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Showing posts with label Psychological Thriller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psychological Thriller. Show all posts

Friday, June 26, 2020

Tour Stop: The Hitcher by Ditter Kellen


The
Hitcher
by
Ditter Kellen

Genre:
Psychological Thriller 

Five
bodies. One serial killer. And a terrified woman's will to
survive...


Tina
Duggar lives a quiet life in Bay County, Florida, working for animal
control and spending time with her significant other, Investigator
Mike Parker.
But
a road trip with two of her closest friends takes a 
deadly turn
after they pick up a 
mysterious blue-eyed
hitcher…and Tina’s life is suddenly shattered.
Her
fun outing turns into a 
bloodbath as
the hitcher begins 
brutally
slaughtering 
innocent
girls along the interstate, forcing Tina to watch.
Saving
her for last...
With
her time running out and the police, the FBI, and even Mike himself
desperately searching for her, Tina is forced into a terrifying game
of wits with one of the most 
horrific
serial killers 
Florida
has seen since 
Bundy.
But
will she 
survive the
twisted mind of…
 the
hitcher?

*****Warning***** 
This book contains scenes that some might find difficult to read.
Purchase with caution.










Silence
of the Whippoorwill
by
Ditter Kellen

Genre:
Psychological Thriller 

Vengeance
is mine...


Legend
has it, when the whippoorwill sings, death is soon to follow...
But
Detective Breezy Anderson doesn’t believe in myths. Until a hiking
trip to the mountains of Arkansas with some friends, takes a
dangerous turn.
Breezy
soon discovers, they’re not alone. A group of crazed psychopaths
are hunting them, picking them off one by one. With no hope of
escape, Breezy is forced into a cat-and-mouse game of death and
survival.
But
her attackers made one mistake. They left her
alive…

*****WARNING***** 
This book contains violent scenes that may be considered offensive to
some readers.
Purchase with caution.











Ditter Kellen is the
USA Today Bestselling Author of Mystery/Thriller/Suspense/Crime
Fiction Novels. She loves spinning edgy, heart-pounding mysteries
that will leave you guessing until the very end. That includes
psychological thrillers with a touch of horror, as well as family
drama laced with murder and jaw dropping scenes, some might find
difficult to read.
Ditter resides in
Alabama with her husband and many unique farm animals. She adores
French fries and her phone is permanently attached to her ear.







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Friday, January 10, 2020

Tour Stop: The Rebound Effect by Linda Griffin


The Rebound Effect 
by Linda Griffin 
Genre: Romantic Suspense, Psychological Thriller 

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc 
Publication Date: July 15, 2019


In the small town of Cougar, struggling single mother and veterinary assistant Teresa Lansing is still bruised from a failed relationship when Frank McAllister sweeps her off her feet.
Frank is a big-city SWAT officer who moved to Cougar only four months ago. He's handsome, charming, forceful, very sexy, and a bit mysterious. He had his eye on Teresa even before they met and is pushing for a serious relationship right away.
Teresa finds his intense courtship flattering, and the sex is fabulous, but she doesn't want her deaf six-year-old son to be hurt again. Her former fiancé cheated on her when he got drunk after being unjustly fired, but he loves her and her son, and the whirlwind romance is complicated by his efforts to win Teresa back.
And then there's the matter of the bodies buried at Big Devil Creek… 





I was born and raised in San Diego, California and earned a BA in English from San Diego State University and an MLS from UCLA. I began my career as a reference and collection development librarian in the Art and Music Section of the San Diego Public Library and then transferred to the Literature and Languages Section, where I had the pleasure of managing the Central Library's Fiction collection and initiating fiction order lists for the entire library system. Although I also enjoy reading biography, memoir, and history, fiction remains my first love. In addition to the three R's--reading, writing, and research--I enjoy Scrabble, movies, and travel. 

My earliest ambition was to be a "book maker" and I wrote my first story, "Judy and the Fairies," with a plot stolen from a comic book, at the age of six. I broke into print in college with a story in the San Diego State University literary journal, The Phoenix, but most of my magazine publications came after I left the library to spend more time on my writing 

My stories have been published in numerous journals, including Eclectica, The Binnacle, The Nassau Review, Orbis, Thema Literary Journal, and forthcoming in Avalon Literary Review, and and in the anthologies Short Story America, Vol. 2 and The Captive and the Dead. Four stories, including two as yet unpublished, received honorable mention in the Short Story America Prize for Short Fiction contests. 

Member of RWA and Authors Guild 





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Sunday, November 10, 2019

Tour Stop: Girl Gone Home by Kathleen O'Donnell


Girl
Gone Home
Twisted
Crime Book 3
by
Kathleen O' Donnell


Genre:
Psychological Thriller 


The
Best Book I've Read This Year! 
I
just finished it and I loved it! It has more twists and turns than a
roller coaster. 
This
book would make an amazing movie, 
but
the book will always be better. I can't wait to see what she writes
next! – Rena, five-star review on Amazon.


From
two-time Book of the Year finalist and Thriller of the Year Award
winner Kathleen O’Donnell comes a gripping psychological thriller
filled with quirky, unexpected twists.

A
girl in serious trouble

Delilah
Diamond had it all, the popular cooking show, a dream house, and a
great romance with her producer, until the producer’s wife gets
wind of it all. Delilah loses her show, her job, and her house. She’s
forced to go back to her hometown where everyone has skeletons in
their closet—or worse.

A
home not like any other

She
arrives just in time for the unfortunate death of her high school
crush, but senses something's wrong with the story of his demise.
Before she realizes it, she's knee-deep in a past that almost crushed
her years before, and could very well crush her now, for good.

A
mother who keeps sordid secrets

Local
law enforcement is a homegrown drunk, and useless, so someone higher
up the food chain sends a big city detective who starts sniffing
around her classmate's suspicious death and her mother’s past.
Delilah’s protective hackles are raised. She knows her mother has
shameful secrets, but the more she learns, the more she realizes she
doesn’t know the whole story.

A
hometown that comes together, even in crime

In
small towns, you protect your family and your neighbors come what
may, but will Delilah be able to protect her mother without exposing
her own sins? The ones she worked so hard to cover up? Will she be
able to deter the detective away from the truth?

You
can't go home again. Or can you? Should you? How safe is home when
you know where the bodies are buried?

Girl
Gone Home
 is
ultimately a story about love, family, loyalty and circling the
wagons no matter what terrible crime's been committed. It’s quirky,
heartfelt, and reminiscent of Dolores Claiborne and the works of Kate
Atkinson, Jane Hamilton, and Janet Evanovich.












Kathleen
O’Donnell
is a wife, mom, grandmother and a recovering blogger.
She currently lives in Nevada with her husband. She is a two time
Book of the Year finalist for her debut novel The Last Day for Rob
Rhino. You can find short stories and blog posts on her website.





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Monday, September 23, 2019

Tour Stop: When a Stranger Comes... by Karen S. Bell


When
a Stranger Comes...
by
Karen S. Bell

Genre:
Psychological Thriller

2018
Readers' Favorite Bronze Medal Winner!


A GRIPPING
PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FOR FANS OF KING AND
KOONTZ!

"RIVETING"--Kirkus
Reviews


What
price would you pay for success?


A
lightning bolt out-of the blue, on an otherwise sunny afternoon,
transports author Alexa Wainwright to an alternate universe where the
characters from her novels are given the breadth of life. Having just
made a vow that she would do whatever it took to once again achieve
the international acclaim of her debut novel, Alexa doesn't realize
how ominously that vow would be tested. In this altered reality,
she's introduced to media mogul King Blakemore who offers her an
extremely lucrative book contract with guarantees that her work will
become a best-selling blockbuster. Given his appearance, odd
mannerisms, and aura of evil Alexa wonders if King Blakemore might be
the Devil himself.

 At first, she shrugs off her doubts
about this peculiar publisher and very lucrative book deal offer
because the temptation of riches and refound fame is too
strong. Suddenly, the contract's been signed. Now what can she
do? Alexa realizes she's trapped in an underworld of evil from
which she desperately wants to escape. Her iron-clad book contract
changes its wording whenever she thinks of a loophole and King always
seems one step ahead of her. Desperate to get her life back, she
devises schemes to untether herself from this hellish existence to no
avail. She laments the old adage, Be careful what you wish
for.




Buy
this book if you're a reader who loves a page-turning,
heart-stopping, psychological thriller with some magical realism
thrown in.






I
get so much satisfaction in the writing process. I take care to
choose just the right word, to make sure each sentence has the right
cadence. I appreciate other writers who respect the craft in this
way, and I hope my readers do so with me. Writing is a need, a desire
for expression, and springs from well within my subconscious mind.
Thoughts rise up, scenes rise up and blend in with the over-arching
story. These thoughts emerge whenever they want to and wherever I am
and probably not when I am at the computer. The computer is for the
craft, the technique. The thoughts come during walks, or while
driving the car, or at the grocery store. I am the willing recipient
of these thoughts and so they seek me out. It's a mystery this
business and art of writing and it keeps me enthralled.




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Saturday, August 10, 2019

Tour Stop! A Divided Mind by M. Billiter

Today, M. Billiter drops by with her psychological thriller, A Divided Mind. Enjoy!

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A
Divided Mind
by
M. Billiter

Genre:
Psychological Thriller 

What
if the only friend you have isn’t real?
When
the voices in his head begin to make sense, high school senior
Branson Kovac turns to the one friend he’s still got… only to
discover he’s not really there.









M.
Billiter is the alter ego of contemporary, award-winning romance
author, Mary Billliter.


After
writing more than a dozen love stories, she is exploring the other
side. Best known for her emotional honesty, Mary doesn't write about
well-adjusted people, but rather the wounds in life.


M.
Billiter writes with clarity and raw emotion to explore difficult
subjects and issues close to her heart.







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