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It's been six years since 14-year-old Marvel Trustrom went missing - six long years for Marvel's seriously ill father, Tom Trustom, who's desperate to know what happened to his daughter. DS Zed Willard has always believed that Jonah Kobi, a serial killer serving life for the murders of four other girls in the area, is responsible for Marvel's disappearance. Can Dr Claire Roget persuade Kobi to reveal the truth and finally confess to Marvel's murder?

Robert Musil (1880-1942) is best known for his enduring masterpiece The Man Without Qualities, one of the great European works of the 20th century. It was with The Confusions of Young Master Törless first published in 1906, a challenging but very different work, that he signalled his extraordinary talent. As the nineteenth century draws to an end, young Torless is sent to a military boarding school for the sons of the nobility on the eastern outreaches of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

We’ve all experienced it. That creeping sensation of eyes on your back, the faint echo of footsteps following yours. Across the country, a madman is carefully choosing his victims. Once he has you in his sights, he won’t let go. You think you’re in control of your own life? Think again. Because The Puppet Master is coming for you, and he won’t stop until you’re dead…

From 14 best-selling authors comes a new crime thriller anthology guaranteed to keep you up all night.

The Lesson of the Master is a novella by Henry James about life and art, the choice that an artist must make, and the life that art makes. It’s the story of a young writer, Paul Overt, who becomes friends with Henry St. George, a famous author, at about the same time that he meets the love of his life. St. George tells Paul that he ought to dedicate himself to writing, and warns him against the distraction of a wife and family; he goes out of his way to persuade the young writer that marriage would destroy his creativity.

In The Puppet Master's Game, Thomas Rutledge, a brilliant lawyer with a dark secret, embarks on a ruthless journey to the pinnacle of power in Texas politics. With a pristine public image and an unseen hand that manipulates the shadows, he ascends to the governor's mansion, leaving a trail of broken lives in his wake. As the people celebrate their new leader, they remain blissfully unaware of the darkness that lurks behind his charismatic facade.

The ArmaniTalks novel bundle is a collection of three novels which will help you improve your social skills, public speaking skills, and writing skills. Self-improvement does not only have to happen through nonfiction. Fiction challenges the imagination and allows the lessons to seep into our reality. These three novels are uniquely designed to help you improve your communication skills so you can articulate your ideas with power. The three books are Cobra, Wordsmith, and Showtime.

A story about nine tips to master and manage the time of your life.

Gazing through the darkened windows of a lost childhood, Mathew must learn to cope with his dreary, questionable past, before he further rejects reality and ends up forever lost in what may be his final disturbance.

When he became depressed and felt like life had no meaning, his well-intentioned parents sent him for treatment at The House, known as the local asylum. Unwittingly for them, the staff at this mysterious place did more than treat his depression. Housed on a special secret side, Willie discovered his inner bad boy and didn't look back.