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A collection of four ghostly tales inspired by M. R. James: Casting the Runes, Lost Hearts, The Treasure of Abbott-Thomas and A View from the Hill.

Maria King knows a secret London. Born blind, she knows the city by sound and touch and smell. But surgery has restored her sight - only for her to find she doesn't want it. Jonathan Dark sees the shadowy side of the city. A DI with the Metropolitan Police, he is haunted by his failure to save a woman from the hands of stalker. Now it seems the killer has set his sights on Maria and is leaving her messages in the most gruesome of ways.

Stephen Killigan has been cold since the day he came to Cambridge as a junior lecturer. Something about the seven hundred years of history staining the stones of the university has given him a chill he can't shake. When he stumbles across the body of a missing beauty queen, he thinks he's found the reason.

A gritty and thrilling anthology of 28 new short stories in tribute to pulp noir master, Cornell Woolrich, author of 'Rear Window', the inspiration behind Alfred Hitchock's classic film. Featuring Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, James Sallis, A.K. Benedict, USA Today-bestseller Samantha Lee Howe, Joe R. Lansdale and many more.

DS Rowan Hunter is on the case of a lifetime. Tasked with investigating a series of perplexing deaths, the only lead she has is that each appears to be based on a different classic fairy tale. Far from the stuff of bedtime stories, the press is having a field day with what they have named the Grimm Ripper Murders. But Rowan is about to make an astonishing discovery. One that will turn her whole world on its head. Because she herself is actually a story – a tale being told by a kidnapped writer, who is feeding her clues as the sentences unfurl.

Die blinde Maria ist ein "mudlark", sie sucht im Schlamm des Londoner Themseufers nach verborgenen Schätzen. Eines Tages findet sie einen abgehackten menschlichen Finger mit einem gelben Diamantring, dazu eine Botschaft in Braille: "Willst du mich heiraten, Maria?" Detective Inspector Jonathan Dark ist höchst beunruhigt, sucht er doch unter Hochdruck nach einem Stalker, der sein letztes Opfer, Tanya, mit ebensolchen Botschaften beglückte, bevor er die junge Frau tötete.

Seit Stephen Killigan als Philosophiedozent in Cambridge angefangen hat, ist ihm kalt bis auf die Knochen. Sind es die 700jährigen Steine der ehrwürdigen Universität, die ihn frösteln lassen? Als er eines Abends auf die Leiche eines vermissten Mädchens stößt, versteht er plötzlich, warum. Doch der wahre Horror beginnt erst - denn die Tote ist kurz darauf spurlos verschwunden. Seine fieberhaften Nachforschungen führen Killigan in eine Welt von tödlicher Schönheit.