Don't Open The Door

by Cole Baxter

Genres: Psychological Thrillers; Domestic Thrillers

Synopsis

Be careful when you open the door to strangers...

Successful, happily married former military contractor Samson Chase is spending his time alone while his wife Teresa is on a business trip enjoying beer, takeout, and terrible movies while he works on his latest psychological horror novel.

But things take an unexpected turn when a knock on the door brings two beautiful young women to his doorstep, claiming to be stranded after a double date gone wrong.

He lets them in to use his phone...not realizing that he’s just made a terrible mistake.

Samson wakes up with no memory of the night before and into a nightmare. Not only have the women destroyed his house and stolen from him, but they blackmail him with a video of an inappropriate encounter he can’t even remember.

Months later, abandoned by his furious wife, on the hook for the house repairs, and in trouble with his publisher, he is back on his feet and ready to seek his revenge. The two girls have made two mistakes: targeting a man of his talents, and stealing a phone with a tracker in it.

It’s time for some payback...and nobody is more creative at revenge than a man who scares people for a living, and has absolutely nothing left to lose.

Don't Open The Door – the gripping psychological thriller perfect for fans of Freida McFadden, Daniel Hurst, and K L Slater.

Release date: January 1, 2024

Print pages: 397

Sample

Marc stood over the body of a monster he’d just killed, needing to make sure it was actually dead. He was panting like crazy, like he’d just run a marathon.

Aside from the sound his respiratory system was making, there was a distinct dripping noise. Small droplets of blood traveled down his bloodied hand, down his blood-drenched blade, and fell to the ground. The melodic sounds they made were almost soothing, almost beautiful.

Also, the sound was definitely in the dichotomy of the carnage that happened inside this abandoned house. Or was it?

Marc had no idea it took such a great effort to hack another man to death. He’d killed many times before; however, that was with a gun. The knife was a completely different story.

It felt more personal in a way, not to mention exhausting. His knife kept hitting bones, sticking into all the obstacles, and he had to use great strength to pull it out, to finish the job the way he wanted to.

Nevertheless, it was exhilarating to do it the old-fashioned way. Marc felt alive like never before. He was aware of his surroundings; all of the smells, sounds, and small flutterings in the air, like never before. With this small action, he felt transformed; reborn.

In other words, he liked it this way much better and couldn’t wait to get hold of a better knife for the next time. Because there would definitely be a next time. He needed to feel this again, this rush, and soon.