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A sassy, smart, shrewd, sexy, sarcastic and strong redhead—that’s DCI Charlotte Walker. Fearless and feisty; confident and creative; with a knack for a performance, a fantastic analytical mind and adept at using all her feminine charms to devastating effect, Charlotte is the detective you want on your case—unless you are a criminal.

Left alone in the world following the barbaric murder of her family, Billie Jo Hazelwood is forced to move in with her uncaring grandmother. She tries to return to a normal routine but struggles to adjust to life without her parents and kid sister. With a burning hatred for the people that killed her family, Billie Jo’s life spirals out of control as she becomes obsessed with ensuring they face justice for their heinous crimes.

Arrietty wakes one morning to find her mother gone. Turning to her father for reassurance, she gets the terrifying sense that he—and others—are hiding a crime too dreadful to name.

Sebastian Matthews has a gift. From a very young age he realized that he possessed the power to hypnotize people. Growing up, he longed for a career in entertainment. But is he about to learn the true price of fame? When a fluke opportunity presents itself, Sebastian is wracked with self-doubt, but with his loving girlfriend, Tilly, by his side, he seizes it with both hands. His life is on an upward turn, and he can hardly believe his luck.

Whether it’s pure chance or preordained destiny that leads them into the woodlands surrounding a secluded English village, the fate of six people is in the hands of an ancient prophecy hell-bent on revenge for the barbaric actions of our forefathers.

Detective Liam O'Reilly is bored. Life on the peaceful island of Guernsey is quiet, but it's too quiet for his liking. In the middle of an insurance fraud investigation, he confides in his daughter and tells her he'd give anything for a juicy murder case to sink his teeth into. "Be careful what you wish for, Dad." Her words are still fresh in his mind when O'Reilly stumbles upon two dead bodies while investigating a fire at a container depot. The bodies have been burned beyond recognition. Soon it becomes very clear that something sinister is happening on the sleepy island.

The United Kingdom is in the wake of a long and depressing recession. When a consortium of wealthy investors collaborate to find a solution, their revolutionary blueprint offers the most needy in society the opportunity of a lifetime. Four specially selected families from across the country are about to play their part in a groundbreaking initiative set in an idyllic, sun-kissed Mediterranean location. But when strong characters and differences of opinion are suddenly thrown together on a remote island far away from home, will this unique experience bond or break them?

Welcome to In The Cards, a twenty-two author collection of standalone thriller and horror short stories. In this series, you'll find stories inspired by the meaning of a specific Tarot Card, thoughtfully written with that thread woven through. Whether you're a Tarot Card lover or not, you'll find thrillers and horrors that will creep under your skin and into your thoughts. *Knowledge of Tarot Cards is not necessary to listen to or enjoy these stories. *When a high-profile domestic abuse trial ends in a unanimous not guilty verdict, the courtroom empties... but the consequences do not.

Welcome to Deadly Silence, a multi-author collection of chilling short stories where every pause hides a threat. Crafted to make your pulse quicken and your nerves tighten, these thrillers and light horror tales uncover the terror that lurks in the quiet, waiting to be noticed —or ignoredKirsty has spent her life learning how to speak again. In her mid-thirties, she works quietly at a remote vineyard, tending vines that ask nothing of her past. When a private wine tasting is booked under the name of her childhood bully, the life she rebuilt begins to fracture.

Dr. Lindsey Hart has spent twenty years behind the locked doors of a high-security psychiatric hospital, a place where the line between sanity and madness is thinner than the ward walls.

Nafka just wants to survive. In her post-apocalyptic world, that means selling sex, doing crime, and making the bad parts go away with drugs. But when she accidentally stumbles on the latest in a series of serial murders, what follows will lead her to a night so harrowing it changes her life into a nightmare she couldn't have imagined.

I’m just another school mum, doing the school run, I’m certainly not a serial killer, well not in their eyes anyway. Follow the first hand account of Chrissie, your average school mum, the person who you could be seeing in the school playground day to day as she becomes the local village...

Christmas cheer turns to terror when two bodies are discovered posed in the town's nativity display. What begins as a grotesque holiday spectacle quickly unravels into something far darker... a series of ritualised murders mirroring the story of redemption itself. As Detective Inspector Maia Powell and her partner, Detective Rourke, race to uncover the truth, they find themselves drawn into the warped theology of a serial killer who believes he's been chosen to cleanse the impure through acts of "divine forgiveness.

For Terence Hallam, life wasnt exactly easy. Bullied at boarding school with no respite to be found at home, his only friend in life was his beloved poodle Harvey. As he grew up, Terence found that, if you wanted to make something of yourself, you had to use any means necessary to achieve this goal.

Follow Steph, a young woman grappling with the haunting scars of childhood trauma. As she descends into the chaos of schizophrenia, her reality becomes twisted, and terrible actions arise from her psychosis. The lines blur between friends and foes, leaving her to question her thoughts and behaviors. Steph must confront the demons from her past while navigating the consequences of her choices. This poignant tale explores trauma, accountability, and the fragile path to healing. Join her as she seeks a way through darkness, hoping to discover the cure for breathing once more.