French Horror

There’s a voodoo woman in New Orleans who knows your darkest secrets French Quarter paranormal investigator Wyatt Thomas learns he’s permanently linked to the spirit of a man with whom he’d fought a duel during another lifetime. The only person who can free Wyatt from his curse is long-dead voodoo queen Marie Laveaux. To seek her help, he must travel back to Antebellum New Orleans, succeed in his endeavor, or be trapped in the past forever. When Wyatt meets his former lover at the Mulatto Ball, he doesn’t know if he wants to return. While Wyatt is time traveling, detective Tony ...

The novel that invented the modern conscience — complete, unabridged, in a new translation that restores Hugo's full voice. Victor Hugo spent seventeen years writing Les Misérables. When it appeared in 1862, readers across Europe and the Americas queued for copies before dawn. It was immediately recognized as something the novel had never been before: not a story about characters, but a judgment on a civilization — a vast, furious, compassionate reckoning with poverty, law, justice, and the question of whether a single human soul can be redeemed by a single act of grace. This is the ...

When the living sleep, the dead come out to drink In the sultry haze of New Orleans, where shadows whisper secrets and history bleeds through the soil, private investigator Wyatt Thomas—renowned for untangling the city’s haunted past—tackles the enigma of Belle Reve’s destruction. The antebellum plantation mansion lies in charred ruins, officially blamed on an electrical fault. But the streets hum with darker tales: arson fueled by vengeance, fanned by social media vitriol hailing the fire as “justice” for the estate’s brutal slaveholding legacy. Some point to descendants of ...

It's not good to live in the past; even worse to die in it Paranormal investigator Wyatt Thomas awakens from a vivid dream in his French Quarter apartment. He finds an antique double-moonstone pendant placed in his hand by the ghost of a voodoo mambo. One of the two moonstones is missing, and both gemstones are needed to make the pendant magical. The rightful owner of the pendant is a supernatural fairy named Maurelle. Someone chopped off Maurelle’s wings and buried her alive in the ruins of a French Quarter Creole townhouse. A mystical beast still haunts the grounds of the estate. Now, ...

When fates intertwine amid the madness of Mardi Gras, chaos reigns supreme. In the haunted French Quarter, where Creole spirits drift through Mardi Gras chaos, a malicious voodoo curse sparks mayhem in the Crescent City’s underground world. When a crew boat sinks, releasing sociopathic assassin Jacque Leguerre, the vengeful killer storms into New Orleans, hell-bent on making Catholic priest Father Alphonso pay for past sins in a chilling New Orleans noir story of paranormal crime. N.O.P.D. homicide detective Tony Nicosia hunts the ruthless mob murderer responsible for a brutal killing, ...

A dream job in a millionaire’s villa on the French Riviera. A travel vlogger hired to document a life of luxury. But this paradise has a bloody secret, and the only thing starving more than the beast in the woods is her audience’s hunger for content. Cassie James, known to her millions of followers as "Wandering Cass," has just landed the gig of a lifetime: house-sitting a modern, isolated mansion clinging to the cliffs above the Mediterranean. The stunning views and infinity pool are a goldmine for her channel, a fantasy of the luxe life she’s ready to deliver in high definition. But...

Some say vampires came to America through New Orleans. Many believe they are still there. When French Quarter private investigator Wyatt Thomas is hired by the Greater Archdiocese of New Orleans to investigate a possible satanic ceremony that may have occurred at the Old Ursuline Convent, he soon learns that more is involved than Satan, The platform where the ceremony allegedly occurred is possibly a satanic altar placed in the convent by a secret society for the specific purpose of devil worship. The Order of the Blood, an offshoot of Freemasonry, has a centuries-old secret guarded by ...

Comte conquérant, violent et chasseur de sorcières, Tancrède Feldstein ne vit que pour traquer, torturer et tuer. Nérélia, Ruisseau de Feu, est tombée dans ses griffes. Devenue sa chose, elle voit sa liberté arriver en même temps que sa mort. Mille pieds sous terre, l’Autre entend son appel : Alifer, le démon. Si les ténèbres n’ont jamais été aussi enivrantes, la magie noire au service de la vengeance n’a, quant à elle, jamais été aussi... captivante, et... sans retour. « Je ne t’offre pas le meurtre, mais la destruction. » ...

2024 GOLD MEDAL EVVY AWARD WINNER FOR HORROR! 2024 BRONZE MEDAL EVVY AWARD FOR THRILLER/SUSPENSE! It’s a Friday in New Orleans, ten days before Mardi Gras. As Carnival season begins, eerie events unfold, coinciding with the first downtown parades. These inexplicable occurrences, termed "Harbingers," mystify locals. In a Bourbon Street strip club, a mysterious figure in a cloak adorned with ancient symbols disappears in a puff of smoke. Simultaneously, during the parade on St. Charles Avenue, an unannounced float labeled "Krewe of Moros" appears. High atop the float rides Harbinger of Doom...

When you hear the howls, don't go near the swamp Paranormal investigator Wyatt deals with a heinous death on an island resort for actors, artists, and writers. Strange monks, Cajun werewolves, and people in a fishing village who practice voodoo populate the island. An old voodoo woman tells Wyatt, "There are creatures on this island that only walk at night." Will Wyatt solve the murder mystery and uncover the island's dark secret, or become a victim to the swamp's horrid creatures?

Twenty-two short stories by Graham Greene, arranged in pairs to be read as either a duel or a duet. A Penguin Classic Few twentieth-century writers are as celebrated for their craft as Graham Greene, whose acclaimed political thrillers and morally complex characters influenced generations of...

You can die and you can lose your soul. They aren't the same. The pandemic is over, Jazz Fest pending in New Orleans, and French Quarter private detective Wyatt Thomas has a new client. Dita Lika, the headliner of this year's Jazz Fest is having a recurrent nightmare related to New Orleans. Will Wyatt solve the mystery of her Satan-related nightmare, or will the Prince of Darkness prevail, claim their souls and drag them both to hell? Take an intoxicating ride with Wyatt Thomas, the French Quarter's favorite private investigator, and voodoo mambo Mama Mulate as they chase the answers on an ...

Emma vit avec son père, un vieil homme veuf et malade. Elle est belle intelligente et riche. Avec le mariage de sa gouvernante qui la quitte, Emma décide de s'occuper du mariage de nombre de ses relations. Sûre d'elle, elle est persuadée d'avoir les talents pour cette activité. Mais son inexpérience de l'amour et des gens, ses propres erreurs de jugement sur ses émotions amoureuses, lui valent bien des surprises et déceptions.

Phoenix Smith has enjoyed being a foster parent for six years. She loves her daughter Georgette and continued to open her home and heart to children in need. When nine-year-old Jessica Adams comes to stay with Phoenix, she instantly notices that something is peculiar about Jessica. The dynamic of the household changes and a peculiar turn of events makes Phoenix reconsider if she is in over her head.

In this new adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Stone Barrington finds himself lured in by a deadly, decades-old secret. When Stone Barrington is asked to represent a client interested in buying Ben Bacchetti’s ranch property, Stone declines, citing a conflict of interest...

Tired of boring textbooks and children's stories? Finding authentic French literature too overwhelming? Imagine improving your French fluency with a story so captivating, you forget you’re even studying. A story that keeps you on the edge of your seat, turning pages late into the night. Welcome to Les Voix Oubliées (The Forgotten Voices), the psychological thriller specifically written for intermediate to advanced French learners (B2-C1) who are ready to take their skills to the next level. When Alex inherits an old stone house deep in the French countryside, he hopes to escape the ...

The bestselling Indigenous dark fiction anthology returns with a new selection of even more daring and sinister stories. From monsters to mutilation, Never Whistle at Night is back for revenge. Featuring stories by: Jessica Doe P.C. Verrone Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. Jim Terry ...

So you want to play with magic? There’s trouble in the French Quarter when a professional basketball player hires Wyatt and voodoo mambo Mama Mulate to help him exorcise a supernatural demon. Wyatt is thrilled to have a paying client, Mama, over the moon in lust for the handsome athlete. Things look rosy for the pair of paranormal investigators until the assignment dictates Wyatt travel back in time to antebellum New Orleans. Thrust headfirst into the middle of a dangerous situation, Wyatt must deal with a red-haired Irish witch named Aisling and avoid becoming a haunted torture room ...

Enfants, dans leur petite ville de Derry, Ben, Eddie, Richie et la bande du " Club des ratés ", comme ils se désignaient, ont été confrontés à l’horreur absolue : Ça, cette chose épouvantable, tapie dans les égouts et capable de déchiqueter vif un garçonnet de six ans... Vingt-sept ans plus tard, l’appel de l’un d’entre eux les réunit sur les lieux de leur enfance. Car l’horreur, de nouveau, se déchaîne, comme si elle devait de façon cyclique et régulière frapper la petite cité.

A thrilling gothic debut The untimely death of a student at a girls’ boarding school marks the first in a haunting series of escalating supernatural events, and uncovers buried truths of teenage repression, queer desire, and the everyday horror of coming of age. "A truly impeccable novel...