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How far would you go to survive a game you don’t remember playing? Locked in a psychiatric facility after surviving a brutal trauma she won’t speak about, a woman is forced to confront her past through a series of journal entries written under sedation. The staff call it therapy. She calls it a trap. With her memories splintered and her body still healing from wounds she inflicted on herself — or so they say — she begins to piece together a chilling truth that refuses to stay buried. Each entry pulls her deeper into a web of whispers, missing time, and a man who may still be ...

È un romanzo composto da una serie di dodici racconti legati da un filo narrativo e interdentale. A causa di un ascesso terribile, un uomo si reca al Pronto Soccorso dentistico notturno. Sulla poltrona il protagonista della storia, mentre sta cercando di vincere il dolore del trapano, fa volare la fantasia. Ecco allora le storie raccontate da Pinketts: dall'horror al noir, dal surreale al fantastico, i racconti si muovono tutti sul livello del paradosso e della metafora. Per ogni dente un racconto, in un caleidoscopio di immagini, di giochi di parole, di invenzioni fantastiche.

An imprisoned man is certain that his supposed murder victim is alive; a female driver is pursued by a menacing figure in another vehicle; a young artist gets a big break; a restless beauty manages the perfect birthday celebration; an escaped Iraqi on Saddam Hussein's death list pays a visit to his homeland. How will they react? How would you? Cleverly styled, with richly drawn characters and ingeniously plotted story lines, each of the 12 tales ends with a delightfully unexpected turn of events.

A young pretty teacher hiding a terrible secret, a young man grieving the loss of his parents, and an appointment with fate all collide in a small Oklahoma town during the 1970s. The tender, sweet and forbidden is sensitively dealt with in this atmospheric rural noir which will inevitably explode in violence, and require a miracle for anyone at all to survive…

A man calls unexpectedly on his mistress and sees another man leaving her flat. Accusing her of being unfaithful, he quarrels with her, strikes her. She dies. Leaving unseen, he tips off the police so that the other man is arrested and charged. Has he achieved "The Perfect Murder"? A tantalising opening to

A Twist in the Tale, a fast-moving, entertaining set of stories.

PW Pick of the Week Royal Palm Literary Award Winner Shelf Unbound Notable 100 "Jakes is a lively and witty narrator with the wits and skills of James Bond, and readers will savor her fresh perspective on being a woman in the male-dominated spy world."—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Operative Jordan Jakes, the heroine of Daco S. Auffenorde’s Amazon #1 Bestseller, The Libra Affair, meets the mysterious Prometheus when US Secretary of State becomes the target of a terrorist attack at a head-of-state dinner in Dubai. Posing as the fiancé of a top-ranking government official and ex-Navy Seal, Jordan ...

Nunca sabes a quién te puedes encontrar en el tranvía, incluso a la muerte. Esta es la historia de Calum, un joven informático cuya vida cambia en un instante durante un viaje aparentemente rutinario. Una noche, mientras regresa a casa en el tranvía, es agredido por Ian, un joven borracho y perturbado. La agresión es brutal y deja a Calum al borde de la muerte. Mientras lucha por su vida en el hospital, se encuentra en un extraño limbo entre la vida y la muerte.

El cráneo siempre estuvo allí encima del despacho de su padre y él se preguntaba de quién era. Hay cosas que nunca se deben preguntar porque la respuesta puede ser la que tú jamás te esperarías. Un relato sobrecogedor de hasta dónde pueden llegar los celos.