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In this tale, our narrator is deemed guilty of an unnamed crime and condemned to death by a tortuous method of which he can only imagine. In complete darkness in a room with only a large pit in the center and rats to keep him company, he soon realizes there is a large bladelike pendulum hanging above him, slowly getting closer to cutting through his chest.

A trio of sweet-toothed Halloween cozy mystery tales by nationally bestselling authors: Halloween Cupcake Murder by Carlene O'Connor, Mrs. Claus and the Candy Corn Caper by Liz Ireland, and A Triple Layer Halloween Murder by Carol J. Perry.

Investigative journalist, Billy Daniels, never expected his interview with Riley, a delightful ten-year-old, would result in the overdose of her homeless single mother and Riley’s disappearance. She was last seen next to their broken-down 1996 Impala parked in a DC alley . . . holding her mother’s body. Billy searches for Riley only to discover her life is in mortal danger. A Russian covert operation—one that could shake the nation to its core—is headquartered in Washington. Agent Nika Rolinska, a daring and skilled assassin, has orders to tie up loose ends.

The world's number one best-selling novelist and his wife are found dead in their east Florida beach home — from no apparent cause. Something outrageous has been done to the bodies. FBI Special Agent Naomi Soul and her partner Xue Sang are ordered to solve the crime. On the west coast of Florida, another best-selling author is murdered. The method is both horrible and graphic. Are the two deaths connected? The MOs are completely different, but the two authors knew each other well. One thing is clear. Someone is killing authors using the methods in their stories.

When 42 year-old behavior analyst Kate Lockbee's husband is killed in a house fire, she needs a fresh start away from Boston and the life she knew. After answering a mysterious job ad online, she is soon on her way to Cypresswood Manor, a plantation house in the Atchafalaya Basin of Louisiana. Her job is to be the therapist for a young girl with moderate autism. From the start, she is attracted to Young Winstone, her employer and the girl's father, but their differences and troubled pasts threaten to keep them apart.

As Baneford edges closer to collapse, Evelyn and Adrian uncover the full scope of the forces shaping the town. Visions of past lives surface, revealing their own involvement in an ancient struggle that predates recorded history. What they learn challenges not only their understanding of Baneford, but of identity, responsibility, and choice itself. The discovery of long-hidden ruins and the reemergence of powerful entities force a reckoning with decisions made centuries ago. Business interests, political pressure, and supernatural threats converge, leaving little room for escape.

When plans emerge to redevelop the abandoned Dyeworks factory, Baneford’s fragile calm begins to fracture. Evelyn and Adrian soon realize that the site is more than a decaying industrial relic. It is a focal point for rituals, hidden alliances, and forces determined to shape the town’s future at any cost. As disturbing events unfold, the pair are drawn deeper into a network of power brokers, occult practices, and long-standing bargains made in secret. A charismatic developer with her own agenda pushes the project forward, unaware or unconcerned with what lies beneath the factory’s foundations.

What would you do in the name of revenge? In The Cask of Amontillado, our narrator Montresor feels that the pompous Fortunado has insulted him one too many times. Join us as Motresor takes advantage of his enemy's love of wine to exact an unspeakable revenge.

For Izzy Graves, scrubbing blood out of bathroom tile is just another Tuesday. Crime scene cleaning pays the bills, and Edgar—her pet rat—is the only one waiting when she gets home. And she’s fine with that. Then her father dies—the Bone Collector, headline monster and part-time dad. His lawyer delivers a box: inside, a victim’s bone and a cryptic letter. It’s the first clue in a gruesome hunt for more bones scattered across the city. But Izzy isn’t the only one searching.

Kristen Coar launches her brand-new ALEX BAIN series with Death and Sweet Temptations, a tale of half-vampire, half-human Alex Bain, where the veil between the mundane and the monstrous thins to a nearly imperceptible shroud, and within its folds lurks a desire as perilous as any fiend.

On the run after a heinous crime, one man learns this lesson as he races towards freedom in Mexico. One turn off the beaten path leads to a desolate gas station and a nightmare he’ll never forget…if he survives.

The example of the Greek philosopher Diogenes, who lived "a dog's life," sleeping, teaching, having sex in the public square, sets the tone for this extraordinary, genre-bending memoir. Posing crucial questions about what drives certain individuals to risk physical suffering in the name of freedom, Bite Your Friends also asks what we ourselves might learn from such examples to become braver, more authentic individuals.

There are two kinds of serial killers—organized and disorganized. This killer that Wren Delacroix is trying to make a profile for? He’s both. Or neither. Or… she doesn’t know what, but she can’t make heads or tails of his crime scenes. The killer leaves his teenage-girl victims where he killed them. Naked, dirty, and destroyed, they are tossed aside like nothing, and he runs. This is classic disorganized presentation.

1945: Two sisters give birth to two little girls on the same night, huddled under blankets, deep in the black woods that surround their village. They hold their babies close as footsteps approach. If they make even the slightest sound, the German soldiers will find them.... 

Evelyn Addams had settled into a comfortable but unexciting life as a single mother in small-town Eden Valley. She was 43, fabulous, and didn’t need a man to complete her. But between Evie’s sudden-onset accidental supernatural shoplifting and catching her daughter trying to summon a demon to grant three wishes, Evie knows that not only has she neglected some aspects of Lily’s mythological education, but that her façades of strength and normalcy aren’t as firm as she’d thought. Why else would Lily ask a demon to make her mother happy and bring back the father she never knew?

Brace yourself for Letters from a Dead World—six terrifying stories spawned from the macabre imagination of David Tocher. With a uniquely Canadian flavor, this collection will leave you breathless, grappling with the darkest fears that haunt us all.

Since Elise Morgan left her father’s fake reality television show, Dark and Deadly Things, she put the ghost-hunting life behind her, able to comfortably watch from her couch-- next to the ghost of her mother. When the Halloween episode airs live on television, something goes horribly wrong. Four people end up dead, and Elise's father is the lead suspect in their murders. But Elise knows the truth. She watched the thing that crawled from the darkness. It most certainly wasn't her father. Abel Hale was in the house when his family died.

They say a picture speaks a thousand words. Sometimes… One of those words means someone deserves to die. Alexandra loves her glamorous San Francisco apartment, but nothing is going as she'd dreamed. The lucrative job that provides her cover is in jeopardy. No one is what they seem -- the aloof artist, the neighbors, and the man who is following Alexandra. Will a beautiful portrait destroy the lives of two women close to Alex?

These stories and more are featured in the third short story anthology for the System Apocalypse, continuing the saga of survival in a world transformed by the arrival of the System. Humanity has adapted to a new reality filled with Classes, magic and monsters, but the struggle for life, love and purpose never ends. This anthology brings together gripping tales from returning authors and two new short stories by Tao Wong.

Don’t miss the explosive new series featuring attorney Olivia Sinclair, for fans of Alafair Burke, Gillian McAllistair and The Good Wife. Divorce attorney Olivia Sinclair is retiring. She is ready to pack the rat race in, settle down in Tahoe with her boyfriend Brian and finally live life at...