Fifteen years ago, a serial killer carved a deep scar through small-town Arizona and ripped Melissa Wilder's family apart. The madman butchered her big brother and left her father nearly dead, and then disappeared into eerie silence.Now Melissa returns home as a talented reporter eager to revisit the cold case -- just as the murderer resumes his terrifying spree against the town's innocent children.Desperate to end the bloodshed, Melissa turns to the only witness who could ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY SUSPENSE MAGAZINE • Includes Dean Koontz’s short story “You Are Destined to Be Together Forever”From “one of the master storytellers of this or any age” (The Tampa Tribune) comes the stunning final adventure of “one of the most remarkable and appealing characters in current fiction”(The Virginian-Pilot)—as Dean Koontz brings the unforgettable odyssey of Odd Th...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The iconic thriller series that inspired the upcoming streaming show on Prime Video, in development now!**It came in a plain brown wrapper, no return address—an audiocassette recording of a horrifying, soul-lacerating scream, followed by the sound of a childlike voice chanting: “Bad love. Bad love. Don’t give me the bad love.” For Alex Delaware the tape is the first intimation that he is about to enter a living nightmare. Other...

“I leaned forward and put my hand softly against his chest, my fingers tracing lightly over the patches on his jacket. My lips, quivering with anticipation, pressed forward against his and I felt no resistance in him. He kissed me back and I was shocked at the softness he brought me. So much of him seemed like a fearsome animal. The softness was a surprise that made me smile ear to ear – a hard thing to do when you’re trying to kiss someone.”For Anne, life is something to ...

So close...Joe Tyler is close to finding his daughter.After a narrow miss in Minnesota, Joe follows a money trail to Denver, hoping to finally find Elizabeth, the daughter who was stolen from him nearly a decade earlier. Accompanied by his ex-wife Lauren, he enlists the reluctant help of Elizabeth's friends, only to find that he's missed her. Again.Armed with new information, Joe races to California, desperate to find his daughter. Stymied by roadblocks and dead-end...

"This is a powerful parable of loss, love and redemption that will stir the souls of its readers. Burchard has crafted something eternal here." —Jack Canfield, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul(R) series and The Success PrinciplesThe classic inspirational parable from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Millionaire Messenger—a triumphant tale of personal growth and change that will inspire anyone who has ever ...

Jimmy Fincher never expected that a normal day in the woods would drastically change his life. Deep in the forest, he discovers an old wooden door, setting off a chain of events that explode into a torrent of suspense and excitement. One mysterious door is going to change the world... forever.

Meredith -- I screwed up. Big time. My dad and his club asked me to leave. I know it wasn’t supposed to be forever, but how can I return until I feel I’ve made something of myself? I thought I was on the right path, going from hot mess to mature adult. Then I did something stupid. Now I don’t know what to do. Lynx has been amazing, and as much as I want to throw myself into his arms, I refuse to make the same mistakes over and over. This time, I need to figure it out on my own.Lynx...

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/ThrillerWinner of the Edgar Award for Best First NovelWhen an elderly recluse discovers a corpse on his land, Officer Henry Farrell is drawn into a murder investigation that might tear his sleepy community apart. Tom Bouman's chilling and evocative debut introduces one of the most memorable new characters in detective fiction and uncovers a haunting section of rural Pennsylvania, where gas drill...

Equal parts riveting and stirring, Carter takes a staple of campfires and rainy nights – the ghost story – into surprising new territory in this collection. No gore or gratuitous splatter here – these tales are meant to raise the hairs on the back of the neck and leave the reader feeling quietly discomfited hours after reading.On a dark night in the Virginia woods, a boy encounters a former slave protecting the Confederate sword of Robert E. Lee in the spellbinding "The Sword of Su...

When P.I. Lena Jones's Pima Indian partner Jimmy Sisiwan is arrested in the remote northern Arizona town of Walapai Flats, Lena rushes to his aid. She finds a town up in arms over a new uranium mine located only ten miles from the magnificent Grand Canyon. Jimmy's sister-in-law, founder of Victims of Uranium Mining, has been murdered, and the opposing side is taking hits too. Then Ike Donohue, the mine's public relations flack, is found shot to death, casting suspicion on Jimmy and his ent...

Alone in a cell and lacking memories of his past, John has no idea who—or what—he is.Alone on the streets of 1950s Los Angeles, Harry has far too many memories of his painful past and feels simply resignation in facing his empty future.When Harry is given a chance to achieve his only dream—to become an agent with the Bureau of Trans-Species Affairs—all he has to do is prove his worth. Yet nothing has ever come easy for him. Now he must offer himself and John as bait, entici...