Story 2 in the “Tales of Suspense” Series

A terrific train accident momentarily confuses the identities of some of the victims as they are scattered throughout local hospitals. Piecing together bits of information that survived, the nurses determine Birdie Barrington to have lost her newlywed husband in the crash. But is the surviving Bride really his wife or is it an opportunistic woman assuming her identity to inherit the riches and the lifestyle belonging to him.

When the dead man’s family gets involved and shady characters in Birdie’s past begin to surface, decisions have to be made that make her life even more complex and mysterious—as well as everyone’s around her.

Each book in the “Tales of Suspense” Series is a standalone story and not connected to the others. Readers can jump in at any point.

Story 3 in the “Tales of Suspense” Series

Lana LeFleur was the epitome of the movie star queens of the Golden Age of Cinema. Fawned over, catered to, adored and pampered she was the center of her own universe and demanded that that was also true of everyone in her orbit—especially her stand-in who lived continually in the shadow of her stardom. And also her beleaguered newlywed husband, who had sacrificed his writing career to give her the spotlight.

But for Lana, there would be a reckoning. When Cameron, the shy husband, and Audrey, the unassuming body double, begin to develop a relationship…only the cinema diva is in their way and then, perhaps, their lives in the shadows will come to an end.

Each book in the “Tales of Suspense” Series is a standalone story and not connected to the others. Readers can jump in at any point.

Story 6 in the “Tales of Suspense” Series

Vacationing in a five-star resort in the Rocky Mountains, film mogul Kenneth Edward Westland and his new, young wife, Delilah, find themselves trapped in the hotel after he becomes ill during a raging snowstorm. The resort, now abandoned for the winter, proves to be the last piece of the puzzle in a plot for Delilah to murder her husband to gain his fortune. 

But before he dies—anticipating his wife’s evil plans—Westland tells his wife that someone is coming to expose her evil deeds. When she is forced to take in several guests seeking refuge from the storm, she must figure out who the detective is.

Is it the sleazy salesman, the jealous writer, the plain-jane mistress, the small-town sheriff, or one of the others who might have crossed his path on that fateful day?

Based on a 1949 radio play, it was broadcast on Valentine’s Day as a gift—and a warning—to all lovers.

Each book in the “Tales of Suspense” Series is a standalone story and not connected to the others. Readers can jump in at any point.

Story 7 in the “Tales of Suspense” Series

Set in the wild and unpredictable world of the 1960’s college campus life, a young and quite hip professor falls for a carefree student and they take off for a summer road trip to enjoy nature and explore untouched worlds by following the “The Appalachian Trail” as it winds through several states. Their attempt to “discover themselves,” however, takes some wicked turns as they encounter odd and indecipherable strangers along the way—some of which introduce new terrors to their relatively tranquil lives. 

Interspersed with the writings of Edgar Allan Poe, the couple descend into a rabbit hole of terror as they try to sort out the world around them with the help—or the horror—of unexpected guests. The ending, as they say, is a shocker.

Each book in the “Tales of Suspense” Series is a standalone story and not connected to the others. Readers can jump in at any point.

Story 10 in the “Tales of Suspense” Series

In the spirit of Stephen King, the natural becomes supernatural in Isla Chillido—a true tale of terror. Isla Chillido is a luxury Caribbean island resort that is largely populated during the summer season by the grown children of uber-rich parents who feel entitled, empowered, and carefree to a fault. 

Their only parameters in life seem to be an abject worry of being ridiculed by their peers or appearing “uncool” at any moment in time.

These pretentious young adults fear nothing and no one until…until they are faced with a  horror beyond imagination. Watching over them is a team of middle-class, hardworking lighthouse keepers who equally find themselves in a dilemma of epic proportions. 

As their two worlds collide, the best and the worst in everyone is revealed, and the characters in Isla Chillido are faced with impossible decisions which carry terrifying consequences.

Each book in the “Tales of Suspense” Series is a standalone story and not connected to the others. Readers can jump in at any point.

Story 11 in the “Tales of Suspense” Series

When the rich and handsome Gregg and his fiance—the peppy, mysterious Emmie—decide to take a drive to “meet the parents,” they had expected a five-hour journey of sunshine and top-40 tunes on the radio in their convertible. But then came a summer storm. 

It was indeed the storm of the century, but—far from simply a meteorological event—it also creates an inner turmoil of epic proportions as they try to solve and survive an impossible situation that was beyond their grasp. 

Unprepared for what they would face and how they would react to each other, with each passing mile along a muddy country road—lightning crackling in the distance and thunder rocking their car—the fear grows and the terror is amplified.

Each book in the “Tales of Suspense” Series is a standalone story and not connected to the others. Readers can jump in at any point.

Story 14 in the “Tales of Suspense” Series

Victoria Halloran was the heir of the great Whitcomb legacy which came with an estate beyond value situated on a private island called Belle Isle outside of Detroit. With her kind and attentive husband Herbert at her side, from there she reigned as queen on her throne. Unfortunately her throne was her bed—she was a hypochondriac invalid that had not escaped her world of pillows and linens for more than a dozen years.

Imperious, entitled, and bitter, she only found happiness when the world revolved around her. Other than through her overworked telephone, she had no contact with the outside world. But when she eavesdrops on another party’s call and discovers a murder plot, she is desperate to convince others that something must be done to prevent it.

The entire story takes place over a few hours largely with her alone in her bed, but the action and tension are larger than life and, as the clock ticks down to the appointed time of the killing, the scene is almost unbearable.

Each book in the “Tales of Suspense” Series is a standalone story and not connected to the others. Readers can jump in at any point.

When two aging sisters—old maids from another era—share a crumbling mansion on a hill, one of them decides that “daddy’s house” is no longer big enough for the two of them. Tired of being the caretaker of her feeble sibling and anxious to find a husband to care for her, Miss Myrna—of the famed Boston Collingsworths—decides that it’s time for her needy sister Vera to be gone and begins to lay the framework for her disappearance.

Tired of being told to “Hush!” Vera may not be as slow and trusting as she seems and soon the two enter into a cat-and-mouse game from which only one will emerge. Filled with unexpected twists and turns, this story—in the mold of “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”—will have readers guessing until the final moments. Called “a mental exercise in tension, this is an unexpected gem in Jamison’s “Tales of Suspense” Series.

Each book in the “Tales of Suspense” Series is a standalone story and not connected to the others. Readers can jump in at any point.

Beatrice Richards was 39 years-old on her last birthday. That may have been accurate, it might not have been. It mattered not to her friends—of which she had only a few—and it certainly didn’t matter to her husband, in large part because he simply didn’t care. Beatrice was wealthy, entitled, snobbish, unhappy and bored. That is until “it” came.

“It” was an old-fashioned chain-letter that came in the mail one day, which she instantly mocked and derided. Infuriated with the sender for wasting her time, she fired off another one anonymously to a rival—primarily to irritate her—and then was shocked, perhaps pleased, that ill-fortune befell the recipient for breaking the chain.

Realizing she now had power to enact vengeance on her enemies, Beatrice becomes proficient in the dark art of chain-letter writing. The power—if it was indeed real—begins to derail the woman’s sanity and launches a slow but certain descent into madness. But there is a price to pay for her odd obsession as she comes to believe that she holds the levers of control over the lives of others while, at the same time, it clearly is consuming her own life.

“The showdown at the end will leave readers breathless but more than satisfied!”

Each book in the “Tales of Suspense” Series is a standalone story and not connected to the others. Readers can jump in at any point.

“Before this hour is up, I’m going to kill you,” the patient announces to her doctor. It is the last straw for an entitled, socialite, “trophy wife” who has become enraged with her psychiatrist after she maintains he took advantage of her. He declares it was a mutual, adult relationship. In a story that takes place during the pair’s final fifty-minute therapy session, words fly back and forth as the psychiatrist tries to deescalate the situation while his patient becomes increasingly erratic and emotional. Their discussion—a literal life and death showdown—continues to build in a roller-coaster of words until a shocking, quite unexpected, conclusion is reached. Only one person will be left in the office when the hour is up.

Each book in the “Tales of Suspense” Series is a standalone story and not connected to the others. Readers can jump in at any point.