Showing results by publisher "Audible Studios" in Psychological

One split second can destroy your life forever. Single mother Jen Cornish is just trying to hold things together for the sake of her seven-year-old son Charlie. Until the day when she does an impulsive good deed to help a neighbour, setting off a terrifying chain of events that quickly spirals out of control.... When she is arrested for a crime she didn't commit, Jen quickly starts to wonder if someone is playing a cruel game with her - or is she losing her mind?

Elizabeth Haynes' new psychological thriller is a brilliantly suspenseful and shocking story in which nothing is at it seems, but everything is at stake. Sarah Carpenter lives in an isolated farmhouse in North Yorkshire, and for the first time after the death of her husband some years ago and her children, Louis and Kitty, leaving for university, she's living alone. But she doesn't consider herself lonely. She has two dogs, a wide network of friends and the support of her best friend, Sophie.

When Cassie sees a job advertised for a couple to run a remote Australian farm, she thinks it will be the perfect escape for her and Graham. But trapped under the baking sun of the outback, paranoia sets in. There's no radio and they send but never receive any letters. Their enigmatic and unusually forgiving boss Larry and his wife Mara have secrets, sedatives, and some very odd habits: a result of their isolated lifestyle or something more sinister?

Nick Paleologus is summoned to the unyielding bosom of his family to help resolve a dispute which threatens to set his brothers and sisters against their aged and irascible father. Michael Paleologus, retired archaeologist and supposed descendant of the last Emperors of Byzantium, lives alone at Trennor, a remote and rambling house on the Cornish bank of the Tamar. A ridiculously generous offer has been made for the house, but he refuses to sell despite the urgings of his children, for whom the proceeds would solve a variety of problems.

Das Böse ist näher, als du glaubst. Sie leben in völliger Isolation tief in den Wäldern einer kleinen Insel: Mutter, Vater und zwei heranwachsende Kinder in einer Blockhütte, das Festland ist in der Ferne kaum sichtbar. Die 16-jährige Juno und ihr Bruder verbringen die Zeit mit Fischfang, Kuchenbacken und sonntäglichen Gesellschaftsspielen. Und in ständiger Angst. Denn schon auf der anderen Uferseite lauert das Böse. Fremde können jederzeit auftauchen.

Franz Oswald hat einst eine mächtige Sekte angeführt – und hat alles verloren: seine Anhänger, sein Herrenhaus, sogar seinen Sohn. Nach einem Schlaganfall ist der charismatische wie intrigante Oswald nicht mehr er selbst. Doch dann sucht ihn die Journalistin Julia auf. Ein Rechercheauftrag hat sie zu einem neuen Kult geführt: eine religiöse Bruderschaft, die mit höchst grausamen Methoden Frauen unterdrückt. Julia, deren Mutter als Anhängerin Oswalds Entsetzliches erlebt hat, will die neue Sekte stoppen.

"Niemand entkommt den Schatten seiner Vergangenheit. Irgendwann wirst du die Dinge bereuen, die du getan hast." "'Ich muss hier weg, ich ertrage das alles nicht länger. Was ist das bloß für ein Albtraum?' Er wendet sich um und rennt durch den Gang zurück, sucht verzweifelt die Tür zum Außendeck. Als er sie endlich findet, stürzt er hinaus ins Freie. Er läuft zur Reling und umfasst das kalte Metall. Als er auf den enger werdenden Fjord hinausblickt, in den das Schiff unaufhaltsam hineinsteuert, weiß er längst, dass er in der Falle sitzt."

Schreib oder stirb: Fitzek-Thrill meets Beisenherz-Humor! Carl Vorlau, mysteriöser Patient einer psychiatrischen Privatklinik, behauptet, vor Monaten die siebenjährige Pia entführt und an einen geheimen Ort verschleppt zu haben. Über seine Tat will Vorlau nur mit einem einzigen Menschen reden - dem ebenso humorvollen wie unkonventionell arbeitenden Literaturagenten David Dolla, dem Vorlau ein diabolisches Angebot macht: Der Agent soll ihm einen Verlagsvorschuss von einer Million Euro verschaffen, für einen Thriller mit dem Titel "Ich töte was, was du nicht siehst".

Charlotte Morgan knows how it feels to desperately want a baby. As a child, seeing her mum devastated by losing her longed-for babies, Charlotte wished another woman could give her mother what she so craved. Now Charlotte’s a mum herself and knowing how much love her daughter, Alice, brings into her life, she vows to help others achieve their dreams of becoming a parent. When she meets Malcolm and Brenda on a surrogacy website, it seems she's found the perfect couple. In their late 40s, they have wealth and an enviable life, but there’s one thing missing – a child of their own.

Long ago, Andrew made a childhood wish and kept it in a silver box. When it finally comes true, he wishes he hadn’t.... Long ago, Ben made a promise, and he had a dream: to travel to Africa to volunteer at a lion reserve. When he finally makes it, it isn’t for the reasons he imagined.... Ben and Andrew keep meeting in unexpected places, and the intense relationship that develops seems to be guided by fate. Or is it? What if the very thing that draws them together is tainted by past secrets that threaten everything?

When Paula Gadd’s husband of almost 30 years dies, just days away from the seventh anniversary of their son Christopher’s death, her world falls apart. Grieving and bereft, she is stunned when a young woman approaches her at the funeral service and slips something into her pocket. A note suggesting that Paula’s husband was not all that he seemed....

From the best-selling author of The Geraldine Steel series comes The Adulterer's Wife. A suspenseful and gripping psychological thriller, perfect for fans of domestic noir. Julie is devastated to learn that her husband, Paul, is having an affair. It seems her life can’t get any worse - until she comes home to find his dead body in their bed. When the police establish he was murdered, Julie is the obvious suspect. To protect her son from the terrible situation, Julie sends the teenage boy to his grandparents in Edinburgh while she fights to prove her innocence.

Somewhere deep in her mind, Christine Marsden is witnessing the murder of young girls. And now she has urges to hurt her own children. After a head injury which left her having nightmares and visions, Christine is convinced that something inside her brain has broken and that she is slowly sinking into insanity. She is terrified of what she might be capable of. She fears that in losing her mind, she will also lose her children and husband.

Ran McGhie's world has been turned upside down. A young, lonely and frustrated writer, and suffering from mental health problems, he discovers that his long-dead mother was related to one of Glasgow's oldest merchant families. Not only that, but Ran has inherited Newton Hall, a vast mansion that belonged to his great-uncle, who appears to have been watching from afar as his estranged great-nephew has grown up.

Es gibt eine tödliche Waffe, die durch jede Kontrolle kommt. Jeder kann sie ungehindert an Bord eines Flugzeugs bringen. Ein Nachtflug Bueno Aires-Berlin. Ein labiler Passagier, der unter Gewaltphantasien leidet. Und ein Psychiater, der diesen Patienten manipulieren soll, um an Bord eine Katastrophe herbeizuführen. Sonst verliert er etwas sehr viel Wichtigeres als sein Leben... Der neue Psychothriller von Bestseller-Autor Sebastian Fitzek: In der Tradition von "Passagier 23" spielt er mit den menschlichen Urängsten des Eingeschlossenseins und der Hilflosigkeit an Bord eines Flugzeugs.

Teenager Abigail Ryder is devastated when she gets home from school to find her family gone. Nothing makes sense. Things are missing from the house and her stepsisters' room is completely empty. But the police think she's trouble, and when grandmother Eleanor tells her to forget them all and move on, there's no choice other than face the future - alone. Fourteen years on, Abi and Adam are a happy couple on the verge of parenthood. But when the past comes back to haunt Abi, the only way forward is to go back and uncover the truth - and reveal the dreadful secrets a mother has been hiding all these years.

Paul Sheldon ist Schriftsteller. Seine beliebtesten Bücher handeln von der Serienheldin Misery Chastain. Paul selbst jedoch hasst diese Buchreihe...

A missing son. A kidnapper who's dead. Nobody believes her. Nothing will stop her. When Doctor Jemma Sands' five-year-old son goes missing, only she believes that a vengeful patient has stolen her child. How do you convince police to search for a dead woman? As her world falls apart, Jemma realises she is the only one who can save her son. If somebody took your only child, how far would you go to get him back?

Une jeune femme, Laura Turrel, se présente un matin au commissariat de Versailles pour s'accuser du meurtre de Bruno Delaunay, un homme qui aurait tenté de la violer. Deguire et Pigeon comprennent que l'affaire est beaucoup plus complexe qu'elle n'en avait l'air au départ.

Mi nombre es Amber Reynolds. Hay tres cosas que debes saber de mí: 1. Estoy en coma; 2. Mi marido ya no me ama; 3. En algunas ocasiones miento. Amber despierta en un hospital. No puede moverse. No puede hablar. No puede abrir sus ojos. Es capaz de escuchar a todos los que la rodean, pero ellos no lo saben. Amber no recuerda que fue lo que le sucedió, pero sospecha que su marido tuvo algo que ver en ello.