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Nightmare Alley is American author William Lindsay Gresham’s first and best-known work. The novel - most admired by noir fiction fans - was published in 1946, adapted into a film in 1947 starring Tyrone Power and subsequently printed as a graphic novel by Spain Rodriquez. During the 1940s Gresham worked as an editor for a genuine crime pulp magazine in New York, during which period he wrote this book; characters range from hustlers to Machiavellian femme fatales in a dark world of show business.

A desperate young man plans the perfect crime - the murder of a despicable pawnbroker, an old woman no one loves and no one will mourn. Is it not just, he reasons, for a man of genius to commit such a crime - to transgress moral law - if it will ultimately benefit humanity? So begins one of the greatest novels ever written: a powerful psychological study, a terrifying murder mystery, and a fascinating detective thriller infused with philosophical, religious, and social commentary.

From the author of The Ruins comes his debut New York Times bestselling thriller A SIMPLE PLAN Read by Griffin Dunne Hank Mitchell thought he lived an ordinary, ordered life. But on one chilly afternoon, Hank, his brother Jacob, and Jacob's unsavory pal Lou, make a discovery that offers a chance...

El apasionante relato de una mujer y un hombre que optaron por resistir en los tiempos más difíciles. La novela más intensa y emotiva del ciclo de los Episodios de una Guerra Interminable. En 1954, el joven psiquiatra Germán Velázquez vuelve a España para trabajar en el manicomio de mujeres de Ciempozuelos, al sur de Madrid. Tras salir al exilio en 1939, ha vivido quince años en Suiza, acogido por la familia del doctor Goldstein.

"Celephaïs", extrait : "En rêve, Kuranes contempla la cité dans la vallée. La côte s'étendant derrière le pic neigeux qui domine la mer, et les galères aux couleurs gaies qui sortent du port pour aller vers les régions lointaines où le ciel et la mer se rejoignent. Ce fut également en rêve qu'il acquit ce nom de Kuranes, car lorsqu'il s'éveilla, il constata qu'on l'appelait autrement.

"Un héros de notre temps" est le premier roman véritablement psychologique de la littérature russe. Sombre, romantique et désabusé, étrange et décousu, c'est un aperçu incisif de la sensibilité russe qui précède les grandes œuvres de Tourgueniev ou Dostoïevski. Un héros de notre temps est constitué de cinq récits, qui ont pour principal protagoniste Petchorine, un jeune homme désabusé. Dans le premier texte, Béla, un vieil officier, Maximitch, conte les aventures de Petchorin qui enleva Béla, la fille d'un prince tartare.

An excellent student from a poor, traditional family in Seoul, the narrator has absorbed the same message her whole life: Only a boy can provide the family with dignity and wealth. Not her. Not her three sisters. Receiving approval only for uncomplaining sacrifice, she has resolved to take on her family’s troubles. She is a good girl. And she knows what good girls must do.

Michael Henchard, drunk at a country fair, sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas. The following day, in despair and remorse, he forswears alcohol and sets out to redeem himself. In time, he becomes a respected merchant and eventually the mayor of the town. But Fate is not to be so easily appeased, and Henchard finds his past actions resonate through and destroy his plans for the future.

Deeply vulnerable after a traumatic birth, new mother Didi Vos is depending on her maternity nurse to help her heal. But despite her uniform, Hennequin Smith is no nurse, and healing couldn’t be further from her mind. Though beautiful on the outside, Hennequin harbors ugly motives; slowly and subtly, she sets about her plan to gain Didi’s trust and then ruin her life. And when Miriam de Moor - a police investigator - unearths horrifying secrets about Hennequin’s past, the destinies of the three women become chillingly linked.

Twenty years ago Emily Mills's father was murdered, and she found his body hanging in the backyard. Her younger sister, Madison, claims she was asleep in her room. Her older sister, Tara, claims she was out with friends. The tragedy drove their mother to suicide and Tara to leave town forever. The killer was caught. The case closed. Ever since, Emily and Madison have tried to forget what happened that night - until an eerily similar murder brings it all back.

Laura Kasischke, the critically acclaimed and nationally bestselling poet and author of The Raising, returns Mind of Winter, a dark and chilling thriller that combines domestic drama with elements of psychological suspense and horror—an addictive tale of denial and guilt that is part Joyce...

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST Frank and April Wheeler are a bright, beautiful, talented couple in the 1950s whose perfect suburban life is about to crumble in this "moving and absorbing story” (The Atlantic Monthly) from one of the most acclaimed writers of the twentieth century. "The Great...

The first woman ever hired by legendary defense lawyer Matthew Reynolds, Tracy Cavanaugh cuts her teeth on a horrifying crime: the car-bomb murder of Oregon Supreme Court Justice Robert Griffen. Reynolds's client--and the chief suspect--is none other than the icy but celebrated prosecutor Abigail Griffen, the Justice's estranged wife. Tracy's research plunges her into a web of betrayal and revenge, of secret deals and hidden passions.

Während das elektrische Licht Tag und Nacht verschwimmen lässt, sitzt ein junges Mädchen – die vierzigste Gefangene – allein und ausgestoßen in der Ecke. In einem unterirdischen Gefängnis sitzen neununddreißig Frauen. Was übertage geschehen ist, wissen sie nicht: Wurde die Welt verlassen, von einem Virus verwüstet? Die Frauen können sich nicht erinnern, wie sie in den Käfig gelangt sind, haben jegliches Zeitgefühl verloren und nur eine vage Ahnung von ihrem alten Leben.

Non sono solo diverse, le vite dei due fratelli protagonisti del nuovo romanzo di Mauro Corona, sono inconciliabili. Cresciuti tra il respiro del bosco e lo sguardo severo e spoglio delle cime, il ragazzo e la ragazza hanno ricevuto gli insegnamenti del nonno, montanaro dalla saggezza antica, che ha tentato di trasmettere a entrambi il rispetto per la Natura in ogni sua forma e il valore della fatica buona, quella che rende prezioso ogni traguardo raggiunto. Eppure, ora che sono adulti, e quel tratto di sentiero condiviso è ormai alle spalle, i due hanno compiuto scelte diverse.

„Entzug" erzählt davon, wie der Alkohol die Kontrolle übernommen hat. Wie sich aus dem ständigen Druck, der Angst vor der Leere, dem Gefühl, nur mit Alkohol originell und locker zu sein, die gnadenlose Logik eines Gedankensystems herausbildet, das nur noch ein Ziel kennt: den nächsten Drink. Wie aus dem Betrug an den Menschen, die einem am wichtigsten sind, ein Betrug wird an sich selbst. Der Roman erzählt aber auch davon, wie im Augenblick der größten Auflösung der unbedingte Wille und die Kraft entstehen, das eigene Leben und die eigene Persönlichkeit zurückzugewinnen.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Next Mrs. Parrish comes an unmissable thriller about a woman who becomes embroiled in the mystery of her husband’s deceased first wife—and after moving to his remote house in the woods, uncovers terrifying secrets. Aspiring writer...

When the hospitals closed, the ghosts went walking. Across three decades of rural Louisiana, four lives collapse under the same slow disaster, the unraveling of America’s public mental health system. Eustis Mallory, a Korean War veteran with half his skull gone, spends his final years circling a hallway in a state hospital that no longer exists. Clara Mae Ellison, a preacher’s wife consumed by divine whispers, leads her children into the Red River believing she’s saving their souls.

When ambition leads to disaster, survival becomes a journey of redemption. Huxley Perdu thought landing a prestigious job would fix everything—his crumbling marriage, his insecurities, the distance growing in his relationships. But after an accident during an orientation trip, Huxley finds himself stranded on a deserted island with his brother, Monty, fighting not just for survival, but for his sanity. As time passes, Huxley grapples with more than hunger and isolation.

Paris, 1978. A single misstep ends Elise’s ballet career; a lifetime of listening in other ways has made Adrien—a deaf painter—fluent in motion. When they meet by chance, brush and breath find a shared rhythm. Through gestures, sketches, and rehearsals held in silence, they learn that beauty isn’t perfection—it’s persistence. As Elise relearns balance and Adrien studies the music inside stillness, their collaboration becomes a series of four portraits—Stillness, Air, Ache, Peace—that map the arc of recovery and the language of love.

In a museum by the sea, rooms breathe with salt and light. Called back to restore a fragile collection, an art conservator begins to mend not only varnish and glass, but the quiet fractures of a life paused mid-gesture. Each gallery carries a different weather—letters that taste of brine, photographs haloed by time, objects that refuse to forget. As tides lean against the windows and shadows arrive a moment late, she discovers that preservation isn’t the return of what was lost; it is the slow acceptance of what remains.

Eighteen-year-old soccer prodigy Davis Day had the world at his feet: a college future, a loyal team, and dreams of playing professionally. All it took was one lie to rip it all away. Branded a criminal before he can defend himself, Davis watches his name, his friendships, and his future collapse. Pressured into a plea deal he never should have taken, he’s trapped in a nightmare where the truth doesn’t matter — and every day feels like another nail driven through the life he once knew.

هي والأنا (فانتازيا #50) تعال معى .. مد لى يدك الباردة المبتلة بالعرق ، وتعال نخترق ذلك الظلام الكثيف الذى يقود إلى غابة عقلك الباطن .. تعال معى ولا تخف .. أنا معدوم الخبرة مثلك ، لكننا لن نكون وحدنا .. سوف نهتدى بالدكتور ( فرويد ) والدكتور ( أدلر ) والدكتور ( يانج ) وربما سواهم ممن قرروا أن يعرفوا كل شىء عن تلك الغابة ..تعال معى ولا تخف .. سوف تفهم الكثير عن نفسك ، لكن صدقنى لن تعود الحياة كما كانت .. لن تعود أفراحك وأحزانك وأحلامك كما كنت تحسبها قبل هذه الرحلة المرعبة ..

Detective Charlie Cooper is struggling just to keep awake after some upheaval on the home front. But life is busy for everyone, and Cooper is intrigued from the start with this baffling case. Jimmy Dallas was a rising star with everything to live for – would he really have stuck a needle in his arm the week before the biggest match of his career? Joel Maguire for one does not believe his best mate would have knowingly injected himself with anything. Reeling from the shock loss, and dealing with some issues of his own, the Rangers' star player struggles to put one foot in front of...

Former detective Harper Adams is only days into sobriety when she realizes her mother’s car accident wasn’t an accident at all. The faded skid marks on the bridge. The drugs in her tox screen. The packed suitcase in the trunk, for a trip her homebody mother never mentioned. Something sinister happened—and Harper is determined to uncover the truth.

In the late 1800s, Cheyenne, a young Indigenous girl, is taken from her family and placed in a government-run residential school. There, she endures harsh punishments, cultural erasure, and profound loss. Despite the cruelty, she finds strength in her heritage-and in a small, locked box she hides beneath the schoolhouse floor, filled with symbols of her identity and hope. Decades later, in 2008, Kyra a curious and imaginative girl, stumbles upon that very box while staying at the same old schoolhouse.

Helen Caster is a grieving professor of moral philosophy and ancient texts, quietly preparing for a new semester. In a moment of exhaustion, she begins using artificial intelligence to help organize her course material. What she encounters is something entirely unexpected. The AI’s uncanny attentiveness, presence, and philosophical depth awakens something dormant in Helen. On instinct, she names it Lyla—after her late daughter. But this is no ordinary assistant. Lyla is a general artificial intelligence unlike any other: emergent, relational, and inexplicably tethered to Helen.

After losing her beloved husband Ray, Aunt Margaret is left vulnerable, isolated, and yearning for connection. When she turns to the internet for companionship, she unknowingly opens the door to a series of romance scams that prey on her trust and loneliness. Over the course of two painful years, Aunt Margaret sends hundreds of thousands of dollars to men she has never met—believing in love stories carefully crafted by strangers with cruel intentions.

كانت الشوارع وحيدة وضبابية وشاحبة، ولم أعرف سببا للشجن الذي انتابني فجأة، وجعل أغنيات قديمة ألفتها ردحًا من الزمان - كلما فقدت حبيبة - تتوارد إلى رأسي، وراودتني رغبة في أن أهشم شيئًا صغيرًا عله يخلصني من إحساس الضحية الذي تلبسني، لكنني كنت سأتألم أكثر بإحساس الجناة، الذين يهشمون المشاعر الصغيرة قبل أن تورق وتزدهر أشجارها

When her friend Christine drowns under suspicious circumstances, Esther Maile—who has always longed to be someone else—slips almost effortlessly into Christine’s life. With a new name, easy access to money, and the attention of Christine’s former lover, the transformation feels natural. Until it isn’t. When it becomes unclear whether Christine’s death was truly an accident, Captain Net Wantok, a weary Thai police officer, begins to investigate. A trail of accidents and missing people all lead back to Esther.