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Christmas: a time for family and festivity. Unless you’re in Adder’s Fork, home of the Essex Witch Museum, where it’s a time for ghostly spirits and demonic visits. In these 12 short stories, menacing ghosts and supernatural terrors haunt Rosie Strange and Sam Stone, as well as characters past and present from beyond the Essex Witch Museum. Featuring stories from The Strange Casebook as well as original short stories.

Shot down during a bombing raid on Germany, Flying Officer Robbie Ticknall soon finds himself an unwilling guest of the Third Reich. He comes face to face with victims of the attack and begins to question the morality of his actions. He finds himself seemingly haunted by the apparitions of two children. Has he killed them? And if so, do they want revenge? If not, why are they appearing to him? The apparitions follow him into captivity, a constant reminder of the consequences of carrying out his duty.

A year has passed. Marine and security specialist Domino Taylor does not work anymore. His days and nights are spent shadowing the Lambert family; the guilt he feels for the tragic events that unfolded in western Pennsylvania haunts him without mercy. When someone from Domino's past contacts him, she begs him to take on one last job: Find and return her kidnapped son.

The sudden, tragic death of her husband leaves Carolyn Evans alone in New York City to raise an 11-year-old son and a 12-year-old daughter on little money and even less hope. But then she meets and marries handsome, successful Anthony Fleming, who wins her heart and embraces her children. When Carolyn settles her family into Anthony’s spacious apartment on Manhattan’s Central Park West, her fears of an uncertain future give way to a sense of abundant happiness. But soon, new terrors will come home to roost in the luxurious, exclusive building named The Rockwell.

In Jonathan Kellerman’s gripping novels, the city of Los Angeles is as much a living, breathing character as the heroes and villains who roam its labyrinthine streets. Sunny on the surface but shadowy beneath, this world of privilege and pleasure has a dark core and a dangerous edge. In True Detectives, Kellerman skillfully brings his renowned gifts for breathless suspense and sharp psychological insight to a tale that resonates on every level and satisfies at every turn.

In Autumn 2008 the Lambert family headed to Western Pennsylvania for a weekend getaway to the family cabin. They visited hell instead. The Fannelli brothers. Two psychopaths who believed themselves exceptional, put on this Earth for the soul purpose of tormenting others for their own amusement. To make people play their twisted games. Except the Lamberts managed the impossible. They played the game and survived. Showed the Fannelli brothers that they'd messed with the wrong family.

Beulah longed for a child of her own. She would never bear a child, but her longing was a part of her daily life. Her Power Animal, Petrona, a rock sparrow, brought her the good news. There was a daughter sleeping on Beulah's front porch. Beulah thought it was a dream, and she was right - it was a dream come true.

Deep in the darkest part of the Norwegian woods stands Dead Man's Cabin, where 110 years ago a madman slew his sister and her lover, throwing their decapitated corpses in a nearby lake before drowning himself to join them in death. Ever since, the cabin has been cursed, and anyone who spends the night there is possessed by the killer's spirit and infected with his madness.

Homicide Detective Sylvia Ross of the Osbourne PD in Tennessee is called to investigate the horrific murder of a retiree in his home. The shocking clues she discovers in the house lead her down the deadly trail of a heartless serial killer on his quest for murder. She enlists the helping hands from a man who sees the actual murders through the eyes of the killer as they occur.

This is a continuation of dramatic events unfolding in a holiday chalet in the Balearics, leading to multiple deaths and a complex investigation. Was it murder or a crime of passion? A gripping tale with the scenes shifting back and forth between Mahon and London.

Starting senior year at Clearview Academy was supposed to be an exciting time, but for Avery Lewis things are a bit more complicated than your average senior. Being dead and using someone else's body to go to school wasn't exactly how she imagined this year to go. Going from the most popular to invisible new girl was enough to make anyone irritated. At least she has Laney - her Vessel, and Clark - her almost boyfriend, sometimes, and Lindsey - her sister. The four of them have one mission: To find her killer. Step one, make her popular again. That should be easy, right?

This box set puts together Book 1 and 2 of the series - Interlopers and Pictures of Lily - in a single accessible volume.

Thomasine Lisowski has always hated her grandmother’s farm. A dark presence hovers over it. She’s thankful they moved to the city when she was younger, but now she and her parents are back for a funeral and that dark aura is stronger than ever. A ghost leads Thomasine to suspect there’s more to the farm than just her imagination going wild. Mysterious murderers and a cult-like mindset stain the Lisowski name. This trip to the country might be Thomasine’s last - because the family plans to never let her leave.

In this mind-bending twist of events, Benjamin Brinkley, a New York Times best-selling author, experiences a most horrifying duel with death after purchasing a typewriter at a local bookstore. Benjamin quickly realizes the machine was typing the chapters of his novel on its own. Not only was the malicious gadget typing by itself, the events from the manuscript came to life, threatening and snuffing out the lives of friends and foes alike.

"Mi hanno chiamato pazzo; ma nessuno ancora ha potuto stabilire se la pazzia sia o non sia la più elevata forma d'intelligenza, se la maggior parte di ciò che è glorioso, se tutto ciò che è profondo non derivi da una malattia del pensiero, da umori esaltati della mente a spese dell'intelletto generale." Così parla di se stesso nel 1841: Edgar Allan Poe è considerato il primo scrittore alienato d'America, avendo dovuto lottare per buona parte della vita con problemi finanziari e personali, con l'abuso di alcolici e in seguito sostanze stupefacenti.

Kommissar Max Silber versucht eine Reihe von Morden auf dem Land aufzuklären. Die Geschichte wird immer verworrener. Da fehlt nur noch ein okkultes Wesen wie zum Beispiel ein Werwolf. Aber sowas gibt es ja eigentlich nicht oder? Da kommt ihm die Hilfe der Roma, die in der Gegend wohnen sehr gelegen. A wüde Gschicht!

Aislinn Cain's life is a horror story. When the US Marshals Serial Crimes Tracking Unit comes knocking at Aislinn Cain's door, she is given a chance to use her past to save other people's futures. She has survived attacks by two different serial killers and devoted her life to studying the darker side of human history. A new killer is using medieval torture methods to slay his victims. She can give them a glimpse into his twisted world, but not without a cost.

Aislinn Cain and the Serial Crimes Tracking Unit are being sent to the hottest place in North America to investigate mummified remains that were found in Death Valley. When Xavier Reece uncovers elemental mercury in the heart of one of the mummies, they discover there is more than Mother Nature at work. The victims have matching injuries, but only one of the bodies reveals the liquid metal, raising questions about how many killers are using the valley as a dumping ground.

A child in danger, an isolated house in the depths of winter - and a killer on the loose.... Snow-covered fields and moors stretch away on all sides of Herondale House. Despite rumours of an escaped killer on the run, Deborah Lindsay knows that she must control her fear - she has a young charge, 13-year-old prodigy Carreen, to care for. But the isolated Yorkshire farmhouse already holds the terrible secret of one death - and after an increasing number of sinister 'accidents', Deborah begins to wonder how long it will be before evil strikes again....

Carmen recobra la conciencia en medio de la noche. Tiene un cuchillo en la mano, está cubierta de sangre, pero no recuerda nada. ¿Cometió un crimen? ¿Le tendieron una trampa? Con un tono de terror e incertidumbre entramos en su historia y la de sus hermanas, en la tragedia familiar que las cambió para siempre. ¿Fueron demonios internos o externos los que la llevaron hasta ahí?