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From Daphne du Maurier, “a writer of fearless originality” (The Guardian), comes a collection of her thirteen most mesmerizing tales—including iconic stories such as “The Birds” and “Don’t Look Now”—with an introduction by Stephen King. Daphne du Maurier is best known for...

On the run from an abusive man, Megan Liu and her mom find work cleaning an ancient Beijing opera house in exchange for room and board. Meeting Kristy, the lead performer of the theater’s current show, ignites Megan’s long-buried singing ambition. But Kristy’s hiding something; and digging into her secrets, Megan uncovers more mysteries—including her mom’s childhood connection to the theater and a decades-old murder. The more Megan learns, the more her dreams and reality begin to blur. Something’s calling her from deep within the opera house, and it’s ravenous…

The third instalment in T. Kingfisher's Sworn Soldier series.

After my husband died eight years ago, I made vengeance my only purpose, my religion, my destiny. But to get to my enemy, I had to make myself like him. He had a kingdom of secrets? Then I would make an empire. He had blood on his hands? Then I would bathe in it.

Mandy Holloway never expected to return to her crumbling childhood home on Stillwater Lane, a place haunted by painful memories of neglect, betrayal, and long-buried secrets. But with her family on the brink of financial collapse, she finds herself with no other options. Now, back in the decaying house she once swore to leave behind, Amanda confronts the specters of her past, and something far darker that lurks within the shadows.

She thought she was safe. She thought he was hers. But nothing stays innocent forever—not in Holt Manor. In the second installment of The Wallflower, Daisy is no longer just the quiet girl in the shadows. She’s at the center of a world she doesn’t yet understand, surrounded by secrets she was never meant to uncover. As her relationship with Marcus deepens, so does her entanglement with the Holt family—and the dark legacy that lives behind the Left-Wing doors. There are games being played. Rules being rewritten.

In the murky swamplands of Southeast Texas, where Spanish moss drapes ancient oaks like funeral shrouds, stands a decaying mansion with a blood-soaked history. They call it "The Bonehouse," and its walls hold secrets darker than the blackest bayou waters. Lorelei Morgan, a hard-drinking L.A. private investigator with more debts than dollars, is desperate enough to take on a job that reeks of danger and madness. Her mission? Uncover the truth behind local legends of hidden treasure and unspeakable crimes within the rotting halls of the Bonehouse.

Sarah Bennett wasn’t looking for danger. But the moment she crossed paths with Heath Ashwyck—a man wrapped in elegance and darkness—her life began to unravel. Whispers of politics, forbidden desires, and a hidden society of predators close in, pulling her deeper into a world where every glance is calculated and every touch could cost her more than her life.

Ein Urlaub in Südengland wird für Professor Zamorra und seine Partnerin Nicole Duval zum Albtraum. Während einer Sonnenfinsternis geraten sie in einen Zeitstrudel. Unvermittelt finden sie sich im Jahr 1925 wieder, auf dem herrschaftlichen Anwesen der resoluten Lady Eliza Fitzgibbon. Noch ehe sie einen Gedanken an die Rückkehr verschwenden können, geraten sie ins Visier einer Lamia - eines uralten, blutrünstigen Wesens aus der Mythologie, gegen das selbst Zamorras magisches Amulett machtlos ist.

Rouen, 1890. Nach einem Spaziergang an der Seine kehrt der junge Vicomte de Folieson in seltsamer Unruhe zurück auf sein Anwesen. Ein rätselhaftes Fieber, eine unerklärliche Unruhe erfasst ihn, die ihm den Schlaf und seine Kräfte zusehends raubt. Nach einer Kur scheint er genesen, jedoch bald nach seiner Rückkehr fällt er in das alte Leiden zurück. In der Nacht ereignen sich seltsame Dinge im Haus, deren Urheber der Vicomte selbst sein muss, welche getan zu haben er sich aber nicht erinnert.

Die junge Hexe Coco Zamis wird von ihrem Vater nach Trinidad geschickt, wo sie bei dem Hexer Makemake in die Lehre gehen soll. Auf der Insel angekommen, muss Coco jedoch schnell erfahren, dass Makemake nicht der mächtige Dämon ist, der er zu sein vorgibt. Tatsächlich ist Makemakes Leben bedroht und Coco die Einzige, die ihm noch helfen kann.

This isn’t just Washington Irving’s classic tale—it’s a spine-tingling plunge into a world of restless spirits, haunted woods, and one of the most unforgettable legends of all time! Feel your pulse pound as you walk alongside Ichabod Crane through misty roads where every shadow hides a secret and every whisper might belong to the Headless Horseman himself. With every chilling moment, you’ll be swept into the eerie charm of early America, where folklore comes alive and fear takes the reins.

Some secrets should not be kept. They should be screamed. I have a secret. In fact, I have many. Most of them could get me killed, so my silence is the golden ticket to survival in this asylum from hell. But my watchers don’t like it when I’m silent. They like when I scream. When I beg. When I’m a bad girl who tells the things I shouldn’t. Maybe this time I’ll let it all out. Divulge the ugly truths and cast light on the real monsters living in our world. Maybe my secrets will save me this time.

Seoul, present day: antiques dealer Alys is mysteriously paid a vast sum of money to transport one of three highly coveted Anatomical Venuses to the UK and then destroy it. An offer she can’t refuse... London, 1769: Eleanor is new to the city and, after a chance meeting at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, is taken under the wing of beautiful and charismatic Elizabeth and her protégé, Emily, who promise her a life of luxury. But it quickly becomes clear that Elizabeth is not what she seems.

At the height of lockdown, a group of flailing twenty-something friends makes an illicit break for freedom. A grand country house stands empty. Once the home of Theo's great uncle, it seems like the perfect place to get high and hang out in the spring sunshine, as they eschew adult responsibilities.

She’s the girl everyone sees—but nobody really knows. Behind Callie Mercer’s perfect grades and pretty smiles is a house full of slammed doors, silent dinners, and secrets that never stay buried. Her mom drinks to forget. Her dad works to deflect. And Callie? She’s been surviving behind a mask for so long, she almost forgot who she is without it, but masks crack. And when hers finally does, everything changes.

Tessie Hollis is the last surviving witch of a bloodline that should’ve been erased. Her ancestors were power-hungry monsters who cursed an entire realm—and Lucian, the demon king forged in the ashes of their destruction, has spent centuries making sure their line ended. Then she shows up. Defiant. Stubborn. Beautiful. And fate makes her his soulmate. Now they’re soul-bound. She's burning with an ancient magical hunger called the Beckoning, and he's the only one who can stop the ache.

You think you have a choice. You think your cries are enough to stop me. But I don't care about your limits or pathetic attempts at control. You don't get to say no—not to me. No one does. I crave that delicious moment when you realize your resistance is nothing but a game to me. This is something you can't escape. I will watch you break before me piece by piece until you're begging for what you once feared. You will understand that “no” was never an option. And when I'm done with you, there will be nothing left for anyone else. This time, you don't get to choose. You will be mine.

An escaped convict! A Contessa who is not what she seems! What are the mysteries of the Whitaker Theatre company? And –– could a baby be on the way? Where is the doctor???

In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy—and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past. “What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is...