Wendy Corsi Staub

After inheriting her grandfather's estate, a woman is hunted by a killer who knows her family's deepest secrets.

New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub returns to Mundy's Landing-a small town where bygone bloodshed has become big business. Hair neatly braided, hands serenely clasped, eyes closed, the young woman appeared to be sound asleep. But the peaceful tableau was a madman's handiwork. Beneath the covers, her white nightgown was spattered with blood. At daybreak, a horrified family would discover her corpse tucked into their guest room. The...

A SEASIDE RETREAT . . . It's summer on the Jersey Shore. Children play on the beach. Husbands are off working in the city. And the surf echoes in the night. Here, in this perfect place, a serial killer has no worries in the world-except choosing the next victim . . . HAS JUST BECOME . . . Cam Hastings has come to Long Beach Island with her teenage daughter and the hope that maybe she can save her failed marriage. Cam has never stopped loving her...

From a New York Times–bestselling author, a teen falls for her ghostly protector and must choose between him and her real-life boyfriend.   Melissa Loring appears to have it all-generous parents, great friends, a devoted boyfriend. Tripp is nothing short of amazing-kind, athletic, and one of the most popular guys at school. Not to mention hot. So why does Melissa find herself longing for someone else? Sometimes she even dreams about an invisible...

In New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub's riveting thriller, uncovering secrets in the past draws one woman into a killer's web. . . No Such Thing as Coincidence . . . Staring into his frightened blue eyes, investigative genealogist Amelia Crenshaw Haines vows to help this silent little boy who is unable-or unwilling-to communicate his past. Though her own roots remain shrouded in mystery, she relies on tangible DNA evidence to help...

Just as a murderer dumps his corpse into the lake across Valley View in Lily Dale, Bella Jordan happens to be at her window, not quite realizing what she's seeing. Unbeknownst to her, the killer spots her silhouette and prowls straight to her door. That is, until he's interrupted by a black cat. A superstitious gambler, he takes off, but Bella's seen too much, and he vows to return. Jiffy Arden, a neighborhood kid looking for the black cat and stumbling...

A psychic and a serial killer play a cross-country game of cat-and-mouse in this thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of Kiss Her Goodbye. The Night Watchman is ready to kill-again. After thirty-five years in prison, he is free to commit the same twisted atrocities that once made him as notorious as the Zodiac Killer and Jack the Ripper. Now, at last, his moment has come. Through her television appearances, renowned clairvoyant Lucinda...

Hush Little Baby, Don't You Cry... At thirty-nine, Peyton Somerset has an enviable life, with a thriving advertising career and a beautiful Manhattan apartment. And now she's going to have the one thing she wants most--a baby. Peyton's biological clock went off just as her fiancé took off, leaving her at the altar. So Peyton's going it alone. Already, she's making plans for the little one inside her... Buying the layette, daydreaming, and worrying...

Don't Tell A Soul. . . In a remote, heavily wooded area near the Berkshires of Massachusetts, Rachel Lorant died on her birthday. But she didn't die alone. That night, her four sorority sisters make a solemn, trembling pledge. They will never reveal what has just happened in those woods--ever. Instead, they will take their terrible secret to their graves. . . Don't Think About The Past. . . Now, ten years later, their secret is coming back to haunt...

A collection of scary short stories with contributions from Bruce Hale, Heather Graham, and Daniel Palmer.