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When Kate goes to look after her estranged sister’s children in their creepy old house, she takes a photo of what seems to be a ghost. Frightened yet intrigued, Kate undertakes to uncover the secrets of the house and the two mysterious sisters who lived there over a hundred years before. But like the illusions of light and shadow in the sisters’ strange and disturbing Victorian post-mortem photography, Kate discovers that all is not what it seems. Someone – or something – has their own plans for Rookswood House – and for Kate.

Charlotte White ist überglücklich über ihr Stipendium für die renommierte Cliffworth University. Ein Studium kann ihr hoffentlich ein sorgenfreieres Leben ermöglichen, als sie es bisher gewohnt ist. Schon an ihrem ersten Tag muss Charlotte allerdings feststellen, dass man ihr als Stipendiatin feindselig gegenübertritt. Auch gerät sie gleich mit Morgan McKenzie aneinander, der als Sohn zweier Top-Anwälte großes Ansehen genießt und sie mit seinem arroganten Grinsen zur Weißglut bringt. Doch dann ist es ausgerechnet Morgan, der ihr eine unerwartete Chance bietet.

The stunning first volume in Janny Wurts’s epic tale of two half-brothers cursed to life-long enmity, now re-released with a striking new cover. Let each who reads determine the good and the evil for himself Athera is besieged by the Mistwraith, which blights the land and dims the mysteries...

In seventeenth-century Rome, an arrogant and reckless artist named Caravaggio drinks and brawls his way through his violent, insatiable life, all while painting some of the world’s greatest religious works of art. But it is his bitter feud with Giovanni Roero, a brutal knight in the Maltese Order of St. John, that is his fatal error. Now, in the village of Monte Piccolo, a priest claims to have discovered a lost painting by the famed artist in the storage room of an orphanage. Retired professor A. R. Richman believes it’s a delusional dream.

Als seine hochschwangere Frau vor siebzehn Jahren bei einem Autounfall starb, hat sich das Leben von Jordan Williams innerhalb weniger Stunden vollkommen verändert. Er wurde von jetzt auf gleich Vater und wusste nicht, ob er dieser Aufgabe gewachsen war. Zusammen mit seinen Freunden und seiner Familie hat er es dennoch geschafft, dass seine Tochter Amy zu einer klugen und selbstständigen jungen Frau heranwuchs. Für ihn stand immer fest, dass es, abgesehen von seiner Tochter, keine Frau mehr schaffen würde, einen Platz in seinem Herzen zu bekommen.

Over a century after Cézanne’s death his art still obsesses and enraptures. And for the characters in this multifaceted novel, the painter’s work is of crucial significance. In Hong Kong, will billionaire art collector Walter and his son ever be reconciled? In Liverpool, will artist Nick find peace? In New York, can Joel and Sophie mend their relationship with the help of Cézanne’s work in the Metropolitan Museum? Through these multiple narratives Michael Langan deftly explores human relationships and asks: can art ever save us?

The long-awaited second book of the fourth story arc – Sword of the Canon – in the epic fantasy series, the Wars of Light and Shadow. Lysaer’s unstable integrity lies under threat of total downfall, and as his determined protector, Daliana will face the most frightening decision of her...

A truly unprecedented literary achievement by author and editor Lawrence Block, this newly-commissioned anthology of 17 superbly-crafted stories, each inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper. Contributors include Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Connelly, Megan Abbott, Craig Ferguson, Nicholas Christopher, Jill D. Block, Joe R. Lansdale, Justin Scott, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Warren Moore, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, and Lawrence Block himself.