Investigators of Shadow & Mind: Thrillers Where the Mind Is the Crime Scene
Lamplight. Locked files. Truths that don’t want to be found.
Some killers hide behind walls. Others hide behind your own reflection. This shelf of The Dark Library is for the investigators who can’t always trust their memories — detectives, survivors, and brilliant minds dissecting truth from illusion under humming fluorescent lights.
Locked Secrets — Melody North
Investigator Lila Banner returns to Ravenshade Asylum to solve an impossible sealed-cell murder — and to face a caretaker who knows far too much about her past.
Catch the Lie — Parker Vale
A detective and a true-crime podcaster chase the same disappearance in sultry Louisiana — but one is lying and the other is hiding something worse.
The Mind She Left Behind — Reese Vale
Eva wakes strapped to a hospital bed, called by a name that isn’t hers, surrounded by journals she didn’t write. Each clue pulls her deeper into a reality she may have designed herself.
The Hunted — Vera Cross
Accused of killing her husband and locked in Halverson Prison, an ex-soldier realizes the prison psychologist knows things only her husband knew. Is she paranoid — or being hunted?
Whispers of Vengeance — Aayden Wolfe
A hospital coverup, organ-harvesting ring, and a killer targeting the guilty — with an FBI agent racing the clock before she becomes the next “procedure.”
The Silent Symbols — Nicollette Carr
Murders arrive marked with strange symbols. A coroner and detective trace the pattern to an AI-driven justice system quietly steering outcomes in their town.
Mind Games — K.Z. Black
Clara Martin wakes in a locked psych ward, her fiancé dead and her memory in shards. The police think she did it, the doctors call her unstable — and the only person who believes her might be the one rewriting her mind.
Sister’s Trip — Clarise Foster
An annual getaway turns into a forced reckoning when the Whitmore sisters are lured back to the scene of the fire they never talk about — and someone else remembers exactly what happened.
My New Daughter — K.D. Dark
A brilliant, unhinged woman arrives in town hunting for the “daughter” she’s already chosen. This is obsession wearing a polite smile — and nobody’s home is safe.
Deadly Overtones — Harper Cade
A missing saxophonist, a recording that holds the clue, and a detective racing an industry built on ego and secrets. One wrong note and the case goes silent.
Murder in Lakeville — Audrey West
Students are vanishing beneath Lakeview Cliffs, and FBI Special Agent Claire Adams must pry open a psychiatrist’s mansion of secrets before the town hears another scream.
Endgame — Julian Winn
A serial killer doctor “saving” abused kids. A former agent whose daughter he took. Their shared past in foster care is the fuse — and this time both of them have reasons to pull the trigger.
Dead Drop — Elias Ashcroft
A “simple” retrieval turns into an assassination conspiracy. Special Agent Tessa Rourke and an infuriatingly brilliant cryptographer must decode the plot before the truth becomes the weapon.
The Templar Cypher — Elsie Buck
A professor’s death, a psalmic clue, and a chase through cathedrals and archives. Dr. Fiona Wynne must decode a centuries-old conspiracy before the people protecting it silence her.
The Squire Protocol — Kolby Banks
Ex–blackhat operator Jason Squire is dragged back into a world of ghost assets, genetic assassins, and desert dead drops — someone’s watching, and there’s no firewall for this.
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The evidence glows under lamplight. The door clicks shut. If you love cases where the mind is both victim and witness, step deeper.
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Stay curious, stay aware — sometimes the investigation ends inside your own reflection.
With thrills,
Penelope McGrath
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