Ужасы и Мистика
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The worst flood in decades has isolated an island in the middle of Big River and there’s no telling when the dam upriver is going to give. On the island are four men and three lifejackets. The sheriff’s got the rifle and knows one of the other three men is a brutal and ruthless killer. Each man has his own story and if you don’t think this is a situation ripe for the webwork machinations of Harry Stephen Keeler, you haven’t been reading one of the most original mystery writers of the 20th...
| Автор | Harry Stephen Keeler |
After the death of wise old Mangan, the Regent of Esphania, many of the regent's skills and qualities seem to have been transferred to his beautiful and intelligent cat, Niffy, who at once attaches herself to the new ruler, Prince Jamas. When the king of a neighboring kingdom seems keen to forge an alliance with Jamas by allowing the prince to marry his niece, the real danger is Yasmin, the wicked queen wife, who poisons everyone she dislikes or suspects of interfering with her ambitions....
| Автор | Anne McCaffrey |
Weirdbook returns with another jam-packed issue full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:<P> • Iconoclasm, by Adrian Cole<P> • Have a Crappy Halloween, by Franklyn Searight<BR> • Early Snow, by Samson Stormcrow Hayes<BR> • The Dollhouse, by Glynn Owen Barrass<BR> • Elle a Vu un Loup, by Loren Rhoads<BR> • Bringing the Bodies Home, by Christian Riley<BR> • Restored, by Marlane Quade Cook<BR> • Nameless and Named, by...
| Автор | Darrell Schweitzer |
Weirdbook returns with another jam-packed issue full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:<P> Stories<P> • Tonight I Wear My Crimson Face, by Adrian Cole<BR> • The House of the Witches, by Darrell Schweitzer<BR> • The Bones, by Erica Ruppertabout<BR> • The Idols of Xan, by Steve Dilks<BR> • Conjurings, by Marlane Quade Cook<BR> • Matriarch Unbound, by Glynn Owen Barrass<BR> • The Mouth at the Edge of the World, by Luke...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
IMAGINE…<P> It is not hard to imagine that you are a thirteen-year-old (almost fourteen) and you don’t quite feel like you belong in your own family, with a somewhat goofy father who does magic tricks and disappears for long periods of time and might be a secret agent, not to mention a mother who might be a white witch, and a sister is actually normal but doesn't look the slightest bit like you. Then it gets worse when your family suddenly moves into a massive pile of a house deep in...
| Автор | Darrell Schweitzer |
‘Repent in this life, rejoice in the next…’ A murder made to look like suicide. Another that appears an accident. DI Barton investigates the tragedies that have shattered a family’s lives, but without obvious leads the case goes nowhere. Then, when the remains of a body are found, everything points to one suspect. [b][/b] Barton and his team move quickly, and once the killer is behind bars, they can all breathe a sigh of relief. But death still lurks in the shadows, and no...
| Автор | Ross Greenwood |
A black student is shot dead during a demonstration claiming “Beethoven Was Black” in Bonn’s historic Münsterplatz with its majestic monument to the Bonn-born composer. Attending a Beethoven jubilee conference in the city is retired professor turned art crimes detective Megan Crespi with her American colleague and Beethoven expert, Will Meridian. During their symposium on the composer one of the participants is also killed. Who is the assassin or assassins and why do the murders continue? The...
| Автор | Alessandra Comini |
There is always something happening in Shanthi Colony. There's the young boy whose cricket balls keep vanishing. There's the woman who is convinced that her husband is being hoodwinked by a conman. There is the Uncle who went for a walk and then… disappeared. But as long as Komalam Paati (or grandmother) is around, there's always someone to resolve them, too. At 65 years old, Kummi Paati, as she is affectionately called, is the picture of a warm-hearted, benevolent grandmother....
| Автор | D. K. Rajagopalan |
Your life is in his hands.In the gripping new serial killer thriller from Michael Wood, Matilda Darke faces a vicious killer pursuing his own brand of lethal justice. Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons and Helen Fields.There’s a killer in your house.The Hangman waits in the darkness.He knows your darkest secrets.He’ll make you pay for all the crimes you have tried desperately to forget.And he is closer than you think.DCI Matilda Darke is running out of time. Fear is spreading throughout the...
| Автор | Michael Wood |
A brilliant new psychological serial killer thriller featuring homicide detective Carson Ryder, hero of the bestselling ‘The Hundredth Man’ and ‘Her Last Scream.’Blood was everywhere, like the interior had been hosed down with an artery …The gore-sodden horror that greets homicide detective Carson Ryder on a late-night call out is enough to make him want to quit the case. Too late.Now he and his partner Harry are up to their necks in a Southern swamp of the bizarre and disturbing. An...
| Автор | J. Kerley A. |
‘Wow this book was fantastic! Loved the characters, loved the story. Couldn't put it down, it totally sucked me in and didn't let me go until the very last page.’ – Dawn (Netgalley)The greatest show on earth may pose the greatest danger…1950: Tufty the clown is a circus favourite, drawing fans from miles around. But behind the painted white face, the upturned red lips and bouncy wig, there lurks something far more sinister…Present Day: When Walter discovers an old clown suit, he finds himself...
| Автор | Helen Phifer |
Love always comes when you least expect it, at least that's what PA Alice Fletcher tells herself as she looks forward to another Friday night of trash telly and wine-for-one. But what happens when the unexpected is daytime TV crush Jimmy Mack, and he's sitting on your couch watching the news…of the accident that claimed his life?Soon, Alice finds her ordered life turned upside down by helping Jimmy right the wrongs of his life so he can cross over to the ‘other side.' But most unexpected of all...
| Автор | Jill Steeples |