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Ruslan arrives in the middle of nowhere to build a palace for a local oligarch. Only the palace looks more like a pantheon of evil gods, and accidents happen at the construction site every day. From one day to another a golden statue of an Egyptian g…

Вашингтон Ирвинг – известный американский писатель-романтик, которого часто называют «отцом американской литературы». Его неповторимый стиль считался образцовым на протяжении многих лет. Один из рассказов данного сборника повествует об учителе по име…

When the Zakro Corporation attempts to build a mammoth supermarket outside Cherringham, the whole village is up in arms. But the accidental death of lead environmentalist Sam Lewis seems to hand victory to the developers. Could Sam's oppositi…

A laughing hangman turns the stage into the gallows… When Nicholas Bracewell finds himself once again in the parlour of his lost love, Anne Hendrik, he was not expecting her entreaties to embroil him in the murder of a beloved choir master. Between t…

The blackness of eternal night encompassed me. The intense darkness oppressed and stifled me so that I struggled for breath.Having been condemned to death by the Spanish Inquisition, the narrator descends into a kind of hell. Dizzy with weakness and …

"Ligeia" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1838. «Ligeia» is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligen…

H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.

"The Fall of the House of Usher" recounts the terrible events that befall the last remaining members of the once-illustrious Usher clan before it is―quite literally―rent asunder. With amazing economy, Poe plunges the reader into a state of deliciousl…

Real life can be ugly sometimes…But not as ugly as reality TV. <br/> SubLime Sweets owner and amateur sleuth, Marilyn Hayes is in quite a pickle when a reality show producer asks to visit her store, with cast and cameras in tow. She&amp;#39;s hesitan…

Miss Marple meets Oscar Wilde in this new series of cosy mysteries set in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Bunburry. <br/> Alfie McAlister has retreated from London to the peace and quiet of the country to recover from a personal tragedy. But an…

This story is a fascinating, attractive and exciting story about two girls that experience strange and horroring adventures. This story is written in the R.L.Stine’s form of writing and will amuse the children. If you are ready to experience horror a…

El libro habla del gran Alejandro Macedonio, de sus actos, de los cuales muchos de sus contemporáneos escribieron, y de los escritores que vivieron en miles de años. Arrian y Plutarco trataban de darle a su imagen un carácter más realista, pero inclu…

An enthralling, atmospheric new novel from the author of acclaimed debut Inherit the Bones, featuring Colorado police officer Gemma Monroe. It&apos;s Halloween night in Cedar Valley. During the town&apos;s annual festival, Detective Gemma Monroe take…

From the authors of the best-selling series CHERRINGHAM <br/> Lavinia&amp;#39;s annual Masked Ball at Mydworth Manor is a highlight of the season, as locals mingle with the great and famous from London. But the lavish party comes to a full stop when …

Ayesha, the Return of She is a gothic-fantasy novel by the popular Victorian author Henry Rider Haggard, published in 1905, as a sequel to his far more popular and well known novel, She. Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey once again embark on a que…

The last novel written by Haggard; finished just before his death and published posthumously. Ramose is the offspring of an Egyptian Pharaoh and a Greek woman. Brought up in a life of luxury he is catapulted into a life of adventure which leads him t…

On the night of the school prom, a young teacher is found dead in the Thames in a drug-related accident. It seems – at first – to be another sign that Cherringham High is spiralling out of control. The new head however is convinced that the teacher&a…

Black Machetes is a powerful page-turning thriller that all readers agree is both shocking and endearing, written in gritty-cinematic tones that paint a painfully intimate portrait of life framed by abuse, tragedy, and inhibited love. Disclaimer: Aut…