Wanneer Jonathan Harker naar het afgelegen Transsylvanië reist om de mysterieuze graaf Dracula te helpen bij de aankoop van een huis in Londen, ontdekt hij al snel dat zijn gastheer duistere geheimen verbergt. Zijn verblijf verandert in een nachtmerrie, en ternauwernood weet hij te ontsnappen. Terug in Engeland stapelen de onheilspellende gebeurtenissen zich op: een jonge vrouw ontdekt vreemde wondjes in haar hals en een patiënt in een inrichting raaskalt over zijn 'Meester'. Wanneer Mina, Jonathans verloofde, betrokken raakt bij de raadselachtige ziekte van haar vriendin Lucy, schakelen ze de hulp in van professor Van Helsing. Zijn diagnose is onverbiddelijk: een vampier.Met Dracula creëerde Bram Stoker een van de grootste meesterwerken van het horrorgenre, waarin hij een angstaanjagende wereld van vampieren en vampierenjagers tot leven brengt.
The next novella in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, mysterious depths of a coal mine in America, from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author T. Kingfisher. Perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Stephen Graham Jones.
And trouble there was aplenty. It started when the lovely señorita fell into the hands of Scabbard's outlaws; it thickened when Branch laid daring plans to rescue her; and it did not end till the gallant Texan loosed flaming guns and whirling lariats to bring real justice to Lower California and happiness to old Don Castameto and his daughter.
Though Minnie desperately calls 9-1-1, all too soon she realizes she was too late. Police seem ready to call the death a hunting accident, but Minnie can't shake the feeling that foul play was involved, particularly given the woman's final whispered words. With evidence lacking, Minnie and Eddie will have to claw their way through a thicket of suspects to find the truth.
Some would say being trapped in a loveless marriage is a fate worse than death. Not Bessie--she wants to live! Unsure if these situations are mere coincidences or add up to premeditated sabotage, Emma agrees to investigate and determine if Newport's merry prankster is engaged in a cold-blooded game of life or death . . .
When Audrey is found dead in her home, Aunt Peg enlists the help of the local Great Dane Club to foster Audrey's 10 dogs, one of whom Melanie takes on. To her surprise, Lara comes to her and asks her to solve her stepsister's murder. From the president of the Great Dane Club to Audrey's dependable dog-sitter--and not ruling out Lara herself--Melanie soon has more suspects than Audrey had Great Danes. With Aunt Peg's assistance, she doggedly pursues the killer . . .
Praise for David McCloskey
THE SEVENTH FLOOR
"[A] terrific espionage series."
-- Sarah Lyall, New York Times Book Review
"A rare combination of experience and talent."
-- Mick Herron, author of The Secret Hours and the Slough House series
MOSCOW X
"A gripping read . . . leavened with dry, poetic wit."
-- Adam LeBor, Financial Times
"A jaw-dropper from start to finish. David McCloskey is the new John le Carré."
-- Brad Thor, author of Edge of Honor
DAMASCUS STATION
"A propulsive thriller [that] is, at once, a master class in spy craft and a poignant story of forbidden love set during the brutal Syrian civil war."
-- People
"Of the contemporary heirs to Fleming, David McCloskey is the most readable and exciting. A former CIA analyst, Mr. McCloskey writes novels that bristle with tradecraft and gadgets."
-- Economist
"A gripping, well-written page turner that is part-thriller, part-love story, part-spy tale, and part-historical fiction. . . . Any one of those elements on their own makes it well worth reading; the combination makes it compelling."
-- Foreign Policy
"The best spy novel I have ever read."
-- General David Petraeus, former director of the CIA
The Great Chicago Fire of 1871? Calamity placed the lantern next to the cow that kicked it over. The gunfight at O.K. Corral? Calamity stirred up trouble in Tombstone right before it all went down. The fateful saloon shooting of Wild Bill Hickcock? Blame it on Calamity James. Some folks say he's even responsible for Custer's last stand at Little Big Horn--but Calamity swears it ain't true. He's just a magnet for bad luck who's trying to find his good luck charm--a pretty little dancehall girl known as Clumsy Catherine. But somewhere along the way, he foolishly joins the James-Younger Gang with his outlaw brothers. And that's when Calamity's infamous bad luck gets a whole lot worse . . .
This is the story of Joe Mac, a mysterious figure in the Boston underworld, founder of the Winter Hill Gang in the 1950s, member of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives in the 1970s. He killed dozens over a criminal career that spanned five decades. All of them are unsolved.
Armed with this deadly secret, Eli goes rogue, fleeing with his family out west. To keep them safe, he forms an uneasy alliance with land baron Nester "the Beast" Sanchez, known for his ruthless power tactics. An epic showdown brews, and it's the state versus one desperate citizen, willing to risk everything to save his daughter. Can Eli broker a truce with his once allies? Or will there be war in the desert?
Past and present collide again when a routine case offers Nick a reunion with a childhood friend who runs a high-class "gentleman's club." The clientele includes everyone from Hollywood royalty to mobsters--to a hidden enemy who will draw both Evelyn and Nick into a web as twisted and treacherous as any they have ever faced . . .