Thrilled Stories

Ashley Everson had cheated death, but not on his own. After a miraculous recovery, he discovers he's not alone in his body anymore. Something lurks, whispering in his ear a language he can't understand, inviting a chasm of reality he didn't even know existed, inverting his life as he knows it. Is it responsible for his survival? Or is it just using him to hide from something much worse? What does the entity even want? What does it mean to his own mortality? Where did the entity even come from? Ash decides to find out before something much worse hunts down whatever is hiding inside of him. **Awarded 1st place in the Paranormal category for the Cleaved Awards 2019.** **Highest Ranked. Number 3 in Mystery. Number 2 in Thriller.** #bookiestars #EliteAwards2019 #diademawards #tea2020

While investigating the chilling deaths of three teenage girls in the remote town of Briarwood, Detective Evan O'Riley is drawn into the unsolved mysteries of a notorious 1960s serial killer. Three sixteen-year-old girls have plunged from the roof of their school. The question lingers: did they jump, or were they pushed? Tasked with uncovering the truth, Evan O'Riley---seasoned by years of crime-solving in Riverton---arrives in Briarwood, determined to discover whether he's facing triple homicide or a heartbreaking suicide. As he delves into the case, Evan uncovers unsettling whispers about the town's infamous SAD Killer, whose string of brutal murders left Briarwood haunted---and whose identity was never discovered. Fifty years later, the ghosts of the past resurface as Evan combs through long-buried evidence, tracks down survivors, and seeks out old investigators tied to the original crimes. Driven to find answers for both the present and the past, Evan is relentless in his pursuit of justice. But as old secrets come to light and the investigation intensifies, Evan realizes the SAD Killer's legacy isn't as distant as he believed---the danger may be closer than anyone imagines.

Alianna Winter thought her detecting days were over when she solved the case of the Merryweather Jewel Thefts. But never had she ever been so wrong. An innocent visit to the country village of Lesser Farthing twists into one of the most dangerous investigations Allie has faces so far. Two apparent suicides-but neither ringing entirely true. And the murderer will do anything to cover his tracks... -The third book in the Alianna Winter series. Her earlier cases: 1.Death At Scarlet Leaf 2. The Merryweather Jewel Thefts Her later cases: 4.Murder Is At Hand 5. The Incident Concerning The Alsatian Dog 6. At The Plaza Majestic 7.Madame Juror 8.A Murder Shall Commence 9.The Impossible Poisoning 10.The Final Endgame The Toby Smart Spin-offs: What Makes A Detective What Breaks A Detective

Fashionista Cheline Morgan's life is turned upside down following the discovery of a corpse outside the building where her best friend lives. After coming to terms with the death, Cheline attempts to solve the mysterious circumstances surrounding it, while her best friend appears more guilty by the minute. Will she find the murderer before her BFF ends up in jail or worse...dead? Cover by the incredibly talented @x_Luminous_x.

***This story is told completely through Toby's POV*** My life has stopped... I was supposed to keep training. I was supposed to keep developing the skills that it took to be the slenderman's proxy. I was supposed to be there for Sally when she couldn't sleep. I was supposed to be between Jeff and Ben while they tried to show me a movie I could never sit still long enough for. I was supposed to be standing in front of Masky while he yelled at me about my carelessness. I was supposed to be there to receive Hoodie's reassuring smile. I was supposed to be with them... but I'm not. Something horrible happened to me...

Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is. ***** A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche? *2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller* [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]] Cover designed by April Alforque

All is well in Patty's life until her best friend goes missing. No note. No texts, just got up and was gone the next day. People say she ran off with some guy, or was hiding because she was pregnant with notorious bad boy, that Patty never seemed to like, Jasper Mckinley's child. Some say, she's dead. Patty denies all of it. She knew Jasmine like the back of her hand and she was convinced she did not run away or fell in a ditch somewhere. A year has passed. But she never stopped believing her best friend was still alive. So what happens when a stranger suddenly sends her flowers with notes about things only Jasmine and her would know? And she finds herself asking for help from the very guy she suspects? Everything starts to become a game. For every flower delivered to her doorstep, the chances of finding her best friend alive, decreases.

Fay Cunningham, publisher of a small-town Pennsylvania newspaper, is having a well deserved midlife crisis. Both nicotine-and calorie-deprived, she stays busy delivering the paper she publishes in order to get closer to her customer base, craving inspiration, a smoke, and a cheeseburger. But she discovers something odd going on behind the closed doors of her trusted friend Joe Wise. Like, where is he and who is the mysterious blonde rudely blocking Fay's entry to his house? Adding to the puzzle, Fay learns that Joe's brother and biggest rival, Thomas, has just died under strange circumstances. Joe was Fay's professional benefactor and her journalistic instincts kick into overdrive. But first, she has to get past Angel, Joe's hostile and secretive new companion. And when Fay's questions get too personal, a killer makes lethal plans to send Fay into permanent retirement....

"Oh, look, we're back home! You'll be a lamb for me now, right? Unless you'd like a bullet in that pretty little head of yours, I'd suggest you do as I say." "Starving. I've been starving for so long that I don't even care how I get it. I just want it, I need to know someone needs me." // Young Acacia finds herself kidnapped by the murderous son of a famous sociopath. How will she manage to survive the violent outbursts and mental torture?

"Soothe the devils in my head, love me to my death." In which a psychiatrist gets kidnapped by a serial killer, only to lose her mind.

Alianna Winter managed to keep herself out of trouble for a grand total of ten weeks. Which, as she pointed out to Isabel, was actually rather good. Isabel naturally didn't agree. Answering a plea for help from Chief Inspector Barnes, Allie finds herself in a very unfamiliar situation; in a courtroom. As a last-minute member of the jury. The case she is supposed to be trying seems incredibly straightforward at first glance, but as Allie soon finds, nothing is as it seems. It's up to her to change the minds of the rest of the jury, or a woman will surely hang. -The seventh book in the Alianna Winter series. Her earlier cases: 1.Death At Scarlet Leaf 2.The Merryweather Jewel Thefts 3.A House On The Hill 4.Murder Is At Hand 5.The Incident Concerning The Alsatian Dog 6.At The Plaza Majestic Her later cases: 8.A Murder Shall Commence 9.The Impossible Poisoning 10.The Final Endgame The Toby Smart Spin-offs: What Makes A Detective What Breaks A Detective

The Grimsby Gouger is out for blood. 16-year-old Macy Shepard was trapped, scared and about to die, the only person who could save her life was Detective Peel and he really had a bad headache and not just because of his alcohol problem. There is a murderer loose in the town of Great Grimsby and three girls are missing. 40 years ago the same happened, and Peel's father failed to catch his man. Are the new murders connected? Has the Grimsby Gouger returned or is there a copycat on the prowl?. The clock is ticking and three young lives are depending on Peel and his team to save them. Shocked and shaken by family secrets of his own that come to light, Peel is on the trail of not one but two vicious killers. Follow the rough and ready detective as he ploughs headlong through his own troubled past, searching for answers to secrets long hidden from him.

Add this to your reading list to get a private message as soon as a new chapter is uploaded!! Scarlett Mcbride was a famous model and country singer from Tennessee. Following her death, her step-sister Averia Raynor, sets about finding out who's responsible for it. Somewhere along the way, innocent people end up mysteriously dead. No one can think of any suspects and there are not many witnesses... And Averia can't shake the feeling that all the deaths are connected in some way. Even connected to Scarlett's. Scarlett McBride's murderer may never be caught, unless Averia stays alive long enough to catch them. That's IF the murderer doesn't catch, and kill, Averia first... ************************************** Ginni XxThexFallenxAngelxX

Five crime stories by different authors.

--JUNE 2021 EDITOR'S PICK-- In a near future where neuroprosthetics have evolved, Nina--a young journalist--receives a hippoccampal implant after losing the ability to create long term memories. All seems well until memories that don't seem to be her own begin to surface. Now, Nina must find the truth behind these memories while struggling not to lose herself in them.

Mara keeps people safe by making sure nobody can prove she was ever there - an off-grid courier in near-future London, a found family who never ask what she's carrying, a lover on the system's own payroll who doesn't ask either. Then a routine job turns out to be a whistleblower with a piece of the machine that runs the city strapped to his chest - and everyone who has ever trusted her not to be found starts needing her to be exactly that.

300 km/h. One deadly bio-toxin. Two elite agents who would burn the world down to protect each other. Posing as a wealthy couple on a romantic vacation to Kyoto, elite field operative Fred and brilliant tech strategist Agatha board the high-speed Nozomi Shinkansen with a singular mission: intercept Dr. Arisawa, a rogue scientist carrying a pressurized aerosol bio-toxin. Linked only by custom Shared-Frequency Earpieces, their connection is dangerously intimate. Separated across crowded passenger cars, Fred can hear every intake of Agatha's breath, while Agatha controls the train's digital network from afar. But when Arisawa's team of ruthless PMC mercenaries turns the bullet train into a high-speed kill-box, a routine intercept devolves into a brutal game of survival. Trapped in tight metal corridors at three hundred kilometers per hour, Fred relies on raw physical lethality, while Agatha manipulates pneumatic doors and environmental systems with millisecond precision to keep him alive. Because when the bullets fly and the pressure spikes, they aren't just fighting for the mission-they're fighting for each other. And when Fred and Agatha work together, nothing on earth can stop them. Genre: Romantic Suspense / Action Thriller / Espionage Trope: Power Couple, Mutual Devotion, Partners in Crime, Teammates to Lovers, High-Stakes Action Tone: Fast-paced, tactical, intimate, and pulse-pounding.

Weeks before her wedding, Lena Carter's fiancé abandons her, forcing her into the government's Marriage System, where a stranger will become her husband. But as her future is about to be sealed, a mysterious zombie outbreak throws the city into chaos. Trapped between a ruthless government and a collapsing world, Lena must fight to survive before she loses more than just her freedom. The Rules of the Marriage System Rule 1 Every citizen must be legally married by the required age. Rule 2 Citizens may choose their own spouse only if they are legally engaged or married before the government registration deadline. Rule 3 Anyone who is single after the deadline is automatically enrolled in the Marriage System. Rule 4 The Marriage System assigns one legally approved spouse. The decision is final. Rule 5 Once assigned, neither person may reject the match. Rule 6 Attempting to escape, hide, or avoid the assigned marriage is a criminal offense against the state. Rule 7 Helping someone evade the Marriage System is also a crime. Rule 8 Citizens who refuse the Marriage Act lose all civil rights and are immediately transferred to a classified government detention and labor facility. Very few people ever return, and those who do never speak about what happened there. Rule 9 Divorce is illegal unless approved by the Central Marriage Authority under extremely rare circumstances. Rule 10 Every citizen is monitored through a national identity system to ensure compliance with the Marriage Act.

(FREE on Amazon) "The darkest shadows hide beneath the brightest lights." Estra would never forget the night she lay in smoldering ash and watched while everything she loved was consumed by fire. Once a pious young woman living a peaceful life in service to the enlightened, everything changed when her convent was burned down by followers of the profane sorceress Helena the Defiler. Scarred by the events of the horrifying massacre, Estra joined the church as a warrior of the faith where she was tasked with using her newfound abilities to strike down the heretics that plague the world of Eldrin. That once broken woman has grown into a powerful figure of justice, and through her duty, she's found a sense of fulfillment in protecting the innocent. As a holy warrior, Estra is supposed to be seen as a symbol of virtue in the eyes of others, but buried deep within her soul is a forever growing thirst for vengeance against the demons of her past. When she's finally given the assignment of purging those responsible for her suffering, Estra embarks on a journey which reveals that the world isn't as black and white as she'd been led to believe. *** Don't forget to vote, comment, & follow! *** (Please leave a review on the books Amazon and/or Goodreads page) (Exclusive content available at nygeloglesby.wordpress.com)

Survival is more than air and water when you're being hunted by the undead. Worst yet, when you caused it. Willow ascends into what she believes is an answer to prayer, leaving the harsh realities of the world below behind her. But when she arrives onboard Proc 1, nothing is as it seems. She's quickly indoctrinated into the system by her mysterious rescuers, only to learn that she's been promoted to Lead Physicist in the NAMOS program-BioTic Corp's Top Secret protocol on genetic decomposition and mutations. The name on file is not her own, but someone else's. Cloaking herself in this new identity, she marvels at the vastness and complexities of the first floating civilization. Her curiosity is cut short as her advanced training in molecular cloning begins. This only drives the knot deeper into the pit of her stomach. It's only a matter of time before she's discovered as an imposter. The further she digs, the harder it is to decipher the truth from lies. SIND is not what everyone believed it to be. The new world government wasn't trying to save mankind; it was attempting to control it by curing death. There's just one problem; no one survived the treatments, until her. With a potential cure pulsing through her veins, will Willow be able to stop the impending apocalypse before she's turned into SIND's next science experiment? Find out in Amber Skies. Highest ranking: #8 (11/12/2016)