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A collection of psychological thriller novels featuring a woman with a dangerous past, a moral code she can't ignore, and a talent for uncovering what others want hidden. These are psychological thrillers that build. Tension simmers. Danger creeps. Secrets unravel minute by minute.

Jim Brennan is flying high. Against all odds he is a big man at the university, tipped for the head job and an office at the top of the ivory tower. He has a beautiful, accomplished wife and two healthy children. Jim drives an Audi, and his dog is a pedigree bichon frise. Not bad for the son of a hardman who grew up in a room and kitchen. But it is not easy to escape the past. Certain people have been keeping an eye on Professor Jim Brennan. When is son is arrested on drugs charges and lands in prison after breaking bail conditions, Jim is approached by men he thought he had left behind.

Jane Ashcroft walks dogs under a false name, trying to stay quiet, unnoticed, untouchable. She's gotten good at knowing when to leave. In Old Saybrook, Connecticut, the Loomis family offers everything she needs: steady work, an incredible dog, and the anonymity of hired help. But wealth like theirs always hides something. And Jane has a habit of looking too closely.

When 19-year-old Tommy Carter throws away a promising career as a professional boxer to work for local villain Davey Abbott, everyone thinks he’s made a huge mistake - collecting debts and working in strip clubs is no life for a young lad. A brutal fighter, Tommy quickly earns a reputation for himself and becomes Davey’s trusted right-hand man. But when Davey is murdered Tommy is shocked to learn that Davey has left his business empire to him - Tommy’s the boss now. No one believes Tommy will succeed. But there is only one rule Tommy lives by...always back the underdog.

Franck and Lise, a French couple in the film industry, rent a cottage in the quiet hills of the French Lot to get away from the stresses of modern life. In this remote corner of the world, there is no phone signal. A mysterious dog emerges, looking for a new master. Ghosts of a dark past run wild in these hills, where a German lion tamer took refuge in the First World War.... Franck and Lise are confronted with nature at its most brutal. And they are about to discover that man and beast have more in common than they think.

In the misted hills above Bergen, Norway, Jane Ashcroft, R, and their loyal dog, Fable, have finally found what feels like freedom. Their villa overlooks the harbor and the colorful roofs of the old city below. Morning walks lead them through cobbled streets and up the forested slopes of Mount Fløyen, where the air is sharp and clean, and no one asks questions. It’s a life built on quiet rhythms and careful routines—simple, safe, and earned after too many years of running. For a while, the world leaves them alone. But peace can be an illusion.

Jane barely survived the man who tried to kill her. Now, healing in Corvallis, Oregon, with the dog who saved her life and the best friend who's all she has left, she's desperate for quiet. For safety. For something that feels like solid ground. But when a young woman vanishes from the quiet college town—and R reveals a personal connection to the case—Jane is pulled back into the kind of danger she swore she'd never face again.

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Jane thought Santa Fe would be safe. Then someone stole her dog. After Corvallis, Jane Ashcroft needed distance—from the killer who nearly destroyed her, from the danger that seems to follow her everywhere. In Santa Fe, she finally has it: a quiet life walking dogs, mornings with Fable, evenings with R. No more running. No more looking over her shoulder.

If the talented Mr. Ripley were a young woman today, she might be Anna Harris: charming, changeable, and perhaps not at all what she seems to be. "You are quite the chameleon, aren't you? You could wear anything, do anything, and yet you choose plain, plain, plain. Or is it all a front for a...

Before the scars. Before the secrets. Before she became the woman who couldn’t look away. Jane Ashcroft is trying to stay invisible. With a fake name, a clean slate, and nowhere left to run, she takes her first real job in years—walking dogs in Paradise Bluff, an exclusive Arizona community where privacy is prized, and silence is expected.

Utåt sett levde Lotta ett perfekt liv. Hon hade en fin utbildning, skaffade jobb utomlands, bildade familj och blev en uppskattad författare. Men vad ingen såg var det som fanns bakom den lyckliga fasaden. Det kaos och den förtvivlan som rådde inom henne.

Winner of the 2019 Banjo Prize for Fiction She's isolated. Trapped. Hunted. An almost unbearably tense Australian survival thriller. Not much daylight left now. So begins the field diary of Alix Verhoeven, whose impulsive acceptance of an offer to spend Easter on a remote island has turned into...

As Jindo delves deeper into the high-stakes world of haute couture, his initial wonder is laced with unsettling truths, revealing the high fashion industry's dichotomy beneath its glamorous veneer. He stumbles upon hidden agendas and concealed biases, where Gabrielle's charismatic exterior belies the dark secrets she harbors.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't deserve it. Wrenched from dust-choked, Texas ghost towns, and discarded in a lush Zambian forest, Marcus Fox became a welcome member of the fearless tribe that saved him. With the help and guidance of his new people, he learned how to fight for survival, hunt for his supper, and repress the scars of his abandonment. As he grew to premature manhood, familial betrayal came calling once more, leaving him broken and alone, yet again.