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Catherine Lim's free-wheeling imagination cheerfully dispenses with all constraints to tell stories of that other world. Written with an exaggerated sense of earnestness and caution, the eighteen tales in this collection elicit in the listener the very goosebumps of terror she had herself experienced as a child listening to such tales.

A hired assassin with a terrible mandate to kill a country's leader lies in wait. Has his meticulous attention to detail secured him safe passage from the location of his deadly task? Will he succeed or will he be discovered? Tension mounts as the minutes count down...

In Hunted, a chilling blend of thriller and horror, Dr. Cassandra Stokes leads a team deep into the unforgiving wilderness on a mission not just about scientific discovery, but personal revenge. A series of brutal killings in the northern forests has left the locals terrorised, their whispers filled with tales of wolves, wolves, not quite wolves.

في عام 2009 لم تكن كتبي قد حققت انتشاراً يذكر، وعلاقتي بالوسط الأدبي لم تكن كمثل هذا الوقت، لذا كان لزاما علي أن أندهش عندما عدت لشقتي يوم 11 فبراير عام 2009، ليلاً لأجد أن هناك طرداً ينتظرني، أخبرتني والدتي أنها استلمته من عم ( محمد الفولي ) الذي يعمل بمكتب البريد القريب من منزلنا، والذي يعرف منزلنا جيداً ويعرف عائلتنا فرداً فرداً منذ ميلادنا إلى اليوم، جميع الخطابات التي أتت لمنزل عائلتي كانت على يديه بداية من مراسلات أقربائنا في بعض دول الخليج العربي في التسعينيات من القرن السابق إلى إنذرات الفصل التي أمطرتني بها مدرستي وأنا في الثانوية العامة.

The fourth installment in the Music and Murder Mystery series, edited by Don Bruns, Bat Out of Hell is a nonstop thrill ride of engrossing mysteries from some of the best authors in the business. An anthology unlike any other, this collection includes a brand-new Jack Reacher story from Andrew Child, a never-before-seen Pignon Scorbion prequel from Rick Bleiweiss, as well as exciting new mysteries from Heather Graham, John Gilstrap, Dave Bruns, C. J. Kudlacz, and Charles Todd.

Nine Bodies in a Puddle is a collection of nine interconnected short stories that follow nine characters who discover a body of water. When they step into the water, they switch places with their reflection. The stories slowly traverse from a fairy-tale/fantasy style toward the realm of horror.

Join Jason, a construction worker with a fresh start after a decade behind bars, as he embarks on a much-needed holiday with friends. His joy is cut short. A routine trip back to fetch a forgotten item for his boss before he clocks out takes a horrifying turn when Jason finds himself trapped and impaled on a rebar, with little hope of rescuing him for four harrowing days.

Un recueil de 14 nouvelles inédites : envoûtantes, effrayantes, captivantes. Deux jeunes couples accros au tourisme macabre, des enfants face à la cruauté de leur famille d'accueil, un présentateur télé prêt à tout pour faire exploser l'audience, des animaux subitement délivrés des hommes, un prêtre trop beau pour être honnête, des chats animés d'étranges intentions, un aviateur de la Première Guerre mondiale confronté à une entité primitive et perverse.

A hit man stalks his mark at a race track. A sociopath crosses every moral boundary to become a published author. An ex-mercenary obsessively defends his "perimeter" from a dangerous interloper. A man for hire grudgingly accepts help from a teenage girl to track an online predator. In a dystopian future, young people struggle for survival underground, forming themselves into vicious gangs with only the graffiti of the "last journalists" accepted as truth. Andrew Vachss collects 20 tight, powerful stories - all from the past decade of his career, including some now published for the first time - along with an original screenplay.

Self-determined 15-year-old Becky lives a cozy, idyllic life with her grandma in a small northern town. Inspired by the numerous crime films she's watched on television, she's convinced that she could carry out a successful robbery and get away with it.

A collection of previously published and new short stories by author Martin Roy Hill. In the title story, "Duty," a Cold War soldier faces the prospect of starting WWIII. In "Something Far Away," a former Coastguardsman must face his ghosts from the past.

Audiolibro producido con música original y sonido 3D, el mismo está diseñado para ser escuchado con auriculares. La historia presenta a un narrador anónimo obsesionado con el ojo enfermo (que llama "ojo de buitre") de un anciano con el cual convive. Finalmente decide asesinarlo. El crimen es estudiado cuidadosamente y, tras ser perpetrado, el cadáver es despedazado y escondido bajo las tablas del suelo de la casa. La policía acude a la misma y el asesino acaba delatándose a sí mismo, imaginando alucinadamente que el corazón del viejo se ha puesto a latir bajo la tarima.

A collection of five short stories, now available in audio format.

Ancora una casa misteriosa per l'architetto Pesapasta. Mummie che tornano dal passato con i loro segreti, cantine che nascondono misteri, pittrici di spiriti, una famiglia non proprio normale e un pazzo che riesce a farti dubitare di te stesso. Per l'architetto Pesapasta ogni ristrutturazione si trasforma in un incubo.

Torna in una nuova edizione un libro prezioso, indimenticabile, sospeso fra perdita e riconciliazione, fra crudeltà e commozione. Nel 1978, in Corsica, un ragazzo viene ucciso dal colpo di fucile sparato da un principe in esilio. Trent’anni dopo, quella vicenda rivive sulla stessa spiaggia, intrecciandosi alla storia di un regista e del suo gruppo teatrale.

Saverio Pesapasta non è un architetto da grandi opere, e ricevere l’incarico di ristrutturare un vecchio appartamento nel centralissimo viale Michelangelo di Napoli è la cosa più improbabile che possa capitargli. Unica condizione posta dal committente è la più assoluta discrezione. Quando scopre che i cadaveri del padre, della madre, della sorella e del cane del suo cliente vennero trovati nella vasca da bagno in un lago di sangue, capisce il perché di quella richiesta.

In these 12 electrifying tales Jeffery Deaver proves once again his genius for the unexpected - in his world, appearances are always deceiving. A devoted housekeeper embarks on a quest to find the truth behind her employer's murder. A washed-up Hollywood actor gets one last, high-stakes chance to revive his career. A man makes an impulsive visit to his hometown, and learns more about his past than he bargained for. Two Olympic track hopefuls receive terrorist threats. And Deaver's beloved series characters Lincoln Rhyme, Kathryn Dance, and John Pellam return.

Sam Capra's infant son has been kidnapped. The shadowy, powerful organization responsible for the abduction has thwarted Sam at every turn. But now Sam, an ex-CIA agent, has a potential lead: a picture of the woman who took his child from the clinic where he was born. Finding this mysterious woman could be his last chance to save his son....

Wie schafft man es, frühere Taten zu vergessen und im Hier und Jetzt neue Wege zu finden? Hamburg. Für viele Menschen eine der schönsten Städte der Welt. Für Christian Brenner, Ex-Scharfschütze einer Eliteeinheit, ist es gleichzeitig der Rückzugsort von einer Vergangenheit, die von Mord, Hass und Gewalt geprägt war. Zusammen mit seiner Frau und ihrer gemeinsamen Tochter plant er fernab von all dem Bösen eine glückliche, sorgenfreie Zukunft. Dass die Vorsehung oftmals ihre eigenen grausamen Streiche spielt, erfährt Chris auf schicksalhafte Weise.

Six tales featuring the roguish master thief, Godahl!