Psychological Thrillers With
A Twist
I write mind-bending suspense stories built on misdirection, where the line between fiction and reality can't be seen. Where the truth hides in plain sight, waiting to be uncovered.
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"If you finish my books uncertain which parts were real, then I’ve done exactly what I set out to do."
— Louis Johns
Psychological Thriller Novels by Louis Johns
Fiction has always been where we hide the things we're not allowed to say out loud.
The Reset
Detective Daniel Hanlon returns to duty after a shooting that should have ended his career. When a woman who knows his name jumps from a rooftop and vanishes without a body, the facts quickly become impossible. Hanlon follows the trail into forgotten tunnels beneath the city and finds himself at the center of a government conspiracy so vast it redefines everything he knows.
Louis Johns Books - Thriller Novels Coming 2026
Three psychological thriller novels: The Reset, After Her, and The Observer
The Reset
Detective Daniel Hanlon returns to duty after a shooting that should have ended his career. When a woman who knows his name jumps from a rooftop and vanishes without a body, the facts quickly become impossible.
After Her
A psychological novel about a man whose identity is built entirely around the love of one person. When that love is lost, what follows is a fracture so deep that devotion becomes survival.
The Observer
Five people are quietly stalked and murdered. No connection between them except a single photograph of the next victim found at each scene. Journalist Michael McCray helps the FBI follow the trail, only to discover his own face in the next photograph.
The Author
I fell in love with psychological thrillers chasing that rare book that could actually surprise me.
Most thrillers telegraph their twists. You see them coming three chapters out. The author thinks they're being clever, but they're just being obvious.
I wanted to write something different. Stories built on misdirection. The kind that reward careful readers while still blindsiding them when it counts.
Fiction has always been where we hide the things we're not allowed to say out loud. I use that.