Ужасы и Мистика
14439 кн.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘At first you saw only a mass of coarse, matted black hair; presently it was seen that this covered a body of fearful thinness, almost a skeleton, but with the muscles standing out like wires’M.R. James’ ghost stories are brimming with delicate horror. They take place in the quiet corners of churches, and between the dusty shelves of esteemed college libraries. But when Professor Parkin discovers a whistle...
| Автор | M. James R. |
A slasher movie turns real when two young actors are brutally murdered on a remote island film set. Their severed heads and arms are posed in macabre homage to a nineteenth-century pirate massacre. Two years later, survivor Vanessa Loren is drawn back to South Bimini by a documentary being made about the storied region.Filmmaker Sean O'Hara aches to see how the unsolved crime haunts her…and Sean knows more than a little about ghosts. Lured by visions of a spectral figurehead, Vanessa discovers...
| Автор | Heather Graham |
In a secret supernatural battle that's been raging for over a century, the stakes have just been raised – and they're not wooden anymore.DEPARTMENT 6 IS THE ARMYDEPARTMENT 12 is MI5DEPARTMENT 19 IS THE REASON YOU’RE ALIVEWhen Jamie Carpenter's mother is kidnapped by strange creatures, he finds himself dragged into Department 19, the government's most secret agency.Fortunately for Jamie, Department 19 can provide the tools he needs to find his mother, and to kill the vampires who want him dead....
| Автор | Will Hill |
KAYLEE CAN SEE DEATH COMING. NOW SHE MUST FACE HER OWN. As a teen banshee, Kaylee’s blood-curdling screams are a death knell for others. Yet she never expected to see her own name at the top of a reaper’s list. Scheduled to die within days, Kaylee knows her magic can’t change her fate.Worse, on top of worrying about her own demise, she needs to save mortal best friend Emma from the clutches of a deadly Netherworld creature. As Kaylee’s time on earth slips away, troubled banshee boyfriend Nash...
| Автор | Rachel Vincent |
The conclusion of the bestselling Demon War series, which began with Rides a Dread Legion.Recent events have devastated the Conclave of Shadows; the discovery of the Demon horde on the heels of the taredhel invasion of Midkemia, the threat of the star elves themselves, and the terrible personal cost paid by Pug and his family.But grieving must wait. At a deserted fortress in the Valley of Lost Men, the Conclave’s agents witness horror beyond their imagination, orchestrated by a familiar enemy....
| Автор | Raymond E. Feist |
There are rules for dealing with ghosts.Too bad Ree Hutchins doesn't know them. When her favorite patient at a private mental hospital passes away, psychology student Ree Hutchins mourns the elderly woman's death. But more unsettling is her growing suspicion that something unnatural is shadowing her. Amateur ghost hunter Hayden Priest believes Ree is being haunted.Even Amelia Gray, known in Charleston as The Graveyard Queen, senses a gathering darkness. Driven by a force she doesn't understand,...
| Автор | Amanda Stevens |
The Downside Ghosts series is “dark, sexy urban fantasy at its finest.” Now, in this breathtakingly suspenseful eBook novella, Kane has written a prequel to her thrilling series. Perfect for fans of Charlaine Harris, Laurell K. Hamilton and Kim Harrison.Before Chess Putnam was a magic-wielding Churchwitch, she was a student in the Church of Real Truth—with a keen sensitivity to magic, a strong rebellious streak, and a penchant for self-destruction. And in Finding Magic, a grisly ghost murder...
| Автор | Stacia Kane |
A TERROR BORN OF JACK THE RIPPERThe details of the crime scene are no coincidence. The body—a promising starlet—has been battered, bloodied and then discarded between two of Manhattan’s oldest graveyards. One look and Detective Jude Crosby recognizes the tableau: a re-creation of Jack the Ripper’s gruesome work. But he also sees something beyond the actions of a mere copycat. Something more dangerous…and unexplainable.As the city seethes with suspicion, Jude calls on Whitney Tremont, a member of...
| Автор | Heather Graham |
My name is Bonita Torres, and eight months ago I was an unemployed college graduate without a plan. Now I’m an investigator with the Private Unaffiliated Paranormal Investigations team of New York. Pretty awesome, right? The Cosa Nostradamus, the magical community, isn’t quick to give up its secrets, though. Not even to fellow members. Not even when it’s in their best interests. So we’ve been busting our tails, perfecting our forensic skills, working to gain acceptance.The team’s tight… but we...
| Автор | Laura Anne Gilman |
The fifth book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye KellermanLAPD Detective Peter Decker doesn’t know quite what to make of Lilah Brecht. The beautiful, eccentric spa owner and daughter of a faded Hollywood legend, Lilah was beaten, robbed, and raped in her own home—and claims to have psychic powers that enable her to see even more devastating events looming on the horizon. With his heart and mind on his pregnant young wife, Rina...
| Автор | Faye Kellerman |
Emerging from the bayou like an apparition, Donegal Plantation is known for its unsurpassed dining, captivating atmosphere, haunting legends and now a corpse swinging from the marble angel that marks its cemetery's most majestic vault.A corpse discovered in nearly the same situation as that of Marshall Donegal, the patriarch killed in a skirmish just before the Civil War. Desperate for help traditional criminologists could never provide, plantation heiress Ashley Donegal turns to an elite team...
| Автор | Heather Graham |
Magic has a price—and for Amber Sarga it’s days and years off her life. Each curse she breaks ages her—and the bigger the curse the bigger the cost, and not only to her. That’s why she hides away and has vowed not to get involved again… That’s why she hates looking in a mirror…And then an ill-fated stranger arrives.Rafe Davail doesn’t believe in curses—not even knowing that in his family every first son dies young. Amber offers guidance but she won’t break the curse. Still, as she grows closer...
| Автор | Robin D. Owens |
**A horror short story collection from #1 bestseller, Paul Finch. Full of unputdownable reads for cold winter nights…**As the nights draw in, get hooked on this dark and suspenseful collection of horror tales – the perfect read for fans of Mark Edwards and Peter James.This collection comprises of seven short stories, all also available as individual ebooks:• The Incident at North Shore• Children Don’t Play Here Anymore• Tok• God’s Fist• What’s Behind You?• Those They Left Behind• Hag Fold
| Автор | Paul Finch |
Reginald Hill’s best-selling duo, Dalziel and Pascoe, return in this brilliant, complex and ultimately moving crime novel: ‘Reginald Hill is probably the best living crime writer in the English-speaking world’ – IndependentEx-convict and aspiring academic, Franny Roote, has started writing enigmatic letters to DCI Peter Pascoe who immediately smells a rat. DS Edgar Wield, intervening in a suspected kidnapping, takes a vulnerable rentboy under his wing, one who is hiding an earth-shattering...
| Автор | Reginald Hill |
The ravaged landscape that was America two centuries ago is now blighted by post-nuclear holocaust savagery. Still, there remain pockets of preDark technology that may offer undiscovered paths to reclaiming the future.Ryan Cawdor and his companions have faced most kinds of horror that Deathlands can deliver–and survived. This merciless place can break even the strongest, but it has yet to destroy hope.Denver offers a glimpse of that very hope–a power plant, electricity, food and freedom. But the...
| Автор | James Axler |
The psychic world will never be the same again.Lucia Garza is trapped in a supernatural power struggle. To save a friend she agreed to work for sinister psychic organisation The Cross Society. But after a death threat that almost succeeds, she’s starting to think they want her out of the way. Forever. Worse, as Lucia uncovers the society’s most dangerous secrets, she discovers that she’s being used as a pawn between two warring paranormal factions.Caught in a battle no-one can win, Lucia’s only...
| Автор | Рэйчел Кейн |
Reclusive collector Cutter Merlin is seldom seen in Key West—lately, not at all.Officer Liam Beckett visits Merlin's curious house and discovers the gentleman in his study. In his death grip: a volume of occult lore and a reliquary. His eyes are wide with fright, his mouth a horrified rictus where spiders now dwell.Kelsey Donovan returns to the old house to catalog her estranged grandfather's collection of artifacts and antiquities, vowing to see his treasures divested properly. But she cannot...
| Автор | Heather Graham |
With their magic boundaries falling and terrible monsters invading, the Marshalls of Lladrana must follow ancient tradition and summon a savior from the Exotique land… For Alexa Fitzwalter, the Marshall's call pulled the savvy lawyer into a realm where she barely understood the language, let alone the intricacies of politics and power. Armed only with her wits, a mystical companion and the help of the chevalier Bastien, Alexa must use her very human mind and skills to fight the encroaching...
| Автор | Robin D. Owens |
IF ALL YOU KNOW IS SHADOWS, YOU BEGIN TO FORGET THE LIGHT… Shadow-walker Kori, able to travel from one human shadow to another, keeps her powers hidden from the world. Until supernatural crime lord Tower imprisons her and suppresses her magic. Freedom for her, and her magician sister Kenley, now comes at price. The job? Recruit Ian Holt, a man who can manipulate darkness – or kill him.Yet Ian has a mission of his own: assassinate Kenley, whose unique powers give Tower a deadly advantage in their...
| Автор | Rachel Vincent |
A secret government unit is formed under Adam Harrison, famed paranormal investigator. The six members he's gathered have a psychic talent of their own.Jackson Crow heads the group. Haunted by his experience with an ancestral ghost, and the murders of two teammates, Jackson can't tell if he's been demoted or given an extraordinary opportunity. He's aware that the living commit the most heinous crimes, while spiritualist charlatans fool the unwary. To balance Jackson's skepticism, Adam's paired...
| Автор | Heather Graham |
A collection of rare ghosts and horror stories by the brothers of one of the finest writers of the genre, E. F. Benson.The Benson brothers – Arthur Christopher, Edward Frederic and Robert Hugh – were one of the most extraordinary and prolific literary families, between them writing more than 150 books. Arthur alone left four million words of diary, although his most lasting legacy is the words to Elgar’s Land of Hope and Glory, while Fred is acknowledged as one of the finest writers of Edwardian...
| Автор | Hugh Lamb |
A collection of the finest supernatural tales by two of the best Victorian writers of weird tales – Erckmann–Chatrian, authors who inspired M. R. James, H. P. Lovecraft, and many others.Emile Erckmann and Louis Alexandre Chatrian began their writing partnership in the 1840s and continued working together until the year before Chatrian’s death in 1890. At the height of their powers they were known as ‘the twins’, and their works proved popular translated into English. After their deaths, however,...
| Автор | Hugh Lamb |
On post apocalyptic Earth, humanity fights for survival against alien oppressors. Orchestrating the resistance in an ever-shifting battle, the Cerberus rebels confront a new level of dark manipulation.At the helm, a mind-controlling stone god plotting to reforge the planet. Now, the walls of the Cerberus stronghold have been breached and humanity's soldiers are scattered, racing toward the shocking unknown.Hewn from living, lava-blooded stone, Ullikummis, the new would-be cruel master of Earth,...
| Автор | James Axler |
Shush…lest she awaken…My name is Amelia Gray, and I'm a cemetery restorer who lives with the dead. An anonymous donor has hired me to restore Woodbine Cemetery, a place where the rich and powerful bury their secrets. Forty years ago, a child disappeared without a trace and now her ghost has awakened, demanding that I find out the truth about her death. Only I know that she was murdered. Only I can bring her killer to justice. But the clues that I follow–a haunting melody and an unnamed baby's...
| Автор | Amanda Stevens |