Irish Mystery

"The Grand Babylon Hotel" is a novel by Arnold Bennett about the mysterious disappearance of a German prince. The protagonists are an American millionaire, Mr. Racksole, and his daughter Nella. While staying at the supremely exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel, Nella asks for a steak and Bass beer for dinner, but the order is refused. To get her what she wants, Racksole buys the entire hotel. Strange things are happening in the there.

A German advocate of the Kaiser discovers he is a facial/physical match for young Englishman Everard Dominey, who is near death after harrowing experiences in Africa. The remarkable doppelgänger resemblance leads Major-General Baron Leopold Von Ragastein to infiltrate the UK in perfect disguise. He wants to lead his country’s efforts as Europe is racing toward war. Part of the plan is to murder Dominey and have the Baron take his place in English society.

Known as Black Irish to the rogue vampires he hunts, Joe Gunn returns to face an ancient power known as The Dreamer who the vamps fear more than sunlight. The Dreamer wishes to launch an all out war against the vampires that would result in countless human deaths and plunge the world into a new dark age.

En Angleterre, de nos jours. Meg et Grace Nichols, ce sont peu les pierres angulaires qui cimentent le petit village de pêcheurs d'Ashford, dans les Cornouailles. Tout le monde aime et aide cette mère célibataire qui a tout sacrifié pour prendre soin, seule, de sa fille Grace, une ado lourdement handicapée et totalement dépendante. Jusqu'à ce matin d'été : Meg est découverte assassinée dans son lit ; de Grace, il ne reste que le fauteuil roulant, abandonné dans le jardin.

Dublin’s dogs are mysteriously disappearing! No guard dogs means thieves are running riot, and with no sheepdogs to herd the animals in Smithfield market, the city is overrun with sheep and goats…and even worse, Dublin’s cats are having an absolute field day! The dwindling doggy population is being blamed on a curious creature known as the Irish Yeti, a tall, terrifying shaggy beast with snow-white fur and red, glowing eyes. Bram Stoker, Molly Malone and the Sackville Street Spooks are fascinated by this monster, but when Molly’s own dog goes missing, the friends decide enough is enough.

Billy “Irish” O’Callahan had been a soldier all his adult life. Growing up he knew he wanted to help those who needed it. After returning home from war, his beloved nation falls into ruin from foreign invaders. Becoming a lawless wasteland filled with raiders and religious cults, Billy attempts to find his ex-best friend and fellow ex-soldier Greg “Devil Dog D.D.” Kruger after learning he killed his mother

At approximately 16:00, this office received a telephonic communication that two journals were recovered near Johnson Village, Colorado, following incident [redacted]. Journal number one contains approximately 200 pages and is leather-bound. Source is a caucasian male: Jack Reynolds, automotive mechanic, 33 years of age. Journal number two contains approximately 200 pages and is hard-bound in red. Source is a caucasian female: Lisa James, doctor of medicine, 31 years of age.

Meet Jack Irish, a some-time lawyer, part-time private eye, spare-time cabinet maker and full-time lover of strong coffee, swift horses, and spirited women. A phone message from ex-client Danny McKillop doesn't ring any bells for Jack ¿ life is hard enough without having to dredge up old problems. But when Danny turns up dead, Jack is forced to take a walk back into his dark and dangerous past.

In this second volume of paranormal stories, the author goes a step further. As well as new investigations, this book includes events that have happened in the author's own home. Is someone patrolling the fort and doing their duty long after the inmates have gone? What was the energy that tried but failed to enter the old graveyard? What was in the castle chapel that seemed to resent the investigators' presence? There are many locations in Ireland that hold mysteries similar to these.

Do you believe in ghosts? Do you doubt that the spirit world exists? Are you looking for proof? This book tells it like it is. Listen to it with an open mind, but remember, we are all looking for proof and, until we find it, legends and tales like these are simply legends and tales that are waiting to be investigated further. I have been honest in my accounts of my own experiences, but as the name suggests, they are personal experiences. However, I will keep investigating until I find at least some answers to my many questions.

This Christmas time, things are not all fine. For there's trouble at Devlin's Department Store, and it all seems to centre on the first floor. Where strangely, one can hear a cuckoo chime...T'is the season to be jolly. And Old Tom must crack the case, before he can hang up his holly.

The opening story in this collection follows Vinny, Kevin, and a mourning family from Liverpool on a journey to Wales. What should be a simple trip turns into something much darker. A cross between Roddy Doyle and Ken Follett, this political storytelling meets you wherever you are on life’s journey, and stays with you.

Alexandra and her two bestest friends, Ryker and Chunks, set out to prove that their new teacher Miss Witchner is indeed a real Witch, and has kidnapped their teacher Mrs. Bristol in an attempt to take over their class, the school, and eventually the world!

Un incorrigible parieur veut susciter, par défi, les conditions d'un meurtre qui n'a aucune raison d'être. A quoi le mènera cette perversité ?

Deux jeunes femmes de la bourgeoisie prennent le thé. L'une se plaint de l'enfer que lui fait vivre son mari, l'autre lui suggère de commettre un crime parfait : "la mort causé par l'imagination".

Lindsay is in her final year of high school, and is forced by her mother to take a babysitting job for one of her co-workers, Priscilla Thomson. Lindsay arrives at the home and finds out that the boy she is babysitting is named "Fang". The little boy talks ominously of "monsters outside", while waiting for the full moon to appear. Lindsay scoffs at the boy's ideas, until she hears howling outside the window.