Ужасы и Мистика
14439 кн.
Is it really over? Have Hobart Lindsey and Marvia Plum solved their last case? Lindsey, the mild-mannered bachelor insurance adjuster. Plum, the tough inner-city cop and single mom. You can hardly think of an odder couple, but somehow they were able to bring out the best in each other. Through a series of eight novels that carried them from California to Louisiana, from Denver to Chicago to New York to Rome, they explored the eccentricities of American pop culture, from comic books to race...
| Автор | Richard A. Lupoff |
Практика ленинградских студентов-историков на древней земле Крыма раскрывает тайны дохристианских культур. Крымские впечатления определят будущее талантливой молодежи.
| Автор | Людмила Лапина |
THEIR LAST BOW. A cache of stolen comic books had originally brought insurance man Hobart Lindsey and police officer Marvia Plum together. They were as different as different could be: he, a diffident suburban bachelor living with an emotionally damaged mother; she, a tough inner-city cop raising an at-risk child. Their tumultuous relationship endured for seven years, then seemingly ended as Marvia Plum abandoned her career to return to the arms of an old flame while Lindsey's duties...
| Автор | Richard A. Lupoff |
This new “Col. Primrose Mystery Novel” might have well been called «The New Mrs. Latham Mystery Novel,» because Mrs. Latham plays almost as important a part in it as the Colonel. The scene is Hawaii, and practically all of the action takes place in and around a house high up on the mountainside above Honolulu. It is the story of a black-sheep American, whose family had lived in Hawaii for generations, but who went to Japan and, sometime after Pearl Harbor, decided to come back and play traitor...
| Автор | Leslie Ford |
She was a dangerous female, beautiful, cold-blooded, predatory. The people she lived among were the very nicest sort. Yet, strange to say, it was she who was found dead. And she was only the first victim… <P> She was a dangerous female, beautiful, cold- blooded, predatory. The people she lived among were the very nicest sort. Yet, strange to say, it was she who was found dead. And she was only the first victim . . .<P> “A prime mystery . . . told with Leslie Ford’s usual skill.”...
| Автор | Leslie Ford |
The first two bodies were found in Lovers' Lane. The man was dead. His girlfriend, still alive, described the stick-up artist as of medium build, wearing glasses, mild-mannered, and courteous. If was a description that fit half the male population of Los Angeles. It was almost the only clue Joe Friday and Frank Smith had to catch the murderer. <P>Then the courteous killer struck again – and again! The last time Joe Friday was waiting for him with a gun. When the criminal escaped with...
| Автор | Richard Deming |
What goes together like tea & sympathy, rock & roll, or a skull & crossbones? Sex & crime. Nineteen members of Sisters in Crime living in the Carolinas serve up stories around the universal themes of lust, love, and longing, and the criminal consequences of thwarting these human desires. Some stories are laugh-out-loud funny, others are evilly dark, but each packs a delicious read. Whether set in an ice cream parlor or an equestrian center, from World War II Washington DC to the...
| Автор | Karen Pullen |
Renegade half-breed samurai Gonji Sabatake has left the survivors of devastated Vedun, certain that his unknown Enemies–with their mysterious agenda, their monsters and their sorcery–are gathering strength for yet another attack on him and his allies. Seeking the aid of misanthropic werewolf Simon Sardonis, Gonji treks into a 16th-century Spain wracked by eerie supernatural forces. Trapped by his adversaries, Gonji is held captive by fanatical power in the torture-dungeons of the Inquisition. He...
| Автор | T.C. Rypel |
It was perhaps natural, after a thousand years of celibacy, that the Immortal Jade Lady should petition the Moon Goddess for a lover. The trouble was that he was a mortal and she was a spirit–which made for certain difficulties. Then she had to fall in love with him! <P> Ju-hai had troubles enough without spirit entanglements. He had a powerful enemy, seeking to destroy his family to seize their lands. Somehow, Ju-hai had to rescue his father, illegally impressed to fight a distant war,...
| Автор | E. Hoffmann Price |
Two new short novels featuring attorney Gail Brevard. In THE PURPLE GLOVE MURDERS, Gail and her companion and law partner, Conrad «Connie» Osterlitz, are relaxing at their Southern California mountain hideaway when Gail hears of a nearby tragedy. Retired Justice Winston Craig, a friend of Gail's late father, has been discovered face down near his dock on exclusive Black Bear Lake. The judge's widow, Eva, asks for their help in finding the cause of his death. As Gail begins to uncover...
| Автор | Mary Wickizer Burgess |
Leslie Ford cordially invites you to spend the weekend at a murder-haunted mansion…<P> Escape the workaday world and come to this luxurious Newport, Rhode Island, playground. Watch the idle rich at their games. See a delightful young heiress falling in love. Observe high society’s most fascinating cad in action. See three lovely Paris-garbed ladies play hide-and-seek with a huge inheritance. Attend the lavish Saturday night dance of death… <P> "Some of Mrs. Ford's...
| Автор | Leslie Ford |
The Malice Domestic cozy anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition – 30 original tales with historical settings! Included are: <P> The Blackness Before Me, by Mindy Quigley<BR> Honest John Finds a Way, by Michael Dell<BR> Spirited Death, by Carole Nelson Douglas<BR> Home Front Homicide, by Liz Milliron<BR> The Unseen Opponent, by P. A. De Voe<BR> The Black Hand, by Peter W. J. Hayes<BR> The Trial of...
| Автор | Elaine Viets |
A frightened girl keeps a fatal appointment in a deadly desert hideaway. <P> Judy was very beautiful, very much in love and very much married to the wrong man. A speedy divorce seemed the only solution to everybody's problems, but little did she imagine that a flying visit to Reno would turn into a terrifying case of murder – with the shadow of a noose dangerously close to her own lovely neck. <P> "Leslie Ford knows how to write mystery novels." – The New York Times ...
| Автор | Leslie Ford |
The Book of Death…and of Life. The Carpathian city of Vedun is poised for holocaust: terrifying monsters, vile magic, and brutal mercenaries are arrayed against the anxious secret militia by the multiple-lived King Klann. Vedun's new military leader–the half-breed samurai, Gonji–must seek the aid of the powerful nightmarish creature, Simon Sardonis, who shuns all mankind. But when the inevitable clash explodes, when the ghastly struggle to protect and evacuate hundreds of innocents begins,...
| Автор | T. C. Rypel |
A tense, original New York-based thriller from one of France’s foremost crime writers. 8.34am. Fourteen people were dead. Twenty-one were wounded, some permanently. Hundreds would be scarred forever by what they had seen. Outside, the world was waking up. To start another day. When Lieutenant Lamar Gallineo of the 13th Precinct is called to the scene of a massacre at a high school in Harlem, he is faced with an apparently motiveless crime. But this is to be only the first school...
| Автор | Maxime Chattam |
Murder's on the menu in this savory debut. Gwen (nee Katz) Silver heard the brisket at her uncle's Jewish deli, Murray the Pastrami Swami–the only one of its kind in Nashville, Tennessee–was «to die for.» But she didn't realize that meant literally. . .When Gwen learns she's inherited Murray's, the native New Yorker leaves her chaotic career and messy divorce behind to start over in Nashville. But the venture seems doomed from the start. Murray's taken his recipes...
| Автор | Delia Rosen |
Good Night, Sleep Tight A computer programmer, a casting director, a call girl. The victims have nothing in common except the manner in which they spent their last night–wrapped in their own bed sheets in a bloody ritual of slow, agonizing death. . . . And Never Wake Again For NYPD Captain Thomas Horn, this adversary is unlike any he has met before. Methodical and highly skilled, the killer is always one step ahead, able to enter buildings without detection and leave no trace behind. To stop...
| Автор | John Lutz |
New York Times Bestseller When You're Caught In A Killer's Web. . . Twelve women have vanished, leaving behind no trace or clue–their whereabouts still a mystery after eleven years. . . The Only Thing That Can Save You Is. . . Amelia Faraday is beautiful, smart, and a walking disaster. Suffering from blackouts, she also suffers from something worse–the feeling that she is personally involved in a series of deaths. One Last Scream. . . Now as a new series of murders begins, and she...
| Автор | Kevin O'Brien |
From bestselling author John Lutz comes a lightning-paced thriller of a city gripped by a killer's savage reign of terror. . .Someone is killing wealthy Manhattanites. One by one, the victims are discovered in luxurious high-rise apartments. Bound, gagged–brutally murdered in the «safety» of their own homes, by someone whose modus operandi is as horrifying as anything NYPD Detectives Ben Stack and Rica Lopez have ever seen.As Stack and Lopez investigate the cruel deaths, they have no idea...
| Автор | John Lutz |
Killing Is An Art In life, they were flawed. In death, they are perfect works of art–killed, preserved, and carefully molded into replicas of Michelangelo's most celebrated creations. Only The Sculptor can bring forth their true beauty and teach the world to appreciate his gift. He Is The Master FBI Special Agent Sam Markham has a reputation for tracking serial killers, but this artful adversary is meticulous, disciplined, and more ruthless than any he's encountered. The only clue is a...
| Автор | Gregory Funaro |
In this collection of nineteen short stories, Craig Nybo invites you to visit the lives of mostly unfortunate souls as they face the most terrifying moments of their existences. With everything from vampire hunting to zombie bashing, from steampunk death devices to shifty soul brokers, Nybo brings his own sense of perspective and, of course, his sense of humor to this collection of departures from reality. Terrifying Lies contains Nybo's acclaimed story, «The Mechanic,» along with eighteen...
| Автор | Craig Nybo |
"ONE OF THE BEST COP NOVELS TO COME ALONG IN YEARS." –Jeffery Deaver Pharmacy clerk William Dremmel is hooked—on drugging pretty young women and lulling them into slow, blissfully quiet deaths. Then he packs his victims in luggage—a nod to the cops that he works alone. Dremmel's no fool, he's also a college professor. He just likes using his intellect for darker purposes. . .. "AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF HOW A TRUE POLICE INVESTIGATION UNFOLDS. IT'S AS CLOSE A LOOK AT...
| Автор | James Andrus |
A Deranged Killer's Twisted Urges In the streets of New York City, the Slasher chooses his victim–and makes his move. As he wraps his fingers around the girl's pretty throat, his power increases. As he carves into her skin, his words become flesh. As he arranges her lifeless body in a loving tableau, his fantasies demand new, more violent sacrifices. . . A Profiler's Cunning Plan At first, NYPD detectives suspect a jealous boyfriend. But criminal profiler Lee Campbell senses...
| Автор | C.E. Lawrence |
Nowhere To Run The crime scenes are horrifying: the victims arranged with deliberate care, posed to appear alive despite their agonized last moments and the shocking nature of their deaths. No Place To Hide Chattanooga grief counselor Audrey Sherrod moonlights for the local police. It's clear to her, and to Special Agent J.D. Cass, that the murders are the work of a deranged serial killer. At first, the only link is the victims' similar physical appearance. But then another connection...
| Автор | Beverly Barton |