Supernatural Crime Mystery

Not all unknown forces are amiable to us humans, and some may be quite worth the fear that we instinctively feel when it comes to these forces. The idea of being confronted with a paranormal phenomenon of any kind is enough to flabbergast most people. But what if that paranormal phenomenon is coupled with a crime? Seeing a Bigfoot in the wilderness would be stunning enough, but imagine one grabbing your wallet and running off with it!

Tippany Ridge is a North Carolina coastal town famous for three things: fishing, surfing and mermaids. Mermaid sightings don’t occur very often, but when they do what a ruckus! Everyone gets crazy and searches out Viola Fox, the proverbial fisherman’s daughter. Only one thing is certain on Tippany Ridge: if there's a mermaid sighting then somebody's already dead.

Aja narrowly escaped dying, being incarcerated as a traitor, and suffering a catastrophic rift in her relationship with Marsha. All just to have the Black Widow avoid capture, pivot, and sell her trafficking operation to some unknown U.S. billionaire. Complicating matters, three U.S. Senators who tried to eliminate SHIELD through budget cuts are missing. Fueling rumors that they may somehow be involved in the billionaire’s nefarious operation. And then there’s the not-so-little matter of Aja’s former paramour joining the team to work on the SPIDA project.

It is the summer of 1956, and 15-year-old Betty Broadbent has never left the Cornish fishing village of St. Steele or ventured far beyond the walls of the Hotel Eden, the slightly ramshackle boarding house run by her moody, unpredictable mother. But Betty's world is upended when a string of brutal murders brings London's press corps flooding into the village, many of whom find lodging at the Hotel Eden. She is instantly transfixed by one of the reporters, the mysterious and strangely aloof Mr. Gallagher - and he, fully twice her age, seems equally transfixed by her.

It's late Thursday night, and Inspector Ross Carver is at a crime scene in one of the city's last luxury homes. The dead man on the floor is covered by an unknown substance that's eating through his skin. Before Carver can identify it, six FBI agents burst in and remove him from the premises. He's pushed into a disinfectant trailer, forced to drink a liquid that sends him into seizures, and is shocked unconscious. When he awakens, Carver works to find out what happened to him, soon realizing he's entangled in a web of conspiracy that spans the nation.

In Shadow People, national best-selling author James Swain’s brilliant follow-up to Dark Magic, magician Peter Warlock has a dark secret. He’s a psychic who peers into the future, using the information to alert the authorities to pending trouble. During a séance, Peter is confronted by a group of evil spirits called shadow people, beings who have the power to kidnap a person’s soul. Peter is taken to another plane, where he confronts a serial killer about to claim his next victim. It’s a harrowing encounter that Peter only barely manages to survive.

On the brink of a breakdown, two years after the death of his fiancée, Jim Hawkes quits his high-powered job in the city to rent a cottage in the Devonshire countryside seeking some well-needed rest. But Slyford St. James is far from the peaceful haven Jim was hoping for. Almost immediately, he is plagued by strange occurrences: a combination lock that won’t open, loud noises in the attic, the figure of a little girl always just out of sight. His new village friends, Jed and Emma, are convinced Jim has found his way to the village for a reason.

A thrilling tale of suspense from the CWA Diamond winner and best-selling author of the Roy Grace series, read by Matt Addis. Susan and John Carter are crazy about each other, and life is perfect but for one thing - they are on the brink of financial disaster. Surely being a surrogate mother to another man's child won't harm such a strong relationship? Especially when the mysterious Mr Sarotzini is offering to save their home and business - everything they've worked for.

How do you serve a god of love when in fact you are a killer of men? How can you call yourself just when you are a righteous hammer that knows no fear or remorse? With his faith to guide him, Father Dominic Rujero must navigate a Machiavellian plot that could spell the end of humanity. His travels will take him around the world as he seeks answers. Allies will come and go, but one thing remains true. Rujero is not just fighting for the sake of the world, but also for his own humanity. In a world of demons and technology, is there a place for the righteous to call home?

Detectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then, one of them died. And yet, they're still partners. Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of.

In convalescenza in una cittadina del Maine in seguito alle ferite provocate da un colpo d'arma da fuoco che stava per costargli la vita, il detective Charlie Parker fatica a superare le angosce legate all'esperienza drammatica recentemente vissuta. La clinica in cui è ricoverato ospita una vedova di nome Ruth e la giovane figlia di lei, Amanda, donne tormentate e sfuggenti, testimoni e vittime di un passato tragico che risale agli anni della Seconda guerra mondiale e a una città polacca, Lubsko, dove sorgeva un campo di concentramento nazista.

Brilliant scientist Joe Messenger believes that people can be made to live forever. Knowing the human body can be frozen indefinitely, Joe devises a way of downloading the human brain into a supercomputer called ARCHIVE. But Joe's wife, Karen, is worried by his preoccupation with ARCHIVE, which seems to be developing signs of a distinct and sinister personality of its own.

Incapace di superare il trauma dell'uccisione della moglie e della figlia, il detective Charlie Parker si è ritirato nelle campagne del Maine, dove è nato. Quella parvenza di tranquillità che sperava di trovare viene però orrendamente turbata dal ritrovamento dei cadaveri di una giovane donna, Rita Ferris, e del suo bambino. I sospetti ricadono subito sull'ex marito di Rita, Billy Purdue, un uomo schivo e violento, dileguatosi nel nulla. Sulle sue tracce non c'è solo la polizia: a quanto pare Billy ha dei conti in sospeso con la mafia locale, a cui ha sottratto parecchi soldi.

A heinous murder sends Florida tabloid reporter Rayne Dawson sniffing for details. But when he discovers that a supernatural force may be responsible for both this death and a string of others, he enlists the help of the beautiful owner of the local history center. Together, they learn of an explosive element to the case that, like the tragic race riot that happened in the town a century before, the local citizenry wishes to bury and forget.

Ross Ransome is at the top of his profession; one of the most successful, and certainly one of the richest, plastic surgeons in the business. Such a man would expect his wife to be perfect - and why not? After all, he has spent enough hours in surgery to get her that way. But when his wife falls ill she turns her back on conventional medicine, and her arid marriage, and seeks help from the world of alternative medicine and a charismatic therapist who promises not just medical salvation. For Ransome, this is the ultimate betrayal.

Waiting to die in a remote Canadian cannabis facility wasn't exactly how Jack Glasser expected to go out. Having survived a yearlong coma and a bizarre Neural Acceleration experiment, a quick and easy consulting job for GreenLeaf Cannabis seemed like a no-brainer. Now his only hope rests on his computer-like mind and his brother, Luke, a serial gambler whose main talent is burning through jet fuel and expensive bourbon.

Lisa Airey presents book two in the Juile Hastings series.

A serial killer is stalking the streets of Seattle. Detective Grinder, along with her new side kick, Detective George Crossbones, are doing their best to find the killer before he strikes again.

Ask any kid in Rumors Mill and they’ll tell you the same thing. Playing anywhere around the old Monkey Farm was completely off limits. The dark branches of the woods surrounding the abandoned lab held whispers of secret government experiments, and creatures that lurked the property at night on both two legs and four. So it was no real surprise when Effin and his friends decided to spend one fateful summer day in those same woods, one of them didn’t make it out alive.

Stage illusionist Charlie Chilton's career is a failure. When the mysterious Asmodeus Tchort offers him a deal of a lifetime, it looks like he's on a fast track to become the most famous illusionist in the world.