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When Gabriel Winter's daughter mysteriously disappears and is presumed dead, the wealthy whiskey baron seeks revenge. Having lived in Colnora during the infamous Year of Fear, he hires the one man he knows can deliver a bloody retribution - the notorious Duster.

It is late in 1903 and Corporal John Caldwell has just returned from his time away resolving a murder that took place in the Alaskan Territory. Just after he arrives back in Dawson City, he witnesses a murder where he becomes a witness. After the trial there is request for a detective and he travels to Calgary in the Alberta District. He assists to resolve several serious cases when he is placed underground to deal with a gambling operator and illegal liquor. When the operator is killed John tracks down the gang to a farm.

'Vogue meets Daisy Jones & The Six . . . Natasha Lester's most compelling novel yet!' - Kate Quinn, author of, The Rose Code 'Brave, bold, and beautiful . . . I couldn't stop reading' - Kerri Maher, author of, The Paris Bookseller 'Natasha Lester at her best!' - Chanel Cleeton, author of, Next...

When Gabriel Winter's daughter mysteriously disappears and is presumed dead, the wealthy whiskey baron seeks revenge. Having lived in Colnora during the infamous Year of Fear, he hires the one man he knows can deliver a bloody retribution - the notorious Duster. Ride with Royce and Hadrian as the cynical ex-assassin and idealistic ex-mercenary travel to a mysterious old-world city filled with nobles claiming descent from the imperial aristocracy.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M R James' excellent ghost story "The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance". Read by David Collings, this is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance is M. R. James at his most disquieting: where festive streets darken quickly, dreams twist into warnings, and something grotesque walks just beyond the edge of understanding. Blending holiday cheer with a creeping sense of dread, this tale invites the listener to question what hides behind tradition, and what slips through the cracks of propriety. Laced with unease and subtle horror, it is not merely a ghost story—it is a disturbance in the fabric of the ordinary.

What would you do if you discovered that you were disappearing? Not physically, but a piece at a time: all tangible evidence that you exist as a person—beginning with your driver's license, bank accounts and your birth certificate...and soon you are a loose thread, being pulled from the fabric of reality—into the twilight of your physical existence. This is what happens to Wiley Hood, a 25-year-old artist-turned business executive who still struggles with his older brother’s suicide.

Hayden’s life was normal until she fell through a mirror and was thrust into an alternate, magical place. Destiny Falls is not on any map and is home to a family she never knew she had. Every day she discovers a new enchantment. But something is amiss. Hayden gets an ominous warning from a strange woman who promises to tell her the town secrets and give her a package—if she’ll meet her at the mysterious ferry that lacks a published destination. The ferry visit is cancelled, but the package is delivered. Once it arrives, someone turns up dead. Then the suspicious episodes start.

The Story of a Disappearance and an Appearance is a strange tale told in the form of four mysterious letters. The writer's uncle, the rector in a small market town, has mysteriously disappeared in the days before Christmas. The writer of the letters has been summoned to help the search for the missing man. He writes every day to his brother to update him on events...and describes a series of most bizarre and inexplicable happenings.

Meet Jarrem Lee, Ghost Hunter (or as he prefers to call it, a psychical detective). With the help of college student Arthur Bennett, he embarks on a series of spine tingling and exciting adventures in the world of the dead. Includes four exciting audio episodes.

Cuando Rick Hughes recibe un relicario como regalo de su viejo amigo Gary, el no tiene ni idea de en lo que se esta metiendo. Su viejo amigo le arrastra hasta una yacimiento arqueológico. Allí Rick descubre por casualidad un portal que le lleva al siglo VIII en medio de una invasión vikinga. Después de descubrir un sorprendente nexo de unión con el presente, Rick esta decidido a salvar al pueblo de la destrucción y a encontrar una explicación científica para lo que le ha sucedido.