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In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare’s most lyrical plays, Prospero, a sorcerer, and his daughter, Miranda, have been stranded on an enchanted island for 12 years. When a shipwreck—caused by the eponymous tempest—brings enemies to the island, the stage is set for comedy, romance, and reconciliation.

Wilkie Collins' follow-up to The Woman in White and No Name is an innovative take on mistaken identity, the nature of evil, and the dark underbelly of Victorian England. The story concerns two distant cousins, both named Allan Armadale, and the impact of a family tragedy, which makes one of them a target of the murderous Lydia Gwilt, a vicious and malevolent charmer determined to get her hands on the Armadale fortune. Will the real Allan Armadale be revealed, and will he survive the plot against his life?

Some scars hide dark secrets. Who are you? Hamburg criminal psychologist Dr. Evelin Wolf ponders, as she examines the mentally disturbed homeless man with the conspicuous scar on his face. The extremely aggressive man with no memory and no identity is said to have committed a brutal murder. But Evelin and Assistant District Attorney Alex Gutenberg doubt his guilt and suspect that there is much more to the supposedly crystal-clear case. Shortly afterwards, Hamburg is shaken by a series of murders that are unsurpassed in their cruelty and sadism.

A collection of suspense-filled thrillers from master of the genre Stephen Gallagher A listening treat for fans of gripping drama: eight thrillers, plus a bonus story, from ‘the finest British writer of bestselling popular fiction since Le Carré’. Full of suspense and utterly immersive with...

Some families bury their secrets. Lorenzo Moretti’s are about to surface. Lorenzo is a successful investor with a beautiful wife, a comfortable life, and the sense that everything has finally fallen into place. Then his wife, Natalie, goes missing.

Published in 1888, The Legacy of Cain is the last of Wilkie Collins’s completed novels. Two sisters, Helen and Eunice, are brought up by their father, Reverend Gracedieu. He has deliberately kept the girls in ignorance of their true ages, to disguise the fact that one of them was adopted after her birth mother was executed for the brutal murder of her husband. In time, both girls fall for the same man, Philip Dunboyne, but when he eventually chooses one of the sisters, events take a sinister turn.

A twisted love triangle between a narcissist, a Machiavellian and a psychopath. Richard Blake is an investment banker with a runaway inner-monologue, a superiority complex and a short temper. Emily Ruskin is an opportunistic socialite who specializes in manipulating high-status men to her every whim. Samuel Bloom is a lone drifter psychopath with a grade school sense of humor and a samurai sword. Their lives intertwine, leading to devious betrayals, vendettas and extortion, all culminating in a final shocking climax.

The Lachesis Passage, literally a fate that spins the web of life and determines its length, is a spellbinding adventure that whisks you into the medieval world of the good wizard Gelvon and his nemesis, the evil wizard Vandermast. You'll be mesmerized by this rock opera's captivating music and life-like characters as you travel from wooded enclaves to the towers of darkness.

A threat to Holmes' life, murders on Hampstead Heath and a deadly phantom lady lead Holmes and Watson into the most dangerous investigation they have ever undertaken.... An encounter which brings them face to face with evil itself, embodied in Count Dracula, the Lord of the Undead.

The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adapted by Richard Dinnick. Young Dr. Mortimer ventures from Devonshire to Baker Street with news of the death of his friend, Sir Charles Baskerville. Can it really be that the grisly legend of the hound of the Baskervilles might have something to do with the case? Holmes will have none of it, but even he must accept that dark forces are at work. Dark forces that, it seems, Dr. Watson must face alone...afoot!

The Final Problem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adapted by Nicholas Briggs. Sherlock Holmes visits his good friend, Dr. John Watson...but Holmes is not his usual composed and supremely confident self. He is a hunted man. Having unearthed the criminal mastermind behind the greatest crimes in the land, Holmes has found himself a fugitive. But the great detective already has a plan in motion. It will not be long before his arch foe, Professor Moriarty, is in custody.

Magdalen and Norah Vanstone have known only comfort and affluence for their entire lives. Orphaned suddenly following the unexpected deaths of their parents, the illegitimate sisters find themselves flung into the other extreme of living: their father had neglected to amend his will following their parents' recent marriage, leaving them with nothing, and their bitter, estranged uncle, the legal inheritor of the family fortune, mercilessly refuses them support.

New Vegas, 23rd Century - a sprawling city huddling beneath an artificial atmospheric bubble on a distant moon. Pleasure seekers flock there from every corner of the galaxy to take in the shows and play the tables in the huge casinos. But beneath the glitz and the glitter, organised crime rules the streets. Whilst Rose Tyler works as a waitress in the Full Moon nightclub, Jack Harkness poses as a reporter for the Daily Galaxy.

Collected here for the first time is every piece of short fiction from New York Times Bestseller Mira Grant's acclaimed Newsflesh series, with two new never-before published novellas and all eight short works available for the first time in print. We had cured cancer. We had beaten the common...

Rome, 268 AD. In an age of tyranny and turmoil, an eternal love story ignites a revolution. Valentine, a once-fearsome warrior reborn from the brink of death, sheds his violent past for a new destiny inspired by his blind lover, Agatha. Amidst the ruthless rule of a merciless emperor, Valentine undertakes a clandestine mission: to unite lovers in secret ceremonies, defying imperial decrees that threaten to obliterate the Christian faith.

First appearing in 1782, Dangerous Liaisons is one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. The plot unfolds through a series of letters as the two main protagonists, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, attempt to bring about the seduction of a young woman. The epistolary nature of the novel gives a multi-faceted perspective of the action, which places the book firmly in the tradition of libertine literature.

“What does she want from me?” A young Iranian immigrant panics as she’s being chased through the streets by an unknown blonde woman. When their two worlds collide, the answer to that question becomes increasingly unsettling in Afsaneh Gray’s The Other Woman, a bracingly unpredictable audio experience. The two women find they share similar struggles in a society that doesn’t see them…but as their relationship develops, what feels like liberation begins to shift into an all-too-familiar dynamic.

In this provocative debut of The Healing of Lust series, follow the exhilarating adventures of Nick, an 18-year-old on the brink of adulthood. From the innocent stirrings of adolescence to the fiery awakenings of first love, Nick's story is a whirlwind of sensual discovery. Each chapter peels back the layers of his journey, blending humour, wit, and raw emotion as he navigates his newfound cravings.

Lewis Romayne returns to the family home, Vange Abbey, after a fatal duel in France–the memory of which still haunts him. In an attempt to put the experience behind him, he visits London where he meets Stella Eynecourt, who will become his wife. However, Romayne also comes across the cunning Father Benwell, who is determined to convert him to Catholicism and to regain Vange Abbey for the Church.

What happens when passion ignites amid chaos? In this thrilling narrative, every second pulses with real raw emotion and gripping intensity. From the sexually explosive opening of "Carnal carnage" to the closing chapter, where temptation and the worst of human nature combine in "Slaying the dragon." Prepare to embark on a journey where the boundaries between love, lust, and survival blur into a tantalizing dance.