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Tanjiro sets out on the path of the Demon Slayer to save his sister
and avenge his family! In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a
kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal. But his
peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire
family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has
been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a
dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and
destroy the demon who ruined his life. During final selection for
the Demon Slayer Corps, Tanjiro faces a disfigured demon and uses
the techniques taught by his master, Urokodaki! As Tanjiro begins
to walk the path of the Demon Slayer, his search for the demon who
murdered his family leads him to investigate the disappearances of
young girls in a nearby town.
Frankenstein is the classic gothic horror novel which has thrilled
and engrossed readers for two centuries. Written by Mary Shelley,
it is a story which she intended would 'curdle the blood and
quicken the beatings of the heart.' The tale is a superb blend of
science fiction, mystery and thriller. Victor Frankenstein driven
by the mad dream of creating his own creature, experiments with
alchemy and science to build a monster stitched together from dead
remains. Once the creature becomes a living breathing articulate
entity, it turns on its maker and the novel darkens into tragedy.
The reader is very quickly swept along by the force of the elegant
prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multi-layered themes
in the novel. Although first published in 1818, Shelley's
masterpiece still maintains a strong grip on the imagination and
has been the inspiration for numerous horror movies, television and
stage adaptations.
Harry Gilmore has no idea of the terrible danger he faces when he
meets a beautiful girl in a local student bar. Drugged and
abducted, Harry wakes up in a secure wooden compound deep in the
Welsh countryside, where he is groomed by the leaders of a
manipulative cult, run by the self-proclaimed new messiah known as
The Master. When the true nature of the cult becomes apparent,
Harry looks for any opportunity to escape. But as time passes, he
questions if The Master's extreme behavior and teachings are the
one true religion. With Harry's life hanging by a thread, a team of
officers, led by Detective Inspector Laura Kesey, investigate his
disappearance. But will they find him before it's too late?
*Previously published as The Girl in White*
'A masterpiece of the genre' If you mess with the Glass family,
don't expect to live to tell the tale... What was meant to be a
straightforward jewellery heist goes horribly wrong, and the
thieves are forced to take a hostage to make their escape. But when
they discover their prisoner is the infamous Nina Glass - one of
the bosses of the most dangerous criminal dynasty in London - they
soon realise they have made a terrible mistake. Greed wins out over
good sense and the gang decide to make the best of a bad situation.
They send Luke Glass a ransom note, but they're messing with the
wrong people. The Glass family have other problems. The crooked cop
they have on their payroll - DCI Oliver Stanford - makes an
unwelcome discovery. The insider they had all presumed dead, may in
fact have survived, and still be feeding information to the police.
Under attack from all sides, and desperate to save his sister, Luke
has the reputation and survival of the Glass family in his hands -
is this the end of their empire? Three people can keep a secret -
if two of them are dead... Pacey, explosive and unforgettable,
Hustle is perfect for fans of Martina Cole, Kimberley Chambers and
Mandasue Heller. What readers say about Owen Mullen: 'Owen Mullen
knows how to ramp up the action just when it's needed... he never
fails to give you hard-hitting thrillers that have moments that
will stay with you forever...' 'One of the very best thriller
writers I have ever read.' 'Owen Mullen writes a good story, he
really brings his characters to life and the endings are hard to
guess and never what you expected.'
This novel is a story of two working-class sisters, but the main
protagonist is Paris, suburban Paris, the Paris of railway
stations, cheap restaurants and cafe-concerts, and the passages
that describe the music-halls and crowds of the Avenue de Maine and
the Boulevard Saint Michel have a visual immediacy."
A thrilling Kaiju No. 8 spin-off, with stories focusing on fan-favorite characters! A spin-off of the smash hit Kaiju No. 8, this manga takes a deeper look at some of the series’ most beloved characters. See Hoshina, Shinomiya, and others in the past as they struggle to find themselves through battle with deadly kaiju! In this second of two volumes, a young Shinomiya finishes her battle with a killer crustacean-type kaiju in a training exercise full of surprises. Then the action focuses on Narumi’s past. He’s got all the potential in the world but an attitude destined to squander it! Can Vice-Captain Itami straighten him out?
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Due to a Death
(Paperback)
Mary Kelly; Introduction by Martin Edwards
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"Her writing is moment by moment intense, and successful as such...
What propels the reader through the pages is not the tug of 'who
done it' nor the excitement of men with guns coming through doors,
but the sheer excellence of the writing." - H.R.F. Keating A car
speeds down a road between miles of marshes and estuary flats, its
passenger a young woman named Agnes, fresh from a discovery that
has turned her world turned upside down. Meanwhile, the news of a
body found on the marsh is spreading round the local area, panic
following in its wake. A masterpiece of suspense, Mary Kelly's 1962
novel follows Agnes as she casts her mind back through the past few
days to find the links between her husband, his friends, a
mysterious stranger new to the village and a case of unexplained
death. Gripping, intelligent and affecting, Due to a Death was
nominated for the Gold Dagger Award and showcases the author's
versatility and willingness to push the boundaries of the mystery
genre.
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Empire
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Clifford D. Simak
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Dandadan, Vol. 3
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Yukinobu Tatsu; Translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian
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AÂ nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for
the secret power of his “family jewel,” so who better to
fight alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit
granny?! Momo Ayase and Okarun are on opposite sides of the
paranormal spectrum regarding what they’ll believe in and what
they won’t. Their quest to prove each other wrong leads them down
a path of secret crushes and paranormal battles they’ll have to
participate in to believe! Okarun, a high school boy obsessed with
supernatural phenomena, has lost his precious family jewels in a
battle with Turbo Granny! His classmate Aira ends up finding one,
and it awakens spiritual powers within her. Around this same time,
a strange woman in a red dress appears at the school and attacks
Aira, Okarun, and Momo! Who is she, and what’s with her obsession
with Aira?
'"I should imagine this was murder, too, because it would be very
difficult to build yourself into a heap of sandbags and then
die..."' In the blackout conditions of a wintry London night,
amateur sleuth Agnes Kinghof and a young air-raid warden have
stumbled upon a corpse stowed in the walls of their street's bomb
shelter. As the police begin their investigation, the night is
interrupted once again when Agnes's upstairs neighbour Mrs Sibley
is terrorised by the sight of a grisly pig's head at her
fourth-floor window. With the discovery of more sinister threats
mysteriously signed 'Pig-sticker', Agnes and her husband Andrew -
unable to resist a good mystery - begin their investigation to
deduce the identity of a villain living amongst the tenants of
their block of flats. A witty and lighthearted mystery full of
intriguing period detail, this rare gem of Golden Age crime returns
to print for the first time since its publication in 1943.
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Two-Way Murder
(Paperback)
E.C.R. Lorac; Introduction by Martin Edwards
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A lost novel from the golden age of crime, published for the very
first time. It happened on a dark and misty night; the night of the
ball at The Prince's Hall, Fordings. Abuzz with rumours surrounding
the disappearance of Rosemary Reeve on the eve of last year's ball,
the date proves ill-fated again when two homebound partygoers, Nick
and Dilys, come to a swerving halt before a corpse on the road.
Arriving at the scene to the news that Nick has been attacked after
telephoning for the police, Inspector Turner suspects there may be
more to the case than deadly accident. It's not long before Waring
of the local C.I.D. is drawn into the investigation, faced with the
task of unravelling an increasingly tangled knot of misleading
alibis and deep-rooted local grievances. Written in the last years
of the author's life, this previously unpublished novel is a
tribute to Lorac's enduring skill for constructing an ingenious
puzzle, replete with memorable characters and gripping detective
work. This edition also includes an introduction by the CWA Diamond
Dagger Award-winning author Martin Edwards.
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