Ужасы и Мистика
Различные книги в жанре Ужасы и МистикаThe Lady Sleuths MEGAPACK ®
Lady Sleuths have long been a mainstay of the mystery field. Agatha Christie's Miss Marple is, surely, the very model of the detective in a cozy mystery. But before – and after! – Miss Marple there were such sleuths as Loveday Brooke and Amelia Butterworth (both of whose complete adventures are in this ebook MEGAPACK™). And the lady sleuth is alive and well today, with recent adventures by such diverse talents as Janice Law, C. Ellett Logan, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, among others. In total, here are more than 1,700 pages of great sleuthing!<P> Included are:<P> SOB SISTERS, by Kris Nelscott<BR> ALLIGATOR IS FOR SHOES, by C. Ellett Logan<BR> HILDA WADE, by Grant Allen<P> MISS CAYLEY'S ADVENTURES, by Grant Allan<BR> DISCOVERY, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch<BR> CAD METTI, THE FEMALE DETECTIVE STRATEGIST, by Old Sleuth<BR> MARY LOUISE, by L. Frank Baum<BR> MADEMOISELLE DE SCUDERI, by E.T.A. Hoffmann<BR> MY FAMOUS RELATIVE, by Janice Law<BR> HISTORY ON THE BEDROOM WALL, by Rebecca K. Jones and Josh Pachter<P> <B>THE COMPLETE LOVEDAY BROOKE SERIES:</B><P> THE BLACK BAG LEFT ON A DOOR-STEP, by Catherine Louisa Pirkis<BR> THE MURDER AT TROYTE'S HILL, by Catherine Louisa Pirkis<BR> THE REDHILL SISTERHOOD, by Catherine Louisa Pirkis<BR> A PRINCESS'S VENGEANCE, by Catherine Louisa Pirkis<BR> DRAWN DAGGERS, by Catherine Louisa Pirkis<BR> THE GHOST OF FOUNTAIN LANE, by Catherine Louisa Pirkis<BR> MISSING! by Catherine Louisa Pirkis<P> <B>THE COMPLETE AMELIA BUTTERWORTH SERIES:</B><P> THAT AFFAIR NEXT DOOR, by Anna Katharine Green<BR> LOST MAN'S LANE, by Anna Katharine Green<BR> THE CIRCULAR STUDY, by Anna Katharine Green<P> If you enjoy this ebook, search your favorite ebook store for «Wildside Press Megapack» to see the 170+ entries in the MEGAPACK™ series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!
Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #14
"Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" returns with issue #14, presenting the best in modern and classic mystery fiction! Included this time are the usual columns by Dr Watson and Mrs Hudson, plus the following works: <P> Sleuthing: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, by Jacqueline Seewald<BR> Lost in Translation, by John M. Floyd<BR> "Diamonds", by Kelli A. Wilkins<BR> In Memoriam: A Vignette, by Stan Trybulski<BR> The Mystery of the Missing Money, by Mary Laufer<BR> Pea Soup, by Gerald Elias<BR> Playing for Keeps, by Meg Opperman<BR> My Living is Dying, by Laird Long<BR> The Adventure of the Empty Lighthouse, by Jack Grochot<BR> Three Sudden Murders, by George Zebrowski<BR> The Adventure of the Vanished Village, by Michael Mallory<BR> When Stars Collide, by BV Lawson<BR> A Case of Identity, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<BR> <P> "Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine" is produced under license from Conan Doyle Estate Ltd.
The Dark Corners
Robert J. Tilley's THE DARK CORNERS collects 7 classic fantastic crime stories, including: «The Dark Corners,» «Fiends and Neighbors,» «The Devil and Mr. Wooler,» «The Other Man,» «The Great Golf Mystery,» «Mirror, Mirror,» and «Dark Dilemma.» Classic work from a British master!
Moonshine
From losing his master's chickens to burning down the mayor's house, young wizard-to-be Tristan's adventures always seem to go wrong… until a talking cat named Thomas adopts him! Together, they may be able to replace the chickens, set things right with Tristan's wizard master… and start to discover Tristan's true powers. A delightful fantasy for the young and young at heart!
Homicidal Holidays
The sixth volume in the Agatha, Anthony, Derringer, and Macavity award-winning «Chesapeake Crimes» series includes stories by: Barb Goffman, Rosemary and Larry Mild, E. B. Davis, Shaun Taylor Bevins, Cathy Wiley, Art Taylor, Shari Randall, Meg Opperman, Carla Coupe, Timothy Bentler-Jungr, Linda Lombardi, Debbi Mack, Clyde Linsley, and Donna Andrews. <P> "One thing I’ve learned during a long career as a writer is that a good short story is one of the hardest things to write. To capture mood, character, tension, and a satisfying climax in a few pages requires more skill than having the luxury of a novel to get things right. That’s why I’m so impressed that the writers of Chesapeake Crimes seem to deliver quality work in anthology after anthology. This one is especially fun as the theme is holidays. And who hasn’t wanted to commit a murder at a family holiday celebration?" – Rhys Bowen
The Devil Wives of Li Fong
No man is happier than Li Fong – until he discovers his lovely wives are really serpent-demons! <P> Long and long ago, before the foreign devils came, old China was a land of ancient culture and strange magic. There, Li Fong, a student of apothecary, seems the luckiest of men. By what has to be happy chance, he has been led to take two charming and quite wealthy ladies as his wives.<P> How could he know that his loving and beloved Mei Ling and Meilan are really spirit-demons? Or that the great snake that comes to his aid is really Mei Ling in her natural form?<P> But the wicked Taoist magician Chang Lu knows the truth and plots evil for Li Fong and his wives. Nor can the magic of Mei Ling prevail, though she struggles to protect her husband and gain true humanity for herself.<P> In the end, she can only summon the beautiful and terrible dragons to her aid!
Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer
What if Snow White were the real villain and the «wicked queen» just a sadly maligned innocent? What if awakening Sleeping Beauty would be the mistake of a lifetime – of several lifetimes? What if the famous folk tales were retold with an eye to more horrific possibilities? Only Tanith Lee – «Goddess-Empress of the Hot Read» (Village Voice) could retell the world-famous tales of the Brothers Grimm (and others) as they might have been told by the Sisters Grimmer! This special edition, put together for the 30th anniversary of the original edition, adds a new Grimmer fairy tale written especially for this volume!
Adam Quirk #1: The Master Must Die
Gyron de London, most powerful–and most hated–industrialist of the year 2190, is warned by a mysterious letter that his doom is due on the 30th March, three weeks hence. Further anonymous letters repeat the message. The frightened tycoon takes every precaution, even to sealing himself in a steel, radiation-proof cube surrounded by armed guards – but death overtakes him on the specified day, exactly as forecast! <P> Since no one had entered the cube after the industrialist was seen to enter it alive, the police conclude that his death was from natural causes. Famed scientific investigator Adam Quirke is called in by the unsatisfied family, and discovers that de London was the victim of a highly scientific murder. An impossible crime mystery set in the future!
With a Little Help from My Fiends
"Michael McCarty's 'A Little Help from My Fiends' truly shines. His collection of short stories is a lovingly created, watered with blood and harvested at the peak of ripeness kind of work. The approach to the collection is so fresh that – were it a steak – you would note still a bit of warmth and even a faint pulse. You see, each story in this collection is co-authored with another excellent storyteller. Mark McLaughlin, Terrie Leigh Relf and Dave Miller, to name a few, make appearances. Each short story is prefaced with a few words that identify the co-author, point to an interesting tidbit of the tale's creation, and never fail to show McCarty lauding the co-author while remaining modestly in the background." – Sylvia Cochran
Gonji: A Hungering of Wolves
GONJI, the demon-stalked warrior with the soul of his samurai forebears and the heart of his Viking mother, surges on through legend-haunted medieval Europe, seeking the key to his mysterious destiny… <P> His infamy–and celebrity!–has seen a militant cult spawned around his legend and philosophies. Thus, Gonji must face persecution from religious and secular hierarchies, while dealing with human and supernatural assassins.<P> Facing almost certain death, Gonji must make a grim decision. His ally, the enigmatic golden werewolf Simon Sardonis, has come to him with an earnest plea for help in France against a monstrous enemy of his own: the brutal, shape-shifting Farouche Clan. These are sorcerous invaders from another world, with whom Simon shares an eerie kinship. Their savagery overwhelms even Simon's formidable power, and now they threaten the woman he loves. But worse still, the Farouche fiends are the vanguard of a tyrannical, inter-dimensional conspiracy. A conspiracy which has insidiously snared Gonji in its age-old web of evil dominance.<P>But can Gonji and the ferocious lycanthrope Simon together raise an effective force against such colossal evil, when the armies of their world refuse to help? Is there any power mighty enough to battle another world's dark sorcery, when it devours all before it with… A HUNGERING OF WOLVES?