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Gabriel's Moon
An accidental spy. A web of betrayals. A mystery that will take you around the world . . .
Gabriel Dax is a young man haunted by the memories of a tragedy: every night, when sleep finally comes, he dreams about his childhood home in flames. His days are spent on the move as an acclaimed travel writer, capturing changing landscapes in the grip of the Cold War. When he’s offered the chance to interview a political figure, his ambition leads him unwittingly into the shadows of espionage.
As Gabriel’s reluctant initiation takes hold, he is drawn deeper into duplicity. Falling under the spell of Faith Green, an enigmatic and ruthless MI6 handler, he becomes ‘her spy’, unable to resist her demands. But amid the peril, paranoia and passion consuming Gabriel’s new covert life, it will be the revelations closer to home that change the rest of his story . . .
Stan the Killer
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
‘Maigret moved slowly, edging his bulky frame through the throng in Rue Saint-Antoine, which burst into life every morning, the sunshine streaming down from a clear sky on to the little barrows piled high with fruit and vegetables’
In these three tales of deception, set in and around Paris, Simenon's celebrated detective uncovers chilling truths about the depths of the human instinct for self-preservation.
The Waiting
IN COLD CASES,
IT'S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS YOU.
IT'S THE WAITING.
LAPD Detective Renée Ballard gets a DNA hit in a case that has gone unsolved for twenty years. A recently arrested man is genetically related to a serial rapist who terrorised the city of angels.
But when the relative is revealed, it is the last person you want to accuse unless the evidence is watertight...
With the help of the newest volunteer to the cold case unit - patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter - Ballard finally has another badge on the team. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city's library of souls.
Because some crimes have been waiting to be solved longer than others...
An electrifying and authoritative page-turner from one of the greatest crime writers of all-time - the author behind Amazon Prime's Bosch and Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer.
The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
There are many great English ghost stories, but they appear flimsy and emotionally spectral compared to the works of M.R. James. This selection gives the reader a flavour of his strange gifts. Often, the ghost is barely glimpsed and yet somehow sticks with the reader for years, making ordinary rooms or gardens or churches uncanny and threatening. Is that the kitchen cat? And what is it that terrible thing stalking about in the dolls' house?
Some Japanese Ghosts
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
'The body was cold as ice; the heart had long ceased to beat: yet there were no other signs of death.'
The phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore are in this book driven back into the world of the living. Mysterious brides melt into mist, paintings come alive, and man-eating goblins barter for redemption. Traditional Japanese folktales and legends, infused with memories of Lafcadio Hearn's own haunted childhood, are here masterfully retold.
The Burial of the Rats
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
The bones were still warm; but they were picked clean. They had even eaten their own dead
This spine-chilling collection from Dracula creator Bram Stoker showcases five haunting tales, including the newly discovered ‘Gibbet Hill’. From ‘Dracula’s Guest’, thought by many to be the original excised opening of Dracula itself, to the sinister ‘The Judge’s House,’ each gripping story will leave you breathless, perhaps afraid to turn out the lights. Dare you explore the darkness?
The Escape of Arsene Lupin
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
'When I decide to escape I shall want nobody’s assistance.’
In this thrilling collection, we meet Arséne Lupin, a brilliant, alluring master of disguise – or, as some would have it, a notorious criminal. We follow him on a series of high-stakes adventures, from ingenious heists of invaluable paintings to daring escapes, each one showcasing his intellect, charm, and extraordinary ability to stay one step ahead of the law.
One of Us Is Dead
Roy Grace is about to find out just how dangerous a dead man can be . . .
Arriving late for a funeral, James Taylor spots a familiar face in the church – his old schoolfriend Rufus Rorke.
Except it couldn’t be him, could it? Because two years ago Taylor attended Rufus’s funeral. He even delivered the eulogy.
On the other side of Brighton, at Police HQ, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has been alerted to a number of suspicious deaths that he can’t get out of his mind. But how are they linked? And could they possibly be connected to Rufus Rorke?
One Of Us Is Dead is the latest race-against-time instalment of the award-winning Grace series by Peter James, now a major ITV show starring John Simm.
The Shadow out of Time
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
'Assuming that I was sane and awake, my experience on that night was such as has befallen no man before'
After five years of 'strange amnesia', Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee remains haunted by madness and memories that cannot be real. Desperate for answers he travels to Western Australia, joining an archaeological excavation into Earth's deep past.
Journey with Peaslee to discover his fate in the story described by author Lin Carter as 'Lovecraft's single greatest achievement in fiction'.
Kamenná opice, 4. vydání
Lincoln Rhyme a Amélie Sachsová vypátrají nákladní loď převážející čínské uprchlíky. Na palubě je také nechvalně proslulý pašerák lidí a vrah, kterému se přezdívá Duch. Pokus o jeho zadržení se ale ošklivě zvrtne. Rhyme se Sachsovou ho musejí dopadnout a zároveň zachránit imigranty, kteří z lodě uprchli. Duch po nich totiž pátrá s nevídanou bezcitností. Podaří se dvojici vyšetřovatelů zabijáka chytit, než povraždí nevinné lidi? Nebo se oni sami ocitnou v jeho hledáčku?
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Pád
Dávejte si pozor na to, co si přejete... Nechtěli byste třeba vyhrát v loterii? Život Nicole a Toma se ze dne na den změní díky výhře ve výši deseti milionů liber. Záhy se nastěhují se do supermoderní, skleněné přestavby stodoly v úžasném areálu panství Lancaut v Gloucestershire. Tento splněný sen se však rychle změní v noční můru, když je v bazénu nalezen Tom mrtvý. A vše nasvědčuje tomu, že tento čin musel spáchat někdo blízký. Jenže kromě mladého páru, který na panství bydlí, a jejich hospodyně ve vedlejším domě není v okolí široko daleko nikdo. Kdo tedy vraždil? A pořád byste chtěli vyhrát v loterii?
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Vražedná víra
„Hele, támhle někdo leží!“
„To bude nějaký ožrala!“
„To ne, to spíš vypadá…“
…na práci pro středočeské vyšetřovatele, kteří budou muset objasnit smrt mladé ženy. Ta se po bouřlivém rozchodu s dlouholetým partnerem rozhodla pro změnu. Opustila hlavní město a v malém, poklidném okresním městě začala nový život, který ovšem neměl dlouhého trvání. Když je nalezeno její tělo, rozbíhá se vyšetřování. Na povrch tak vyplouvá, že zavražděná nebyla zdaleka tou, za kterou ji lidé považovali. Stopy vedou mnoha směry, nejvíce ale do místního kostela...
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Dům smrti
Píše se rok 672 a v Irsku se blíží slavnost Beltain. Na hrad Cashel se sjíždí sedm princů, aby potvrdili na trůně krále Colgúa. Jen několik dní předtím je nalezen mrtev bratr Conchobhar, strážce posvátného meče. Sestra Fidelma a její bratr král se obávají, že se vrah pokusil ukrást meč, který symbolizuje královu moc. Začínají se šířit fámy o pokusu svrhnout krále…
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All Gods Chillun Got Pride
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
Best known for his hardboiled Harlem Detective series, Chester Himes was also a superb literary writer, beginning his creative life by writing short stories in the 1930s while serving jail time for armed robbery. Selected here are some of his best stories - from a satirical tale about a student bet that purportedly disproves the existence of racism in Los Angeles to a chilling drama in which a snake invades a family home.
The Cat Bride
‘A stunningly evocative, beautifully written gothic novel drawing on myths and fairytales in a devastating depiction of psychological and visceral horrors.’ —Lisa Tuttle, The Guardian‘This debut novel establishes Tierney as a bold new voice in literary horror.’ —Gingernuts of HorrorThe heatwave of 1995. Sixteen years since an infamous tiger-lynx hybrid escaped a small moorland zoo and ate someone. Sixteen years since the animal was euthanised. Sixteen years for the zoo to fall into disrepair.Then sixteen-year-old convalescent Lowdy, and her Mumma, are forced to move to the remote old zoo to care for her dying grandmother, and rumours of the animal stalking the moors resurface. Vengeful locals blame the three women for the predator on the loose. Mumma insists all the cats are dead. Grandma whispers that the ‘tynx’ needs to be fed. Lowdy, still recovering from her own mysterious illness, begins to wonder who she can trust. Can she even trust herself when she wakes up covered in ticks with no recollection of the night befor? s Lowdy searches for the truth – the truth of her childhood, what it means to be a woman, and the truth about the cats – she realises something feral runs in the blood, something she cannot ignore.Much more than simply the wry horror of a young woman’s beastly metamorphosis, The Cat Bride views the eerie liminality of teenaged girls through a pastoral gothic fug of lairy nineties lads, booze and fags.
Případy Arsena Lupina 1: Návrat detektiva
Po dlouhé a úspěšné kariéře zloděje vyhledá Arsene Lupin pomoc terapeuta, aby překonal diagnostikovanou kleptomanii. Jak ale návštěvy u drahého odborníka financovat? Loupeže nepřicházejí v úvahu, a tak Lupin založí detektivní kancelář. Hned první případ se týká zmizení díla nevyčíslitelné hodnoty: autoportrétu Eugena Delacroixe. Proč byl každý, kdo se obrazu dotkl, zavražděn? Lupin se pouští do turbulentního pátrání, během kterého potká řadu postav – včetně začínajícího malíře Pabla Picassa či Mata Hari.
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Családi játszma
Közeleg az ünnepi időszak, és Harriet Reed, a feltörekvő regényíró élete fordulóponthoz érkezik: friss eljegyzését ünnepli Edward Holbeckkel, aki egy rendkívül befolyásos család örököse. Bár Edward hosszú ideje próbál elszakadni a családja befolyásától, eljegyzésük hírére a Holbeckek lassan, apránként visszaszivárognak az életükbe - meghívásokkal, gesztusokkal, amelyeknek nehéz ellenállni.
Harrietet látszólag szívesen befogadják ebbe a fényűző, ám zavarba ejtő közegbe, ahol a szokások néha hátborzongató árnyalatot öltenek - különösen a rejtélyes Krampusnacht. Amikor azonban Edward apja, Robert egy kazettát ad át Harrietnek azzal, hogy ez az új könyve, a fiatal nő kíváncsian nyomja meg a Lejátszás gombot. Ám ami felcsendül, nem egy regény, hanem egy vallomás. Egy szörnyű bűntény beismerése. Egy gyilkosság története. És ezzel kezdetét veszi a játszma.
A SZABÁLYOK
1. Hallgass figyelmesen!
2. Nyomozz!
3. Ne bízz senkiben!
4. Fuss az életedért!
Pomstychtivá smrt
Když řidič brněnského dopravního podniku objeví na konečné trolejbusu mrtvého sedmdesátníka, netuší ještě plukovník Berka, že ho čeká případ, který bude jedním z nejdramatičtějších v jeho kariéře. Během následujících dvou týdnů najdou vyšetřovatelé další dvě oběti vražd. Opět se jedná o podobně staré muže, navíc dobře situované. Na první pohled se zdá, že tyto tři vraždy nic nespojuje, jenže kriminalisté zanedlouho zjišťují, že by násilná smrt mužů mohla mít motiv v dávné minulosti...
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Invasion
The world is on high alert.
Across the Strait from Taiwan, China’s armed forces appear to be readying for war. Could the People’s Republic be preparing to invade its island neighbour?
Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service has a mole deep within the Chinese Communist Party leadership – an individual in possession of intel that could defuse this fast-escalating situation. A ‘collector’ is sent to meet the spy and, in an anonymous Hong Kong café, the information is handed over. But before the collector can get the data to MI6, she is overpowered, drugged and abducted by persons unknown. Is it the MSS, China’s feared state security agency? Or has another, less predictable player entered the game?
As geo-political tensions rise, MI6 field operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the missing agent and the precious intel she carries. With the clock ticking and tip-offs taking them to shady Macau casinos, tawdry night clubs and multiple dead ends, Luke is convinced they are being deliberately strung along.
Then they get the vital lead they need. It points to Taiwan – a country frantically preparing for imminent invasion. And it’s there that Luke and Jenny uncover what is really going on. . .
Drawing on his years of experience reporting on global security stories and in-depth knowledge of the security services, Frank Gardner has written his most frighteningly real, unnerving and explosive thriller yet.
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