Ужасы и Мистика
Различные книги в жанре Ужасы и МистикаOrdeal by Innocence
Evidence that clears the name of a boy sentenced for killing his adopted mother arrives too late to save his life – so who did kill her?According to the courts, Jacko Argyle bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker. The sentence was life imprisonmentBut when Dr Arthur Calgary turns up a year later with the proof that confirms Jacko’s innocence, he is too late – Jacko died behind bars from a bout of pneumonia.Worse still, the doctor’s revelations re-open old wounds in the family, increasing the likelihood that the real murderer will strike again…
Christmas Cover-up
Experience the thrill of life on the edge and set your adrenalin pumping! These gripping stories see heroic characters fight for survival and find love in the face of danger.Christmas in Colorado had unleashed a killer… Hotshot lawyer Cody Berringer had dedicated his life to uncovering the truth behind his father’s murder. So when he met Rue Harris at a Christmas party and discovered the link between their pasts, Cody was determined to get to know her secrets. Rue was sweet, quirky, and bright – not at all Cody’s usual type.But as they closed in on long-awaited answers, Cody’s protective instincts and his attraction to the beautiful businesswoman would put them both in grave danger…
Newborn Conspiracy
Experience the thrill of life on the edge and set your adrenalin pumping! These gripping stories see heroic characters fight for survival and find love in the face of danger.How had he fathered a stranger’s child? Logan McGrath was shocked to find a terrified redhead on his doorstep. An alluring stranger who’d given birth to a beautiful baby…Logan’s son. Someone had arranged the illegal surrogacy, and now they wanted Mia Crandall out of the way. But Logan soon realised that the killer who hunted her wasn’t nearly as frightening as the tender feelings she stirred inside him.And if Logan wanted to get a chance at fatherhood, he’d have to protect the mother of his child – at all costs.For Their Baby’s Sake Safeguarding children is their first priority
The Labours of Hercules
In this set of short stories, Poirot sets himself a challenge before he retires – to solve 12 cases which correspond with the labours of his classical Greek namesake…In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet – reasoned the detective – like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters.So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot made up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed ‘Labours’. Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic feat of deduction.
Death in the Clouds
A woman is killed by a poisoned dart in the enclosed confines of a commercial passenger plane…From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No.13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No.8, a detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp.What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No.2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman.
The Office of the Dead
The final novel in Andrew Taylor’s ground-breaking Roth trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed drama Fallen Angel. A powerful thriller for fans of S J Watson.Janet Byfield has everything Wendy Appleyard lacks: she’s beautiful; she has a handsome husband, a clergyman on the verge of promotion; and most of all she has an adorable little daughter, Rosie. So when Wendy’s life falls apart, it’s to her oldest friend, Janet, that she turns.At first it seems as to Wendy as though nothing can touch the Byfields’s perfect existence in 1950s Cathedral Close, Rosington, but old sins gradually come back to haunt the present, and new sins are bred in their place. The shadow of death seeps through the Close, and only Wendy, the outsider looking in, is able to glimpse the truth. But can she grasp it’s twisted logic in time to prevent a tragedy whose roots lie buried deep in the past?