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Sacrifice
(Paperback)
Katee Robert
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Rome, 1656
In the shadowy backstreets of the Eternal City lies an apothecary – a
place for women to take their heartbreaks and troubles. Herbs for
childbirth. Tarot readings to tell their fortunes. An undetectable
poison that can kill in four drops.
Alongside her circle of female poisoners, Giulia Tofana dispenses her
deadly potion to free the downtrodden women of the city from their
abusive husbands.
But even in a time of plague, it does not go unnoticed when the men of
Rome begin to fall like flies.
With a newly elected Pope hell-bent on ridding the city of heretics and
witches, and the Holy Office of the Inquisition on her tail, Giulia is
in more danger than ever. . .
How far will she go for the women who need her help?
Soon to be a new HBO Series from J.J. Abrams, Misha Green and Jordan Peele (Director of Get Out)
Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, twenty-two year-old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his Uncle George – publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide – and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite – heir to the estate that owned one of Atticus’s ancestors – they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours.
At the manor, Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner by a secret cabal named the Order of the Ancient Dawn – led by Samuel Braithwhite and his son Caleb – which has gathered to orchestrate a ritual that shockingly centers on Atticus. And his one hope of salvation may be the seed of his – and the whole Turner clan’s – destruction.
A chimerical blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of two black families, Lovecraft Country is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism – the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today.
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Queen
(Paperback)
Katee Robert
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R329
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Where there was fire, ashes remain . . .
Costa Rica, 1968.
A deadly fire rips through the American Fruit Company's most lucrative
banana plantation, destroying all evidence of a massive cover-up.
That same night, Teresa Cepeda Valverde’s mother is murdered, and her
husband vanishes into the darkness.
Decades later, as a hurricane twists through the streets of Barrio
Ávila, Teresa’s estranged daughter Lyra begins to piece together the
mysteries lost in the blaze. In her desire to find the truth of her own
family's rupture, she uncovers a web of devastating betrayals, stoked
by machismo, jealousy and greed.
Twice upon a time - for that is how some stories should continue . . .
Phoebe, an eight-year-old girl, lies comatose following a car accident.
She is a body without a spirit, a stolen child. Ceres, her mother, can
only sit by her bedside and read aloud to her the fairy stories she
loves in the hope they might summon her back to this world.
But it is hard to keep faith, so very hard . . .
Now an old house on the hospital grounds, a property connected to a
book written by a vanished author, is calling to Ceres. Something wants
her to enter, and to journey - to a land coloured by the memories of
Ceres's childhood, and the folklore beloved of her father, to a land of
witches and dryads, giants and mandrakes; to a land where old enemies
are watching, and waiting.
To the Land of Lost Things.
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Dracula
(Hardcover)
Elizabeth Miller
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R1,086
Discovery Miles 10 860
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From New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author T.
Kingfisher comes a dark retelling of the Brothers Grimm's Goose Girl,
rife with secrets, murder, and forbidden magic.
Perfect for fans of Naomi Novic, Alix E. Harrow and Nettle & Bone.
Cordelia knows her mother is unusual. Their house doesn't have any
doors between rooms―there are no secrets in this house!―Cordelia isn't
allowed to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother's
beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on
her daily rides with him.
But more than a few quirks set her mother apart. Other parents can't
force their daughters to be silent and motionless―obedient―for hours or
days on end. Other mothers aren't . . . sorcerers.
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A killing like no other. A
killer more twisted than he's ever seen before. A case that will
test him to the limit. Has Robert Hunter finally met his match? 'Do
you believe the Devil exists, Detective?' the officer at the end of
the line asks. 'Because if you don't . . . I'm sure you will once
you get here.' Robert Hunter is called to the most vicious crime
scene he has ever attended. It is made even more disturbing when
the autopsy reveals a poem, left by the killer, inside the body of
their victim. Soon, another body is found. The methods and
signature of the murder differs, but the level of violence used
suggests that the same person is behind both crimes. Hunter's fears
are confirmed when a second part of the poem is found. But this
discovery does more than just link the two killings - it suggests
that this is the work of a serial murderer. With no forensic
evidence to go on, Robert Hunter must catch the most disciplined
and systematic killer that he has ever encountered, someone who
thrives on the victims' fear, and to whom death is a lesson that
needs to be taught. From #1 Sunday Times and multi-million copy
bestselling author, Chris Carter, comes the most compelling and
ruthless Robert Hunter thriller yet. PRAISE FOR CHRIS CARTER
'Wonderful storytelling, with a superbly drawn killer, it
underlines exactly how good Carter has become' Daily Mail 'Former
criminal psychologist Carter knows what he's talking about when it
comes to creating bone-chilling serial killers, so be prepared for
a terror ride' Heat 'Carter has a background in criminal psychology
and the killers at the centre of his novels are all the more
terrifying for it' Mail on Sunday 'Carter is one of those authors
who makes writing look effortless ... I couldn't put it down' Crime
Squad 'An insanely good crime series. Extraordinarily well written,
high quality and high drama all the way' Liz Loves Books 'An
intriguing and scary thriller' Better Reading 'A gripping feast of
thrills' Shots 'A gripping psychological thriller' Breakaway 'This
is a chilling, compulsive portrait of a psychopath, and proves that
Carter is now in the Jeffery Deaver class' Daily Mail 'Punchy and
fast paced' Sunday Mirror
A mariner inherits a skull that screams incessantly along with the
roar of the sea; a phantom hare stalks the moors to deliver justice
for a crime long dead; a man witnesses a murder in the woods near
St. Ives, only to wonder whether it was he himself who committed
the crime. Offering a bounty of lost or forgotten strange and
Gothic tales set in Cornwall, Cornish Horrors explores the rich
folklore and traditions of the region in a journey through mines,
local mythology, shipwrecks, seascapes, and the coming of the
railway and tourism. With stories by Gothic luminaries such as Bram
Stoker and Edgar Allan Poe, this new collection also features
chilling yarns of the haunted peninsula from a host of
underappreciated writers from the past two centuries.
In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a
solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one
moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying
an unexpected guest - the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a feverish
friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion.
But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to
eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by
nightmares and growing weaker by the day... Pre-dating Dracula by
twenty-six years, Carmilla is the original vampire story, steeped
in sexual tension and gothic romance.
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Earthlings
(Paperback)
Sayaka Murata; Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
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R250
Discovery Miles 2 500
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FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY, INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Mind-blowing, twisted and wildly entertaining, Earthlings asks: how
far would you go just to be yourself? As a child, Natsuki believed
she was an alien, a different species to her earthling family and
classmates. She hoped a spaceship would come down and take her
home. Now, she lives quietly in an asexual marriage, pretending to
be normal. But the buried horrors of Natsuki's past are pursuing
her. As she flees the suburbs for the Nagano mountains and a
reunion with her beloved cousin Yuu, she wonders, what will it take
to escape the earthlings?
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