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The Shotgun Rule: A Novel
by Charlie HustonThe first stand-alone thriller by critically acclaimed author Charlie Huston, The Shotgun Rule is a raw tale of four teenage friends who go looking for a little trouble-and find it. Blood spilled on the asphalt of this town long years gone has left a stain, and it's spreading.Not that a thing like that matters to teenagers like George, Hector, Paul, and Andy. It's summer 1983 in a northern California suburb, and these working-class kids have been killing time the usual ways: ducking their parents, tinkering with their bikes, and racing around town getting high and boosting their neighbors' meds. Just another typical summer break in the burbs. Till Andy's bike is stolen by the town's legendary petty hoods, the Arroyo brothers. When the boys break into the Arroyos' place in search of the bike, they stumble across the brothers' private industry: a crank lab. Being the kind of kids who rarely know better, they do what comes naturally: they take a stash of crank to sell for quick cash. But doing so they unleash hidden rivalries and crimes, and the dark and secret past of their town and their families.The spreading stain is drawing local drug lords, crooked cops, hard-riding bikers, and the brutal history of the boys' fathers in its wake.From the Hardcover edition.
The Shotgun Rule
by Charlie HustonThe first stand-alone thriller by critically acclaimed author Charlie Huston, The Shotgun Rule is a raw tale of four teenage friends who go looking for a little trouble--and find it. Blood spilled on the asphalt of this town long years gone has left a stain, and it's spreading. Not that a thing like that matters to teenagers like George, Hector, Paul, and Andy. It's summer 1983 in a northern California suburb, and these working-class kids have been killing time the usual ways: ducking their parents, tinkering with their bikes, and racing around town getting high and boosting their neighbors’ meds. Just another typical summer break in the burbs. Till Andy’s bike is stolen by the town’s legendary petty hoods, the Arroyo brothers. When the boys break into the Arroyos’ place in search of the bike, they stumble across the brothers’ private industry: a crank lab. Being the kind of kids who rarely know better, they do what comes naturally: they take a stash of crank to sell for quick cash. But doing so they unleash hidden rivalries and crimes, and the dark and secret past of their town and their families. The spreading stain is drawing local drug lords, crooked cops, hard-riding bikers, and the brutal history of the boys’ fathers in its wake.
Shout For The Dead: The Acendants of Estorea 2 (The Ascendants of Estorea)
by James BarclayIn THE CRY OF THE NEWBORN we were introduced to four teenagers, each of whom had nature at their command. They became the pawns in the struggle of the Estorean empire to survive. Through them their world discovered magic and we were drawn into a superb new epic fantasy that, for the first time, told the story of what happens when magic arrives in a previously non-magical world.Now ten years have passed and Estorea is consumed by war and the four ascendents have chosen different sides in the conflict. As the armies muster and the final conflict draws close the ascendents are only now coming to their full power and soon summoned armies of the dead will march against the living.This is epic fantasy full of fallible characters, political machinations, betrayal and bloody battles. It combines vivid storytelling with an original theme in a popular sub-genre and shows Barclay to be a writer who is getting better with every book and who is truly comfortable with epic scale.
Shout For The Dead: The Acendants of Estorea 2
by James BarclayIn THE CRY OF THE NEWBORN we were introduced to four teenagers, each of whom had nature at their command. They became the pawns in the struggle of the Estorean empire to survive. Through them their world discovered magic and we were drawn into a superb new epic fantasy that, for the first time, told the story of what happens when magic arrives in a previously non-magical world.Now ten years have passed and Estorea is consumed by war and the four ascendents have chosen different sides in the conflict. As the armies muster and the final conflict draws close the ascendents are only now coming to their full power and soon summoned armies of the dead will march against the living.This is epic fantasy full of fallible characters, political machinations, betrayal and bloody battles. It combines vivid storytelling with an original theme in a popular sub-genre and shows Barclay to be a writer who is getting better with every book and who is truly comfortable with epic scale.
The Show Must Demon! (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol #18)
by Andres MiedosoA demon takes the stage in this eighteenth spooky adventure in the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!What&’s worse than dealing with a demon? Being onstage in a school play with one in front of a live audience! Join Desmond and Andres as they act their way through the most cursed school play ever. With easy-to-read language and illustrations on every page, the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.
The Show Must Go On! (You're Invited to a Creepover #4)
by P. J. NightBree acts in her first play in this scary You&’re Invited to a Creepover tale.Bree Hart has secretly wanted to act on stage for as long as she could remember—it&’s all she ever thinks about. Determined to make her dream come true Bree tries out for this year&’s school play, The Last Sleepover, and gets the starring role! After a few creepy incidents on set and persistent nightmares at home, Bree quickly learns that this is no ordinary school play. Is it stage fright? Or is the play haunted?This creepy tale is a level 4 on the Creep-o-Meter.
Show of Evil
by William DiehlThis is a sequel to Primal Fear. Murders are occurring that bear an eerie similarity to those for which Aaron had been found innocent.
Showers, Flowers, and Fangs
by Aidan WayneDarren’s a pretty normal teenager: high school, exams, hanging out with friends, puberty. The whole half-fae thing adds some complications and being a trans guy makes his life a little more difficult, but he can’t complain. That is, until a newly turned vampire moves in with the witch down the street. Vlad, surly and standoffish, doesn’t seem to like Darren very much, so Darren is content to give him a wide berth—at first. As they grow closer, Darren realizes Vlad is having a hard time adjusting to his newfound vampirism, and since Darren knows how it feels to be uncomfortable in your own skin, he thinks he can help. While it turns out Vlad is pretty great, his problems are deeper than Darren realizes, and more dangerous. Despite the dangers, feelings begin developing between the two young men. Darren just hopes he’s not in over his head.
Shriek: A Novel (The Ambergris Trilogy #2)
by Jeff VanderMeerFrom the author of Borne and Annihilation comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic Shriek: An Afterword.An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris—previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer’s acclaimed City of Saints and Madmen—Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies.Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by the ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice’s brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies, who have been waiting underground for their chance to mold the future of the city.After reading this introduction to the Family Shriek—part academic treatise, part tell-all biography—you’ll never look at history in quite the same way.
The Shrine
by James HerbertCome worship at the shrine. If you are lustful, your most carnal desires will be fulfilled. If you are greedy, wealth will be yours for the taking. If you are holy, you will learn of a force greater than all your dreams of the divine. If you are a disbeliever, you will be converted or you will be destroyed. Bow before the shrine and little Alice, the angelic child who stands before it and casts her light over the world [will heal you]... ... as the flames of hell leap up to conquer heaven itself. . . .
The Shrinking Man (S. F. Masterworks Ser. #No.51)
by Richard MathesonThe legendary novel of science-fiction horror: &“The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson&” (Stephen King). After he is exposed to a radioactive cloud, Scott Carey finds himself shrinking, slowly, day-by-day, inch-by-inch. Scott once had a normal, everyday existence as a husband and father, but as time passes, he becomes a national spectacle, something worthy of newspaper headlines. As Carey shrinks, smaller and smaller, his family become giants, more and more unreachable, and even the family cat becomes a predatory menace. In this world of disproportion, increasingly perilous with each passing day, Scott struggles to survive—and is pushed to the very limits of fear and existence . . . Adapted into the Hugo Award–winning film The Incredible Shrinking Man, this is a classic by the author of I Am Legend and other renowned works—a master of imagination whom Ray Bradbury called &“one of the most important writers of the twentieth century.&” &“A classic of suspense as poignant as it is frightening—a mix that only Richard Matheson could pull off.&” —Dean Koontz
The Shunned House
by H. P. LovecraftH. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.
Shut Your Mouth (The Midnight Library #6)
by Damien Graves1. Louise learns that too many trips to the local candy shop can be bad for her health -- in more ways than one. 2. Greg and Sam press their luck with a roll of some dice. Devious dice. 3. Rory and April couldn't be more excited about their family's dazzling new car, but they'd be better off walking.
Shutter (A Rita Todacheene Novel #1)
by Ramona EmersonLonglisted for the National Book Award This blood-chilling debut set in New Mexico&’s Navajo Nation is equal parts gripping crime thriller, supernatural horror, and poignant portrayal of coming of age on the reservation. "A haunting thriller, written with exquisite suspense . . . This is a story that won't let you go long after you finish, and you won't want it to end even as you can't stop reading to find out how it does." —Tommy Orange, author of There There Rita Todacheene is a forensic photographer working for the Albuquerque police force. Her excellent photography skills have cracked many cases—she is almost supernaturally good at capturing details. In fact, Rita has been hiding a secret: she sees the ghosts of crime victims who point her toward the clues that other investigators overlook. As a lone portal back to the living for traumatized spirits, Rita is terrorized by nagging ghosts who won&’t let her sleep and who sabotage her personal life. Her taboo and psychologically harrowing ability was what drove her away from the Navajo reservation, where she was raised by her grandmother. It has isolated her from friends and gotten her in trouble with the law.And now it might be what gets her killed.When Rita is sent to photograph the scene of a supposed suicide on a highway overpass, the furious, discombobulated ghost of the victim—who insists she was murdered—latches onto Rita, forcing her on a quest for revenge against her killers, and Rita finds herself in the crosshairs of one of Albuquerque&’s most dangerous cartels. Written in sparkling, gruesome prose, Shutter is an explosive debut from one of crime fiction's most powerful new voices.
Shutter
by Melissa LarsenA Most Anticipated Novel by PopSugar * Bustle * and more!"[A] chilling debut novel." -- The New York Times Book ReviewA young woman agrees to star in a filmmaker's latest project, but soon realizes the movie is not what she expected in this chilling debut novel.In the wake of her father's death, Betty Roux doesn't allow herself to mourn. Instead, she pushes away her mother, breaks up with her boyfriend, and leaves everything behind to move to New York City. She doesn't know what she wants, except to run.When she's offered the chance to play the leading role in mysterious indie filmmaker Anthony Marino's new project, she jumps at the opportunity. For a month Betty will live in a cabin on a private island off the coast of Maine, with a five-person cast and crew. Her mother warns against it, but Betty is too drawn to the charismatic Anthony to say no.Anthony gives her a new identity--Lola--and Betty tells herself that this is exactly what she's been looking for. The chance to reinvent herself. That is, until they begin filming and she meets Sammy, the island's caretaker, and Betty realizes just how little she knows about the movie and its director.
Shutter Man
by Richard MontanariBilly is an excellent killer: strategic, methodical, ritualistic. If only he knew what his victims looked like.Plagued with a rare disease that prevents him from recognizing faces, Billy carries a photograph in his pocket that is his only way of identifying his next target. Killing is in Billy's bloodline, as a member of Philadelphia's dangerous Farren crime family. While Billy stalks Philadelphia, Detective Kevin Byrne is assigned to a series of bizarre home-invasion cases and is joined by his former partner-turned-assistant district attorney, Jessica Balzano. Their investigations circle Byrne's childhood neighborhood of Devil's Pocket, and they find themselves revisiting a crime from Byrne's past that has haunted him for decades. What Byrne witnessed as a child in Devil's Pocket jeopardizes the Farren family--which makes him the next target on Billy's hit list.A multigenerational story of hardship, guilt, and redemption, Shutter Man is Byrne and Balzano's most tense and personal case to date.
Shuttered
by Emma JaneWhen wildlife and landscape photographer Daniel Hopson gets a reading from clairvoyant Rowan Foster at a local craft fair, he quickly realizes it's a con. But he sees the charm behind the chancer's façade, and so rather than expose him, he starts to date him--only to discover that some of Rowan's other cons are far more serious. The so-called psychic owes ten thousand pounds to two men after deceitfully claiming to be able to find the body of their murdered mother. Daniel must help Rowan recover the genuine gift he possessed in childhood and contact the spirits before the men catch up to them--and the key to doing so might be Daniel's telepathic connection with his dog Sasha.
Si estuviera vivo...
by Bloodwitch Luz OscuriaCuando un escritor del movimiento surrealista del siglo XX busca desesperadamente la concentración necesaria para comenzar un ensayo de escritura automática, y el alma de un niño que ha muerto de una larga enfermedad pasa a través de él, el resultado es una larga carta, cuyo contenido se recoge en esta obra. A lo largo de este breve relato, descubrirá a un autor que se ha convertido en el espejo de un niño de 8 años que sueña desde el más allá con la existencia que habría tenido si hubiera permanecido vivo, desde el resto de su infancia hasta la tumba.
Si hubiera espinas (Saga Dollanganger #Volumen 3)
by V. C. AndrewsTercera entrega de la Saga Dollanganger Chris y Cathy siempre han intentado proteger a sus hijos del doloroso secreto familiar. Se han entregado en cuerpo y alma para que Jory, Bart y la pequeña Cindy tuvieran la infancia feliz que a ellos una vez les fue arrebatada. Sin embargo, y a pesar de todos los esfuerzos, jamás conseguirán escapar de sus propios fantasmas. La armonía familiar que habían construido se desvanece con la llegada de una nueva vecina, una misteriosa anciana vestida de negro que siempre les está vigilando. No tarda en seducir a Bart, un niño con un gran poder imaginativo, invitándolo a comer helados y galletas. Poco a poco la actitud del pequeño va cambiando como si alguien, o algo, lo empujara a la locura y a la violencia. Pero esto es solo el principio. Chris y Cathy están a punto de perder todo aquello que aman... quizás para siempre. La crítica ha dicho... «Sus libros tienen mucha fuerza.» The Times
A Sicilian Romance: A Gothic Novel (reader's Edition) (World's Classics Ser.)
by Ann RadcliffeIn A Sicilian Romance (1790) Radcliffe began to forge the unique mixture of the psychology of terror and poetic description that would make her the great exemplar of the Gothic nove, and the idol of the Romantics. This early novel explores the cavernous landscapes and labyrinthine passages of Sicily's castles and covents to reveal the shameful secrets of its all-powerful aristocracy. Julia and Emilia Mazzini live secluded in an ancient mansion near the Straits of Messina. After theirfather's return to the island a neglected part of the house is haunted by a series of mysterious sights and sounds. The origin of these hauntings is only discovered after a series of breathless pursuits through dreamlike pastoral landscapes. When revelation finally comes, it forces the heroines to challenge the united forces of religious and patriarchal authority.
El siciliano: Salvatore Giuliano (Grandes Exitos Ser.)
by Mario PuzoEl siciliano es una biografía novelada de Giuliano y una incisiva descripción de la vida, las tradiciones y las complejas relaciones de poder en Sicilia. Corre el año 1950. El exilio de Michael Corleone en Palermo está a punto de acabar, y su padre, Don Vito, le ha encomendado una misión: debe volver a América con un hombre que se ha convertido en un mito popular, un forajido acosado por el Gobierno, las clases altas y la Mafia. Su nombre es Salvatore Giuliano, un moderno Robin Hood que, tras enfrentarse en su juventud a una patrulla de carabineri, se vio forzado a refugiarse en las montañas. Desde allí lucha por su patria y su gente, oprimida por la Cosa Nostra y la corrupción del Gobierno de Roma. Ahora, en esta neblinosa tierra de montañas y ruinas antiguas, el destino de Michael Corleone se verá hermanado con la leyenda de Salvatore Giuliano.
Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files (Dresden Files)
by Jim ButcherHarry is the best and technically the 'only' at what he does, being the lone professional wizard PI in the Chicago phonebook. So when the Chicago PD has cases that transcend mortal capabilities, they come to him for answers. For the 'everyday' world is actually full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. Yet despite his precautions, Harry tends to stumble from crisis to drama in his dealings with the supernatural world - call it an occupational hazard. Here, he unfailingly manages to get on the wrong side of werewolf, fae and vampires alike. And that's where his own rather special powers come into play . . . These bite-sized stories are tremendously entertaining and will leave you itching to explore more of Harry Dresden's world.And as well as eight short stories, this collection will include an all-new Dresden Files novella.
Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files (Dresden Files)
by Jim ButcherHarry is the best and technically the 'only' at what he does, being the lone professional wizard PI in the Chicago phonebook. So when the Chicago PD has cases that transcend mortal capabilities, they come to him for answers. For the 'everyday' world is actually full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. Yet despite his precautions, Harry tends to stumble from crisis to drama in his dealings with the supernatural world - call it an occupational hazard. Here, he unfailingly manages to get on the wrong side of werewolf, fae and vampires alike. And that's where his own rather special powers come into play . . . These bite-sized stories are tremendously entertaining and will leave you itching to explore more of Harry Dresden's world.And as well as eight short stories, this collection will include an all-new Dresden Files novella.
Siete para la morgue
by Doug Lamoreux RocioEs casi medianoche, y un vecino fisgón encuentra a sus vecinos, muertos. Armado de coraje, decide llamar al servicio de emergencias. A pesar de la tormenta torrencial que azota la noche, la Policía, el Departamento de Bomberos y una ambulancia responden enseguida el llamado. Sin embargo, hay poco que puedan hacer. Las víctimas llevan muertas un largo tiempo. El fisgón invita a los trabajadores de emergencias a reunirse en su cochera, a salvo de la lluvia, mientras esperan la llegaba del Forense y, luego, del personal de la Casa Funeraria que retirará los cuerpos. Los relámpagos iluminan la noche y los truenos hacen temblar el suelo. La situación inspira a los policías, los bomberos y los paramédicos a pasar el rato contando historias de terror escalofriantes... y tú estás invitado a acompañarlos. Doug Lamoreux, escritor premiado del género de terror, mezcla siete cuentos espeluznantes en esta pócima atrapante. Como anuncia el poema popular escocés: "Señor, líbranos de fantasmas y demonios, de bestias de patas largas, y de todo lo que hace ruidos por la noche".
The Sight (The Sight #1)
by David Clement-DaviesIn a work of great scope and imagination, the author of "Fire Bringer" takes reader to the dark forests of old Transylvania and into the minds of wolves.