Showing results by publisher "Audible Studios" in Psychological

Thirty-two-year-old Catherine Hope has a great memory. But she can't remember everything. She can't remember her ninth year, or when her insomnia started. And she can't remember why everyone stopped calling her Catherine-Maria. With a promiscuous past, and licking her wounds after a breakup, Catherine wonders why she resists anything approaching real love. But when she loses her home to the devastating deluge of 2007 and volunteers at Flood Crisis, a devastating memory emerges.

In this twisted debut thriller, a reclusive author sets the perfect trap for her sister's murderer - but is he really the killer? For 11 years, the best-selling author Linda Conrads has mystified fans by never setting foot outside her home. Haunted by the unsolved murder of her younger sister - who she discovered in a pool of blood - and the face of the man she saw fleeing the scene, Linda's hermit existence helps her cope with debilitating anxiety.

Ana Robbins was an Olympic star in the making—until tragedy forced her to leave that world behind. At the age of sixteen, she gave up her dream and never looked back. Fourteen years later, she’s a successful defense attorney, revered for her work with minors. But when her former coach turns up dead, Ana lands right back where it all began, and abruptly ended: The Palace, a world-renowned skating facility nestled high in the mountains of Colorado.

Für den New Yorker Anwalt David Berger gerät die Welt aus den Fugen: Seit Nächten kann er nicht schlafen, sondern bleibt rund um die Uhr wach. Kurz darauf werden seine Freundin und sein bester Freund ermordet, und für die Polizei steht fest, dass er der Täter ist. Unterstützung auf der Flucht erhält David von der Archäologin Nina, die aus unbekannten Gründen seine Nähe sucht. David wird bald klar: Das, was ihm bislang den Schlaf geraubt hat, kann ihn das Leben kosten. Er ahnt nicht, dass sich hinter seiner plötzlichen Schlaflosigkeit eines der am besten gehüteten Geheimnisse der Menschheit verbirgt.

Lynn Naismith gave up the job she loved when she married Ed, the love of her life, but it was worth it for the happy years they enjoyed together. Now, 10 years on, Ed has been diagnosed with early onset dementia, and things start to happen - things more sinister than missing keys and lost words. As some memories are forgotten, others, long buried, begin to surface...and Lynn’s perfect world begins to crumble. But is it Ed’s mind playing tricks, or hers....?

How well do you know your neighbours? Would you notice if they lived or died? Police analyst Annabel wouldn’t describe herself as lonely. Her work keeps her busy and the needs of her ageing mother and her cat are more than enough to fill her time when she’s on her own. But Annabel is shocked when she discovers her neighbour’s decomposing body in the house next door, and appalled to think that no one, including herself, noticed her absence. Back at work she sets out to investigate, espite her police officer

All Malia needed was a single litre of milk, and now she's surrounded by police and Zach has disappeared. Detective Ali Greenberg knows that this is not the best case for her - not with her history, but she has to get back to work at some point. Edna is worried about the new residents at the boardinghouse. She knows Mary would turn in her grave if she knew the kinds of people her son was letting in. And then there is someone else. Someone whose heart is broken.

In a reimagined contemporary Edinburgh, where a tectonic fault has opened up to produce a new volcano in the Firth of Forth, and where tremors are an everyday occurrence, volcanologist Surtsey makes a shocking discovery. On a clandestine trip to new volcanic island The Inch, to meet Tom, her lover and her boss, she finds his lifeless body and makes the fatal decision to keep their affair, and her discovery, a secret. Desperate to know how he died, but also terrified she’ll be exposed, Surtsey’s life quickly spirals into a nightmare when someone makes contact - someone who claims to know what she’s done....

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.

Sequel to international best seller Block 46 and next in the award-winning Roy & Castells series. Whitechapel, 1888: London is bowed under Jack the Ripper's reign of terror. London 2015: actress Julianne Bell is abducted in a case similar to the terrible Tower Hamlets murders of some 10 years earlier and harking back to the Ripper killings of a century before. Falkenberg, Sweden, 2015: a woman's body is found mutilated in a forest, her wounds identical to those of the Tower Hamlets victims.

The action swings from London to Sweden, and then back into the past, to Franco’s Spain, as Roy and Castells hunt a monstrous killer...in the latest instalment of Johana Gustawsson’s award-winning series. Spain, 1938: the country is wracked by civil war, and as Valencia falls to Franco’s brutal dictatorship, Republican Therese witnesses the murders of her family. Captured and sent to the notorious Las Ventas women’s prison, Therese gives birth to a daughter who is forcibly taken from her.

Fuir leur petite ville du Midi, ses lotissements, son quotidien morne : Jo et Céline, deux sœurs de quinze et seize ans, errent entre fêtes foraines, centres commerciaux et descentes nocturnes dans les piscines des villas cossues de la région. Trop jeunes pour renoncer à leurs rêves et suivre le chemin des parents qui triment pour payer les traites de leur pavillon. Mais, le temps d'un été, Céline se retrouve au cœur d'un drame qui fait voler en éclats la famille et libère la rage sourde d'un père impatient d'en découdre avec le premier venu.

When India falls to her death from a bridge over a railway, her sister, Poppy, returns home to Brighton for the first time in years. Unconvinced by official explanations, Poppy begins her own investigation into India's death. But the deeper she digs, the closer she comes to uncovering deeply buried secrets. Could Matthew Temple, the boyfriend she abandoned, be involved? And what of his powerful and wealthy parents and his twin sister, Ana?

Jerry has a traumatic past that leaves him subject to psychotic hallucinations and depressive episodes. When he stands accused of stealing a priceless Van Gogh painting, he goes underground, where he develops an unwilling relationship with a woman who believes that the voices she hears are from God.

In his three novellas, In Short Measures, Strong Conspirators, and Sally Forth, Michael Ruhlman delves deeply into the nuanced complexity of romantic and sexual love - and the inevitable evolution of the heart over the span of years and decades. Each novella asks questions about the nature of love in terms of loyalty and fidelity - what are one's obligations toward one's spouse, one's family, and one's heart?

Ida is a self-confessed serial killer of predatory men. She feels no remorse for her victims but has decided she needs psychiatric help...if only to lay the groundwork for an insanity plea if she gets caught. Clarissa is a celebrity psychotherapist, the best in her field, a familiar face on television and in glossy magazines. For her, every patient is special—someone only she can save. When Ida walks into Clarissa's consulting room one day, the therapist doesn't know that they share a dark secret, buried in both their pasts.

Wer das Datum seines Todes kennt, hat mit dem Sterben schon begonnen - der neue Bestseller von Sebastian Fitzek! Es ist Samstag, kurz nach 22.00 Uhr. Jules Tannberg sitzt am Begleittelefon. Ein ehrenamtlicher Telefonservice für Frauen, die zu später Stunde auf ihrem Heimweg Angst bekommen und sich einen telefonischen Begleiter wünschen, dessen beruhigende Stimme sie sicher durch die Nacht nach Hause führt - oder im Notfall Hilfe ruft. Noch nie gab es eine wirklich lebensgefährliche Situation. Bis heute, als Jules mit Klara spricht.

James and Jessica Sommers are celebrating their first blissful year together, an unexpected second chance at true love. Unfortunately, their newfound shot at happiness is not without collateral damage. There’s Jessica’s ex-husband. He pretends for all the world that he’s resilient and strong. If only for the sake of their teenage son, profoundly vulnerable in his own way. James’ ex has taken a different road. Bitter, vengeful, and threatening, she wants only the worst for the happy couple. And then there’s the couple themselves: Are they truly as in love as they seem?

Ein Serienmörder im Körper eines Zehnjährigen - Sebastian Fitzek: "Das Kind" ist nur einer von zahlreichen spannenden Thrillern aus der Feder von Erfolgsautor Sebastian Fitzek. Der zehnjährige Simon glaubt, in einem früheren Leben ein Mörder gewesen zu sein. Tatsächlich führen seine exakten Angaben den Strafverteidiger Robert Stern zu einem grausamen Tatort.

The news of her mother’s death hits Nell as if she’s been shot. The letter must be some kind of prank, but who could be so cruel? Because Nell’s mother died nearly 30 years ago. When Nell was just a tiny baby, her parents died in a car crash, leaving her to be raised by her devoted grandmother, Lilian. So when the lawyer’s letter arrives, informing her of her mother Sarah’s very recent death, it destroys everything Nell thought she knew. Her grandmother loved her, so why did she lie? And why did her mother abandon her?