For decades, people
have been warned about the Cold Creek Highway. Hitchhikers have vanished
along it over the years, and women have been known to have their cars
break down... and never be seen again. When Hailey McBride decides to
run away from an unbearable living situation, she thinks that her
outdoor skills will help her disappear into the Cold Creek wilderness,
and she counts on people thinking that she was the victim of the killer.
One
year later, Beth Chevalier arrives in Cold Creek to attend a memorial
for the victims of the highway, but it might as well be one week for the
amount of pain that Beth is still dealing with after her sister, Amber,
was murdered the previous summer. Beth has quit university, is lying to
her parents, and popping pills like Tic Tacs. Maybe this will finally
bring her peace.
When she gets a job at a local diner where Amber
once worked, she connects with people who knew her sister. Beth wants
to find who killed her sister and put her own life back together, but as
she gets closer to the truth, she learns that there is more than one
person lying in Cold Creek.
Praise for Dark Roads:
"My favorite Chevy Stevens book since Still Missing. Stevens reliably creates complex, resilient female characters, and Hailey and Beth - whose lives collide in Dark Roads - are utterly compelling. The suspense builds with every page, and the ending is a complete shocker." ―Sarah Pekkanen, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Wife Between Us
"Aptly named, Dark Roads
is deep, dark, and unsettling. From the opening page, it’s clear you’re
in the hands of a master storyteller. The missing, the dead, those left
behind, the ones who know what's happened, all explode onto the page.
With brilliant characterizations, tight plotting, and a setting bound to
give you chills, this is Steven's finest book to date. A tour de force
mystery you do not want to miss."―J.T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of Her Dark Lies
“Chevy Stevens is a brilliant and unique talent and Dark Roads is an instant classic. My hat’s off to her.”― C. J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Long Range
"Chevy
Stevens is back and better than ever with a grisly tale that will make
you think twice before driving down any deserted highways at night. Dark Roads
is a chilling, pulse-pounding thriller that also tugs at the
heartstrings. It's everything you've come to love from a master of the
psych thriller genre!"― Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Mrs.
Still Missing
On the day she was
abducted, Annie O’Sullivan, a 32-year-old realtor, had three goals—sell a
house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time
for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. The open house is slow, but
when her last visitor pulls up in a van as she's about to leave, Annie
thinks it just might be her lucky day after all.
Still Missing
interweaves the year Annie spent as the captive of a psychopath in a
remote mountain cabin, which unfold through sessions with her
psychiatrist, with a second narrative following the events after her
escape—her struggle to piece her shattered life back together and the
ongoing police investigation into the identity of her captor.
Still Missing is a shocking, visceral, brutal and beautifully crafted novel.
MY REVIEW: "Still Missing" by Chevy Stevens will change the way you look at many
aspects of life. There are some things that you will never take for
granted again, like your freedom, physical safety, and most of all, your
peace of mind. This is a harrowing survival tale of a woman who faces
kidnapping, imprisonment and physical and mental cruelty at the hands of
a sadistic psycho. After you read this book, the title, "Still
Missing", will haunt you till the end of your reading days!
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Never Knowing
At thirty-three Sara
Gallagher is finally happy. Her antique furniture restoration business
is taking off and she’s engaged to a wonderful man. But there’s one big
question that still haunts her — who are her birth parents? Sara is
finally ready to find out.
Sara’s birth mother rejects
her—again. Then she discovers her biological father is an infamous
killer who’s been hunting women every summer for almost forty years.
Sara tries to come to terms with her horrifying parentage — and her
fears that she’s inherited more than his looks — with her therapist,
Nadine, who we first met in "Still Missing." But soon Sara realizes the
only thing worse than finding out your father is a killer is him finding
out about you.
Some questions are better left unanswered.
The Other Side
An original e-book short story from New York Times bestselling author Chevy Stevens featuring Psychiatrist Nadine Lavoie and Staff Sergeant Sandy McBride, from Never Knowing. Sandy
is working the biggest case of her life—the Campsite Killer, who has
been hunting women for almost forty years. She’s finally close to
nailing him, if she can just keep her head in the game. But when an old
friend calls with a lead about Sandy’s mother’s murder, Sandy is pulled
into the past—a past she thought she’d closed the door on. Her life is
about to get real complicated, real fast.
Always Watching
She helps people put their demons to rest.
But she has a few of her own…
In
the lockdown ward of a psychiatric hospital, Dr. Nadine Lavoie is in
her element. She has the tools to help people, and she has the
desire—healing broken families is what she lives for. But Nadine doesn’t
want to look too closely at her own past because there are whole chunks
of her life that are black holes. It takes all her willpower to tamp
down her recurrent claustrophobia, and her daughter, Lisa, is a runaway
who has been on the streets for seven years.
When a distraught
woman, Heather Simeon, is brought into the Psychiatric Intensive Care
Unit after a suicide attempt, Nadine gently coaxes her story out of
her—and learns of some troubling parallels with her own life. Digging
deeper, Nadine is forced to confront her traumatic childhood, and the
damage that began when she and her brother were brought by their mother
to a remote commune on Vancouver Island. What happened to Nadine? Why
was their family destroyed? And why does the name Aaron Quinn, the
group’s leader, bring complex feelings of terror to Nadine even today?
And
then, the unthinkable happens, and Nadine realizes that danger is
closer to home than she ever imagined. She has no choice but to face
what terrifies her the most…and fight back.
Sometimes you can leave the past, but you can never escape.
Told
with the trademark powerful storytelling that has had critics praising
her work as “Gripping” (Kirkus), “Jaw-dropping” (Publishers Weekly) and
“Crackling with suspense” (People magazine), ALWAYS WATCHING shows why
Chevy Stevens is one of the most mesmerizing new talents of our day.
That Night
They said she was a murderer.
They said she killed her sister.
But they lied.
As
a teenager, Toni Murphy had a life full of typical adolescent
complications: a boyfriend she adored, a younger sister she couldn’t
relate to, a strained relationship with her parents, and classmates who
seemed hell-bent on making her life miserable. Things weren’t easy, but
Toni could never have predicted how horrific they would become until her
younger sister was brutally murdered one summer night.
Toni and her boyfriend, Ryan, were convicted of the murder and sent to prison.
Now
thirty-four, Toni is out on parole and back in her hometown, struggling
to adjust to a new life on the outside. Prison changed her, hardened
her, and she’s doing everything in her power to avoid violating her
parole and going back. This means having absolutely no contact with
Ryan, avoiding fellow parolees looking to pick fights, and steering
clear of trouble in all its forms. But nothing is making that easy—not
Ryan, who is convinced he can figure out the truth; not her mother, who
doubts Toni’s innocence; and certainly not the group of women who made
Toni’s life hell in high school and may have darker secrets than anyone
realizes. No matter how hard she tries, ignoring her old life to start a
new one is impossible. Before Toni can truly move on, she must risk
everything to find out what really happened that night.
But the truth might be the most terrifying thing of all.
MY REVIEW: Author
Chevy Stevens continues to thrill readers with atmospheric, disturbing
suspense reads. "That Night" is a cautionary tale of how youthful
bullying can have very serious undertones--often learned at home and
then passed on from generation to generation. As a teenager, Toni Murphy
had loved her boyfriend Ryan and struggled with "mean girls" and school
bullies. At home, she was caught between her controlling mother and her
dominated father. Her relationship with her younger sister, Nicole, was
problematic. A careless mistake in judgement one night leaves Nicole
dead, and Toni and Ryan are blamed for her death and later convicted of
her murder. After serving a torturous fifteen years in prison, Toni is
released into the world, forever changed, but finding some things are
still the same. Mean girls are now mean women with bigger secrets and
more convoluted issues than those of high school girls. Trying to start
over and make peace with her family is not easy, especially with her
mother's blameful estrangement. Making matters more complicated is the
presence of Ryan--back in her life, maybe wanting back in her heart, and
determined to solve the crime which stole a decade and a half of their
lives. Should they let the past continue to haunt them, or is there a
way to bring the truth to light? If so, who will remain standing in the
brightness of the light, and who will scurry away into the darkness?
"That Night" is another terrific suspense thriller from author Chevy
Stevens.
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Those Girls
Chevy Stevens is back with her most powerful, emotional thriller yet— a story of survival…and revenge.
Life
has never been easy for the three Campbell sisters. Jess, Courtney, and
Dani live on a remote ranch in Western Canada where they work hard and
try to stay out of the way of their father’s fists. One night, a fight
gets out of hand and the sisters are forced to go on the run, only to
get caught in an even worse nightmare when their truck breaks down in a
small town. Events spiral out of control and a chance encounter with the
wrong people leaves them in a horrific and desperate situation. They
are left with no choice but to change their names and create new lives.
Eighteen
years later, they are still trying to forget what happened that summer
when one of the sisters goes missing and they are pulled back into their
past.
This time there’s nowhere left to run.
As much of
a thriller as it is a deep exploration of the bonds among sisters,
THOSE GIRLS is an unforgettable portrait of desperation, loyalty, and
evil.
Never Let You Go
Eleven years ago,
Lindsey Nash escaped into the night with her young daughter and left an
abusive relationship. Her ex-husband, Andrew, was sent to jail and
Lindsey started over with a new life.
Now, Lindsey is older and
wiser, with her own business and a teenage daughter who needs her more
than ever. When Andrew is finally released from prison, Lindsey believes
she has cut all ties and left the past behind her. But she gets the
sense that someone is watching her, tracking her every move. Her new
boyfriend is threatened. Her home is invaded, and her daughter is
shadowed. Lindsey is convinced it's her ex-husband, even though he
claims he's a different person. But has he really changed? Is the one
who wants her dead closer to home than she thought?
PRAISE FOR CHEVY STEVENS:
"Frank, fierce, and sometimes even funny, this is a dark tale pin-pricked
with light—and told by an unforgettable heroine." – Gillian Flynn,
author of Sharp Objects and Dark Places
“Pulsates with suspense that gets a power boost from the jaw-dropping
but credible closing twist” –"Publishers Weekly"
This mystery is not easy to figure out and will keep readers quickly
devouring the story to discover what exactly is going on...and it will
not be the expected answer.
-- "RT Book Reviews"
Stevens's
taut writing and chilling depiction of love twisted beyond recognition
make this a compelling read from the first page to the last.-- "Publishers Weekly"
The
hooks that sink in from page one and dig ever deeper, through to a
thrilling and unanticipated end, are all the more frightening for their
invisibility.-- "Shelf Awareness"
Stevens' take on a familiar woman-pursued-by-abuser plot has sparked a fast-paced thriller with a surprise twist.-- "Kirkus Reviews"
Disturbing,
suspenseful, and just a little nerve-wracking, this fast-paced
psychological thriller will keep fans of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl on edge-- "Library Journal"
CHEVY STEVENS
CHEVY STEVENS grew up on a ranch on Vancouver Island and still calls
the island home. For most of her adult life she worked in sales, first
as a rep for a giftware company and then as a Realtor. While holding an
open house one afternoon, she had a terrifying idea that became the
inspiration for Still Missing. Chevy eventually sold her house and left real estate so she could finish the book. Still Missing
went on to become a New York Times bestseller and win the International
Thriller Writers Award for Best First Novel. Chevy’s books have been
optioned for movies and are published in more than thirty countries.
Chevy enjoys writing thrillers that allow her to blend her interest
in family dynamics with her love of the west coast lifestyle. When she’s
not working on her next book, this dog-lover is camping and canoeing with her
husband and daughter in the local mountains.
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