Detective Horror

Denise Farber has just moved back to New Orleans with her mom and stepdad. They left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and have finally returned, wagering the last of their family's money on fixing up an old, rundown house and converting it to a bed and breakfast. Nothing seems to work around the place, which doesn't seem too weird to Denise. The unexplained noises are a little more out of the ordinary, but again, nothing too unusual. But when floors collapse, deadly objects rain down, and she hears creepy voices, it's clear to Denise that something more sinister lurks hidden here.

All murder mysteries follow a simple set of rules. Grant McAllister, an author of crime fiction and professor of mathematics, once sat down and worked them all out. But that was 30 years ago. Now he's living a life of seclusion on a quiet Mediterranean island - until Julia Hart, a sharp, ambitious editor, knocks on his door. His early work is being republished and together the two of them must revisit those old stories: an author hiding from his past and an editor keen to understand it.

Invisible Promises by Silas Thorne is a thrilling paranormal fiction novel set in the eerie countryside of England. Follow Charles Olson, a man with a unique connection to the supernatural, as he unravels the mysteries surrounding his life and those of the spirits that haunt him. Highlights: Charles Olson's journey from a carefree student to a man deeply entwined with the paranormal. The enigmatic Grand Tour of Europe that turns into a haunting adventure. Charles's marriage and the secrets it unveils about his family's past. The captivating and mysterious allure of bird life and its ...

Sherlock Holmes and his friend, Walt Whitman love to pull pranks at times to chase away boredome as many teenagers do, but this time it's different for them. Either someone is pulling a miserable, terrifying joke on their small village, or something horrible does exist...in the Well! And they intend to find out the truth! Do demons and ghosts live in the well...or something worse?

El primer thriller apasionante y emocionante de la exitosa saga de misterios de Jack Ryder. Se supone que Ben debería estar en la escuela. Es lunes por la mañana, pero sus padres todavía están dormidos después de una noche de borrachera. Ben espera pacientemente, aunque sabe que se está perdiendo la excursión al zoo. Pero, cuando su labrador negro de repente sube las escaleras y baja con un dedo en la boca, Ben sabe que no va a llegar a la escuela. El detective Jack Ryder está acompañando a la excursión de sus hijos cuando recibe la llamada del jefe del Departamento de Policía de...

Jake Fletcher is an ex-exorcist. No, that wasn't a stutter. Once upon a time, he evicted ghosts for a living, at least until he got killed and became one. Now he works the streets as a phantom detective, offering his services to lost souls trapped between this world and the next. But will good deeds buy him a ticket to the Good Place, or is he destined to walk the Earth as a phantom for all eternity? In the spirit of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, mystery, scares, and the paranormal collide in this bizarre noir.

This volume presents some of Arthur Conan Doyle's unduly neglected masterworks of suspense. Each begins in a quietly factual way, which makes all the more dramatic the crescendo of fear and puzzlement that ensues as each startling new circumstance is revealed. Even without his supremely logical brainchild Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle shows that his tales are unbeatable for thrills and excitement.

In the wake of his parents' tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town of Ballantyne. Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a classmate named Tom goes missing, everyone suspects the angry new boy is responsible for his disappearance. No one believes him when he says the telephone booth out by the edge of the woods sucked Tom into the receiver like something out of a horror movie. No one, that is, except Karen.

Mario Woods is looking forward to one normal night before he graduates. He's spent most of high school riding solo. But when fate lands him a date for prom, he figures this might be his chance to be less of a loner.

FIVE TAKES OF HORROR AND TERROR 1.BLOOD MOON HELPLESS CHILDREN ARE BEING EXPERIMENTED UPON. AUGUST AND HIS FATHER MUST STOP IT AT ANY COST…EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO BECOME VAMPIRES TO DO IT! 2. EIGHT RING OF HELL CHASING A DEMON STRAIGHT FROM HELL.\ 3. THE DRACULAS FAMILY HISTORY FOR DRACULA BECOMES A PAINFUL EXPERIENCE FOR PROFESSOR CHALLENGER 4. QUANTUM SHIFT G1 MADE A QUANTUM SHIFT IN ITS RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS. TROUBLE WAS, THE SHIFT ALSO BROUGHT A MONSTER WITH IT! 5. HELLBOUND HIS CASE WAS MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO KILL HIM OR GET HIM POSSESSED.

This selection includes Tales and Poems: Tales. The Murders in the Rue Morgue ; The Gold-Bug ; The Black Cat ; The Pit and the Pendulum ; The Tell-Tale Heart ; The Fall of the House of Usher ; The Masque of the Red Death ; The Cask of Amontillado ; The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar ; Hop-Frog ; Ligeia ; Morella ; The Oval Portret. Poems. The Raven ; Al Aaraaf ; Annabel Lee ; The Bells ; The City in the Sea ; The Conqueror Worm ; A Dream Within a Dream ; Eldorado ; Eulalie ; The Haunted Palace ; To Helen ; Lenore ; Tamerlane ; Ulalume.

In this exciting sequel to his popular "Devil Bat Diary," the author continues the adventures of intrepid journalist Johnny Layton and his wise-cracking partner 'One-Shot' McGuire as they travel to Hollywood to investigate a series of grisly and gruemsome murders of Hollywood movie agents.

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialized in The Strand magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England’s West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Holmes and Watson investigate the case. This was the first story that seemingly endeavored into the world of the supernatural, challenging Holmes’s idea of rational existence.

Fredrik Welin is a 70-year-old retired doctor. Years ago he retreated to the Swedish archipelago where he lives alone on an island. He swims in the sea every day, cutting a hole in the ice if necessary. He lives a quiet life. Until he wakes up one night to find his house on fire. Fredrik escapes just in time, wearing two left-footed wellies, as neighbouring islanders arrive to help douse the flames. All that remains in the morning is a stinking ruin and evidence of arson.

Warning: This book contains adult language and situations. Thomas Williams is a former police detective from Chicago. He was the youngest detective that the department has ever had, and was extremely skilled at his job. After investigating a series of murders with his older partner, Detective Bishop, all the evidence seemed to point to the most unlikely of suspects. His very own partner. As Thomas watched his partner get locked up behind bars, he was determined to find enough evidence to set him free. Due to the severity of the case, and the mounting evidence against him, Detective Bishop ...

Lovecraft, a powerful wizard, and enemy of Sherlock Holmes has been thwarted over and over again by Sherlock Holmes and his wizard friend, Harry Houdini. Now, Lovecraft has found a powerful companion, Lady Dark, a vampire demon, who promises to guide him to the success he has repeatedly failed at: The Death of Holmes and his friends. Will Holmes be able to stop this powerful duo, or will he finally meet his end?

Buffalo is melting. The sidewalks squirm. The cats have formed a militia. Max Noir—sarcastic detective, caffeine addict, and reluctant hero—just wanted his coffee. Instead, he finds himself ankle-deep in sentient goo, guilt-fueled hallucinations, and a grotesque game masterminded by a sourdough-born intelligence. As Buffalo oozes into madness, Max is forced to investigate a mystery that smells like burnt soup, features a psychic yeast tantrum, and may be targeting him personally. From a cheese-curd confession to a feline urine offensive, Max Noir is a genre-bending, noir-splattered ...

When Mariella Morse accuses her boyfriend, Vik Gomez, of murdering her wealthy parents with an axe, the town is quick to believe her. It doesn’t help that Vik is caught standing over her parents’ bodies with blood on his hands, unable to remember anything about the night in question. But Vik’s sister, Tessa, knows that Vik would never be capable of such a gruesome crime. Haunted by the mistakes she made that led her family to move to Fall River, MA, in the first place, she sets out to prove her brother’s innocence.

The story follows Walter Gilman, who takes a room in the Witch House, an accursed house in Akham, Lovecraft's fictional New England town. The house once harbored Keziah Mason, a witch who disappeared mysteriously from a Salem jail in 1692. Gilman discovers that over the centuries most of its occupants have died prematurely. In his dreams while at the house, Gilman travels to the city of Elder Things and communes with the evil witch and her henchmen.

Sometimes monsters are not just monsters - they are reflections of ourselves, mirrors of our own darkness and light. But do monsters only exist as a figment of our imagination, or are they real? In this late 19th-century crime fiction horror novel, Henry Blackshaw, the owner of a derelict manor, hires private detective Stephen Moore to investigate a series of strange disappearances on his property. As the detective and his team ponder who may be responsible for the missing victims, confronted with chilling evidence that makes their blood run cold, they come to a terrifying conclusion... ...