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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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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Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. ... A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beats. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, "Lord of the Flies" is one of the most celebrates and widely read of modern ... |
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In George Orwell ‘s dystopian classic, 1984, a bleak landscape unfolds under the omnipresent gaze of Big Brother. In a society devoid of privacy, Winston Smith finds himself entangled in a dangerous dance between resistance and conformity. As he grapples with the oppressive Party and its manipulation of truth, Orwell‘s chilling portrayal serves as a stark warning against the erosion of freedom and the power of unchecked authority. This is a world where truth is malleable and individuality is a forbidden luxury. 1984 remains an enduring masterpiece, haunting readers with its timeless depiction of the struggle 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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Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption."Devastating!" Daily Telegraph "Unforgeable." Isabel Allende "Heartbreaking." The Times "Hosseini is a ... |
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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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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One wild, snowy night on the Yorkshire moors, a gentleman asks about Wuthering Heights, the remote farmhouse inhabited by his mysterious landlord. He is told about the tragic romance of the beautiful, headstrong Cathy and the orphan Heathcliff, who - although desperately in love her - is rejected in favor of a rich suitor. But Cathy cannot forget him, and he develops a lust for revenge that will take over his life as he attempts to win her back, and to destroy everyone, and everything, he considers responsible for his loss. One of the great novels of the ... |
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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 ... |
