Thriller Books With Short Chapters

When 19-year-old waitress Millie takes a summer job as companion to wealthy Lady Vera Ashington at her Suffolk stately home, she has no idea that a mystery will unfold which puts her own life and her family's business at risk. Unexplained deaths will test her morality. Can the end justify the means? Lady Ashington (Vera) fears a breakdown due to personal regrets. She has one last go at seeking long-term happiness. Having taken Millie as a companion, the two women become friends and enjoy arguing about Vera's wealth and her inability to use it wisely. ‘ Too much cake', is the problem. Millie empowers Vera. She keeps a first person diary, and includes Vera's viewpoint. This diary is the novel. It tells how the talents of two very different women, when harnessed, move mountains. But, Vera's local influence means every good deed, leaves a loser. Millie had not appreciated this and conflicts mount. Things reach a head when a couple in the village, are murdered . The evidence isn't clear. Who would profit from their deaths? Is Vera implicated? Must Millie fear for her life?

An actress, a detective and his assistant. Set in time when long distance communication is done through letters, Detective Tevyat, with his assistant Jack, must investogate a string of murders that has one fixed factor: Auria Martinez. They must catch the killer before the killer kills her.

You think being a teenager is hard enough as it is. Try being a teenager that has the respossibility of saving people from their own demons and fears. That is exactly what Zelenia Erickson has been doing from the time she discovered what she was...

Naniniwala ako na wala na sa impyerno ang mga demonyo, kundi nasa lupa na ang mga ito. Isa lang akong hamak na inosenteng babae. Ngunit nabago ang lahat ng tila kinuha sa akin ang pagiging musmos ko ng mga taong minsang pinagkatiwalaan ko. Inubos nila ako, winasak nila ang pagkatao ko. Ngayon ako naman ang uubos sa mga demonyong ito. Ako si Tasha at ito ang kwento ko.

Addison Bautista is a strict and straightforward, and the kind of person who will do everything to have her father's company. She serves as the acting CEO of his father's company, and she will do everything to be able and she will do everything to be able to prove him that she deserves to be his successor and the next Chief Executive Officer of the Bautista's Group of Companies. The story begins when she received a red envelope, an invitation. Written in it is the information of a week reunion with her senior year batchmates. She has no plans on coming into that reunion but seems like destiny wanted her to come. When the reunion day arrived, everything is fine and according to what a reunion should look like. The the caretaker gone missing, they tried to find him but he's nowhere to be found. The next day, they smell something unpleasant and found a body in the island's storage house. It is the caretaker that is lying on the ground, lifeless with blood around his body. Will it still be a normal reunion, or a reunion that is full of terror and lives at stake?

A sexy thriller following a man in his exploits to regain his manhood. Dominique a reformed Jamaican gangster and family man tries desperately to build a business and gain his wife’s respect behind his wife’s back. Dominique Martin is an upward climbing, risk-taking man, seeks to be in sync with his beautiful, intelligent and troubled traditional wife. The story centers on the lives ofof Dominique and Marsha Martin and how the secrets of their past both binds them together while prevents them from being one.

Life is short, so don't waste every minute, dedicate it to something meaningful, Every minute ends, but it doesn't just end in sadness, it can also end with the beginning of a new life and hope.

Adrian, seorang spy dari AEGIS, dipercaya untuk menumpas The Serpent's Coil, sindikat narkoba paling berbahaya di kota, yang dipimpin oleh Nikolai Petrov yang cerdik dan kejam. Dalam misi penyamarannya yang berisiko tinggi untuk menyusup ke organisasi tersebut, Adrian tak sengaja bertemu dengan Sienna, seorang gadis muda lugu yang terjebak dalam lingkaran pengedaran narkoba sebagai kurir. Tertarik oleh kepolosan Sienna di tengah dunia kegelapan, Adrian mengambil keputusan drastis: ia "membeli" Sienna dari The Serpent's Coil dengan harga yang fantastis, berpura-pura menjadikannya aset pribadi untuk mendapatkan kepercayaan Petrov. Namun, garis tipis antara misi dan emosi mulai kabur. "Kau taklukkan dunia dan aku menaklukkan dirimu." Kalimat itu berbisik dalam benaknya, memicu pertanyaan: akankah Adrian mampu menghancurkan The Serpent's Coil tanpa mengorbankan hati dan misinya, ataukah ia akan terjerat dalam pelukan mematikan sang ular, bersama dengan gadis yang ingin ia selamatkan?

"Dalam novel 'Misteri di Pulau Dewata' karya RukuJorus, pembaca akan diajak menjelajahi pesona eksotis Pulau Dewata, Bali, sambil terlibat dalam serangkaian pembunuhan misterius yang mengguncang kedamaian pulau tersebut. Cerita ini mengikuti perjalanan seorang detektif muda yang tiba di Bali dengan tujuan yang jelas: memecahkan misteri di balik pembunuhan-pembunuhan yang terjadi. Namun, perjalanan detektif muda ini tidak hanya diwarnai oleh penyelidikan yang intens, tetapi juga oleh konfrontasi dengan rahasia kelam dari masa lalunya yang tersembunyi. Dengan kepiawaian dalam mengumpulkan petunjuk dan naluri detektif yang tajam, dia mulai menyelidiki kasus demi kasus, membongkar lapisan demi lapisan rahasia yang menggelapkan kehidupan korban. Sementara detektif muda tersebut menjelajahi Bali, dia menemukan bahwa pulau ini tidak hanya menawarkan keindahan alam yang memukau, tetapi juga menyimpan misteri-misteri yang dalam dan penuh dengan intrik. Dengan bantuan karakter pendukung yang kuat dan serangkaian twist tak terduga dalam plot, pembaca akan dihadapkan pada tantangan mental dan emosional yang menguji kemampuan detektif muda dalam memecahkan teka-teki yang rumit. Dari pertemuan yang menentukan hingga puncak ketegangan yang menggemparkan, 'Misteri di Pulau Dewata' menggabungkan elemen-elemen thriller psikologis dengan latar belakang yang memukau dari Bali. Ini bukan hanya kisah tentang mencari kebenaran di antara kisah-kisah yang berserakan, tetapi juga tentang perjalanan pribadi dan pertumbuhan yang berani. Dengan tulisan yang memikat dan plot yang tak terduga, novel ini akan membuat pembaca terpaku pada setiap halaman, sambil menantikan jawaban dari misteri yang tersembunyi di balik keindahan pulau itu." Selamat membaca.

Sa hindi inaakalang pagkakataon, nagising na lamang si Ela sa isang hindi pamilyar na lugar. Buong akala niya’y wala na siyang buhay ngunit parang sinampal siya ng katotohanang nabubuhay siya sa ibang panahon kung saan ilang siglo na ang nakalipas mula sa kanyang kapanangakan. Nang magbago ang kanyang buhay, kasabay no’n ang pagbabago ng kanyang pangalan at buong pagkatao. Ngunit paano niya magagawang mamuhay nang payapa sa ibang siglo, kung kahit siya mismo ay binabagabag at hindi matahimik sa mga nasasaksihan niya sa kapanahunan na meron siya ngayon?