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Barnes is a master of puzzles and plot twists.' E. Lockhart, bestselling author of We Were LiarsThe thrilling and unmissable conclusion to the international bestselling, 'impossible to put down' (Buzzfeed), BookTok sensation, Inheritance Games trilogy. Perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson.WINNER TAKES ALL . . .Avery's fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about.To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. Her life is intertwined with theirs. She knows their secrets, and they know her.

This summery rediscovered gem will make you nostalgic for 1940s seaside holidays: a Cornish hotel is mysteriously buried by a landslide, but what bought its eccentric guests together?'Tense, touching, human, dire, and funny, The Feast is a feast indeed.' Elizabeth Bowen Cornwall, Midsummer 1947.

Third bonebreaking, bellybusting adventure in the bestselling series that puts the funny back in um funny bestselling series. That didnt really work, did it?If youve read the previous Skulduggery books then you know what the Faceless Ones are and if you know what the Faceless Ones are, then you can probably take a wild guess that things in this book are going to get AWFULLY sticky for our skeletal hero and his young sidekick.If you havent read the previous Skulduggery books then what are you doing reading this? Go and read them right now, so that you know what all that stuff in the previous paragraph was about.Done? Good. So now youre on tenterhooks too, desperately awaiting the answers to all your questions, and instead youre going to have to wait to read the book. Sorry about that.

This revised and expanded second edition brings together the uncollected short fiction of the poet, writer and religious philosopher Aleister Crowley (1875-1947). Of the fifty-four stories in the present volume, only thirty-five were published in his lifetime. Most of the rest appear in this collection for the first time.Crowley was a successful critic, editor and author of fiction from 1908 to 1922. Like their author, his stories are fun, smart, witty, thought-provoking and sometimes unsettling. They are set in places in which he had lived, and knew well: Belle Epoque Paris, Edwardian London, pre-revolutionary Russia and America during the First World War.The title story The Drug stands as one of the first accounts if not the first of a psychedelic experience. His Black and Silver is a knowing early noir discovery that anticipates an entire genre. Atlantis is a masterpiece of occult fantasy that can stand with Samuel Butlers Erewhon. Frank Harris considered The Testament of Magdalen Blair the most terrifying tale ever written. This second edition adds several additional stories, including the Qabalistic allegory Ambrosii Magi Hortus Rosarum, featuring the authors previously unpublished annotations.Extensive editorial end-notes give full details about the stories.

A YA horror novel where rival musicians are stranded in a haunted house that seems to know their darkest desires—and feeds on them.

Un thriller tenebroso, adictivo y muy interesante. No podrás soltarlo. El único modo de sobrevivir es ser tan cruel como tus enemigos. Gwen siempre ha estado sola. Hija de un diplomático, se ha pasado la vida cambiando de pais, de escuela y de amigos. Pero hasta que su padre desaparece de la noche a la mañana y el gobierno se niega a ayudarla, Gwen no se da cuenta de lo que significa estar realmente sola. Con una nueva identidad y siguiendo la unica pista que tiene, viaja por toda Europa adentrandose en el mundo del trafico de armas y personas hasta llegar al corazon de la familia criminal mas temida y peligrosa del mundo. Gwen descubrira de inmediato que el unico modo de sobrevivir es combatir el fuego con fuego.

The woods were insane in the dark, terrifying and magical at the same time. But best of all were the stars, which trumpeted their light into the misty dark.Castella Cresswell and her five siblings-Hannan, Casper, Mortimer, Delvive, and Jerusalem- know what it''s like to be different. For years, their world has been confined to their ramshackle family home deep in the woods of upstate New York. They abide by the strict rule of God, whose messages come directly from their father.Slowly, Castley and her siblings start to test the boundaries of the laws that bind them. But, at school, they''re still the freaks they''ve always been to the outside world. Marked by their plain clothing. Unexplained bruising. Utter isolation from their classmates. That is, until Castley is forced to partner with the totally irritating, totally normal George Gray, who offers her a glimpse of a life filled with freedom and choice.Castley''s world rapidly expands beyond the woods she knows so well and the beliefs she once thought were the only truths. There is a future waiting for her if she can escape her father''s grasp, but Castley refuses to leave her siblings behind. Just as she begins to form a plan, her father makes a chilling announcement: the Cresswells will soon return to their home in heaven. With time running out on all of their lives, Castley must expose the depth of her father''s lies. The forest has buried the truth in darkness for far too long. Castley might be their last hope for salvation.

An explosive YA thriller from international bestselling author of One of Us is Lying.The Storys are the envy of their neighbours: owners of the largest property on their East Coast island, they are rich, beautiful, and close. Until it all falls apart. The four children are suddenly dropped by their mother with a single sentence:You know what you did.They never hear from her again.Years later, when 18-year-old cousins Aubrey, Milly and Jonah Story receive a mysterious invitation to spend the summer at their grandmother's resort, they have no choice but to follow their curiosity and meet the woman who's been such an enigma their entire lives.This entire family is built on secrets, right? It's the Story legacy.This summer, the teenagers are determined to discover the truth at the heart of their family. But some secrets are better left alone."A twisty, enthralling thriller" -The Daily Mail

D'you - er - have you seen her before?''Yes. I know who she is.''But, Grinstead, this painting is seventy years old - probably nearer eighty! You're not being serious - I mean . . . What do you mean?'On a dark winter's night in 1970, Horley and Grinstead huddle for warmth in the Senior Common Room of a college in Oxford. Conversation turns to the two impressive works of art that Horley has recently added to his collection.What the two men don't know is that these pieces are connected in mysterious and improbable ways; and they are about to be caught in the cross-fire of a story which has travelled time and worlds.

Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to missthis pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length talesthat will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night...Some things must be learned the hard way ... Reed sees anopportunity to teach the school bully not to mess with him, butends up mangling the lesson. Robert, an exhausted single father,gets a crash course in parenting when he buys a fancy new teddy bearto watch and entertain his young son. Chris, eager to join theScience Club at school, agrees to undergo a grisly experiment tobe accepted. But in the malevolent universe of Five Nightsat Freddy's, there's always an education in pain.In this seventh volume, Five Nights at Freddy's creatorScott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length stories fromdifferent corners of his series' canon, featuring cover art fromfan-favourite artist LadyFiszi.Readers beware: this collection of terrifyingtales is enough to unsettle even the most hardened Five Nightsat Freddy's fans.

Now a Netflix original movie starring Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, and Helena Bonham Carter!Meet Enola Holmes, teenage girl turned detective and the younger sister to Sherlock Holmes. When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to London in search of her. But nothing can prepare her for what awaits. Because when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd older brothers--all while attempting to piece together clues to her mother's strange disappearance. Amid all the mayhem, will Enola be able to decode the necessary clues and find her mother? From acclaimed author Nancy Springer comes the Edgar Award nominated Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess. Perfect for those who love mysteries and detective stories! Praise for Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess An Edgar Award Nominee! Empowered, capable, and smart . . . [with] an impactful message that you can do anything if you set your mind to it.--Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things * Enola shows herself to be an intelligent, rational, resourceful, and brave protagonist. Readers will look forward to hearing this heroine's unique voice again. --Publishers Weekly, starred review * This is a terrific package. Springer not only provides two fine mysteries, breathtaking adventure, and key-eyed description, but she also offers a worthy heroine. --Booklist, starred review

I was mesmerised LAURA SHEPPERSON, Sunday Times bestselling author of The HeroinesThis gripping, vividly evoked novel takes the reader to the dark heart of the 16th century unforgettable' Tracy Borman, author of The Kings WitchNothing scares men like witchcraft1589. Scottish housemaid Geillis and Danish courtier Margareta lead opposite lives, but they both know one thing: when a man cries witch, no woman is safe.Yet when the marriage of King James VI and Princess Anna of Denmark brings Geillis and Margareta together, everything they supposed about good, evil, men, and women, is cast in a strange and brilliant new light.For the first time in history, could black magic or rumours of it be a very real tool for womens political gain?As the North Berwick witch trials whip Scotland and her king into a frenzy of paranoia, the clock is ticking. Can Margareta and Geillis keep each other safe? And once the burnings are over, in whose hands will power truly lie?Inspired by the incredible true story that set 16th-century Scotland and Denmark alight, The Burnings is 2023s most bewitching debut novel, by a multi-awardwinning new star of historical fiction.A beautifully written re-imagining clever and tantalising S.G. MacLean

Perfect for fans of The Hazel Wood, this genre-bending page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Roux follows two girls who transport themselves into the world of their favorite book only to encounter the sinister alternate reality that awaits them. No matter how different best friends Adelle and Connie are, one thing theyve always had in common is their love of a little-known gothic romance novel called Moira. So when the girls are tempted by a mysterious man to enter the world of the book, they hardly suspect it will work. But suddenly they are in the world of Moira, living among characters theyve obsessed about for years. Exceptall is not how they remembered it. The world has been turned upside down: The lavish balls and star-crossed love affairs are now interlaced with unspeakable horrors. The girls realize that something dark is lurking behind their foray into fictionand they will have to rewrite their own arcs if they hope to escape this nightmare with their lives.

The fifth volume of an all-new series of Five Nights at Freddy's short story collections!A collection of new Five Nights at Freddy's short stories, set in the world of the newest games.Fans won't want to miss this pulsepounding collection of three novella-length stories that will keep even the bravest player up at night...

ADÉNTRATE EN LA ESPAÑA MÁS ENIGMÁTICA JUNTO A TERRORES NOCTURNOS, EL PÓDCAST REVELACIÓN EN EL ÁMBITO DEL MISTERIO. TE DAMOS LA BIENVENIDA A TUS NUEVAS PESADILLAS España es tierra de misterios y leyendas. La Santa Compaña, el hombre del saco o los fantasmas del Museo Reina Sofia son solo algunos ejemplos de los mitos y los sucesos que se entretejen en el devenir de nuestra historia. En este libro, las periodistas Emma Entrena y Silvia Ortiz se adentran en este legado de horror. Con la rigurosidad que las caracteriza, nos ofrecen un viaje por los grandes misterios de la geografia española, por las criaturas que acechan en nuestro inconsciente y por los monstruos, en ocasiones demasiado humanos, que han dejado huella en nuestro pasado.

Hai catro anos, un incendio destruíu o almacén de Alberto Soler en Hondares. Na caixa forte atoparon uns ósos humanos. A axente Padilla viuse implicada persoalmente no caso, e non só pola súa amizade co sospeitoso, senon tamen porque o seu fillo Diego ia a escola con Alicia, a filla de Alberto. Todo o que sucedeu durante ese curso no instituto prendeu a mecha que faria saltar polos aires unhas cantas vidas. Este e o relato da investigacion.

Cuatro años atrás, un incendio destruyó el almacén de Alberto Soler en Hondares. En la caja fuerte se encontraron unos huesos humanos. La agente Padilla, se vio implicada personalmente en el caso, y no solo por su amistad con el sospechoso, sino tambien porque su hijo Diego iba a clase con Alicia, la hija de Alberto. Todo lo que sucedio durante ese curso en el instituto prendio la mecha que haria saltar unas cuantas vidas por los aires. Este es el relato de la investigacion.

NO HI HA TERRITORI MÉS DESCONEGUT QUE L''INFERN DE LA HUMILIACIÓ Quatre anys arrere, un incendi va destruir el magatzem d''Alberto Soler a Hondares. A la caixa forta, s''hi van trobar uns ossos humans. L''agent Padilla es va veure implicada personalment en el cas, i no nomes per la seua amistat amb el sospitos, sino tambe perque el seu fill Diego anava a classe amb Alicia, la filla d''Alberto. Tot el que va passar durant aquell curs a l''institut va encendre la flama que destrossaria unes quantes vides. Aquest es el relat de la investigacio.

Un día, desde la ventana del lavadero, a Sara le parece ver el cadáver de una mujer en casa de sus vecinos, Paco y Maruja. Días antes, la pareja había estado discutiendo y desde entonces parece que a Maruja se la ha tragado la tierra. Los jovenes del edificio buscan la manera de investigar el posible homicidio y se organizan para dar con alguna pista. Pero no lo tienen nada facil, aunque ellos persisten en su afan por resolver el misterio de la desaparicion de su vecina.