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Sherlock’s elder - and still more brilliant - brother, Mycroft (read by Rory Kinnear), is too busy to grieve this apparent loss. Working as an agent for the British government, Mycroft is tasked with the politics of maintaining an empire on the verge of collapse. But on the streets of London, a killer is on the loose. A sequence of bloody bodies litter the East End, murders which echo those of Jack the Ripper four years before. Against his better judgement, Mycroft is forced to step out from the shadow of his brother, and join the hunt for the truth.

Brought to you by Penguin. A GHOST SHIP. A SALVAGE CREW. UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS. Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed--made obsolete--when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to...

"The audiobook read by Lauren Ezzo makes for compulsive, edge-of-seat listening." - Buzzfeed "Ezzo's dark tone and emotional connection terrify and comfort listeners in equal measure. Not for the faint of heart."-AudioFile Magazine Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF...

A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space-horror novel from S.A. Barnes, acclaimed author of Dead Silence. An abandoned plant. A hidden past. A deadly danger. Psychologist Dr. Ophelia Bray has dedicated her life to the study and prevention of ERS—the most...

In Dracula's Child, Bram Stoker's classic is reborn. Capturing the voice, tone and style of the original, this novel is perfect for fans of Dracula and contemporary horror. It has been some years since Jonathan and Mina Harker survived their ordeal in Transylvania. But shadows linger long in...

Eigentlich hat Jocasta alles, was eine normale Studentin braucht: einen sicheren College-Platz an der renommierten Beecher Universität, einen Job und eine verkorkste Affäre mit ihrem Dozenten. Doch Jo ist alles andere als normal. Als Tochter des Todes muss sie sich von negativen Gefühlen ernähren, um zu überleben: den kleinen Toden des Alltags, Enttäuschung, gebrochene Herzen, Misserfolgen. Niemand in ihrem sorgfältig errichteten Umfeld kennt Jocastas wahres Gesicht.

The steamy mythology of Neon Gods meets the dark academia of The Coven in this dark contemporary romance from USA Today bestselling author S.A. Barnes. "[Ava] Lucas' narration enhances Jo's cynicism as she navigates political intrigue...She easily differentiates characters, and her male voices...

"You'll want to read this one with the lights on."—Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author Cold Eternity is the newest action-packed space horror from S.A. Barnes, perfect for fans of Severance, where desperation for eternal life leads to a fate worse than death... Halley is on the run...

A visionary new horror novel in the style of Wells' creepiest and most enduring fictions - for fans of classic horror with a modern twist. The island was just the beginning... In H G Wells' 1896 novel The Island of Dr Moreau a shipwrecked traveller finds himself alone on an island ruled by a mad...

Nightwood, Djuna Barnes's strange and sinuous tour de force novel unfolds in the decadent shadows of Europe's great cities, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna - a world in which the boundaries of class, religion, and sexuality are bold but surprisingly porous. The outsized characters who inhabit this world are some of the most memorable in all of fiction.

C.S. Barnes' Intention is set to be one of 2019's stand-out debuts. A dark and compelling psychological thriller, it will appeal to fans of authors like; Lisa Jewell, S.E. Lynes, Theresa Driscoll. When twenty-two-year-old Gillian Thompson returns from university for the summer, it is apparent...

⭐ THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ⭐ Life is a battlefield. Death is just a girl. 'Paranormal lovers rejoice, your new obsession has arrived!' HANNAH WHITTEN Jocasta has built a normal life at Beecher University - well, as normal it can be when you're the only child of Death. No one close...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the Queen of Space Horror comes a terrifying, dread-filled nightmare perfect for fans of Ridley Scott's Alien franchise. Desperation for eternal life can lead to a fate worse than death... Halley is on the run from an interplanetary political scandal that has put...