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I shook his shoulder. 'All right? You all right, Dave? Dave?'He leaned his head back and closed his eyes hard, as he clenched his fists and started beating them against the wall.'We need to get you to...

PanAmerican States, 2056:Lennox Copper can't get over the violent death of his wife or his sense of guilt. When he is kidnapped by government troops and converted into a hybrid soldier, his fate seems...

Old-timey horror is often a hard sell to a modern, visually-oriented audience whose palettes have long been cleansed, and numbed, by jumpscares, the gorefests of SAW-movies and the now common trope of...

Surprisingly, not the true story about what happened to the other two after Beyoncé disbanded Destiny's Child to pursue a solo career, "The Two Destinies" is a manageable little number about George and...

Cagney and Lacey may be the most iconic female detective duo, but who was the fictional female sleuth who started it all? Nancy Drew? Maybe Miss Marple? Nope – one of the first literary female detectives...

Perhaps Wilkie Collins' editor thought "John Jago's Ghost" sounded too much like an exciting tale of cursed, swashbuckling pirates for the alternate title of this novella to end up on the cover and instead...

The book that set the stage for Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings', 'The Worm Ouroboros' tells a sweeping tale of political – and mystical - battles between heroic warriors, witches on crooked mountaintops...

'The Dead Letter' follows the brutal murder of Henry Moreland as he waits to board a New York train on the way to see his fiancé. He is fatally stabbed in the neck and his body isn't found until the next...

The first novel in the 'Parade's End' series, 'Some Do Not' is widely considered to be a landmark novel surrounding the events that led to World War I. We are introduced to mathematician Christopher Tietjens,...

When playboy stockbroker Alvin Benson is found dead in his New York mansion with a bullet through his head, it sends shock waves through the city that never sleeps. Detectives descend - and so does amateur...

Archibald Hunter arrives at Cruden Bay for his yearly seaside vacation, looking for nothing more than peace and quiet. Then all of a sudden his life becomes plagued by intimidating visions and omens of...

Accused of a murder he didn't commit, an innocent man seeks refuge in the Canadian wilderness. Can he prove his innocence before it's too late?When a man bravely stands up to a bully, he becomes the victim...

Chief Inspector Sara Vallén receives a tip that could help solve a 20-year-old cold case about a two-year-old boy who disappeared from his preschool without a trace.Meanwhile, Sara's daughters Klara and...

Homer Vincent lives in the beautiful house called Greatlarch in New England, with his wife and niece. Though outwardly the family appear to have a charmed life, the house is haunted by an ancient legend....

Do you like Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium', James Bond and dystopian dramas like 'The Man in the High Castle'? The 1903 spy thriller 'The Riddle of the Sands' has elements of all three - and then some....

Mystery and romance ensue when the conversation between Alick Craven and his mentor Francis Braybrooke one day turns to Lady Adela Sellingworth, and her stolen jewels.A classical take on the Real Housewives...

A giant diamond stolen from India; a rakish rogue; a naive teenager and a drug-fueled scandal.These are the leading parts that combine to make one of the greatest detective novels of all time.'The Moonstone'...

Dr. Vandura grapples with his fate amidst Jordan's sun-seared deserts, where his new life unfurls as the legendary healer: Hakim Pasha. Allured by the enigmatic Laila - his new flame and the mesmerizing...

At the peak of his career, brain surgeon and clinic owner Dr. Konrad Lingen has it all - riches, a thriving career, and a loving wife. Yet, a chance encounter with the captivating Karin von Putthausen,...

The most daring commando operation of World War II from which no one can return... On a June night in 1944, ten German officers of Baltic origin is parachuted out of a Dornier plane near Moscow. Their...

In Elizabeth von Arnim's humourous novel, "The Pastor's Wife", the main character Ingeborg Bullivant goes on a spontaneous trip to Lucerne and returns engaged to a Prussian pastor. However, her new life...

Originally published anonymously in 1908, 'The Last Egyptian' is a novel by famous author L. Frank Baum. Set in Egypt, the story follows the fortunes of Egyptologist Gerald Winston, Egyptian Kara, and...

'The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo' is a collection of fourteen short stories for children by renowned 'Oz' author L. Frank Baum. The stories focus on the adventures of the Magical...

A forlorn English diplomat. A forgotten yet legitimate daughter. A stuffy society intent on keeping outsiders out. Steeped in the new wave of romanticism in the late 18th century, 'Evelina' tells the...

Orphan Anna's life is changed for the better when she inherits an estate from her maternal uncle. Kind and intelligent, Anna decides to pass on some of her wealth by setting up a home for twelve women...

Joy Ogilvie, the lovely young daughter of an American colonel, fancies herself Lady Athlyne while playing make-believe with her friends. She hardly suspects that the real-life Lord Athlyne is a prisoner...

Set during the Hundred Years War, 'Sir Nigel' follows the fortunes of Sir Nigel Loring. A minor noble, Sir Nigel is down on his luck following the premature death of his Lord. Nigel longs to become a...

Business magnate Roger Melton has passed on, leaving behind one of the grandest fortunes of his time. To the family's astonishment, Roger has bequeathed his vast estate to the black sheep of the family,...

'The Pillars of the House Volume 1' - or ´Under Wode, Under Rode´ - is the first instalment of English writer Charlotte Mary Yonge's story about the Underwood children. Three years after the birth of...

The novel centres on Rose-Marie Schmidt, a twenty-five-year-old woman who lives with her father, a professor, and is considered a spinster by most of the inhabitants of their small German town. The story...