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A rather interesting and quite complex classic mystery encompassing a murder which occurs in a quiet cathedral town and involving a myriad of characters all of which keep the reader quite puzzled throughout...

Der neu gegründete Amaranth Club wird schnell zu einem der beliebtesten und exklusivsten Treffpunkte Londons. Hier gibt sich die Ehrenwerte Gesellschaft ihr Stelldichein. Was aber passiert hinter der Fassade des Klubs? Dient er nur der Verschleierung verschiedener, düsterer Verbrechen, Glücksspiel, Mord und Spionage? (Amazon)

Excerpt: "In der Mitte der Haupt­stra­ße von High­mar­ket stand eine wuch­ti­ge, mas­si­ve Tor­fahrt, die noch aus dem Mit­tel­al­ter stamm­te. Wenn man hin­durch­ging, kam man auf einen qua­dra­ti­schen Hof, zu des­sen Sei­ten sich alte Stein­häu­ser er­ho­ben. Wel­cher...

"En France, on serait un pauvre type, un prolo, un gagne-petit. Tandis qu’en Afrique Noire, on se fait de l’argent, on est un chef, on a même des larbins, c’est la grande vie ! D’autant plus que l’Afrique, c’est le pays idéal pour se faire du boni en escroquant la Compagnie. Mais...

Il buvait ses cinq litres par jour, mais on ne pouvait pas dire que ce fût un ivrogne. Il détestait les Noirs, mais il n’était pas raciste, loin de là ! Il était malin comme un singe, connaissait la côte d’Afrique comme sa poche, et quand on lui révéla l’existence, sur l’île de Matakong,...

What do you get when you ask 34 of today's top indie authors to each submit a story and then ask a team of judges to scour that ore and pick out the gems? You get All These Shiny Worlds: A world of today, divided, black from white, good from evil, and held apart by the taste of a cookie. A...

A new world order, a city under control, and a new breed of zombie known as The Martyrs living alongside humans. France isn't safe. It never has been. After fleeing from London, seventeen-year-old Winter Smith and her surviving friends learn that to survive in Paris means trusting those they...

Medusa, the Gorgon, is free—temporarily. Penned up in Tartarus, the gods—Zeus and Hera—show her mercy. Medusa is given two weeks in which to track down their wayward daughter, Eris. Transformed into a beautiful young woman, Medusa is given only one warning: not to use her powers of transforming...

Matthew Carter, eighteen and orphaned recently due to the death of his father, continues on the family tradition of auctioneering. It is not his chosen profession, but one that is thrust upon him by circumstance. Offered a chance to make some money by a man named Baltarus, Matthew reluctantly...

When the 20-year old daughter of Vaudeville star Lily Langtreet turns up dead at the foot of Mount Monadnock in the summer of 1910, the local police call it an accident. But residents of the Halfway House hotel, where she was staying, are certain she was murdered and call on retired Boston Police...

The rebel underground takes to the skies.  After escaping Eversall Deep in what has become known as the Great Slave Revolt, Rynn and her fellow rebels are on the run. In their stolen airships, they must evade airships from nations across Korr as they seek to found a headquarters for the Human...

Ardulum. The planet that vanishes. The planet that sleeps. Neek makes a living piloting the dilapidated tramp transport, Mercy’s Pledge, and smuggling questionable goods across systems blessed with peace and prosperity. She gets by—but only just. In her dreams, she is still haunted by thoughts...

How far would you go to save the one you love? Arak can quest for hours in trance, his mind far away. He's different, a worthless dreamer, tormented by other young dragons. Finally Arak leaves the clan, flying far over the sea and crashes on a remote ice floe. He suffers serious injuries and...

A young man embarks on a desperate search for the truth in this chilling, razor-sharp thriller Five years ago, Rosa walked to the pier in the dead of night, looked into the swirling water and jumped. She was a brilliant young Cambridge student who had just lost her father. Her death was tragic,...