Psychological Audiobooks | Mystery, Thriller & Horror

The Krampus in this story is not the mystical folklore legend you may know off, this Krampus is evil, twisted and malicious with pure insidious intent. If you are on the naughty list, then you better hope Krampus does not visit you this Christmas. All the victims in this story are not so innocent, and this is not a Christmas Story for children, and seven stories experience Krampus's true wrath as the shapeshifting horned, hoofed demon delivers its own version of Christmas punishment and justice. All the victims receive a different version of punishment from Krampus on Christmas eve, and they are all terrifying and twisted.

Maxim Kaluzhny (Author), Maxim Kaluzhny (Narrator)

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Menace from Vega: Why would strangers abduct an insane girl from a psychiatric ward? Jim Lawrence fo

The beautiful girl lying naked and curled in a fetal position on the padded floor was a genius. Or rather had been before suddenly going crazy and then catatonic 3 years before. Jim Lawrence, the chief psychiatrist was responsible for her care and it is understandable that he was upset when five strange, dark men arrived at midnight, pointing guns at him and insisting they be brought to her room. He became even more upset when it was clear that they meant to abduct her by force. Trying to protect his ward, he ends up on another planet and involved in a galaxy wide war to the death. Definitely not another ho-hum day at the hospital!! Lots of excitement and derring-do in this tale complete with our hero managing to save the entire galaxy from domination by an evil empire !. Only Silverberg and Garrett could whip up so much action in so short a story so give it a listen.

Randall Garrett, Robert Silverberg (Author), Phil Chenevert (Narrator)

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The Book of Cold Cases

Brought to you by Penguin. In 1977, in the small town of Claire Lake, two men were murdered with the same gun. Beth Greer was the prime suspect - a rich, eccentric 23-year-old woman, seen fleeing one of the crimes. Ever since her surprise acquittal, she's retreated to her mansion, Greer house, and never commented publicly on the case. 40 years later, Shea Collins is a receptionist by day, and a true crime blogger by night. When she meets Beth by chance, Shea asks her for an interview. To her surprise, Beth says yes. But when they meet in Beth's mansion, Shea immediately senses something isn't right. Things start happening she can't explain. And she could swear she keeps seeing a figure lurking outside the window . . . Is she working with a manipulative murderer, or is there an even darker secret lurking in Greer house? 'Simone St. James knows how to haunt you. The Book of Cold Cases is St. James at the top of her game' JENNIFER McMAHON 'No one writes a ghost story like Simone St. James' LAURA McHUGH ©2023 Simone St James (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Simone St James (Author), Brittany Pressley, Kirsten Potter, Robert Petkoff (Narrator)

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A Grave above Ground: A Beggar's Tale

An unwanted pregnancy leads a bright young woman into a life she could never have imagined. Unique, sad and sometimes darkly humorous, “A Grave above Ground” is a beggar's tale. It is about how easily life can change; escape from persecution and life as a refugee and homeless person, but also the beauty and limits experienced with the healing power of love and care. Its about reconciliation with loss and pain as well as awakening and closure. We are in Spain as we follow the life and thoughts of Mara, a Romanian beggar who sits, day after day, on the pavement outside a bank in Madrid. Little by little her past takes shape, her tragic past, as she reflects on the members of her family, as she describes the village of her childhood, the hardships of Ceausescu's Roumania, her relationships - one of which was her downfall. She takes the reader through her happy but troubled youth, her dysfunctional family, her loves and follies, an unwanted pregnancy, the sordid kidnapping of her baby by the Romanian authorities and the fruitless search for the infant in the Bucharest orphanages. We experience her flight from Roumania, her abuse as a refugee and illegal immigrant that throws her life into a sad downward spiral and near psychological collapse. After years of begging and loneliness, fate offers her a chance and rescues her through a ‘flu epidemic, when she lands comatose in the caring environment of a small Madrid hospital. After all this, can she find the strength to escape from the depths into which she has fallen? Mara's is a tale of sadness, of a woeful start to life and an ambiguous ending.

Diana Hutton (Author), Diana Hutton (Narrator)

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They Lurk

COME CLOSER . . . Five terrifying collected horror novellas newly reissued from the 'modern-day Algernon Blackwood.' Skullbelly: After three teenagers disappear in a forest, a private detective is hired and uncovers a terrible local secret. The Separation: Marcus arrives in Germany to find his friend up-and-coming prizefighter Charlie in a deep depression. But soon Charlie's behavior grows increasingly bizarre. Is he suffering from a nervous breakdown, or are otherworldly forces at work? The Stranger: Set in a rural Florida parking lot, David returns to his car to find a stranger sat behind the wheel. The doors are locked and there's a gun on the dashboard. And that was when then the insanity started . . . After the Fade: A girl walked into a small Annapolis tavern, collapsed and died. Something had latched itself to the base of her skull. And it didn't arrive alone. Now, the patrons of The Fulcrum are trapped, held prisoner within the tavern's walls by monstrous things, trying to find their way in. And one more novella to be revealed!

Ronald Malfi (Author), Amy Mcfadden, Joe Hempel (Narrator)

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Emo Reality: The Biography of Teenage Borderline Personality Disorder

When Lina’s idyllic childhood descends into mental chaos in her teenage years, Lina resorts to recording her thoughts in diaries, online chats and emails to make sense of her anguish. Through Lina’s heart-wrenching words, the reader steps into her broken inner world to experience first-hand the obsessions, irrationality, angst and ruthlessness of teenage borderline personality disorder. Emo Reality shines a light into the dark corners of adolescent mental illness, proving this disorder is not just a phase, and demonstrating its ravages not just upon an individual, but also upon a whole family. Publisher’s Weekly Booklife: “This unflinching novel-as-memoir, drawn from the experiences of the author’s daughter, explores the experience of a girl with borderline personality disorder. Through fictionalized diary entries, online posts, and emails, the account is told in vivid detail as Lina contends with the thoughts consuming her. Exploring family dynamics, self-esteem issues, mood swings, and her feeling that ‘the whole world was out to get me,’ this memoir is insightful in explaining the workings of a mind controlled by mental illness, building to a welcome burst of hope and recovery. Lina is an angry girl whose ‘false memories’ cause her to nurture an irrational hatred of family and authority. Although intelligent, she sabotages her education to spite her parents. Although talented, she fluctuates between dreams of being a tattooist and an actress. In her delusions, she believes the cause of her lack of success is the father, who is often away on business. In truth, Lina and her sister, who also sinks into depression, have little guidance in their lives aside from him. Wrenching in its candidness, Lina’s story is a stark exploration of mental illness, undiagnosed and unchecked. Readers will become immersed in Lina’s reflections and understand what it is like for an individual and a family facing borderline personality disorder.”

Jerold Daniels (Author), Alex Swan (Narrator)

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Inside Information: A Novel

From the internationally bestselling author of Three Floors Up, a novel of psychological suspense exploring the vagaries of love and relationships through three interlocking stories. A honeymoon in South America that should have been romantic becomes more nightmarish by the minute. A senior doctor at a Tel Aviv hospital feels a powerful, inexplicable urge to protect a young female resident who has recently joined the internal medicine department. A married couple goes out for their regular Saturday morning walk in the orchards on the outskirts of town. The man walks back into the orchard for a moment-and disappears without a trace. Eshkol Nevo's darkest, most thrilling novel to date, Inside Information weaves together three turbulent and unconventional love stories, diving deep into the enigma that lies at the heart of all intimacy, whether between a man and a woman, a parent and a child, or a person and what they've lost.

Eshkol Nevo (Author), Neil Shah, Sharon Freedman (Narrator)

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[French] - L'Instant plus que parfait: Roman de développement (im)personnel

L'Instant plus que parfait est un roman initiatique qui nous interpelle tous en plein coeur : comment transformer sa vie pour lui donner du sens et devenir heureux. L'histoire nous entraîne sur les pas de Yuna, jeune femme idéaliste, qui désire trouver sa propre voie, sa propre place et oser être elle-même. Elle décide de quitter sa vie parisienne pour se reconstruire et prendre du recul. Une conférence sur l'Instant plus que parfait la poursuit jusqu'en Provence, où elle pose ses valises et commence à prendre soin d'elle-même. Grâce à sa rencontre avec Diego, personnage mystérieux et énigmatique, ses priorités changent, ainsi que ses perceptions et ses croyances. Doucement, elle apprend à faire confiance, ralentir, aller à l'essentiel, à oser, enfin, vivre simplement. Sur sa route, des épreuves mais aussi de belles rencontres, inspirantes et colorées. Et partout, la Provence, tout en couleurs, force brute et poésie. Ce récit, au-delà d’un roman de développement (im)personnel, est aussi une histoire palpitante, vibrante, pleine d’espoir. Cette renaissance est aussi l'histoire d'un éveil. Un éveil à la Vie, à la simplicité, à l'Amour. Se dépouiller du superflu, trouver sa vérité, sa raison d'être, pour enfin vivre dans l'instant présent, en pleine conscience. C'est un ouvrage positif qui nous fait traverser, avec l'héroïne, toute l'obscurité des illusions afin d'ouvrir son regard et son coeur sur le miracle de la Vie et la beauté du monde. De nombreuses pistes sont ébauchées afin de proposer au lecteur une stabilité, une paix et une harmonie au quotidien.

Agnès Barcelo, Bernard Jouy (Author), Agnès Barcelo (Narrator)

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The Ascent

An 'adventure story of man against the elements with man being the most dangerous element of all' by the award-winning author of Bone White (Publishers Weekly). Six months after he almost died in a caving accident, sculptor Tim Overleigh spends his time crutching his broken body from bar to bar in downtown Annapolis. He has told no one that it was his dead wife, Hannah, who helped him survive-and that he's still seeing her . . . But a chance meeting with an old friend-and a plane ticket to Kathmandu-reawaken Tim's passion for adventure. He agrees to join an expedition to one of the last unexplored places on earth: the Canyon of Souls in the Himalayas. The daunting climb will pit Tim and the other climbers against icy winds, mysterious forces, and the ghosts that live within each of them.

Ronald Malfi (Author), Joe Hempel (Narrator)

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Snow

They come in with the snow. They are the snow . . . The blizzard begins pummeling the Midwest on Christmas Eve, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Todd Curry doesn't need another reason to disappoint his son, so he joins three other people in renting the last four-wheel drive available and they set out into the blinding snow. Only two hours into the treacherous trip west, Todd swerves to avoid a man in the middle of the highway. The stranger claims his daughter is lost somewhere out in the snow. Though his odd demeanor and ripped clothes make Todd and his group uneasy, they agree to take the man to the nearest town-if the now-damaged car can make it. What awaits them at the next exit, however, is nothing they could have imagined. Around an empty town square, fires burn, cars are abandoned, storefronts are smashed. And there is no one to be seen-for now . . . But soon the shadows lurking on the edges of their vision will step into the light, and Todd and his fellow travelers will find themselves facing a sharp-scythed evil shaped from the snow, tearing its way into human form-and taking the neighborhood by storm.

Ronald Malfi (Author), Joe Hempel (Narrator)

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Meena’s Story

Based on true events around the India-Pakistan partition in 1947, the book traces the life of a young English woman and her Muslim husband. From the husband's death in Pakistan, the story becomes her daughter Meena's recollection of the traumatic death and her own personal struggles and challenges in India and finally in Canada.

Swapna Gupta (Author), Marysia Bucholc (Narrator)

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After That Night

The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller! Will Trent and Sara Linton are back! Don’t miss the electrifying thriller featuring GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton from the international No.1 bestselling author Karin Slaughter. Watch Will Trent on Disney+! After that night, nothing was ever the same again … Fifteen years ago, Sara Linton's life changed forever when a celebratory night out ended in a violent attack that tore her world apart. Since then, Sara has remade her life. A successful doctor, engaged to a man she loves, she has finally managed to leave the past behind her. Until one evening, on call in the ER, everything changes. Sara battles to save a broken young woman who's been brutally attacked. But as the investigation progresses, led by GBI Special Agent Will Trent, it becomes clear that Dani Cooper's assault is uncannily linked to Sara's. And it seems the past isn't going to stay buried forever … Love crime? Love Slaughter. After That Night was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 26/6/22

Karin Slaughter (Author), Jennifer Woodward (Narrator)

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