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Everyone has two sides to their personality, but Josslyn and Alicia have something else ... A thirst for revenge and for getting rid of the evil in this world. You best stay on their good side ... Josslyn and Alicia are two different people with their own personalities, likes, dislikes and dreams. They just happen to share a body.

Clássico de João do Rio, o conto "Dentro da Noite", como também é intitulado o livro de onde se origina, é icônico, quando se considera o caráter sombrio e mesmo grotesco das narrativas do autor. Nele, o personagem Rodolfo conta a um amigo sobre sua verdadeira compulsão em espetarr as mulheres com alfinetes! O sadismo do personagem e a passividade das vítimas caminham lado a lado neste thriller urbano.

A collection of RD Wingfield’s finest thrillers from the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties Best known for his ‘Inspector Jack Frost’ series of novels, RD Wingfield also penned a string of gripping thrillers for BBC Radio. Initially thought lost, many of the 14 dramas in this collection were...

Inner Sanctum Mystery, also known as Inner Sanctum, a popular old-time radio program that aired from January 7, 1941, to October 5, 1952, was created by producer Himan Brown and was based on the imprint given to the mystery novels of Simon & Schuster. Featuring scary stories full of suspense and tongue-in-cheek humor, the episodes captivated audiences for years.

Esta narración es una historia enigmática; un relato escalofriante en el que en ningún momento se sabe exactamente qué sucede ni por qué.

LA PATA DE MONO es un relato breve de terror escrito por W. W. Jacobs, en 1902. En esta historia, la pata de un mono muerto es un talismán que cumple a quien la posea tres deseos, pero los deseos vienen con un enorme precio. El cuento se basa en cuentos tradicionales en los que, de cualquier manera que se pidan los deseos, siempre se cumplen tres.

El doctor Laboullée visita con frecuencia a su amigo Pablo Buquet que vive con su esposa Adriana en París. Allí conoce a Marcelo Geraud, el mejor amigo del señor Buquet, y que va a cenar todos los días a la casa del matrimonio. La señora Buquet tiene un mal presentimiento, aunque su marido le quita importancia; de pronto una terrible visión convencerá a Adriana de que algo espantoso ha sucedido.

Frankreich im 17. Jahrhundert – eine Zeit des Kampfs um Macht, Liebe und Ehre – wo jedes Mittel recht ist. Henri de Beauvoir ist ein Mann, der nicht davor zurückscheut, sich sogar mit dem Teufel zu verbünden, um seine finsteren Ziele zu erreichen. Als ehrgeiziger und skrupelloser Cousin des Marquis de Beauvoir und Herzogs von Hertford spinnt er ein gefährliches Netz aus Täuschung, Intrigen und Verrat, um seinen Cousin zu vernichten. Als das Schicksal des Marquis auf dem Spiel steht, beginnt ein tödliches Katz-und-Maus-Spiel, in dem jeder Zug entscheidend ist.

The humble yet shrewd Father Brown returns in a series of epic mysteries that see him use his gift of human understanding to solve the crimes at play. After all, it is not just logic and rational thinking that can get to the root of these crimes – but moral reasoning too. In these twelve tales, we see a man seemingly disappear from a locked room, a staged robbery, a fatal love triangle and much more. Rather than mere criminal tricks, these stories offer profound psychological and spiritual truths.

'Madmen do not rebel against logic – they merely use it where it is not applicable.' A brilliantly unique collection of short stories, The Poet and the Lunatics was originally published in Nash's Magazine in 1921. Today, it remains a masterpiece of detective fiction. Gabriel Gale, an eccentric poet, often finds himself acting as detective when he becomes entangled in a series of bizarre and psychologically challenging events.

Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. Wedding bells are ringing in Bunburry - but not everyone is celebrating... Alfie and Emma are finally planning their big day in the idyllic Cotswold village of Bunburry. With the legendary wedding planner Elizabeth Ravensdale in charge, perfection seems guaranteed. But when a body is discovered, the dream of a flawless celebration quickly unravels. While the police are convinced they've found their culprit, the Bunburry triangle senses that something doesn't add up.

Everyone's watching. Someone's killing. A reality TV show. A two million pound prize. A contestant who'll kill to win. Ex-DCI Luke Sackville thought he'd seen it all-until he's called to investigate 'Shadow Chasers', a ratings juggernaut where contestants chase historical mysteries for the ultimate reward. Luke sends two of the Ethics Team undercover as contestants. While they struggle with cryptic clues, dramatic eliminations and the horrors of communal living, whispers of cheating escalate to murder and Luke realizes someone isn't playing by the rules.

Ein Mann wird tot aufgefunden. Er wurde brutal gefoltert, und auf seiner Stirn prangt der rote Lippenstiftabdruck eines Kusses. Kommissarin Tanja Müller soll sich dem Fall der Todesküsserin annehmen, der sie schnell an die Grenzen ihrer Belastbarkeit bringt. Denn ins Visier der Medien gerät ausgerechnet ihre beste Freundin, und weitere Morde folgen. Nach den schrecklichen Erlebnissen mit der „Todesküsserin" will Emma ein neues Leben beginnen. Emmas Alltag gerät langsam außer Kontrolle und sie droht zurück in alte Muster zu fallen.

A WICKED MERCY: He's in your home and you don't even know it. Not everything is as it seems in this sleepy Yorkshire village. DI Drew Haskell is a no nonsense detective recovering from a devastating personal loss. When a number of young people turn up dead, Haskell believes a murderer is on the...

The Streete Files Volume 1. The first thirteen complete mystery short stories form the Street Files Podcast. The investigative cases of Miss Olivia Streete and her daughter Miss Poppy Streete in their relentless pursuit of the guilty and the truth. London Two Thousand and Twenty-Five

A collection of suspenseful dramas from award-winning Northern Irish writer Eoin McNamee Eoin McNamee is the author of 19 novels, two trilogies for young adults and three thrillers written under the pseudonym John Creed, one of which won him the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award. He has also...

Petra Hammesfahr ist die Königin der deutschsprachigen Psycho-Spannung. Mit vielschichtigen Charakteren und verschlungenen Geschichten begeistert sie ihr Publikum seit Jahrzehnten. Dieser Sammelband enthält 20 Kurz-Erzählungen aus der Feder der Bestseller-Autorin, jede für sich mit besonderem Kern. Wie gut kennen Sie den netten Bankkassierer, der großzügig hilft, wenn Sie knapp bei Kasse sind? Wissen Sie, was er in seiner Freizeit treibt? Oder was geschehen kann, wenn eine junge Frau Sie bittet, eine Flasche Wein aus dem Keller zu holen?

Four new stories about the master detective Sherlock Holmes. Sherlock Holmes and cocaine. What lies behind the addiction? Boredom? Or the difficult search for the big score? An Indian ruby is stolen and hidden so well that no one can find it. A case for the master detective. Can Dresden's Green Vault be robbed? Or can Sherlock Holmes prevent it? For Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler was always the woman of his life. Therefore, after years, he can finally fully solve the case of Scandal in Bohemia.

Mit Kommissar Maigret schuf Georges Simenon eine der eindrucksvollsten Figuren der Kriminalliteratur – leise, beharrlich und zutiefst menschlich. Diese 20 Hörspiele aus vier Jahrzehnten (1953–1994) lassen Maigrets Welt neu lebendig werden: das nächtliche Paris, verrauchte Cafés, elegante Boulevards und düstere Hafenkneipen. Statt aus Action entfaltet sich Spannung aus Atmosphäre, feiner Psychologie und dem genauen Zuhören eines Ermittlers, der seine Fälle mit Geduld und Menschenkenntnis löst.

Rising author Dylan Thatcher has his most publicized book signing to date, and he's worried his "#1 FAN", who has been stalking him online, might show up to the event. Along with #1 FAN, there are four more thrilling short stories: Rural Gas Station at 2 a.m., The Book Club, Steak and Potatoes, and Unreliable Narrator. Brian O'Sullivan is following the runaway success of CLUSTERF *CK with an unorthodox approach—a collection of short stories. If he had a manager or an agent, they'd surely have advised him against this.