suspense fiction

In a little copse near the east coast main line of Yorkshire, in a house that Daddy built himself, live siblings Daniel and Cathy. They roam their wood, completely free of modern living conventions. They know Daddy sometimes has to go off and do hard work to get money, but what exactly he does never enters their minds. Then one day a local landowner shows up on their doorstep, and the modern world seems like crashing in on their happy existence.

Sixteen-year-old Mae Cole is determined to uncover who is responsible for her sister's mysterious death, but Mae's search takes a terrifying turn when she starts to dig up long-buried secrets about her family's dark past.

"When Ruth is kidnapped, she's determined not to become this serial-killer's next trophy. After she's able to escape, her captor begins stalking her through the wilderness"--Provided by publisher.

Jeremy Logan, an investigator of unnatural phenomena, travels to a remote writers' retreat in the Adirondack Mountains to work on a book but soon learns that a dead hiker has been discovered there whose body has been mauled beyond the work of a bear. The attack occurred during a full moon and many are worried about a werewolf. Scientist Laura Feverbridge shares her research with Logan and he begins to think he's up against something he hasn't seen before.

Joey Getchie has been property of the state for longer than he was in custody of his parents. His life is awful, but he has a plan. He will graduate high school and get out of the foster care system if it kills him. However, just when he had met a cute fellow foster child, Trisha, Joey clashes with his foster father and is forced to take residence at his workplace, Huntzel Manor, where he has to clear his name of many false accusations.

Half-blind, isolated, broken, and disillusioned, LeAnne Hogan used to be a rising military star in Afghanistan. Now a final blow comes in the form of the death of Marci, her hospital roommate. Compelled to find closure for her death, LeAnne travels to Marci's hometown only to find that Marci's eight-year-old daughter has vanished. Then LeAnne finds herself "adopted" by the town's dark, strong, inscrutable stray dog, and together woman and dog set out to find the missing child.

After Esther Vaughan disappears from her Chicago apartment, her roommate finds a haunting letter addressed to someone she can't identify. Meanwhile, eighteen-year-old Alex quickly befriends a mysterious woman who appears in the coffee shop where he works. As the people in Esther's life search for answers, Alex's relationship with the woman turns dark and sinister, and nobody is safe from Esther's murky past.

During Eleanor and Anthony Edevane's 1933 Midsummer Eve party, their daughter, Alice, a budding writer, falls in love for the first time. However, the night is fated to be remembered in tragedy as Alice's infant brother, Theo, is kidnapped from his crib. The Edevane family abandons the country house, never to return. Seventy years later, Detective Constable Sadie Sparrow discovers the overgrown house, and seeks out the now-elderly and famous Alice for answers and the uncovering of old secrets.

When suspended cop Bish Ortley finds out a bus his daughter was on was bombed he rushes into action, vowing to find out who nearly took his daughter's life. The primary suspect is a teenage girl form one of London's most notorious crime families. To find her, Bish has to earn the trust of the girl's friends and family, and in the process he uncovers shocking secrets about past crimes still unaccounted for.

Exhausted and rebellious after three years of working for her father and mothering her brother, eighteen-year-old Arcadia "Cadie" Wells joins two cousins who are camping their way through Florida, soon learning that one is a murderer.