Great Mysteries

Edgar Allan Poe's The Purloined Letter, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Crooked Man, and G.K. Chesterton's The Man in the Passage, comprise this anthology featuring famous sleuths.

Flanders, June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet is shot dead, killed not by German fire, but while recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines. A young English soldier is arrested and, although he protests his innocence, charged with his murder. Douglas Kingsley is a conscientious objector, previously a detective with the London police, now imprisoned for his beliefs. He is released, and sent to France in order to secure a conviction.

Several Tampa media personalities were known for their “hit pieces” about public figures. Now they’re known for being murdered, and anyone they trashed could be a suspect. Detectives Carly Sanderson and Sergio Martin, co-workers and secret lovers, are assigned to hunt for a deranged killer together....

Three complete stories in one collection! Includes Monkey Trouble, The Zombie Project, and The Great Turkey Heist.

Whether a visitor to, or a native of, the great and ancient metropolis of London, the listener will be drawn in by this book's strange and sometimes horrendous tales about this global melting pot of a city. It discusses in detail some of the demons, ghosts, and life-essence stealers who inhabit London's netherworld and call it their home. This book's tales of hauntings and terror deal exclusively with that hugely haunted area of London known as the West End which has the famous Piccadilly Circus at its centre.

Seth is laid off from work. His wife Lara just found out they are expecting a baby this summer. Seth plans on documenting the entire pregnancy with his brand new digital camcorder. During an evening home watching television, the news reports that a swarm of cicada (Brood Ten) are expected to overwhelm the entire Northeast. Brood Ten is vicious and ready to invade.

When Charlotte wins a scholarship to a writing workshop in Venice with the charismatic and brilliant Luca Bruni, it’s a dream come true. Writing is her passion, she loves Bruni’s books, and going to that romantic and magical sinking city gives her the chance to solve a long-time family mystery about a Venetian poet deep in their lineage, Isabella Di Angelo, who just might be the real author of a very famous poem.

Private Detective Kaiser Wrench slugs it out with a two-timing, still-luscious ex-Hollywood cougar, who’s using everything she’s got, to block the trail of a vicious killer.

It was a normal day at Willistead Academy when suddenly a mysterious car shows up, leading to threatening phone calls, explosions, and more dangers to the campus!

He dresses in black and stalks the streets of the 87th Precinct. He is a shadow, always searching for his next victim. And when he finds it, all that will be left is a severed hand. For Detectives Carella and Hawes, this new killer is an enigma. He leaves no trace of his crime—no evidence at all. Even the severed hands have had their fingertips sheared off. With nothing much to go on, the detectives work off the hunch that the black-clad killer has a grudge against the 87th.

Will super-soldier Jocelyn Martinez live long enough to save her sisters-in-arms before everything crashes in on them? You think being a genetically enhanced super-soldier is hard? Trying being a 1st grade teacher. That was a joke Jocelyn use to say to her teammate in training camp. Today, many of those she befriended in camp are dead, and now she's desperate to keep her two sisters-in-arms alive. That's going to be harder than she thought because Ophelia is slowing going mad and Patricia is just a normal human who just happens to be an incredible sniper.

少年方歌吟，因为报父仇而闯入江湖，从而经历了一连串惊心动魄的武打場面……少年方歌吟，因為報父仇而闖入江湖，從而經歷了一連串驚心動魄的武打場面……

Galardonada con el Premio Goncourt, ensalzada por los críticos y convertida en un auténtico fenómeno editorial en Francia, esta novela es un fresco y atrevido retrato de una sociedad descompuesta por uno de los más crueles inventos del hombre: la guerra.

Great Britain is an ancient land steeped in history and tradition, filled with prehistoric ruins, majestic castles, and a countryside sculpted from millennia of human habitation. Its rolling countryside is dotted with prehistoric burial mounds and stone circles. Brooding castles hold tales of bloodshed and honor. Medieval churches have elaborate stained glass windows and gruesome carvings, reflecting a mixture of hope and darkness.

Inglaterra es una antigua tierra llena de historia y tradición, llena de ruinas prehistóricas, majestuosos castillos, y un paisaje esculpido de milenios de vida humana... Su paisaje ondulado está salpicado de túmulos funerarios prehistóricos y círculos de piedra. Los castillos inquietantes cuentan historias de derramamiento de sangre y honor. Las iglesias medievales han elaborado vitrales y esculturas horripilantes, reflejando una mezcla de esperanza y oscuridad. Cada aldea y pueblo tiene historias que se remontan a siglos atrás, y fiestas populares con raíces paganas.

England is an ancient land steeped in history and tradition, filled with prehistoric ruins, majestic castles, and a countryside sculpted from millennia of human habitation. Thus, it is not surprising that many believe England is a land filled with ghosts. The Ghosts of London: A Collection of Ghost Stories from the British Capital offers a sampling of the many strange ghost stories and unexplained phenomena that make London such an intriguing place.

England is an ancient land steeped in history and tradition, filled with prehistoric ruins, majestic castles, and a countryside sculpted from human habitation. For centuries, people have told tales of ghosts stalking its historic buildings, primeval forests, and ancient sites. The Ghosts of England: A Collection of Ghost Stories Across the English Nation offers a sampling of the many strange ghost stories and unexplained phenomena that make England such an intriguing place.

Set in a post-Covid dystopian future where men sell their sperm for a small fortune, and celebrities are hunted down by revengeful mobs. Here, one man will decide the fate of a beautiful superstar: whether she will be set free, or sent to the brutal inquisitors.

楚风自阿勒泰的历险之后，为了不拖累队友，加上大祭司临别的暗示，决定单身一人南下……楚風自阿勒泰的歷險之後，為了不拖累隊友，加上大祭司臨別的暗示，決定單身一人南下……

一场突如其来的大洪水把楚风和凌宁带到了罗布人圣地——阿布旦。阿布旦流传着神秘的预言：踏水而来的使者将重现消失的海子……一場突如其來的大洪水把楚風和凌寧帶到了羅佈人聖地——阿布旦。阿布旦流傳著神秘的預言：踏水而來的使者將重現消失的海子……