USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood brings us his most page-turning psychological thriller yet — with a twist you won't see coming. "Scream and I'll cut your throat." In an instant, Ashley's life changes forever. Two dangerous criminals have escaped from maximum-security prison. Taken as their hostage, Ashley has to play their game if she wants to save her family — and herself. But they've underestimated Ashley. She'll do anything to survive. Praise for Abducted: "Abducted is a quick, tight thriller that moves like the wind and keeps you guessing. Just when you think you know the score, you don't." —Joseph D'Agnese, Derringer Award-winning author of The Mesmerist

WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS Nova is a free man. Having just walked away as a non-sanctioned hit man for the U.S. government, he's purchased a classic Mustang to drive across the country. But when his car breaks down in the middle of the Nevada desert, Nova ends up in the small town of Parrot Spur. There's something strange about Parrot Spur. Something ... off. Maybe it's the fact the town is full of ex-servicemen. Maybe it's the fact the abandoned mine might not be abandoned. Maybe it's the fact the knockout brunette in the bar is clearly more than what she seems. In the end, none of it matters. What matters — and what Nova is soon going to learn — is that in the desert, the only thing that rains is bullets. PRAISE FOR ROBERT SWARTWOOD "Robert Swartwood is the next F. Paul Wilson — if F. Paul Wilson's DNA was spliced with Michael Marshall Smith. If you haven't yet read Swartwood, you're missing out." —Brian Keene, bestselling...

The first three thrillers in the best-selling Holly Lin series: No Shelter, The Devil You Know, Hollow Point. "Excellent—memorable and something I'll read more than once." —Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of An Untamed State on No Shelter NO SHELTER Holly Lin is living two lives. To her friends and family, she's a pleasant, hardworking nanny. To her boss and colleagues, she's one of the best non-sanctioned government assassins in the world. But when a recent mission goes wrong causing one of her team members to die, Holly realizes she might no longer be cut out for the work — except the mission, as it turns out, is only half over, and to complete it will take her halfway across the world and bring her face to face with a ghost from her past. Things are about to get personal. And as Holly Lin's enemies are about to find out, she is not a nanny they want to piss off....

From USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood comes the latest in his bestselling Holly Lin thriller series. Holly Lin has a new life. A new identity. It's been almost a year since she walked away from being a non-sanctioned government assassin. She now lives in a small Texan town, spending her nights as a bartender, her days shelving books at the local library. But it all changes one night when she's approached by a woman covered in blood — a woman holding a baby. Within minutes, the baby has been placed in Holly's arms and the woman is dead, killed by two men. Soon Holly Lin will learn a hard truth: the world she walked away from hasn't forgotten her. And it will do whatever it takes to get her back.

WATCHMEN meets Jason Bourne in the latest genre-defying thriller from USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood. Elijah Shepherd isn't like most people. He never gets sick. He doesn't age as fast as others. And he heals quickly, sometimes within seconds. Because of this, Elijah, now sixty-five years old, has hidden himself in the Colorado mountains to wait to die. But after an attempt on his life, Elijah must return to New York City to find out what's become of his son, who the world only knows as Temple, and in the process uncovers a conspiracy that threatens the world.

From USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood comes another bone-chilling thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.While on vacation in Las Vegas, a businessman wakes up in a strange hotel room to find a dead woman in the bathtub.Panicked, he runs. But before he can get far, a pair of detectives stop him.Desperate, he tells them that he's innocent. That there's no way he killed the woman. That he'll do anything not to go to prison.That's when they offer him a way out.But there is no way out—as the detectives will soon learn.Perfect for fans of Lee Child, Michael Sloan, and Robert Crais, The Killing Room races readers from one revelation to the next at breathtaking speed.

Nova Bartkowski is back in a brand-new page-turning thriller from USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood. Remington, Montana. A small town in the middle of nowhere. A town, like any town, that has its secrets. Nova Bartkowski has come to Remington to confront his father. The man who walked out on Nova and Nova's dying mother so many years ago. But before he gets the chance, Nova stops two men in the process of attacking his father ... but not before one of those men knocks Nova's father unconscious, putting him in the hospital. Suddenly, all eyes are on Nova. A target is on his back, and it's not clear why. But the more Nova digs into Remington's dark secrets, the more he begins to realize he's stumbled onto a deadly conspiracy — one that he may not be able to survive.

Holly Lin returns in the highly anticipated sequel to No Shelter from USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood. Javier Diaz is dead. Holly Lin knows this because she killed Javier and his men. Now, to protect her family, Holly must travel to Mexico to take out Javier's father before he learns about the death of his son. It should be a simple mission, but nothing is ever simple for Holly Lin. The plan is to take out everybody in the Diaz compound — until she encounters a woman and two children hiding inside. Suddenly, the night is only beginning. And by the end, Holly will come face to face with a new kind of evil — one that she will have no choice but to defeat.

Two years ago Ben Anderson woke up in a rundown motel, three thousand miles from home, his family missing, and the words LET THE GAME BEGIN written in blood on the back of the bathroom door. Now, with his past life gone, Ben has become a soldier in Carver Ellison's army against Caesar. But when a mission goes wrong and one of their team members is murdered, it's the last cryptic word spoken that will lead Ben and the team one step closer to the Inner Circle — a step that may bring them salvation ... or get them all killed. With his trademark action and suspense, Robert Swartwood has delivered his most ambitious thriller yet.

From USA Today bestselling author Robert Swartwood comes Enemy of the State, the propulsive, thrilling, and much anticipated follow-up to The Killing Room ...The world believed Daniel Burke was dead.At least, the few people in the government who knew he existed did. Once part of an elite black ops team, Burke faked his death so he could avenge his brother. Now that those responsible have been brought to justice, he plans to leave the country and start a new life.But before Burke can even get on the plane, his old team has tracked him down.The CIA believes Daniel Burke is a traitor—an enemy of the state—who must answer for his crimes. But others in government simply want him dead.Knowing he's been set up, Burke is the only one who can track down and expose the real traitor—before it's too late.

Two years ago Ben Anderson woke up in a rundown motel, three thousand miles from home, his family missing, and the words LET THE GAME BEGIN written in blood on the back of the bathroom door. Two years ago, everything changed. Not just for Ben and his family, who he believed was lost forever, but for those who had orchestrated the whole ordeal and who had stuck Ben in a game he was never supposed to win. Ben vowed he would never play the game again. But now, after learning a startling truth, Ben has no choice but to once again play the game. He wakes up in a rundown motel — a very familiar rundown motel — with the words LET THE GAME CONTINUE on the back of the bathroom door. Caesar and his people are expecting a good show. And Ben’s about to give them one. Because every game must end, and Ben will be the one to end this game ... or die trying. **

Josh wakes up one morning to find his ten-year-old brother filling in a grave in the backyard. From there, the day just gets worse.

When eighteen-year-old Christopher Myers' parents are murdered, something is written on his bedroom door, a mark in his parents' blood that convinces the police the killer has targeted Christopher as the next victim. To keep him safe, he travels away with his estranged grandmother and uncle to the small town of Bridgton, New York. And it's in Bridgton that he meets an extraordinary young man who has come with his father to stop an unrelenting evil. Soon Christopher learns of the town's deep dark secret, and how his parents' murder was no accident, and how he has been brought to Bridgton by forces beyond his power -- forces that just may threaten the destruction of all mankind. Praise for The Calling:"The Calling is a powerful, gripping and terrifying novel, the sort that possesses your whole life while you're reading it; it'll stalk you through the day, and inform your dreams. Swartwood has delivered a novel that will become a classic."-- Tim Lebbon, author of Echo City "Robert Swartwood's The Calling is a diabolical rocket sled of a psychological thriller. Told through the vivid, almost druggy point of view of a young man on the edge, tangled in a web of tragedy and surreal horror, Swartwood's novel gets under the skin and stays there. Highly recommended."-- Jay Bonansinga, co-author of The Walking Dead: Rise of The Governor"This novel is small town horror at its best."-- HellnotesAbout the Author Robert Swartwood's work has appeared in The Los Angeles Review, The Daily Beast, ChiZine, Postscripts, Space and Time, and PANK. He is the author of several novels and the editor of Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer. Visit him online at robertswartwood.com.