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A novel of high adventure, great storytelling and moral purpose, based on an extraordinary true story of eight years in the Bombay underworld 'A literary masterpiece... at once erudite and intimate, reflective and funny... it has the grit and pace of a thriller' Daily Telegraph 'A publishing...

Once, the Kranzedan wanted to take the underground. He opened the door, and squeezed through, and he has not been seen since … 33 bizarre stories in which the author makes his main character disappear again and again as if by a magic trick, only for him to reappear unexpectedly in the next story.

Read by Hugh Fraser Like The Labors of Hercules, the twelve cases Poirot must solve in this captivating collection of short crime fiction stories are dangerous, demanding, and positively ingenious. In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet—reasoned the...

Nastasia Leokov liebt den besten Freund ihres Bruders, seit sie ihn zum ersten Mal getroffen hat. Da sie weiß, dass sie für Viktor Nikulin nie mehr sein wird als ein Schatz, den es zu hüten gilt, ist Nas klug genug, ihre Gefühle nicht offen zu zeigen. Doch als sie sich entschließt, ihn zu küssen, ändert sich alles.

Three years have passed since Major Sir Robert Kurland and Lucy Harrington, the rector's daughter, became husband and wife. Having established a measure of contentment among the local gentry, the couple lately have found an unsettling distance grown between them. But when peace in the small village is disrupted by an anonymous letter accusing Lucy of witchcraft, her unfulfilled desire to be a mother becomes the least of her worries, especially after she learns she is not the only one to have received such a malicious letter.  

Read by David Suchet and Hugh Fraser A dead heiress on a train, a murdered recluse, a wealthy playboy slain at a costume ball are but a few of the unfortunate victims of confounding crimes committed in the pages of Agatha Christie’s The Under Dog and Other Stories, a superior collection of...

After escaping a Confederate prison during the Civil War, a group of unlikely survivors is swept away to a mysterious, uncharted island. Stranded with nothing but their wits and resourcefulness, they must overcome natural dangers, build a new life, and unlock the island's hidden secrets. But as they discover strange clues and unexpected inventions, they begin to realize they may not be alone.

This audiobook includes the complete collection of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels and stories, all read by the award-winning Jonathan Keeble.

“Think of a darker, more aggressive version of C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. . . . Filled with wicked mischief and dark dares.” — Kansas City Star From Clive Barker, the great master of horror and the macabre, comes a brilliant and truly unsettling tour de force of the...

The world's wealthiest people don't get rich by accident. Whether by smart investment, sharp business intuition, or a combination of talent, grit and circumstance, billionaires have done something right. Or they had a whole lot of luck - a crap-load of it. Tag is the son of a billionaire, who's never had to work a day in his life. He has everything he's ever wanted, that is, until one night during a party at his lake house when a chance encounter with a stunning beauty makes him realize that he wants more. There's something about Melanie that he can't get out of his mind, or his heart.

Five musicians, once brothers of soul and stage, reunite in the same city after decades of silence. Each carries scars, nightmares, and a note left suspended in time. A series of impossible sounds guides them through disturbing dreams, inexplicable encounters, and scores that seem to have been written by forgotten hands.

We all serve a master in this life. But only a very few unlucky souls serve the Lord of Death... When Chester Davis returns from an archeological dig in Mexico, he is a changed man... and not for the better. On a cold and rainy night, Davis reaches for a gun and goes on a shooting spree in Lower Manhattan... So begins another adventure for Detective Chief Inspector John Sinclair of Scotland Yard's Special Division, an elite unit that deals with extraordinary cases. DCI Sinclair is a battle-hardened veteran of Afghanistan, a man haunted by the past. This time, Sinclair travels to an Aztec burial site, where he has to find and destroy an ancient death cult.

In this, the final collection of Sherlock Holmes adventures, the intrepid detective and his faithful companion Dr Watson examine and solve twelve cases that puzzle clients, baffle the police and provide listeners with the thrill of the chase. These mysteries - involving an illustrious client and a Sussex vampire; the problems of Thor Bridge and of the Lion's Mane; a creeping man and the three-gabled house - all test the bravery of Dr Watson and the brilliant mind of Mr Sherlock Homes, the greatest detective we have ever known.

On a cold November night, a grieving father picks up his hunting rifle and shoots his only daughter in the head. The police are mystified. Why was the girl even at the house? Why wasn't she at the mortuary... awaiting her burial? After all, Mary Winston had been declared dead two days before. The incident is only the first in a series of mysterious attacks in the small Scottish town of Middlesbury. Dead bodies go missing. A cemetery caretaker is devoured alive. An ancient curse is about to be unleashed.

When the police reach a dead end and witnesses swear they heard terrifying voices speaking in unknown languages, C. Auguste Dupin steps in. The Murders in the Rue Morgue is not merely the first detective story in literary history — it is an intellectual duel with the darkest side of human nature. Edgar Allan Poe masterfully combines Gothic horror with crystal-clear logic. In audio format, the tension becomes almost tangible: every rustle in the night streets of Paris and every piece of the puzzle leads toward a solution that shocks with its unimaginable brutality.

Amid silent marshlands, an ancient mansion seems to suffocate under the weight of its own decay. Roderick Usher, the last of his line, suffers from a strange affliction: his senses are sharpened to a painful intensity, and he fears sound, light, and life itself. This audiobook is a chronicle of slow disintegration. Madness does not burst in with a scream — it seeps through the stones of the house and into the minds of those who live within it.

Novelista maestro Daniel Silva ha emocionado a lectores con sus diecisiete apasionantes novelas espía con un variado elenco de convincentes personajes e ingeniosa historia que los han llevado a todo el mundo —desde Estados Unidos hasta Europa, Rusia y Medio Oriente. Su brillante héroe, Gabriel Allon —restaurador de arte, asesino, espía —se ha unido al equipo de los grandes agentes secretos ficticios, entre ellos, George Smiley, Jack Ryan, Jason Bourne, y Simon Templar.

Este é um romance que tem como pano de fundo a máfia + casamento de mentira + hot de milhões. Isotta é um problema. Aos dezenove anos ela cria as mais terríveis confusões para escapar do casamento com o primo, Nicolo. Filha do de um importante empresário de Ibiza, Isotta sempre soube que um dia precisaria casar como garantia em uma boa negociação. Porém, Nicolo, seu primo e subchefe do seu pai, está decidido a não deixar que ninguém assuma este papel.

Jean Kuhn era um homem impiedoso e o mais temido do submundo. Ele assumiu a cadeira de Capo da Ndrangheta após a morte do seu irmão mais velho. Disposto a governar com autoridade e justiça, ele criou suas próprias leis e mantinha sua organização com punhos de ferro. Ele nunca cogitou a ideia de se casar e ter filhos, se satisfazia apenas com suas amantes. Entretanto, o destino tinha outros planos para ele.

When the Lady Laduga is sentenced to death in 1722, she makes a pact with a mysterious stranger... a pact that will grant her eternal life. But there is a price to pay. Three-hundred years later, her ancient evil awakens and a small town in England is plunged into a blood-soaked nightmare.