Collection: Adult

Best Psychological Thriller in the United States of 2025, Evergreen Awards

Steve Balam is the man everyone trusts-a sharp financial advisor, devoted husband, and proud father living out the suburban dream in Atlanta. But behind the polished suits and warm family dinners lurks something else: a mind built for control, and a hunger for killing that won't be tamed.

He's a serial killer with a system so perfect that innocent men go to prison while he walks free-planting DNA from unsuspecting massage parlor clients at each crime scene. For years, he's been untouchable-a ghost. Until one frightened insider threatens to blow his secrets wide open.

As Detective John Grimm gets closer, Balam's carefully constructed world starts to crack. The deeper Grimm digs, the uglier the truth becomes. With his double life at risk, Balam will do anything to keep it hidden-and the innocent will pay the price. One slip could bring his empire, and his freedom, crashing down.

Dark, relentless, and disturbingly real, Prey Before Bed pulls you into a world where real monsters wear charming smiles-and no one is safe. You'll be left wondering just how well we really know the people we trust the most.

'A terrific, unexpected twist' Guardian

'Withered Hill is the ultimate nightmare destination' Laird Barron

InsideA year ago Sophie Wickham stumbled into the isolated Lancashire village of Withered Hill, naked, alone and with no memory of who she is.

Surrounded by a thick ring of woodland, its inhabitants seem to be of another world, drenched in pagan, folklorish traditions.

As Sophie struggles to regain the memories of her life from before, she quickly realises she is a prisoner after multiple failed escape attempts. But is it the locals who keep her trapped, with smiles on their faces, or something else, lurking in the woods?

OutsideIn London, Sophie leads a chaotic life, with too many drunken nights, inappropriate men and boring temp jobs. But things take a turn as she starts to be targeted by strange messages warning her that someone, or something, is coming for her.

With no idea who to trust, or where to turn for help, the messages become more insistent and more intimidating, urging Sophie to make her way to a place called Withered Hill

An utterly bewitching, dual timeline folk horror novel, with a truly devastating twist you have to read to believe.

Praise for Withered Hill 'Eerie, erotic and engrossing, David Barnett's Withered Hill is a masterpiece of folkloric horror, one I suspect shall henceforth be mentioned in the same breath as The Wicker Man, as it well and truly deserves to be' Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award winning author of Sour Candy

'A bloody masterpiece Black Mirror meets The Wicker Man' Mark Stay, author of The Witches of Woodville series

'Haunting, shocking and beautifully written, Withered Hill lures you into a strange town where everything is slightly off-kilter, and then invites you to try and escape. But you can't. And neither will you escape the draw of this brilliant, almost hypnotic novel, which is one of my favourites of the year' Tim Lebbon

'Midsommar, Evil Dead and Stepford Wives all in one, this twisted dark fairytale rooted in the modern world had me too scared to walk my dog in broad daylight. Masterful storytelling, sinister, sick and funny if you're as warped as this folklore horror gem' Lisa Rookes, author of The Vanishing of Joni Blackwood

'Withered Hill gets into you as the best folk horror tends to: the woods grow ever-deeper, the villagers more smilingly hostile as the escape routes shrink tighter than a keyhole. But there's much delight in being trapped in the hands of such an agile, clever, and knowing storyteller' Nick Cutter, author of The Troop

'Beguiling, bewitching and brilliant. Withered Hill gets under your skin like some long-forgotten pagan spell and keeps you turning the pages late into the night.' Jeremy Dyson, from the League of Gentlemen

My God's Been Silent is a poetry collection that lives at the intersection of faith and fury, grief and grace. Written in the aftermath of loss and disillusionment, these poems are elegies and incantations-each one a plea, a protest, a prayer left unanswered. This collection excavates the silence of God through the body of a Black man who has known both sanctuary and abandonment, who has tried to make sense of suffering in a world that too often turns its back This is a book for those who have screamed into the void, for those who carry loss like scripture, and for anyone who has ever felt betrayed by the very thing they were taught to believe would save them. With language that sears and softens, My God's Been Silent does not seek resolution-it seeks release. This collection is not an answer. It is a reckoning. A remembering. A return.

A powerful eyewitness account of the genocide in Gaza by an extraordinary young writer and general physician.

Five days before October 7, 2023, a young Palestinian doctor returns to Gaza, having completed his medical studies abroad. His family gathers to celebrate his achievements and to welcome him home. On October 11, forty-two members of his extended family are killed in an airstrike, and thus begins his incredible story of survival and service to his people.

For more than eight months, Dr. Ezzideen Shehab volunteers at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, witnessing at first hand catastrophic injuries and deaths, and working under the most difficult circumstances imaginable. Constantly targeted by the Israeli Defence Forces, the Indonesian hospital is ultimately destroyed.

In December 2024, Dr. Shehab cofounds the Al-Rahma Medical Clinic to provide free medical care in northern Gaza, where no functioning hospitals remain. The clinic is damaged multiple times, and in July 2025 is forced to close. Dr. Shehab and his family are displaced for the fifth time, with no hope of ever returning to their demolished home in the north of Gaza.

In his testimony of these months, Dr. Shehab's clarity and humanity shine through. He describes the people he treats, the devastation of his homeland, and his incomprehension at the world's silence in the face of the unfolding genocide. Diary of a Young Doctor is a deeply moving and unforgettable work that bears witness to one of the most shameful periods in recent global history.

Ever wondered what to do with your sourdough discard?

Rebecca Yarros reignited the romantasy genre with the release of Fourth Wing (2023), the first book in her Empyrean series. Centered around 20-year-old dragon-rider recruit Violet Sorrengail, the series defies traditional fantasy tropes by offering readers a female hero who is both formidable and deeply human.

• Size: Width: 220mm (83/4") x Height: 30mm (11/4") x Depth: 68mm (23/4")
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• Colour: Black
• Secure magnetic closure
• Decorative printed paper
• Removable inner tray for storage of small items
• Informational bookmark

The close proximity and destitute wilderness of Freida McFadden's The Crash meets the female-centric plot of Yellowjackets in #BookTok viral author Noelle W. Ihli's thrilling tale of abduction and survival - inspired by a true story.

A merciless wilderness. A harrowing attack. A desperate escape.

When a tragic accident sidelines Miley's dreams of Olympic gold, she takes a summer job at a mountain guest lodge. The Frank Church Wilderness is remote, but it's the perfect place to train and recover. Local lore about a staffer who died years ago doesn't scare her.

But it should.

Miley's plans take a terrifying detour when she's abducted during a morning run. Held captive in a desolate off-grid cabin, she'll have to use her athletic prowess, cunning mind, and courage to survive. But as the nightmare at the cabin escalates, Miley is forced to form an unlikely alliance and attempt a risky escape.

Can she outwit her captors and survive the wilderness before it's too late?

Inspired by true events, Gray After Dark is a pulse-pounding psychological thriller with a finale that will leave you breathless.

Centuries after humanity ripped a vengeful god from the heavens, Reclamation City No. 9 stands atop the barren world that remains. Below, a network of tunnels is a chance for the most desperate and deranged to strike it rich scavenging--if they can make it back alive. For the vestiges of a dead god cling to life, bathed in the shadows of ancient halls. Impelled by avarice, circumstance, or something more sinister, nine strangers make the descent. But in the darkness that awaits, it's anyone's guess where the greater danger lurks: in the unhallowed maze ahead, or with those who walked into hell alongside them...

After 21-year-old Chiaki watches his boyfriend, Kuon, die in a tragic accident right before his eyes, he suddenly wakes up to find himself flung ten years into the past! Now stuck in a child's body, he tries to convince Kuon that he's his future lover, but 28-year-old Kuon is a much colder and more pained man than the one he knew. But no matter how hard Kuon tries to push Chiaki away, Chiaki won't give up until, step by step, he works his way into Kuon's hardened heart once more...

Awajima Opera School--where young girls from across the country flock to in aspiration of standing on the big stage. Where the past and present intertwine, and memories of different girls layer upon one another. Of which, the hopes, the disappointments, the regrets, are woven through three generations of Katsurako IIbuki's family...

Kirito is still trying to figure out how to recover Asuna's lost memories. When all hope seems lost, the enigmatic girl who exists solely in Ordinal Scale appears before him and explains that the only way to uncover the truth is to rise to the top of the OS ranks. But will he make it in time? And even if he does, will he be able to take down Eiji...?

No promises. No expectations. No names. That's what Emmett Stone agreed to with the woman who caught his eye two months ago. After years of drama following the end of his motorcycle club, a no-strings fling with a mystery woman is exactly what he needs. Except as they find themselves together more and more, it's impossible for him to keep his feelings at bay. She's clever and sassy. She's gracious and kind. She loves riding on the back of his bike every Saturday afternoon and lazing in his bed every Sunday morning. She's the perfect woman.

Except she's Nova Talbot, the daughter of his archenemy-the man who murdered his father.

Her identity will cost her the man who's captured her heart unless she can convince Emmett her feelings are true.

Before he learns the reason she proposed their fling in the first place.

A tale of betrayal, sacrifice, and the curse that binds wolf to witch. The Witch's Curse is a haunting prequel to The Alpha's Destiny - Where love is eternal, but fate is unforgiving.