Ужасы и Мистика
14439 кн.
Forensic reconstructionist Rory Moore sheds light on cold-case homicides by piecing together crime scene details others fail to see. Cleaning out her late father’s law office after his burial, she receives a call that plunges her into a decades-old case . . .   In the summer of 1979, five Chicago women went missing. The predator, nicknamed The Thief, left no bodies or clues behind—until police received a package from a mysterious woman named Angela Mitchell,...
| Автор | Charlie Donlea |
Meg's grandfather has been booked to give lectures on a cruise as part of the education/entertainment itinerary, and he's arranged for a passel of family members to join him. The passengers' vacation quickly becomes a nightmare when they wake up to find themselves broken down and in need of repairs. Things get even worse when a crew member announces to all that a woman has jumped overboard, leaving behind her shoes, shawl, and a note. The note reveals she's a disliked member...
| Автор | Donna Andrews |
Former North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation agent Rachel Carver blames herself for the collateral death of an innocent woman in her last case. Unable to accept her superior's attempts to cover up the incident, she turned in her badge. But when a former partner asks her to consult on a new murder case, she reluctantly agrees, traveling to a small remote mountain community, where she's tasked with leading a group of inexperienced detectives on a hunt for the killer. The trek has...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Nikolai 'Niki' Zorakoff has made a killing on the Soviet black market. He smuggles in luxury goods from the West – the blue jeans and perfumes that wealthy Muscovites simply can't do without – and sells them for small fortunes. But when the KGB takes an interest in Niki's operation, he knows he must run or die. So, with a forged passport and as much money as he can carry, Niki heads to the Russian haven of Odessa Beach. It isn't long before Niki makes contact with the...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
In the sweltering heat of New Orleans, former Special Forces soldier-turned-bodyguard Charlie Fox faces her toughest challenge yet. Her lover, bodyguard Sean Meyer, has woken from a gunshot-induced coma with his memory in tatters. Working with Sean again was never going to be easy for Charlie, but a celebrity fundraising event in aid of still-ravaged areas of New Orleans should have been the ideal opportunity for them both to take things nice and slow. Until, that is, they find themselves thrust...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
This collection of stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most beloved character, includes fourteen adventures of Holmes and Dr. John Watson: The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, The Adventure of the Crooked Man, The Adventure of the Final Problem, The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter, The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual, The Adventure of the Naval Treaty, The Adventure of the Resident Patient, The Adventure of the Yellow Face, The Adventures of the Stockbroker's...
| Автор | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
Verschwörung auf Japanisch. Im Hamburger Volkspark wird die Leiche eines jungen Japaners gefunden, der brutal hingerichtet wurde. Es handelt sich um Tetsuro Goto, einen japanischen Profifußballer, der beim HSV unter Vertrag stand. Inspektor Takeda und seine Kollegin Claudia Harms vermuten zunächst ein Verbrechen im Fußballmilieu. Doch dann finden sie mysteriöse Hinweise in der Vergangenheit des Spielers, die bis in hohe Yakuza-Kreise in Japan reichen. Der ungewöhnlichste Held im deutschen...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
* One of the best books of 2014 — Flavorwire , Entropy Magazine Two days before New Years, a pack of five friends—three men and two women—head to a remote cabin near Lake Tahoe to celebrate the holidays. They’ve been buddies forever, banded together by scrapes and squalor, their relationships defined by these wild times. After a car accident leaves one friend sick and dying, and severe weather traps them at the cabin, there is nowhere to go, forcing them to finally and ultimately take stock...
| Автор | D. Foy |
Detective Abish «Abbie» Taylor returned to the mountain town of Pleasant View, Utah, hoping for a quiet life. But that hope dissipates like a dream when she wakes up to an unsettling phone call. Arriving at the scene of a fatal car accident, she discovers that the victim was one of the most beloved leaders of the Church – and an old family friend. Abbie is skeptical when her father insists the death was not an accident, but in an attempt to patch up their relationship, she takes a few days off...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
* The Believer Book Award Finalist* One of the Best Books of 2012 — BuzzFeed “I was in Zagreb the day that Michael Jackson died. When I heard the news, the first thing I thought was, That’s it. That’s the first line of my novel. ‘I was in Zagreb the day that Michael Jackson died.’” First Michael Jackson, then Pina Bausch. Next is Merce Cunningham. Gray Adams, a former dancer with the Royal Swiss Ballet at work on his dissertation at NYU, has a theory spurred by countless hours of...
| Автор | Barbara Browning |
Ein Wochenende am Bodomsee endet für vier junge Leute in einer Katastrophe: Der achtzehnjährige Noel stirbt qualvoll, sein Kumpel wird schwer verletzt und ihre beiden Freundinnen verschwinden spurlos. Das Team um Polizeihauptkommissarin Janne Göös steht vor einem Rätsel, denn der Fall erinnert an ein grauenvolles Verbrechen aus den 1960er Jahren, das nie aufgeklärt wurde. Handelt es sich um einen Nachahmungstäter? Kurz darauf verschwinden wieder drei Menschen. Zeitgleich taucht die Leiche eines...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Like many thirty-somethings, Bailey Weggins has a few regrets. But when she runs into Jillian, her former college roommate, she comes face to face with her biggest regret yet. For more than ten years, Bailey has felt guilty for not staying in communication with Jillian after her family was murdered during their sophomore year and Jillian had to leave school. But now that the man accused of the murders has been cleared of the crime, the real killer is walking free, and Jillian is desperate for...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Fifteen-year-old Tobias Doljan Walked back in time to prevent a war, but he instead found himself trapped in an adult body, with his king murdered and with an infant princess, Sofya, to protect. Now he's been joined by fellow Walker and Spanner Mara, and, together, they must find a way to undo the timeline that orphaned the princess and destroyed their future. Arrayed against them are assassins who share their time-traveling powers but have dark ambitions of their own, and the Tirribin...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
A Kidnapping. A Suicide. An Unspeakable Decision. The young lives of James and Dylan Paxton are torn apart when their brother mysteriously disappears on a quiet street in 1954. In the wake of the crime, their family shatters. Abandoned by their parents, the young brothers are thrust into a world where they don’t belong. Now James and Dylan must find a way to survive. Tormented as social outcasts and haunted by the past, James strikes out at the world, while Dylan seeks safety in his brother’s...
| Автор | Jack B. Downs |
Der Club Royale ist Sylts neuester In-Club: Hier treffen sich die Schönen und Reichen – allen voran der Bauunternehmer Jahnke, dem der Club gehört. Doch auch andere Prominenz zieht das besondere Ambiente an – darunter einige, die schon seit längerem im Visier der Steuerfahndung stehen. Karolina Dahl, Kriminalkommissarin beim LKA, wird undercover nach Sylt geschickt. Sie schleicht sich bei Jahnke ein und gaukelt ihm vor, Kontakt zu Geldwäschern zu suchen. Jahnke verspricht, ihr zu helfen, doch...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
This tense story follows Captain Butterfly, Marjorie Butera, a 19-year veteran of the force. Assigned to the Internal Affairs Division, charged with finding proof of the corruption in the force, Butera's investigation focuses on vicious Inspector Ronald Janesky. But Janesky–in line for promotion to commissioner, with a record based on illegal arrests and torturing prisoners–is apparently untouchable. Captain Butera's fellow (male) officers fear Janesky and despise the Butterfly as a...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
In this metaphysical thriller, a thirty-something punk rocker fleeing a troubled marriage is hired for a grant writing job at a southern California psychiatric hospital. When he gets tangled up in a neuropsychiatrist's mysterious research and is subsequently targeted by a nefarious advertising executive, the situation spins dangerously out of control. Sean Carswell is the author of four books. His work has appeared in numerous publications including Thrasher and The Southeast Review. He...
| Автор | Sean Carswell |
In this tour de force of psychological suspense, bestselling author Lisa Black draws from her experience as a forensic investigator to create fascinating characters, including a woman in a lifelong relationship with death. Her latest case is an unidentified female in her early teens, discovered in a local cemetery. More shocking than the girl's injuries-for Maggie at least-is the fact that no one has reported her missing. She and the detectives assigned to the case (including her cop...
| Автор | Lisa Black |
When a dead man is discovered behind Theresa Winkle's bar, she's charged with his murder. Darren Fletcher and Issabella Bright immediately set out to discover the identity of the real killer. But doing so quickly uncovers dark secrets from Darren's past-secrets that have been hidden from him by those he most trusts. While he struggles to unravel the truth and see his friend cleared of murder, Issabella must confront a question that has been mounting ever since partnering with...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Nach fast zehn Jahren kehrt Ella Langenkamp in ihre Heimatstadt Hamburg zurück. Dort hat nach dem Tod der Eltern ihre Schwester Edith die Leitung der väterlichen Firma und der familiären Belange übernommen. Edith will die Weltenbummelei Ellas unterbinden und sperrt ihr Konto – seit jeher hatten die beiden Schwestern ein schwieriges Verhältnis. Doch sie hat keine Ahnung, dass Ella ein dunkles Geheimnis aus der Vergangenheit mit nach Hamburg bringt. Als die beiden Schwestern durch ein Missgeschick...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
"There was never an artist who came close to capturing horror and dread like Lee Brown Coye. He was master of the weird and grotesque illustration. Coye's sketches had the shape of nightmares."—Robert Weinberg, The Weird Tales Story "It was always my belief that a good drawing was a good drawing, whether it was in the archives of the Metropolitain Museum or in a pulp magazine."— Lee Brown CoyeNo other artist working in mid-century pulp fiction created work as...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Meet Billy Glasheen, a fresh voice in crime fiction. It’s Sydney, the 1950s, and Billy’s trying to make a living, any way he can. Luckily, he’s a likeable guy, with a gift for masterminding elaborate scenarios—whether it’s a gambling scam, transporting a fortune in stolen jewels, or keeping the wheels greased during a hair-raising tour by Little Richard and his rock ‘n’ roll entourage.But trouble follows close...
| Автор | Peter Doyle |
August 1945: the Japanese have surrendered and there's dancing in the streets of Sydney. But Billy Glasheen has little time to celebrate; his black marketeer boss has disappeared, leaving Billy high and dry. Soon he s on the run from the criminals and the cops, not to mention a shady private army. They all think he has the thing they want, and they'll kill to get hold of it. Unfortunately for Billy, he doesn't know what it is . . . but he'd better find it fast. Set in...
| Автор | Peter Doyle |
Recovering from the severe mental and physical wounds inflicted from his recent past, former cop Jack Taylor has finally found a modicum of peace. He has managed to kick the myriad substances that have had a stranglehold over his painful life, however tenuously. Yet this fragile existence is threatened when a vigilante killer begins targeting the scum of Galway, signing mysterious notes with the moniker 'C 33'. The killer addresses these cryptic letters to Jack, trying to goad him into...
| Автор | Ken Bruen |