Ergebnis für "The Raven" in Psychologie

On a frigid winter night, Daniel Klein was stabbed to death in his penthouse suite by his wife, Julia. At least that’s what the police report reads. The truth, however, is far more sinister. After relocating to a remote cabin in the middle of the mountains, Julia’s only goal in life is to piece together her broken past. But questions about that fateful night arise when Logan, Julia’s brother-in-law, shows up on her doorstep—with evidence that things are not as they appear.

Death is not what you think she is. She is the woman in the chair by the window. She is the stillness after the last breath. And tonight, she has three stories to tell. In a triptych of novellas woven through with the poetry and darkness of Edgar Allan Poe, a nameless woman who has been present for every ending sits down and speaks. Warren Hopewell has lived sixty-seven years without anyone asking the right question. He uses coasters when no one is watching. He sets his alarm for seven every morning. He wrote a book once and put it in a box.

Mavis Gallant is a contemporary legend, a frequent contributor to the New Yorker for close to fifty years, and the undisputed master of the short story. Her peerless prose captures the range of human experience while evoking time and place with unequaled skill. This superb collection of fifteen...

When a psychopath became a therapist no one is safe, especially his patients with weak wills. Eighteen of Dr. Winston Shelby’s have patients have fallen on hard times. Or, more to the fact, were pushed over the edge. Their vulnerabilities made them the playthings for his personal amusement. Nothing mattered more than his pleasure; not their bodies, minds, hearts or even ... their lives.

The Raven Edition of the works of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) presents his complete literary output in five volumes. The second volume contains 22 stories, which illustrate the author's fascination with the macabre, the unexpected, and the terrifying.

This year's festival welcomed the wrong guest. In Cedar Hill, Massachusetts, life is quiet and uneventful. Unless it's Halloween. Known as Salem's Sister, Cedar Hill has become a Halloween destination thanks to its annual Harvest Festival.

"One of my favorite writers in the world." —George Saunders From the author of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, the uproarious and brilliantly inventive new novel from Max Porter. Enter Lynette: actor, writer, director, showrunner and star of the final film in her head—is it a comedy, a...

He wasn't looking for connection. He was looking for his coffee shop. Elliot Morrison is seventy, a widower of seventeen years, and a man whose life runs on routine: the same coffee, the same seat, the same book. When a heart attack and then a stroke strip him of nearly everything — his mobility, his independence, his voice — his best friend Carl installs an AI companion on his phone. Just in case. Just to have someone there.

Some monsters don't hide under beds. HERMy new boyfriend, Jamie, is the epitome of perfection. He’s kind, patient, funny—the total opposite of my abusive ex. After everything I’ve been through, life was supposed to be smooth sailing from here. But someone’s been watching me. Following me. I think my ex is trying to come back into my life. And I’m terrified he’ll do something awful to Jamie. It’s not like he isn’t capable of it.----HIMShe’s perfect. Everything I’ve ever wanted. And she has no idea what’s coming.

When Jenna Rosen abandons her comfortable Seattle life to visit Wrangell, Alaska, it's a wrenching return to her past. The hometown of her Native American grandmother, Wrangell is located near the Thunder Bay Resort, where Jenna's young son, Bobby, disappeared two years before. His body was never recovered, and Jenna is determined to lay to rest the aching mystery of his death. The quest for the truth behind her son's disappearance is about to pull her into a terrifying and life-changing abyss.

Hiscoutine, 1370. Le bourreau Louis Ruest et sa jeune épouse Jehanne d’Augignac se sont installés dans leur existence de couple marié et s’efforcent, autant que possible, de s’y habituer. Si le partage de leur lit se fait aussi aisément que celui de leur toit, le partage d’idées et d’émois est pour ainsi dire inexistant. Sur le plan de la communication, Louis s’en tient au strict minimum. Il s’absente des jours durant pour se vouer à toutes sortes de travaux.

Esme and Benedict Werner have an idyllic life in a tight-knit community until an accident in their cul-de-sac ends in the tragic sudden death of one of their dearest neighbors. After vindicating eyewitness accounts morph into contradictory memories, suspicion, and unaccountable accusations, Benedict is arrested. Esme’s life, too, is changed forever.

Savannah has spent her life surviving-first the pain of childhood abuse, then the terror of an abusive marriage. Leaving was only the beginning. Healing feels impossible until Ryder, a devoted father, who is fighting his own demons from his past, opens his home and heart to her. What starts as friendship slowly grows into love, but their journey is far from easy. Together they face courtrooms, custody wars, betrayal, and the chaos of blending families. Through it all, Savannah learns that love doesn't erase the scars of the past-but it can make them bearable.

Five strangers. One cure. And a nightmare none of them saw coming. Audrey’s done being a lab rat. Years of doctors, pills, and promises—and still, her body’s a prison. So when an envelope shows up offering a last-ditch shot at healing her chronic pain, she takes it. No questions asked. What’s the worst that could happen? She’s not the only one clinging to hope. Four others arrive at the remote forest sanctuary, each battling their own private hell. The place is quiet, peaceful. The results? Instant. Miraculous. Too good to be true? Of course it is.

My husband is a cheating bastard. If it weren't for my daughter, I'd have gotten rid of him years ago. But I don't want my sweet Hazel growing up the way I did. So I've continued putting up with Cole's indiscretions. But this time around, Cole crosses a line that he can't come back from. And I'm going to teach him a lesson he'll never forget.

In search of a job, Theo joins an organization as an evaluator, devoted to supernatural pursuits. Her colleagues and the work she does there test her to the limit. The wondrous mansion, however, requires no believers. In her first case with David, she encountered a client who claimed to have seen a demon. Despite remaining skeptical, Theo wondered if there was more to the situation than meets the eye. While her scientific background urged her to seek rational explanations, this internal conflict left her questioning whether there were realms beyond her understanding.

Marc Diodato is living in New Jersey as a wealthy real estate developer when a devastating health diagnosis alters the course of his life. In an effort to escape his new reality, he leaves everything behind and flees to Rome, which unwittingly sets him on a collision course with the very demons he is so desperately trying to outrun. After surviving a near-death experience, Marc, a staunch atheist, is forced to grapple with the fundamental mysteries of the human condition, the nature of suffering and redemption, and the struggle between faith and nihilism.

Bloomsbury presents Little Nothings by Julie Mayhew, read by Louise Williams. With friends like these, who needs enemies? 'Devilishly clever' Alice Clark-Platts 'Chillingly relatable' Sarah J Naughton 'A true single-sitting read' Alex Marwood Liv Travers never knew real friendship until she met...

This is a story from the Fall of the House of Usher collection. The horrors of the Spanish Inquisition, with its dungeon of death, and the overhanging gloom on the House of Usher demonstrate unforgettably the unique imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. Unerringly, he touches upon some of our greatest nightmares: Premature burial, ghostly transformation, words from beyond the grave. Written in the 1840s, they have retained their power to shock and frighten even now.

Tom Tucker was having a good day. And then he got a mysterious phone call telling him he would need to kill or be killed by a man he'd never met before. And so his nightmare began.