Edgar Award Finalist: A teenage psychopath searches for his kidnapped sister in this "remarkable, dark, and exquisite" suspense novel ( The Washington Post Book World).When Sherman Abbott fires a bullet into his brain in front of his younger sister, Mamie, his mother's diligent care and faith in his recovery helps him heal into some semblance of his former self. But a year later, though Sherman can walk and talk, he can relate only to Mamie and the vicious ...

An innocent teenage girl sparks a psychopath's obsessive desire in this chilling tale of suspense and serial murder.Beautiful high school cheerleader Sheila Bonner has a new dress for the prom and a football-player boyfriend who's wild about her—but she can't resist another clandestine rendezvous with her hometown's handsome mayor, Henry Lee Slater. Despite her grandmother's warnings not to go off alone with him, Sheila is flattered by Slater's attentions. And when ...

When Maci Alvarez disappears during an evening run on a lonely mountain road, the picturesque town of Winchester appears to mourn alongside everyone else. But beneath its charming streets, friendly smiles, and timeless traditions lies a carefully guarded secret that has survived for generations. As new visitors arrive for what should be a joyful wedding celebration, they find themselves drawn into a place where every conversation hides another layer of deception, every familiar face seems ...

After their parents' tragic deaths, twelve-year-old Joey is left trying to survive a world that no longer makes sense one where silence fills the house and fear hides in familiar corners. With his older sister Stacey as his only guardian, Joey retreats behind cameras and walkie-talkies, recording everything as if proof might keep the darkness away. But when unsettling events begin to creep into his days and nights voices, shadows, moments that feel watched Joey starts to wonder if his fear...

What if the greatest war on Earth is the one no one can see?Theo Anderson thought the world's problems were simple. Headlines, violence, anger, broken people making bad choices. Like everyone else, he believed life was messy but understandable.Then one night everything changes.After a violent encounter leaves him suspended between life and death, Theo awakens in a place that should not exist. A realm known only as the Veil. It is not Heaven. It is not Hell. It is th...

After their parents' brutal deaths, Stacey becomes the sole guardian of her twelve-year-old brother Joey, holding together a fragile life inside a house thick with silence and secrets. Joey hides behind cameras and walkie-talkies, trying to capture a world that no longer feels safe, while Stacey clings to control locking doors, watching shadows, and trusting no one. But when unsettling events begin to blur grief and reality, Stacey fears the truth she's avoided: some monsters don't come fr...

Trapped in deadly showdowns, courtroom trials, and dangerous secrets, the Women's Murder Club must fight for their lives in this thriller by the world's #1 bestselling author.In a deadly late-night showdown, San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer fires her weapon and sets off a dramatic chain of events that leaves a police force disgraced, a family destroyed, and Lindsay herself at the mercy of twelve jurors.During a break in the trial, she retreats ...

Never say never…After loving and losing a soldier once, Isabella Knowles made a vow: No more military men. She’s rebuilt her life and has a classroom full of fifth graders to love, which is more than enough even though her father doesn’t agree. When he sets her up on a blind date, she only goes to humor him -- never dreaming that the man she meets will tempt her to break her one rule.In theory, Ethan Masters is not opposed to the wife, kids and house with a white picket fen...

USA TODAY bestseller | Christy Award Book of the YearA young musician abandons his faith and his father in pursuit of fortune and fame only to lose everything and return home. A Prodigal Son retelling where Redeeming Love meets Walk the Line.At the age of eighteen, musician and songwriter Cooper O'Connor took everything his father held dear and drove 1,200 miles from home to Nashville, his life riding on a six-str...

The magnificent second novel from the legendary author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Sailor Song is a wild-spirited and hugely powerful tale of an Oregon logging clan.A bitter strike is raging in a small lumber town along the Oregon coast. Bucking that strike out of sheer cussedness are the Stampers: Henry, the fiercely vital and overpowering patriarch; Hank, the son who has spent his life trying to live up to his father; and Viv, who fel...

In this Silver Creek Romance from New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates, former rodeo star Cade Mitchell may never ride again, but there are still a few things he can do—like care for the woman he loves.Amber Jameson has always thought of her best friend Cade as an older brother. A really hot older brother. But growing up in foster care, she learned to rely only on herself. As much as she likes stealing glances at Cade’s chiseled jaw and painted-o...

Trapped in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, including a monster hailstorm and terrifying chemical weapons spill, brothers Dean and Alex learned how to survive and worked together with twelve other kids to build a refuge from the chaos. But then strangers appeared, destroying their fragile peace, and bringing both fresh disaster and a glimmer of hope.Knowing that the chemical weapons saturating the air outside will turn him into a bloodthirsty rage monster, Dean dec...