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These four stories test Father Brown in many ways, creating headaches a plenty. However, Father Brown is nothing if not redoubtable and whilst Chesterton's stories are, in his own words, "very slight and improbable", his method is all his own. Bill Wallis captures perfectly the mood and tone of Father Brown in this collection.

Just your average father-son story. But with abduction, torture, and murder. Out of nowhere, a retired 60-year old handyman goes on a murder-spree, abducting healthy young people and torturing them with hand-tools. After he's caught, a media fascination in The Handyman swells. People want to know why he snapped. They want to hear all the grisly details. But he'll only tell his gruesome story to one person - his estranged son.

Steve Nye writes for an alumni magazine and his long-term relationship is on the steady path to marriage. But his quiet life takes an unexpected turn when he receives a phone call from his mother. His father attacked her and has been committed to a mental asylum. The doctor says he’s suffering from dementia. But Steve’s father seems so calm, clear-eyed, and perfectly lucid. Is it simply another symptom of delusion and madness? To find the answer, Steve investigates the cryptic message leading him down a terrifying path of his own making—and of his own nightmares.

Anthea Fraser's gripping novel about families and the skeletons that lurk in the cupboard tells the story of Fay Marlow whose husband abandoned her and the kids on her birthday in 1973.

“A morally complex and life-affirming exploration of what it means to be alive, and of the enduring power of love to transform, reanimate, and redeem.” —Celeste Ng, New York Times-bestselling author of Our Missing Hearts Caleb was driving home for Christmas. Steven was pounding beers at a...

In spite of remarkable differences, Eric and Tommy are as close as brothers. Eric, a Nordic Adonis, is graced by a seemingly endless supply of good fortune. Tommy is a lame black boy, cursed with health problems, yet he remains optimistic and strong.After tragedy rips their makeshift family...

Fatima’s return to Kabul after six years marks the beginning of a journey, she never thought she would take. Her mother, Aisha, is dying, and the city she once fled from calls her back—not just to mourn, but to face the ghosts of her past. Her father, Mustafa, and her uncle, Reza, are waiting for her, but their intentions are veiled in ambiguity. And there, amid the memories of war and love, is Zafir—her former husband, the father of her daughter Zohra, and the man she thought she had lost forever.

Tot ce i-am promis tatălui meu balansează cu grație feminină între amintirile încă vii ale tinereții și prezentul unei realități necruțătoare. Drama schizoidă a femeii mature eșuate în rol de mamă se transformă, cu prilejul unui punct de cotitură, într-o zbatere între dreptul la o viață proprie și păstrarea echilibrului în universul familial. Povestea de iubire, fie ea și una la distanță, imposibilă, dar cu atât mai ușor de dus, vine ca un colac de salvare, iar eroina o (re)trăiește ca pe o a doua șansă.

Citizen Kain, an enigmatic and eclectic figure, embarks on a groundbreaking quest to forge a comprehensive string theory integrating ethics and emotions. Challenging the greatest minds in philosophy, psychology, and social science, Kain endeavors to define objective, universal principles governing the good life, the pursuit of happiness, and the making of a new morality.

Arrested for shoplifting, a woman with amnesia fears both her past and her future, and claims no knowledge of the mysterious young girl found with her. Sins of the Father focuses on the efforts of a daring psychologist to bring an emotionally troubled woman face to face with a horrifying reality, yet protect her from a complete and permanent emotional breakdown.

Warren thought he had it all—a new marriage, a blended family, and a faith that felt unshakable. But in an instant, his world shattered. When the two youngest of his bonus children revealed the unthinkable—a betrayal by the grandfather, a respected preacher—the life he knew disappeared. The courtroom failed them. Their own father refused to believe them. And the man responsible walked free, untouched by justice.

Following childhood trauma, Susan pursued ever-increasing social and emotional isolation, eventually finding herself living in the Montana wilderness, dissatisfied and uncertain why. Shouldering her backpack, she heads into the woods seeking inspiration, maybe answers. The adventure derails as tragedy forces her to acknowledge festering wounds, confront the scars beneath, and seek catharsis, forgiveness. My Father's Indian: How a Butterfly Split the Oak is a touching amalgamation of the poignant, amusing, and unpredictable, yet ultimately a tale of friendship.

The story of an FBI agent chasing a serial killer that steals the DNA of his victims and grows skin suits to commit crimes dressed as them. Nobody has a clue of what he looks like or who he really is behind the mask. FBI agent Curtis Sanders meets an unspeakable evil that changes the lives of his friends and family forever.

A former gang member has tracked down the man who ratted out his brother 10 years ago. It's time for some good old-fashioned revenge, except the man in question is crippled. And he's a priest. And no one's going to let him go down without a fight.