Historical Fictions Halloween

When her sister returns from finishing school a total stranger, a teen seeks out the cause and discovers that the cost of becoming a perfect lady is much higher—and more sinister—than ever expected. A lush, gothic tale that will haunt readers long after they turn the last page. Gwen Donavan...

"This splendid story collection is a sword through the heart."--Ben Fountain From the O. Henry Prize-winning author comes a heartbreakingly beautiful and brutal exploration of lives fragmented by the Pacific side of World War II. Spanning more than 150 years, and set in multiple locations in...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE FINALIST FOR THE 2023 JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE From the author of the award-winning debut story collection We Show What We Have Learned, an "atoundingly original” (The New York Times Book Review) work of historical fiction with shocking and eerie...

Agatha DeLacey’s family isn’t rich or titled, so studying nursing at Ingold’s East End hospital in London is a rare opportunity for her. Despite the school’s focus on the innovative Bio-Mechanical program, Aggie cares more about the desperately poor human patients who flood the hospital...

A Gothic thriller and captivating love story set in Civil War Mississippi Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey has been left at home in Mississippi with a laudanum-addicted stepmother and love-crazed stepsister while her father fights in the war—a war that has already claimed her twin brother...

The Bluebeard fairy tale retold. . . . When seventeen-year-old Sophia Petheram’s beloved father dies, she receives an unexpected letter. An invitation—on fine ivory paper, in bold black handwriting—from the mysterious Monsieur Bernard de Cressac, her godfather. With no money and fewer...

The celebrated Pulitzer finalist and prize-winning author of Dinner at the Center of the Earth and What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank delivers his best work yet, a streamlined comic masterpiece about a son’s failure to say Kaddish for his father. Larry is the secular son in a...

A gripping historical novel set amidst the confusion and chaos of the Civil War, Booth is the story of the only conspirator in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln who was not killed or executed--a young man who falls under the spell of the charismatic and captivating world-famous stage actor...

A dark and utterly original literary horror debut, following a priest whose bloodthirsty life has extended far longer than any mere human's—and is upended when a stranger comes to town Stutley Tillinghast lives a solitary life, ostensibly as the minister of a remote rural parish in Rhode...

Henrietta Collins's talent for troubleshooting and her zest for life are much needed at a family gathering in Bermuda, where murder prowls the halls of a luxury hotel. Henrie O has come to the island with her grandchildren for the remarriage of their father, Lloyd Drake. He plans to marry Connor...

“I knew I would enjoy Witch Way because I’ve relished everything I’ve read by this prolific author!”—The Best Reviews For centuries their families have been embroiled in a violent, irreversible feud. Today, can a witch and a witch-hunter find common ground...without killing each...

When the local town drunk sees a murder committed on Boot Hill on Halloween night, will anyone pay any attention to his story? Sheriff Joe Grubbs, though skeptical, investigates and finds the new grave. Now, he has a job to do and risks losing the love of his life doing it. It's a harrowing Halloween night in Haleyville, Texas.

Miss Henrietta Moore’s life is about to get mysterious. When Sally, Henri’s maid, comes across a mask in a trunk of old costumes, Henrietta is entranced and transformed. She secretly wears the mask at the first of October’s masquerades, hoping to catch the attention of the man she thinks she loves. Instead, she finds herself the talk of the town. When her mother gives her an ultimatum to be engaged by All Hallows Eve or be forced into an arranged marriage, Henrietta continues her rouse in the hopes that the man of her dreams will recognize her.

Another round of horrifying Halloween stories to fill you with delight. The audiobook 31 More Nights of Halloween brings together 31 short stories from today's newest authors. From ghosts to witches, to vampires and possessions, this collection has something for that Halloween kid in all of us. So take off your shoes and light a candle, but be careful what you say, you might end up casting a Halloween spell.

Ein vierter Brief erreicht die Baker Street. Mit zitternden Händen öffnet Watson den Umschlag. Ein Bild fällt zu Boden. Watson bückt sich, hebt es auf und erstarrt. Alice!

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson erhalten ein anonymes Schreiben. In dem Gedicht wird von fünf Freunden berichtet, die einander verrieten. Der Verfasser kündigt an, Rache zu nehmen. Mit der beigelegten Schwarzweißfotografie in Ihren Händen, beschließen Holmes und Watson Inspektor Wolfford aufzusuchen. Dieser kann es zuerst gar nicht richtig glauben. Der Mann auf dem Bild ist doch tatsächlich derselbe, der heute Morgen, direkt vor Scotland Yard, in einem geparkten Auto, tot aufgefunden wurde.

Ein drittes Gedicht! Ein drittes Foto! Ein drittes Opfer! Die Zeit rennt und Holmes und Watson sind dem Täter noch nicht einen einzigen Schritt nähergekommen. Selbst die Identität der neuerlichen Leiche bleibt ungeklärt. Während die beiden in die Jahre gekommenen Männer beginnen, mit sich selbst zu hadern, ist der Mörder bereits seinem vierten und letzten Opfer auf der Spur.

Nachdem Holmes und Watson das Rätsel um die Identität des ersten Opfers glücklicherweise rasch klären konnten, dauert es nicht lange und die beiden erhalten ein weiteres Gedicht. Anhand der Reime ist für Holmes schnell klar, wo der Mann zu finden sein wird. Doch kommen Sie auch hier zu spät! Holmes und Watson hoffen nun, schnellstmöglich eine Verbindung zwischen den Opfern herstellen zu können, um weitere Morde zu verhindern.

Während Holmes und Watson Himmel und Hölle in Bewegung setzen, um Alice noch rechtzeitig zu finden, sieht sie sich mit den tödlichen Schatten ihrer Vergangenheit konfrontiert.

It's Halloween 1970, and Erin Lewis can't draw anything scary enough to win the window painting contest at Glosser Bros. Department Store in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The 16-year-old has other things on her mind, like holding a séance at Glosser's to contact her brother, who died a year ago in Vietnam. Will he keep his promise and make contact from the other side? Or will Erin receive an equally shocking message from closer to home?