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In 1880s Paris, the Opera House is haunted by the Phantom, a disfigured genius named Erik. He mentors soprano Christine Daaé, obsessed with her talent and beauty. After abducting her, Erik's jealousy drives him to threaten lives unless she marries him. Moved by her compassion, he frees her and dies of heartbreak as she elopes with her lover Raoul.

Michael McDowell's Blackwater meets Clive Barker's The Great and Secret Show in the disturbing first installment of a new trilogy of transgressive literary horror from the Bram Stoker Award® finalist and Splatterpunk Award-winning author of Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke.

Ronnie doesn't know it yet, but her fate rests in the hands of the dead. Silent film star Venita Rost's malevolent spirit lurks spider-like in her cliffside mansion, a once-beautiful home that's claimed countless unlucky souls. And she's not alone. Snared in her terrible web, Inspector Bartholomew Sloan-her eternal nemesis-watches her wreak havoc in helpless horror, shackled by his own guilt and Venita's unrelenting wrath.Now the house has yet another new owner. This time it's Ronnie Mitchell, a grieving woman who buys the run-down place sight unseen. She arrives armed with an unexpected inheritance, a strong background in renovation, and a blissful ignorance regarding the house's blood-soaked history. But her arrival has stirred up more than just dust and decay. In the shadows, unseen eyes watch. Then, a man comes knocking. He brings wild stories and a thinly veiled jealousy, as well as a secret connection to the house that can only lead to violence.Venita's fury awakens, and a deadly game unfolds.Caught between a vengeful ghost and a ruthless living threat, Ronnie's skepticism crumbles. The line between living and dead isn't as sharp as it seems, and she realizes too late that in Venita's house, survival might be just an illusion.

LITERATURE'S GREATEST DETECTIVE TEAM Travel back in time to 221B Baker Street in Victorian London and join the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal assistant, Dr. Watson as they engage in extraordinary investigations that have entertained and captivated readers for generations. Originally published in 1892, this collection of twelve of Holmes most iconic cases will keep you guessing throughout. Featured tales include: A Scandal in Bohemia, in which a king is blackmailed by a former lover The Speckled Band The Red-Headed League The Five Orange Pips The Blue Carbuncle The Engineer's Thumb The Beryl Coronet The Copper Breeches And More...The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a must-read for anyone who loves mystery and suspense and would like to tag along with literature's most charismatic, and brilliant detective. Doyle's writing showcases Holmes's keen intellect, Watson's steadfast companionship, and the timeless appeal of logical reasoning. Join them as they deciphers cryptic clues and unravel complex plots to outwit cunning adversaries. Solve intriguing puzzles and meet indelible characters in this classic collection which remains a testament to its enduring power as well as a cornerstone of detective fiction.

A bingeable dark college romance featuring a chilling cat-and-mouse suspense subplot from Italian bestseller and BookTok sensation Kira Shell.Recently arrived in New York for college, Selene Anderson moves in with her estranged father and his new wife's family. Neil Miller is the eldest, a fascinating and enigmatic young man, constantly battling a dark past that gives him no respite. As a moth to light, Selene is captivated by Neil. Their mutual passion is explosive, and she's willing to do anything to break through the walls Neil has built around his heart.But Neil is not able to open up to anyone, not even to Selene. He suffered devastating abuse as a child, and considers himself to be too damaged for a wonderful woman like Selene to love. Then, there's Player 2511-a stalker tied to Neil's past who is looking for vengeance against him and his family. With his riddles, threats, and attacks, the ruthless stranger drags Neil into a wicked and dangerous game that he will try to win at all costs, sparking a relentless struggle between them. At the mercy of Player 2511, will Neil lose everything, including Selene?Let the Game Begin is the first in the Kiss Me Like You Love Me dark romance series. It features mature themes and explicit content that may not be suitable for all audiences. Reader discretion is advised. Please check the content warning at the beginning of the book.This work has been translated with the contribution of the Center for Books and Reading of the Italian Ministry of Culture.

The Virgin Suicides meets I Have Some Questions For You in a dual timeline suspense following one woman as she begins to uncover the truth of the death of her estranged best friend and the Sylvia Plath adoring sad girls they attended college with decades ago, all while holding a secret that will slowly unravel her new, suburban dream life. Some stories refuse to stay buried. For best friends Nikki and Sadie, college was supposed to be a fresh start, a way to blast Courtney Love from car speakers and leave their youth behind. But along with sadness-obsessed girls and intrusive professors, a dark story plagues their small all-women's school: the Sylvia Club, a campus legend surrounding the deaths of multiple Sylvia Plath-adoring students, all written off as suicides. Aspiring writer Nikki finds herself drawn to the tragic tales, so much so that dead girls begin to haunt her dark imagination. As she digs deeper, Nikki soon suspects there's much more to the story - a suspicion that will lead to a tragedy of its own, one that will tear her and Sadie apart. It's been nearly twenty years since Sadie last saw her estranged friend. Now, Nikki is dead, and when Sadie ends up pregnant by Nikki's grieving husband not long after the funeral, she finds herself stepping into her ex-best friend's seemingly perfect life. But the longer Sadie lives in Nikki's eerily preserved home, the more she sees her appear and soon, she's convinced that Nikki is sending her clues from beyond the grave. Because it seems Nikki never stopped looking for answers about what happened to the girls of the Sylvia Club, and she may have been its latest victim. Told in a dual timeline, Doll Parts is a provocative and irresistible debut, at once an exploration of the dark the chasms that break apart friendships, an ode to the aching beauty of girlhood, and a sharp portrayal of grief that can physically haunt you.

The new novel starring the original action thriller hero Jack Ryan, creation of the legendary Tom Clancy.

A vividly illustrated, spine-tingling collection of short stories, 31 Days of Spooky will give you goosebumps all Halloween long!

The first dedicated exploration of the short fiction of Shirley Jackson for three decades, this volume takes an in-depth look at the themes and legacies of her 200-plus short stories. Recognized as the mother of contemporary horror, scholars from across the globe, and from a range of different disciplinary backgrounds, dig into the lasting impact of her work in light of its increasing relevance to contemporary critical preoccupations and the re-release of Jackson's work in 2016. Offering new methodologies to study her work, this volume calls upon ideas of intertextuality, ecocriticism and psychoanalysis to examine a broad range of themes from national identity, race, gender and class to domesticity, the occult, selfhood and mental illness. With consideration of her blockbuster works alongside later works that received much less critical attention, Shirley Jackson's Dark Tales promises a rich and dynamic expansion on previous scholarship of Jackson's oeuvre, both bringing her writing into the contemporary conversation, and ensuring her place in the canon of Horror fiction.

When private detective Walter PKK Montgomery wades into the cold waters of the Nolin River for a birthday weekend of trout fishing, he doesn't expect to catch a briefcase containing $150,000 in unmarked bills. In the next 36 hours, Walt, his country-singer girlfriend, Belinda, and his partner, Johnny Horoscope, are pursued up and down Interstate 65 by a psychopathic cop and a crooked Kentucky lawyer, and both of them will kill to reclaim the money.A former Alabama Highway patrolman, Walt knows that a dirty cop is the worst kind of fiend to have on your tail, and when this knife-obsessed, psychopathic killer takes Walt's girlfriend hostage, Walt must outrun the state police in three states, outwit a crooked Kentucky lawyer, and unravel a twisted plot that ultimately pits him against a perverted judge who has paid to have his own wife kidnapped and killed. To save Belinda and the judge's wife, Walt must confront the memory of his first wife's death. Finally, he must find Belinda and overpower the cop before he subjects her to the most hideous torture and death imaginable. $150,000 is not enough money to die for, but all of these characters are ready to kill for it.Joe Marshall Hardin crafts a thrilling and action-packed ride as Walt races to save his girlfriend and clear his name. This crime thriller races to a dramatic and gun-blazing conclusion.

The classic Clive Cussler thriller from the master of the adventure novel.

G. B. Stern's writing perfectly crafts an engaging tragicomedy, lacing farce and absurdity into compelling psychological drama. A darkly entertaining look at a non-traditional family structure in the 1930s and unapologetic women. The next title in the British Library Women Writers series which has grown to more than 25 titles and several anthologies.

Alone in the desert and covered in blood, Josiah Dennis comes across an abandoned town, and two unlikely storytellers burdened with sharing its history-past, present, and future.Rogue gangs of vampires, young witches, flayed cadavers, giant lizards, and men with dark hearts dwell in these pages, looming over Buzzard's Edge, a town full of people struggling to survive in an unforgiving Arizona frontier. So, sit down a spell, and settle where the daybreak ends.

"In her latest novel, Nichols takes readers on a wild ride with a charming protagonist who discovers honesty may not always be the best policy when it comes to murder. But when it comes to love, truth matters." -Gaby Anderson, author of South of HappilyLucy Howard is finally getting her life together. She's with a great guy completely worthy of her trust. Her job as head claims investigator is challenging in a positive way. Her narcoleptic-antiques-dealing uncle is staying out of trouble. And she's no longer haunted by her nasty break-up. But a collect call from her ex in prison puts her newly found contentment in jeopardy. Worse, a visit from his lawyer indicates she could be in serious danger.Before she can determine what's real and what isn't, her boss assigns her to the case of a prominent insurance salesman who fell to his death. The police investigation leans toward suicide, but the victim's parents insist it was murder and that their son's killer is his grieving widow.With the help of Uncle Buddy and Elsie Erickson, reformed con-woman, Lucy must get to the bottom of the tragic death.Lucy uses her trusty spreadsheet to make sense of the situation. But logic alone can't explain the intricacies of human nature. Nor will it explain her reluctance to commit to her perfect man. And it most definitely won't keep her out of the sights of deranged killers.

And what really happened to Conor?As Billy sets off to find the answers to a mystery that's followed him for years, he soon realises that uncovering the truth about his lost past may come at a high cost.

A new edition exploring the works of one of the great ghost story writers, Edith Wharton, aiming to position her firmly amongst the household names published so far in the Gilded Nightmares series. Featuring some of Wharton's essential classics such as 'The Eyes' and 'Afterward' along with less-anthologised masterpieces of the short story form.

An American Book of the Dead: A Wild West Séance is a unique Acid Western set in the mid to late 1800s whose psychedelia stems not from drugs but from the spirit world. When spirit photographer, Ebenezer Elijah Henry is confronted by an enigmatic stranger late one night in his Kansas studio, a peculiar tale is summoned through an impromptu séance that culminates in one of the most arresting photographs ever taken. This is the story of Robert McGee: possible scalping survivor, possible fraud, and how his image was invented by an ambitious photographer already imaging Buffalo Bill's Wild West.

Emma Love never thought she'd return to her hometown after years away from her estranged family. But when her sister-in-law is kidnapped, Emma puts her life on hold to help an old flame, Deputy Sam Mattingley, solve the case and bring Gwen home. With a degree in Criminal Justice and part-time experience working at a detective agency, Emma's skills are tested. As the layers of secrecy are peeled back, Emma realizes the mystery shrouding Love's Manor and her brother's marriage is more intricate than anyone could have fathomed. Can she navigate the convoluted trail of clues and locate Gwen before it's too late? And what of her long-suppressed feelings for Sam Mattingley...are they merely a product of nostalgia...or something more?

October, 1650Traumatised Parliamentarian spy James Archer returns north seeking his sister Meg, missing in the aftermath of Newcastle's recent witch trials.Aloof, enigmatic Elizabeth Thompson draws him to investigate the ongoing killing of women who had worked to free the accused.But when Elizabeth herself becomes hunted, the only chance of escape lies in Archer setting himself as bait.Set against the backdrop of the greed and brutality of Interregnum England, The Wicked of the Earth is an historical thriller perfect for readers of Andrew Taylor, S J Parris, or C J Sansom.The Newcastle Witch Trials of 1649 and the fervour which surrounded the Republic claimed the lives of twenty-six women and one man. Following the English Civil War, the women who had maintained the land and towns of England, came under scrutiny for their elevated position in society. Combined with the Republic's puritanical Christianity, the Newcastle Witch Trials swept through the city. Unlike other trials of the time, the Newcastle "witches" were hung from the scaffold. This book is dedicated to their memory.