Suspense Novels
“Fans of psychological thrillers can never go wrong with Prescott. He knows how to take ordinary people and twist them around so thoroughly that you know longer know just who the bad guy truly is. Then when you are on the edge of your seat, he throws in a twist that knocks you sideways." –Roundtable Reviews
You may remember Grace Corday …
Or, as she was known on TV, Amazing Grace. She’s the psychic who can divine your secrets by holding an object belonging to you in her hand. Psychometry, it’s called.
Millions of reality-TV fans bought her act—until the debacle in Michigan, when she inserted herself into a missing-person case with disastrous results. Now she’s off the air, out of money, mocked by skeptics and former fans, and being sued by everyone. Her producer and sometime boyfriend has walked away. Her friends don’t take her calls. Her new apartment has a view of a homeless camp.
The last thing Grace should do is get involved in another criminal case. But when the mother of a missing girl in Arizona begs for help, she can’t say no. Rescuing sixteen-year-old Riley Kendrick—honor student, star athlete, only child of a single mom—is Grace’s shot at redemption, a chance to prove she’s not the fraud everyone says she is …
Unless, of course, she’s been lying to herself all along.
Or, as she was known on TV, Amazing Grace. She’s the psychic who can divine your secrets by holding an object belonging to you in her hand. Psychometry, it’s called.
Millions of reality-TV fans bought her act—until the debacle in Michigan, when she inserted herself into a missing-person case with disastrous results. Now she’s off the air, out of money, mocked by skeptics and former fans, and being sued by everyone. Her producer and sometime boyfriend has walked away. Her friends don’t take her calls. Her new apartment has a view of a homeless camp.
The last thing Grace should do is get involved in another criminal case. But when the mother of a missing girl in Arizona begs for help, she can’t say no. Rescuing sixteen-year-old Riley Kendrick—honor student, star athlete, only child of a single mom—is Grace’s shot at redemption, a chance to prove she’s not the fraud everyone says she is …
Unless, of course, she’s been lying to herself all along.
Kate Malick’s first calling was as a Carmelite nun, a life devoted to prayer and faith. Now she runs a Hollywood security service dedicated to protecting its clients. But Kate’s most troublesome client, teenage celebutante Chelsea Brewer, is a walking, talking, slow-motion train wreck who’s testing that devotion. The poster child for the pitfalls of childhood fame and fortune, Chelsea careens from one party to the next, riding the ragged edge between celebrity … and fatality.
When a huge bet is placed on her impending demise,Chelsea disappears, forcing Kate to leap into action. Searching Hollywood’s darkest corners and seediest hiding places in a desperate attempt to find her client, Kate uncovers a tangled conspiracy of revenge and betrayal. But time is running out, and if Kate doesn’t find Chelsea, the bet will leave one person rich, one woman shattered, and one young girl dead. Flying at a breakneck pace and full of unrelenting tension, Grave of Angels journeys full-tilt into the dark side of fame.
When a huge bet is placed on her impending demise,Chelsea disappears, forcing Kate to leap into action. Searching Hollywood’s darkest corners and seediest hiding places in a desperate attempt to find her client, Kate uncovers a tangled conspiracy of revenge and betrayal. But time is running out, and if Kate doesn’t find Chelsea, the bet will leave one person rich, one woman shattered, and one young girl dead. Flying at a breakneck pace and full of unrelenting tension, Grave of Angels journeys full-tilt into the dark side of fame.
Jennifer Silence reads between the lines. A psycholinguistic analyst, she studies documents written by murderers, teasing out hidden clues. But nothing in her life has prepared her for the document that is now in her hands. A leather-bound diary from a crumbling crypt.
The diary of Jack the Ripper.
If it is genuine, it suggests a troubling connection between Jennifer's family and history's most infamous serial killer. A connection that may explain her father's suicide ... and her brother's mental illness. A connection that may implicate her brother in a new rash of killings, and prove that the Ripper's spirit still prowls dark streets and alleys, taking lives ...
And the next victim may be Jennifer herself.
The diary of Jack the Ripper.
If it is genuine, it suggests a troubling connection between Jennifer's family and history's most infamous serial killer. A connection that may explain her father's suicide ... and her brother's mental illness. A connection that may implicate her brother in a new rash of killings, and prove that the Ripper's spirit still prowls dark streets and alleys, taking lives ...
And the next victim may be Jennifer herself.
John Cray has a secret. For twelve years he has stalked and kidnapped women, setting them loose in the mountains of eastern Arizona, hunting them like animals, and taking their lives. He has left no clues. He is suspected by no one. Or so he thinks.
But now he has a problem. Somebody—a woman whose name he doesn't know—is stalking him.
He plans to turn the tables on his mysterious pursuer. But even Cray isn't prepared to confront the truth when he discovers it—or to deal with the shattering implications of a past he had thought long buried and an obsessive madness he cannot control ...
"Stealing Faces is truly thrilling as well as chilling: I could not put this book down. Reading the first few chapters is like reading the climax for most thrillers and the excitement just keeps building … I thought the lightning-paced thrills were going to give me a heart attack!" - Judith Flavell, The Mystery Reader
But now he has a problem. Somebody—a woman whose name he doesn't know—is stalking him.
He plans to turn the tables on his mysterious pursuer. But even Cray isn't prepared to confront the truth when he discovers it—or to deal with the shattering implications of a past he had thought long buried and an obsessive madness he cannot control ...
"Stealing Faces is truly thrilling as well as chilling: I could not put this book down. Reading the first few chapters is like reading the climax for most thrillers and the excitement just keeps building … I thought the lightning-paced thrills were going to give me a heart attack!" - Judith Flavell, The Mystery Reader
Erica Garrison has long suspected her brother Robert of a terrible crime, but she has never sought proof, afraid of what she might find - until today. Now, in the secret underground caverns below the rural town of Barrow, Pennsylvania, she searches for the site of the childhood games she and Robert played - games that may have sparked a homicidal fascination that grips him to this day. And all the while her brother, and her past, are inexorably closing in ...
C.J. Osborn was ten years old when the boogeyman came for her. Ever since, she has feared his return.
Now an LAPD cop, C.J. faces danger every day on the streets of Newton Division - "Shootin' Newton," the city's roughest territory. But the greatest danger lies in C.J.'s own home, where a stranger's eyes are watching her - a stranger who plans to finish what he started sixteen years ago
Now an LAPD cop, C.J. faces danger every day on the streets of Newton Division - "Shootin' Newton," the city's roughest territory. But the greatest danger lies in C.J.'s own home, where a stranger's eyes are watching her - a stranger who plans to finish what he started sixteen years ago
Psychiatrist Robin Cameron believes she has rehabilitated serial killer Juston Gray via transcranial stimulation, but when her teen daughter is kidnapped, she faces a choice: trust Gray to help her rescue the girl, or put her faith in a cop she knows to be unstable and corrupt.
"Those who prefer thrillers packed with psychological complexity, truly demented characters and nonstop, unexpected plot twists will enjoy this terrifying treat from Prescott. … The suspense doesn't let up until the last page. This dark, compulsive read messes with your mind and makes you love it.”—Publishers Weekly
"Prescott is a master of suspense whose every word advances his plot." — Bernice McShane,The Daily Oklahoman
"Those who prefer thrillers packed with psychological complexity, truly demented characters and nonstop, unexpected plot twists will enjoy this terrifying treat from Prescott. … The suspense doesn't let up until the last page. This dark, compulsive read messes with your mind and makes you love it.”—Publishers Weekly
"Prescott is a master of suspense whose every word advances his plot." — Bernice McShane,The Daily Oklahoman
On a bad night in L.A., shy and timid Wendy Alden survives a terrifying encounter with a serial killer nicknamed the Gryphon.
But the Gryphon isn’t through with Wendy. His insane obsession drives him to strike at her again and again.
And again ...
But the Gryphon isn’t through with Wendy. His insane obsession drives him to strike at her again and again.
And again ...
Death stalks the streets of Los Angeles, seeking the most innocent of victims … and for LAPD Detective Robert Card, the next outrage may strike terrifyingly close to home.
"An absorbing thriller.”—Publishers Weekly
"An absorbing thriller.”—Publishers Weekly
They call him the Rag Doll Man. In the guise of a police officer, he prowls the streets of Los Angeles and the run-down suburb of Corona Beach, seeking victims among the forgotten girls who sell their bodies for a fistful of cash.
LAPD detective Donna Wildman, trained in criminal profiling, is loaned out to Corona Beach to bring in the killer. But when the trail of clues twists toward the station house itself, Donna begins to fear that the Rag Doll Man may be one of her own colleagues—one who is watching her every move.
LAPD detective Donna Wildman, trained in criminal profiling, is loaned out to Corona Beach to bring in the killer. But when the trail of clues twists toward the station house itself, Donna begins to fear that the Rag Doll Man may be one of her own colleagues—one who is watching her every move.
Rookie patrol officer Trish Robinson isn't expecting to see any action during another routine night on the job. But when she and her training officer answer a prowler call at a remote estate, the two cops walk into an ambush laid by a crew of ruthless criminals. Disarmed, cut off from help, and outnumbered five to one, the young rookie must draw on inner resources she never knew she possessed as she plays a game of cat-and-mouse with hardened killers in a desperate battle to survive.
In the dead of night, psychologist Erin Reilly is abducted from her Tucson home. Her kidnapper—a serial killer who burns his victims alive. Tormented by his obsession, he wants Erin to cure him before he kills again. If she fails, she'll become his next victim.
While Erin's twin sister Annie searches desperately for her, Erin delves into her captor's psyche and his past, discovering a secret guilt ... a complex web of crime and betrayal ... and an unexpected connection between the killer and herself.
While Erin's twin sister Annie searches desperately for her, Erin delves into her captor's psyche and his past, discovering a secret guilt ... a complex web of crime and betrayal ... and an unexpected connection between the killer and herself.
Kirstie and Steve Gardner are hoping to enjoy a vacation getaway on a tropical island paradise in the Florida Keys - until a man from Steve's past shows up with the law on his trail and murder on his mind.