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No matter how hard life is, humanity has the power to make it bearable -- or worse. Parliament of Rooks, the new historical paranormal novel in the award-winning Yorkshire Ghosts series, contrasts the beautiful, inspiring village of Haworth today with the slum -- or rookery -- it was during the industrial revolution: rife with disease, heartache, poverty, and child slavery in the mills. In 2017, life expectancy in the UK is 81.

A single phone call from halfway across the world is all it takes to bring her home. "Ellie, something bad has happened." Desperate to escape her 'kid from the scrapyard' reputation, Ellie Rook has forged a new life for herself abroad, but tragedy strikes when her mother, Imelda, falls from a notorious waterfall. Here, according to local legend, the warrior queen Finella jumped to her death after killing a king.

Howard Rook fancies himself to be the knight protecting dear Deirdre, an ex-movie hopeful who manages to look sweetly sensational on (or off) screen. Deirdre is in deep as prime suspect for the murder of her husband, a sado-masochistic man about town,

Master of horror Lee Mountford invites you to gather round and prepare yourselves. This collection is guaranteed to have you hiding under your covers at night.

He is a body snatcher. He kills by taking over the bodies of his victims, leaving no blood or weapons at the scene of the crimes. Disillusioned by the loss of his Catholic faith, Rook seeks answers to his unique ability and finds that heaven and hell are not what he was taught to believe. Now, in their way, angels and demons seek to head off the calamity that Rook is quickly becoming because for each body he takes and each soul he breaks, he is becoming more and more Fractured.

A Devastating Plan. The Undead Rising. Worlds Ending. I’d barely had time to recover from Elsbeth Wyght’s vicious game when the call from Detective Haskins came. This time a bank robbery with a difference... and of course nothing as it seemed. With this turn of events I found myself thrust onto a shadowy trail that would lead me back to the asylum of my deepest nightmares and a desperate hunt for the truth amid a growing, cataclysmic danger.

Sarah’s life is about to be turned upside down. As the blossoming fashion designer’s best friend suddenly disappears, nobody is able or willing to provide any answers. Completely out of her depth, she turns to the Neon Lights, an underground resistance group, but will the price for their assistance prove too high for Sarah to pay?

The Big Top in California is the background which Howie Rook, ex-newspaperman and collector of murder cases, takes on for protective coloring when he is tossed an impeccable suicide by the dead man's widow. Objectively observing, taking part in the clown acts, getting the walk around from two and four legged performers, he sweats it out to prove his verdict.

Ein skrupelloser Mörder, der mit der Polizei spielt und ihr immer einen Schritt voraus ist. Der packende Stockholm-Thriller über menschliche Abgründe. Kommissar Elias Svensson und sein Sonderermittlungs-Team bei der schwedischen Polizei stehen vor einem äußerst komplexen Fall: Ein Täter, der bereits mehrere brutale Morde verübt hat, hinterlässt keinerlei handfeste Beweise. Trotzdem ist Elias überzeugt zu wissen, wer der Mörder ist. Doch das Wissen allein reicht nicht für eine Verurteilung. Er sucht Hilfe bei der Autorin Cornelia Lind, denn der Verdächtige ist hochintelligent, manipulativ und zeigt keine Reue.

Für den Tierarzt Max Leitner läuft alles bestens: Er ist beruflich erfolgreich und hat sich gerade mit der schönen Sarah verlobt. Doch ausgerechnet auf der Hochzeit seines besten Freundes erwischt Max Sarah mit seinem jüngeren Bruder Tobias. Er löst die Verlobung und wirft Sarah noch in der Nacht aus seiner Wohnung. Anschließend bricht er den Kontakt zu beiden ab.