Ужасы и Мистика
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The first part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its entirety.The Return of the Shadow is the story of the first part of the history of the creation of The Lord of the Rings, a fascinating study of Tolkien’s great masterpiece, from its inception to the end of the first volume, The Fellowship of the Ring.In The Return of the Shadow (the abandoned...
| Автор | Christopher Tolkien |
The fifth volume of the History of Middle-earth, containing the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien’s epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.At the end of 1937, J R R Tolkien reluctantly set aside his work on the myths and heroic legends of Valinor and Middle-earth and began The Lord of the Rings.This fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth completes the examination of his writing up to that time. Later forms of The Annals of Valinor and The Annals of Beleriand had been...
| Автор | Christopher Tolkien |
The third volume that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkien’s epic tale of war, The Silmarillion.This, the third volume of The History of Middle-earth, gives us a priviledged insight into the creation of the mythology of Middle-earth, through the alliterative verse tales of two of the most crucial stories in Tolkien’s world – those of Turien and Luthien. The first of the poems is the unpublished Lay of The Children of Hurin, narrating on a grand scale the...
| Автор | Christopher Tolkien |
An anthology celebrating the witches and sorcerers of epic fantasy–featuring stories by George R. R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Megan Lindholm, and many more!Hot on the heels of Gardner Dozois’s (Rogues, Old Venus) acclaimed anthology The Book of Swords comes this companion volume devoted to magic. How could it be otherwise? For every Frodo, there is a Gandalf…and a Saruman. For every Dorothy, a Glinda…and a Wicked Witch of the West. What would Harry Potter be without Albus Dumbledore…and Severus...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
An anthology celebrating the witches and sorcerers of epic fantasy–featuring stories by George R. R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Megan Lindholm, and many more!Hot on the heels of Gardner Dozois’s (Rogues, Old Venus) acclaimed anthology The Book of Swords comes this companion volume devoted to magic. How could it be otherwise? For every Frodo, there is a Gandalf…and a Saruman. For every Dorothy, a Glinda…and a Wicked Witch of the West. What would Harry Potter be without Albus Dumbledore…and Severus...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
A book of revelations. A seamless tapestry of erotic passion, thwarted ambition and mythic horror. Clive Barker takes us on a voyage to worlds beyond our knowledge, but within our grasp.John Furie Zacharias, known as Gentle, a master forger whose life is a series of lies. Judith Odell, a beautiful woman desired by three powerful men, but belonging to none of them. Pie’oh’pah, a mysterious assassin who deals in love as well as death. These three are united in a desperate search for the heart of a...
| Автор | Clive Barker |
Группа людей готовится к рывку через Неизвестное. Банальный сюжет, не единожды встречавшийся в жизни и литературе. Но есть нюансы. Главное действующее лицо – отнюдь не супермен, а события развернутся в Пермских лесах. Удастся ли герою выжить самому и спасти девушку, случайно встреченную по дороге, или их всех пожрет Мистический парк.
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| Автор | Александр Томин |
‘A sexy, sensational novel with intoxicating vengeance and an unexpected tenderness’ No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author Karin SlaughterA woman who has everything…People would kill to have Faye Adelheim’s life. She lives in a beautiful apartment, she has a gorgeous husband who gives her everything she’s ever wanted, and she has an adorable daughter who lights up her world.Or does she?So how is it, then, that Faye now finds herself in a police station?The truth is about to come out…The truth is...
| Автор | Камилла Лэкберг |
A knightly fairy tale of royalty and dragons, of midwives with secrets and dashing strangers in dark inns. Taking the original French legend as his starting point, The Story of Silence is a rich, multilayered new story for today’s world – sure to delight fans of Uprooted and The Bear and the Nightingale.There was once, long ago, a foolish king who decreed that women should not, and would not, inherit. Thus when a girl-child was born to Lord Cador – Merlin-enchanted fighter of dragons and Earl of...
| Автор | Alex Myers |
Longlisted for the New Blood Dagger Award 2021'A darkly gripping and addictive read. I tore through it in a few days’ ESTHER FREUD'Deeply engrossing … an exquisite literary thriller’ PHILIPPA EAST‘Emotionally wrenching’ WALL STREET JOURNAL‘Impossible to put down’ TREVOR WOODA missing woman30 years ago, in the suffocating heat of a Sydney summer, the Greens’ next-door neighbour Mandy disappeared without a trace.A cold case reopenedIn 1997, in a basement flat in Hackney, Isla Green is...
| Автор | Susan Allott |
Trouble always finds her…Wrapping up a normal day at the office, criminal psychologist Kieran Finnegan is accosted by a desperate woman who shoves an infant into her arms and then flees, only to be murdered minutes later on a busy Manhattan street.Who was the woman? Where did the baby come from? Kieran can’t stop thinking about the child and the victim, so her boyfriend, Craig Frasier, does what any good special agent boyfriend would do – he gets the FBI involved. And asks Kieran to keep out of...
| Автор | Heather Graham |
From No.1 bestselling author Andrew Taylor comes the sequel to the phenomenally successful The Ashes of LondonA time of terrible danger… The Great Fire has ravaged London. Now, guided by the Fire Court, the city is rebuilding, but times are volatile and danger is only ever a heartbeat away.Two mysterious deaths… James Marwood, a traitor’s son, is thrust into this treacherous environment when his father discovers a dead woman in the very place where the Fire Court sits. The next day his father is...
| Автор | Andrew Taylor |
Когда ты молод и талантлив, твой путь тернист. Хочется развития, общения, полной жизни, а не заточения. Но часто обыденная жизнь оказывается серпентарием, она меняет тебя, лишает друзей. То, что казалось абсолютно неприемлемым и даже сумасшествием, вдруг оборачивается реальностью, а всё потому, что твоя девушка не только тайный покупатель, но и тайный враг, во всяком случае так тебе сейчас кажется… Триллер. Детектив. Мистическая история любви Тохи и Тони – баловня судьбы и школьной мученицы,...
| Автор | Надежда Гарнык |
Герой повести Игорь Тихомиров – талантливый программист и мечтатель – волей судьбы становится обладателем таинственного артефакта, который впоследствии сможет перевернуть его жизнь, расставив все на свои места.
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| Автор | Андрей Андреевич Тараканов |
Наш мир, такой знакомый, такой привычный, враз может измениться. Когда на твоей улице, в твоем подъезде, в любимом парке или магазине может поджидать опасность, а твой сосед, родственник или любимый человек жаждет насытиться кровью, ты неприменно содрогнешься от ужаса и будешь искать укрытия в любом уголке. Город наполнен хаосом и страхом. Спасенья нет нигде, и если ты отчаялся, то конец близок. Но ты боец, а борьба за жизнь твоя сущность, ты сможешь выжить в невероятных условиях, и быть...
| Автор | Ольга Александровна Александрова |
В современном мире, мегаполисах, нам всё сложнее верить в потусторонние силы, мистику, древние легенды. Помимо научных знаний, технологий, на «сказки» попросту не остаётся времени: его полностью поглощает повседневная суета. Стоит уехать прочь по трассе, свернуть в глушь, лес, деревню или дачу вдали от «цивилизации», где природа имеет большую силу: эволюционные страхи, суеверия – возрастают. Екатерина, устав от города, отправляется восстанавливать заброшенную бабушкину дачу; здесь девушке...
| Автор | Андрей Караичев |
W przyszłości tak realistycznej i bliskiej, że mogłaby być współczesnością, coś dziwnego dzieje się z kobietami, które zasypiają: szczelnie owija je zwiewna substancja przypominająca kokon. Gdy ktoś je budzi, gdy obrastający je materiał zostaje naruszony bądź zerwany, uśpione kobiety wpadają w dziką furię i stają się szaleńczo agresywne; śpiąc, przenoszą się do innego świata − świata, w którym panuje harmonia, a konflikty są rzadkością. Tajemnicza Evie jest jednak odporna na błogosławieństwo,...
| Автор | Стивен Кинг |
RCMP officer David Leith and his team investigate a series of murders from the snowbound Hazeltons to Lower Mainland B.C. in this atmospheric new crime series. <br/> <br/> <b><i>Cold Girl</i></b> <br/> A singer vanishes in the snowbound Hazeltons. Has she been snatched by the so-called Pickup Killer? Investigator David Leith has much to contend with – punishing weather and wily witnesses, plus a young constable who’s more hindrance than help....
| Автор | R.M. Greenaway |
Daar ver onder in die Kaapse nag steel iemand skilderye waarop vroue in blou geklee is. En kaptein Bennie Griessel droom van verloofringe, en sy kollega Vaughn Cupido bekommer hom oor commitment. En die private eye Billy de Palma, “narcissist, psycho, real arsehole”, is besig met sy gewone onheilighede. Maar hier bo in Sir Lowryspas lê ’n vrou wat dit alles gaan verander. Sy is heeltemal kaal, uitgestrek by die groot uitkykpunt, haar kop na die noorde, haar voete na die suide. Iemand het haar...
| Автор | Deon Meyer |
A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2016 Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017 Longlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2017 1950. A teenage girl is brutally murdered in a forest. But, somehow, her baby survives. 1976. A mysterious and charming young man returns to the remote coastal village of Mulderrig, seeking answers about the mother who, it was said, had abandoned him on the steps of a Dublin orphanage. ...
| Автор | Jess Kidd |
A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK!Addictive, dark, thrilling and full of twists! You won’t want to miss this mesmerising debut from a fresh new voice in psychological suspense.Perfect for fans of B. A. Paris, Shari Lapena and Liane MoriartyHow far would you go to make all your dreams come true?Amber Patterson is tired of being a nobody: an invisible woman who melts into the background. She deserves more. She deserves a life of wealth, luxury and leisure.Daphne Parrish is the golden girl of...
| Автор | Liv Constantine |
‘Beyond all doubt the puzzle in The Moving Finger is fit for experts’ The TimesThe quiet village of Lymstock seemed like the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recover from his accident. But shortly after his arrival he receives a letter accusing him of the unthinkable.He’s not the only one. Across the village people are receiving letters accusing them of terrible acts. It seems like just a cruel prank until one recipient is found dead, with a letter next to her reading ‘I can’t go on’.The...
| Автор | Agatha Christie |
How far would you go to save the ones you love?The first book in a gripping new crime series featuring DCI Anna Tate.When nine children are snatched from a nursery school in South London, their distressed parents have no idea if they will ever see them again. The community in the surrounding area is in shock. How could this happen right under their noses? No one in the quiet suburban street saw anything – or at least that's what they're saying.But DCI Anna Tate knows that nothing is...
| Автор | J. P. Carter |
Agatha Christie’s seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection.First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding… then the discovery of a corpse in a chest… next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder… the strange case of the dead man who altered his eating habits… and the puzzle of the victim who dreamt his own suicide.What links these five baffling cases? The little grey cells of Monsieur Hercule Poirot!
| Автор | Agatha Christie |