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When Mycroft Holmes is murdered in London, it is up to retired shadow executive Smith to track down his killer—and stumble on the greatest conspiracy of his life. Strange forces are stirring into life around the globe, and in the shadow game of spies nothing is certain. Fresh from liberating a strange alien object in Abyssinia—which might just be the mythical Ark of the Covenant—young Lucy Westerna, Holmes' protégé, must follow her own path to the truth while, on the other side of the world, a young Harry Houdini must face his greatest feat of escape—death itself.

There was something about the small house in the Indiana woods that wasn’t quite right. At first Cathy Ballard thought it was the size. But she and her husband were soon to learn it was something beyond earthly dimensions. Like the bulging doors...the taunting voices...the heart-wrenching vision of a hollow-eyed, spectral boy...the rapacious monsters in human form. The house was haunted by angry, restless ghosts—both the victims and the perpetrators of past, unspeakable acts.

The Coffin Maker, your host and guide, presents 12 ghastly tales from two of the most gifted voices in modern horror.

Spirit Ball is a spell-binding tale of Native American mysticism blended with the terror of Paula Riddton as she faces the evil spirit of a long-dead shaman. This first novel by Rodney M. Wylie is all but impossible to pause!

Many books have been written about the assassination of JFK. However, virtually all of these books are written around a central theory that is often nonsensical and even bizarre. To support that theory, the authors pick and choose the evidence that supports their theory and then ignore or debunk the remaining evidence.

Chasing Chesterton explores the journey of an actor of faith through his professional career in film, television, and theater. From Hollywood to NYC as well as the creation of his one-man play on G.K. Chesterton for EWTN. This audiobook offers the listener a behind-the-scenes look at an actor's craft as well as advice for young actors of faith in navigating a professional career in acting.

Tristan Nixon is a very happily married man with a simple life and a wonderful wife. Out of nowhere, his world is turned upside down when his DNA is discovered at a brutal murder scene. And not just any murder scene: a beautiful rich young woman kills her husband. But she isn’t the suspect. Nixon is, because his DNA is all over her lingerie and bedroom, which threatens to ruin his perfect marriage.

He nicknamed her Skittles when they were eleven. She was his best friend, and she helped him through the loss of his mother. He, in turn, supported her while she was raised by her alcoholic father. Jade spent more time at the Three Oaks Ranch than she did at home.

Most consumers agree their service experiences with hospitals, clinics, and physicians fall well short of their service experiences with hotels, resorts, and restaurants. So, what would their experiences be like if healthcare providers served them the same way hospitality providers do? Given that both industries share many common service touchpoints, one wonders whether healthcare service providers could adopt principles of hospitality to enhance the patient experience. The insights shared in this book reveal the answer: yes!

Old ways and new clash in head-on confrontation: When journeyman hit man Ray Dylan agrees to look in on Sami Bloom, former mistress of a deceased Canadian crime financier, he realizes he must keep his profession a secret. What he doesn’t realize is how difficult that is now that he has fallen for this warm-hearted beauty. While he struggles with the idea of confiding to her about his secret past, Dylan learns that Sami Bloom has some secrets of her own - and her secrets reach into the upper echelons of the very organization he works for.

Sixteen years have passed since Sephy Hadley first met Callum McGregor. For Callie Rose, growing up mixed race in a world where bitter prejudice divides Noughts and Crosses has meant she's an outsider wherever she turns. Enter Jude McGregor. Jude teaches Callie about her real family history, and the more she learns the more he persuades her where her loyalties really lie. But soon Callie is caught in a trap she can't get out of - one which will have deadly consequences.

After the failure of a rescue mission on a hostile, uninhabited planet, the crew returning to Earth through deep space find that something horrifying has come with them.

When Cecily Reardon is found murdered with unusual circumstances the evidence leads Veteran Detective Mario Grimes to St. Mark Church and his one true love. Pastor June Harris, formerly a very talented police detective who left the police force to pursue her call in the ministry. The first female and youngest pastor ever appointed to St. Mark Church, her arrival was met with much opposition from the congregation, but now six years later these same people are her main supporters.

Attorney Alistair Burke has landed his first major client: a shapeshifter accused of a murder he did not commit. If that wasn't bad enough, while keeping the existence of magical beings a secret, Alistair finds himself entangled in a slaver's plot to capture and kill local supernaturals to use their power for necromantic magic. When his friends go missing, Alistair knows it's up to him to save them. This would be so much easier if he were anything but a mundane human, but he will not allow his friends to die...

Jack, a 26-year-old New Yorker, unwittingly becomes the key player in a deadly game of shadows. His ordinary train ride home takes a harrowing turn when the last surviving architect of the Bitcoin decentralized network hands him a mysterious piece of paper, moments before meeting a brutal demise. What seemed like random words on the paper unveiled a chilling secret—access to a cold storage crypto wallet. Teaming up with his girlfriend, Olivia, they breach the account, exposing a staggering fortune in Bitcoin.

My cases aren’t like normal cases. I find the secrets the occult world is likely to kill you for. Quit halfway and you step into oblivion, misjudge and you might lose your mind. Paranoia is an occupational hazard. They say all roads lead to Rome and, in this case, so do all my clues. Nestled deep within the Vatican clergy—guarded by something with more tricks than Harry Houdini and possessing the moral conscience of a snake—are the answers I’ve been looking for, so long as I am willing to trade my soul.

The story of Echoes of the Forgotten was born from a fascination with places that hold more than they reveal. I have always been drawn to the idea that a house or a stretch of land can carry the weight of its history—untold stories lingering in the air, waiting to be uncovered. Pine Drive and the Duck Pond became the perfect backdrop for a tale about the unseen connections between the past and the present, where a seemingly abandoned house holds dark secrets tied to the land itself.

This selection of poems by a new author was triggered by the tragic death of his 28-year-old daughter. So the collection begins with loss and the aftermath of loss: the hope of the author that his daughter and he may be reunited in the life to come. This hope underlies many of the poems. This is clearly articulated in ‘Osler and Son’, where a father grieves for loss of his son in World War I but in a stoical, unexpressed manner.

From the Bluegrass pastures of Kentucky to the big time racetracks the Sport of Kings reigned . Then when greed and avarice raised its ugly head, it ushered in the Sport of Knaves. Some are knaves by nature--Some are knaves by choice--Some are driven to knavery by circumstance. Their belles prettier, their bourbon smoother, their tobacco sharper, and of course their horses faster, so said the planters of western Kentucky who considered themselves the patricians of the South.

A Whisperer Among The Graves - After countless ages of predation, an undying ghoul has a chance at humanity. Doors Best Left Closed - Sometimes insanity is preferable when the horror is real. Ruins Beyond In The Dark - A group of college friends are invited to take part in forbidden horror of gods both ancient and of the future. Highway Through Hell: Farty Town - The Poet Laureate of the gutter and the Father of Heroic Fantasy make an odd couple on their road through Hell.