A serial killer dubbed The Peeper stalks sleepy Midlothian Ohio, cutting off the eyelids of his victims as trophies of his grisly trade. The police are baffled, having more victims than suspects. Enter Dr. Randall Corlane, a humble everyman whose only pleasure comes from chatting on social media. Unfortunately, The Peeper is also fond of social media, selecting his victims from the cyberworld. This sinister killer has taken an online interest in framing Corlane, and he has the skill to do ...

Once again, government bureaucrats are dying by their own hand. And once again, genius scientist Dr. Deacon Creel must return from a drunken exile to find a cure for this Alzheimer's treatment turned into an assassination drug. But this time, the stakes are more personal.Love is on the line, as well as lives. In this sequel to Project Suicide, author John Bukowski continues the rollercoaster ride, with Creel now pitted against a shadowy figure back from the grave and seeki...

How do you like your weirdness? A subtle nudge towards the untoward? A quick zap of zany? Or a full-on assault of aberration? Whatever your taste, you'll find it here, and many more strains of strange that you didn't suspect existed. From magic rain to a talking (severed) head, extraordinary eggs to belligerent birds, the stories in this collection enter the rabbit hole to explore its hidden corners and winding ways. Through all the variety, what they have in common is originality, creativ...

Handsome scientist Thomas Tomacinski's easy-going style has the ladies talking, but beautiful FBI agent Sally Butterworth doesn't want to join the conversation. Not until they both land in the same hotel, where an extortion bomber mysteriously known as Conrad Hilton sparks their romance with a bang. Conrad is looking to make a killing from a consortium of hotel owners - and is not above killing to make a point.It won't be easy stopping Conrad, a genius with a method actor's ability...

High-profile politicians are dying by their own hand. These aren't aged bureaucrats breaking under the strain of political baggage; they are rising stars whose stresses and scandals are still ahead of them. Only genius scientist Dr. Deacon Creel knows how to save them. There's one problem, though: he now prefers the bottle to the laboratory and the alley to the office.Creel is about to get tossed in jail for public drunkenness when he's bailed out by Homeland Security bigshot Nelso...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The iconic thriller series that inspired the upcoming streaming show on Prime Video, in development now!**The City of Angels has more than its share of psychopaths, and no one recognizes that more acutely than the brilliant psychologist and police consultant Dr. Alex Delaware. Despite that, Constance Sykes, a sophisticated, successful physician, hardly seems like someone Alex needs to fear. Then, at the behest of the court, he ...

From the world's most celebrated author, Detective Michael Bennett and his family are ready to escape New York for a vacation in Maine—but a shocking scene deep in the woods reveals a dark world of drugs and murder.Haunted by guilt and shame, Michael Bennett is living with a father's worst nightmare. Reeling from a crisis that would destroy lesser families, the Bennetts escape New York for a much-needed vacation. But it turns out the brochures don't tell the full s...

A cop with an axe to grind. An FBI agent with attitude. Will their immediate attraction turn their vigilante case cold?Police Detective Cal Rylan swore an oath to protect the innocent. So when a sniper shoots his witness dead and clips his partner in the crossfire, Cal's sense of justice goes into overdrive. After he's teamed up with a brilliant, beautiful FBI agent, he vows to not let his new partner suffer the same fate.Eve Sands has endured her fair shar...

Officer Brinna Caruso has built a reputation at the precinct as the cop to call when a child goes missing. For Brinna, it’s personal because she was once one of them. Brinna and her K-9 search and rescue dog, Hero, will stop at nothing to find a missing child, no matter the stakes.Detective Jack O’Reilly isn’t ready to return to his homicide duties, after losing his wife to a drunk driver. He’s on the downside of his career, and bent on revenge, when he’s assigned as Brinna’s partn...

Bat Jackson and Crush find themselves on the wrong side of the law as they cross paths with Bantish in Durham!! All Hell breaks loose as they are transported back to the dark dimension in the fourth installment of the five-part series!!!

From award-winning author Meg Gardiner, co-author of Michael Mann’s Heat 2--Evan Delaney knew China Lake was a tough place to grow up. But she never knew how tough until now.She returns to the desert military base for her high school reunion, and learns that a number of her classmates have died young. Then, on the first night of the reunion, another one dies, this one savagely butchered. And she’s just the first. Someone has an axe to grind and Evan’s grad...

Harlan Ellison, Richard Christian Matheson, Connie Willis, and many more contribute to a compelling psychological exploration of the many shades of love.World Fantasy Award–Winning EditorAn incubus disguised as a high school girl puts a disturbing spin on the teacher/student fantasy. An engineer creates a robot with unexpected consequences during the end of the world. A man becomes the pet of alien invaders. From stories of aliens in other ...