Thrilled Stories

Just a regular job.... Get in, crack the safe, fetch the diamonds. That's what hobby cat burglar and acclaimed jewelry maker Calendar Moonstone has aimed for. Instead she finds a dead body, meets a handsome Detective, has a nosey insurance investigator on her tracks and manages a complicated boyfriend situation. And must solve a century old jewelry mystery!

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.

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.

"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.

Will she escape? // A short story in 5 parts.

The boss runs the strip club DIRTY WORK, and I work for the boss. When the boss doesn't want to make money just from the girls, he goes his own route. Which is where I come in. Pushing drugs, stealing jewels, fixing races, taking someone out for dinner or just taking them out. I do it all, and I must say, I do it so gracefully it's beautiful. It's dirty work, but someone's got to do it. CELESTRIA PHASE: 2 Original artwork (as far as I can tell) by the ridiculously talented Mitul Mistry.

⊗ Lucy Carlyle has seen it all in the past years within her time at Lockwood & Co, a mirror conjured by a psychopathic genius in which you could see the afterlife, and a malevolent, haunted staircase which could kill you just by its blood-curdling cries, forevermore plaguing an abandoned mansion. Now, as business bubbles throughout their company, one case out of them all has caught the attention of our profound ghost hunters, Anthony Lockwood, Lucy Carlyle, and George Cubbins; An abandoned Sanatorium, recently under construction, is now proven to be manifested with a variety of ghosts. The team must test their strengths in order to figure out the mystery behind the Age-old Sanatorium, along with the help of someone Lockwood, Lucy nor George thought possible; Lockwood's late sister, whom Lucy must persuade into figuring out the truth behind the sanatorium, which could possibly be a plague on her, and all of London. It's not a simple wraith problem anymore, this is a level five ghost manifestation, in which something Lockwood & Co has never faced before. ⊗ ⊗ The characters in this book are not created by me, all rights go to the fabulous Author, Jonathan Stroud. This would also happen to be a sequel to The Whispering Skull. **Gruesome Description** Enjoy! ⊗

i'm not afraid of the world. i'm afraid of a world without you. © DIZCKS 2018 - DISCONTINUED

In the second book in the series, the Valentine family struggles to survive, living under fake identities. Their hidden existence is threatened when a mysterious Silicon Valley billionaire takes a special interest in Johnny and Stella.

Xander's ex is contacted by the CIA to help bring down the rebel leader Amazon

He has a plan. A plan built to tear a man's life apart - vein by vein, breath by breath. From that cursed day, all he's ever wanted was to ruin him beyond recognition. But death? Death is silence. Death is peace. And peace is mercy. He's not here to be merciful. To reach him, he will use his sister - make her the path, the bait, the weapon with no way back. He will step into her life out of nowhere, on a night so black the stars choke on their own light, and twist it until it screams. She will let him - at first. She will let him ruin her. Until she belongs to no one. Until she can't even belong to him. And that's where everything starts to burn. Because somewhere between the threats and the ruin, between the lies and the blood - something far more dangerous takes root. A love that tastes like vengeance. A love that kills as much as it keeps alive. A love that is both a weapon and a wound. Because yes, it's a tale of revenge. Revenge that will scar souls, ruin innocence, destroy lives, and expose secrets that will shatter their existence. She's not weak. She's not fragile. But she will scream. She will cry. She will bleed. He is strong. He is unbreakable. But he will shatter. He will fall. He will break. Because again, it's a tale of revenge. And of a love that will burn them to ash. But one question cuts deeper than all the rest - Revenge, but whose?

Celeste, a young man who never believed the world was kind, is haunted by childhood memories, burdened by guilt, and soon to face a painful loss that will drag him deeper into his own unraveling. As he moves through a life shaped by suffering, fractured beliefs, and unexpected conflicts, he is forced to confront the one truth he has always run from: sometimes the deepest wounds aren't inflicted by the world, but by the parts of ourselves we refuse to face. And now, he must question whether he deserves the gentleness offered to him; or if it will crumble, just like everything else he touches.

Seventeen-year-old Emma Conrad has grown up in Seaside. A seasonal beach town on the North-Atlantic coast, it's the kind of place with over 4000 homes, but only 358 year round residents. It's a town famous for homemade fudge, Saturday night fireworks, boardwalk carnivals, the world's first best saltwater taffy, and the abduction of Ivy Anderson Wright. Everyone knows the story. It happened eleven years ago, during Labor Day weekend. The nanny was home sick, the parents had just rather publicly filed for divorce, and the older brother took his little sister to the championship game of the annual Volleyball Tournament. At 6:15, the six-year-old ran down to the water to collect seashells. At 6:47 pm, there was no sign of her. Three separate ransom demands came and three times her family paid, but they never found her. Not her and not her body. What they don't know is that Emma was also on the beach that day. It was her idea to collect seashells, and Ivy went with her because they were best friends. Now, three weeks before the summer season reopens, when Emma is caught between welcoming and dreading the change of pace, Ivy Anderson-Wright is found-alive. Ivy claims she doesn't remember her abduction, that she doesn't want to dwell in the past now that she's finally home, but Emma knows she's lying. Whoever abducted her is still out there, and they're willing to do whatever it takes to make sure she doesn't talk. And if Emma can't unearth Ivy's secrets and figure out what really happened that day, this time they both might end up dead. ------- Please feel free to leave any comments. I'd love to know what you think!

This is the published book on Amazon which started life on Wattpad, called Older Man Rich Girl. Corinne Roussel is a celebrated French actress. At age 26, she's created a fortune from a new breakthrough cosmetic formula. But her personal life is a mess as she searches for love and understanding. Harry Smith is age 40, never married, a loner, especially when it comes to women. He works as a management consultant. He's tough, sharp and speaks his mind. But he's hiding a secret. They first met ten years ago, when he saved her life on a cold French mountainside and stayed with her until help arrived. The night-time ordeal forged a close bond between them, but they have gone their separate ways and lost contact - that is, until Corinne spots him in London. Their friendship becomes deeper, but Harry can tell she's being emotionally manipulated by her ex-husband, Jacques, who remains her business manager. Over time Harry finds out more about Jacques: his past, his greed, and his corruption. Corinne is in danger, and she needs to reach out to Harry for help. As the stakes increase, Harry and Corinne must survive the perils surrounding them, while finding a way to confront their personal issues and discover true love.

The Aurelis Protocol Hazel thought Aurelis Institute was just another elite school. Strict rules. Competitive students. Endless tests. But something about the institute feels... wrong. Students disappear after failing. Teachers seem to watch everything. And the system always knows more than it should. When Hazel begins uncovering secrets hidden deep within the walls of Aurelis, she realizes a terrifying truth: Some schools prepare students for exams. Aurelis prepares them to control the future. And once you uncover the truth... there's no going back. #mystery, #creepy, #secrets, #thriller