Best Scary Novels 2019 - April 2024

The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel

Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered—one girl lived.No one believes her story. The police think she's crazy. Her therapist thinks she's suicidal. Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk. They're all right—but did she see the killer?Best Mystery-Thriller eBook of the Year — Independent Publisher Book Awards 2018Winner Best Thriller — National Indie Excellence Awards 2018Winner Best Thriller — Silver Falchion Award 2018Finalist eBook Fiction — Indie Book Awards 2018Silver Medal Suspense — Reader’s Favorite Book Awards 2018Voted Most Loved Cover — NetGall... [Read More]

• ASIN: B076FNQWTF
• ASIN: B076FNQWTF
• Manufacturer: Greyson Media

Dark Sacred Night (A Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch Novel Book 1)

• ASIN: B0796R3RR4
• ASIN: B0796R3RR4
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

The Silent Patient

• ASIN: 1250301696
• ASIN: 1250301696
• ISBN: 1250301696
• Brand: Celadon Books
• Manufacturer: Celadon Books

Shelter in Place

From Nora Roberts comes the #1 New York Times bestseller Shelter in Place (June 2018)—a powerful tale of heart, heroism...and propulsive suspense.It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at video game store tended to customers. Then the shooters arrived.The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever. In the years that... [Read More]

• ASIN: B076BGDMK9
• ASIN: B076BGDMK9
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

The Night Fire (A Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch Novel)

Harry Bosch and LAPD Detective Renée Ballard come together again on the murder case that obsessed Bosch's mentor, the man who trained him---new from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, John Jack Thompson, is dead, but after his funeral his widow gives Bosch a murder book that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD 20 years before -- the unsolved killing of a troubled young... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316485616
• ASIN: 0316485616
• ISBN: 0316485616
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Wish

A touching story about a girl and her dog, perfect for young animal loversEleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. She even has a list of all the ways there are to make the wish, such as cutting off the pointed end of a slice of pie and wishing on it as she takes the last bite. But when she is sent to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to live with family she barely knows, it seems unlikely that her wish will ever come true. That is, until she meets Wishbone, a skinny stray dog who captures her heart, and Howard, a neighbor boy wh... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250144051
• ASIN: 1250144051
• ISBN: 1250144051
• Manufacturer: Square Fish

The Late Show (Renee Ballard Series Book 1)

In this first installment of the Renée Ballard series, #1 bestselling author Michael Connelly introduces a "complicated and driven" young detective fighting to prove herself on the LAPD's toughest beat (The New York Times).Renee Ballard works the midnight shift in Hollywood, beginning many investigations but finishing few, as each morning she turns everything over to the daytime units. It's a frustrating job for a once up-and-coming detective, but it's no accident. She's been given this beat as punishment after filing a sexual harassment complaint against a supervisor.But one night Ballard ca... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MYDJB6R
• ASIN: B01MYDJB6R
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

• ASIN: B078VW3VM7
• ASIN: B078VW3VM7
• Manufacturer: Knopf

Sara's Game: A Psychological Thriller (The Sara Winthrop Series Book 1)

Single mother, successful executive...target for revenge.Two years ago, Sara's husband left for the gym one morning...and never came back.His car was found. He wasn't.Unbelievably, the police report said, "No foul play suspected." There were a few unreliable sightings over the following months, but little else.Now, on the last day before summer break, her three children have gone missing from their schools, all at the same time.And the note under her windshield wiper asks one cryptic question: Are you ready to play the game?Reader Note - Sara's Game: A Psychological Thriller is a USA Today bes... [Read More]

• ASIN: B009FBK5CI
• ASIN: B009FBK5CI
• Manufacturer: JCL Publishing Psychological Thrillers

PENITENT: a Scottish murder mystery with a devilish twist (Detective Inspector Munro murder mysteries Book 9)

When the known stalker of a young woman is arrested for her murder, it should be an open-and-shut case for DI Charlie West.A woman is found bludgeoned to death in a swimming pool. A pensioner who disappeared many moons ago turns up out of the blue. A cockeyed boxer has more success outside the ring than in it.What connects these events may or may not be the clue DI Charlie West is looking for to solve the latest murder on her patch. With her mentor James Munro recovering from heart bypass surgery, she will have to rely on her own wits and those of her trusted team to progress the investigation... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07SJGM2G1
• ASIN: B07SJGM2G1
• Manufacturer: THE BOOK FOLKS best-selling crime fiction publishers

CyberStorm (Cyber Series Book 1)

The incredibly realistic story of one family's struggle to survive the destruction of New York in a massive terror attack. Million-copy bestseller now in development for film by 20th Century Fox."I couldn't put it down...shows how dangerous our transition to an interconnected infrastructure has become." Karic Allega, Joint Military Cyber Command, US NAVYNEW YORK GOES DARK IN THE DEAD OF WINTER...A TERRIFYING MYSTERY BEGINS...BUT WHO IS THE ENEMY? AND WILL THEY STRIKE AGAIN?Mike Mitchell is an average New Yorker struggling just to keep his family together when a string of disasters shreds the b... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00BT4QRHG
• ASIN: B00BT4QRHG
• Brand: Matthew Mather ULC
• Manufacturer: Matthew Mather ULC

Two Kinds of Truth (A Harry Bosch Novel Book 20)

Harry Bosch searches for the truth in the new thriller from #1 NYT bestselling author Michael ConnellyAn NPR Best Book of 2017A Times Critics' Top Book of 2017 A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2017A South Florida Sun-Sentinel Best Mystery of 2017An Amazon Book of the MonthHarry Bosch, exiled from the LAPD, is working cold cases for the San Fernando Police Department when all hands are called out to a local drugstore, where two pharmacists have been murdered in a robbery. Bosch and the tiny town's three-person detective squad sift through the clues, which lead into the dangerous, big-business worl... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06W9NKRXG
• ASIN: B06W9NKRXG
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel

Soon to be a major television event from Pascal Pictures, starring Tom Holland.Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager—obsessed with music, food, and girls—but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews esc... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1503902374
• ASIN: 1503902374
• ISBN: 1503902374
• Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

The Forbidden Door: A Jane Hawk Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When this relentless rogue FBI agent comes knocking, her adversaries will have to answer—with their lives—in this thrilling Jane Hawk novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Corner.“Koontz continues the incredible saga of the robust character of Jane Hawk, and it’s as terrific as the others in the series.”—Associated Press“We’re rewriting the play, and the play is this country, the world, the future. We break Jane’s heart, we’ll also break her will.”   She was one of the FBI’s top agents until she became the natio... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07B2JR8RS
• ASIN: B07B2JR8RS
• Manufacturer: Bantam

The Unknown: A Gripping Mystery Thriller Full of Twists and Turns

For fans of Divergent, The Hunger Games, and Stranger Things who want to discover something new ..."I have read hundreds of books and it is extremely rare for me to be surprised or give 5 stars. I almost always anticipate the plot twists. I thought I had this one all figured out from the very beginning ... [I] couldn't have been more wrong! ... An exhilarating, emotional, fast paced read that I couldn't put down ... This story was utterly unique." - Justine, Book Catharsis ★★★★★EIGHT CHILDREN WERE KIDNAPPED.BUT WHY?Eight kids, ages nine to seventeen, awaken to find tha... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07RQVXJ63
• ASIN: B07RQVXJ63

J.A. Jance Best Reading Order with Checklist and Summaries: Updated 2019 - eBook

JA Jance Reading List With Summaries and Checklist for your ReaderJA Jance Novels and Short Stories with Short Summaries - Updated in 2017This is the must-have reader’s guide for all JA JANCE fans.Includes a section

• UPC: 955962660

Scary Stories to Read in a Dark Alley: The Best of O. Penn-Coughin - eBook

Warning: This book is NOT for wimps!SCARY STORIES TO READ IN A DARK ALLEY brings together the scariest stories from the spine-chilling THEY’RE COMING FOR YOU: SCARY STORIES THAT SCREAM TO BE READ series all

• UPC: 844561524

Best of Terror 2019 - eBook

The following recommendations are the best 15% of 1900 horror and horror-adjacent movies reviewed by Steve Hutchison. Movies are sorted according to the average of various ratings: overall, story, creativity, acting, quality, and rewatchability. How

• UPC: 363657054

Probably the Best Kiss in the World: The laugh out loud romantic comedy of 2019! - eBook

‘Such a fresh, funny romance! … Reminded me a lot of a Sophie Kinsella book’ Kaitlyn, Goodreads ‘One of my favourite books of the year…it wasn’t difficult to fall for the fine specimen of Nordic

• UPC: 955819152

Best European Fiction 2019

9781628972863

• UPC: 114008338

Pen America Best Debut Short Stories 2019

The essential annual guide to the newest voices in short fiction Every year, PEN America Best Debut Short Stories celebrates twelve outstanding stories by today's most promising new fiction writers and the literary magazines that

• UPC: 667862715

Best Microfiction 2019

9781949790061

• UPC: 362772308

Shadow Casting: The Best Of Paul Kane

This collection gathers together some of Paul Kane's best fiction and celebrates his twenty years as a professional writer. With an introduction by bestselling author, Muriel Gray, and stunning cover art from the award-winning Vincent

• UPC: 635039461