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"The Invisible Man" is a detective story written by G. K. Chesterton which concerns the nature of the crimes committed by one James Welkin, who had been harassing Laura Hope and menacing his romantic rival, Isidore Smythe (whom he would later murder), all without ever being seen.

The Head of Caesar is a short story by Gilbert Keith Chesterton: There is somewhere in Brompton or Kensington an interminable avenue of tall houses, rich but largely empty, that looks like a terrace of tombs. The very steps up to the dark front doors seem as steep as the side of pyramids; one would hesitate to knock at the door, lest it should be opened by a mummy. But a yet more depressing feature in the grey facade is its telescopic length and changeless continuity.

A stormy evening of olive and silver was closing in, as Father Brown, wrapped in a grey Scotch plaid, came to the end of a grey Scotch valley and beheld the strange castle of Glengyle. It stopped one end of the glen or hollow like a blind alley; and it looked like the end of the world. Rising in steep roofs and spires of sea-green slate in the manner of the old French-Scotch chateaux, it reminded an Englishman of the sinister steeple-hats of witches in fairy tales; and the pine woods that rocked round the green turrets looked, by comparison, as black as numberless flocks of ravens.

"The Perishing of the Pendragons" by G.K. Chesterton is a Father Brown story where Father Brown is invited on a boat trip around the Cornish coast, where he encounters a family called the Pendragons, who are plagued by a mysterious curse tied to a local legend about a Spanish prisoner and a treacherous coastline.

"The Flying Stars" is one of Chesterton's mysteries featuring Father Brown. It's actually the first of these short stories I've read and I picked it up more because it's a Christmas mystery than to meet Father Brown, even though he is a character I'd like to read more of. The story takes place at an English manor home on Boxing Day. A young lady and the young man who lives next door are present, as is the girl's father, Colonel Adams, a newly arrived uncle and a quite rich godfather.

The Paradise of Thieves was published in The Wisdom of Father Brown. This mystery is a real cliff-hanger. The great Muscari, most original of the young Tuscan poets, walked swiftly into his favourite restaurant, which overlooked the Mediterranean, was covered by an awning and fenced by little lemon and orange trees. Waiters in white aprons were already laying out on white tables the insignia of an early and elegant lunch; and this seemed to increase a satisfaction that already touched the top of swagger.

"The Hammer of God," readers are surprised to learn from Father Brown that the murderer is not a violent madman but rather a very respected member of the community. The Reverend Wilfred Bohun could no longer stand the scandalous behavior of his alcoholic brother Norman, who blasphemed God and humiliated the Reverend Bohun in the eyes of his parishioners. Chesterton states that Wilfred and Norman Bohun belong to an old noble family whose descendants are now mostly "drunkards and dandy degenerates." Rumor has it that there has been "a whisper of insanity" in the Bohun family.

Mr. Edward Nutt, the industrious editor of The Daily Reformer, sat at his desk, opening letters and marking proofs to the merry tune of a typewriter, worked by a vigorous young lady. He was a stoutish, fair man, in his shirt-sleeves; his movements were resolute, his mouth firm and his tones final; but his round, rather babyish blue eyes had a bewildered and even wistful look that rather contradicted all this. Nor indeed was the expression altogether misleading.

The Mistake of the Machine is a short story by Gilbert Keith Chesterton: Flambeau and his friend the priest were sitting in the Temple Gardens about sunset; and their neighbourhood or some such accidental influence had turned their talk to matters of legal process. From the problem of the licence in cross-examination, their talk strayed to Roman and mediaeval torture, to the examining magistrate in France and the Third Degree in America.

Clues from Conrad's memories point Mason toward the next stepping stone, a gamer named Trevor Sakuda. Trevor is a teenager living as a half-beast avatar inside the fantasy game, Sojourn. He and his band of fellow adventurers embark on a quest to find the heart of creation, but not everyone is who they claim to be. In the end, a betrayal will have devastating consequences both inside and outside the game.

Step into The Realm of Solen Shadows, a world where darkness isn’t just an absence of light—it’s a creeping, corrosive force that can unravel reality itself. Alaric, a hunter of the gray spaces, knows this better than anyone. In the city of Oakhaven, shadows have begun to leak and twist, pooling like ink and devouring everything they touch. The struggle is no longer against the dark—it’s against the Exsanguination of the Umbra, a force that can dissolve people, memories, and even hope.

The last thing Sabhana expected was a resistance to magic. Her village is content and more than willing to bend at the knee to the wrong men—not her though. Since she was a child, her grandfather told her she would be the one to unearth lost magic and hidden dragons, and she believed him. It was the whole reason she surfed the shifting desert… But that was then. Now Sabhana is twenty-seven and her grandfather, her guiding star, is dead. A year has passed since the shifting desert put up her sandy wall to save Sabhana, though Sabhana doesn't see it that way, not yet.

What if the mirror in your hallway wasn’t showing you? What if the man who looks exactly like you is trying to warn you… from tomorrow? What if catching a single butterfly could kill someone half a world away? What if the only way to save your dying son was to walk into the dark with Death itself?

In the aftermath of unimaginable loss, Jamie's once-perfect world crumbles into a stark landscape of loneliness. A year later, a mysterious stranger with an irresistible allure begins to shadow her every move, while otherworldly beings with paranormal abilities relentlessly hunt her. The air crackles with unanswered questions: What do these mysterious entities want from her? Who among her closest confidants can she trust when their web of lies unravel?

In the days of the Purge the tides of death swallowed all that was holy, but now Velspar is on the verge of revival. Sybilla Ladain survived her judgement and is now caught between her duty as Skalen and her growing entanglement with the rebels she once considered her enemies. Voirrey takes Sybilla to a little village in the mountains where they plan to start a religious community based on the old rites. In Avishae, Intercessor Maeryn is working with the Elshenders to do the same.

Horseback Inn has been Kora Garver's sanctuary since she inherited it from her great aunt. The rustic retreat where she tends to guests and horses has kept her going through her darkest days—until now. At forty, the mirror reflects only scars where beauty once was, and the nightmares have become unbearable. Kora has set a date to end it all. Dr. Finn Warner hasn't let blindness stop her from achieving her dreams. Top of her medical school class, successful psychiatrist, and fiercely independent at forty-three, she has everything she could want—except someone to share her life with.

In May, 1899, a hundred and fifty unassuming envelopes are delivered to households across the city. Most of them will be picked up by butlers and carried on silver trays to their recipients. All of them contain invitations to the wedding of Lady Eleanor Serrs to Mr. Ryce Penn.

Washington power broker Courtney Holloman has it all—wealth, influence, and a corner office with a view. What she doesn’t have is time. Between client meetings and Capitol Hill appearances, there’s barely room to breathe, let alone remember the small-town girl she once was. But when her third glass of bourbon can’t drown the memories of what she left behind, Courtney knows something’s missing. Jack Camdon finds peace in the hum of her beehives and the ancient Ojibwe healing practices passed down through generations.

Son rôle est simple: prétendre être sa petite amie… Alicia a quitté son fils en bas âge et sa sœur pour tenter une nouvelle vie à Londres. Mais si elle cherche les opportunités, elle fuit surtout la vérité. Au Météore, un immeuble luxueux surplombant la ville et fréquenté par l’élite, Alicia travaille en tant que serveuse et observe tout ce qui se passe autour d’elle. Lorsque le charismatique propriétaire du Météore lui propose un marché, se faire passer pour sa petite amie en échange d’un salaire et d’un toit, Alicia accepte. Après tout, ce n’est qu’un jeu… Du moins, au début.

Es ist 1999, und Bunnys hart erkämpfter Ruf als Nervensäge unter Dublins Kriminellen wird leider von seinen Vorgesetzten geteilt. Doch Bunny und sein Partner erhalten endlich die Chance, ihr Können unter Beweis zu stellen: Sie sollen die dreisteste Raubüberfall-Serie der irischenischen Geschichte aufklären. Das Letzte, was Bunny also gerade gebrauchen kann, sind weitere Komplikationen, wie das Glücksspielproblem seines Partners – oder eine neue Frau in seinem Leben: Ihr Name ist Simone. Sie ist klug, witzig, talentiert und hat eine äußerst schwierige Vergangenheit.