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Das Mitternachtstaxi wartet auf dich! Es bringt dich an die dunkelsten Orte deines Verstandes und vielleicht … noch ein Stück weiter. Ein bösartiger Pfleger in einem Altenheim bekommt seine gerechte Strafe. Eine Taxifahrt direkt aus der Hölle. Eine kurze Momentaufnahme des Todes. Ein Mann erliegt dem Gift des Verlangens. Ein Ehepaar auf direktem Weg in den Abgrund. Neue Erzählungen von A.M. Arimont.

Step into The Adventure of the Illustrious Client, where Sherlock Holmes faces a case of love, danger, and hidden murder. Sir James Damery seeks Holmes' help to protect a young heiress, Violet de Merville, from the charming yet ruthless Austrian Baron Adelbert Gruner, a man with a dark past and a taste for luxury and murder. With every step, Holmes must outwit a cunning villain before tragedy strikes, revealing a story of suspense, intrigue, and brilliant detection.

This collection of twelve short stories will draw the listener into each story, whether it is Old Love, the tale of two undergraduates at Oxford in the thirties and their bitter rivalry that ends in a memorable love story or Broken Routine, which tells of an insurance claim advisor and his...

SOMETHING UGLY’S WAITIN’ FOR YOU - Honey’s working weekends down at the Six Mile, trying to figure her life out. Her boyfriend’s about to leave the country, her college advisor hates her guts, her momma ain’t listening, and she’s got this cop breathing down her neck just about all the time. She finds a friend in her new colleague Lisa, but when one of their regular customers turns up dead, everything goes sideways faster than a greased hog at the county fair . . .

In dieser selten gehörten Kurzgeschichte von H.G. Wells geht es nicht um Science-Fiction-Technologie, sondern um nacktes Überleben. Ein britischer Leutnant wird im unwegsamen Dschungelgebiet von feindlichen Stämmen in die Enge getrieben. Gefangen auf einem Felsvorsprung, mit dem sicheren Tod im Nacken und einem gähnenden Abgrund vor den Füßen, fasst er einen wahnsinnigen Plan. Eine Geschichte darüber, wie aus Verzweiflung eine Legende wurde – die Legende vom Mann, der fliegen konnte.

In diesem Buch warten finstere Wälder, flüsternde Schatten und die grausigen Fratzen menschlicher Abgründe darauf, dich einzuholen. Jede der packenden Horrorkurzgeschichten bohrt sich tief in uralte Urängste – bis du das unsichere Flackern der Nachttischlampe plötzlich als letzten Schutzschild wahrnimmst.

Crimes of passion are as old as love itself. A man, a woman, a weapon: it's the perfect recipe for love gone wrong. And Murder for Love: Murder for Men is the perfect—and only—collection of love stories with a delectable devious twist: Murder. Eight works of short fiction from the very best male writers inside—and out—of the mystery field provide compelling listening in this distinctive collection.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'Mary Farren went into the gun room one morning about half-past eleven, took her husband's revolver and loaded it, then shot herself. The butler heard the sound of the gun from the pantry...' The fourteen haunting stories in this collection span the whole...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA 'How long he fought with them in the darkness he could not tell, but at last the beating of the wings about him lessened and then withdrew . . .' A classic of alienation and horror, The Birds was immortalised by Hitchcock in his celebrated film. The five...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA John and Laura have come to Venice to try and escape the pain of their young daughter's death. But when they encounter two old women who claim to have second sight, they find that instead of laying their ghosts to rest they become caught up in a train of...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF REBECCA. 'The apathy of Sunday lay upon the streets. Houses were closed, withdrawn. "They don't know," he thought, "those people inside, how one gesture of mine, now, at this minute, might alter their world. A knock on the door, and someone answers - a woman...

In diesem Buch erwarten dich 30 rabenschwarze Kurzgeschichten, jede so kompakt, dass sie in fünf Minuten gehört ist, doch ihr Echo hallt viel länger in deinem Kopf nach. Düsterer Humor, unheimliche Wendungen und kleine Alltagsmomente, die plötzlich aus dem Ruder laufen, ziehen dich in ihren Bann. Jede Story ist ein schneller Trip in die Abgründe der menschlichen Psyche, perfekt für zwischendurch, aber garantiert nichts für schwache Nerven.

When Xander MacKenzie gets the job of assassinating a prominent FBI agent, it's his chance to prove he's still got what it takes. Except sometimes, even the best plans go wrong–and Xander's luck is quickly running out...

Satirical and harrowing, Influence is a collection of experimental stories exposing the horror that lurks in modern society. Artificial intelligence for exorcisms, wellness fads gone deadly, lockdown cabin fever, and the dangers of our need to be adored.

Sam Pope had given up. The loss of his military career to a life-threating injury had been followed by the senseless killing of his son, Jamie. The trauma had cost him everything. His wife. His sense of purpose. Getting back on his feet in an administrative role in the Metropolitan Police, Sam soon realises he isn't the only one who has been let down by the justice system. A young girl, Daisy Phillips, met a grizzly end at the hands of the notorious O'Riordan brothers, and had nobody to fight for her.

Cat O' Nine Tales is the fifth collection of irresistible short stories from the master storyteller Jeffrey Archer. These twelve yarns are satisfying and ingeniously plotted, featuring richly drawn characters and Jeffrey Archer's trademark deliciously unexpected conclusions. They feature the mad...

This short story explores the grey zone between waking and dreaming. A mysterious machine suddenly appears in Joe Smith’s bedsit. Joe is a simple man, disfigured by a botched hare lip operation, who works as a toilet cleaner. At first, the machine appears to offer Joe an opportunity to change his miserable life. But gradually the situation changes, and what the machine has to offer turns into a terrible nightmare …

Lindsay wants good grades to get into a good college, but some of her classmates are getting under her skin, in more ways than one… What starts out as a lovely getaway on a secluded island for an elderly couple slowly becomes apparent that they are part of a sinister game… A young girl receives a necklace from her dying Grandfather. Days later it is taken from her. She must fight through her dark past to retrieve the family relic which is so important to her… and more.

They arrive alive. They always leave dead. But before they go, they tell me everything. My name’s Jack Steen, night nurse in an asylum for the criminally insane—where mercy is optional, and every secret comes with a pulse that’s fading fast. My job isn’t to save them. It’s to listen. For years, I’ve recorded their deathbed confessions in the dead of night, one story at a time. What began as whispers caught on tape has now been transcribed—unedited, unfiltered, raw. These aren’t stories meant to be read so much as listened to, in the quiet hours when even your own heartbeat sounds too loud.

A darkness has found its way to Ash Creek, and it festers in the souls of shifters. Sin Eaters were just a myth, an old legend that had been whispered throughout the centuries. That is until the first taint of evil had been felt in the peaceful town of Ash Creek. A corruption that had awoken a craving that couldn't be ignored.