Showing results for "The Secret" in Horror

When Emma Mather's twin brother, Elliot, goes missing from Arnsmouth University, she is determined to stop at nothing to find him. Yet as she follows the clues left behind, she learns that there are far more sinister monstrosities lurking in the shadows of her city than she could have ever imagined.

When a curious traveler visits the crumbling seaside town of Innsmouth, he is met with distorted faces, hostile glances, and warnings spoken in fearful whispers. As night falls, unease turns to dread, and the town’s unspeakable secret begins to surface. With every passing moment, the tension tightens, the streets grow darker, and escape feels increasingly impossible.

Shoggoths attack in this adrenaline-pumping novel set in the world of H. P. Lovecraft, where the horrors of the cosmos know no limits… It was in a way humanoid, as it stood on two legs and possessed two arms that ended in delicate digits that I would dare to call hands. Its skin was a pale blue, like the eggs of a robin, and curiously dry looking. The head was massive with a huge bulbous cranium, a large lipless mouth, and three blood red eyes that stared out at the world with nothing but hate.

Tessalyn Ausra’s fate has always been out of her hands. Still bonded to the Heir of Endings, she now finds herself with more control than ever before. Everyone wants something from her, and she has to choose a side. But in a realm full of villains, she trusts no one, and she has secrets of her own to keep.

Joe Ledger is back! Joe Ledger: Secret Missions collects some of Ledger's most dynamic and bizarre short-story adventures - classic reprints as well as exciting new material! From the icy wastes of the Antarctic to the Gate of Hell in Turkmenistan, Ledger and his team are the last best hope that stands between the unsuspecting public and unimaginable dangers!

Angst und Schrecken verbreiten sich in der Stadt, als plötzlich die U-Bahn-Tunnel einstürzen und ein riesiger Schlund ins Nichts sich öffnet. Im Zentrum der unerklärlichen Ereignisse steht David, der in dem unterirdischen Labyrinth gefangen ist. David und seine Freunde müssen ums nackte Überleben kämpfen und sich einem namenlosen Schrecken aus der Tiefe stellen.

A captivating new historical novel from Madeline Martin, set in Victorian London about a forbidden book club, dangerous secrets, and the women who dare to break free. You are cordially invited to the Secret Book Society… London, 1895: Trapped by oppressive marriages and societal expectations...

The latest novel from New York Times best-selling author Jennifer McMahon is an atmospheric, gripping, and suspenseful tale that probes the bond between sisters and the peril of keeping secrets. Once the thriving attraction of rural Vermont, the Tower Motel now stands in disrepair...

'I AM SO HOOKED I MAY AS WELL BE A LITTLE FISH IN A FISHING POND' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Daggers ready. The battle is beginning. Every night I kill and I kill and I kill. And do you know what I do while I’m soaking my hand in blood? I enjoy it. Cursed with a gift from the God of Death, and robbed of...

This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the nation. But as one student is about to find out, a long history comes with a legacy of secrets. Zora Robinson is an ambitious grad...

Are the Duke of Studborne's motives for courting Rosamund all they seem? She must uncover the truth, and only one person in the abbey can help her. The handsome but penniless Benedict!

Gather round as today’s most diabolically clever authors twist simple moments into otherworldly horrors. An empty baby stroller. A scratching underneath the bed. A farmhouse in the moonlight. With an unnerving sense of the macabre, these stories transform our greatest fears into bone-chilling realities.

Nachdem ein Unbekannter Delilahs Pflegevater getötet und sie damit vor einem seiner Übergriffe bewahrt hat, kann Delilah den geheimnisvollen Fremden auch Jahre später nicht vergessen – genauso wenig wie Ben, ihren Pflegebruder und einstigen Vertrauten, der inzwischen an der Uni studiert. Sobald sie alt genug ist, schreibt auch sie sich dort ein und macht ihn auf dem Campus ausfindig. Unerwartet trifft sie auf Xavier Donovan, den Mörder ihres Pflegevaters und Mitglied eines geheimen Ordens. Und er hat ausgerechnet Delilah zum Objekt seiner Begierde erwählt.

Grieving her mother’s death, Mari Lennox travels to Kyoto, Japan to take photographs of Yanagi Inn for a client. As she explores the inn and its grounds, her camera captures striking images, uncovering layers of mystery shrouding the old resort—including an overgrown, secret garden on a forbidden island. But then eerie weeping no one else in the inn seems to hear starts keeping her awake at night.

Tras la repentina muerte de su madre, Zo Grey recibe una misteriosa llamada donde le avisan que es la heredera de una cuantiosa fortuna y una enorme mansión en la cima de la colina Watch Hill, en el retirado pueblo de Divinity. Conforme pasan los días, Zo se adentra más en los secretos de Watch Hill y la mansión gótica revela sus enigmas: puertas que no llevan a ninguna parte, habitaciones selladas, un torreón que aparentemente no tiene entrada y objetos del pasado que parecen cobrar vida.

Willy and Marianne’s farmhouse in Maine has acres of meadow and fresh air, and a lonesome bridle path in the forest along which Willy daydreams and ambles. When he’s loaned a decrepit old baby stroller to cart his groceries home, the rickety squeak of the wheels comforts him. So do the sweet coos of a baby Willy knows can’t be real. Can it? In this twisted thicket, wishes come true—with a price.

Sophie was afraid of the man in the shadows. He terrified her, but he would always disappear when someone else came. But one day in June 1984, she didn’t escape. He took her. When a young woman is found draped over a gravestone in a chilling murder, police officer Annie Graham experiences a familiar sense of dread. A new killer is out there, and her senses tell her there is something eerily different about this case.

In a New York City where Fae factions and supernatural entities lurk beneath the surface, Johnny Ironwood is the half-Fae private eye who keeps the peace between the magical and the mundane. Johnny navigates the secret Faerie courts, dream demons, and otherworldly outlaws threatening the city's unsuspecting mortals. When a string of gruesome murders and a looming apocalyptic plot threaten to shatter the boundaries between the Fae and mortal worlds, Johnny must confront his own inner demons and forge uneasy alliances to unravel the mystery before the city succumbs to chaos.

*A Times Best Book of the Year* From the author of The Ashes of London, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII 'Ten out of ten' The Times ‘A grand piece of work – a triumph and one of Taylor’s best’ MICK HERRON 'A wonderfully unique novel from the master of...

“Elegant, propulsive, and utterly unputdownable… The work of one of our most talented thriller writers at the very top of her game.” —Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Confessions on the 7:45 Fast-paced and brilliantly unpredictable, J.T. Ellison’s breathtaking novel...