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There will never be another Western writer like Louis L’Amour. A legendary author and indisputably the greatest storyteller in his genre of all time, L’Amour captivated millions of readers and has sold well over three hundred million copies of his works, which includes nearly ninety novels and countless short stories. Mistakes Can Kill You highlights an essential selection featuring nine of L’Amour’s earlier short stories, sometimes written under the pen name Jim Mayo, that exemplify the rugged morality of the best Western writing.

A late-night gambling session ends in a bet for Richard Gaunt: can he walk to Oxford by lunchtime the next day? Gaunt sets off, and as morning breaks and the dreaming spires near, his evening's winnings look set to double. But when men in a Jeep reverse into him, scooping him off the roadside, Gaunt enters a yet stranger world. Taken to a country house, he is kept hostage by a man with impeccable manners, Mr Khan.

Dealing with the tragic death of his father, 14-year-old Reggie finds the isolation of the woods near his house comforting. Until one day, a man – stumbling, bleeding, clearly distressed – emerges from the shadows. Reggie hides the man in his treehouse, and helps the stranger recover. Each with stories to share, soon the pair form a strange friendship. But then Reggie learns that his new friend is a ruthless contract killer.

Six years ago, Beata Dabrowski arranged to meet her lover in Glasgow and was never seen again. There were no leads...until now. Imprisoned gang boss Davie Hardie wants to talk in exchange for his freedom. He knows exactly where Beata is buried, and he’s prepared to take the police to her grave. But when the mission to locate Beata’s body is hijacked, DS Max Craigie is drafted on to the case. Someone is selling secrets. Max will stop at nothing to expose police corruption and uncover Beata’s murderer.

This pulse-pounding psychological thriller takes roots from the Dutch tradition of blindfolding and dropping your adolescent child in the middle of the wilderness—and shows what happens when it goes horribly wrong. Twelve-year old Karin is blindfolded and dropped into the Hoge Veluwe National...

After serving his country as a paratrooper in World War II, Jack Rhyce takes on an even more dangerous mission when he becomes a secret agent in the early years of the Cold War. Now he and fellow spy Ruth Bogart have been dispatched to Tokyo to foil an assassination attempt on a leading liberal politician. Murder is only the first part of this nefarious Communist plot; the ultimate objective is to stir up anti-American sentiment in a country that has formed close bonds with its former adversary in the West.

Does size matter? Is bigger better? That’s no small question to Tom Little - the circus midget with giant dreams. Tom may be king of the midgets, but he’s got far grander ambitions - to become the muscleman at the top, the ringmaster. Now, drawing on some dark ancient secrets and mystic texts, he’s about to get his wish.... Assuming another man’s identity, Tom discovers he must also take on his sins, debts, and enemies. He may be living large - but now there are those who want to make him pay for the big man’s sins.

El asesinato del padre de Carolina hará que la joven, ayudada por el inspector Nicolás Valdés, se ponga tras los pasos de una aterradora verdad oculta durante siglos. Una verdad por la que se es capaz de matar a sangre fría. Adéntrate, déjate llevar. Nada es lo que parece.

El asesinato del padre de Carolina hará que la joven, ayudada por el inspector Nicolás Valdés, se ponga tras los pasos de una aterradora verdad oculta durante siglos. Una verdad por la que se es capaz de matar a sangre fría. Adéntrate, déjate llevar. Nada es lo que parece.

실종된 지 16년, 이제는 생사조차 불분명한 딸. 그렇게 희망을 잃어가던 아버지에게 걸려온 의문의 전화. 실종된 딸을 찾으라는 아내의 유언에 목숨을 건 남자 정상훈. 그러나 16년이 지나도록 딸의 행적은 발견되지 않는다. 모든 것을 포기할 무렵, 정상훈을 찾아오는 두 사람! 실종된 딸을 찾을 수 있다는 정체불명의 청년 고남준, 고남준을 믿어서는 안 된다는 부산경찰청 미제사건수사팀장 박진희. 모두가 포기한 내 딸을 찾기 위해서는 모두가 의심하는 사람을 믿을 수밖에 없다.

La heredera de una gran hacienda de Yucatán y un arqueólogo inglés. La sombra mágica del jaguar. Dos cadáveres, una ciudad perdida y un misterio por resolver.