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Step into the shadows with Tony Walker in the captivating podcast, "Classic Detective Stories." From the intricate puzzles of the Golden Age to the gritty streets of the Hardboiled era, this podcast traverses the thrilling landscape of crime fiction. Each week, delve into timeless tales penned by masters like Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler, Edgar Allan Poe, and Dashiell Hammett. Starting from Edgar Allan Poe’s groundbreaking "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," the series spans decades up to the 1950s, exploring the rich heritage of detective literature. Alongside a host ...

Paris: 1942 Three lives intertwined in Nazi-occupied Paris: Paul, a brooding banker whose family was killed by the Gestapo. Rachel, a teenage Jew who leads her family's escape from the Germans. Claire, a demure bookstore owner who finds courage and conviction. All confronted by an infamous Nazi collaborator. In the sprawling network of catacombs underneath the Left Bank of Paris, they hide thousands of Jewish refugees, giving them new identities and leading them to safety. Together they move forward, outsmarting a ruthless enemy, overcoming obstacles, defying danger, moving farther and ...

Future Shocks comes straight from the legendary Nerve Centre of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, 2000 AD. Alien editor Tharg the Mighty presents eight thrilling episodes of science fiction. Based on works by some of the leading writers and artists in comics, this series of aliens, time travel, robots and baby dictators is full of twists and turns. The future has never been more shocking or funny!

As war continues to ravage the galaxy, the new Age of Darkness sees whole systems simply lost and countless battles forgotten. Surely there can be no hope for peace, forgiveness or respite in such times, and all that will be left are the dying warp-echoes of supreme galactic ruin....

John Olivey, an officer in the Long Range Desert Group, saw action in the Western Desert, where he was awarded the Military Cross; he fought in the Dodecanese, for which he was decorated a second time; and saw active service on mainland Greece, and in Istria. In autumn 1943, he was deployed to the Aegean and in October tasked with leading 'Olforce' in an ill-conceived operation to take the island of Levitha. Of some fifty LRDG, he was one of only seven to avoid capture. During the battle for Leros in November, he commanded X2 Patrol at Clidi, a key hilltop position.

A Deadly Game of Betrayal Lisbon,1940: With Europe in turmoil and France falling, British agent Taylor Hartridge steals the Nazi invasion plans for Britain. He suspects a double agent in Lisbon and, fearing for his life, insists on taking the plans to London. He’s murdered before his departure, the invasion plans stolen. London analyst Simon Cole arrives in Lisbon to replace him. A novice who’s woefully unprepared but willing and determined, he’s pitted against the Chameleon, a mysterious German spy who’s a master of disguise. Racing to recover the plans before the enemy launches ...

The citizens of New Orleans have a right to know when there’s a murderer in their midst. Investigative reporter ‘Justice’ Harper stumbles onto the fresh murder scene of a hated New Orleans businessman. His mere presence causes police to suspect him—along with three upstanding citizens, each with a unique motive. The Sinner: Blaze Barbeau, a wealthy woman married to a local businessman, who supposedly had an affair with the victim. The Saint: Lucinda Boyd, a generous widow heavily involved with charity events, who had her business stolen through dubious means. The Serpent: Belladonna...

Scare Street is proud to present 14 diabolical new tales in this bone-chilling collection. Each ghastly short story unleashes a new nightmare, ripped from the depths of your psyche. It’s almost as if this book has a mind of its own; a monstrous, disturbed mind, a mind full of dark dreams, and twisted nightmares.

True stories of the weird and Unexplained are truly frightening, and could happen to anyone...at anytime...

If you love axe-wielding barbarians, shape-shifting dragons, possessed toys, or cryptic assassins, then grab your traveling pack and join in the adventures.

Since 1994 I have been writing poetry. This is a collection of over twenty-five years of poems. The good, the bad, the happy and sad, take an adventure with me. The first poem in the book is the first poem that I ever wrote. The last poem is the most recent one, but there will be more to come in the near future. This is the second book I have written, and the second of a three part series. My first book is "The Alchemist Web..a path to Enlightenment...:Spiritual Alchemy" and that is a spiritual book, covering the biggest topics imaginable (i.e. what is consciousness, the soul, immortality, ...

Cape May, N.J. 1976 When NYC editor Audrey Taylor finalizes her divorce, it seems as if her entire world has collapsed around her. And when she inherits a run-down Victorian mansion in a decaying N.J. beach town, it only seems to get worse. At least, until she finds the treasure map. The Widow’s Walk is a tale of growth, self-discovery, and learning to appreciate all the good that life has to offer. A romance wrapped in a historical subplot, a mystery hidden in a centuries-old crime, it ties two unsuspecting people together to find a love that neither expected—which is far more precious...

A swirling kaleidoscope of death, doubt, and desire. London, January 1942: London Times war correspondent, George Adams, is a tortured soul, devastated by his wife's death and rejected by all branches of the military. Destroyed by events he couldn't control, he can't face the future and won't forget the past. His editor sends him to Singapore, a city threatened by the Japanese, hoping the exotic location and impending crisis will erase his haunting memories. Within minutes of his arrival, George is caught in a near-fatal air raid that triggers a chain of conflict and catastrophes. Injured ...

Die Häresie erreichte Calth ohne Vorwarnung. In nur wenigen Stunden desVerrats und Blutvergießens wurden die stolzen Krieger der XIII. Legion - Guillaumes Ultramarines - von ihren früheren Brüdern der XVII. Legion heimtückisch überwältigt. Jetzt droht den überlebenden auf einem Planeten, der von Eruptionen der verwundeten SonneVeridian versengt wird, in den finsteren Arkologie-Komplexen unter der Oberfläche der Untergang. Der einzige Ausweg: Sie müssen den Kampf zu den Word Bearers und deren grausigen Verbündeten tragen.

Berlin, 1943: Amanda Hamilton, a Scottish photographer and violinist, marries a Nazi Party official and spends ten years in Germany absorbing a new culture, immersed in one of the most tumultuous periods in human history. Her life takes a turbulent turn in the midst of World War II, when an English spy named Michael York arrives in Berlin and convinces her to betray her adopted country. A favorite of Hitler, admired by Goebbels and Göring, her photographs document life in the upper echelons of the Nazi party, a world that none on earth ever dreamed existed. It was there that Amanda ...

After a life long battle with his inner Demons, Alan Reed must face his after a girl is abducted and the cops think he may have something to do with it, then he finds the Pedophile Papers, and everything changes.

Valentines Day is for those with love in their hearts, but this Valentines day the girls have to face a darker side of Valentines and find out the mystery of "The Red String of Fate"

Welcome back to Hellywood!! Hell Comes to Hollywood II features 22 short horror fiction stories, all set in the entertainment industry, and written by actors, screenwriters, producers, and other Hollywood-connected scribes. The audiobook contains the Bram Stoker Award-nominated stories "Hot Tub" by Hal Bodner, and "Dreams of a little Suicide" by Eric J. Guignard.

Ein Horus Heresy-Erzählband. In der Galaxis herrscht Krieg, doch abseits der heldenhaften Taten, die auf den zahlreichen Schlachtfeldern vollbracht werden, wütet der Konflikt auch in der Dunkelheit. Malcador der Sigilit und seine geheimen Streiter stehen im Zentrum dieser Kurzgeschichtensammlung. Spannende Geschichten um Täuschung und Verrat während des großen Bruderkrieges, von denen viele zum ersten Mal in gedruckter Form erscheinen.

East Berlin, 1961. Kirstin Beck is determined to escape to the West. She watches from her townhouse window as the border with West Berlin is closed and a barbed wire fence strung through the cemetery behind her house. With a grandmother in West Berlin who needs her, Kirstin knows she has to go. Tony Marino is an American writer living in West Berlin.