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When private detective and former teacher Henry Kimball is hired to investigate an ex-pupil's cheating husband, he senses all is not quite what it seems, and before he knows it he's gotten far too close to the other woman. As the case gets ever stranger, he turns to the only person he can trust, Lily Kintner, someone with dark secrets of her own.

In this outrageous sequel to The Joan Crawford Murders it is now 1969 and Joan is in England at Bray Studios to film her 80th movie, Trog. Bray is also where Hammer Films made many of their masters of horror. Joan finds that she begins to suspect that a suicide in the village was really a murder. Monsters, ghosts and the studio’s past come back to life. And she might have just saved the life of Queen Elizabeth II at nearby Windsor Castle from a greedy mummy in the nick of time.

Return to Arthurian romance, magic, secrets, surprises and danger. In this bawdy sequel to Merlin’s Charge, in Camelot (a land where they say lovers can turn into swans) new horrors befall as shapeshifting chaos unleashes a violent werewolf monster into the wintry land. Will order be restored and the curse lifted in time for King Arthur to stop the invading Saxons? Or is the real danger entirely a family affair.

This sleeping beauty is more than she seems. And just because everybody in the kingdom has their own magic mirror on their wall shouldn’t replace the importance of everybody still thinking for themselves. A fun fairy tale mash-up with 25 colorful illustrations (also by the author). Includes the bonus story, Snow White and the Frankenstein Monster.

At a pizza place in uptown Minneapolis, scenesters and a psychic try very hard to find the next cool party and a pure state of punk living in the summating year of 1989. Their overripe imaginations (and beer) bring out bizarre fatal accidents, memories of once being devil possessed, and a vengeful ghost of a hippie who had overdosed.

Joe goes to work as a carnie for a week and meets worldly carnies: Carlos, a young man looking for trouble; Lady Fortuna, a guilt ridden old fortune teller; Pinda, a self assured young woman he thinks he might want to run off to see the world with; and Miss Toulon, who decided where to place the glass maze having been told in no uncertain terms by loud voices in her head. But Lisa, who has also just graduated from Joe's high school, shows up. She's no longer a shy stranger and Joe falls for her too, even though choosing her would mean staying on the farm. Strange things happen and there are...

Helen is at her first year in science at Culver-Stockton College at the small river town of Canton Missouri, a college and town with an occult past. Her boyfriend tries to help her make sense of the strange happenings at the Mississippi River, and in the skies... as he tries not to be outshone by her handsome science teacher.

The envelope is unremarkable. There is no return address. It contains a single folded sheet of white paper. The envelope drops through the mail slot like any other piece of post. But for the nine complete strangers who receive it—each of them recognising just one name, their own, on the enclosed list—it will be the most life altering letter they ever receive. It could also be the last, as one by one, they start to meet their end.

At a large group home for adult women who are mentally ill/retarded, a client has fallen from an attic window. Was it murder, suicide or an accident? Will the disparate staff prove to be the ones who are really nuts?

A series of unsolved murders with one thing in common: each of the deaths bears an eerie resemblance to the crimes depicted in classic mystery novels. The deaths lead FBI Agent Gwen Mulvey to mystery bookshop Old Devils. Owner Malcolm Kershaw had once posted online an article titled 'My Eight Favourite Murders,' and there seems to be a deadly link between the deaths and his list - which includes Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders, Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train and Donna Tartt's The Secret History.

Enter the strange and fantastic world of the fairy tale. Read about what happens when two daughters of the king are rewarded or punished by the fairy heads in the well. Three Heads in the Well (or The King of Colchester’s Daughters) is a tale hundreds of years old, now retold by Peter Joseph Swanson, adding a bit of this and that, including the classic Diamonds & Toads. The author also did the illustrations.

Londres-Boston, vol de nuit. Ted Severson rencontre la superbe et mystérieuse Lily Kintner. Ils bavardent, boivent des cocktails, et voilà que peu à peu se déclenche un jeu de la vérité au cours duquel, un détail après l'autre, Ted se dévoile à l'oreille bienveillante de Lily. Il lui avoue l'échec de son couple : sa femme, Miranda, le trompe. Il en vient même à confier qu'il la tuerait bien. Et que ce ne serait finalement que justice. Or Lily déclare le plus sérieusement du monde qu'elle est prête à l'aider. Après tout, des tas de gens méritent de mourir, pour toutes sortes de raisons.

Neuf personnes, sans aucun lien apparent entre elles, reçoivent simultanément une liste de neuf noms, dont le leur. Une simple liste, sans la moindre explication. Certains y voient une mauvaise blague, d'autre une erreur, en tout cas rien de vraiment digne d'intérêt. Mais lorsque deux d'entre eux sont retrouvés mort, un terrifiant compte à rebours s'enclenche. De nouveaux meurtres s'enchaînent mais aucun rapport entre ces neuf individus ne se dessine. Jessica Winslow, agent du FBI, est bien décidée à tirer tout cela au clair, d'autant que son nom figure également sur la liste.

Libraire spécialisé en littérature policière, Malcolm reçoit la visite surprise du FBI. L'agent Gwen Mulvey sollicite son avis sur deux affaires étranges : une série de meurtres tout droit sortie d'un roman d'Agatha Christie et un "accident" rappelant un livre de James M. Cain. Or Malcolm, quinze ans plus tôt, a publié sur son blog une liste intitulée "Huit crimes parfaits", où figuraient ces deux intrigues. Serait-il possible qu'un tueur s'en inspire aujourd'hui ?

Há algum tempo, antes de se tornar sócio da Livraria Old Devils, localizada em Boston—uma meca para os fãs de mistério—o aficionado por romances policiais, Malcolm Kershaw, também conhecido como Mal, escreveu um artigo para o blog da livraria com uma lista dos assassinatos literários mais insolúveis, quase impossíveis de serem decifrados—que ele chamou de Oito Assassinatos Perfeitos.

Eine Flughafenbar in London. Es ist Abend, und Ted Severson wartet auf seinen Rückflug nach Boston, als sich eine attraktive Frau neben ihn setzt. Kurz darauf vertraut er der geheimnisvollen Fremden an, dass seine Frau ihn betrogen hat. Mit ihrer Reaktion jedoch hat er nicht gerechnet: Sie bietet ihm Hilfe an - beim Mord an seiner Ehefrau. Ein Trick? Ein morbider Scherz? Oder ein finsteres Rachespiel, das nur ein böses Ende nehmen kann?

Birds, Strangers and Psychos is a thrilling anthology that brings together the biggest names in mystery and crime fiction to pay homage to Alfred Hitchcock, the legendary filmmaker whose name is synonymous with suspense. Acclaimed editor Maxim Jakubowski curates 24 original short stories, each inspired by the mood, tension, and style that defined Hitchcock’s groundbreaking work.

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - February 2021 People Used To Die Every Day: A young man is caught in a lie to his partner; he has been illegally "sleeping" at night. Pandora's Dreams: A new technology allows the recording, playback, and sale of dreams. The Library Of Gromma: A young boy must protect the machine that preserves the memories of his grandmother and his community. The Human Experience: A married couple negotiates the genetic future of their unborn child. Simon: A man is on trial because he killed the devil. Father Dale's Drive-Thru Exorcisms: A semi-retired couple living ...

في رحلةٍ جوية من لندن إلى بوسطن، يقابل تيد سيفرسون فتاة مذهلة تدعى ليلي كيتنر. أثناء احتساء المارتيني، يمارس الغريبان لعبة يكشفان فيها تفاصيل دقيقة عن حياتهما، لكن ما بدأ بمجرد مزحة بين تيد وليلي أخذ منعطفًا جادًا عندما اعترف تيد بصورة شبه جادة أنه يريد قتل زوجته. وقد تفاجأ حقًا عندما أخبرته ليلي أنها تود مساعدته في قتلها.

December, 1989, and Ashley Smith - a bright-eyed American studying in London - has unexpectedly been invited by her classmate Emma Chapman to spend Christmas at her family's Cotswolds manor house, Starvewood Hall. The holiday is a true English fantasy: woodland walks, charming pubs and elaborate dinners at the manor, with the added romantic potential of Emma's twin brother, Adam, who feels like Ashley's wildest dreams come true. But is there something strange about the old house, both stately and rundown.