A detective takes what seems like an easy job to catch a cheating husband but he finds much more as he is drawn into the husband’s web—and craves a new power that can only be achieved through sex.The story begins with a detective making love to his young, beautiful client. A month earlier, she had hired him to trail her husband, but they quickly became lovers. When the client asks him to kill her husband, the detective quickly realizes that he had ...

Stacy has just killed her boyfriend—but the problem is, he won’t stay dead.If you could kill your boyfriend and get away with it, would you? In How to Kill Your Boyfriend (in Ten Easy Steps), a young, beautiful woman abducts a complete stranger so that they can kill her boyfriend. The stranger—a famous radio call-in host—is terrified at first, but before she knows it, her beautiful abductor whisks her into a world of amazing possibilities.Horror tr...

A genetic apocalypse is ravaging the earth, women are disappearing from the planet, and the only hope to keep civilization from crumbling is a ten-year-old girl.In the future, people lose the ability to have daughters; and as women begin to disappear from a world already gripped by chaos, some people begin to think that a 10-year-old black girl will be the next Messiah.Seven years after the onset of this genetic apocalypse, all women have disappeared from c...

A haunting psychological thriller, The Last Dream Before Dawn is a chilling tale of a man who has it all—until his past catches up with him.A haunting psychological thriller, The Last Dream Before Dawn is a chilling tale of a man who has it all—until his past catches up with him.Roland is a powerful, handsome attorney who has everything a young man could desire. On the fast track to greatness and one of the most eligible bachelors in New Y...

'THE QUEEN OF SCANDINAVIAN CRIME THRILLERS' RED'A THRILLER WRITER OF THE HIGHEST ORDER' LIZA MARKLUNDCan Hanne Wilhelsen stop a vigilante in his tracks, in this chilling thriller perfect for fans of Jussi Adler-Olsen, Ragnar Jonasson and Ann CleevesThe Oslo police are baffled. Crime scenes are being found covered with blood, but there is no victim. Only an odd series of numbers is left behind.When a girl is brutally raped in her apartment, Detec...

It all started when his best friend died.His eyes turned cold and whatever soul he'd had disappeared.I thought I was going crazy until the first body turned up.Then there was another, and another.The bodies piled up and nobody noticed.Since that fateful day, my life has been a……Nightmare.

‘Head-to-head with Nicci French and Karin Slaughter’ Daily MirrorTHE FIRST BODY IS A MYSTERY.She's young. She's beautiful. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Kat Novak, betrays no secrets - except for a matchbook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside.THE NEXT BODY IS A WARNING.When a second victim is discovered, Kat begins to fear that a serial killer...

Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short):ARENA, by Fredric BrownEXPEDITER, by Mack ReynoldsONE-SHOT, by James BlishSHAMBLEAU, by C. L. MooreSHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando BinderZEN, by Jerome BixbyTHE LITTLE BLACK BAG, by C.M. KornbluthLANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson S. BondLIGHTER THAN...

Creating "true narrative magic" (The Washington Post) at every revelatory turn, Stephen King surpasses all expectation in the stunning final volume of his seven-part epic masterwork. Entwining stories and worlds from a vast and complex canvas, here is the conclusion readers have long awaited—breathtakingly imaginative, boldly visionary, and wholly entertaining.Roland Deschain and his ka-tet have journeyed together and apart, scattered far and wide...

A heart-pounding romantic suspense from RWA Lifetime Achievement Award–winning author Linda Howard—where passion, danger, and psychic visions collide.Marlie Keen thought she had left her past—and her dangerous clairvoyance—behind. For years she’s tried to live a quiet, ordinary life, believing the “knowing” that allowed her to witness crimes in real time had vanished. But when the visions return with terrifying force, Marlie knows she needs help to control them…or ...

The penultimate volume in the Dark Tower series, The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah, a #1 New York Times bestseller, is a pivotal installment in the epic saga.Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, the Dark Tower series is unlike anything you have ever read. Here is the penultimate installment.

"A young Western woman's experience of culture shock and psychological panic take frantic comic form in this highly entertaining" novella ( Kirkus )."[A] polished little satire."— The Wall Street Journal"[A] scathingly funny novella."— NewsdayAccording to ancient Japanese protocol, foreigners deigning to approach the emper...