Result for "Bad Houses" in Literature & Fiction

Salem will eigentlich nur vor ihrem gebrochenen Herzen davonlaufen. Als sie auf der entlegenen Blackridge Island in einem Bed & Breakfast eincheckt und der enigmatischen Besitzerin Rayne begegnet, spürt sie aber sofort eine unglaubliche Anziehung zu ihr. Mit Rayne kann sie jede Fantasie ausleben, die sie so lange unterdrückt hat, jedem dunklen Gelüst nachgeben, für das sie sich früher geschämt hätte. Als die ersten Gäste spurlos verschwinden, wird ihr eines klar: Das Böse lauert in Blackridge – und seine Augen sind auf Salem gerichtet.

In this gripping, horror-laced debut, a young Cree woman’s dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of violence on her family, her community and the land they call home. "A mystery and a horror story about grief, but...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES Jack Reacher and Sergeant Frances Neagley become the targets of a deadly conspiracy in this “action-packed thrill ride” (Chicago Sun-Times). The inspiration for season two of the hit streaming series Reacher—and don’t miss the...

From John Elizabeth Stintzi, the mind that created the daringly bizarre novel My Volcano, comes an electrifying collection of strange and dark tales. In the surreal, often precarious realities of Bad Houses, a doctor discovers a double-edged cure for the Ebola virus, a college student loses a different body part each time they return home for the summer, Midas's hairdresser strives to keep his secrets, and a young girl develops a fascination with the trolls who harvest her father's pumpkin patch. At once humourous and horrifying, these stories will inevitably take residence in your mind.

A wickedly funny novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Squeeze Me in which the greedy, the corrupt, and the degraders of what’s left of pristine Florida—now, of the Bahamas as well—get their comeuppance. “[A] comedic marvel … [Hiaasen] hasn’t written a novel this funny...

A gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller of family intrigue and dark secrets, from the author of Someone Is Watching and See Jane Run. There was no shortage of words she could use to describe her father, almost none of them complimentary. Serves you damn right, she thought. A voice mail from...

A delightfully dishy novel about the all-time most impossible boss in the history of impossible bosses. Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job “a million girls would die for.” Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful...

Für die Welt sind sie ein Skandal. Füreinander sind sie die ganze Welt. »The Favourites« ist das Buch, über das 2025 alle reden werden! Katharina Shaw weiß eins ganz sicher: Sie ist dazu bestimmt, olympische Eistänzerin zu werden. Als sie Heath Rocha – selbst aus armen Verhältnissen...

L.A. TIMES 15 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR TIME "100 BEST" RUPAUL'S BOOK CLUB PICK An engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship. “A transcendent work of art.” —Boston Globe “Gish Jen has written the multigenerational...

Vor zwölf Jahren traf Cassie Carter eine folgenschwere Entscheidung, die sie und ihre Schwestern auseinanderbrachte. Jetzt kehrt sie nach Washington zurück, in der Hoffnung, die Schatten der Vergangenheit hinter sich zu lassen. Ihre Schwestern, Karen und Nichole, leben in der Nähe, doch Cassie erwartet nicht, sie wiederzusehen. Karen jongliert zwischen Karriere und Familie, während Nichole als verwöhnte Hausfrau ihren Alltag meistert. Doch als Cassie plötzlich einen unerwarteten Brief von Karen erhält, wird die Möglichkeit einer Versöhnung greifbar.

Reddit horror sensation Dathan Auerbach delivers a devilishly dark novel about a young boy who goes missing, and the brother who won't stop looking for him. Eric disappeared when he was three years old. Ben looked away for only a second at the grocery store, but that was all it took. His brother...

The restoration of a majestic old home provides the exhilarating backdrop for Danielle Steel’s 66th bestselling novel, the story of a young woman’s dream, an old man’s gift, and the surprises that await us behind every closed door…. Perched on a hill overlooking San Francisco, the house...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of Squeeze Me comes a wildly entertaining Florida caper—a razor-sharp send-up of modern American life, packed with misfits and mayhem. “No satirist arrived at our dystopian moment better prepared than Carl Hiaasen.” —Slate...

Ricardo ve cumplido, a una edad muy temprana, el sueño que en su Lima natal alimentó desde que tenía uso de razón: vivir en París. Pero el rencuentro con un amor de adolescencia lo cambiará todo. La joven, inconformista, aventurera, pragmática e inquieta, lo arrastrará fuera del pequeño mundo de sus ambiciones.

In this thrilling sequel to Caught Stealing, Henry “Hank” Thompson must outwit the Russian mafia to save his family—and himself. “Six Bad Things rocks and rolls from the first page. This is one mean, cold, slit-eyed mother of a book.”—Peter Straub Henry “call me Hank” Thompson is...

A BRAND NEW emotional wartime saga set in London's East End during the Blitz from the bestselling author Fenella J. Miller. Perfect for fans of Jean Fullerton, Katie Flynn and Rosie Goodwin!'Whisks you back to the home front of wartime Britain.' Jean Fullerton London, East End, 1941: When...

“I’m a robber,” John Dortmunder says, “not a grave robber.” Yet he soon finds himself in a Long Island cemetery with dirt up to his knees. His old friend Andy Kelp is to blame—Andy and the Internet. For it was while ambling on the Net that Kelp met up with master manipulator Fitzroy...

Since its publication in 1996, George Saunders’s debut collection has grown in esteem from a cherished cult classic to a masterpiece of the form, inspiring an entire generation of writers along the way. In six stories and a novella, Saunders hatches an unforgettable cast of characters, each...

Five complete strangers from across America are about to come together and open the door to a place of evil that they all call home. Inexplicably, four men and one woman are having heart-stopping nightmares revolving around the dark and forbidding houses where each of them were born. When recent terrifying events occur, they are each drawn to their identical childhood homes, only to confront a sinister supernatural presence which has pursued them all their lives and is now closer than ever to capturing their souls....

Denny just wants to be the world’s best dad to his baby daughter, but things get messy when he starts hallucinating his estranged abusive stepfather, Frank. Then Frank winds up dead and Denny is held hostage by his junkie half-sister who demands he uncovers the cause of her father’s death.