eBooks psychological thriller

Mary Claire Garcia My bestfriend

a psychological thriller

Thriller
English
971 Words
No Age Recommendation
3674
63

Three girls talk about their love(and fear)of their bestfriend. Three girls talk about their murder. Three girls who yearn for [more]

Keywords: murder, psychological, bestfriends, love, mental hospital, cat, horror, hate, insanity, short story

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Patrick James Anderson The Acid man cometh

Horror
English
3758 Words
Ages 18 and up
6
1

The perceptions of reality is altered, when the Acid man comes.

Keywords: Horror, psychological, thriller.

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Erica Pensini The Missing Link

Thriller
English
24653 Words
Ages 16 and up
90
0

Iris’s life is way too perfect to be real. She’s always known, but when she finds a box [more]

Keywords: Psychological, Thriller, Sci-Fi

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Tyler McAlister Demented Stability

Thriller
English
12031 Words
Ages 10 and up
101
1

Demented Stability follows the perspective of Vincent W. Nash, a serial killer who is trying to figure out [more]

Keywords: Psychological, thriller, psychology, murder, mystery, secrecy

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Amanda Paffenroth Blood Secret

Fiction
English
9248 Words
Ages 18 and up
8
1

When friends decide that secrets aren't allowed, will it be those secrets that rip them apart? Perhaps it [more]

Keywords: Psychological thriller, Psychological drama, Paranormal thriller, Supernatural thriller

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Franz Kafka The Trial

Satire
English
84125 Words
Ages 12 and up
234
2

The Trial is a novel written by Franz Kafka. One of Kafka's best-known works, it tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime revealed to neither him nor the reader. The terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information. A nightmare vision of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the mad agendas of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes. Look at Joseph K., a bank officer living in a country with a constitution. He wakes up one day with strange men in his apartment telling him he's under arrest. Why or for what offense, no one knows. The arresting officers themselves don't know and can't tell him. Even if he's under arrest, however, no one picks him up or locks him in jail. He can still go to his office, work, perform his customary daily chores, and do whatever he wants to do as he awaits his trial. But he is understandably anxious and worried. He is, after all, charged with an unknown but very grave offense. He has a criminal case. He is an accused. He is under arrest. For this problem he consults so many. He gets a lawyer. His uncle comes to his aid. He talks with his lawyer's other client--also charged and under arrest like him. He consults other people, a painter (who is said to know the "Court"), some women, a priest, etc. about his case. But no one can tell him what the charge is and what his sentence will be. The "Examining Magistrate," the "Judges," the "Court," the proceedings/ trial, and even the "Law" itself--they all seem to be unsolvable enigmas. [more]

Keywords: the trial, franz kafka, psychological thriller, satire, modern literature, existential fiction, novel of the absurd

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Gambler

Fiction
English
60257 Words
Ages 12 and up
180
2

The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoyevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than one the inspiration for the book: Dostoyevsky completed the novella under a strict deadline to pay off gambling debts. The first-person narrative is told from the point of view of Alexei Ivanovich, a tutor working for a Russian family living in a suite at a German hotel. The patriarch of the family, The General, is indebted to the Frenchman Des Grieux and has mortgaged his property in Russia to pay only a small amount of his debt. Upon learning of the illness of his wealthy aunt, "Grandmother", he sends streams of telegrams to Moscow and awaits the news of her demise. His expected inheritance will pay his debts and gain Mademoiselle De Cominges's hand in marriage. One day while Polina and Alexei are on a walk they see a Baron and Baroness. Polina dares him to insult the aristocratic couple and he does so with little hesitation. This sets off a chain of events that details Madame de Cominges's interest in the General and gets Alexei fired as tutor of the General's children. Shortly after this, Grandmother shows up and surprises the whole party of debtors and indebted. She tells them all that she knows all about the General's debt and why the French man and woman are waiting around the suite day after day. She leaves the party of death-profiteers by saying that none of them are getting any of her money. She then asks Alexei to be her guide around the town famous for its healing waters and infamous for its casino where the tables are stacked with piles of gold; she wants to gamble. Alexei starts to gamble to survive. One day he passes Mr. Astley on a park bench in Bad Homburg and has a talk with him. He finds out from Astley that Polina is in Switzerland and actually does love him. Astley gives him some money but shows little hope that he will not use it for gambling. Alexei goes home dreaming of going to Switzerland the next day and recollects what made him win at the roulette tables in the past. [more]

Keywords: the gambler, fyodor dostoyevsky, psychological thriller, gambling, classic literature, russian fiction, great novel

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky Crime and Punishment

Mystery & Crime
English
203040 Words
Ages 12 and up
376
2

Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Dostoyevsky. Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her cash. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless vermin. He also commits this murder to test his own hypothesis that some people are naturally capable of such things, and even have the right to do them. Several times throughout the novel, Raskolnikov justifies his actions by comparing himself with Napoleon Bonaparte, believing that murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose. [more]

Keywords: crime and punishment, dostoyevsky, murder mystery, psychological thriller, classic literature, russian fiction

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Ann Radcliffe The Mysteries of Udolpho

Fiction
English
290131 Words
Ages 8 and up
179
2

The Mysteries of Udolpho is a quintessential Gothic romance, replete with incidents of physical and psychological terror; remote, crumbling castles; seemingly supernatural events; a brooding, scheming villain; and a persecuted heroine. Radcliffe also added extensive descriptions of exotic landscapes in the Pyrenees and Apennines. Set in 1584 in southern France and northern Italy, the novel focuses on the plight of Emily St. Aubert, a young French woman who is orphaned after the death of her father. Emily suffers imprisonment in the castle Udolpho at the hands of Signor Montoni, an Italian brigand who has married her aunt and guardian Madame Cheron. Emily's romance with the dashing Valancourt is frustrated by Montoni and others. Emily also investigates the mysterious relationship between her father and the Marchioness de Villeroi, and its connection to the castle at Udolpho. [more]

Keywords: the mysteries, of udopho, ann radcliffe, gothic romance, psychological thriller, mystery and suspense, horror

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Henry James The Portrait of a Lady

Fiction
English
223742 Words
Ages 6 and up
119
2

The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James. It is one of James's most popular long novels, and is regarded by critics as one of his finest. The Portrait of a Lady is the story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer, who in "affronting her destiny", finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James's novels, it is set in Europe, mostly England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of James's early period, this novel reflects James's continuing interest in the differences between the New World and the Old, often to the detriment of the former. It also treats in a profound way the themes of personal freedom, responsibility, and betrayal. [more]

Keywords: the portrait of a lady, henry james, a character study, historical romance, psychological thriller, mystery

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