SEEK…Searching for a past that was more lore than truth, part-Indian healer, Miranda “Miracle” Jones, drove her peddler’s cart toward Rock Springs, Oregon -- straight into danger. Before she could learn anything about her missing and mysterious father, and carrying the tin box he’d left her – her only memento – she was attacked by highwaymen and sold to Harrison Danner at a drunken bachelor party on the eve of his wedding. Danner meant only to save her. But Miracle, frightened and trusting only in herself, stabbed him – and then, with her herbal potions, desperately sought to save the compelling stranger’s life!AND YOU SHALL FIND…Danner was pledged to the daughter of his bitterest enemy; their wedding was meant to end a generations-old feud. Yet he could not resist his attraction for the strong-spirited beauty who had attacked him – and then stole his bartered heart. Though they both fought the wave of passion that threatened to overtake them which could only leave devastation and betrayal in its wake, the truth of their love was undeniable, a force of nature they willingly succumbed to within each other’s arms… Views: 54
DAEMEN -a forgotten place at the very edge of the galaxy, a dying planet where people lived by luck alone. This was the number-one stop for Rheba, the Senyas fire dancer, and Kirtn, her Bre'n mentor, as they sought to fulfil their promise to return a whole shipload of ex-slaves to the widely scattered worlds they called home.Twice Rheba and Kirtn had achieved the impossible - first surviving their own home system's fiery doom, then escaping the lair of the evil Loo-chim, bringing with them the odd assortment of beings who were now their shipmates. Having blasted free of the Loo-chim, Rheba and Kirtn assumed the worst was over. Then they landed on Daemen...Don't miss FIRE DANCER, also by Ann Maxwell and available from Futura. Views: 54
Francis the cat detective, whose first case featured in Akif Pirinçci's international bestseller Felidae, enjoys a comfortable bachelor existence with his human companion and 'tin-opener' Gustav, until one day disaster strikes. Gustav is invaded by a live - in lover who aims to reform his life-style - and his cat's. Francis decides to go on the road, and sets out one stormy night to try his luck in the country.However, perils lurk in the country too. Soon the corpses are coming thick and fast. A serial killer is slaughtering the farmyard cats. The strange, blind tribe of cats who live in the sewage system, rescuing and adopting unwanted kittens, commission Francis to bring the murderer to justice. But who is the murderer? Are the sewer cats right to suspect Crazy Hugo, formerly one of their number, and his mastiff accomplice? Could the real culprit be the mysterious creature known to Francis as Monster Paw? What about the seductive Alcina and her family of forest-dwelling wild cats - how are they involved? What is the true secret of the satellite dish once tended by Diana the ecologist and her cat the ESP enthusiast Ambrosius? And why is a human hunter out to shoot Francis himself?Reluctantly dabbling in the paranormal, Francis brings his logical brain to bear on the case, until all is made clear in a denouement with surprises to spring until the last.Once again, Akif Pirinçci has written a gripping and witty crime story which at the same time faithfully reflects feline behaviour.Praise for Felidae:'A tough and unsentimental detective story told the way cats see things. I wish my cat could read it.'- Patricia Highsmith'The plot is ingenious, the movement lively ... Altogether there is never a dull moment.'- Julian Symons, Sunday Times'The most unusual thriller of the year ... Takes the prize for black humour, too.'- Mail on Sunday'Orlando the Marmalade Cat playing Inspector Morse, with a dash of James Bond thrown in.'- Independent on Sunday'Has all the twists and terrors of a good Ruth Rendell.'- Country Living Views: 54
Based on the true story of notorious serial killer Peter Kürten and the unsolved murder of Düsseldorf prostitute Emma Gross… Düsseldorf, 1 March 1929, the dying days of the Weimar Republic. A prostitute is found dead in a cheap hotel room, brutally murdered. But her death is soon forgotten as the city's police hunt a maniac attacking innocent women and children. A killer the press has dubbed the Düsseldorf Ripper. Detective Thomas Klein's career is going nowhere until he gets a tip-off leading to the Ripper's arrest. But the killer's confession to the hooker's murder is full of holes, and Klein soon comes to believe this is one murder the killer didn't commit. Motivated by spite, ambition, or maybe even a long-buried sense of justice, finding out who really killed Emma Gross becomes Klein's obsession. Particularly when the evidence begins to point closer to home… Views: 54
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."--H. P. LOVECRAFT, "Supernatural Horror in Literature"Howard Phillips Lovecraft forever changed the face of horror, fantasy, and science fiction with a remarkable series of stories as influential as the works of Poe, Tolkien, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. His chilling mythology established a gateway between the known universe and an ancient dimension of otherworldly terror, whose unspeakable denizens and monstrous landscapes--dread Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, the Plateau of Leng, the Mountains of Madness--have earned him a permanent place in the history of the macabre. In Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, a pantheon of horror and fantasy's finest authors pay tribute to the master of the macabre with a collection of original stories set in the fearsome Lovecraft tradition: ̧ The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: The slumbering monster-gods return to the world of mortals. ̧ Notebook Found in a Deserted House by Robert Bloch: A lone farmboy chronicles his last stand against a hungering backwoods evil. ̧ Cold Print by Ramsey Campbell: An avid reader of forbidden books finds a treasure trove of deadly volumes--available for a bloodcurdling price. ̧ The Freshman by Philip José Farmer: A student of the black arts receives an education in horror at notorious Miskatonic University.PLUS EIGHTEEN MORE SPINE-TINGLING TALES!From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 54
Translated by Audie E. Bock."A first rate book and a joy to read.... It's doubtful that a complete understanding of the director's artistry can be obtained without reading this book.... Also indispensable for budding directors are the addenda, in which Kurosawa lays out his beliefs on the primacy of a good script, on scriptwriting as an essential tool for directors, on directing actors, on camera placement, and on the value of steeping oneself in literature, from great novels to detective fiction."--Variety"For the lover of Kurosawa's movies...this is nothing short of must reading...a fitting companion piece to his many dynamic and absorbing screen entertainments."--Washington Post Book WorldFrom the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 54
SUMMARY:Heavy snow is falling on Spruce Peak when Stacey Curtis returns in her second skiing mystery. Hollywood has-been Harper Stone arrives in Stacey’s little Vermont town to shoot a mouthwash commercial, and he’s far from happy about it. When the actor turns up dead—and the last person to see him alive is Brian Russell, Stacey’s jealous ex-fiancé—Stacey can’t help but become involved. Views: 54
Dark Sins and Desert Sands – Stephanie DravenMythica 05Harlequin Nocturne #124ASIN: B005JSK19S (mobi)ISBN: 9781459215856 (epub)ISBN: 9780373618712 (paperback)October 18, 2011 (November 2011)288 pagesSeries Paranormal RomanceSetting: Syria; NevadaBack cover:When a mythical creature arouses the minion of a dark god, no passion can be denied, no secrets left hidden....Escaping a hellish Syrian prison, U.S. serviceman Ray Stavrakis emerged with uncanny mind-control powers and an eerie ability to morph into a mythical Minotaur. As a half man, half bull, Ray had legendary power, but only one woman could prove his innocence. The woman who'd driven him to the brink of insanity with her cool-eyed interrogation and her hot-blooded sensuality.But Vegas psychologist Layla Bahset had no memory of Ray or her past. Only a feeling of being stalked by a nonhuman predator. Was it Ray...whose eyes condemned her soul even as his hands ignited her body? Or was another evil force at work? But nothing could stop Layla from remembering what she was...and what her evil creator had planned for her and her soldier lover....Inside excerpt:“Whatever it is, Layla, it’s going to be all right.” It wasn’t going to be all right. She was the twisted minion of an evil god. What comfort could a mortal man like Ray really offer her? And yet his arms were the only safe place she’d ever known. “You have no idea who I am or what I’ve done.”“I know what you’ve done. I was there, remember?”“I’m nothing, nothing but what he made me!”“Don’t say that,” Ray murmured against her lips. “It’s not true.”But it was true. And yet, as Ray rocked her, it wasn’t fear that surged through her.She kissed him. Because it might be the last time she could. She’d never thought that Ray was hers to keep, but she hadn’t realized before now that she wasn’t even her own to give. Views: 54
She's too young to be on her own, but Wreath has no choice. Now she's finishing high school by day and squatting in a junkyard by night. Views: 54
