Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
epub |eng | 2013-09-15 | Author:Linda Howard

chapter 7 Emerging from Nick’s house forty-five minutes later, they were blinded by camera flashes. “What the hell?” Sam muttered, covering her eyes. With his hand on her elbow, Nick ...
( Category: Military September 29,2023 )
epub |eng | 2013-11-05 | Author:Katherine Myers

CHAPTER 11 The city streets of Portland were glossy with rain, looking like a black ribbon shining under the glow of the car's headlights. Since it was late Sunday night, ...
( Category: Technothrillers September 29,2023 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-03 | Author:Trevor Scott

18 Jimmy Kilgore’s trailer was nestled among a patch of young poplars on a small hill overlooking an immense spruce swamp with a floating bog. From the back side of ...
( Category: Animals September 29,2023 )
epub |eng | 2012-10-03 | Author:Henry Sutton

SEVEN CHAOTIC UNWINDING It was not dark though not exactly light either. That perpetual twilight had returned and the temperature had risen a touch, as had the humidity. The cloud ...
( Category: Financial September 28,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-06-26 | Author:Audrey J. Cole [Audrey J. Cole]

Chapter 27 Ethan walks out of the conference room and spots Jonah returning to their cubicle at the other end of the hall. “Chelsea’s parents just got here,” Ethan says ...
( Category: Domestic September 28,2023 )
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:John Rhode [Rhode, John]

CHAPTER 12 JIMMY got back to Barleyfield Park just before the house was locked up for the night. He went to bed meditating upon the hints which Dr. Priestley had ...
( Category: Cozy September 28,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-05-27 | Author:Craig Schaefer [Schaefer, Craig]

thirty-seven School’s a ghost town , Seelie thought when she arrived the next morning. That was an exaggeration; there were only one or two people missing from each of her ...
( Category: Conspiracies September 28,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-09-20 | Author:Douglas Lindsay [Lindsay, Douglas]

27 Here we sit, in the HQ in Dalmarnock. Me and Eurydice, in her office. Kind of hoped I’d never be back here again, to be honest. Getting dragged into ...
( Category: Noir September 28,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-03-06 | Author:Minka Kent [Kent, Minka]

CHAPTER 22 GENEVIEVE Present day I collapse on our thrift store sofa Sunday evening, exhaustion wearing into my bones and my eyes so tired they cross if I focus on ...
( Category: Kidnapping September 28,2023 )
epub |eng | 2015-09-15 | Author:Tom O. Keenan [Tom O. Keenan]

Next morning, he’s back in Barlinnie Prison, an environment now comfortable to him. He’s to stay in the waiting room until the officer brings Johnston out. This gives him time ...
( Category: Noir September 28,2023 )
epub |eng | 2011-05-22 | Author:Susan Whitfield [Whitfield, Susan]

TWENTY-ONE “Don’t tell nobody nothin’, little darlin’,” the raspy voice whispered close to my ear. I jerked away, but the long bony hand grabbed me, and the long nasty green ...
( Category: Murder September 28,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Carmen Fox

Chapter Sixteen This puzzle was a real mindbender. I sat in a blue armchair in my room under the halo from my night lamp, playing over the last few days ...
( Category: Vampires September 28,2023 )
epub |eng | 2014-05-22 | Author:Umar Quadeer

Chapter Nineteen CONTAGIOUS ENERGY Stiletto felt a bit disappointed after she called Spaz’s cell phone and he did not pick up, so she decided to call her cousin. “Hello. What’s ...
( Category: Organized Crime September 28,2023 )
epub |eng | 2016-06-27 | Author:Thomas Fincham [Fincham, Thomas]

THIRTY-EIGHT “So what do you do, David?” Candy asked. “I’m in corporate insurance,” Tarik said, remembering the notes he had been given for his cover. “Corporate?” Candy asked, looking confused. ...
( Category: Conspiracies September 28,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Ross Klavan & Charles Salzberg

Back to TOC Twist of Fate Charles Salzberg Acknowledgments I'd like to thank Brian Mori without whom this story would not have taken shape, and Eric Campbell, without whom this ...
( Category: Collections & Anthologies September 28,2023 )