Dyson was shocked at the result of his own audacity The man shrank and shrivelled in terror, the sweat poured down a face of ashy white, and he held up his hands before him....
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Title | : | The Inmost Light |
Author | : | Arthur Machen |
ISBN | : | 1419167324 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 48 |
Dyson was shocked at the result of his own audacity The man shrank and shrivelled in terror, the sweat poured down a face of ashy white, and he held up his hands before him....
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Title | : | The Pride of the Peacock |
Author | : | Victoria Holt |
ISBN | : | 0449213528 |
Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 0 |
Victoria Holt demonstrates her mastery once again in her most exciting novel set in turn of the century England where a young woman grows up in the shadow of the great estate and privileged way of life that was once her family s birthright But a unique inheritance compels Jessica Clavering to marry the owner of a fabled opal mine and leads her to faraway Australia Th Victoria Holt demonstrates her mastery once again in her most exciting novel set in turn of the century England where a young woma...
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Title | : | Mistress of Mellyn |
Author | : | Victoria Holt |
ISBN | : | 0449019942 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 240 |
Mount Mellyn stood as proud and magnificent as she had envisionedBut what about its master Connan TreMellyn Was Martha Leigh s new employer as romantic as his name sounded As she approached the sprawling mansion towering above the cliffs of Cornwall, an odd chill of apprehension overcame her TreMellyn s young daugher, Alvean, proved as spoiled and difficult as the t Mount Mellyn stood as proud and magnificent as she had envisionedBut what about its master Connan TreMellyn Was Martha Leigh s new employer a...
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Title | : | The Devil All the Time |
Author | : | Donald Ray Pollock |
ISBN | : | 038553504X |
Format | : | Hardcover |
Number of Pages | : | 261 |
From the acclaimed author of Knockemstiff called powerful, remarkable, exceptional by the Los Angeles Times comes a dark and riveting vision of America that delivers literary excitement in the highest degree In The Devil All the Time, Donald Ray Pollock has written a novel that marries the twisted intensity of Oliver Stone s Natural Born Killers with the religious and G From the acclaimed author of Knockemstiff called powerful, remarkable, exceptional by the 4.5 8
Title | : | Bride of Pendorric |
Author | : | Victoria Holt |
ISBN | : | 044944998X |
Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 271 |
Favel Farrington meets Roc Pendorric on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Capri, where she was raised and lives with her father Roc sweeps her off her feet, taking her from her home by an emerald sea to the ancient family home of the Pendorrics, in Cornwall His sister and her family await them with open arms, welcoming young Favel She is the much anticipated Bride of
Favel Farrington meets Roc Pendorric on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Capri, where she was raised and lives with her fathe...
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For eighteen years, Redwing has lived in hiding in a city of hissing pipes and curving temples perched on the side of Mol, the great volcano Her father hoped she would grow up to be a real human girl and not a wicked creature out of mythology, so he secretly spared her life as an infant.But when two priests track her down and attack, she calls forth fire to protect hersel For eighteen years, Redwing has lived in hiding in a city of hissing pipes and curving temples perched on the side of Mol, th...
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Title | : | The House of a Thousand Lanterns |
Author | : | Victoria Holt |
ISBN | : | 0449214214 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 383 |
ONE OF VICTORIA HOLT S INCOMPARABLE AND INIMITABLE STORIES FASCINATING KEEPS ONE GUESSING TO THE VERY END Best SellersIt was the house she had dreamed of since childhood the house where her worst nightmares were about to come true The House of a Thousand Lanterns.Jane Lindsay never dreamed she would be wealthy Nor that she would fall in love w ONE OF VICTORIA HOLT S INCOMPARABLE AND INIMITABLE STORIES FASCINATING KEEPS ONE GUESSING TO THE VERY END Best SellersIt was the house she had dreame...
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Title | : | Silence is Golden |
Author | : | Elsie Lee |
ISBN | : | 0440179033 |
Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 190 |
When nineteen year old Silence Eddington came to be companion to the beautiful young future heiress of Hazelhurst Grange, she entered a dazzling, disturbing new world The orphanage where Silence had grown up had left her unprepared for the dreamlike luxury of this great manor, and for its nightmare danger.What spell did this place cast over all who dwelled here the gi When nineteen year old Silence Eddington came to be companion to the beautiful young future heiress of Hazelhurst Grange, she entered a daz...
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This volume brings together 22 tales, the very best of Howard Phillips Lovecraft s fiction Early stories such as The Outsider, The Music of Erich Zann, Herbert West Reanimator, and The Lurking Fear demonstrate Lovecraft s uncanny ability to blur the distinction between reality and nightmare, sanity and madness, the human and the non human The Horror at Red Hoo This volume brings together 22 tales, the very best of Howard Phillips Lovecraft s fiction Early stories such as The Outsider, The Music of Erich Z...
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Title | : | Tales of H.P. Lovecraft |
Author | : | H.P. Lovecraft |
ISBN | : | 0060957905 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 352 |
When he died in 1937, destitute and emotionally and physically ruined H.P Lovecraft had no idea that he would come to be regarded as the godfather of the modern horror genre, nor that his work would influence an entire generation of writers, including Stephen King and Anne Rice Now, at last, the most important tales of this distinctive American genious are gathered in o When he died in 1937, destitute and emotionally and physically ruined H.P Lovecraft had no idea that he would come to be regarded as the ...
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Title | : | The Ghost Orchid |
Author | : | Carol Goodman |
ISBN | : | 0345462149 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 350 |
In her enthralling novels of literary suspense, Carol Goodman writes stories that resonate with emotion set in lush landscapes that entice the senses Now, with The Ghost Orchid, a narrative that seamlessly weaves together the past and the present, Goodman creates her most lyrical and haunting work to date For than one hundred years, creative souls have traveled to U In her enthralling novels of literary suspense, Carol Goodman writes stories that resonate with emotion set in lush landscapes tha...
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Title | : | Darkness at Fair Winds |
Author | : | Charlotte Douglas |
ISBN | : | 0843933569 |
Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 352 |
Fair Winds, Foul Deeds
Sent to care for a young widower s son, Varina Cameron was captivated by Florida s Gulf Coast But the paradise of Andrew McLaren s plantation harbored dark secrets not the least of which was whether Andrew s wife had died of natural causes.
Trapped in a maze of murder and mystery, Varina turned to McLaren for protection only to discover that the han
Fair Winds, Foul DeedsSent to care for a young widower s son, Varina Cameron was captivated by ...
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Title | : | A Sicilian Romance |
Author | : | Ann Radcliffe |
ISBN | : | 0192836668 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 256 |
In A Sicilian Romance 1790 Ann Radcliffe began to forge the unique mixture of the psychology of terror and poetic description that would make her the great exemplar of the Gothic novel, and the idol of the Romantics This early novel explores the cavernous landscapes and labyrinthine passages of Sicily s castles and convents to reveal the shameful secrets of its all powe In A Sicilian Romance 1790 Ann Radcliffe began to forge the unique mixture of the psychology of terror and poetic description t...
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Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, this is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest The struggle between maintaining monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions tempts its main character into breaking his vows....
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Title | : | Elijah's Mermaid |
Author | : | Essie Fox |
ISBN | : | 1409123359 |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 387 |
Following the success of Essie Fox s highly acclaimed debut THE SOMNAMBULIST, this is a gloriously gothic new novel from one of the most talented historical writers around.Since she was found as a baby, floating in the Thames one foggy night, the web toed Pearl has been brought up in a brothel known as the House of Mermaids Cosseted and pampered there, it is only when her Following the success of Essie Fox s highly acclaimed debut THE SOMNAMBULIST, this is a gloriously gothic new novel from one of the mos...
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Title | : | Melmoth the Wanderer |
Author | : | Charles Robert Maturin |
ISBN | : | 014044761X |
Format | : | Paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 659 |
Created by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature In a satanic bargain, Melmoth exchanges his soul for immortality The story of his tortured wanderings through the centuries is pieced together through those who have been implored by Melmoth to take over his pact with the devil Influenced by the Gothic romances of the late 18th c Created by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature In a satanic bargain, Melmoth exchanges his s...
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The classic ghost story by Susan Hill a chilling tale about a menacing spectre haunting a small English town.Arthur Kipps is an up and coming London solicitor who is sent to Crythin Gifford a faraway town in the windswept salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway to attend the funeral and settle the affairs of a client, Mrs Alice Drablow of Eel Marsh House Mrs Drablow s The classic ghost story by Susan Hill a chilling tale about a menacing spectre haunting a small English town Arthur Kipps is an up and comi...
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