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Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment. They are above all—the most powerful men in the world. They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power. And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.

Adam Nevill's The Ritual is an August Derleth Award winner. It was the dead thing they found hanging from a tree that changed the trip beyond recognition. When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of...

From Britain's 'master of horror', Adam Nevill, comes The Ritual, winner of the August Derleth Award and perfect for fans of Stephen King. Now a major film with Rafe Spall. Four old university friends reunite for a hiking trip in the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle. No longer young...

I was to wed a Lord of my parents’ choosing. Wealth can’t buy you everything, or I would have had freedom years ago. Instead, my strict parents made sure I lived a dull life in a mansion resembling a prison. But on my wedding day, I was handed over to another man—an even more ruthless Lord that my family hated. Tyson Riley Crawford only wanted me for his revenge. I’m nothing more than a debt to be paid. I didn’t have a say in the matter. So when I said my vows before the congregation, I knew I’d break them. Consequences be damned.

Just after lunch on a Tuesday in April, nine feet under water, police diver Flea Marley closes her gloved fingers around a human hand. The fact that there's no body attached is disturbing enough. Yet more disturbing is the discovery, a day later, of the matching hand. Both have been recently amputated, and the indications are that the victim was still alive when they were removed. DI Jack Caffery has been newly seconded to the Major Crime Investigation Unit in Bristol. He and Flea soon establish that the hands belong to a boy who has recently disappeared.

Cath Greenstone is running out of time. The Moon Ritual is nearing, and her potion refuses to come together, no matter how carefully she follows the steps. When a series of strange break-ins unsettles Wonder Falls, something supernatural seems to be interfering. With Bea days away from giving birth, Aunt Astrid weakened by troubling visions, and her telepathic black cat Treacle on high alert, Cath begins to suspect the disturbances are not random.

The Crime Writers’ Association Historical Dagger Winning Author Winner of the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel ‘It’s hard to think of a better guide than D. V. Bishop to the brutality and glamour of Renaissance Florence’ – Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Royal Secret...

Siete pies, cortados y atados entre sí, aparecen flotando en el río Sena, cerca de la sede central de la Policía Judicial francesa. Se forma rápidamente un equipo de investigación, dirigido por el capitán Martin Vaas. La búsqueda de los cuerpos a los que pertenecen esos pies hace que se reabran casos de hace más de veinte años, crímenes en los que al cadáver le faltaba un pie, cometidos cerca del curso de un río. Sin embargo, las piezas no terminan de encajar. Una misteriosa inscripción (en uno de los pies se lee «ganador») podría encerrar la clave de todo.