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Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesn't realize she's heading straight into a blizzard. She never arrives at her destination. Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she's made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle occurs: she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears. But something isn't right.

Poe Webb, host of a popular true crime podcast, invites people to anonymously confess crimes they’ve committed to her audience. She can’t guarantee the police won’t come after her “guests,” but her show grants simultaneous anonymity and instant fame—a potent combination that’s proven difficult to resist. After an episode recording, Poe usually erases both criminal and crime from her mind. But when a strange and oddly familiar man appears on her show, Poe is forced to take a second look.

I was able to hide the bruises from everyone... until an MMA fighter came along. Now he'll die to protect me. Maybe even kill... He insists I stay with him for protection, but Damian is keeping his own dark secrets and warns me that anyone who gets close to him will be in danger…Worse, my assailant is determined to finish what he started.

Ethan Dove’s family has moved to a new home in a safe community, and it’s exactly the fresh start they need. Not only is his marriage to Emma hanging by a thread, but his son, Dylan, and twelve-year-old daughter, Rose, deserve to have a happy childhood. After Rose is bullied by the boys across the road, Ethan is relieved when the woman who lives next door steps in. Fiona Smith has come into their lives at just the right moment, and when she offers to look after Rose during the school holidays, Ethan and Emma can’t believe their luck.

Rachel Blackburn is back, and she’s more powerful–and terrifying–than ever. She’s now one of the Lightbringers, an ancient race of cosmic beings dedicated to “saving” the Omniverse from the ravenous Gyre by absorbing it into themselves piece by piece. But Rachel doesn’t give a damn about the Lightbringers’ mission. She intends to use her new powers to get revenge on the two Maintenance agents who stopped her from activating the Atrocity Engine–Neal Hudson and Gina Sandoval. And when she’s finished with them, she’s going to destroy Brother Nothing and the entire Multitude.

In a pulse-pounding chase through the shadows of history, CIA Agent Jacob Snow teams up once again with daring archeologist Jana to thwart a warlord's scheme of warfare reborn. As ancient siege tactics strike embassies and historic plagues threaten urban annihilation, only their combined wits can unravel the past's lethal secrets and prevent a global catastrophe.

Desmond Aloysius Limerick ("Dez" to his friends and close personal enemies) is a man with a shadowy past, certain useful hard-won skills, and, if one digs deep enough, a reputation as a good man to have at your back. He was trained as a "gatekeeper"―he can open any door, keep it open as long as necessary, and control who does―and does not―go through. Now retired from his previous life, Dez still tries to keep his skills up to date. Knocking around the country, picking up the occasional gig as a guitarist, Dez is contacted by a friend in urgent need of his musical skills.

Ancient ruins, reincarnation, and a cursed New England town collide in a tale that bridges past and present. When spiritual medium Adrian and real estate agent Evelyn stumble upon the discovery of ancient ruins, their investigation unearths mysteries buried for millennia. As they delve deeper into history, they encounter evidence of ancient giants whose existence defies modern understanding.

Tim Waverly, a young teacher, escapes London's spiralling housing costs by becoming a live-in caretaker at an abandoned orphanage. But his arrival triggers a series of frightening events. An ancient evil has awakened. A new Harvest has begun. As Tim and those around him become engulfed in a dark nightmare, he is forced to confront his deepest fears in order to save countless innocent lives.

Some seaweed, a jellyfish, and some material brought back from the Peabodie expedition to Antarctica. An innocuous enough blend you might think. But when a storm in the North Atlantic frees a sample that has been dormant inside an old wreck, the new creature finds that it is hungry. Our plastics-orientated society has given it an abundant supply of food...more than enough for it to grown, and build, and spread.

In "Agent Gillespie", Jim Triggs wakes up one morning to an unimaginable nightmare—the FBI is in his house, and the woman he thought was his wife is at the center of a massive, dangerous conspiracy. As the agents interrogate him, Jim learns a chilling truth: the woman he married is not who she claims to be—and neither is he. Thrown into a world of secrets, betrayal, and high-stakes danger, Jim quickly discovers that his entire life has been a lie. As he uncovers pieces of his own identity, he realizes that he never really knew the woman he loved, nor the life they shared

Addison is no stranger to life-and-death situations. She has seen her share of trauma as a critical care nurse, yet nothing could have prepared her for the cryptic words whispered by her John Doe patient just moments before he went into cardiac arrest. Exhausted and emotionally drained, she feels a strong pull toward his personal belongings, and with no family to claim them, she decides to take them home in search of answers.

In a mixed-up trip where Wonderland meets hell, it’s survival of the fittest, and having a shattered soul means it’s even harder to stay alive. In this alien landscape full of monsters, there’s no rest, and the chance of death is high. Not only are we hunted, but the threat of the void is always present.

A town full of secrets. A detective haunted by her past. A betrayal that could cost her everything. When beloved schoolteacher Rachel Mason is found dead under suspicious circumstances, the once-peaceful town of Blackwood becomes a center of suspicion and fear. FBI Special Agent Olivia Ryan is called to investigate, but the deeper she digs, the more dangerous her search for the truth becomes.

In this gripping adventure, Laura, a young woman trapped in a recurring year-long cycle (a little like Groundhog Day), meets an older woman living an isolated, hippyish lifestyle on the edge of a field near Stonehenge, England. As their relationship deepens, Margaret, reveals that her husband died in mysterious circumstances years ago. Laura realises that because of the lack of closure, Margaret is still grieving for him. A few years after his death, Margaret's money and savings were stolen, and the culprit disappeared to South Africa.

When a prominent developer sets sights on the abandoned Dyeworks factory in Baneford, real estate agent Evelyn and spiritual medium Adrian are drawn into a dark conspiracy that goes beyond mere urban redevelopment. What begins as a promising project to revitalize the decaying industrial district quickly unravels into a nightmarish revelation of ancient curses and a secretive cult lurking in the shadows.

Someone's murdered Brayton Spites! Nobody's sorry he's dead—with one exception. A ruthless, unscrupulous businessman, notorious womanizer, and heartless father, he turned his back on his only legitimate son after the boy's grandfather abused him. So when Spites's body is found in a dark alley in Coyote Springs, the question is not who killed him, but what took so long?

When a popular mystery novelist dies suspiciously, his writing partner must untangle the author’s connection to a serial killer in award-winning John Copenhaver’s new novel set in 1950s McCarthy-era Washington, DC.

మల్లాది వెంకట కృష్ణమూర్తి నవలలు అంటే కచ్చితగా ఎదో ఒక కొత్త ప్రయోగం తో కథలు ఉంటాయి అనే అభిప్రాయం పాఠకుల్లో ఉంది. ఎప్పటికప్పుడు మంచి ప్రయోగాలతో కథలని అల్లి చదువరులను అలరింపజేయడం లో మల్లాది వారు దిట్ట. ఈ పున్నమి అనే నవల లో కథ అంతా పున్నమి డిటెక్టివ్ ఏజెన్సీ చుట్టూ తిరుగుతుంది. అయితే ఈ డిటెక్టివ్ ఏజెన్సీ హత్యలు చేసేవారిని కనిపెట్టదు. దూరం అయిన ప్రేమికులని వెదికి కలిపే కేసులని మాత్రమే ఈ ఏజెన్సీ పరిష్కరిస్తుంది. సరికొత్త గా గమ్మత్తయిన కథ కథనం లో ఈ నవల అందరినీ తప్పక అలరిస్తుంది.

లైట్స్ అవుట్ మల్లాది వెంకట కృష్ణ మూర్తి రచనలన్నీ ఒకదాని తో మరొకటి సంబంధం లేకుండా ఉంటాయి. ఒక వైపు జీవితాన్ని హత్తుకొనే భావోద్వేగ భరితమైన కథలని అందిస్తూ నే మరో వైపు ఎంతో కొంత నూతన ఉత్తేజాన్ని పాఠకులకి అందించాలనే తాపత్రయం ఆయనది. అందుకే ఎన్నో ప్రయోగాలు చేస్తూ, థ్రిల్లర్, హారర్ ఎలిమెంట్స్ తో కూడా కథల ని అల్లి మనముందుకు తెచ్చే ప్రయత్నం చేశారు. అలంటి ప్రయత్నాల్లో ఒకటే ఈ 'లైట్స్ అవుట్'. ఇదొక అనువాద కథల సంపుటి. ఈ అన్ని కథల ఇతివృత్తాల లో కొన్నిటిని అదృశ్య శక్తి నడిపిస్తే, మరి కొన్నిటిని శాపం, స్వప్నం, చేతబడి, పరలోకం లేదా ఇంకా కనిపెట్టబడని టైమ్ మెషిన్ లాంటి పరికరాలు నడిపిస్తాయి.