suspense fiction

Ten years after the events that changed his life and made him famous, Johnny Merrimon lives alone on 6,000 acres, attempting to maintain his privacy and sanity. His only link to his old life is Jack, his childhood friend. However, when Jack visits Johnny's secluded home, he senses danger in the wild places, a darkness and hunger, and evil intent. Johnny won't listen to Jack, but Jack is a true and persistent friend.

In 1982, in a paradise-like hamlet ninety miles from New York City, three teenage friends--Patrick, Matthew, and Hannah--find themselves bound together by a horrid crime. Almost thirty years later, the three meet up again, living lives their younger selves never could have dreamed, with even worse results.

Shadow Island's volcano is erupting and Cal and Ryan are trapped on the island with the evil Damien Thoroughgood, who will stop at nothing to fulfill his deadly plan. After surviving in the jungle and outwitting his enemy for so long, Cal risks losing his brother and everything he's worked towards.

"'Dear Carys, Zoe and Andrea, come and join me for my fortieth birthday adventure weekend, full of mysteries and surprises the like of which you can't imagine.' When Joanne's friends reluctantly accept an invitation to her birthday party, it quickly becomes clear that there is more to this weekend than they are expecting. One of them is hiding a secret. And Joanne is planning to reveal it... A weekend away in a cottage in the woods sounds like fun-- until no one can hear your cries for help. Four friends. A party to die for. Who will survive?"--Back cover.

"The home of a family of five is now a crime scene: four of them savagely murdered, one--a sixteen-year-old girl--missing. Was she lucky to have escaped? Or is her absence evidence of something sinister? Detective D.D. Warren is on the case--but so is survivor-turned-avenger Flora Dane"--Provided by publisher.

Rice Moore is just beginning to think his troubles are behind him. He's found a job protecting a remote forest preserve in Virginian Appalachia where his main responsibilities include tracking wildlife and refurbishing cabins. But when Rice finds the carcass of a bear killed on the grounds, the quiet solitude he's so desperately sought is suddenly at risk. Partnering with his predecessor, a scientist who hopes to continue her research on the preserve, Rice puts into motion a plan that could expose the poachers but risks revealing his own whereabouts to the dangerous people he was running from in the first place.

During a plague-like phenomenon, people are losing their shadows. The change gives them a strange new power, but at a terrible price: it takes away their memories. Ory and his wife Max have escaped the Forgetting so far by hiding in an abandoned hotel deep in the woods. Their new life feels almost normal, until one day Max's shadow disappears too.

"A stunning debut novel--a chilling and unexpected portrait of a female friendship set in 1950's Morocco. This is Patricia Highsmith for the 21st century" --.

"An unforgettable debut novel set in the Alaskan wilderness that is part thriller, part coming-of-age, in the vein of Jennifer McMahon or Chris Bohjalian"--.

In this epic science-fiction thriller, June, a young scientist, is drawn into a fierce battle for survival after she uncovers evidence of a centuries-old race of human-like machines hidden among us.