Thriller & suspense

< Back to home

Save a tree. Publish online instead. Smashwords.com

Visit other Smashwords satellites:

A directory of Smashwords ebooks available within the native Stanza ebook reading app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Sort by:
Date Added
Title
Price
Length


- Hide covers    - Hide descriptions    + Show bios
"BREAK" Opening the Door by Wes Grant Dec. 22, 2011 You set the price! 8415 words Sample 20%
A young man unlocks super abilities and uses them to seek out justice for a friend put in a coma by a crime boss, but in the process ends up saving Jersey City and becoming New Jerseys very own super hero.
"Vitruvian Man" by Ben Campbell Dec. 19, 2010 $2.99 103722 words Sample 10%
This is the sequel to Dubrovnik. Thievery is his arsenal, jewelry his targets. His heist at the Cannes Film Festival exposed a Renaissance discovery so profound the French Secret Service wants Alexander Crown dead. Iktar Stanktar intends to kill him. Isabella Berghini seeks redemption. Euro Wodehouse craves his love. The philanthropist only cares about the children in his orphanage.
#5 Shades of Gray- Night of the Twilight- The Chimera Strain by Kristie Lynn Higgins #5 Shades of Gray- Night of the Twilight- The Chimera Strain by Kristie Lynn Higgins Dec. 19, 2011 $5.99 83766 words Sample 10%
One man's hatred... One terrible infection... In six days, on UnDay, a deadly contagion (the Chimera Strain) will be created in Anubis, the Jackal of Death. And he will have three goals; infect everyone at the Third Branch Office, bring the Sphinx Corporation to its knees, and usher forth the Twilight. Those who are infected become mindless zombies he controls and in turn those infected...
'The Dreamhealer' by Shane Briant 'The Dreamhealer' by Shane Briant March 04, 2011 $6.50 127383 words Sample 20%
The terrifying secret to Shane Briant's thrilling American release, 'Worst Nightmares.' Set in Paris and Los Angeles. The Dreamhealer is back, determined to lure his nemesis, Dermot Nolan, out into the open to finally exact his terrible revenge. His victims will be the young and famous. The killings will continue until Nolan agrees to face him - mano a mano. Who will finally bury who? Be afraid.
'Tom'foolery by Colin Llewelyn Chapman 'Tom'foolery by Colin Llewelyn Chapman Jan. 02, 2012 $2.99 71013 words Sample 15%
Centered around the dark and seedy sex industry of Essex's most prominent seaside town, Southend. 'Tom'foolery follows Robin Bradford and his family in this well paced crime thriller. His actions not only reverberate around the local towns, but also that of his family and friends causing carnage wherever he goes. Surely the counties finest police officer Vincent Llewelyn, must get his man?
0-Time: PUSH*, The 2012 Trilogy III by Peter Galarneau Jr. 0-Time: PUSH*, The 2012 Trilogy III by Peter Galarneau Jr. Jan. 29, 2011 $1.50 18545 words Sample 10%
Sensationalism. Everybody wants it. Unfortunately, there are plenty of pushers that would happily trade life for lies just for one opportunity to control the masses. And Michael Arden is not going to let that happen...
1/1: Jihad-Britain by Everett Coles 1/1: Jihad-Britain by Everett Coles July 17, 2011 $3.99 112685 words Sample 20%
New Years' Eve: the world parties on as a toll of death far beyond 9/11 and 7/7 spreads across Britain. The UK makes its own rules as 1/1 dawns and they don't include fair play. As global-warming fuelled disaster engulfs the country, can its citizens pull together despite differing skin colour and culture? Years later and still at large, the New Year bomber has a private agenda & a nuclear bomb
10 A Boot Stomping 20 A Human Face 30 GOTO 10 by Jess Gulbranson 10 A Boot Stomping 20 A Human Face 30 GOTO 10 by Jess Gulbranson Oct. 28, 2010 $2.99 35923 words Sample 20%
A little accidental necromancy on the way home and Eric's quiet life spirals out of control. Suddenly he's cavorting with shady government types, scientists and resurrected music legends. A cog in a poorly thought out conspiracy arranged by a man named Jones. A Possible agent/probable nutcase on a mission that could lead to complete knowledge or the complete destruction of the world
10% Max by John Selby 10% Max by John Selby Jan. 05, 2011 $3.99 72880 words Sample 20%
10% MAX plunges us into a radical ‘good guy’ terrorist scenario that could be happening to us this very moment – that deadly situation where ‘the good guys’ decide to do something that could be seen as ultimately bad, in order to save the world from itself.
1012 by Jason Watson 1012 by Jason Watson Feb. 12, 2010 You set the price! 72296 words Sample 25%
911 was an event burned into the retina of the world's mind's eye. In this well researched novel; truth is mixed with hunches, hunches are mixed with theory lastly cloak and dagger is mixed with smoke and mirrors so the truth becomes less about what you can see and more about what you cannot see... and why... This novel, 1012, presents truths that hitherto have only been whispered by shadows..
11-11-11 by John Rachel 11-11-11 by John Rachel May 06, 2011 $6.99 85713 words Sample 10%
Will the world end on November 11th? Who knows? One thing is certain. Life in drab and dreary Pulnick, Missouri gets weirder by the day. 11-11-11 is satire that is both sad and funny . . . and rings very true.
13 Angry Women by Jacqueline Collin 13 Angry Women by Jacqueline Collin Jan. 22, 2012 Free! 5342 words Read a sample
13 Angry Women is the story of a group of women who travel across a country looking for human traffickers and trying to make things right. The book takes a difficult look at the issues associated with trafficking through the eyes of several women whose lives have been touched or destroyed by the problem. Each Chapter is the voice of a different woman.
163 Nights by Annie Jean Brewer 163 Nights by Annie Jean Brewer Jan. 19, 2011 $0.99 2044 words Sample 25%
When your wife prefers Facebook to spending time with you, perhaps she is counting the nights until...
19 (A Digital Short) by Aaron Patterson 19 (A Digital Short) by Aaron Patterson July 26, 2010 $0.99 8245 words Sample 10%
Mandy didn't know what was going on in her life. She was hearing things and the number 19 seemed to be everywhere she looked. She wondered if she is going crazy or if there was something supernatural stalking her. Bill her husband had a stroke and was getting better, slow but sure. This news didn't make her feel better though, somehow she knew things were about to get worse.
20 Years After The Zombie Apocalypse by Lee Emerick 20 Years After The Zombie Apocalypse by Lee Emerick April 20, 2011 $2.99 33212 words Sample 15%
Harriette Madyson is the last woman alive. Twenty years ago her world came to an end when a zombie plague engulfed the population of Earth. Left with little to use and nowhere to hide Harri now finds herself stalked across the frozen desolate landscape of North America pursued by the former love of her life.
2019: Dystopia USA by David Latko 2019: Dystopia USA by David Latko June 07, 2011 $6.99 22855 words Sample 10%
For the McKinnon family of 2019, life is a bleak shadow of America's past glory—an unkept promise filled with widespread want and unmet needs. 2019: Dystopia USA is the story of how we travelled from here...to there. And what we can do today to prevent it.
2023 by Andrew Jennings 2023 by Andrew Jennings May 19, 2011 $2.99 31196 words Sample 40%
The world is divided between the green new economies and the old fossil fuel economies. The green economies move against Australia quickly and decisively. With millions of refugees heading north, a small group tries to turn the situation. Andrew and Phil are recruited by Kylie. The two futures face each other. It is a showdown with the whole future of the planet at stake.
2054 by Michel Mockers 2054 by Michel Mockers Jan. 02, 2012 $8.99 39755 words Sample 20%
2054 is a fictional psychological thriller contextualizing the possible end of humanity. Its psychological competition resembles 1984 by G. Orwell. Unparalleled by any book or film on the subject of bacterial plague, and the possible annihilation of humanity, 2054 points to Greed as the main cause for the catastrophe, where other literary works do not.
21 Erased by Barbara Rayne 21 Erased by Barbara Rayne Oct. 31, 2011 $5.99 20310 words Sample 15%
The code is your identity, your bank account, your credit card, the bus fare…your existence. When they take it away, you disappear like you never lived at all.All it takes is a moment and you’re no longer a human being.Everything you thought you owned is shattering into pieces in front of your eyes.You were that insignificant.They own your life.You no longer exist. You have been erased…
28 + 1 by Luc Vos 28 + 1 by Luc Vos Feb. 01, 2012 $0.99 4466 words Sample 20%
Ben jij bijgelovig? Geloof jij dat een schrikkeldag een reden is om schrik te krijgen? Neen? Lees dan zeker niet verder... Een verhaal over een Schrikkeldag. Geen dag als een ander. FINALIST SCHRIJFWEDSTRIJD 'SCHRIK!' van www.vrouwenthrillers.nl
28 Hours by Mia Brookes 28 Hours by Mia Brookes May 21, 2010 $7.99 74632 words Sample 5%
What would you do if you knew that, in 28 hours' time, the world would be destroyed? Five friends gather on the beach in this forthcoming global disaster and resolve to use their final day to the fullest. They have just 28 hours in which to settle old scores or correct regrets, to renew romances or to do the one thing they have always wanted.
28 Pages by Allen Mitchum 28 Pages by Allen Mitchum Oct. 22, 2011 $0.99 95072 words Sample 15%
A woman investigating her sister’s gruesome murder uncovers a shocking conspiracy against the United States by the Saudi Arabian Ambassador.
3 x Kriminalkommissarie Knödelhierta by Björn Björkegren 3 x Kriminalkommissarie Knödelhierta by Björn Björkegren Dec. 16, 2011 $1.99 1574 words Sample 20%
Tre kniviga fall för Kriminalkommissarie Petter Knödelhierta: DET MYSTISKA MYSTERIET MED DEN MÖRDADE BOKFÖRLÄGGAREN PÅ MYS&MASSMORDSFÖRLAGET - DET MYSTISKA MYSTERIET MED MORDET PÅ BOK- OCH BIBLIOTEKSMÄSSAN - DET MYSTISKA MYSTERIET MED DET MYSTISKA MYSTERIET (Från samlingen "Död&Pina" på Förlaget Hemoglobin)
30-Minute Delivery by Douglas E Wright 30-Minute Delivery by Douglas E Wright Oct. 08, 2011 $0.99 5344 words Sample 25%
When detective Harry Stinger receives the latest jpeg email from a killer, he quickly realizes that it’s the best murder email he’d gotten to date. Written by Dark Suspense Author Douglas E Wright. This short story is a crime tale of 5200 words / 19 pages.
404 by Brandon C Laraby 404 by Brandon C Laraby Dec. 23, 2010 $2.99 61259 words Sample 30%
Two years after the US Government threw 'The Switch' and plunged the country into a neo-Dark Age, Marco Temura - a recovering internet addict and cub TV reporter - will uncover the truth behind the cyber attack that brought America to its knees.
44 by Jools Sinclair 44 by Jools Sinclair March 11, 2011 Free! 36142 words Read a sample
Seventeen-year-old Abby Craig died last year. But after breaking through the ice on a frozen mountain lake and having no vital signs for nearly an hour, she somehow came back to life. But she didn't come back the same. Abby can’t see colors, remember what happened, and her friends all hate her. Oh, and one more thing: she's started having visions. Abby now "sees" a faceless serial killer...
48 Hours - A City of London Thriller by J Jackson Bentley 48 Hours - A City of London Thriller by J Jackson Bentley Nov. 28, 2011 $0.99 102694 words Sample 20%
“If you don’t pay me £250,000.00 in the next 48 Hours you will die”. The text on Josh Hammond’s BlackBerry was blunt and chilling. Surely it must be a joke, but when Josh is attacked in broad daylight and people around him start to die, he knows this is deadly serious. Can Josh raise the money, can his attractive new bodyguard protect him, who is blackmailing him? Why?
4Pack Horror Collection #3 (horror peter pan jack the ripper sea monster zombie ghost story) by Various 4Pack Horror Collection #3 (horror peter pan jack the ripper sea monster zombie ghost story) by Various Jan. 18, 2011 $3.99 17251 words Sample 8%
4 horror short stories- 1. Demons In London (horror thriller peter pan jack the ripper)-Nicholas DeMeo 2. Pooper Scooper- An Urban Ghost Story (horror paranormal dogs)-Laurie Notch 3. Hungry (zombie horror)- Traci Behringer 4. Behemoth (sea monster serpent horror paranormal)- Kristie Lynn Higgins
5 Mensajes en 1 Botella by Oscar Valero 5 Mensajes en 1 Botella by Oscar Valero Feb. 21, 2010 $3.99 28567 words Sample 5%
4 ejecutivos y un empleado de la limpieza quedan atrapados en el World Trade Center cuando un avión impacta unos pisos más abajo. Los cinco, preveyendo que no van a poder escapar, escriben un mensaje cada uno a su familia, y hacen lo posible para escapar.
5 Scary Urban Legends: Supernatural Killers by Jeffrey Fisher 5 Scary Urban Legends: Supernatural Killers by Jeffrey Fisher June 01, 2011 $0.99 1260 words
Enjoy these 5 Urban Legends about those that have returned from their graves, with vengeance on their mind.
500 Million: Depopulation by Charles Downing 500 Million: Depopulation by Charles Downing Nov. 27, 2011 $4.99 76499 words Sample 15%
A new discovery bestows immortality, which will explode the world population! Follow a dark conspiracy through the slums of Rio, exotic Thailand, desert oil kingdoms and elegant old Havana all the way to Wall Street money barons. The plot is real; kill off most of the people on earth, leaving only 500 million of the wealthiest and most talented alive! Read about it before it happens to you!
7 Days (The Victor Sexton Series) (CatEye) by Sammie Ward 7 Days (The Victor Sexton Series) (CatEye) by Sammie Ward Aug. 19, 2010 $6.99 65560 words Sample 30%
After sixteen years of military service to his country, Lieutenant Colonel Victor Sexton of thr Army Criminal Invetsigation Division (CID) is looking forward to retiring in seven days, but when an army nurse is found murdered in the officer's quarters, time is against him to find the killer.
77 Days in September by Ray Gorham 77 Days in September by Ray Gorham June 20, 2011 $4.99 108125 words Sample 20%
After terrorists successfully launch an EMP attack against the United States Kyle Tait finds himself stranded 2,000 miles from home in a country that, from a technological standpoint, has been completely crippled. Braving starvation, violence and the threat of the unknown, Kyle sets off on a journey to return to a family who might not have even survived the attack.
A Blade Away by Jack Wallen A Blade Away by Jack Wallen Dec. 25, 2010 $2.99 82543 words Sample 20%
Killers and victims on the fringes of society are the focus of the ‘Fringe Killer’ series. “A Blade Away” kicks it off with a murderous transgendered twist.
A Bodyguard of Lies by Donna Del Oro A Bodyguard of Lies by Donna Del Oro Jan. 14, 2012 $5.99 105153 words Sample 15%
FBI agent Jake Bernstein goes undercover to investigate a naturalized American grandmother to determine if she was the notorious Nazi spy, Hummingbird, who caused the deaths of thousands during World War II. His obstacles: a dangerous neo-Nazi organization, the woman’s lovely granddaughter, sixty years’ worth of lies and a cagey old women. His priority: Staying alive!
A Boy and a Hero by Nikos Kalpakis A Boy and a Hero by Nikos Kalpakis June 10, 2011 Free! 3483 words Read a sample
John always carries a blade on him, just like his grandfather taught him. So when John sees a man about to do harm, he steps forward, towards his destiny.
A Breach of Immunity by Timothy Bullard A Breach of Immunity by Timothy Bullard Jan. 15, 2012 $6.99 80029 words
Cameron Collins is a businessman of epic dimensions; the skyline of Dallas has been influenced by his hand and his holdings. "A Breach of Immunity" is his story, one that traverses the heartbreak of his only child’s death. Follow Collins through the chaos of stunning twists and turns, as a hurricane ravages his city, a prison hit shocks the community, and a scandal of great proportions is revealed
A Brief History of Howard by Robert M. Levin A Brief History of Howard by Robert M. Levin Dec. 17, 2009 $6.95 187722 words Sample 35%
A darkly humorous and thrilling tale of good vs evil. One reader, an English Literature major, initially said that the villain is the most evil character she’s ever read in any literature, even surpassing Iago. Unlike the Biblical David, protagonist, Howard Stein is completely unprepared for the onslaught of evil. Yet, he emerges victorious in this thought provoking, unique novel.
A Brownstone In Brooklyn by Julius Thompson A Brownstone In Brooklyn by Julius Thompson May 07, 2011 $5.99 54660 words Sample 20%
A Brownstone In Brooklyn chronicles the life-altering events that shape the future of Andy Michael Pilgrim, a young man growing up in the turbulent sixties.
A Chaunce of Riches by Chelle Cordero A Chaunce of Riches by Chelle Cordero Oct. 31, 2009 $4.99 59434 words Sample 35%
Ben Johnson was hired as a bodyguard for a rich widow and her kid, but he never expected to be working for the woman who had abandoned him just when he had needed her the most. Damn it all, he still wanted her. Samantha Chaunce never thought she would have to explain why she married the rich man instead of Ben. Or that her husband had been murdered...and Ben was the prime suspect.
A Child from the Wishing Well by Raymond Nickford A Child from the Wishing Well by Raymond Nickford Aug. 04, 2011 $1.20 94486 words Sample 5%
Gerard's wish is to break out of paranoia, discover daughter Rosie's love. Is the eerie music tutor Ruth's foul-smelling well a place where wishes happen? Psychological suspense thriller
A Child's Stillness by Andrew Williams A Child's Stillness by Andrew Williams Jan. 25, 2012 $4.99 78512 words Sample 20%
A Child’s Stillness: Is a true account of the hardship and suffering Mr. Andrew Williams experienced as a rare-gifted genius with peculiar abilities.
A Child's Wound by Dwayne Kavanagh A Child's Wound by Dwayne Kavanagh Sep. 11, 2009 $5.99 64886 words Sample 2%
Tim Hadler, an eccentric narcissist, stalks his next victim and joins the likes of Ted Bundy and Jack the Ripper. Tim enjoys what he does and has perfected his craft. What makes him different than most serial killers is that he can manipulate some of his victims. Those he allows to live. Tim walks the streets of Manhattan, cruising through book shelves and Cafe line ups to find the perfect victims
A Choice of Nightmares by Lynn Kostoff A Choice of Nightmares by Lynn Kostoff July 23, 2010 $3.95 102874 words Sample 25%
Robert Staples is on the verge of finally making it as a second-rate actor when his agent asks him to deliver a package. Staples promptly loses the package, forcing him into the heart of a bloody and highly lucrative drug-running operation. Fast-moving and sharply written, A Choice of Nightmares is a modern-day roman noir about drugs and money, and the passions they ignite.
A Clean Kill by Graeme Hague A Clean Kill by Graeme Hague June 30, 2011 $0.99 106403 words Sample 10%
In the Sanctuary, a cult religion’s inner-city haven from the outside world, members of the group are meeting bizarre deaths.But in the Sanctuary everyone loves everybody else. They share the same rooms, the same church–even the same bed. In the close-nit, secretive environment of the Sanctuary modern forensics science is useless to Detective John Maiden.
A Clear and Feathered Danger by Noah Murphy A Clear and Feathered Danger by Noah Murphy June 18, 2011 $0.99 33979 words Sample 20%
A Clear and Feathered Dangers is a fantasy thriller set in a unique universe that combines elements of high fantasy, cyberpunk and steampunk. It is the first novel in the K23 Detectives series.
A Cold, Cold Place To Die by Dan McGirt A Cold, Cold Place To Die by Dan McGirt Oct. 05, 2009 Free! 4201 words Read a sample
A Jack Scarlet adventure! A respected Russian ecologist is murdered. His beautiful young widow ask Jack to investigate. The trail leads to a Russian black ops unit, a power-mad general, and an illegal biological weapons program. No time for a 300 page thriller? Jack Scarlet concentrates all the thrills into a few short pages! Skip the setup! Join Jack for a showdown in Siberia starting: Now!
A Collection of Givers and Takers by Loretta Giacoletto A Collection of Givers and Takers by Loretta Giacoletto May 30, 2011 $2.99 48300 words Sample 15%
A collection of 12 short stories about givers and takers—the good, the bad, the self-centered and the disillusioned—from twisted tales about marriages gone sour and people caught up in problems they created or others created for them to glimpses into times past when immigrants struggled to find their place in America and WWII GIs struggled to stay alive. Some horror, subtle and not so subtle.
A Conservative Terrorist by David Trapp A Conservative Terrorist by David Trapp Nov. 27, 2010 $7.95 72662 words Sample 5%
Stevenn (The Conservative Terrorist) and his wife Isabelle, travel across the US hiding from the President's henchmen and attempting to make it to Walter Reed for an explosive confrontation with destiny! Follow them as they travel with former Marine anti-terrorists who seek to destroy the refurbished Walter Reed Hospital and the members of Congress that now have control.
A Corporate Affair by R. Vincent Riccio A Corporate Affair by R. Vincent Riccio Dec. 05, 2009 $5.95 169235 words Sample 25%
An intricate saga of intrigue, passion, trust, and loyalty, set in majestic international locales and against the backdrop of a huge, global business empire, with brilliant, beautiful, and handsome characters, each vying for acceptance, accomplishment, and love - all the while, a European group of racketeers attempt to take over the corporation using any means necessary.