The New Girl Friend and other Stories of Suspense
By: Ruth Rendell
3.58
Format: 195 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Eleven sinister short stories, from murder, perversion, corruption, blackmail and secret terrors th…
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1. The Signalman
By: Charles Dickens , Scott Cohn
3.66
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Presents the tale of a young man who, after listening to an eccentric railroad signalman's predicti… read more
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"Hallow! Below there!"-Charles Dickens, The Signalman
2. Death Is Now My Neighbor (Inspector Morse, #12)
By: Colin Dexter
3.98
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
The peaceful quadrangle of Lonsdale College seems remote from the shocks of the outside world - suc… read more
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- mystery thriller
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3. The Brimstone Wedding
By: Ruth Rendell , Barbara Vine
4.03
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Jenny's marriage is loveless, and she is having an affair. She works at an old people's home, where… read more
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4. The Case of the Sulky Girl
By: Erle Stanley Gardner
3.50
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Unable to marry due to a stipulation in her late father's will--which states that she will lose his… read more
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5. Complete Stories
By: Dorothy Parker , Regina Barreca , Colleen Bresse
3.87
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
As this complete collection of her short stories demonstrates, Dorothy Parker's talents extended fa… read more
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- short stories
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6. The Venice Train
By: Georges Simenon , Alastair Hamilton
4.05
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Au retour des vacances, Justin Calmar prend seul le train de Venise a Paris ; sa femme et ses enfan… read more
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7. L'Herbe des nuits
By: Patrick Modiano
4.00
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
' Jean... Qu'est-ce que tu dirais si j'avais fait quelque chose de grave ? ' J'avoue que cette ques… read more
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- fiction
8. The Three Coffins (Dr. Gideon Fell, #6)
By: John Dickson Carr
4.04
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
Professor Charles Grimaud was explaining to some friends the natural causes behind an ancient super… read more
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9. The Remorseful Day (Inspector Morse, #13)
By: Colin Dexter
4.12
Format: 543 pages, Hardcover
The final Inspector Morse mystery finds the cunning detective and the long-suffering Sergeant Lewis… read more
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10. The Ice Twins
By: S.K. Tremayne
4.40
Format: 436 pages, Hardcover
A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moo… read more
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- fiction
11. Company of Liars
By: Karen Maitland
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
The year is 1348. The Black Plague grips the country. In a world ruled by faith and fear, nine desp… read more
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12. The Sleeping Doll (Kathryn Dance, #1)
By: Jeffery Deaver
3.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Special Agent Kathryn Dance -- a brilliant interrogator and kinesics expert with the Californi… read more
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13. Young Goodman Brown
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
3.17
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
Hawthorne's classic tale of a young Puritan's meeting with the Devil. read more
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15. The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1)
By: Josephine Tey
3.77
Format: 255 pages, Paperback
Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the… read more
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- british literature
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- mystery
- crime
16. I Married a Dead Man
By: Cornell Woolrich
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pregnant, abandoned by her slimy husband and destitute, Helen Georgesson boards a train going west.… read more
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17. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (Dirk Gently, #2)
By: Douglas Adams
3.66
Format: 325 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When a passenger check-in desk at London's Heathrow Airport disappears in a ball of orange flame, t… read more
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18. If Only It Were True
By: Marc Levy , Jeremy Leggatt
3.95
Format: 473 pages, Hardcover
What do you do when you find a stranger in your closet; particularly when she's surprised that you … read more
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19. Bel-Ami
By: Guy de Maupassant , Douglas Parmée
3.85
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Guy de Maupassant's scandalous tale of an opportunistic young man corrupted by the allure of power,… read more
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- fiction
"In fact living is dying."-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
"Vivre enfin, c'est mourir!"-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
"The only certainty is death."-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
"I drink to the victory of the mind over the millions."-Guy de Maupassant, Bel-Ami
20. L'amico ritrovato
By: Arthur Koestler , None , Fred Uhlman
3.00
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover edition can be found . Due ragazzi sedicenni frequentano la stessa scuola esclu… read more
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21. Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories
By: Colin Dexter
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
In short mysteries so brilliantly plotted they'll confound the cleverest of souls, Inspector Morse … read more
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22. De usynlige (Ingrid Barrøy, #1)
By: Roy Jacobsen
4.00
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Ingrid vokser opp på en øy. Havet er hennes eventyr. Fisken, stormen, fattigdommen. Hun eier årstid… read more
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- fiction
"...once you settle on an island, you never leave, an island holds on to what it has with all its might and main."-Roy Jacobsen, De usynlige (Ingrid Barrøy, #1)
23. The Necklace
By: Guy de Maupassant , Gary Kelley
3.35
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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24. Invisible Things
By: Mat Johnson
3.53
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
A sharp allegorical novel about a hidden human civilization, a crucial election, and a mysterious i… read more
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25. Little Eve
By: Catriona Ward
3.75
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
A heart-pounding tale of faith and family, with a devastating twist“A great day is upon us. He is c… read more
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"It is a kind of privilege, to witness the darkness."-Catriona Ward, Little Eve
"I don't know which is worse - suffering or the memory of it. Memory, perhaps, because it does not end."-Catriona Ward, Little Eve
26. Ghost Wall
By: Sarah Moss
3.73
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
In the north of England, far from the intrusions of cities but not far from civilization, Silvie an… read more
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- british literature
"It was bright again, as if England had forgotten how to rain"-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall
"Lights blind you; there's a lot you miss by gathering at the fireside."-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall
"Haven't you been listening, people don't bother to hurt what they don't love. To sacrifice it."-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall
"I knew better than to challenge him; even the word 'Negro' was already some concession to my ideas because he preferred to use a more offensive term and wait, chin raised, for a reaction."-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall
27. The Lady with the Little Dog
By: Anton Chekhov
3.72
Format: 15 pages, Kindle Edition
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) may have suffered an untimely death, but he squeezed the most out of his … read more
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"Anna Sergeevna e lui si amavano come due esseri molto vicini, affini, come marito e moglie, come se il destino li avesse destinati l'uno all'altra e non capivano perché li aveva fatti sposare con alt…"-Anton Chekhov, The Lady with the Little Dog
28. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
By: Guy de Maupassant
3.89
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more
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"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)
29. The Stolen Bacillus
By: H.G. Wells
3.26
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
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30. The New Girl Friend and other Stories of Suspense
By: Ruth Rendell
3.58
Format: 195 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Eleven sinister short stories, from murder, perversion, corruption, blackmail and secret terrors th… read more
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31. La mort est une garce
By: Baptiste Beaulieu
3.19
Format: 15 pages, Kindle Edition
Un vieux médecin se souvient de sa première dissection, de son grand amour et de son goût immodéré … read more
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