Ужасы и Мистика
14439 кн.
An all new Death in Paradise mystery featuring DI Richard Poole.Enhance your enjoyment of the series as, for the first time, Robert Thorogood brings the characters to life on the page in an all-new locked-room mystery. One murder victim, five suspects and a room no person entered or left; the classic murder in a locked room conundrum.Aslan Kennedy has an idyllic life: leader of a spiritual retreat for wealthy holidaymakers on one of the Caribbean's most unspoilt islands, Saint Marie. Until...
| Автор | Robert Thorogood |
The searing follow-up to 2018’s most celebrated fantasy debut – THE POPPY WAR.Rin is on the run…Haunted by the atrocity she committed to save her people, addicted to opium, and driven by the murderous commands of Phoenix, the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with her fearsome power.Rin’s only reason for living is to get revenge on the traitorous Empress who sold her homeland, Nikan, to her enemies.With no other options, Rin joins forces with the powerful Dragon Warlord, who has a plan to conquer...
| Автор | R.F. Kuang |
A volume of short stories by the bestselling author of THE BROKEN EMPIRE series, Mark LawrenceThis is a collection of fourteen stories of murder, mayhem, pathos, and philosophy, all set in the world of the Broken Empire.Within these pages, you will find tales of men such as Red Kent, Sir Makin, Rike, Burlow and the Nuban, telling of their origins and the events that forged them. There is Jorg himself, striding the page as a child of six, as a teenage wanderer and as a young king. And then there...
| Автор | Mark Lawrence |
‘Quirky, offbeat, stylish and original. I loved it.’ Mick HerronLonglisted for the CWA Gold DaggerTom Mondrian is the last person you want on your case. And the only one who can solve it, in this quirky psychological thriller.Tom Mondrian is watching his life ebb away directing traffic as a PCSO, until a bullet to the brain changes everything. With a new unusual perspective, including an inability to recognise faces and absolutely no filter between what he thinks and what he says, Tom’s career...
| Автор | Ross Armstrong |
Seven guests. Seven secrets. One killer. Do you dare to SLEEP?‘Beware! Sleep does not do what it says on the tin: I was awake until the small hours under its dark and twisty spell.’ FIONA BARTONAll Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors and memories of that terrible night are making it impossible. If only she didn’t feel so guilty…To escape her past, Anna takes a job at a hotel on the remote Scottish island of Rum, but when seven guests join her, what...
| Автор | C.L. Taylor |
Soon to be a major film starring Amy Adams, Gary Oldman and Julianne MooreOVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD!THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing’ Gillian Flynn‘One of those rare books that really is unputdownable’ Stephen King'Twisted to the power of max' Val McDermid‘A dark, twisty confection’ Ruth WareWhat did she see?It’s been ten months since Anna Fox last left her home. Ten months during which she has haunted the rooms of her old New York house, lost in...
| Автор | A. J. Finn |
KING OF RUIN. KING OF DUST AND SHADOWS. KING OF DEATH. HE WILL RULE ALL. THE KING IS COMING.Marith Altrersyr – father-killer, dragonlord, leader of the blood-soaked Amrath Army – is keeping his promises. He is determined to become King of all Irlast and take back the seat of his ancestors.Only Thalia, once high priestess of the Lord of Living and Dying, the holiest woman in the Empire, might stop Marith and his army’s deadly march. But she is torn between two destinies – and if she was to return...
| Автор | Anna Smith Spark |
Swedish public prosecutor Jana Berzelius is back in the twisted second instalment of Emelie Schepp’s award-winning series, perfect for fans of Jo Nesbø and Stieg Larsson.When a girl overdoses smuggling drugs across the Swedish border, the trail points to the one man Jana Berzelius most wants to destroy.Notorious criminal Danillo Pena knows the truth about Jana’s old identity – and, as one of Sweden’s best-respected public prosecutors, Jana can’t risk that information becoming public knowledge....
| Автор | Emelie Schepp |
‘INCENDIARY, TIMELY AND AUTHENTIC’ Crime Monthly‘ORIGINAL AND DISTURBING’ Sunday Times’UNDERLINES HOW FINE A WRITER NEWHAM IS’ Daily MailA tragic accident – or a ruthless killer?When a flash mob on Brick Lane is interrupted by a sudden explosion, DI Maya Rahman dashes to the scene. A fire is raging through one of the city’s most infamous streets, the site of Maya’s childhood home. And the discovery of two charred bodies in the burnt-out building transforms an arson attack into a murder case.With...
| Автор | Vicky Newham |
They are the perfect family. But perfection is fragile…Cal Hudson knows the world can be an ugly place. As a journalist, he has journeyed into society's darkest corners to expose the vilest crimes. But the world he shares with his wife, Faith, and their son, Gage, is different – it is a safe place, filled with love and kindness.Until the unthinkable happens.In a split second at a local carnival, nine-year-old Gage vanishes and the Hudsons' world begins unravelling. A frantic search...
| Автор | Rick Mofina |
The second novel from the celebrated author of one of the most famous mystery classics ever written, Trent's Last Case.James Randolph is murdered early one evening and his body is found a few hours later. When the police arrive they discover that Randolph's safe has been ransacked and discarded wrapping paper litters his bedroom floor.Perhaps by chance or perhaps by design, Trent seems to have been the last person, other than the murderer, to see Randolph alive. But this is only one...
| Автор | E. C. Bentley |
Two little girls walked to their deaths and nobody noticed…A gripping new thriller featuring the brilliantly complex psychologist Dr Jessie Flynn, who struggles with a dark past.Two bodies on the beach. One killer out for revenge.Two years ago, a young girl was murdered while playing on the beach and left in a heart of shells, a doll by her side. Now another girl is found on the same stretch of sand, another heart, another doll, and psychologist Jessie Flynn is called in to assist the...
| Автор | Kate Medina |
The definitive companion to the POIROT novels, films and TV appearances.‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.'The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious mannerisms and inordinate respect for his own 'little grey cells' has solved some of the most puzzling crimes of the century. Yet despite being familiar to millions, Poirot himself has remained an enigma – until now.From his first appearance in 1920...
| Автор | Anne Hart |
Twelve stories from the celebrated author of one of the most famous mystery classics ever written, Trent's Last Case.Philip Trent is an artist, a journalist, and an urbane unraveller of highly problematical crimes. Here the unshakable sleuth appears in twelve tales of misadventure, where the crimes that he investigates range from fraud and embezzlement to criminal assault and murder, yet they all succumb to his adept methods even if the criminal sometimes escapes.Trent Intervenes affirms...
| Автор | E. C. Bentley |
EVERY MARRIAGE HAS ITS SECRETS…___‘Altogether unpredictable’ KARIN SLAUGHTER ‘Brilliantly propulsive’ JP DELANEY An ending that left me thunderstruck’ SAMANTHA DOWNING ___When Sadie moves with her husband Will and their two children to a tiny coastal town, it’s a fresh start. Will swears the affair he was having back in the city is over and Sadie believes him. But their new beginning is tainted when a local woman is murdered, leaving Sadie convinced there’s a killer in their midst.Hot-headed,...
| Автор | Mary Kubica |
The fourth volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien’s epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.In this fourth volume of The History of Middle-earth, the shaping of the chronological and geographical structure of the legends of Middle-earth and Valinor is spread before us.We are introduced to the hitherto unknown Ambarkanta or “Shape of the World”, the only account ever given of the nature of the imagined Universe, ccompanied by maps and diagrams of the world...
| Автор | Christopher Tolkien |
The third edge-of-your-seat thriller in the Georgina McKenzie series. Fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo won’t be able to put it down!Europe is in the grip of an extreme Arctic blast and at the mercy of a killer, who leaves no trace. His weapons of choice are razor-sharp icicles. This is Jack Frost.Now a fully qualified criminologist, Georgina McKenzie is called upon by the Dutch police to profile this cunning and brutal murderer. Are they looking for a hit man or a frenzied serial-killer? Could...
| Автор | Marnie Riches |
A mystery that will defy even the most ingenious of detectives. Because, when you turn over a stone in an English village, you have no idea what will crawl out…‘I’m not too late, am I? When does the murder begin?’An announcement appears in the local paper: this Friday, at exactly 6.30pm, a murder will take place.Who could resist such an invitation?Driven by morbid curiosity, the villagers head to the appointed location: a quiet house on the outskirts of the village.The crowd gathers. The clock...
| Автор | Agatha Christie |
Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime’s first book, the second volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries.DEATH IN ECSTASY Who slipped cyanide into the ceremonial wine of ecstasy at the House of the Sacred Flame? The other initiates and the High Priest claim to be above earthly passions. But Roderick Alleyn discovers that the victim had provoked lust and jealousy, and he suspects that more evil still lurks behind the Sign of the...
| Автор | Ngaio Marsh |
Return to a world of magic and adventure from best selling author Raymond E. Feist. This bundle includes the complete Krondor Sons series.The bundle includes: Prince of the Blood (1), The King’s Buccaneer (2).Set between the rift wars, these two novels explore Midkemia beyond the borders of the Kingdom of the Isles.Prince of Blood is set twenty years after the events in The Riftwar Saga, and follows the adventures that erupt when a group of powerful nobles attempt to overthrow the Empress of...
| Автор | Raymond E. Feist |
Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime’s first book, the fourth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteriesSURFEIT OF LAMPREYS The Lampreys were a peculiar family. They entertained their guests with charades – like rich Uncle Gabriel, who was always such a bore. The Lampreys thought if they jollied him up he would bail them out of poverty again. But Uncle Gabriel meets a violent end, and Chief Inspector Alleyn had to work out which...
| Автор | Ngaio Marsh |
Books two and three of The Tawny Man Trilogy by international bestselling author Robin Hobb.‘In today’s crowded fantasy market Robin Hobb’s books are like diamonds in a sea of zircons’ George R. R. MartinFitz has been persuaded back to court, posing as a servant to the decadent Lord Golden (who is the Fool in disguise). In secret, he will train Prince Dutiful in the magic known as the Skill.The peace remains fragile, so the diplomatic wedding between Dutiful and the Outislander princess is a...
| Автор | Робин Хобб |
Discover the man behind the moustache in this book of one-liners by the world’s most famous Belgian detective, revealing the wit and wisdom of Hercule Poirot and his creator, Agatha Christie.‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.’The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious mannerisms and inordinate respect for his own ‘little grey cells’ solved some of the twentieth century’s most puzzling crimes. But what do we...
| Автор | Agatha Christie |
Did you know that one of the world’s sharpest and most forensic minds inhabited the persona of an attractive old lady, with pink cheeks and blue eyes, and a gentle, rather fussy manner? Discover the secrets of Miss Marple in this gorgeous book of her quotes and sayings, and an essay by Agatha Christie appearing for the first time in any book!‘Really, I have no gifts – except perhaps a certain knowledge of human nature.’Everyone in St Mary Mead knew Miss Marple: fluffy and dithery in appearance,...
| Автор | Agatha Christie |