Old Suspense

I was raised to smile, to serve, to obey. But obedience is just another weapon in the Castiglione arsenal, and I’ve learned how to use it well. They think I’m the good sister. The soft one. The safe one. But they forget… no one’s more dangerous than a woman who plays by the rules… until she doesn’t. Across the city, Priest is making his own kind of choice—one that ends in blood, loyalty, and a betrayal that leaves him colder than ever. Twisted Obedience takes place before Beautiful Devotion. Two lives unraveling in silence, on opposite sides of power. One built to follow rules...

After a gruelling stint as the most powerful woman in the world, Angela can finally put her feet up. With her quantum-chemist husband Achim, her bodyguard Mike and their new pug Putin, she has retired to the idyllic north German village of Kleinfreudenstadt-on-Dumpfsee. But it isn’t easy to settle into country life. Baking and hiking just aren’t as exciting as global financial meltdowns or deranged American presidents. And Angela’s fellow villagers all seem to want something, from her xenophobic AfD-voting namesake to the local aristocrat desperate to bury her family’s Nazi past.

When Betsy Stevenson signed up for the writer’s conference, she thought she’d see her Houston friends and learn more about the craft of writing. However, rain, canceled flights, and a chance meeting with Dillon McCloud (a mystery writer and keynote speaker) turns her life into a back-to-back adventure. And the mayhem has to include Rose Wilford, Betsy’s bestest friend in all the world. Especially since she ‘happens’ to show up at the writer’s conference, and she isn’t a writer. While she’s there – Rosie invites Dillon to join them on a girl’s trip in her RV. The famous ...

~ Lust, greed, and revenge collide... ~ Fate screwed Eden MacLaird at the age of twenty-one, stole her first love, then her first child. Twenty years later, she still hasn't found her happily-ever-after. Sure, from the outside, she appears to have it all, including Declan, her gorgeous, rich-as-sin husband. But things aren't what they seem, and catching Declan in bed with her best friend destroys any dreams she harbors for love, much less sexual fulfillment. Then in walks Sean Bennett... Just months away from earning his law degree, Sean's smart, driven, and serious, but an unexpected ...

Ruari, son of Irish media owner J J Breslin, is in desperate danger, at the mercy of ruthless kidnappers making impossible demands. His terrified mother contacts the only person she knows can help her son: Harry Jones, her former lover, who she walked out on many years ago. Now memories of their passionate affair, the guilt, hurt, anger, and humiliation come flooding back.

A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. Each year the Christmas card arrives from 'Leech', an unknown member of Timothy Trent’s family asking for money in return for their silence. But this year he’s determined to find out who is behind the cruel Christmas request and put an end to it once and for all....

Twenty years ago, sixteen-year-old Caitlin Dale died unexpectedly on the Fourth of July. Like other affluent families of Briar’s Green, Caitlin joined hers at the country’s club’s annual party. They say she slipped by the pool. A tragic accident. But her cousin Alice knows the truth. Caitlin was murdered. And Alice saw who did it.

Okay, I'm young, but my world seems to be falling apart already. Can't believe I got fired by a mean boss for helping out the needy. I'll bounce back, I always do. No small thanks to my dad. Landing a job at the company he works for sounds perfect. What a surprise when I arrive on my first day. The grey-haired CEO I thought I'd be working for? Turns out he retired, and his hot-as-hell son took over.

There I was in my house one morning, drinking my coffee not long after my wife had left for work, when I heard a knock at the door. I thought it was a package being delivered, but when I opened the door, standing out there with a smile and looking hot, as usual, was Sarah, the 18-year-old white chick who lived next door. She asked to come inside, and I thought to myself, why not? It wasn’t long after Sarah came in my house when I found out what she wanted. It turned out her boyfriend apparently had a small one, and he just wasn’t satisfying her. She had come to me -- Rashaad, her 45-...

The Cornish village of St. Petroc is the sort of place where people come to hide. Tom Killgannon is one such person. An ex-undercover cop, Tom is in the Witness Protection Program hiding from some very violent people, and St. Petroc’s offers him a chance to live a safe and quiet life. Until he meets Lila. Lila is a 17-year-old runaway. When she breaks into Tom’s house, she takes more than just his money. His wallet holds everything about his new identity. He also knows that Lila is in danger from the travelers’ commune she has been living at.

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like Ozzie and Harriet, Raymond Burr, Don Ameche, and many more.

Jillian was 20 years old and she was studying abroad in Paris. She was so busy and she hadn’t seen her loved ones in quite some time, so Sara, Kellie, and Sara’s handsome 54-year-old boyfriend Joaquin all decided to fly over to France and visit Jillian for 10 days. When they arrived, Jillian realized how attracted she was to Joaquin, even though he was Sara’s boyfriend and he was so much older than her, and she felt that he was attracted to her, too. Jillian even found herself alone in her apartment pleasuring herself after the first day, while fantasizing about Joaquin. One evening, ...

Recently divorced, Kelly finds herself back in her hometown. Deciding that starting over is key, she and her son take to living a new life. When a second chance with Mason, an old flame, ignites, Kelly is excited to feel love again. But something is wrong. Someone is watching them, waiting to strike. Someone that knows them. Someone...close.

I was almost 19 and I was seeing this guy Jason who was my age, but I thought that 48-year-old Curt was really hot and sexy, and he had a really cool job — he was a private investigator that caught people cheating on their husband or wife. I had been fantasizing about what it would be like to get dirty with Curt, since he was an older and much more experienced man than any I had ever been with. One evening, while I was over their house and Jason was playing video games and basically ignoring me, Curt said that he had a new assignment. That night, he was going to follow a guy whose wife ...

When a blind, retired dentist is run down by a logging truck as he crosses the road to post a letter, Dr Siri Paiboun, official and only coroner of Laos, finds him faced with his most explosive case yet. The dentist’s mortal remains aren’t nearly as intriguing as the letter in his pocket. Written in invisible ink and encrypted, the letter presents Dr Siri with an irresistible challenge.

Dark and hazy nights were both their sword and shield... Liz Danger surrounded her. Escape seemed impossible. Hope came from the last place she expected. She knew his name...everyone did. But she knew nothing about the man he really was. Or if he had any chance at saving her. Sam The plan was a good one. If it worked. He had the perfect cover story. He’d be the one asking all the questions. Looking for answers was the story of his life and everyone knew it...expected it. This time though...the stories could turn out differently than expected. Sam and Liz knew the trip wouldn’t be easy ...

Allison was 49, still plenty hot and sexy, and she had been married to her 51-year-old husband Donald for 23 years. Allison had quite a strong sex drive, and what she really needed to get off was to get it extremely hard and deep, over and over again. Donald used to be able to do that for her, but over the past year, his stamina had dropped dramatically. One Saturday morning, when Allison and Donald were in bed together getting naughty, Donald finished too quickly, and when Allison tried to get him aroused again, her husband dozed off right in the middle of things! Allison was upset and ...

Southern Australia, 1983. While Middle-aged stalwart Miriam rolls into town in her broken down car, Frankie—a deer hunter—is up in the forested hinterland with her gun.

Harriet and Mark have it all: successful careers, a lovely house in a leafy London suburb, twin boys on the cusp of leaving home. Yvette and Gary share a smaller place with their two daughters in a shabbier part of the same borough. But when the stars align for a collective move north, it means a fresh start for them all. For Mark, it’s a chance to escape the rat race; for Harriet, a distraction from her unfulfilled dream of a late third child. Gary has decided to reboot the Madchester band that made him famous, while Yvette hopes it will give her daughters what she never had.

Was geschah 1947 wirklich in Roswell? Im 3. Teil der Thriller-Reihe "Old Bones" verschlägt es Archäologin Nora Kelly und FBI-Agentin Corrie Swanson an einen der geheimnisumwittertsten Orte der USA. Endlich soll eines der bestgehüteten Geheimnisse der amerikanischen Geschichte gelüftet werden: Was hat es mit dem angeblichen Absturz eines UFOs bei Roswell auf sich?