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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner is a novel by the Scottish author James Hogg, published anonymously in 1824. Considered by turns part-gothic novel, part-psychological mystery, part-metafiction, part-satire, part-case study of totalitarian thought, it can also be thought of as an early example of modern crime fiction, in which the story is told, for the most part, from the point of view of its criminal anti-hero. The action...
2) The Beetle
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The Beetle (1897) is a novel by Richard Marsh. Immensely popular upon publication, The Beetle was an instant bestseller and went on to inspire a 1919 silent film adaptation starring Maudie Dunham. Despite its success, the novel was largely forgotten until scholarly attention in the late-20th century highlighted its importance to the fields of gothic fiction, postcolonial criticism, and women and gender studies. "To have tramped about all day looking...
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Wilkie Collins was the first great detective novelist. His dark and complex mysteries influenced the work of other writers, such as Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens, with whom he developed a close personal friendship. Swinburne found his work worthy of serious criticism, and T. S. Eliot credits him even more than Poe with the invention of the modern detective novel and the popular thriller. Before such works as The Woman in White, The Moonstone,...
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From before the time of Christ, there have been rumors of a secret society called The Illuminati...a vicious tribe of Druids with mystical, supernatural powers. Many saw them as demons or gods. Those who opposed them simply disappeared...or met an even worse fate.
Unknown to all but the very few, this group slowly infiltrated world organizations and financial institutions with a singular goal--to control the world's economic system.
Now fast-forward...
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Liam Stone is a quiet man whose personal life has taken a turn for the worse. Going through a devastating divorce, he flies to Sweden for a short vacation with old college friends. A time of relaxation and enjoyment is just what he needs to brighten his flagging spirits and recover from a traumatic breakup.But when Liam and his friends make a daytrip to an isolated and beautiful island, they quickly find something is horribly wrong with the locals....
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PREMIO FOROLIBRO 2018: mejor novela del año«Y aunque mi increíble empresa lograra terminar de modo satisfactorio, no crea que habremos escapado por tanto de nuestro terrible final, pues no es posible huir de aquello que no puede ser evitado». Esas fueron las últimas palabras que John D. Lindgren leyó del puño y letra de su mentor, el profesor Kleinman.En Salem (Massachusetts), durante 1921, aún con un espléndido futuro académico por delante,...
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Real Ghost Stories of Borneo 1 is a collection of short ghost stories, written by Dr Aammton Alias. The author is a family physician working in Borneo. This is the FIRST book in the series.These are not stories with 'happily ever after' endings. Most were accounts and recalls from family, friends and my former patients. A number of stories may have been left open ended with no explanation, as had been shared in that manner.
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An accountant by day, Mr. Rodgers spends his nights and weekends indulging in a unique passion. Traveling from neighborhood to neighborhood as an unknown entity, he uses unconventional methods to help long-suffering wives rediscover the love they once had for themselves and their husbands. Some might consider him a selfless hero, ahead of his time. The residents of Poagstown, however, have cutting-edge ideas of their own.
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Felix Castor series volume 4
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Author of The Girl With All the Gifts Mike Carey presents the fourth book in his hip supernatural thriller series featuring freelance exorcist Felix Castor.
Old ghosts are coming back to haunt Felix.
Names and faces he thought he'd left behind in Liverpool resurface in London, bringing Felix far more trouble than he'd anticipated. Childhood memories, family traumas, sins old and new, and a council estate that was meant to be a modern utopia until...
10) The Sentinel
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A New York Times Bestseller: A young woman descends into a demonic madness-only to discover that it's not simply in her mind Aspiring model Allison Parker finally moves into her dream apartment: a brownstone on Manhattan's Upper West Side. But her perfect home quickly turns hellish. The building is filled with a cast of bizarre tenants, including a reclusive blind priest, who watches her day and night through an upstairs window. Eventually, Allison...
11) Evergreen
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Five years ago, Liz fled her home town after she and her friends narrowly escaped death at the hands of a demon.Two days ago, her parents were killed in a car accident, and in order to put them to rest, Liz is forced to return to the town she swore she'd never step foot in again.Now, nightmares plague Liz's sleep, estranged friends are holding grudges and they are all falling victim to serious, and even life-threatening accidents.Through it all, they...
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The dead rise, as a prophecy that heralds the end of times unfolds in this thriller of deceit and danger from the author of The 4th Secret.
A man holds Professor Alex Harker at gunpoint in a Cambridge University lecture room. He wants to know about the mysterious Codex Gigas. But before Harker can learn more, the man shoots himself, threatening Harker's girlfriend Chloe as he does so.
Soon Harker is deep in a life or death struggle that...
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New York City is built upon a dark secret.
When a woman is crucified on a burning cross in downtown Manhattan, it marks the beginning of a dangerous crusade. The Confessors seek the powerful relic of a dark angel and they will stop at nothing to get it.
ARKANE agent Jake Timber is in New York to investigate the eleventh century Cloisters Cross alongside Naomi Locasto, a linguist, when they become entangled in the mystery.
Can Jake and Naomi solve...
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An ancient prophecy. An occult secret. The power to raise the dead.
When a long-hidden tomb and a body covered in Voodoo symbols are found in New Orleans, ARKANE agent Jake Timber discovers a mystery that stretches back to the Spanish Empire and the bloody dungeons of the Inquisition.
But he is not the only one who seeks the Hand of Ezekiel. A shadowy billionaire, backed by those who seek immortality at any price, will stop at nothing to find the...
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When tragedy strikes on his son's wedding day, Lord Manfred believes it is a foreboding omen, and will do whatever it takes to stop it-no matter how immoral.
Set in the 18th century, The Castle of Otranto begins on the day Manfred's son, Conrad, was meant to be married. Known for his sickly nature, Conrad is the eldest child of two, and is set to marry Princess Isabella, a union that would reap strong benefits for the noble family. However, when...
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Pandava volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
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Accused of stealing the god of love's bow and arrow, Aru has ten days to find the real thief or risk being kicked out of the Otherworld.
17) Horns: A Novel
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Joe Hill's critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning debut chiller, Heart-Shaped Box, heralded the arrival of new royalty onto the dark fantasy scene. With Horns, he polishes his well-deserved crown. A twisted, terrifying new novel of psychological and supernatural suspense, Horns is a devilishly original triumph for the Ray Bradbury Fellowship recipient whose story collection, 20th Century Ghosts, was also honored
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Cutting-edge science meets demonic possession: the long-awaited new supernatural thriller from award-winning author Lynn Hightower.
Noah Archer is a renowned neurosurgeon, with an impressive success record. He has a happy home, with his beloved wife Moira, their two adopted sons, and a dog who's a very good girl.
But Noah keeps a dark secret, shared only with his old friend Father Perry Cavanaugh. When he was just a boy, he was possessed by a demon...
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In the shadowy ruins beneath Jerusalem, Dr. Sarah Kensington, a lauded biblical archaeologist, uncovers an enigmatic copper scroll, sparking the ire of a sinister religious sect.
Simultaneously, Vatican-based Jesuit scholar, Father Anthony Miller, unearths a millenia-old conspiracy linking the Church to a concealed truth about Eden.
When their paths collide in a heart-stopping quest, they must decrypt an ancient cipher, navigate a deadly labyrinth...
20) Fellside
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A haunting and heartbreaking thriller from the author of the USA Today bestseller The Girl With All the Gifts.
Fellside is a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire Moors. It's not the kind of place you'd want to end up. But it's where Jess Moulson could be spending the rest of her life.
It's a place where even the walls whisper.
And one voice belongs to a little boy with a message for Jess.
Will she listen?
Discover M. R. Carey's...
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