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When firefighters tackling a blazing house in a quiet suburb of Pine Valley, California, discover human remains, Detective Katie Scott races to 717 Maple Street. She calls a halt to the excavations the moment she sees the full number and size of the bones; someone has buried a whole family down here. Working night and day, it’s up to Katie to prove her theory that the fire was no accident, that someone wanted to expose the secret in the basement. Tiny traces of explosives residue found at the scene is all the proof she needs.

Auf den ersten Blick haben diese mysteriösen Verbrechen nichts miteinander zu tun: Ein Krimiautor wird beschuldigt, seinen Nachbarn mit einem Korkenzieher umgebracht zu haben. Doch er leugnet die Tat – und verdächtigt seine Romanfigur. Die Entführerin achtmonatiger Zwillinge tritt im Fernsehen auf: Sie fordert nicht etwa Lösegeld, sondern verfolgt einen viel größeren Plan. Viel früher, im Berlin des Jahres 1904, muss Kriminalassistent Ernst Gennat, Experte für neuartige Verhörtechniken und Stachelbeertorte, den rätselhaften "Franzosenrächer" schnappen, der erste Fall der späteren Polizeilegende.

The ghost story has long been a staple of world literature, but many of the genre's greatest tales have been forgotten, overshadowed in many cases by their authors' best-selling work in other genres. In this spine-tingling anthology, little known stories from literary titans like Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton are collected alongside overlooked works from masters of horror fiction like Edgar Allan Poe and M. R. James. In bringing these masterful tales back from the dead, Ghost Stories will enlighten and frighten both longtime fans as well as new listeners of the genre.

Though often drawn in to difficult circumstances not of their own making, the women in She Is Vengeance always have the final say in what impacts their world. These strong women guide their own outcomes against a myriad of settings, from libraries to farms, beaches, the city, and even a deserted lighthouse.

A collection of crime stories with a difference, the quick listens in She Is Vengeance all have strong female protagonists who refuse to be the victims in their own life stories.

"Il pénétra dans le cabinet. Mais, au bout de quelques secondes, il demanda, sans le moindre étonnement d'ailleurs : - Vous l'avez pris, chère amie ? Elle répliqua : - Comment ? mais non, je n'ai rien pris. - Vous l'avez dérangé."

Hay que esperar lo inesperado... un preso falsamente acusado de asesinato ejecuta un plan de venganza impecable... faros en el espejo retrovisor siguen a una viajera a través de un solitario tramo de carretera... una mujer cimienta su futuro casándose con una larga ristra de hombres adinerados... un prófugo iraquí a cuya cabeza han puesto precio realiza una visita involuntaria a su patria... dos extraños poseídos por un deseo a primera vista consideran la miríada de posibilidades que se abren ante ellos el día en que se conocen.

A sleepy town with a disturbing secret. An unstable man seduced by evil whisperings. And a stubborn detective whose life is more intertwined with the killer she hunts than she could ever imagine. Just when the residents of Crest Hill are getting past a shocking unsolved murder in the nearby...

Hay que esperar lo inesperado... un preso falsamente acusado de asesinato ejecuta un plan de venganza impecable... faros en el espejo retrovisor siguen a una viajera a través de un solitario tramo de carretera... una mujer cimienta su futuro casándose con una larga ristra de hombres adinerados... un prófugo iraquí a cuya cabeza han puesto precio realiza una visita involuntaria a su patria... dos extraños poseídos por un deseo a primera vista consideran la miríada de posibilidades que se abren ante ellos el día en que se conocen.

When his girlfriend disappears, Jack Mathews' only option is to drive if he ever wants to see her again. He's got nothing but time, which is quickly running out. Five Hours is a nonstop thrill ride that never slows down. This short story is an adrenaline rush where nothing is what it seems.

Dean R. Koontz‘ "Ukendte veje" indeholder syv noveller, der alle på en eller anden måde handler om menneskets rejse - både i bogstaveligste forstand og i overført betydning. Vi kan gå den rigtige vej og den forkerte vej, og vi kan vælge den lange eller den korte vej. Fælles for novellerne er, at de er temmelig uhyggelige. Det er jo Dean R. Koontz, der er forfatteren. Den amerikanske forfatter Dean R. Koontz (f. 1945) er kendt for sine spændingsmættede thrillere, som ofte strejfer andre genrer så som gyser, fantasy, science fiction og satire.

Take a walk with Watts to discover an old Victorian home with a disturbingly dark secret, feel the cold winter snap with two security officers confronting a demon in the middle of a blizzard, witness as a fallen angel seeks justice in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and cringe as a Halloween demon takes possession of a small boy to satisfy its bloodlust. It will be a stroll you will not soon forget…not one gory detail.

In this collection of 15 tales, Karl Drinkwater sews flesh onto the bones of our worst fears whilst revisiting some of horror's classic settings, such as the teen party, the boat in trouble, the thing in the cellar, the haunted museum, the ghost in the machine, and the urban legends that come true.

The newest anthology from Mystery Writers of America explores the theme of home and the crimes that endanger it, with stories by Ellen Hart, Naomi Hirahara, Walter Mosley, Sara Paretsky and more. Everyone comes from someplace. Everyone has somewhere they feel safe. Some people have found their...

Four scorching novels in one—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lady Boss and Thrill! Inside the exclusive mansions of L.A., where Hollywood's most powerful players willingly risk it all, a killer is playing a deadly game. Drawn into this dangerous world are a high-class call...

Fiendish suspense. Shocking twists. Twelve diabolical tales. New York Times bestselling author and highly acclaimed storyteller Jeffery Deaver-the undisputed "grand master of the plot twist" (Booklist)-returns with a dazzling new collection of short stories. In these twelve electrifying tales...

From Jeff Abbott -- the New York Times bestselling author of ADRENALINE and THE LAST MINUTE -- comes an all new short story, available only as an eBook and audio download. Sam Capra's infant son has been kidnapped. The shadowy, powerful organization responsible for the abduction has thwarted Sam...

From The Anastasia Syndrome, her bestselling collection of short fiction, Terror Stalks the Class Reunion is a riveting, unabridged audio production. Lovely young Kay Crandall has come back for the reunion of a high school where she once taught. But Kay cannot guess that the happy occasion is...

Souce: Luego de un año de retiro y reflexión, Humberto Ramos regresa para demostrar que no ha aprendido nada, y en su camino por encontrar "la verdad" arrastrar a Víctor Hernández a los rincones más absurdos de los conspiranoicos.

Encounters is a curated collection of six contemporary short stories set across three continents. The stories reflect disparate adventures in a globalized, rapidly changing world: A young couple discovers the luxurious allure of Monte Carlo’s Grand Casino, a woman from San Francisco reveals an inspirational uncle’s secrets, a Bangkok expatriate lives out a night of excess, and a Russian immigrant navigates her unique New World voyage. Each story shines a different, up-close perspective on a lived moment in a certain place and time.

Muž sedící ve vězení je přesvědčen, že člověk, kterého údajně zavraždil, si plnými doušky užívá života. • Řidičku neúnavně pronásleduje vůz s děsivou osobou za volantem. Mladé umělkyni se podaří největší průlom v kariéře. Neposedná kráska najde dokonalý narozeninový dárek. Uprchlý Iráčan, který figuruje na Husajnově seznamu odsouzenců k smrti, nedobrovolně navštíví svou rodnou zemi. Jak se protagonisté s nastalou situací vypořádají? A co byste na jejich místě dělali vy?