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Murder comes in two familiar forms. Whether as a crime of passion with high emotions or a cold dispassionate plot to take life in order to gain in some way, the act strikes us all as somehow inhuman. Beneath us as civilised beings. But however we cloak our animal instincts the need to remove a human being and gain relief from abuse or gain from money, the term is just the same – MURDER. Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, J M Barrie, W W Jacobs and many others bring their literary heft to bear in as calculating a way as any killer could.

Another murder rocks the small Welsh town of Gilfach - the police are baffled, the corpse is getting colder, and only Granny Smith, the intrepid pensioner sleuth, stands between justice and all out anarchy. Granny has a talent for mayhem, and soon those talents are put to good use as our intrepid pensioner starts to unravel the case, which finds her provoking Chief Inspector Miskin as she comes up against a full-scale police investigation, proving that you’re never too old to make a nuisance of yourself and that 71 is actually the new 21.

Ser héroes era demasiado aburrido. Me llamo Yeray Ayala y tengo un secreto. Este libro que tienes entre las manos contiene mi historia, la de otros inadaptados y la clave que nos une a todos: tenemos poderes. Sí, lo sé, vas a pensarte que esto es ficción. Todo el mundo hace lo mismo, porque...

The boundaries which divide life from death are at best shadowy and vague. Never more so than in this collection of 30 weird and macabre tales.

Ranked Top 10 "Best Lit Mags of 2023" by Chill Subs Synopsis: Carefully curated stories from our monthly magazine to create a themed short story book about the philosophy and ethics exploring the nature of reality and perceptions. Perfect for classrooms and book clubs, each story is 1,500-7,000 words and comes with five suggested discussion questions. Home For The Holidays: A son comes home for the holidays to find his parents have shrunk to two feet tall. Abrama’s End Game: Abrama learns the gods created her dimension as their play-space to visit, and is forced to fight across realities ...

After the tragic death of his father, Ben Carrington’s mother teams up with a wealthy entrepreneur to form an elite, top-secret rescue organisation: Gemini Force. Ben is determined to become part of the team, but first he must prove he has what it takes to face dangerous situations and save lives. In Black Horizon, after a promising early start to his career as a rescuer, Ben can’t resist stowing away so that he can take part in a rescue of oil platform workers trapped on a capsized, burning oil platform.

Ivy de Dione ha sabido siempre que su destino era casarse para poder reinar y ahora, por fin, va a conocer a su prometido. Sin embargo, cuando el príncipe Fausto de Granth llega a las costas de su nuevo reino, no encuentra el lugar tranquilo que esperaba. Dione es en realidad una jaula, y sus barrotes se componen de secretos e intrigas por doquier. Mientras tanto, Marabilia se prepara para la Cumbre, el gran acontecimiento político que reúne a los regentes de los ocho reinos y que podría cambiar las vidas de todos.

It’s been ten years since the world feel into darkness. Hell is now on earth and zombies have taken over. Humanity is all but gone except for a few safe havens. One of those havens is located in West Virginia and is nicknamed Compound Z. The military structure of Compound Z was built inside an old Appalachian mountain. The structure is forty levels underground, made of pure concrete and steel. The compound walls are over a meter thick and six meters tall. The fortress known as Compound Z was used to serve as a space to protect military servers, now it is the home of Captain John Regis and...

“Sci-fi is the main thing,” I was told. “Compelling would be nice. Strange is only a suggestion.” That set the wheels turning – and why not – since I’ve been a sci-fi fan my entire life! So I set out to look for stories that met these parameters - sci-fi that celebrates the weird, embraces the unusual, seeks to unscrew the inscrutable...and is... strangely compelling! If that's what you're after, you’ve come to the right place!

Detta är den magkittlande, andra delen i berättelsen om Darkus Cutter, hans vänner Bertolt och Virginia och deras skalbaggar. Darkus pappa är lyckligtvis vid liv, men försvinner igen precis efter att ha fått se skalbaggarna. Det verkar som att han gått över till den onda sidan och Lucretia Cutter. Nu måste de ta hjälp av farbror Max och kanske till och med Lucretias dotter, Novak. Med sig har de sina skalbaggar som troget hjälper dem. Hur ska det gå? Och vad är det för ondskefull plan som uppdagas?

Tag med på eventyr i det magiske land, Equestria, hvor den farverige pegasus Rainbow Dash vil bevise over for sine ponyvenner, at hun er Ponyvilles modigste pony og Daring Dos største fan. "Rainbow Dash og Daring Dos vovede vovestykker" er både sjov og spændende, og den helt rigtige bog til alle ponyelskende læseheste. G.M. Berrow er en amerikansk forfatter, som har skrevet flere af bøgerne i den elskede serie om "My Little Pony". Hun har også skrevet flere afsnit af tv-serien "My Little Pony".

It’s been three years since the Civil War has ended. As free men, George Smith and his friends decided to head west to California. Traveling along with the trio is their old Irish army captain, Bryan O’Shannon who loves the group as brothers. Along the way to California they stop at a mining town named, El Oro in the Nevada territory. In the town, George and his friends learn the hard way that the town isn’t friendly to men of color. However, Beth Anne Murphy was different and treated the men with respect. George falls in love with Beth Anne’s kindness and she falls in love with his...

Years have passed since her childhood friend disappeared, but Roni remains consumed by the mystery. Can she uncover what happened to Maxim Santiago? Podcast fame thrusts 17-year-old Roni into a perilous quest to find her missing friend, who disappeared from Dulles Airport, Washington D.C. She teams up with tech-savvy Kenzie to crack cryptic messages and unearth a dark secret about trafficked kids. Dodging shadowy agents of the ruthless Russian dictator waging a global ‘Mind Game’ on his enemies, they end up in a sweltering Mexican town, a nexus for refugees. They shared childhood ...

The human race has been on the receiving end of many viral and bacterial diseases. And as medicine brings them to heel, eradicates their power, so Nature and Evolution brings others to the fore in a ceaseless march to weaken some, to strengthen others. And, as our race understands their mysteries, so we begin to weaponize them for our own malevolent use as biological weapons. Authors have always been drawn to this global scale and individual human response. In this collection virus and plague are given their head and the responses must see cure or capitulation within.

"¿Por qué los malvados prosperan?" como lo exponen en la Biblia, y ¿por que aquellas personas honestas e integras aparentan no prosperar? Te presentamos una explicación simple, te invito a descubrirla y tengas una comprensión de donde viene el éxito presente para que puedas vivir una vida de llena de abundancia. TODO AQUÍ.

1497, Renaissance Rome: As the teenage daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Lucrezia Borgia is a young noblewoman immersed in all the glamor of the Vatican Palace. Yet after a brutal killing shocks the city, Lucrezia learns that a dark truth lies beneath the surface of the Papal Court - in their ruthless quest for power, her father and brother are willing to poison their enemies. After discovering that her new husband is next to die, Lucrezia struggles to help him escape from Rome before the assassins strike.

Baldacci snorted in disbelief and said something, but a car was roaring up South 16th Street behind him, and he couldn't hear. And suddenly Baldacci was running toward him. He was rooted to the spot; it was well known that his response to the unexpected was glacial and then ill-advised. He watched as Baldacci collided with him. Baldacci shoved him into the recessed doorway of an office building, and then they both watched as an enormous black car tore past the doorway shaving a layer of brick off said building and shooting sparks as it passed. The car slowed only slightly as it caromed off ...

1953, England: In a turbulent time of wars, famine, and religious persecution, Christopher Marlowe struggles to balance his life as England's most popular playwright with his duties as a government spy. Suddenly, when he falls under suspicion of atheism, a capital crime, Marlowe fears his many powerful enemies have launched a conspiracy to have him executed... With only a few days to clear his name, he quickly enlists the aid of a young William Shakespeare - one of the few friends he can still trust.

Mary is born into the chilling darkness of the workhouse. To cope with the harsh and hostile environment, she develops inexplicable abilities. At night laying in the coffin-like bed, it is normal for her to hear the creaking floorboards, to see sinister spirits hiding in the shadows, vengeful phantoms, and demons. As a young adult Mary once again finds herself down on her luck and is forced to reenter this most dreaded of places but this time she is accompanied by her two children.

The stampede of hell into the heavens had been reversed and the balance restored. It was only Noah who sensed the dybbuk’s stirring and the softly and slowly growing shadows that others preferred to ignore. For the rest of the world, the emblazoned dawn of the Edwardian Era promised hope, color, and excitement. It was a time of peace where patient and passionate hearts could finally find love. However, the Webb family still struggled and all they had to help them escape the catastrophic events of their pasts and withstand the challenges ahead was the unseen link that bound them together.