Publisher: Classica Libris
A dark tale of adventure, piracy, murder, and revenge set on a rugged Cornish island in the mid-1700s. Told with the literary excellence, the tale begins with a dangerous youth who sat in the stocks, and a girl named Helen, and a gang of men watching a granite house at the edge of the sea.
This novel is an engaging, witty blend of comic fantasy, Irish mythology, romance and taut modern-day thriller, located mainly in Dublin, Ireland.Following the suicide of her teenage mother, baby Fiona is put into State care. Fiona doesn’t know her absent father was the disgraced God of Love. Growing up, she suffers abuse and bullying and begins to see Otherworld creatures such as trolls and faeries, and worries for her sanity. Fiona discovers she has a physical strength beyond what is normal, and can fight the bullies, but is branded as violent and held in an Institution for the criminally insane. She is released on her eighteenth birthday into a hostel in Dublin City, Ireland.Joey, one of the bullies who made her past miserable, is now a Dublin gang member. They meet but agree to forget the past and romance blossoms. But someone is killing his friends, former bullies, now gang members, and Joey fears he is next. Meanwhile, the Celtic Goddess Danu of Otherworld has discovered Fiona’s existence and wants her dead. The Drimnagh Witches are tasked to find her and Wizard Drowe is released from Otherworld prison tasked to kill her. Fiona survives his initial attempt to murder her and befriends him before entering a strange, mystical Otherworld beyond her current reality. She has to figure out how to survive in both worlds, on the tough streets of Dublin and in Otherworld.Show book
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU CAN’T PROVE ANYTHING? In the far south a young girl goes missing, lost without trace in the wilderness beyond her remote family cottage. A year later her father disappears in the exact same place . . . Then nothing. At all. Eventually the years grow over the grief. The decades wear away the questions, life flows past the forgotten tragedy. Until Finn moves into the abandoned home, looking for a fresh start. A place to heal himself far from his old problems. But rebuilding life is complicated by chance encounters and odd occurrences leaving Finn with the growing suspicion that the people here are harboring a terrible, deadly secret. Suspicion turns to obsession the deeper Finn digs while also facing steadily escalating dangers in the here-and-now. Soon Finn's own journey of recovery becomes inextricably linked with his need to unravel the mystery. Past and present finally collide when Finn starts to learn the truth about this place and himself. Now he must choose between exoneration and condemnation, justice and vengeance. *Please Note: This book was originally titled 'Dead Lemons.' The stunning, crime thriller from award-winning Amazon bestselling author Finn Bell. A must read for fans of Stieg Larsson’s ‘Girl With The Dragon Tatoo’, Jo Nesbo’s ‘The Snowman’ and Robert Bryndza’s ‘Girl In The Water’ . . . This is a dark, graphic pulp thriller – tense amateur sleuth noir set against the backdrop of the unforgiving underworld of organized crime. What reviewers are saying about THE KILLING GROUND: ‘A highly original, terrific debut’ – Ngaio Marsh Crime Fiction Awards ‘. . . definitely worth reading . . . exudes character . . . a compelling story’ – www.Crimefictionlover.com ‘. . . easy to read, almost impossible to put down” – www.Readersfavorite.comShow book
Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. In this volume the pens of our European authors examine murder. This dark and evil deed is carried out for many reasons. Our authors, including Guy de Maupassant, Victor Hugo, Mikhail Bulgakov, Arthur Conan Doyle and many others are those charged with revealing each and every crime scene. 1 - The Top 10 Short Stories - European Murder - An Introduction 2 - Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo 3 - Lord Arthur Saville's Crime - Part 1 by Oscar Wilde 4 - Lord Arthur Saville's Crime - Part 2 by Oscar Wilde 5 - The Murderer by Mikhail Bulgakov 6 - The Force of Blood by Miguel de Cervantes 7 - The Vendetta by Guy de Maupassant 8 - Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson 9 - The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller by Gustave Flaubert 10 - The Lie by Leonid Andreyev 11 - Mateo Falcone by Prosper Merimee 12 - The Story of B 24 by Arthur Conan DoyleShow book
One of 12 stories in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, first published in The Strand Magazine and Harper's Weekly in August 1893. Doyle ranked it 18th among his favorite Holmes stories.Dr. Percy Trevelyan, a young neurologist, seeks Holmes' help. Two years earlier, he agreed to a strange deal with Mr. Blessington, who furnished a house and paid all expenses so Trevelyan could start his practice. Blessington, who has heart trouble, lives there as a permanent patient and takes most of the doctor's earnings. Though Trevelyan has become successful, something about the arrangement worries him, prompting Holmes to investigate.Show book
Murder strikes again in the small town of Berry Cove. Dana Sweet, part time mystery riddles blogger who has inherited the Cozy Cupcakes Café from her late grandmother, is once again drawn into a strange murder with a bizarre twist. The Holiday spirit is in the air as the Mayor gets ready to host Berry Cove’s Annual Christmas Banquet, but when the notorious town gossip columnist Shags Morefield is found dead holding a raspberry filled cupcake from the Cozy Cupcakes Café, all fingers point to Dana’s cousin Katie who’d been the recent subject of her local gossip. Will Dana be able to figure out who’s trying to frame her cousin in time? A Dana Sweet Cozy Mystery series: Strawberry Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 1) Blueberry Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 2) Chocolate Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 3) Strawberry Meringue Cupcake & Murder (Book 3.5) Vanilla Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 4) Holiday Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 5) Valentine’s Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 6) Buttercream Cupcake & Murder (Book 7) Coconut Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 8) Cherry Cream Cupcake & Murder (Book 9) Chocolate Chip Cupcake & Murder (Book 10)Show book
At the precipice of an extraordinary medical advancement, a university campus is shaken by the tragic leap of a young researcher. The coroner decrees death by suicide. The parents claim it's murder at the hands of the Department Head. Despite the efforts of countless private and cold case police experts, the evidence remains elusive. Justice lingers unfulfilled until a grainy pirated video emerges threatening to spin the inquiry, the university, and the medical establishment into chaos. Phil Pfeiffer and Lisa Calendar delve deep as the looming threat of a dark malevolence seeks revenge and mayhem. Armed with determination and a relentless pursuit of truth, husband and wife peel back the layers of greed and jealousy to find a haunting and evil shadow.Show book
