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Beneath the canvas of the traveling circus, the line between wonder and dread begins to blur. When strangers gather under the dim glow of lanterns and firelight, they find themselves caught in stories older and darker than the show itself, stories of curses that cling to the land, of prophecies whispered in smoke, and of destinies shaped long before they were born.

The protected escapees of the blood-farm experiments are free, secure, and set for life. Kind of. Because there’s something new to fear in this short thriller, the twisting finale of the Young Blood Trilogy.

Edited by number-one New York Times best-selling author David Baldacci and including stories by Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and more, this one-of-a-kind anthology pulls together the most-beloved characters from the best and most popular thriller series today. Worlds collide! In an unprecedented collaboration, 23 of the world’s best-selling and most critically acclaimed thriller writers have paired their series characters - such as Harry Bosch, Jack Reacher, and Lincoln Rhyme - in an 11-story anthology curated by the International Thriller Writers (ITW).

New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver has long thrilled fans with tales of masterful villains and their nefarious ways, and the brilliant minds who bring them to justice. Now the author of the Lincoln Rhyme series has collected his award-winning, spine-tingling stories of suspense --...

*Named a Garden & Gun and Atlanta Journal Constitution best book of the year* Winner of the 2020 Thomas Robinson Prize for Southern Literature "Mesmerizing...He's one of the best living American writers."--Janet Maslin, New York Times Book Review From bestselling and award-winning writer Ron...

Rinnovando la migliore tradizione gotica e noir, Faletti scrive una storia spiazzante e avvincente, che tiene col fiato sospeso fino alla fine...

The stories included in this collection are: "Cracked", "I Exist", "The Author", "Mother", "Sasquatch", "The Doctor", "Bugs", "The Cemetery", "The Final Gem", "Amnesia", "Bobby", "Santa Clause", "Bloodthirsty", and "Autonomous".

This is a story from the Chilling Ghost Stories collection. In Rats by M. R. James, Mr. Thompson comes to regret his decision to investigate a locked room in a country inn.

Not every crime is committed with intent, but each has one thing in common: The guilty party was asking for trouble. In "Making Ends Meet", Richard can’t stand the idea of supporting his deadbeat in-laws anymore, so he decides to remove them from his life - permanently. Matt is ready to reform his brawling ways, but the group he joins doesn’t turn out to be a typical 12-step program, in "The Taskmasters". "Protecting the Innocent" features Nick, who fails to heed the warnings of his girlfriend’s possessive brother....

Discover three never-before-collected short stories—of deadly deals, unforgettable investigations, and a mysterious ex-con—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. In "Cahoots," a backroom poker game turns deadly when a cheater is exposed. In "Mulholland Dive," a man who...

Tenth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season Lord Peter Forsyth-Leven, MSP, is about to discover that having it all just means you’ve got more to...

Eighth story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season Brian’s about to discover that life as a drug dealer can have hidden benefits. But he might come to wish he’d never taken advantage of...

Il testo che segue costituisce il primo dei Seven Conundrums (I sette enigmi), raccolta di racconti pubblicata da Edward Phillips Oppenheim nel 1923 (Little, Brown & Company, Boston). Il libro si apre con un prologo, che l'autore chiama introduzione.

Audiolibro producido con música original y sonido 3D, el mismo está diseñado para ser escuchado con auriculares. La historia presenta a un narrador anónimo obsesionado con el ojo enfermo (que llama "ojo de buitre") de un anciano con el cual convive. Finalmente decide asesinarlo. El crimen es estudiado cuidadosamente y, tras ser perpetrado, el cadáver es despedazado y escondido bajo las tablas del suelo de la casa. La policía acude a la misma y el asesino acaba delatándose a sí mismo, imaginando alucinadamente que el corazón del viejo se ha puesto a latir bajo la tarima.

Muž sedící ve vězení je přesvědčen, že člověk, kterého údajně zavraždil, si plnými doušky užívá života. • Řidičku neúnavně pronásleduje vůz s děsivou osobou za volantem. Mladé umělkyni se podaří největší průlom v kariéře. Neposedná kráska najde dokonalý narozeninový dárek. Uprchlý Iráčan, který figuruje na Husajnově seznamu odsouzenců k smrti, nedobrovolně navštíví svou rodnou zemi. Jak se protagonisté s nastalou situací vypořádají? A co byste na jejich místě dělali vy?

A young man struggles with flashbacks and nightmares in a society which has a new and controversial way to deal with violent crime. Some say this is a groundbreaking new form of justice. Others say it's criminal.

Detective Terry Lane is a standout homicide cop who thought he’d seen it all ... until now. Lane has seen the darkest side of human behavior but he’s never seen a murder spree like this, targeting the wealthy, the powerful and the privileged. For the evidence is clear: the killers have not emerged from the seamy underside of the city ... but from six feet under it. They are the walking dead, spreading terror and showing no mercy.

From The Anastasia Syndrome, her bestselling collection of short fiction, Terror Stalks the Class Reunion is a riveting, unabridged audio production. Lovely young Kay Crandall has come back for the reunion of a high school where she once taught. But Kay cannot guess that the happy occasion is...

From the moment Riley moves into the house by the river, she can feel it—something is wrong. The birds perch outside her window, black-feathered and unblinking. Every night, they whisper things in hushed human like voices. Her mother offers no answers. The town feels off-kilter. Whispers follow her through the halls at school. Only Anna seems to understand, and even she is keeping secrets. As sleep evades her and the nights stretch on, Riley finds herself caught in something she cannot name. The birds are always watching. And they are not alone.

In the title story, a white aspiring professor is convinced she is being followed. No need to panic - she has a handgun stowed away in her purse, just in case. But when she turns to confront her black male shadow, the situation isn't what she expects. In "The Rescuer" a promising graduate student detours to inner-city Trenton, New Jersey, to save her brother from a downward spiral. But she soon finds out there may be more to his world than to hers.