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After a long run as a respected journalist, Edward “Fitz” Fitzhugh is on his way out when he stumbles across the story of a lifetime. The Gravedigger is a serial kidnapper who taunts the police with riddles. The other puzzle is his motive, which Fitz is determined to piece together. When an eyewitness to the latest abduction leads Fitz closer to the facts, he realizes that the last great story of his career is not at all what it appears to be.

Brought to you by Penguin. A thrilling anthology of short stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Scholomance Trilogy and Uprooted, spanning each of her realms and including a sneak peak into the world of her next series. From the dragon-filled Temeraire series and the gothic...

A twisty collection of short stories from the master of classic crime fiction, Peter Lovesey, one of which stars his most popular creation, Peter Diamond. More than 50 years ago, Peter Lovesey published a short story in an anthology. That short story caught the eye of the great Ruth Rendell, whose praise ignited Lovesey's life-long passion for short form crime fiction.

Some things are not meant to be forgotten. An ancient timber circle emerges from a storm-lashed coast. A secret chamber is discovered beneath a Victorian zoo. A long-lost tomb of undead knights is unearthed beneath the streets of Paris. What happens when the buried and the drowned break free? The Buried and the Drowned is my collection of dark, thrilling short stories that will take you from the volcanic shores of Iceland to the silent depths of the Pacific, from the catacombs of history to the frontiers of genetic science.

Three days after identifying her sister’s body at the morgue, Lina receives a terrifying voice message from Maya’s phone. “Lina… I can’t breathe down here.” As the late-night recordings become more desperate and disturbing, Lina begins to suspect a horrifying truth: her sister may...

Charlie Edwards worked many years at his father's funeral parlor, but Charlie was getting pretty bored talking to the dead every day and not getting any response. So one day he decided he would pick up someone at the local pub, put something in their drink, and drive them back to the funeral parlor. Then he would place them in a casket with a glass top so he could see their face and talk to them. When his drugged victims woke up, they weren't too happy to be hanging out at the Edwards Funeral Parlor as Charlie Edwards' entertainment.

The only thing that made those seemingly unending days in prison bearable was knowing what was waiting for him on the outside, buried deep in the frozen ground where she’d sworn to leave his share of the loot. And after years of isolation, all he has to do is dig it up, rejoin her, and get back to the life that’s rightfully his.

Secrets Buried in the Woods is a collection of five chilling short stories. The short stories featured in this collection are: "Graves", "Culling", "Hillbillies", "Flatline", and "Shadows".

When a beautiful stranger sashays into a birthday party, Meghan Truman, along with other guests, is surprised to discover her relationship to the birthday celebrant. This beautiful stranger attracts more shady characters to Sandy Bay. When one of these characters is found dead in an alley, the whole town is set on edge. Will Meghan’s attempt to link the owner of a golden antique gun to the murder prove helpful to hunky Officer Irvin’s investigation, or will the discovery of a buried secret lead to more murders?