Showing results for "The Classics" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Classic Tales of Fear presents two classics of horror. "The Raven" is Edgar Allen Poe's masterful verse that tells of the mysterious raven that visits a man who finds himself in the deepest abyss of misery and despair. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" tells the story of Ichabod Crane and his chilling encounter with the terrifying headless horseman.

Classic Tales of Terror collects two classic chillers of the supernatural. "The Cats of Ulthar" tells of an elderly couple with a penchant for animal cruelty. They kill the pet of an orphan and the animals retaliate with a terrible vengeance. In "The Yellow Sign", an artist encounters a horribly disfigured man who exudes a terrible aura of unspeakable evil.

Classic Tales of the Undead collects two classic stories of supernatural terror and the curse of the undead. "Dracula's Guest" recounts the events that led to Jonathan Harker's journey to the dreaded castle of Count Dracula, and "The Grave" tells the story of a young man's horrifying descent into despair, madness, and grave robbery.

A pair of thriller series from prolific radio writer Wally K. Daly Award-winning dramatist Wally K. Daly penned numerous plays for BBC Radio across a range of genres, including the beloved sci-fi ‘Scream Trilogy’ and the sitcoms Anything Legal and Give Or Take. Featured here are two of his...

As John Green, New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars said, “King Dork will rock your world.” The cult favorite from Frank Portman, aka Dr. Frank of the Mr. T. Experience, is a book like nothing ever done before--King Dork literally has something for everyone: At least a...

Rick Brant and his friend Scotty travel to Egypt with a Spindrift expert to help with some radio astronomy scientists that are attempting to decipher and interpret some very odd signals that the telescopes are receiving. Before Rick and Scotty leave the United States for Egypt, an Egyptian man asks them to take a plastic figurine of a cat with them and deliver it to a man in Egypt. Thinking that it is nothing more than the simple delivery of a token, Rick and Scotty agree to deliver the item. However, it quickly becomes evident there is far more to the situation than they believed.

Hamlet's father has just died. By the time they've filled in the grave, his mother has remarried. Hamlet suspects foul play, and it's troubling his spirit. Or maybe he was always troubled. Ophelia is in love with him. His best friend Horatio can't work him out. Then, on a cold, still night, Hamlet meets the ghost of his father.

Penny’s father is a newspaper owner being sued for libel in his home base of New York. He sends her on a western ski vacation in order to avoid the legalities, but she manages to gain entrance to a room with a mysterious Green Door, an entrance to an illegal fur importation racket from Canada. The culprits turn out to be those pursuing the libel situation back east. She is threatened with possible death, but not only solves the fur racket but winds up scooping a rival reporter.

Released in our new Young Adult Classics format, Henry James's classic ghost story is a masterpiece of the supernatural. The tale is taken from the diary of a governess, who describes her mounting sense of paranoia at the relationship between her two wards and the ghostly figures that haunt the estate.

From the internationally acclaimed best-selling author of Code Name Verity comes a stunning new story of pearls, love and murder. Sixteen-year-old Julie Beaufort-Stuart is returning to her family's ancestral home in Perthshire for one last summer. It is not an idyllic return to childhood. Her grandfather's death has forced the sale of the house and estate, and this will be a summer of good-byes. Not least to the McEwen family - Highland travellers who have been part of the landscape for as long as anyone can remember.

Tamara is smitten with neighbor Leo Pearce, and not only because he can cook like the chefs on television and gets her a job as kitchen hand at the restaurant where he works. His dark intensity is alluring, and he begins mentoring her on his own time, sharing their mutual passion for food and assisting her in preparations for a local amateur cooking competition. But is Leo as good as he seems? Tamara's new friend, Emilia, advises her to be cautious about his troubled past and mood swings.

Dostoievski, autor russo reconhecido como um dos maiores de todos os tempos, escreveu um livro em que se discute de forma magistral a culpa, as responsabilidades e as fraquezas do ser humano. Crimes e castigos é uma homenagem a esse gênio da literatura. Sete autores discutem em sete contos aqui reunidos, alguns temas contemporâneos muito delicados e bastante tensos, que sempre resvalam em questões de ética, moral e diferentes concepções de mundo.

La obra cuenta la historia de un misterioso personaje apodado como "El Fantasma" que vive en el edificio del Palacio de la ópera Garnier. El tenebroso protagonista vive atormentado por su deformidad y fealdad, siente una gran pasión por la música y lucha para satisfacer su pasión por la belleza. Así es como se enamora de la joven y bella vocalista Christine Daaé. Para conseguir a la joven, el Fantasma revive su pasado de inventor de trampas y mazmorras, y vuelve a ser un ser de tinieblas.