From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Michael Prescott comes RIPTIDE, a powerful new novel of psychological suspense. Jennifer Silence reads between the lines. A psycholinguistic analyst, she studies documents written by murderers, teasing out hidden clues. But nothing in her life has prepared her for the document that is now in her hands. A leather-bound diary from a crumbling crypt. The diary of Jack the Ripper. If it is genuine, it suggests a troubling connection between Jennifer's family and history's most infamous serial killer. A connection that may explain her father's...

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Michael Prescott delivers a haunting story of fate, obsession, and murder in COMES THE DARK. Erica Garrison has long suspected her brother Robert of a terrible crime, but she has never sought proof, afraid of what she might find-until today. Now, in the secret underground caves below Barrow, Pennsylvania, she searches for the site of the childhood games she and Robert played-games that may have sparked a homicidal fascination that grips him to this day. And all the while her brother, and her past, are inexorably closing in ... "Terrifying...

From national bestselling author Michael Prescott comes SHATTER - a complex mystery thriller that "deftly weaves inventive characters and believable situations." (Publishers Weekly) They call him the Rag Dog Man. In the guise of a police officer, he prowls the streets of Los Angeles and the rundown suburb of Corona Beach, seeking victims among the forgotten girls who sell their bodies for a fistful of cash. LAPD detective Donna Wildman, trained in criminal profiling, is loaned out to Corona Beach to bring in the killer. But when the trail of clues twists toward the station house itself, Donna...

From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Michael Prescott, author of COLD AROUND THE HEART and BLOOD IN THE WATER, comes SHADOW DANCE, a chilling tale of nightmarish suspense. Little Timothy Cutter has a secret. He knows the truth behind his parents' inexplicable deaths. He knows about the runa: ageless, bodiless, a shadow thing that invades a human host and steals its victim's soul with a kiss ... Robert Thorn, too, has a secret. Twelve years ago he unleashed the runa on the world. Ever since, he has been stalking it across two continents, following a trail of corpses that cast no...

From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Michael Prescott, author of FINAL SINS and COLD AROUND THE HEART, comes a terrifying story of obsession and murder. On a bad night in L.A., shy and timid Wendy Alden survives a terrifying encounter with a serial killer nicknamed the Gryphon. But the Gryphon isn't through with Wendy. His insane obsession drives him to strike at her again and again. And again ...

From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Michael Prescott comes MANSTOPPER, a novel of ultimate horror. Four highly trained attack dogs are caged inside a truck traveling down a lonely stretch of New Jersey highway ... but not for long. When the truck crashes, the animals break loose. Bred to kill, they waste no time before claiming their first victim ... and then another ... and another .. As the death toll mounts, one man steps up to capture or destroy the feral animals - Karl Masterson, the man who bred and trained them, and who knows them better than anyone else. But even Masterson...

Gerald Harding is forty-three-years old, twice divorced, and severely depressed. An ad man for a major concern in Pittsburgh, he worries he's on the brink of professional failure. Then his boss assigns him to a multi-million-dollar account in Amsterdam. Gerald suddenly finds himself in the heart of a foreign city, captivated by the lights and excitement. But soon he's forced to face his most restless demons, and all the heartache waiting on the other side.

Here are twenty stories by master storyteller Michael Prescott, author of over a dozen books, including OUT OF IOWA, BREATHLESS, A SHORT STAY IN AMSTERDAM, PITCH BLACK, and BEING ALONE TOGETHER. Each of these tales, alternately heartbreaking and grimly humorous, grips the reader from start to finish, and all bear Prescott's unique and inimitable signature. CALL ME ANYTIME is Prescott at his dark, psychologically penetrating best, featuring some of his best short fiction to date, and certain to leave a lasting impression upon the reader such as only his caliber of prose can.