Mind Thriller

Chief Inspector Van Veeteren knew that murder cases were never as open-and-shut as this one: Janek Mitter woke one morning with a brutal hangover and discovered his wife of three months lying facedown in the bathtub, dead. With only the flimsiest excuse as his defense, he is found guilty of a drunken crime of passion and imprisoned in a mental institution.

Mind control, also known as brainwashing, involves a unique selection of tools and techniques that will allow you to lead people in conversations and establish connections that have them genuinely wanting to do whatever you have asked them to do. In many instances, they will even do so thinking it was their idea to do so, and that you haven't planted the idea in their mind at all.

Alex Lockerby’s father once told him that it’s the simple jobs that take the longest, and finding missing things is about as simple a job as Alex can get. When wealthy socialites hire him to track down their wayward daughter, finding her is easy, but that’s just the beginning of his problems.

Toxic Minds is Anthony Lee’s medical thriller where healthcare collides with disinformation and a hateful mind losing touch with reality is the most dangerous of all.

Coroner J.J. Graves and Sheriff Jack Lawson are in a race against time as they hunt down a sniper who is taking the law into his own hands. No one is safe, and everyone is a target.

Investigator Sloan McPherson finds a frightened vagrant suffering from amnesia living in a Florida swamp—then learns he disappeared from Oregon when he was a teenager. To find out how he ended up three thousand miles from home thirty years later, Sloan enlists the help of two brilliant colleagues. FBI agent Jessica Blackwood and scientist Theo Cray have already made an alarming connection. A female classmate of the Everglades drifter disappeared at the same time, and their high school journals reveal ties to an enigmatic figure they both called Mr. Whisper.

Detective Sergeant Kathleen Doyle has been called in to assist with a few unsound-mind murders lately - murders committed by a person who appears to be mentally unhinged. This type of murder is always a concern for Scotland Yard, since it raises the possibility that there’s a serial killer on the loose. And it doesn’t help matters that the weather is so very cold and miserable - small wonder that these killers have gone off the deep end.

Caleb Lambert’s violent temper caused him to hurt some powerful people. Now, according to those powerful people, Caleb must find a way to make atonement for his sins or else.

Riley "Bear" Logan returns with his adopted daughter, Mandy, as they begin a new life away from the shadows Bear has operated in for the past two decades. But even a small town has secrets its inhabitants don't want to surface. And as Bear and Mandy get to know the locals, they realize things are not as they seem in the sleepy Upstate New York hamlet.

A dead man has investigators stumped. His death mirrors the work of a serial killer who'd dropped off the face of the earth and believed to be dead. A visit from a strange new ghost forces Cassie's involvement. Unsure the entity's purpose for haunting her, Cassie is both intrigued and terrified at its potential implications.

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When an elderly couple is found dead in their own home, Chevy and Seneca are pulled into the case. But what's unusual is that it appears neither of them were killed; instead, they simply stopped existing. Even with Chevy's ability to go into the memories of the victims, he's unable to tell what happened to the seemingly normal couple. That is, until it happens again. This time, the victims are found alive, all of them kneeling and staring at a blank wall as if hypnotized by it. It's up to Chevy and Seneca to figure out what is drawing these people and who might be manipulating them.

Jack Noble never expected to see London again—not like this. With his name cleared and his past buried, he thought he could finally walk free. But freedom is a lie. An old enemy has resurfaced, and Jack is pulled into a deadly game where allies are scarce, and enemies seem to be everywhere. When an ambush leaves him framed for murder, Jack is forced to rely on the one person he swore he’d never trust again. Betrayal lurks in every shadow, and every step deeper into the conspiracy tightens the noose around his neck. Old debts come due, and Jack has to pay in blood.

When an old friend calls in a favor, Blake Brier has no choice but to accept. A runaway in over her head proves not what she seems. Brier must navigate uncharted waters if he's to bring her back alive. The latest installment from USA Today best-selling author L.T. Ryan and former Detective Gregory Scott, Blake Brier returns in the thrilling sequel to Unleashed. When Blake Brier gets a call from FBI Special Agent Andrew Harrison asking for help, he's obligated to assist.

They call him the Lovebird Killer, a merciless fiend unleashing a flood of unspeakable cruelty upon Sacramento’s most loving couples, young and old. This real-life monster’s reign of terror has left the city’s residents paralyzed with fear. All but Lizzy Gardner. Because hiding from monsters isn’t Lizzy’s style, not since she faced the madman who kidnapped and terrorized her as a teenager. So when a routine workers’ compensation case suddenly leads her and her two young assistants onto the killer’s trail, Lizzy revels in the chase.

When DCI Simon Hart steps in front of a bus, it’s ruled a tragic accident. But as more deaths follow—each eerily similar—DI Joseph Stone begins to suspect something far more calculated is at work. The trail leads back to a case Joseph thought he’d left behind. A wrongful conviction. A life destroyed. And a man who may have survived long enough to seek revenge. As Joseph and DC Megan Anderson investigate, they uncover a disturbing pattern linking the victims to a charismatic hypnotist offering help to the vulnerable.

Still reeling from her young son's death, Jackie Sheppard retreats to a small town in the Colorado Rockies. Comforted that no one knows of her tragic past, she's thrilled to take a job at a family law firm, where she meets Tom, the local carpenter. Jackie's distrust of others hinders their relationship, but they slowly build a budding romance. However, as she begins to settle into her new life, disturbing things start happening to Jackie...

When a young woman's abduction mirrors an unsolved murder from the 80s, Sheriff Jenna Graves must decipher cryptic messages from the dead to prevent history from repeating. As the clock ticks, Jenna's unique ability becomes both a blessing and a curse in this race against time.

When missing heiress Natalia Cruz’s body is found in the Everglades, journalist Kenzie Gilmore is assigned the case. Is she the fourth victim of a sexual predator stalking women in Miami...or is her killer trying to make it look like she is? Ex-cop Reid Garrett doesn’t appreciate bodies turning up in his backyard. The Everglades is his turf...but there's been four murdered women in as many months. Determined to track down whoever is responsible, he reluctantly joins forces with Kenzie.

Assistant District Attorney Alex Hayes has spent years fighting for justice, but when Edward Martin—a powerful real estate tycoon—is accused of murdering his wife, the case is far from open and shut. Tasked with prosecuting Martin in a trial that could make or break her career, Alex discovers that the truth is anything but straightforward. The deeper she digs, the more tangled the web of lies becomes.