Psychological
The Double
By: Jose Saramago
An alienated history teacher named Tertuliano M'ximo Afonso is watching a video one night when he spots an actor who looks exactly like himself, right down to the last little mole and scar. Becoming obsessed with the man, Afonso goes to frantic...
Published: Oct 2005
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 336
Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy (Loyola Classics Series)
By: Rumer Godden
This haunting tale of shame and redemption is the story of Lise Fanshawe, prostitute and brothel manager in postwar Paris, murderer and prisoner, and, finally, a Catholic nun in an order dedicated to serving people on the margins of society....
Published: Feb 2007
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 256
Ice Trap of Psychological Suspense
By: Kitty Sewell
Dear Doctor Woodruff, I hope you don't mind me writing to you.I think I'm your daughter....This international bestseller is a startlingly assured first novel of deception, ambiguity, and shattering revelations. At the height of...
Published: Jan 2009
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 368
Superstition In All Ages (Common Sense)
By: Jean Meslier
When we wish to examine in a cool, calm way the opinions of men, we are very much surprised to find that in those which we consider the most essential, nothing is more rare than to find them using common sense; that is to say, the portion of judgment...
Published: Oct 2007
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 196
1st To Die
By: James Patterson
Introducing the Women's Murder Club--a quartet of San Francisco women who have teamed up to apprehend the city's most terrifying serial killer. They are, in no particular order: a journalist; a medical examiner; an assistant DA; and SFPD detective...
Published: Feb 2002
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 424
Demon Hunts (Luna Books)
By: C. E. Murphy
Seattle police detective Joanne Walker started the year mostly dead, and she's ending it trying not to be consumed by evil. Literally.She's proven she can handle the gods and the walking dead. But a cannibalistic serial killer? That's more than...
Published: Jun 2010
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 368
All the Numbers
By: Judy Merrill Larsen
“How much do you love me?” Daniel asked his mother. “I love you all the numbers.”What begins as a sunny August afternoon on a bucolic lake turns into a tragedy when a Jet Ski swerves fatally close to shore....
Published: Jul 2006
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 288
The Missing: A Thriller
By: Chris Mooney
Darby McCormack was in high school when she first encountered the killer: someone murdered a woman in the woods where Darby and her two best friends were partying. His race to silence the witnesses was sure-footed and violent - but somehow Darby...
Published: Feb 2008
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 400
Dearly Devoted Dexter (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
By: Jeff Lindsay
He's a charming monster . . . A macabre hero . . . A serial killer who only kills bad peopleDexter Morgan has been under considerable pressure. It's just not easy being an ethical serial killer—especially while trying to avoid...
Published: Sep 2006
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 384
The Devil's Bones: A Body Farm Novel
By: Jefferson Bass
A burned car sits on a Tennessee hilltop, a woman's lifeless, charred body seated inside. Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton's job is to discover the truth hidden in the fire-desecrated corpse. Was the woman's death accidental . . . or was she...
Published: Feb 2009
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 320
Circle of Grace
By: Penelope J. Stokes
Having remained in touch with one another through a shared journal since college, best friends Grace, Liz, Tess, and Amanda meet for an unplanned reunion after a personal crisis leads to the discovery that Grace’s colorful life is a...
Published: May 2006
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 368
Falling
By: Christopher Pike
Love hurts.While FBI agent Kelly Feinman is recovering from an attack by a serial killer called the 'Acid Man,' her husband leaves her. Physically and emotionally scarred by the murderer, Kelly feels she will never be the same. She is cut off...
Published: Feb 2008
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 416
Red Dragon
By: Thomas Harris
A second family has been massacred by the terrifying serial killer the press has christened "The Tooth Fairy." Special Agent Jack Crawford turns to the one man who can help restart a failed investigation—Will Graham. Graham is the...
Published: May 1990
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 464
The Face
By: Dean Koontz
Acknowledged as "America's most popular suspense novelist"(Rolling Stone ) and as one of today's most celebrated and successful writers, Dean Koontz has earned the devotion of millions of readers around the world and the praise of critics...
Published: Apr 2004
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 672
The Practice of Deceit
By: Elizabeth Benedict
When Eric Lavender, New York psychotherapist, meets the sexy, stylish Colleen O'Brien Golden, his bachelor life quickly loses its appeal. He moves to Scarsdale to join Colleen and finds a life of domestic bliss as a husband and father. But Eric's...
Published: May 2006
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 288
Faking It
By: Angel Hunter
Layla Simone has been 'Faking It' for so long that she's lost sense of self. Layla is tired of living her life for others, sick and tired of waiting on her man to marry her. Feed up with putting her dreams on hold, Layla moves to Los Angeles to...
Published: May 2007
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 288
Queen, The: A Patrick Bowers Thriller (The Bowers Files)
By: Steven James
While investigating a double homicide in an isolated northern Wisconsin town, FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers uncovers a high-tech conspiracy that twists through long-buried Cold War secrets and targets present-day tensions in the Middle...
Published: Sep 2011
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Sleeping Beauty
By: Phillip Margolin
Seventeen-year-old Ashley Spencer learned what true horror was the night a serial killer invaded her home and brutally murdered her father and her best friend. But the terror did not end there . . . A year after the unspeakable events,...
Published: May 2008
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 496
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
By: James Patterson
Talk about a change of pace! Renowned suspense writer and Edgar Award winner James Patterson, author of such bestsellers-turned-blockbuster-movies as Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls, exposes his sensitive side in his new novel, Suzanne's...
Published: Jan 2002
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 266
The Lovely Bones
By: Alice Sebold
When we first meet 14-year-old Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. This was before milk carton photos and public service announcements, she tells us; back in 1973, when Susie mysteriously disappeared, people still believed these things...
Published: Sep 2006
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 372
Apt Pupil la in Different Seasons
By: Stephen King
A collection of four short stories, two of which became the basis for major motion pictures. The film "Stand By Me' was adapted from 'The Body', while the Academy Award winning film 'The Shawshank Redemption' was adapted from the story 'Rita...
Published: Aug 1983
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 508
The Mulberry Tree
By: Jude Deveraux
After the death of her rich and shady husband, newly impoverished widow Lillian Manville moves to a small town, where she moves into a farmhouse, renames herself Bailey, starts a quaint catering business, and rediscovers herself. She also stumbles...
Published: May 2003
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 368
3rd Degree
By: James Patterson
Three people are dead and a baby is missing after a mysterious explosion rips through a San Francisco neighborhood. Three days later, a businessman is murdered, and a note left behind at each scene links the two incidents. The Women's Murder...
Published: Jan 2005
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 341
The Lake House
By: James Patterson
The memorable story begun in When the Wind Blows continues in this thrilling novel, and it's one that really soars! Frannie O'Neil, a Colorado veterinarian, knows a terrible secret that will change the history of the world. Kit Harrison, an FBI agent...
Published: May 2004
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 376
Compulsion: An Alex Delaware Novel (Alex Delaware)
By: Jonathan Kellerman
Once again, the depths of the criminal mind and the darkest side of a glittering city fuel #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman's brilliant storytelling. And no one conducts a more harrowing and suspenseful manhunt than the modern...
Published: Aug 2008
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 448
Obsession: An Alex Delaware Novel
By: Jonathan Kellerman
With scores of millions of books in print, translation into two dozen languages, and one of the most popular heroes in contemporary fiction to his name, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman is the unequivocal “master of the...
Published: Feb 2008
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 464
Bones (Alex Delaware, No. 23)
By: Jonathan Kellerman
When it comes to writing deftly layered, tightly coiled novels of suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman reigns supreme as "master of the psychological thriller" (People). Now, Kellerman has worked his magic again...
Published: Feb 2009
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 448
Chosen To Die
By: Lisa Jackson
He'll Choose Them. . .Detective Regan Pescoli has worked the -Star Crossed Killer- case for months, never imagining she'd be captured by the madman she's been hunting. Regan knows exactly what he's capable of--and avoiding the...
Published: Jul 2009
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 484
Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls
By: Matt Ruff
Andy Gage is 29 years old, but he is inhabited by multiple personalities that range from a 5-year-old boy to a middle-aged woman. Presently, Andrew is in charge, and his aim is to return Andy to normalcy. His plan goes seriously awry, however, when...
Published: Feb 2004
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 496
Pieces of My Sister's Life
By: Elizabeth Arnold
Two sisters who shared everything. One unforgivable moment. And a second chance…There’s something to talk about in every chapter of Elizabeth Joy Arnold’s poignant, insightful debut novel—the perfect summer read for...
Published: Jul 2007
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Pages: 464