Аделайн се настанява в някога внушителното, но сега западнало имение Парсънс, което е наследила от баба си. Успешна писателка, надарена с богато въображение, тя се чувства съвсем на място сред готическата атмосфера на къщата и тайните, скътани във всяка паяжина. А когато случайно се натъква на дневника на прабаба си Джиджи, намерена мъртва в къщата преди повече от шейсет години, разбира, че може би е открила и ключа към мистерията кой я е убил. Но по-голямата загадка сякаш е кой е тайнственият непознат, който наблюдава къщата ѝ, преследва мъжете, осмелили се да я погледнат, и оставя червени рози в спалнята ѝ. ... |
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Аделайн попада в кошмар, от който не може да избяга. Пленена от зловещото Общество, тайнствена организация, която контролира трафика с жени и деца и търговията със сексуални робини, Аделайн е подложена на физически, емоционални и психически изпитания, които ще я отведат до ръба на лудостта... а може би и малко отвъд. Похитителите ѝ я наричат Диамант заради красотата и цената, които враговете на Зи са готови да платят за нея. Ала забравят кое е най-важното качество на един диамант... Че не можеш да го пречупиш. Зейд е ловецът, който няма да се спре пред нищо, за да я намери, дори да трябва да изпепели всичко по ... |
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Заплетените случаи продължават след "Безкраен четвъртък". Книгата е част от поредицата психологически трилъри на Ники Френч. ... Виновна до доказване на противното... в един фатален петък. Когато в река Темза е открит плаващ труп, полицията е сигурна, че идентифицирането му ще е лесно. Около китката на мъртвеца има болнична гривна, на която е изписано д-р Ф. Клайн. Но психотерапевтът Фрида Клайн е невредима, а уликите, които я свързват с бруталното убийство, я превръщат в главния заподозрян. Неспособна да убеди полицията в своята невинност, Фрида е принудена да вземе смело решение, за да събере парчетата от ... |
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The Trial is the most acclaimed of Kafka 's three novels, and is both a haunting meditation on freedom and the powerlessness of the individual in the face of state power, and an ominous prefiguration of the totalitarian excesses of the twentieth century. On his thirtieth birthday, the bank clerk Josef K. is suddenly arrested by mysterious agents for an unspecified crime. He is told that he will be set free, but must make regular appearances at a court in the attic of a tenement building while his trial proceeds. Although he never comes to know the particulars of his case, Josef K. finds his life taken over by the ... |
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An anthology of classic poetry & stories. Step into the enchanting realm of Faeries Sprites & Malevolent Spirits, where the exquisite beauty and treacherous allure of the unseelie court come to life through classic poetry. This captivating collection immerses you in the ethereal world of fairies, where enchantress lyrics and the longings of otherworldly lovers are woven together in verses that shimmer with magic and mystery. Each poem is a spell, cast in words that evoke the haunting perfume of desire and the dark allure of fae mischief. Within these pages, you'll find timeless works such as William Wordsworth ' ... |
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If I told you that I'd killed a man with a glance, would you wait to hear the rest? The why, the how, what happened next? Monster. Man-hater. Murderess. Forget everything you've been told about Medusa. Internationally bestselling author Jessie Burton flips the script in this astonishing retelling of Greek myth, illuminating the woman behind the legend at last. Exiled to a far-flung island after being abused by powerful Gods, Medusa has little company other than the snakes that adorn her head instead of hair. Haunted by the memories of a life before everything was stolen from her, she has no choice but to make ... |
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In 1890, the thirty-year-old Chekhov, already knowing that he was ill with tuberculosis, undertook an arduous eleven-week journey from Moscow across Siberia to the penal colony on the island of Sakhalin. Now collected here in one volume are the fully annotated translations of his impressions of his trip through Siberia and the account of his three-month sojourn on Sakhalin Island, together with his notes and extracts from his letters to relatives and associates. Highly valuable both as a detailed depiction of the Tsarist system of penal servitude and as an insight into Chekhov’s motivations and objectives for visiting ... |
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Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire's impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They've seen what happens to those who do. But when Laia's brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for ... |
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Bestselling author of "History is all you left me". This is Mateo. This is Rufus. ... On September 5th, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: they're going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers, but, for different reasons, they're both looking to make a new friend on their End Day. The good news: there's an app for that. It's called the Last Friend, and through it, Rufus and Mateo are about to meet up for one last great adventure - to live a lifetime in a single day. "Overflows with tenderness and heartache." ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... It is 1941 and bombs have turned London into the front line of a world war. In the shadows of the Blitz, Hitler's agents are running a blackmail operation to obtain documents that could bring the nation to instant defeat. Arthur Rowe, a man once convicted of a notorious mercy killing, stumbles onto a German spy operation in Bloomsbury and must be silenced. But even with his memory taken from him, he is still a very dangerous witness. A taut thriller and a haunting exploration of pity, love, and guilt, The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene is ... |
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Edited by David Stuart Davies. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Blend the wild and fevered Irish imagination with a wonderful facility for recounting a dark, compelling tale, add a dash of the supernatural, and you have a potent brew of spine-tingling tales. This anthology of the best ghost stories from Ireland and Irish writers includes contributions from such masters as: Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats and Rosa Mulholland. Within these pages you will find strange accounts of haunted houses, death warnings from beyond the grave, and revengeful spirits, all guaranteed to stir the ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Jonty Claypole. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... This collection of Poe's work contains some of the most exciting and haunting stories ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious to the darkly comic, yet all possess the genius for the grotesque that defines Poe's writing. They are peopled with neurotics and social outcasts, obsessed with nameless terrors or preoccupied with seemingly unsolvable mysteries. "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" are key works in the horror canon, while in the "The Murders ... |
