Amy Cross Books in Order

Detective Rachel Carter survived Sam Gazade's abduction, but a copycat emerges just before his execution. Pursuing clues in his lost diary forces her to confront her past while cancer treatment clouds the judgment she needs to stop further murders.

After shooting her younger brother, Annie Radford is sent to Lakehurst psychiatric hospital under Nurse Winter's care. Ghosts, disturbing experiments, and a lurking presence make survival difficult while casting doubt on what really happened to her brother.

Sophie Hart meets Patrick, the last vampire, and discovers that a prophecy binds their lives together. Unable to speak, Patrick struggles to guide her toward a fate that threatens their love and could release an ancient evil.

This collection continues Sophie Hart's relationship with Patrick as a child's life hangs in the balance. A stranger offers help, while Patrick's efforts to resist a deadly prophecy risk reviving forces from an old vampire war.

Abby Hart discovers that her parents were a human woman and the vampire Patrick. Taken to Dedston and then Gothos, she faces hidden agendas and a confrontation whose outcome could determine the future of the vampire species.

Running from her old life, Sam Marker accepts a gardening job that turns out to involve tending a cemetery. Strange watchers, restless graves, and a force beneath the ground draw her into a battle she barely understands.

Laura Kingston hopes a job at the isolated Heights Hotel will offer a fresh start. Instead, a woman's disappearance and the Bannister family's secrets draw her into a mystery with unsettling connections to her own life.

Charlotte Abernathy disappeared for a year as a child and returned without memories of what happened. When her niece vanishes in similar circumstances, Charlotte must confront the missing part of her past to find the girl.

After the population of the United States vanishes, Dr. Stef Grant joins an investigation into the empty country. Signs of a cover-up and mysterious entities called the Shades suggest the disappearance is only the beginning of the danger.

A convoy carries a vampire's bones through an Eastern European checkpoint while a girl discovers a wounded creature in the forest. These connected stories follow the return of the feared Le Compte family after centuries of disappearance.

Dr. Andrew Page discovers that a patient's cancer appears intelligent and turns victims into zombie-like creatures. With his hospital ward sealed, he must understand the infection before military intervention destroys everyone trapped inside with it.

A car crash carries Thomas and Alice Never into the vast world of the Library. Separated amid its strange inhabitants and dangerous landscapes, they seek help finding their parents and a route back to their own world.

After a failed case damages her career, detective Laura Foster investigates murders among London's homeless population. Ophelia, a brilliant but unpredictable young woman hiding her own past, becomes an unlikely guide through a world Laura struggles to understand.

Photographer Kate Logan notices the same mysterious man in many of her pictures. A strange church and her acquaintance John Dagwood draw her toward a hidden cult whose influence over her life stretches further than she realized.

Children flee a murderous house, a doctor fears melting snow will expose his crime, and an old man dreads a ghost that appears with rain. These stories follow restless spirits whose terror and vengeance bind them to the living.

Runaway Katie searches London for her sister Rachel and accepts help that may be dangerous. Meanwhile, Rachel repeatedly relives her death, and a mysterious man investigates the disappearance of the Thames's water as dark forces gather.

Severely injured women lead detective Joanna Mason toward an operation selling stolen identities. As a man prepares to erase the families attached to his multiple lives, Mason must investigate despite a hostile partner and mounting personal strain.

Convicted of killing children she doesn't remember harming, Amanda Weir arrives at the reopened Hardstone Women's Prison. A little girl's ghost stalks the cells, and its deadly reputation forces Amanda to question the prison's history and her own.

Abby Hart is kidnapped and imprisoned at Tor Cliff, where doctors compete to uncover a secret buried in her mind. Cruel experiments threaten the inmates, while a dangerous figure beyond the walls makes escape another frightening prospect.

After years in psychiatric care, Alice Warner takes a job guarding an abandoned shopping mall and senses something following her. Her ordeal connects with an orphaned wartime girl accused of possession and a mysterious woman offering help.

With both legs broken, Annie Riley is trapped in her bedroom when strange noises begin elsewhere in the house. The disappearance of another girl named Annie seventy years earlier raises questions her family refuses to take seriously.

Rita Bone takes a job at the store where her sister worked before vanishing, hoping to retrace her steps. Stories of a force in the neighboring forest draw Rita toward a darkness that continues claiming victims.

Holly travels to Tulepa to check on her reclusive uncle Eli and finds him missing. As a resident dies at noon each day, the townspeople's silence forces her to investigate what connects the deaths with his disappearance.

Nurse Elly Blackstock starts work on the Overflow ward, hoping to rebuild her life. Forgotten patients, stalking ghosts, and Nurse Winter's search for Annie Radford reveal that the hospital shelters dangers left behind by Lakehurst.

Gravely injured after confronting evil, Rachel is taken to an isolated church by her remaining followers. She fears dark forces may still seek revenge, and their decision to bring a child there threatens everyone inside.

Anna travels to Norway to reconnect with an old friend, only to be taken to an isolated cabin with unsettling guests. Rumors of a girl's death suggest the weekend may be designed to repeat a past horror.

In 1943, pregnant Ivy Jones lives at an isolated English school where a classmate dies mysteriously. Ghostly encounters and a headmaster obsessed with the Devil drive her to investigate what threatens the girls in his care.

Paula reluctantly moves with her widowed father to a remote Norwegian farm. Ghostly children and a dangerous presence in the barn connect her new home with an earlier family's tragedy, threatening to repeat its cycle of death.

Clay survived the destruction of a cult that worshipped the demon Attaroth and has spent years running. Now the demon pursues her as a possible path into the human world, forcing her to confront the cult's unfinished promise.

Robert Slocombe's career collapsed when Emily Stone's childhood haunting was exposed as a hoax. Years later, Emily claims her daughter is threatened by the same darkness, drawing him back to a case he thought was closed.

Novelist John Myers buys his childhood home to determine whether the hauntings he remembers were real. When his family joins him, disturbing memories and a mysterious visitor reveal that the house's dark forces still have unfinished plans.

Facing punishment in a society that records every small offense, Iris chooses permanent exile on a lawless island. There she meets a woman trying to build a town, but their hopes face violent inhabitants and cannibal attacks.

Penny takes a job at an isolated lighthouse to save money and avoid people. Nighttime disturbances, a colleague with almost no memory, and something hidden in the generator room connect the building's secrets with her own childhood.

Respectable widow Mary Heaton receives a threat to expose the pornography business she and her late politician husband kept secret. Racing to identify the blackmailer, she suspects people close to her as her carefully maintained life unravels.

Laura's family moves into an English country house said to conceal a vanished priest. Scratching walls and vivid visions pull her and her sister into a centuries-old conflict whose ghosts may still be pursuing their grievances.

Short of money in London, Jennifer Griffith agrees to babysit for a wealthy couple. Their unusual child and the darkness inside their home make one night's work frightening, especially when the threat follows her after she leaves.

Anna Matthews leaves psychiatric care three years after escaping torture in an isolated cabin. Visions of her supposedly dead captors undermine her recovery, and a friend's disappearance suggests the nightmare may be starting again for someone else.

Bobbie seeks refuge at a rundown Canterbury bed-and-breakfast during snowy weather. A bandaged woman and a corpse suggest danger inside, while a killer stalking the streets leaves her uncertain whether staying or leaving offers any chance of safety.

An archaeological dig uncovers hundreds of skeletons from an apparently erased Civil War battle. As Dr. Mary Baker investigates, a girl's discovery beneath the moor heralds the return of Nykolas Freeman and a threat to the countryside.

After a rural car crash, heavily pregnant Penny wakes restrained inside a remote farmhouse. A deadly family threatens her and her unborn child, and escaping the building may not be enough to free them from its influence.

Five years after Steadfall's founding, Asher struggles to retain control and accepts help from strangers whose offer carries a cost. Meanwhile, Iris explores the island, uncovering evidence that its dangers extend beyond the town's fragile boundaries.

Deep in debt, Owen Richards moves his family to an isolated house for a fresh start. A strange portrait, ticking walls, and an earlier family's disappearance reveal that their supposed refuge may be a carefully constructed trap.

Rebecca Wallace visits her elderly aunt at Auercliff and discovers a decomposing body her aunt claims not to recognize. Scratching walls and buried family history lead her deeper into a house where old tragedies refuse to stay hidden.

Owen Stone leaves London for an isolated English house, hoping to live alone. But Ashbyrn House carries stories of a dead bride still waiting behind a veil, and unexplained disturbances threaten the solitude he thought he had bought.

Bonnie Bromley lives with her family's isolation after her brother commits a school shooting. As his execution approaches, a creature begins feeding on the dead, and help from a mysterious newcomer may be her only chance to protect others.

Erica Gray welcomes her daughter's recovery after nine months in a coma, but Addie's changed behavior soon troubles her. Signs of another presence lead Erica toward old murders as she struggles to understand who has returned in her daughter's body.

Winifred Wren travels to London after her daughter Katie disappears, only to find strange symbols in her ransacked apartment and little police help. A journalist's information draws her toward a secretive house and a cult preparing an ancient ritual.

Jon takes his dog Harry to a remote cabin for a break from the world, then discovers that a zombie catastrophe has unfolded beyond the forest. Seen through Harry's eyes, their isolation becomes a struggle between survival and loyalty.

Skeptic James visits abandoned Shapley Hall with Rachel, who believes a dead woman's ghost is waiting for her child. As Rachel's behavior becomes erratic, James must question both the haunting and the promise that brought them into the house.

Beth Hayes expects a quiet stay at Lakeforth Hotel, but finds an abandoned ruin her boyfriend insists on exploring. Stories of two orphaned girls and a cruel owner suggest the hotel's ghosts are still searching for revenge.

John Farmer has hidden the truth about his daughter Izzy's origins for sixteen years. When an ancient vampire arrives in their quiet town, unsettling changes in Izzy force them to confront her inheritance and the secret behind her mother's death.

Researchers enter Blackwych Grange after more than a century of locked doors and shuttered windows. Investigating its ghost stories brings them into the domain of Elizabeth Marringham, whose restless presence may have reasons to punish the intrusion.

After her son Charlie dies in an apparent accident, Emily Carter suspects a connection to other children's deaths. Her search leads toward an ancient creature, forcing her to confront a threat others refuse to believe exists.

Blind teenager Rachel senses that stories about her new home do not add up. Its former owner was a nurse who killed those around her, and Rachel must discover whether that violent past still threatens the house's occupants.

Steve Holland expects setup problems when he buys a printer, but not disturbing images or injuries appearing on his son. When his family disappears, he must investigate a machine that may connect their home to another world.

Doctor Charles Grazier devises another attempt to rescue Catherine from the creature in his basement, despite his weakening sanity. In the present, an unexpected visitor helps Maddie Harper question how the house's past might be shaping her own ordeal.

Kidnapped Holly Carter is imprisoned with two other women in a rural basement where cruel rituals take place. Discovering a mysterious power offers them a means to resist, but escaping their captor may only begin their fight for freedom.

Abby Hart struggles to live normally between her human and vampire identities. Learning of a lost species and a twin brother pulls her into an ancient conflict, while creatures seek a secret hidden in her mind by her father.

Hunted through London's streets, Maddie Harper climbs through a broken window into an abandoned house. Medical notebooks, a basement operating room, and unexplained sounds suggest her refuge once belonged to Jack the Ripper and still conceals a dangerous presence.

Maddie searches London for her only friend as gangs and visions make the streets increasingly dangerous. In the nineteenth century, Doctor Grazier's attempt to resurrect his wife demands more body parts and draws him into a deadly arrangement.

Paula and Bill Mitchell discover a supposedly mythical ghost town hidden in the Colorado wilderness. Exploring its abandoned streets exposes the lingering consequences of a scientist's arrival a century earlier, when the town's residents realized his intentions too late.

Doctor Charles Grazier wanders London after his experiment fails, knowing he must return to the creature in his basement. In the present, Maddie Harper faces betrayal inside the house and searches for a way to escape its hidden dangers.

Alex Roberts returns to Railham hoping for a quiet life, but residents still blame her father for a child's murder. The child's ghost continues seeking revenge, drawing Alex into an investigation someone will do anything to stop.

A copycat killer stalks London while injured Maddie searches for safety and notices a shadow following her. More than a century earlier, Doctor Grazier confronts an intruder whose arrival threatens to interrupt his disturbing work.

Six former friends have spent ten years hiding what happened to Laura. When a mysterious force begins attacking them, their pact of silence fractures, and they must confront the possibility that the girl they betrayed has returned.

Governess Beryl Seaton arrives at a remote mansion to care for the Brooks family's child, Stephen. Questions about her predecessor, unexplained sobbing, and the nursery's secrets force her to weigh professional duty against the horror she begins to uncover.

Iris discovers an important mainland visitor arriving on her island with questions about Asher. When rival armies follow and threaten Steadfall, the island's survival depends on secrets surrounding a woman everyone has been told died years earlier.

Dying of cancer, Diane Mercer returns to her childhood home to learn whether its ghosts were real. As she searches for answers about death, her son Daniel investigates a strange girl and unsettling noises around the garden's ash house.

Ben Freeman returns to a hometown that wants nothing to do with him, searching for a mysterious place called the Border. A heart-stealing figure and the ghost of a murdered girl suggest his arrival has awakened something beneath the town.

Jess has seen the same man filming her since childhood, but nobody accepts her fears about him. When her best friend disappears, another sighting forces her to investigate whether her lifelong watcher is real and what he wants.

Rosie treats a visit to abandoned Wetherley House as harmless fun, dismissing stories of its ghost, Evil Mary. Strange events draw her toward a concealed history, suggesting the familiar legend may hide what actually happened inside.

Sheriff James Kopperud investigates a girl's death near a forest governed by an old agreement with something inhuman. Unaware that his estranged daughter has returned, he searches for answers while she ventures into the dangerous tunnels beneath the trees.

Five years after escaping Jack the Ripper's house, Maddie Harper believes she has rebuilt her life. An unexpected visitor brings old horrors back, forcing her to return and confront a threat still reaching out from the house's past.

A woman returns home to a disturbing discovery about her brother, while others encounter haunted houses, internet ghosts, and a zombie in a swimming pool. Eight stories explore familiar places transformed by the dead and the secrets they conceal.

Tim visits an abandoned forest house with Becky, hoping to impress her despite his disbelief in ghosts. Their search for the location of an infamous video leads toward a presence tied to Molly Holt's suffering and desire for revenge.

Casey dismisses ghost stories when she starts night security work at Hexley Airport. But strange encounters and an approaching snowstorm suggest someone is recreating the conditions of a plane crash that killed more than two hundred people.

Doctor Grazier has reanimated his wife's body, but Catherine's endless screaming suggests his experiment has gone terribly wrong. In the present, Maddie explores the same house and hears sounds that lead her toward its unsettling history.

Isolated Sylvia lives with her mother in a penthouse, afraid to venture outside. When her mother buys a captive mermaid, fascination turns to dread as Sylvia learns the creature may be part of a desperate plan to prolong her mother's life.

Private investigator Jo Mason moves into Skellin Cottage to investigate an unsolved murder. Reconstructing the dead woman's life reveals hidden relationships and conflicting identities, while someone determined to protect those secrets may turn Jo into the next victim.

Juliet starts a night job at Crestview Retirement Home and hears rumors about a sealed wing and a feared presence. As she investigates the building, events from her troubled childhood suggest the haunting may be connected to her own past.

Maddie Harper discovers an ancient presence inside Jack the Ripper's house that seems to need her. A century earlier, Jack attempts to replace Doctor Grazier, while a voice offering power challenges his resolve to resist a greater evil.

Fifteen years after Rachel Stone was taken from her crib, a young woman returns claiming to be her. Jo Mason investigates whether the reunion is genuine, finding family secrets and unexplained cries that complicate the mystery of Rachel's disappearance.

Online reviews of Alice Ashcroft's novels hint at the truth behind her mother's death thirty years earlier. Returning to a coastal town for answers, Alice encounters strange threats linked to a long-ago auction of human souls.

Widower Edward Moss returns to a remote cottage to spend his remaining years with his books. After killing a spider, he sees another that may be the same creature, and one night's escalating fears undermine his certainty about reality.

A new prime minister discovers something unexpected, a cabin worker realizes he is not alone, and a spacecraft computer faces a fatal choice. These stories bring supernatural threats into political power, family life, remote landscapes, and alien encounters.

A strange parcel, a voice commanding violence, and a man returning from death disturb ordinary lives. These stories follow people caught in dangerous games and eerie encounters, from a restaurant table to a mysterious ferry and a nighttime towpath.

Jane Smith hopes her new identity will conceal the childhood murder she committed as Kimberly Baker. When a boy disappears in similar circumstances, police questions and mysterious markings force her to revisit the voice that once urged her to kill.

Kate investigates Edgar Le Compte's unexplained absence from Thaxos and the fate of an old friend, uncovering a hidden grave. Meanwhile, Cavaleri prepares a violent attack that threatens Edgar and everyone caught in the island's unrest.

Widowed Mary Heaton's quiet retirement is disrupted by an anonymous threat to expose her past in pornography. Her search for the letter writer forces her to confront secrets involving her late husband and a girl named Sarah Cole.

A death in a London church repeats a century-old murder blamed on an angel. Robinson investigates the apparent connection, suspecting that someone has revived a secret experiment whose horrific results could threaten far more than the city.

Kate Langley arrives on the Greek island of Thaxos seeking a peaceful holiday. Instead, she becomes entangled with returning vampire Edgar Le Compte, whose claim to the island faces an ancient prophecy and an awakening threat.

Stranded on a Scottish moor, Catherine Meadows seeks shelter at Strathfield Castle. Meeting a vampire's familiar draws her into a nightmare that has troubled the castle for a century, and leaving may be harder than she expects.

Clay survived a deadly cult's destruction as a child, but ten years later the demon Attaroth still pursues her. He sees her as a way into the human world, forcing Clay to fight the prophecy behind his return.

Edgar Le Compte tries to win over the people of Thaxos, but their hostility grows into a plot against his life. As Kate explores his family's history, Edgar refuses to surrender the island he considers his inheritance.

Returning to London for her father's funeral, Elly Bradshaw meets his attractive business partner Mark Douglas. His connection to a secret sexual game draws her into dangerous tests, while a historical investigator uncovers the organization's earlier crimes.

Elly's life with Mark takes a disturbing turn after a trip to Zurich, leaving her questioning his intentions. Mr. White offers the next stage of their dangerous game, testing whether her body can withstand what her mind accepts.

Thaxos's revolt against Edgar opens the way for the island's witch to return, offering help at a price. Kate searches for buried secrets while a boat brings another dangerous visitor to an island already threatened by supernatural forces.

Thrown into Thaxos's past, Kate encounters an Edgar who does not know her and is preparing to marry Estella. A monstrous creature has followed her through time, leaving her seeking protection from a vampire who sees a stranger.

Elizabeth's survivor group in Boston faces scavengers and an approaching organized enemy. Meanwhile, Thomas travels with soldiers toward the city and is assigned to guard a captured zombie, raising troubling questions about the people commanding him.

A power failure signals a spreading catastrophe across America. Elizabeth and Henry wait alone in Manhattan for their parents, while Thomas's isolated Oklahoma family encounters an infection that threatens to turn their farm into another deadly refuge.