Cheryl Kaye Tardif

* International & National Bestseller with over 200,000 copies sold worldwide YOU HAVE 10 SECONDS TO MAKE A DECISION: Let A Kidnapper Take Your Child, Or Watch Your Son Die. Choose! Sadie O'Connell is a bestselling author and a proud mother. But her life is about to spiral out of control. After her six-year-old son Sam is kidnapped by a serial abductor, she nearly goes insane. But it isn't just the fear and grief that is ripping her apart. It's the guilt. Sadie is the only person who knows what the kidnapper looks like. And she can't tell a soul. For if she does, her son will be sent back to her in "little bloody pieces". When Sadie's unfaithful husband stumbles across her drawing of the kidnapper, he sets into play a series of horrific events that sends her hurtling over the edge. Sadie's descent into alcoholism leads to strange apparitions and a face-to-face encounter with the monster who abducted her son--a man known only as...The Fog. *CHILDREN OF THE FOG has a unique tie-in to Tardif`s newest thriller, SUBMERGED. “Tardif spins mystery, suspense, and horror into a page-turning morsel in Children of the Fog.” ―USA Today bestselling author Jean Rabe

Children of The Fog

After a tragic car accident claims the lives of his wife, Jane, and son, Ryan, Marcus Taylor is immersed in grief. But his family isn't the only thing he has lost. An addiction to painkillers has taken away his career as a paramedic. Working as a 911 operator is now the closest he gets to redemption--until he gets a call from a woman trapped in a car.

Submerged

After moving from Montana to Vancouver Island, Sarah Richardson finds she has much in common with her new best friend Goldie and her father, a marine biologist with a passion for whales, finds his subject of study revered by his new Native American neighbors.

Whale Song

Book 2 in the Divine Trilogy * International & National Bestseller * Top 100 Best Seller in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Women Sleuths, Psychics & Occult CFBI Agent and Pyro-Psychic Jasi McLellan battles a serious infection that threatens to claim her life. Slipping in and out of consciousness, she remembers the Parliament Murders... One by one, members of Ontario's Parliament are disappearing, only to be found days later, disoriented and drugged. Or worse―dead. Police are stumped and the CFBI brings in a covert PSI team, agents with special psychic abilities. Accompanied by Psychometric Empath Ben Roberts and new team member Victim Empath Natassia Prushenko, Jasi heads for Ottawa and uncovers a plot so devious that Canada's national security is at risk. If that isn't enough to deal with, Jasi bumps into old flame, Zane Underhill, who wants to rekindle their relationship that ended three years earlier. But the investigation takes precedent and Jasi is forced to place her feelings for Zane on hold in order to find a killer who has more than justice in mind for his victims, and in the end she makes a gut-wrenching decision―one that will cost the life of someone close to her. Somewhere in this book is a hidden “Easter Egg,” a link to 3 FREE Qwickie novellas by 3 bestselling authors. This is a time limited offer, so happy reading and hunting! Reviews: "Divine Justice is a powerfully-written chill ride that will give you nightmares. Best to keep the lights on with this one." ―Rick Mofina, bestselling author of In Desperation "This fast-paced thriller should be a runaway best-seller. Divine Justice reminds me of CSI or Medium. If you like J.D. Robb's In Death series, you'll love Cheryl Kaye Tardif's Divine series." ―Midwest Book Review, Betty Dravis, co-author of Dream Reachers series "One of those 'sitting on the edge of your seats' read as the team unravels the mystery and tries to solve the case. It is a unique blend of action, mystery...This book is highly recommended." ―Margaret Orford, Allbooks Review Divine Trilogy: Book 1 - Divine Intervention Book 2 - Divine Justice Book 3 - Divine Sanctuary

Divine Justice

The River

How far do we go until we’ve gone too far? The South Nahanni River has a history of mysterious deaths, disappearances and headless corpses, but it may also hold the key to humanity’s survival―or its destruction. Seven years ago, Del Hawthorne’s father and three of his friends disappeared near the Nahanni River and were presumed dead. When one of the missing men stumbles onto the University grounds, alive but barely recognizable and aging before her eyes, Del is shocked. Especially when the man tells her something inconceivable. Her father is still alive! Gathering a group of volunteers, Del travels to the Nahanni River to rescue her father. There, she finds a secret underground river that plunges her into a technologically advanced world of nanobots and painful serums. Del uncovers a conspiracy of unimaginable horror, a plot that threatens to destroy us all. Will humanity be sacrificed for the taste of eternal life? And at what point have we become…God?

From the international bestselling author that brought you CHILDREN OF THE FOG comes a terrifying new thriller that will leave you breathless… "Submerged reads like an approaching storm, full of darkness, dread and electricity. Prepare for your skin to crawl." —Andrew Gross, New York Times bestselling author of 15 Seconds Two strangers submerged in guilt, brought together by fate… After a tragic car accident claims the lives of his wife, Jane, and son, Ryan, Marcus Taylor is immersed in grief. But his family isn't the only thing he has lost. An addiction to painkillers has taken away his career as a paramedic. Working as a 911 operator is now the closest he gets to redemption—until he gets a call from a woman trapped in a car. Rebecca Kingston yearns for a quiet weekend getaway, so she can think about her impending divorce from her abusive husband. When a mysterious truck runs her off the road, she is pinned behind the steering wheel, unable to help her two children in the back seat. Her only lifeline is a cell phone with a quickly depleting battery and a stranger's calm voice on the other end telling her everything will be all right. *SUBMERGED has a unique tie-in to Tardif`s international bestseller, CHILDREN OF THE FOG. Editorial Reviews: "From the first page, you know you are in the hands of a seasoned and expert storyteller who is going to keep you up at night turning the pages. Tardif knows her stuff. There's a reason she sells like wildfire—her words burn up the pages. A wonderful, scary, heart-pumping writer." —M.J. Rose, international bestselling author of Seduction "Tardif once again delivers a suspenseful supernatural masterpiece." —Scott Nicholson, international bestselling author of The Home "From the first page, Cheryl Kaye Tardif takes you hostage with Submerged—a compelling tale of anguish and redemption." —Rick Mofina, bestselling author of Into the Dark "Cheryl Kaye Tardif's latest novel SUBMERGED will leave you as haunted as its characters." —Joshua Corin, bestselling author of Before Cain Strikes "Submerged will leave you breathless—an edge of your seat, supernatural thrill ride." —Jeff Bennington, bestselling author of Twisted Vengeance

Comes with detailed discussion guide for teachers! *Whale Song has been used in schools across the world, for novel studies, book reports and even as a book club read. The various societal and emotional themes (bullying, racism and death) make it a perfect choice for readers 9-109. Thirteen years ago, Sarah Richardson’s life was shattered after the tragic death of her mother. The shocking event left a grief-stricken teen-aged Sarah with partial amnesia. Some things are easier to forget. But now a familiar voice from her childhood sends Sarah, a talented mid-twenties ad exec, back to her past. A past that she had thought was long buried. Some things are meant to be buried. Torn by nightmares and visions of a yellow-eyed wolf and aided by creatures of the Earth and killer whales that call to her in the night, Sarah must face her fears and recover her memories―even if it destroys her. Some things are meant to be remembered―at all cost.

Whale Song: School Edition

Book 1 in the Divine Trilogy * International & National Bestseller * Top 100 Overall Best Seller * Top 100 in Movers & Shakers * Top 100 Best Seller in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Women Sleuths & Occult * #1 International Mystery & Crime “Sci-fi and mystery fans will love this book.” --Writer's Digest CFBI agent Jasmine McLellan leads a psychically gifted team in the hunt for a serial arsonist--a murderer who has already taken the lives of three people. Jasi and her team members--Psychometric Empath and profiler Ben Roberts and Victim Empath Natassia Prushenko--are joined by Brandon Walsh, the handsome but skeptical Chief of Arson Investigations. In a manhunt that takes them from Vancouver to Kelowna, Penticton and Victoria, they are led down a twisting path of sinister secrets. Sifting through ashes and clues, Jasi realizes that there is more to the third victim than meets the eye. Perhaps not all the victims were that innocent. The hunt intensifies when she learns that someone they know is next on the arsonist's list. Unleashing her gift as a Pyro-Psychic, Jasi is compelled toward smoldering ashes and enters the killer's mind--a mind bent on destruction and revenge. And in the heat of early summer, Jasi discovers that a murderer lies in wait...much closer than she ever imagined. Divine Trilogy: Book 1 - Divine Intervention Book 2 - Divine Justice Book 3 - Divine Sanctuary

Divine Intervention

INFESTATION is a hair-raising, skin-itching Qwickie® novella inspired by true events and laced with a heavy dose of horror and a dash of tongue-in-cheek Tardif humor… Every house has its secrets, some more perverse and horrific than others… Suspense author Cathy Tremblay and her cable-installer husband, Mike, have just moved into a new home in West Kelowna, BC., where they get to experience nature at its finest. Between deer traipsing across the front yard and a “quailing daycare” in the back, they’re living la vida buena. Until everything changes. First come the spiders. Then the rats. What comes next hurls Cathy and Mike into skin-itching chaos. They’ve seen all kinds of house pests before, but they’re not prepared for an infestation like this.

Infestation

CFBI-Agentin Jasmine McLellan und ihr Team sind nicht nur übersinnlich begabt, sondern auch auf der Jagd nach einem Serienbrandstifter, der bereits das Leben von drei Opfern auf dem Gewissen hat. Jasi und ihr Team - der Profiler Ben Roberts und Opfer-Empathin Natassia Prushenko - ermitteln gemeinsam mit Brandon Walsh, dem Leiter der Behörde für Brandstiftung. Ihre aufreibende Jagd nach dem Killer führt sie von Vancouver nach Kelowna, Penticton und Victoria. Während ihrer Ermittlungen stoßen sie auf einige düstere Geheimnisse. Vor allem der grausame Tod des dritten Opfers wirft Fragen auf. Offensichtlich handelt es sich hierbei kaum um ein unschuldiges Opfer. Die Jagd nach dem Mörder spitzt sich zu, als Jasi klar wird, wer dessen nächstes Ziel sein wird. Mit ihren übernatürlichen Fähigkeiten wagt sie sich in die glühenden Überreste des Anschlagsortes, um den Gedanken des Mörders auf die Spur zu kommen - Gedanken, die von Zerstörung und Rache beherrscht sind. Jasi erkennt, dass der Killer schon auf der Lauer liegt... und zwar ganz in ihrer Nähe. ---------------------------------------------------------- "Einen Thriller, der es schafft, mich an das Sofa zu ketten, muss man einfach weiter empfehlen." [Lesermeinung] "Klasse Auftakt einer übersinnlichen Krimireihe!" [Lesermeinung] "... dann bist du fasziniert, bekommst Angst und legst das Buch niemals aus der Hand - du liest und liest und legst es am Ende mit barbarischem Herzklopfen beiseite" [Lesermeinung] "Dieses fesselnde Buch ist ein echter kanadischer Kriminalroman ... Tardif überrascht ihre Leser immer wieder mit unvorhersehbaren Wendungen, bevor sie die Geschichte überzeugend abschließt." [Midwest Book Review]

Thriller

DIVINE - BLICK INS FEUER

Elizabeth Massie

Yvonne Navarro

Simon Clark

Bentley Little

Lisa Morton

Scott Nicholson

Jeff Bennington

Fear casts a long shadow, and shadows take many shapes… From award-winning editor, Jeani Rector, who brought you the terrifying anthology, WHAT FEARS BECOME, comes a wicked brew of spine-tingling fiction. Featuring never before published works from best-selling authors such as Bentley Little, Yvonne Navarro, Scott Nicholson, Melanie Tem, Elizabeth Massie, Earl Hamner, Simon Clark, Cheryl Kaye Tardif, Ronald Malfi, Lisa Morton, Jeff Bennington, JG Faherty and many others, this chilling collection of works also includes a foreword from Joe R. Lansdale. From classic horror and exciting suspense to Twilight Zone-type speculative fiction with twisted endings, SHADOW MASTERS: An Anthology from The Horror Zine delves into the darkest corners of our nightmares and delivers the shivers.

An Anthology from The Horror Zine

Shadow Masters

Joe R. Lansdale

Ramsey Campbell

Piers Anthony

Graham Masterton

Conrad Williams

From classic horror and pure suspense to Twilight-Zone-style dark fantasy, WHAT FEARS BECOME relentlessly explores our basic fears and leaves you with twisted endings that will make your skin crawl… This spine-tingling, international anthology contains contributions from the critically acclaimed online horror magazine, The Horror Zine, and features bestselling authors such as Bentley Little, Graham Masterton, Ramsey Campbell, Joe R. Lansdale, Elizabeth Massie, Ronald Malfi, Cheryl Kaye Tardif, Melanie Tem, Scott Nicholson, Piers Anthony, Conrad Williams, and many more. Edited by Jeani Rector of The Horror Zine and featuring a foreword by award-winning, bestselling author Simon Clark, it also contains deliciously dark delights from morbidly creative writers, poets and artists who have not yet made it big―but will very soon. Come and discover… WHAT FEARS BECOME

What Fears Become

Thirteen creepy stories take you from one hold-your-breath chapter to the next Enter the closet… A Grave Error The Death of an Old Cow Maid of Dishonor Atrophy Picture Perfect Sweet Dreams Separation Anxiety The Car Deadly Reunion Remote Control Ouija Caller Unknown Skeletons in the Closet

Skeletons in the Closet & Other Creepy Stories

„Ich habe Die Melodie der Wale gelesen und war absolut begeistert.“ - Jodelle Ferland, Schauspielerin (The Twilight Sage: Eclipse, Bis(s) zum Abendrot) Mit detailliertem Diskussionsleitfaden für Lehrer! Die Melodie der Wale wird weltweit in Schulen als literarische Grundlage zum Studium eines Romans, für Buchbesprechungen und als Buchklublektüre verwendet. Die unterschiedlichen sozialen und emotionalen Themen (Mobbing, Rassismus und Tod) machen dieses Buch zur perfekten Lektüre für Leser jeder Altersgruppe. Dreizehn Jahre ist es her, dass der tragische Tod ihrer Mutter Sarah Richardsons Leben zerstörte. Schockierende Umstände führten bei dem trauernden Teenager zu einem teilweisen Gedächtnisverlust. Es ist leichter, manche Dinge einfach zu vergessen. Eine vertraute Stimme aus ihrer Kindheit veranlasst Sarah - mittlerweile Mitte Zwanzig und eine talentierte Führungskraft im Marketingbereich - sich erneut mit ihrer Vergangenheit auseinanderzusetzen. Mit einer Vergangenheit, die sie längst begraben hatte. Manche Dinge sind dazu bestimmt, vergessen zu werden. Heimgesucht von Albträumen und Visionen über einen gelbäugigen Wolf, Kreaturen der Erde und Killerwale, die ihr in langen, einsamen Nächten erbarmungslos zusetzen, muss Sarah sich endlich ihrer Furcht stellen und ihre verlorene Erinnerung heraufbeschwören – selbst wenn sie das vernichten sollte. An manche Dinge muss man sich erinnern – um jeden Preis. „Bewegend … ansprechend und traurig.“ ―Booklist

Schulausgabe

Die Melodie der Wale

Book 3 in the Divine Trilogy * International Bestseller * Top 100 Best Seller in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Women Sleuths, Occult, and Psychics There's no place like home… In the Divine trilogy finale, the heat is tripled when CFBI Agent Jasi McLellan must rescue Emily, the ghost girl that haunts her dreams; expose her own mother's killer; and uncover a murderer that preys on the weak at Sanctuary, a controversial cult nestled in the woods near Mission, BC. Something insidious lurks behind the safe haven of Sanctuary's wrought iron gates. Led by the charismatic Father Jeremiah, the cult's idyllic lifestyle seems perfect on the outside. But a lethal hunter is on the prowl, and in a carefully executed game of cat and mouse, the body count rises. Along with Victim Empath Natassia Prushenko, Psychometric Empath Ben Roberts and Special Consultant Brandon Walsh, Jasi follows three trails of clues that lead to one terrifying conclusion: home is not always the safest place on earth. Reviews: “An excellent last installment to this psychic mystery/thriller series! Fast-paced action from cover to cover!” —Dale Mayer, international bestselling author of the Psychic Vision series “Dark and compelling with details so vivid the reader can smell the smoldering corpse as he follows Pyro-Psychic, Jasi McLellan, who has the ungodly ability to enter the mind of a serial arsonist. This Canadian FBI psychic team moves like wildfire in the hands of consummate thriller author, Cheryl Kaye Tardif.” —Barbara Silkstone, international bestselling author of Miami Mummies “You'll find yourself rooting for Jasi, Brandon, Natassia, and Ben as the Top-Secret PSI team comes face to face with the depths of human evil in Divine Sanctuary. The story unfolds with Tardif's signature razor-taut pacing as she sets her likable protagonists against the charismatic leader of a disturbing cult where all is not as it seems, and the shattering revelations that await them will leave Jasi's life changed forever. Hunt this one down and read it!” —Paul Draker, international bestselling author of Pyramid Lake Divine Trilogy: Book 1 - Divine Intervention Book 2 - Divine Justice Book 3 - Divine Sanctuary

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