος με την κληρονομιά του πατέρα της: του θρυλικού, απομονωμένου σκηνοθέτη καλτ ταινιών τρόμου Στανίσλαους Κόρντοβα — ενός ανθρώπου που δεν έχει εμφανιστεί δημόσια εδώ και περισσότερα από τριάντα χρόνια. Για τον ΜακΓκραθ, ένας ακόμη θάνατος που συνδέεται με αυτή τη φαινομενικά καταραμένη οικογενειακή δυναστεία μοιάζει να είναι κάτι περισσότερο από απλή σύμπτωση. Παρότι πολλά έχουν γραφτεί για τις σκοτεινές και ανατριχιαστικές ταινίες του Κόρντοβα, πολύ λίγα είναι γνωστά για τον ίδιο τον άνθρωπο. Ωθούμενος από εκδίκηση, περιέργεια και την ανάγκη για την αλήθεια, ο ΜακΓκραθ, με τη βοήθεια δύο αγνώστων, παρασύρεται όλο και βαθύτερα στον απόκοσμο, υπνωτιστικό κόσμο του Κόρντοβα. Την τελευταία φορά που πλησίασε να αποκαλύψει τον σκηνοθέτη, ο ΜακΓκραθ έχασε τον γάμο του και την καριέρα του. Αυτή τη φορά ίσως χάσει ακόμη περισσότερα.

Your neighbors have secrets. How far would they go to keep them? “A simple, ordinary mistake explodes into a suburban nightmare in this hugely compelling, one-sitting read packed full of thrilling moments and genuinely surprising twists. Andrea Mara is at the very top of her game.” —Catherine Ryan Howard You press send and your message disappears. Full of secrets about your neighbors, it’s meant for your sister. But it doesn’t reach her – it goes to the entire local community WhatsApp group instead. As rumor spreads like wildfire through the picture-perfect neighborhood, you convince yourself that people will move on, that this will quickly be forgotten. But then you receive the first death threat. The next day, a woman has been murdered. And what’s even more chilling is that she had the same address as you – 26 Oakpark – but in a different part of town. Did the killer get the wrong house? It won’t be long before you find out…

25 days, 25 chapters. This December, the countdown to Christmas will chill you to the bone. Hoping to bring his family closer together, Adam Gray arranges a vacation in a remote cabin on a snowy mountain. Things take a dark turn, however, when someone starts leaving gifts in the Christmas stocking mounted on the barn door. Each morning brings something new, and with every passing day, the contents become more terrifying. Soon, the family makes a spine\-chilling they’ve been dragged into a deranged game of Secret Santa, and if they want to survive, they will have to fight.

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.

For fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz, a fiendishly fun locked room murder mystery from the author of the indie darling Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone—this time set on a train full of mystery writers, agents, editors, and fans. Ernest Cunningham returns in a deliciously witty locked room (train) mystery. When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. Obviously, that didn’t pan out. The program is a who’s who of crime writing royalty: the debut writer (me!) the forensic science writer the blockbuster writer the legal thriller writer the literary writer the psychological suspense writer But when one of us is murdered, the remaining authors quickly turn into five detectives. Together, we should know how to solve a crime. Of course, we should also know how to commit one. How can you find a killer when all the suspects know how to get away with murder?

Welcome to Derry, Maine ... It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real ... They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name.

Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special 12-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals. On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless - mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky 12-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the "steam" that children with the "shining" produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant "shining" power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes "Doctor Sleep." Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted fans of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.

From master storyteller Stephen King comes an extraordinary new novel with intertwining storylines—one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speaker—featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters. When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to “kill thirteen innocents and one guilty” in “an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man,” Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realizes that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help. Meanwhile, controversial and outspoken women’s rights activist Kate McKay is embarking on a multi\-state lecture tour, drawing packed venues of both fans and detractors. Someone who vehemently opposes Kate’s message of female empowerment is targeting her and disrupting her events. At first, no one is hurt, but the stalker is growing bolder, and Holly is hired to be Kate’s bodyguard—a challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and his belief in his own righteousness. Featuring a riveting cast of characters both old and new, including world\-famous gospel singer Sista Bessie and an unforgettable villain addicted to murder, these twinned narratives converge in a chilling and spectacular conclusion—a feat of storytelling only Stephen King could pull off. Thrilling, wildly fun, and outrageously engrossing, Never Flinch is one of King’s richest and most propulsive novels.

Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else. When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to learn how to live without the two people who knew and loved her best in the world. Most of all, she doesn’t want to deal with her brother, Mark, who never left their hometown, gets fired from one job after another, and resents her success. Unfortunately, she’ll need his help to get the house ready for sale because it’ll take more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime of memories to get this place on the market. But some houses don’t want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them…

Главозамайващ, непрестанно изненадващ трилър от автора на бестселъровата трилогия „Уейуърд Пайнс“. Една вечер Джейсън Десън върви към дома си по студените улици на Чикаго, предвкусвайки спокойна вечер пред камината със съпругата си Даниела и сина си Чарли — когато реалността му се разпада. „Щастлив ли си с живота си?“ Това са последните думи, които Джейсън Десън чува, преди похитителят с маска да го удари и да го остави в безсъзнание. Преди да се събуди и да се озове привързан към носилка, заобиколен от непознати в защитни костюми. Преди мъж, когото Джейсън никога не е срещал, да се усмихне към него и да каже: „Добре дошъл отново, приятелю.“ В този свят, в който се е събудил, животът на Джейсън не е този, който познава. Съпругата му не е негова съпруга. Синът му никога не се е раждал. А Джейсън не е обикновен преподавател по физика в колеж, а прочут гений, постигнал нещо забележително. Нещо невъзможно. Кой от двата свята е сънят? И дори домът, който помни, да е истински, как би могъл Джейсън да се върне при семейството, което обича? Отговорите се крият в едно пътуване, по-чудно и ужасяващо от всичко, което би могъл да си представи — пътуване, което ще го принуди да се изправи срещу най-мрачните страни на самия себе си, докато се бори с ужасяващ, привидно непобедим враг. „Тъмна материя“ е брилянтно изграден разказ, едновременно мащабен и интимен, странен до главозамайване и дълбоко човешки — непрестанно изненадващ научнофантастичен трилър за изборите, непоетите пътища и докъде сме готови да стигнем, за да си присвоим живота, за който мечтаем.

A missing woman. A serial killer on the loose. A smart-mouthed private investigator on the case. What could go wrong? Rylee Scott is a New York private investigator with a she's psychic and allergic to her cat. But only one of these secrets has the power to break her. When she's hired to find a missing woman, she finds herself racing against the clock to save her before she becomes the next victim of a prolific serial killer, the Toy Maker, who turns his victims into beautiful and horrific life-size versions of classic toys. After years of living under the radar, Rylee will have to enlist the help of the NYPD if she has any hope of bringing the woman home safe. Calum Reese is an NYPD detective with a southern accent, a chip on his shoulder and a secret of his own. On the hunt for the Toy Maker, he finds himself working with a certain private investigator who knows things she shouldn't and refuses to play by his rules. Can they put aside their differences to catch the killer before more bodies drop? Or will they be drowning in corpses before long?

Eighteen festive stories of murder and mystery in the grand tradition of Christmas crime fiction, from the masters of the genre. Including the New York Times bestselling [J.T. Ellison](https://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=J.T.%20Ellison "J.T. Ellison"), USA Today bestseller [Sam Carrington](https://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Sam%20Carrington "Sam Carrington"), Sunday Times bestseller [C.L. Taylor](https://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=C.L.%20Taylor "C.L. Taylor"), and many more... The award-winning [Marie O’Regan](https://www.goodreads.com:443/search/search?q=Marie O’Regan "Marie O’Regan") and [Paul Kane](https://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Paul%20Kane "Paul Kane") invite you to a festive gathering of bestselling, critically acclaimed and award-winning writers in tribute to classic, British period crime stories. From locked room mysteries on Christmas eve to devilish whodunits and tales of simmering rivalries unfolding at the dinner table, these thirteen original seasonal tales will delight and shock at every twist and turn. So, unwrap the presents, pour a mug of mulled wine and follow the bloodstained footprints through the freshly fallen snow as winter descends and darkness lurks in the shadows. Introduction | Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane How to Commit Murder in a Bookshop | C. L. Taylor Christmas Yet To Come | Helen Fields What She Left Me | Tina Baker The Red Angel | Russ Thomas O Murder Night | J. T. Ellison Christmas Lights | David Bell The Midnight Mass Murderer | Alexandra Benedict The Wrong Party | Claire McGowan Upon a Midnight Clear | Tom Mead Last Christmas | Fiona Cummins The Naughty List | Sam Carrington Indian Winter | Vaseem Khan Postmarked Murder | Susi Holliday Frostbite | Samantha Hayes A Deadly Gift | Angela Clarke Secret Santa | Liz Mistry Marley’s Ghost | Sarah Hilary Icarus | Belinda Bauer

Knives Out gets a holiday rom\-com twist in this rivals\-to\-lovers romance\-mystery from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter. The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room three days before Christmas. Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt: She’s the new Queen of the Cozy Mystery. He’s Mr. Big\-time Thriller Guy. She hates his guts. He thinks her name is Marcie (no matter how many times she’s told him otherwise.) But when they both accept a cryptic invitation to attend a Christmas house party at the English estate of a reclusive fan, neither is expecting their host to be the most powerful author in the world: Eleanor Ashley, the Duchess of Death herself. That night, the weather turns, and the next morning Eleanor is gone. She vanished from a locked room, and Maggie has to wonder: Is Eleanor in danger? Or is it all some kind of test? Is Ethan the competition? Or is he the only person in that snowbound mansion she can trust? As the snow gets deeper and the stakes get higher, every clue will bring Maggie and Ethan closer to the truth—and each other. Because, this Christmas, these two rivals are going to have to become allies (and maybe more) if they have any hope of saving Eleanor. Assuming they don’t kill each other first.

After an old gypsy woman is killed by his car, lawyer Billy Halleck is stricken with a flesh-wasting malady and must undertake a nightmarish journey to confront the forces of death. Movie tie-in. Book available.

The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told... until now. There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside. At the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. From a bit farther away comes the chink of an aluminum bat hitting a baseball as the Senior League kids practice for the Labor Day charity game. One day, a stranger calls to Gwendy: "Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me." On a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat like for a suit, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat... Journey back to Castle Rock again in this chilling new novella by Stephen King, bestselling author of The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, and Richard Chizmar, award-winning author of A Long December.

An unputdownable murder mystery by Britain's best-loved criminal barrister Rob Rinder. ONE MURDER. ONE IMPOSSIBLE CASE. WHO IS GUILTY? When hero policeman Grant Cliveden dies from a poisoning in the Old Bailey, it threatens to shake the country to its core. The evidence points to one man. Jimmy Knight has been convicted of multiple offences before and defending him will be no easy task. Not least because this is trainee barrister Adam Green's first case. But it will quickly become clear that Jimmy Knight is not the only person in Cliveden's past with an axe to grind. The only thing that's certain is that this is a trial which will push Adam - and the justice system itself - to the limit . . . ' '

Eighteen passengers. Seven stops. One killer. In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the sleeper train to the Highlands is derailed, along with the festive plans of its travellers. With the train stuck in snow in the middle of nowhere, a killer stalks its carriages, picking off passengers one by one. Those who sleep on the sleeper train may never wake again. Can former Met detective Roz Parker find the killer before they kill again? All aboard for . . . Murder on the Christmas Express

Nothing spoils a party like an uninvited corpse, which is just Lacey Langdon’s luck as she inherits a printing and party-planning business in this letter-perfect debut mystery. After inheriting her mother’s printing and party-planning business, Lacey Langdon moves back to her sleepy hometown of Willow Bluffs, perched on New Jersey’s Palisades. When her great aunt, Tessa Langdon Vander Horn, a well-known and beloved soap opera star, sells her nineteenth-century estate and donates ten acres to the development of a community park, Lacey’s new venture is put at the helm of the opening ceremony. But the festivities quickly come to an end when the body of town councilman Glenn Hartman is found on the bank of the Hudson River. Partnering with her former classmate, lawyer Derek Conover, they dig deep into the case to find out who is behind the murder. Suspicions abound, but Lacey and Derek hit a snag when one of their prime suspects drops dead at Lacey’s next event. With a second body added to the count, tensions rise in Willow Bluffs. Caught in the crossfire when remnants of a family tragedy resurface, Lacey and Derek must act swiftly before another body drops dead. Perfect for readers of Ellie Brannigan and Laurien Berenson, this cozy mystery is a charming small-town read.

A book club’s murder mystery game goes fatally wrong in this page-turning mystery, perfect for fans of The Block Party. Making friends in a new town can be murder, so when Jordyn is invited to attend a book club meeting in her new Saratoga Springs neighborhood, it’s safe to say she’s excited. But she has no intention of making friends with the tight-knit group—she has plans for revenge. Jordyn’s foster sister was a member of the book club until she was killed in a hit and run after a meeting one year prior. Members of the book club had serious motives and Jordyn is determined to read between the lines and find their secrets…and her sister’s killer. When the book club hosts a murder mystery party, secrets begin bubbling to the surface–and the murder part of the game becomes stranger than fiction. This bookish mystery will thrill readers looking for stories full of twists, turns, and tantalizing secrets.

Why choose between naughty or nice in this steamy, suspenseful Christmas\-themed stalker romance that’s perfect for dark romance readers seeking a spicy, festive read. It’s the night before Christmas and I’m alone in the house… Popular jewelry influencer Chloe Hallman is steeling herself to spend another holiday on her own. Instead, she finds herself drawn to two different guys… a smoldering hot fan of her secret, seductive online persona, and a sexy fireman named Jack who looks out for her in their NYC neighborhood. She has no idea that I know her better than she knows herself. Her deepest secrets, her darkest desires—she's careful, but I’ve been watching, never leaving footprints in the snow outside her home. Jack was the first responder to the accident that stole a beautiful young woman's family two Christmases ago, and he's been quietly guarding her ever since. When Jack uncovers Chloe’s secret account, his obsession only grows. Both he and Chloe are drawn to the darkness that mirrors their own. She’s my Christmas wish come true. And I'm hers. She just doesn’t know it yet. Will Chloe’s Christmas be a tale of fiery passion...or a dangerous game with a man whose love knows no bounds? He Sees You When You're Sleeping is a dark romance with a morally grey male lead. Some themes may be disturbing to readers. Please check the content warnings at the beginning of the book. Tropes: Stalker romance, Acquainted in real life, Christmas romance, Fireman romance, Morally grey MMC, He falls first, Kink friendly

Think you know the person you married? Think again… Things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter Adam Wright has lived with face blindness his whole life. He can’t recognize friends or family, or even his own wife. Every anniversary the couple exchange traditional gifts – paper, cotton, pottery, tin – and each year Adam’s wife writes him a letter that she never lets him read. Until now. They both know this weekend will make or break their marriage, but they didn’t randomly win this trip. One of them is lying, and someone doesn’t want them to live happily ever after. Ten years of marriage. Ten years of secrets. And an anniversary they will never forget. Rock Paper Scissors is the latest exciting domestic thriller from the queen of the killer twist, New York Times bestselling author Alice Feeney.

Alicia Berensons liv er tilsyneladende perfekt. Hun er en berømt maler, gift med en eftertragtet modefotograf, og hun bor i et storslået hus med store vinduer med udsigt over en park i et af Londons mest eftertragtede områder. En aften kommer hendes mand Gabriel sent hjem fra en modeoptagelse, og Alicia skyder ham fem gange i ansigtet og siger derefter aldrig et ord igen. Alicias nægtelse af at tale eller give nogen form for forklaring forvandler en huslig tragedie til noget langt større, et mysterium, der fængsler offentligheden og gør Alicia berygtet. Prisen på hendes kunstværker skyder i vejret, og hun, den tavse patient, bliver skjult for tabloidpressen og rampelyset på The Grove, en sikret retspsykiatrisk afdeling i Nordlondon. Theo Faber er en retspsykoterapeut, som længe har ventet på muligheden for at arbejde med Alicia. Hans beslutsomhed om at få hende til at tale og opklare mysteriet om, hvorfor hun skød sin mand, fører ham ad en snoet vej ind i hans egne motiver – en søgen efter sandheden, der truer med at opsluge ham ... Den tavse patient er en chokerende psykologisk thriller om en kvindes voldshandling mod sin mand – og om terapeuten, der er besat af at afdække hendes motiv.

November 1924. The Endeavour sets sail from Southampton carrying 2,000 passengers and crew on a week-long voyage to New York. When an elderly gentleman is found dead at the foot of a staircase, ship's officer Timothy Birch is ready to declare it a tragic accident. But James Temple, a strong-minded Scotland Yard inspector, is certain there is more to this misfortune than meets the eye. Birch agrees to investigate, and the trail quickly leads to the theft of a priceless painting. Its very existence is known only to its owner . . . and the dead man. With just days remaining until they reach New York, and even Temple's purpose on board the Endeavour proving increasingly suspicious, Birch's search for the culprit is fraught with danger. And all the while, the passengers continue to roam the ship with a killer in their midst . . .

An ingenious tour de force: an utterly compelling historical mystery with a plot that twists and turns and keeps the reader guessing until the very last page. We are in England in the 1660s. Charles II has been restored to the throne following years of civil war and Cromwell's short-lived republic. Oxford is the intellectual seat of the country, a place of great scientific, religious, and political ferment. A fellow of New College is found dead in suspicious circumstances. A young woman is accused of his murder. We hear the story of the death from four witnesses: an Italian physician intent on claiming credit for the invention of blood transfusion; the son of an alleged Royalist traitor; a master cryptographer who has worked for both Cromwell and the king; and a renowned Oxford antiquarian. Each tells his own version of what happened. Only one reveals the extraordinary truth. With rights sold for record-breaking sums around the world, An Instance of the Fingerpost is destined to become a major international publishing event. Deserving of comparison to the works of John Fowles and Umberto Eco, Iain Pears' novel is an ingenious tour de force: an utterly compelling historical mystery with a plot that twists and turns and keeps the reader guessing until the very last page.

Viktor is an aspiring writer with only Misha, his pet penguin, for company. Although he would prefer to write short stories, he earns a living composing obituaries for a newspaper. He longs to see his work published, yet the subjects of his obituaries continue to cling to life. But when he opens the newspaper to see his work in print for the first time, his pride swiftly turns to terror. He and Misha have been drawn into a trap from which there appears to be no escape.

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her not-so-secret preference for the company of animals over humans. Then a neighbor, Big Foot, turns up dead. Soon other bodies are discovered, in increasingly strange circumstances. As suspicions mount, Janina inserts herself into the investigation, certain that she knows whodunit. If only anyone would pay her mind . . . A deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead is a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate. Whom do we deem sane? it asks. Who is worthy of a voice?

A young family moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story—of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.

This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. Louis recounts how he became a vampire at the hands of the radiant and sinister Lestat and how he became indoctrinated, unwillingly, into the vampire way of life. His story ebbs and flows through the streets of New Orleans, defining crucial moments such as his discovery of the exquisite lost young child Claudia, wanting not to hurt but to comfort her with the last breaths of humanity he has inside. Yet, he makes Claudia a vampire, trapping her womanly passion, will, and intelligence inside the body of a small child. Louis and Claudia form a seemingly unbreakable alliance and even "settle down" for a while in the opulent French Quarter. Louis remembers Claudia's struggle to understand herself and the hatred they both have for Lestat that sends them halfway across the world to seek others of their kind. Louis and Claudia are desperate to find somewhere they belong, to find others who understand, and someone who knows what and why they are. Louis and Claudia travel Europe, eventually coming to Paris and the ragingly successful Theatre des Vampires—a theatre of vampires pretending to be mortals pretending to be vampires. Here they meet the magnetic and ethereal Armand, who brings them into a whole society of vampires. But Louis and Claudia find that finding others like themselves provides no easy answers and in fact presents dangers they scarcely imagined. Originally begun as a short story, the book took off as Anne wrote it, spinning the tragic and triumphant life experiences of a soul. As well as the struggles of its characters, Interview captures the political and social changes of two continents. The novel also introduces Lestat, Anne's most enduring character, a heady mixture of attraction and revulsion. The book, full of lush description, centers on the themes of immortality, change, loss, sexuality, and power. source: annerice.com

For centuries, the mysterious dark-robed figure has roamed the globe, searching for those whose complicity and cowardice have fed into the rapids of history’s darkest waters-and now, in Sarah Perry’s breathtaking follow-up to The Essex Serpent, it is heading in our direction. It has been years since Helen Franklin left England. In Prague, working as a translator, she has found a home of sorts—or, at least, refuge. That changes when her friend Karel discovers a mysterious letter in the library, a strange confession and a curious warning that speaks of Melmoth the Witness, a dark legend found in obscure fairy tales and antique village lore. As such superstition has it, Melmoth travels through the ages, dooming those she persuades to join her to a damnation of timeless, itinerant solitude. To Helen it all seems the stuff of unenlightened fantasy. But, unaware, as she wanders the cobblestone streets Helen is being watched. And then Karel disappears...

Brought to you by Penguin. One haunted house. On her last day as a Detective, Midge McGowan is given the retirement present from a ticket to take part in a haunted house tour. She’ll have to spend a weekend ghost-hunting in an isolated mansion, with a group of misfits, including a know-it-all paranormal investigator and a has-been pop star. One impossible crime. It isn’t long before the tour starts to spiral out of control. Midge and the guests see an unsettling figure walking the grounds late at night. Then the unthinkable happens – someone is murdered in a room that’s been locked from the inside. One killer weekend. Heavy snow cuts them off from help, the house’s own dark secrets begin to surface, and Midge can’t shake the creeping sense that they are walking into a nightmare. Could a ghost really be responsible, or is the culprit one of the guests? Emma Mason 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

من يدري بما قد تحمله العاصفة معها... كوخ كيسي في البرية ليس مصممًا لتحمّل إعصار. يهتز سقفه، وتومض الأضواء، وتتأرجح الشجرة خارج بابها الأمامي على نحو ينذر بالسوء في الريح. لكنها أكثر قلقًا بكثير بشأن الفتاة التي تكتشفها كامنة خارج نافذة مطبخها. إنها صغيرة السن. وحيدة. ومغطاة بالدماء. لا تفسر الفتاة من أين جاءت، ولا ترخي قبضتها عن السكين في يدها اليمنى. وحين تكتشف كيسي أمرًا مقلقًا في منتصف الليل، تسوء الأمور أكثر. لدى الفتاة سر مظلم. سر ستقتل كي تحافظ عليه. وإذا اقتربت كيسي أكثر من الحقيقة، فقد لا تعيش حتى ترى الصباح. في هذه الحكاية المشدودة والقاتلة عن البقاء واليأس، تستكشف فريدا مكفادن، مؤلفة الكتب الأكثر مبيعًا في قائمة نيويورك تايمز، إلى أي مدى ستذهب فتاة لإنقاذ نفسها.