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僕は今、ふるさとのはるか彼方にいて、東の海に心奪われている。黄昏のなか波は岩に砕け、岩は丘に続き、そこにはひょろりとした柳が生い茂り、空は曇りなく、夜の一番星が輝いている。僕は一族の偉い人に呼ばれ、古くから続く冬至の儀式に参加することになった。一度も行ったことのない一族の故郷の港町キングスポートを訪れると、町の中央に山があり、その頂には教会があった。僕は夜、大勢の人々に混じって、その教会へ向かう……。(C)PanRolling

Meet Balram Halwal, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells his story.... Born in a village in the dark heart of India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a teas hop.

私は自分がどこで生まれたのか知らない。記憶にあるのはおのれの住む古い城のなかのことのみ。いつからどれくらいここにいるのかもわからない。ここは暗く光がない。外へ出たい、何としても光を浴びたい。「空を一目見てから死んだ方が、日を見ることなく生き延びるよりもずっといい」 そう考えた私は危険を顧みず、いまだ知らぬ外界の空へと続く壁に手を掛けた…

Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special 12-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted fans of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.

Acclaimed best-selling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is found brutally murdered in his home on the night before he’s planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems.

Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: private investigator Philip Marlowe. He is willing to help a man down on his luck, but later Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe is drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers and alcoholics in LA's Idle Valley, where the rich are suffering one big suntanned hangover. Marlowe is sure Lennox didn't kill his wife, but how many more stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth?

This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides - or are chosen.

Still haunted by the disappearance of his little sister, Amy, over 20 years ago, Joseph Bridgeman’s life has fallen apart. When a friend talks him into seeing hypnotherapist Alexia Finch to help with his insomnia, Joseph accidentally discovers he can time travel. His first trip only takes him back a few minutes, but his new-found ability gives him something he hasn’t felt for the longest time: hope.

Als der Pfarrer eines Nachts mit Schmerzen in der Magengegend erwacht, hat das leider nichts mit einem aktuellen Fall zu tun, sondern mit dem Blinddarm! Heiland landet im Kreiskrankenhaus Bad Blümchen - und das kurz vor dem wichtigen Erntedank-Gottesdienst! Während seine Gemeinde unter dem Aktionismus eines überambitionierten Vertreters leidet, stolpert der erkrankte Geistliche ausgerechnet im Hospital über einen Mord. Zwischen Weißkitteln, Ultraschall und Instantkaffee nimmt Heiland die Fährte des Mörders auf.

The last thing Jason West, an ambitious young FBI Special Agent with the Art Crimes Team, wants - or needs - is his uncertain and unacknowledged romantic relationship with irascible legendary Behavioral Analysis Unit Chief Sam Kennedy. And it's starting to feel like Sam is not thrilled with the idea either. But personal feelings must be put aside when Sam requests Jason's help to catch a deranged killer targeting wealthy, upscale art collectors. A killer whose calling card is a series of grotesque paintings depicting the murders.

Agatha Christie's most famous murder mystery, recorded by the director and star of the blockbuster film adaptation, Kenneth Branagh. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer - in case he or she decides to strike again.

Un hombre regresa al pueblo donde ocurrió un asesinato desconcertante 27 años atrás, con la determinación de descubrir la verdad. Todos parecen estar de acuerdo en que Bayardo San Román, sólo unas horas después de su matrimonio con la bella Ángela Vicario, la devuelve por deshonrada a la casa paterna. La atribulada familia fuerza a la novia a revelar el nombre de su primer amante; y los hermanos gemelos de ella anuncian su intención de matar a Santiago Nasar por haber deshonrado a su hermana.

What made Sherlock Holmes a household name and cultural icon? This very first collection of stories featuring the astute sleuth and his loyal assistant, Dr. Watson. In these twelve ingenious mysteries, Holmes is embroiled in betrayal, abduction, thievery, deception, and murder. Relying on logic, driven by instinct, and employing his uncanny powers of observation, Holmes cracks the cases that elude Scotland Yard. This Baker Street dozen by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is all the evidence listeners will need to understand why Sherlock Holmes is an enduring legend in detective fiction.

港町キングスポートのそばにある高い峰、その霧に包まれた頂上に立つ一軒の小屋。未踏のはずのその場所に、何百年も何かが住んでいるという。ひとりの男が興味を持ち、そこへ至ろうとする。 恐ろしきその頂で聞こえる音楽のような調べ、ガラス窓の向こうにうごめく黒い影。古えの言い伝えを載せて天へと向かう霧の中で、それはまるで大地の果てで水面に浮かぶ鐘が、妖精の国の大空で鳴り響いているかのように。 人というものは、夜ひそかに星が星に告げる、怪しくも古い秘密や不思議の噂がなくては生きてはゆけぬ… 夢の国の話「異界の神々」とも共鳴する、奇才H・P・ラヴクラフトが残したファンタジー掌編。

Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was a widow with grown children. She was tired of attending her Garden Club meetings. She wanted to do something good for her country. This first in the series sends Emily on her first case after she successfully persuades a skeptical CIA recruitment officer that she is the best person for the job.

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? In this brilliantly conceived tour de force, Stephen King - who has absorbed the social, political, and popular culture of his generation more imaginatively and thoroughly than any other writer - takes listeners on an incredible journey into the past and the possibility of altering it.

Act of Valor takes listeners deep into the secretive world of the most elite, highly trained group of warriors in the modern world. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the U.S., a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the valiant men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home.

私はあるとき、旧友であるロデリック・アッシャーからの手紙を受け取った。中には彼の体の疾患や心の病、そしてそれらをいくらか軽くするために唯一の友人である私に会いたいということが書かれており、私はそれに応じてアッシャー家を訪れる。しかし陰鬱で古い屋敷の雰囲気に始まり、あまりに荒涼とした周囲の風景、短い間に変わり果ててしまったアッシャーの姿、アッシャーの愛する妹マデリン嬢の重病など、ありとあらゆる物が私に此の屋敷への違和感を覚えさせた。その後数日間、私はアッシャーの気を少しでも紛らわせるために彼と共に過ごす。しかしある晩、アッシャーは私に突然、マデリン嬢の死を告げる。その後彼の希望により、私たちは彼女の亡骸を安置室に納める。それ以降さらにアッシャーの病状は悪化する。その数日後の嵐の夜に、古い書物を二人で読んでいるとアッシャーは私に、自分たちはマデリン嬢を生きたまま棺に入れてしまったこと、そして彼女が今扉の外にいることを叫ぶ。アッシャーの言ったとおり出てきたマデリン嬢は彼に寄りかかり、激しい断末魔と共にアッシャーは死ぬ。私は恐怖のあまり屋敷から逃げ出す。その後屋敷に延びている亀裂が一気に広がり、壁を真っ二つに裂いた。そして私の足元の沼は、そのアッシャー家を飲み込んでしまう…。 ...

Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer.

The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed. Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle, the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago. Only the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive threat. But behind the house and far away from the road: that was safe.