CONTENTS: ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 1. The Queen of Spades ALGERNON BLACKWOOD: 2. Confession 3. S. O. S. 4. The Wings of Horus ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 5. B. 24 ARTHUR O. FRIEL: 6. The Spider 7. The Vulture ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH: 8. Statement of Gabriel Foot, Highwayman 9. The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands 10. The Countess of Bellarmine ARTHUR STRINGER: 11. The Adolescence of Number Eighty-Seven 12. The Button Thief 13. The Wire-Tappers ARTHUR TRAIN: 14. Extradition 15. The Baron de Ville 16. The Golden To...

How could two men from two different families and time periods of twelve hundred years apart possibly have anything in common? While it might seem impossible, yet that is part of the mystery surrounding Joseph of Arimathea and Lord Robert de Borron.Each man is unknowingly drawn into a maelstrom of trained assassins, who stalk both. Why does a diabolical cardinal want to kidnap a twelfth century writer? One of these men has been tasked with writing a mysterious, long-forgotten book,...

Early 1920s Rural KentuckyBill's life is completely changed after his wife's death and two of their children are murdered. Chaos seems to follow him, but this chaos is an ancient demonic revenant who demands blood revenge. Bill wants to leave the county he was raised in and start a new life. Yet, we can't always escape from our fears.He doesn't want to believe in the old Irish folk heroes or "haints"

How could two men from two different families and time periods of twelve hundred years apart possibly have anything in common? While it might seem impossible, yet that is part of the mystery surrounding Joseph of Arimathea and Lord Robert de Borron.Each man is unknowingly drawn into a maelstrom of trained assassins, who stalk both. What does a newly found fifth gospel and a glowing cup have to do with their dangerous adventures? How does a medieval Jewish and Muslim philosopher hel...

Anno Domini 1190-1191Lord Robert de Borron and his companions continue their dangerous adventure. It will transport them from twelfth-century Iberia to an abbey in England.In the first century A D, Saint Joseph flees Jerusalem and departs on a perilous sea voyage to the mysterious isle called Avalon. A serial killer stalks him and his family.Lord Robert is tempted by a widowed Iberian princ...

Does the Holy Grail truly exist along with a fifth gospel? Come and discover**.** Read the second book (The Tree of Life) in the Cup of Christ series and find out! Will Lord Robert de Borron find relief and enlightenment in the strange land of Iberia?" He now desires the hidden gospel's kindness and understanding.

Trouble was brewing from the moment Dan Clancy rode into Watts Bend. His chance meeting and early friendship with Lance Roebuck is threatened by Clancy's instant rapport with Lucy Bracken, commonly seen as Roebuck's future wife. When Lucy rejects Roebuck's marriage proposal, Clancy, by definition a drifter, is warned off and slowly spirals into becoming the town drunk. Meanwhile, Roebuck has become the town hardcase with ambitions to control the entire range with the help of hired outlaws....

How far would you go to protect a secret?How far would you go to expose a lie?Will Fletcher has the perfect life. The perfect job. The perfect future.But it only takes one second for it all to shatter.When a targeted act of extreme violence erupts on a London street, Will’s world is turned upside down. He thought he was an innocent bystander.He was wrong.Now, he is a man on the run, pursued b...

* Don't miss NO REGRET, the brand new novel from Martina Cole. Coming October 2025. *In this family, if you want something, you take it.THE TAKE by No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author Martina Cole won the British Book Award for best Crime Thriller of the Year and was adapted for television with an all-star cast including Tom Hardy, Brian Cox and Charlotte Riley.'Martina tells it like it really is' ...

The Silence is a gritty novel set in Glasgow at the time of the Ice Cream Wars in the 1980s. A bloody raid on a family celebration leaves Paddy Coyle's only daughter so traumatised she loses the power of speech. Blaming his sworn enemies, the McClellands, Coyle seeks to destroy the family in revenge for his daughter. The McLellands have no alternative but to flee the country and adopt new identities. Almost penniless desperate to support his family, Pete Mack, together with the help of his...

Dave Frome was a man with a secret past, which only a few friends knew. Holding himself responsible for the death of his family, he had vowed never to carry a gun again. He wanted to be left alone to raise cattle on his Broken Arrow spread, but mining interests were in the hills, contaminating the water which brought life to Frome's cattle. Hesta Le Roy, daughter of a neighbouring rancher, was horrified when Frome refused to carry a gun against the miners who had, she thought, killed her o...

Ruby Redfort: Undercover agent, code-cracker and thirteen-year-old genius – there’s nothing average about her. Only this time it’s an adventure in the wild, and it’ll take all Ruby’s got just to survive…The third book in the ice-cool Ruby Redfort series, by multi-million-copy bestselling author Lauren Child.This time, tigers are roaming the streets of Twinford, and it looks like someone has deliberately released some very rare and very dangerous animals. Things are going to...