Showing results for "The Toll" in Genre Fiction

In 1890, the ominous tolling of the bell announces that death has come to Traeger Hall, leaving orphaned Waverly Pembrooke to piece together the puzzle behind her uncle's and aunt's murders. Bound by the terms of her uncle's eccentric will, Waverly finds herself alone in a manor shrouded by death and questioning the reasons for her uncle's paranoia. A madness hovers over Traeger Hall, and Waverly—as well as the people of nearby Newton Creek—are ill-prepared for the woe that has descended.

Former special agent Kade Black knows his adversaries well. He's shadowed terrorists, spies, and mafia bosses. But he's never had to confront all three at once. Kade's latest clue has him watching a new dead drop serviced by the late GRU operative, Sergei. But this drop is inactive. No sign of use.

From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic Millions of pounds in gold bullion are being pirated in the Irish Sea. Investigations by the British Secret Service, and a sixth sense, have bought Philip Calvert to a bleak, lonely bay in the Western Highlands. But the...

As proprietor of a lone boardinghouse in an isolated canyon, Kelsey Taggert is accustomed to the hardscrabble life he endures in the tough Western country. But when a stagecoach brings a beautiful, wily woman and an outlaw to his door, Taggert begins to look for the gentler things in life with which to balance the harsh and stark realities of existence in the West.

Die tollen Männer – das ist eine Gesteinsformation an der Küste einer unwirtlichen schottischen Insel, die eine tödliche Gefahr für vorüberfahrende Schiffe darstellt. Eines Tages liegt ein Segelboot zerborsten am Strand – und die eher ärmliche Behausung des Onkels des Erzählers ist auf einmal vollgestopft mit allerhand wertvollen Gegenständen. Woher diese kommen, ist klar – aber wer liegt in dem frischen Grab nahe beim Wrack? Hat sich der Onkel eines kapitalen Verbrechens schuldig gemacht?

"Der tolle Invalide auf dem Fort Ratonneau" ist eine Erzählung von Achim von Arnim, die 1818 in dem Almanach Gaben der Milde in Berlin erschien. Im Siebenjährigen Krieg hatte der junge französische Sergeant Francœur während seiner Gefangenschaft am Rand von Leipzig Fräulein Rosalie Lilie kennen und lieben gelernt. Rosalie hatte in der Pleißenburg den am Kopf verwundeten Unteroffizier gegen den Willen ihrer Mutter gepflegt. Das Paar hatte sich vermählt.

In which our intrepid correspondent wails, rails and assails this silly custom of giving away perfectly good money to people who don't seem to have our best interests at heart.