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Frankie Avicious is a hard-luck fellow with a sordid past. Living in a dreary meatpacking town, stuck in a loveless marriage, and spending his days slaughtering cattle, Frankie has nothing to look forward to but his next swallow of bargain whiskey. His wife is threatening to leave him, and the local sociopath is threatening to kill him. And then there’s Scarlett Acres, a stripper with a heart of fool’s gold. Frankie can’t stop thinking about her.

Es gibt zwei Mechanismen, die mit dem Überlebensinstinkt einhergehen: Kampf oder Flucht. Der vierte Howard-Caspar-Fall jetzt zum Einführungspreis sichern. Als Howard nackt und orientierungslos in einer Kiste erwacht, scheint sein Leben beendet. Doch er ist nicht bereit aufzugeben und wird sich seinem Erzfeind stellen. Es kommt zu einem tödlichen Duell, aus dem nur einer lebend herausgehen kann. Wird Howard den Kampf endlich gewinnen oder diesmal das Opfer sein?

Bist du bereit, dich selbst aufzugeben, damit andere überleben? Dann lass uns spielen. Wir werden sehen, wie weit du gehst. FBI-Agent Howard Caspar steht unter hohem Druck. Seine Ex-Partnerin ist mit ihrer kleinen Tochter Marcy spurlos verschwunden. Noch bevor die Ermittlungen aufgenommen werden können, findet Howard einen Briefumschlag mit einem Handy. Es beginnt ein Spiel um Leben und Tod, das perfider nicht inszeniert sein kann.

"Wovon träumst du?", fragt er zwei junge Frauen, bevor sie qualvoll sterben müssen. Fünf Kinder verbindet ein grausames Geheimnis. Mehr als dreißig Jahre später treffen sie sich wieder und der Schmerz von damals flammt erneut auf. FBI-Agent Howard Caspar wird zu einem Tatort gerufen, an dem für ihn sehr persönliche Gegenstände hinterlassen wurden. Was hat es damit auf sich? Hinterlässt ihm jemand eine Nachricht?

"Ich habe sie getötet. Ich habe meine Schwester getötet. Der, nach dem Sie suchen, bin ich." Ein kleiner Junge, nur in Unterwäsche mitten auf einer verlassenen Landstraße. Welches Geheimnis trägt er mit sich herum? Von wem spricht er, wenn er sagt, er habe jemanden getötet? Das FBI beschäftigt sich mit der größten Suche nach vermissten Kindern, die Amerika je erlebt hat. Ein irrer Psychopath entführt und tötet Zwillinge. Jedoch immer nur einen von ihnen, der jeweils andere überlebt schwer traumatisiert.

The serenity of northern Maine's idyllic wilderness is shattered when a logger is mysteriously murdered. Veteran Maine State Police Detective Peter Wallace must solve the case, but finds few clues, no motive, and a dead end at every turn. With pressure mounting to find the murderer, Wallace accepts the assistance of Michael Grant, a young psychic medium who reveals information about the deaths of a group of loggers at the murder location over 100 years before, and a personal message for Wallace.

Possession of people by immortals isn't new. What happens when angels or demons possess ever evolving robots? When it happens look out! And when unethical scientists get into cloning people, is the original safe?

This classic collection of ghost, crime, and horror stories from Giles Ekins will delight any listener with a taste for the macabre. Included in the 19 short stories are the titular tale of vengeance, "Sometimes You Just Kill The Wrong People", and the chilling ghost stories, "Aunt Alice, Incident and Greta Green" and "The Chinese Hat Box". Crime stories include "From Darkness and Horror Comes Light", "If Only", and "A Dealer in Fine Art", whilst diabolic tales include "Death Pale Were They All" and "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time".

When Death—that uninvited and unwelcomed guest—arrives, all plans cease; everyone has to stop and make adjustments; and everyone has to deal with it. Magali, a young prostitute of Villa Rosario, Panama, has died. Her ex-lovers, including friends Ricardo and Dan Landes, attend her funeral, each harboring different memories of her. In fact, everyone harbors different memories of her, because no one really knew who she was. But her ghost comes back from the grave to prod ex-detective Dan Landes to uncover the truth about her death.

Savannah has grown up preparing for the end of the world. Her father is Teddy Unser, ex-con and doomsday prepper devoted to the day he and his family will have to run. But Teddy is tired of waiting, and when Savannah is 14, he steals a water truck and commits a cataclysmic attack in which Savannah and her little sister Mía find themselves accomplices.

Simon Chowdhury lived his life intentionally. He believed if he formulated intentions for his life, gave those intentions his full attention then he would make manifest the life he wanted to live. All his life he made his intentions be his mantra and created a rich and abundant life. It worked great, until it didn't. Simon cared deeply about his family and felt it was his duty to take care of his family. Especially, after his father died in a horrific automobile accident. His mother Basanti loved him and appreciated his sense of duty and honor.

This box set puts together Book 1 and 2 of the series - Interlopers and Pictures of Lily - in a single accessible volume.

Beulah longed for a child of her own. She would never bear a child, but her longing was a part of her daily life. Her Power Animal, Petrona, a rock sparrow, brought her the good news. There was a daughter sleeping on Beulah's front porch. Beulah thought it was a dream, and she was right - it was a dream come true.

With his marriage over and his career in freefall, journalist Tom decides to reconnect with his fourteen-year-old daughter, Frankie. Desperate to spend precious time together now that they live an ocean apart, he brings her to Hollow Falls, a cabin resort deep in the woods of Maine. From the outset there’s something a little eerie about the place - strange whispers in the trees, windchimes echoing through the forest - but when Tom meets true-crime podcasters David and Connie, he receives a chilling warning. Hollow Falls has a gruesome history.

The year is 2012. While investigating the heinous death of a prominent evangelist, FBI Agent Leon Safullo is unable to identify the killer through traditional methods of forensic analysis. Simultaneously, Leon learns of the sudden disappearance of Paul Evans, CEO of a major corporation. Leon is a pragmatic realist whose career is based on interpreting symptoms of aberrant human behavior. The killer contacts Leon with the purpose of challenging the validity of his investigation.

Forensic Analyst Clare Rosser has focused her career on becoming a detective, and solving the mystery of her parents’ murder. When a series of grisly murders leaves bodies twisted and bereft of fluid in a mummy-like state, one fact becomes apparent: The monster that killed her parents ten years ago has returned. Fighting the bureaucracy of her own police department, as well as her own prejudices and ailing body, Clare must take matters into her own hands before more suffer the same fate.

On the brink of a breakdown, two years after the death of his fiancée, Jim Hawkes quits his high-powered job in the city to rent a cottage in the Devonshire countryside seeking some well-needed rest. But Slyford St. James is far from the peaceful haven Jim was hoping for. Almost immediately, he is plagued by strange occurrences: a combination lock that won’t open, loud noises in the attic, the figure of a little girl always just out of sight. His new village friends, Jed and Emma, are convinced Jim has found his way to the village for a reason.

El tranquilo pueblo de Rockport se despierta con la noticia de la desaparición de uno de sus habitantes más ancianos. Varias patrullas ciudadanas rastrean el pueblo en su busca, pero no consiguen encontrar una sola pista. Al amanecer del día siguiente, el cadáver mutilado y desangrado de un joven desconocido aparece en la playa. Comienza a extenderse el rumor de que no existe ser humano ni animal conocido que sea capaz de un ataque tan brutal....

Posesiones, extrañas ejecuciones, sueños proféticos, inquietantes presencias, un asesino sanguinario venido del más allá...y todo ello en los oscuros corredores y pabellones de Sing Sing, una de las prisiones más tenebrosas y peligrosas de Estados Unidos. Aleister McNeal y Eloise Carter, los dos jóvenes investigadores de lo sobrenatural que terminaron con la maldición de la casa Cavendish y con los crímenes de Rockport, deberán enfrentarse a un nuevo caso que pondrá en peligro su vida, su cordura...y su propia alma.

Meet the Crotchets, the quintessential American family; so perfect, that complete strangers decide to learn from them...at gunpoint. But these psychotic kidnappers offer no motive; want no ransom. They are here only to "observe". What begins as a harmless experiment soon escalates into a maddening descent as the very definition of "family" is torn asunder. As the Crotchets fight for their lives, they'll learn the consequences for both action and inaction are more frightening than they could imagine.