Collection: Fiction

After the death of her fiancee, an ambitious young woman returns home to a depressed, post-World War I Yorkshire village to become headmistress of the local girls school.

My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just another probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service, and as the Filth to everybody else.

Sasha Riggs is a reclusive artist, haunted by dreams and nightmares that she turns into extraordinary paintings. Her visions lead her to the Greek island of Corfu, where five others have been lured to seek the legendary fire star, part of an ancient prophecy. Sasha recognises them, because she ha...

Detective Paul Hjelm and his team receive an urgent call from the FBI. A murderer whose methods bear a frightening resemblance to a serial killer they believed long dead is on his way to Sweden...

When Ryder Creed responds to a devastating mudslide in North Carolina, he knows that the difference between finding survivors and the dead is time. He and his sturdiest search-and-rescue dog, Bolo, get to work immediately...

Danny Curnow, known in the army by his call sign, Vagabond, ran agents, informers. Played God with their lives until he quit when the stress overwhelmed him. Then he gets a call from an old boss. Violence in Northern Ireland is on the rise again...

On a holiday in the Cotswolds, Sir Edward Leithen and his companions assist the enigmatic Professor Moe in a bizarre experiment to glimpse the future. For those who take part, the consequences are dramatic.

After years of standing by their women, the Sisterhood's significant others have also become loyal friends. And now Jack Emery, Nikki's husband, enlists Ted, Joe, Jay, Bert, Dennis, and Abner to form a top-secret organization known as BOLO Consultants.

A series of mysterious deaths on the Caribbean island where Miss Marple is vacationing calls to her mind a snapshot of a murderer that one of the victims had earlier brought to her attention....

This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterize his work. As well as the Gothic horror of "The Pit and the Pendulum" and other similar tales, all of Poe's Auguste Dupin stories are included.