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Uprostřed kruhu
Když je na poli poblíž Uppsaly nalezen šéf ocelářského podniku mrtvý ve svém hořícím BMW, policie případ rychle uzavře jako tragickou nehodu. Avšak zanedlouho se objeví další případ, jenž se tomu prvnímu v lecčem podobá, a inspektorka Eva Nymanová obdrží dopis, v němž jsou zmíněny podrobnosti o dalším, mnohem horším útoku, k němuž má teprve dojít. Eva Nymanová začíná tušit, že obě úmrtí mají jistou souvislost a útočníka nejspíš motivuje boj za ochranu životního prostředí.
V čele vyšetřovací skupiny Nova se Nymanová vydává nejen po stopě záhadného vraha, ale také na cestu do minulosti, kterou už považovala za uzavřenou. Má-li však zabránit dalšímu atentátu, musí co nejrychleji vypátrat, kdo za celou záležitostí stojí. Jenže vyšetřovatelé mají k dispozici pouze záhadné dopisy a podivný symbol z míst činu: kruh v kruhu…
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Pod svícnem tma
Kniha Pod svícnem tma je první z řady kriminálních románů, jejichž hlavní hrdinkou je naprosto netaktní, přímá a zdánlivě drsná inspektorka Heather Filsonová, žena, která ukrývá jedno temné tajemství.
Když se jednoho dne domů po vyučování nevrátí patnáctiletá Paula, inspektorku napadne, že dívka zkrátka možná jen utekla z domova. Paulin dědeček, známý místní gangster, je však naopak přesvědčen o tom, že ji určitě unesl někdo z podsvětí.
Nakonec se však Heather zmocní obavy, že se pravděpodobně mýlí oba, a na scénu se po spoustě let vrací obávaný sériový vrah.
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Není vražda jako vražda
Během silvestrovské noci je zavražděn majitel nočního klubu. Případu se ujímá zkušený kriminalista major Viktor Pilař a kapitáni Julie Benetová, Lukáš Adámek a Stanislav Veselka. V průběhu vyšetřování dochází k dalším násilným úmrtím, nálezům vzácných historických rukopisů, přibývají svědci, podezřelí a překvapivá odhalení. Některá z nich se dotknou i soukromého života Benetové a Veselky. Při výslechu podezřelého vyjdou na povrch tak nečekané okolnosti, že případ ještě zdaleka nekončí…
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Sworn Soldier - What Feasts at Night
The hair-raising follow-up to the award-winning What Moves the Dead. Alex Easton returns to their home country of Gallacia, only to be confronted by a strange new horror.
When Alex Easton travels to Gallacia as a favour to their friend, Britain's foremost mycologist Miss Potter, they find their home empty, the caretaker dead, and the grounds blanketed by an uncanny silence. The locals won’t talk about what happened to the caretaker. None of them will set foot on the grounds.
Whispers of an unearthly breath-stealing creature from Gallacian folklore don’t trouble practical Easton. But as their sleep is increasingly disturbed by vivid nightmares and odd happenings perplex the household, they are forced to confront the possibility that there is more to the old folk stories than they'd like to believe.
A dark shadow hangs over Easton's house. And nobody will rest until justice is done.
Ada & Eddie
Finding the body of a young woman on the North York Moors creates a dilemma for Eddie, a reclusive homeless man who would rather commune with wildlife than tolerate humans. Ada, a feisty widow living nearby with a secret past, comes to the rescue. Together they embark on a mission to discover the identity of the young woman - a pursuit that unwittingly brings them towards a collision course with political corruption, murder, and betrayal. Written from Eddie s point of view, the many conflicts are seen through his naive and simplistic view of the world around him. In contrast, Ada brings a more realistic, assertive approach to the perilous twists and turns they encounter while the presence of a deeply entrenched mole within their group of confidants keeps the reader guessing his identity. Ultimately, Ada, Eddie, and their cohorts successfully bring down an unscrupulous British government official, and in a shocking finale, the enemy s unthinkable retribution is disclosed
A Clue in the Crumbs
Food critic Hayley Snow and her pal Miss Gloria are overjoyed to welcome Violet and Bettina Booth, aka the Scottish Scone Sisters, to Key West. The sisters will host The UK Bakes! - Key West Edition. But the same day they arrive, the bed-and-breakfast the sisters are staying in gets torched. The contest begins the next morning featuring three local bakers. One is the inn owner''s wife, Rayna, who is not only the most talented chef of the group but now a person of interest in the fire. The next night, a dogwalker discovers a body near the bed-and-breakfast. The victim appears to be Rayna''s husband, and the murder weapon points directly to the Scottish Scone Sisters. But the show must go on. In between filming sessions, the three elderly ladies and Hayley must search for clues to the brutal murder in order to find out who wants to force them out of the kitchen. But as they draw closer to the answer, the threats from a murderer grow closer too. Are they now in danger of getting baked off?
Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873) was a highly influential Irish author, born in Dublin, whose work spread across the English-speaking world, where his impression can be found in the stories of Wilkie Collins, M.R. James, Bram Stoker and many others. Although trained as a lawyer, he became a writer of sensational literature, exploring the dark and fantastic, becoming one of the foundational purveyors of classic horror ghost stories, including his famous early work of vampire fiction Carmilla. His father was Richard Sheridan, playwright of The Rivals and The School for Scandal. This new collection of Le Fanu's stories, with a new foreword, is a must-read selection of classic writing.
Flame Tree Gothic Fantasy, Classic Stories and Epic Tales collections bring together the entire range of myth, folklore, epic literature and modern short fiction. Highlighting the roots of suspense, supernatural, science fiction and mystery stories, the books in Flame Tree Collections series are beautifully presented, perfect as a gift and offer a lifetime of reading pleasure.
A Grave Robbery
Lord Rosemorran has purchased a wax figure of a beautiful reclining woman and asks Stoker to incorporate a clockwork mechanism to give the Rosemorran Collection its own Sleeping Beauty in the style of Madame Tussaud''s. But when Stoker goes to cut the mannequin open to insert the mechanism, he makes a gruesome discovery: this is no wax figure. The mannequin is the beautifully preserved body of a young woman who was once very much alive. But who would do such a dreadful thing, and why? Sleuthing out the answer to this question sets Veronica and Stoker on their wildest adventure yet. From the underground laboratories of scientists experimenting with electricity to resurrect the dead in the vein of Frankenstein to the traveling show where Stoker once toured as an attraction, the gaslit atmosphere of London in October is the perfect setting for this investigation into the unknown. Through it all, the intrepid pair is always one step behind the latest villain-a man who has killed once and will stop at nothing to recover the body of the woman he loved. Will they unmask him in time to save his next victim? Or will they become the latest figures to be immortalised in his collection of horrors?
The Poorly Made and Other Things
Return to the world of Renfield County from the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Edenville. Perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay and Eric LaRocca. “You remember all the stories, right? Monsters and giants and kid-eaters and that guy in the tub? Of course you do…”There’s something wrong in Renfield County. It’s in the walls of the county’s historic houses, in the water, in the soil. But far worse than that—it’s embedded deep within everyone who lives here. From the detective desperate to avoid hurting his own family; to the man so consumed with feeling zen that he will pursue horrific, life-changing surgery to achieve it. From the townspeople taken by ancient, unknowable forces; to those who find themselves lost in the woods, pursued by the beasts who lurk within the trees. Yes, there’s something very wrong in Renfield County—something that has been very wrong for a very long time. Something that is watching. Something that is hungry. From the mind of acclaimed author Sam Rebelein, return to the Bram Stoker Award-nominated world of Edenville in this interconnected series of short stories, and discover the true secrets of Renfield County.
The Pink Agave Motel
Two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated author, V. Castro dims the lights in a collection where you might devour your next lover or meet your next meal.Readers are invited to The Pink Agave Motel,where brutality and intimacy ooze across the pages, exploring the depths of the unhinged imagination and how human desire unlocks the impulse to bite. Castro?s voice, influenced by Mexican folklore and a feminist perspective, illuminates a deeper view of how unrequited love affects every type of being alike.The titular story focuses on Valentina, the proclaimed leader of a creature cohort, who manages hotel guests, until she is enlightened to a carnivorous death on the property. To avoid exposure that threatens her existence, she partners with (the hauntingly handsome) grieving friend of the dearly departed to solve the murder. Further within these tales, discover a woman who is a fish out of water drinking at a seaside honky tonk, the trapped guests who undergo sexual liberation, and aliens who find the sexiest of disguises.These short stories evoke an alluring voice, sure to make the reader shiver in arousal and horror, never quite knowing what could happen next. Castro pushes past the limits of gothic terror and fantasy to carve a dangerous path of lust and violence, all throughout the reader?s charming stay at The Pink Agave Motel.
Butter
There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine. Gourmet cook Manako Kajii sits in Tokyo Detention Centre convicted of the serial murders of lonely businessmen, who she is said to have seduced with her delicious home cooking.
The case has captured the nation’s imagination but Kajii refuses to speak with the press, entertaining no visitors. That is, until journalist Rika Machida writes a letter asking for her recipe for beef stew and Kajii can’t resist writing back. Rika, the only woman in her news office, works late each night, rarely cooking more than ramen.
As the visits unfold between her and the steely Kajii, they are closer to a masterclass in food than journalistic research. Rika hopes this gastronomic exchange will help her soften Kajii but it seems that she might be the one changing. With each meal she eats, something is awakening in her body, might she and Kaji have more in common than she once thought? Inspired by the real case of the convicted con woman and serial killer, "The Konkatsu Killer", Asako Yuzuki’s Butter is a vivid, unsettling exploration of misogyny, obsession, romance and the transgressive pleasures of food in Japan.
The Ten Teacups
"There will be ten teacups at number 4, Berwick Terrace, W. 8, on Wednesday, July 31, at 5 p.m. precisely. The presence of the Metropolitan Police is respectfully requested."Writing as Carter Dickson, the master of the locked room mystery John Dickson Carr returns to the Crime Classics series, pitching his series amateur detective Henry Merrivale against a seemingly watertight mystery: after the police are sent a note warning them about a forthcoming crime, a man is shot in a room on the top floor of a Kensington townhouse a house watched from all sides during the murder. Surely nobody could have gotten in or out? And yet the man is dead, and just like the last time the police received a note like this, there are ten teacups set out at the scene of the crime. H.M. is drawn to unravel this bizarre crime, as the mysterious significance of the ten teacups in murders past and present pushes the police to their limits.
Someone in the Attic
A fresh start. A safe neighbourhood. Or is it?
You've moved back to your hometown, into a luxury gated community that's designed to keep intruders out. You think your family is safe, but you couldn't be more wrong.
Your nine-year-old son says there's a man living in the attic.
You keep hearing noises up there when you're all alone, but when you check, the loft space is empty.
And then your daughter shows you something on her phone - a video of a man walking around inside your house while no one is home - and you start to panic.
Why would a stranger target you? Unless they're not a stranger at all.
The Strange Case of Jane O.
WHAT IF YOU COULD REMEMBER EVERYTHING, EXCEPT THE DAY YOU DISAPPEARED?
A young woman, Jane O., arrives in a psychiatrist's office. She's been suffering a series of worrying episodes: amnesia, premonitions, hallucinations and an inexplicable sense of dread. But as the psychiatrist struggles to solve the mystery of what is happening in Jane's mind, she suddenly goes missing. When she is found a day later, unconscious in a park, she has no memory of what has happened to her.
Are Jane's strange experiences related to the overwhelm of single motherhood, or long-buried trauma from her past? Why is she having visions of a young man who died twenty years ago, who warns her of disaster ahead? Jane's symptoms will lead her psychiatrist to question everything he once thought he knew . . .
Profound and beautifully written, THE STRANGE CASE OF JANE O. is a speculative mystery about memory, identity and fate, a mesmerising story about the bonds of love between a mother and child, a man and a woman, and the haunting, unexplained mysteries of the human mind.
The Birthday Weekend
It was a celebration to die for . . .What happened on holiday was supposed to stay on holiday - but that was before a body was found . . .Socialite Lucinda Oliver''s birthday weekend was supposed to end with a night to remember - a blow-out party and a special announcement, one she''d been dropping hints about for weeks.But before she could reveal her secret, she went missing. And now, six months later, her car has been found submerged in the Atlantic Ocean.When Stella, her devastated sister, gathers Lucinda''s friends once more - the first time they''ve all been together since her disappearance - Stella soon suspects that one of them knows the truth about what really happened. But who is lying? And how exactly is it all connected to another birthday celebration, ten years ago?Praise for Zoë Miller''s novels:''Shimmers with suspense and intrigue from the very first page'' Sunday Independent''This engaging mystery copper-fastens Zoë Miller''s mastery of the art of sinuous plotting'' Irish Independent
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Sitdowns with Female Gangsters
Bosses. Criminals. Killers. Up close and personal with the world''s most dangerous women.''Every page is punch in the mouth stuff that will have you reeling. A real masterclass from the guy who has been there and got many T-shirts. An absolute must-read!'' Christopher Berry-Dee, No.1 True Crime Author Shaun Attwood, former ecstasy kingpin turned author and podcast-host, has gained a reputation for earning the trust of some of the world''s most dangerous people, including gangsters, serial killers, and mafia enforcers.Drawing on his many hours of interview material, along with new content exclusive to the book, Shaun collates a collection of hard-hitting conversations with ten of the most dangerous female gangsters he''s met. With fascinating insights and gripping narratives, it includes interviews with Black Widow, a female gangster who previously worked for the Krays, a gang member turned prison rights activist, and the criminal mastermind at the heart of one of the UK''s most sprawling county lines operations.An edge-of-your-seat read, Shaun exposes the most fearsome women working in the criminal underworld today.
Watch Your Back
One perfect life. One perfect family. One day to destroy it all.To an outside viewer, Nathan and Eve Thayer have an idyllic life. They have a lovely home in an affluent Boston suburb, a beautiful baby girl, great careers – but beneath the glossy surface, all is not what it seems.Stress in Eva’s life is mounting, both professionally and personally, and she feels increasingly uneasy at her workplace. A break-in at a nearby house hasn’t helped, either. Someone is out to destroy the Thayer’s peace, but no one knows why.Detective Rita Myers hasn’t discovered whether Eve is a target or a suspect, but what she does know is that every disturbing incident in this peaceful neighborhood points back at her. And when a devastating event occurs, it’s clear how far from perfect Eve and Nathan’s lives really are. As the cracks in the surface start to show, so do the dark secrets that lie beneath…A pulse-pounding crime thriller, perfect for fans of Claire Douglas and Lisa Jewell.Praise for Terri Parlato:‘Wow! What a storyline!… great police work and some crazy twists and turns!’ ????? Reader Review‘Captivating from the first chapter. I literally could not put it down. I love the writing style and the twists you never saw coming.’ ????? Reader Review‘This was such a fast moving, fascinating mystery. The writing was fabulous.’ ????? Reader Review‘This book is a serious page turner. Right from the first page which pulled me in and kept me guessing. Also never saw the twists coming!’ ????? Reader Review‘I loved this book and had to force myself to lay it aside at night. Seriously, a must-read!’ Lisa Jackson‘A moody, atmospheric thriller, perfectly crafted.’ Charlie Donlea
Memorial Park
Every family’s worst nightmare…Three-year-old Rosie Logan is missing. Her mother, Maria, turned away for just one moment and now her life is changed forever. It falls to PC Lucy Halliday and her police dogs, Moss and Iggy, to find the girl, under the direction of Lucy''s boss and friend, DCI Jack Ellis.The case brings up old trauma for Jack. His childhood best friend, Theo, went missing when he was eleven and was never found. This is Jack’s chance to make things right. He won’t fail Rosie like he failed Theo.But the investigation doesn’t go smoothly. The Logan family have been keeping secrets. And every time Lucy and Jack think they’re making progress, they’re hampered by yet another one. Can they find the truth, and Rosie, before it’s too late?The next thrilling instalment in the new British crime fiction series featuring dog handler PC Lucy Halliday. Perfect for fans of Jane Casey, Robert Bryndza and Cara Hunter.Praise for Memorial Park ‘Brilliant to see police dogs in action in a gripping procedural with taut plotting and sexy main characters’ Harriet Tyce‘Dark, gripping... with characters I love and an ending that left me breathless. A series I’m obsessed with’ Cressida McLaughlin‘Expertly written, with exceptional characters, it had me in tears. A thrilling and moving read to devour in one sitting’ Heather Critchlow‘The PC Lucy Halliday series have become my new favourite police procedurals. Their freshness, the exquisitely drawn characters and fiendishly clever plots are made even stronger by Scarr’s ingenious storytelling’ Graham Bartlett‘Impossible to put down. Plotted by a ninja, written with a deft touch. PC Lucy Halliday might be my favourite ever officer’ Rachel Wolf‘Pacy... cleverly crafted. A series that’s going from strength to strength’ Robert Rutherford‘Brilliantly paced, incredibly well-researched and unpredictable. I have long admired Scarr’s skill of how she ramps up tension, both within plot and between characters’ L.V. Matthews‘Twisty, expertly plotted and unputdownable’ Blake Mara‘Louisa Scarr’s flair for characterisation is matched only by her skilful execution of a flawless plot... crime writing at its absolute best’ Marion Todd‘A tight, pacy thriller with a great cast (especially the dogs). This is quickly becoming my new favourite police procedural series!’ Tariq Ashkanani‘Dark, gritty and compelling! I finished Memorial Park in just over 24 hours - I couldn’t put it down’ Heather Fitt‘Pacy and page-turning... I’m already a massive fan of this series and can’t wait to read more’ Fliss Chester‘Ramps up the tension... will leave you breathless! Louisa Scarr specialises in crime fiction with heart, and Memorial Park will make yours beat faster’ Jo Furniss‘One of the best crime writers in the UK. Memorial Park is another masterclass of pace, tension and heart’ James Delargy‘Monstrously gripping and canine sharp, with a boldly brilliant protagonist, this is contemporary crime fiction of the highest order’ Rob Parker
Murder Has No Calories
When a beautiful staff member at a luxurious California boot camp is found brutally murdered, the owner pleads with the plucky senior sleuths, Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate, to investigate. Angela and Caledonia quickly join the party at The Time-Out Inn to check out their fellow guests: nice ladies on the surface, but beneath one of those mud-packs lurks a killer. And it's too bad that Angela and Caledonia’s impulsive detective work is pushing them towards a fate far worse than aerobics. Namely, death...
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