MIAMI LIVING Suspense fiction is about to get another jolt with FRACTURED, the latest thriller from author Jason Melby, scheduled for release in October 2025. FRACTURED is Melby’s follow-up novel to his previous work, PSYCHOPATHIC. Less cerebral and more visceral in some respect, FRACTURED exemplifies Melby’s ability to craft compelling narratives with unique characters that explore the boundaries of paranoia,...

  FRACTURED – released date October 2025 Chapter 1 Labor Forty-two-year-old Stewart Roland Harvey yanked his kitchen junk drawer off the rails and turned it upside down, spilling the contents on the granite countertop. Television news stoked hurricane fears with B-roll footage of Florida reporters on scene, followed by grievous weatherman predictions for catastrophic winds and biblical storm surge along...

Faith sat forward on the Red Line Metro departing Dupont Circle three blocks from her apartment. Situated in a window seat with Zeus in front of her, she felt the train lurch forward as it got underway inside the station tunnel. Minutes later, she heard the brakes hiss and squeal as the train came to a gradual stop along the...

Alone in his room with lavender walls, a steel plate mirror, and a dormitory mattress with tightly folded sheets, a skeleton-thin forty-four-year-old Ronald Neyman remained barefoot in a Hudson Psychiatric Hospital gown barely long enough to cover his knobby knees. Tall enough to touch a basketball net flat-footed, he towered over throngs of manic-depressives, epileptics, schizophrenics, and irrational subjects pacing...

From Miami Living Magazine MAGAZINE Jason Melby Unleashes a Gripping Psychological Thriller with PSYCHOPATHIC Suspense fiction is about to get a major jolt with PSYCHOPATHIC, the latest thriller from author Jason Melby. Known for his ability to craft compelling narratives with deep psychological twists, Melby delivers a gripping story that explores paranoia, obsession, and the fragile boundaries of the human...

Dr. Steven Jenkins clinked his wedding band against the computer mouse on his stand-up desk near a two-story window overlooking a dreary winter skyline above the ice-encrusted landscape surrounding the Coma Recovery Center in Cold Spring, New York. A well-groomed goatee, a shade lighter than his thinning, silver hair, extended from his prominent chin. He gazed at the monitor through...

“Psychopathic is a stunning piece of literature that thrilled, shocked, and entertained me from the very first page!” — Red Headed Book Lover   “Utterly absorbing, dark, and unsettling…” — The Prairies Book Review   “Melby reinvigorates the psychological thriller with a peerless heroine, masterclass pacing and a judicious sense of foreboding throughout.” — BestThrillers   “Graphic thrill ride packed...

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Dressed in casual clothes and Ray-Ban shades, Sarah and Leslie carried bags of merchandise through the town of San Miguel. Baked from a day in the sun, they blended well with the other tourists hunting for bargains among the local merchants who made their livelihood from the crowd of affluent visitors. Dwarfed by the cruise ships looming tall as high-rise...

With the benefit of an early leave policy and the nod from a generous boss, Leslie Chambers left the parking lot in the federal building on Constitution Avenue in time to see construction workers place orange cones along the center of the right hand lane. The effort slowed traffic in all directions, leaving her with no choice but to stay...