True Thrillers

An African American serviceman is gunned down on a rural Georgia road in July 1964. This shocking murder ensnares a wide range of characters including the journalists who cover it, the lawmen who must solve it, the civil rights leaders who capitalize upon it, the politicians who exploit it, and the Atlanta magnate who fears its impact on the New South image he desperately wants to protect.

People show their True Colors when they desire something unlawfully. When we covet someone else’s property, we show what we are really made of. However, the joy of acquiring does not last forever.... When Jason escapes from prison after 10 years, it is not as easy as he thought it would be. He braves the perils and reaches a safe harbor.

Karen Hollander is a celebrated attorney who recently removed herself from consideration for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Her reasons have their roots in 1968 - an episode she’s managed to keep secret for more than 40 years. Now, with the imminent publication of her memoir, she’s about to let the world in on that shocking secret - as soon as she can track down the answers to a few crucial last questions. A resonant coming-of-age story and a thrilling political mystery, True Believers is Kurt Andersen’s most ambitious novel to date, introducing a brilliant, funny, and irresistible new heroine to contemporary fiction.

"True Stories" is one of Vincent Zandri's most anthologized short stories. Based on the true story of Zandri having tackled and apprehended a car thief who was rampaging through his upstate New York neighborhood, this literary thriller begins with a 'seed of truth' around which grow invented circumstances - the result being a clever mesh of truth and creation.

Courtney thinks she might finally be able to give the Curly Bay Pet Hotel and Rescue the true makeover it deserves when she hears about a community development project that’s holding a contest, but when a body turns up, she can’t help but get to the bottom of it one more time! A community development project fills Courtney with visions of expansion. If she can just find the time to put together a good presentation, she’ll be able to help many more cats and dogs in Curly Bay. But she also has some stiff competition with the proposed new community center in town.

When three young filmmakers decide to make a movie based on a recent murder, they find through increasingly violent encounters with a masked man that telling this story may end up killing them.

A bankrupt lawyer and a greedy insurance adjuster concoct a personal injury scam involving a runaway grocery cart and recruit a half-wit golf course greenskeeper as their fall guy. But the plan goes horribly wrong, and as it spirals into a murderous fiasco, the grifters must deal with betrayals, shakedowns, bombs, and mobsters to avoid prison...or worse, an early grave in a Southern California landfill.

Ein den 1920ern hatten nicht die Bewohner von New York oder Paris das höchste Pro-Kopf-Einkommen: die reichsten Menschen der Welt waren die Osage-Indianer im amerikanischen Bundesstaat Oklahoma. Das karge Land, das ihnen als Reservat zugewiesen worden war, barg gigantische Ölvorkommen. Doch der Reichtum brachte den Osage kein Glück: Eine mysteriöse Serie von Morden nahm ihren Anfang, der Dutzende Stammesmitglieder zum Opfer fallen sollten. Die Osage-Morde wurden zum ersten großen Fall für das noch junge FBI. Doch Korruption und Geldgier hatten auch hier bereits Einzug gehalten.

The first digital collection of true crime tales from Reader's Digest, featuring the most gripping thrillers and mind-blowing mysteries from its digitized archives.

When her husband of 30 years runs off with a college student named Cherri, Jane Delight returns to Pennsylvania to work in her Amish sister's cupcake store. Having lost everything in the divorce, Jane now finds herself sharing an apartment with two feisty octogenarians and their quirky cat, Mr. Crumbles. But there is no time to despair. A man is murdered in the cupcake store, and now Jane is the prime suspect. Enter brooding Detective Damon McCloud, a Scot with a tragic past and a desire for justice.

Max Yuma has a score to settle but, for now, there is no need to carry out his plan. He and Chloe Nicholas have managed to stay well-hidden, allowing Max to bide his time and strike when he's ready. If no one is looking for him, why bother? He knows that he will eventually need to strike; it's only a matter of time. If he doesn't strike, they will they track him down; he's absolutely sure of that. They will never forget about him. Without warning, Max and Chloe are cast into the public eye, forcing them into action, but they need time to prepare.

Modern technology has given rise to electronic medical records, remote monitoring systems, and satellite-enabled real-time examinations in which patient and physician might be separated by thousands of miles. Yet, when it comes to diagnosing difficult cases, the clinician's strongest asset might just be one of the oldest tools of the medical profession - careful listening.

Первое официально задокументированное дело российского серийного убийцы относится к началу XX века. В Петербурге была найдена мертвая девушка-проститутка, убитая особо изощренным способом. Судя по всему, убийство ритуальное, и следующая жертва тому подтверждение. Константин Маршал, помощник начальника столичного сыска, ищет преступника, но тот мастерски путает следы. А между тем убийца совсем рядом, и жизнь любимой женщины сыщика висит на волоске. Роман основан на реальных событиях.

Western Australia, 1988. After betraying the Knights motorcycle gang, 17-year-old Lee Southern flees to the city with nothing left to lose. Working as a rogue tow-truck driver in Perth, he is captured by right-wing extremists whose combination of seduction and blackmail keeps him on the wrong side of the law and under their control. As the true nature of what drives his captors unfolds, Lee becomes an unwilling participant in a breathtakingly ambitious plot - and a cold-blooded crime that will show just how much he, and everyone else, still has to lose.

A supernatural murder mystery two women must solve to survive. Investigative Journalist, Deanne Mulhenney and Medical Examiner Sara Poole become targets themselves while investigating a series of political murders in this supernatural thriller. Set in the growing years of Phoenix, Arizona, against a backdrop of an historic water project, the two women are caught in a deadly clash between modern politics and Navajo legend.

Living in denial doesn't just make problems go away. Andrew Monroe is finally going to learn this when the past begins to call, reminding him of the murder of a child in his early years in Chicago. Firstly, after the mysterious disappearance of his wife one morning during their honeymoon and the police's refusal to take up their case, he would have to enlist the help of an old-time lover to help find her.

It’s October 1931. When Winnie Ruth Judd arrives at the Los Angeles train station from Phoenix, her shipping trunks catch the attention of a suspicious porter. By the time they’re pried open, revealing the dismembered bodies of two women inside, Ruth has disappeared into the crowd. The search for, and eventual apprehension of, the Trunk Murderess quickly becomes a headline-making sensation. Even the Phoenix murder house is a sideshow attraction.

A Chicago, la giovane Esther Vaughan scompare senza lasciare traccia dall'appartamento che condivide con un'altra ragazza, Quinn Collins. Quando tra i suoi effetti personali viene ritrovata una lettera che inizia con le parole "Mia adorata", la coinquilina inizia a chiedersi dove sia finita e se sia davvero la persona che lei credeva. Contemporaneamente, in una piccola cittadina portuale alle porte di Chicago, una donna si presenta nella caffetteria in cui Alex Gallo lavora come lavapiatti. L'attrazione tra i due è istantanea, ma quella che inizia come una cotta innocente presto si sviluppa in qualcosa di molto più torbido.

Nearly ten years ago, five Ohio university students were murdered in an off-campus Victorian home. The media dubbed it the Midnight House Massacre. Ever since, survivor and novelist Margot Davis has wanted to forget it, and never again utter the killer’s name. Until she’s compelled to write her side of the story. To do that, she’s returning to Midnight House.

Parker Rubec is living his new life in Paris, when he gets a call about his parents that crashes down on his whole world. In the meantime, Greysen pulls Parker back into a mess that could get him killed. When Parker learns new information about his past, he questions his relationship with Greysen as he knows it, and the makeup of his whole identity. Parker must determine if it’s worth saving or redefining. The True Man is the third and final book in The Idea Man Trilogy.