Ужасы и Мистика
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* 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 |
Julia Gooden remembers nothing about the worst night of her life. Thirty years ago, her nine-year-old brother Ben was abducted from the room they shared. Now a crime reporter at a Detroit newspaper, Julia tries to give others the closure she's never found. But guilt and grief over Ben's disappearance have left her fearful that whoever took her brother is going to come back. And then, on the anniversary of Ben's disappearance, Julia's worst fears are realized when her...
| Автор | Jane Haseldine |
Exham-on-Seas Murder Mysteries 1-3 Murder At the Lighthouse Have you ever found a body on the beach? Recently widowed Libby Forest arrives in the small coastal town of Exham-on-Sea, keen to start a new life baking cakes and designing chocolates.Walking on the beach one stormy autumn day, Libby and excitable Springer Spaniel ‘Shipley’ discover a dead body under the lighthouse. Convinced the death was no accident, Libby teams up with Max Ramshore, an attractive local resident, and Bear, a huge...
| Автор | Frances Evesham |
Exham-on-Seas Murder Mysteries 4-6 Murder at the Cathedral Could your best friend be a killer? When a body is discovered in Wells Cathedral Library, Libby Forest’s best friend Angela Miles becomes the prime suspect.The last thing Libby needs is another investigation. but with the help of Bear, the beloved Carpathian Sheepdog, and her partner, Max Ramshore, Libby’s determined to uncover the murderer and clear her friend’s name. Murder at the Bridge A summer wedding, a stolen heirloom, an...
| Автор | Frances Evesham |
Harry Doyle was murdered at age ten by his religious fanatic mother. Resuscitated by the police, Harry comes back from the dead and survives an event that will shape the rest of his life. Twenty years later he has dedicated his life to putting killers behind bars as a homicide detective who has the unwanted ability to hear the postmortem whispers of murder victims. Dubbed The Dead Detective by his fellow cops, Doyle now faces his most difficult case: a beautiful murder victim who was a notorious...
| Автор | William Heffernan |
Who is trying to kill the members of an elite special ops team that worked off the radar in Iraq in the '90s? It's up to Dan Stagg to track down the survivors – the men with whom he stormed an undefended surveillance station, killing everyone inside. And now, many years later, the team is being targeted in what seems like a series of unrelated attacks. Dan teams up with his old comrade Al Benson, once a rising star of the USMC, now a respectable married civilian with a few secrets to...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Hakeem Jinnah enjoys an ordinary life of working the Vancouver Tribune's crime beat, flirting with women, seeking interested investors in a mail-order-bride scheme, and driving around in his sattelite-guided Love Machine. But when he and another Tribune reporter begin competing to cover the story of a shady stock promoter's death, he finds himself embroiled in a murder investigation. This entertaining and suspenseful debut introduces us to an unforgettable lead character. Mr. Jinnah,...
| Автор | Donald J. Hauka |
Limited time offer. How can an enterprising newspaper reporter sell his Babji dolls when there's a beheaded street youth, a Rave Messiah battling a berserk God Squad, and a conniving new editor to deal with? Especially when hes suffering all the symptoms of dengue fever? Hakeem Jinnah is back and as politically incorrect as ever. The chain-smoking, headline-chasing hypochondriac is in a race to find a killer and help save his buddy Sergeant Grahams career. But a bevy of She Demons bedevil...
| Автор | Donald J. Hauka |
Returning to Ontario’s northern lakes as an adult to bury his father, Ray Carrier is taken back not only to a tangled romance in that green paradise but also to the forests and lonesome swamps that have haunted his dreams. As a teenager, Ray was enchanted by the grace and privilege of the Miller family on Providence Island, part of the wealthy resort community up the road from the farm where Ray and his widowed father spent their summers. Ray’s father had always said that he was too impressed by...
| Автор | Gregor Robinson |
Anger is simmering under the bucolic facade of Tanglewood vineyard… All Ben Taylor wants is to get away from the police force where he worked undercover for years. The RCMP has cleared his name in an Ottawa shooting, but that hasn’t cleared his conscience. He arrives anonymously at Tanglewood Farms in Southwestern Ontario, where he worked in his youthful summers. Back then, it was a simple family-run vineyard, but it is a far different place today. The farm has become the hub of a powerful...
| Автор | David Weedmark |