Gothic Mystery Fantasy

As the novel opens, Lestat, having risen from the earth after a fifty-five years' sleep, and infatuated with the modern world, presents himself in all his vampire brilliance as a rock star, a superstar, a seducer of millions. And, in this blaze of adulation, daring to break the vampire oath of silence, he determines to tell his story, to rouse the generations of the living dead from their slumbers and to penetrate the riddle of his own existence.

The year is 1996, and Los Angeles is a strange and sensuous place. Morgana, a Vampire and fledgling reporter, lives in a world that could only be described as a fantasy; one where Humans, Vampires, Orcs, Elves, and other mythic races coexist in a tumultuous society. Her life is thrown into chaos when the story of a missing teenage girl lands on her desk. Her investigation thrusts her into the dark recesses of the city, finding herself undercover as a sex worker in the macabre and alluring underworld.

On his 59th birthday, Tyson Parks—a famous, but struggling, horror writer—receives an ornate antiquarian desk in the hopes it will rekindle his creative juices. Perhaps inspire him to write another best-selling book and prove his best years aren’t behind him… As Tyson begins to use the new desk, he finds himself writing copy at an unfathomable speed, becomes so focused on writing that he binges on all-night, all-day sessions that take a serious physical and psychological toll. Soon, Tyson begins acting strange. Violent.

Times are rough for Max and Sandra. They've lost their income, live in a trailer, and struggle to make ends meet - all due to the resurrected Tucker Hull. To make matters worse, the ghost detective, Marshall Drummond, refuses to move on and resides in their trailer. Barely able to afford food, they are desperate to get back on their feet. So, when Max's sole client is murdered in the mysterious Baxter House, he knows they've reached the breaking point. And there's only one way out - push on through.

'A TWISTY AND BEGUILING GOTHIC FANTASY' AVA REID 'INTRICATE, EXQUISITELY MACABRE, AND COMPLETELY UNFORGETTABLE' ALLISON SAFT 'KEPT ME GASPING FOR MORE' KALIE REID A STUNNING, TWISTING GOTHIC' ANDREW JOSEPH WHITE This is the city of miracles, but not everything miraculous is good... In a holy...

Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015. Read by actress Emilia Fox, The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night. When Faith's father is found dead under mysterious circumstances, she stumbles upon a...

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick ‘Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent’ - Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six Step into Starling House – if you dare . . . Alix E. Harrow reimagines Beauty and the Beast in this gorgeously modern Gothic fantasy, perfect for fans of V. E...

'Stunning' RICHARD SWAN 'Greathouse is a master' RYAN ROSE 'Martin by way of Sapkowski' FANFIADDICT 'Thrilling battles, compelling characters, and high stakes' SFX A LAND DIVIDED. A HISTORY INKED IN BLOOD. ONE SORCERESS'S QUEST FOR ANSWERS. The world beyond the City of the Wise is fraught with...

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds...and remembers.

Seven authors enter the manor Can they survive the story within? When legendary horror author Mortimer Queen passes, a group of writers find themselves invited to his last will and testament reading expecting a piece of his massive fortune. Each have their own unique connection to the literary...

'Chilling, atmospheric' Sunday Times 'Vivid and haunting' Emilia Hart 'Blisteringly brilliant' Anna Mazzola Will she be damned by flame… or cursed by magic? Innsbruck 1485 Helena should be doing what every other wealthy young wife is doing: keeping her husband’s house, bearing his children...

Mary Jekyll and the Athena Club foil a plot to unseat the Queen and race to save one of their own in this electrifying conclusion to the Locus Award winning trilogy that began with The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter. Life’s always an adventure for the Athena Club...especially when...

'Haunting, ominous and astonishingly dark. A mesmerising triumph.' Suzy Aspley, author of Crow Moon 'Unnerving and windswept with a wild, Gothic heart.' Jody Cooksley, author of The Small Museum 'Compelling contemporary gothic, skin-creepingly good.' Elaine Thomson, author of Hawthorn Within the...

Brought to you by Penguin. TRAPPED IN SPACE, AMI THOUGHT SHE WAS ALONE, UNTIL HER DISTRESS CALL WAS ANSWERED BY HIM. . . Thrum is a haunting, psychological sci-fi novella that will leave you wanting more . . . Ami awakes from years in stasis to find she’s at the edges of deep space, and the...

London, 1886: When a stranger with peculiar head injuries is admitted to Bethlem Asylum, the doctors are confounded by his permanent inability to recover his memory. Without any form of identity and suffering bizarre nightmares, the stranger soon finds out that he is somehow linked to a deceased nobleman who bequeaths him a farm in the Southern African Cape Colonies. After an attempt is made on his life by a clandestine order of assassins, he flees to Cape Town.

John Glover reads a selection of unabridged short stories, including "Graveyard Shift," from Stephen King's best-selling collection Night Shift...

'DELICIOUSLY DARK AND SEXY' STEPHANIE GARBER 'LUMINOUS AND EXHILARATING' REBECCA ROSS 'ALLURING AS IT IS CUTTING' ADALYN GRACE The Wolf Queen's court enforces few laws. Vanessa Hart plans on breaking each and every one. A fast-paced and romantic fantasy debut, in which a girl must survive...

Vanda Barkowski is in trouble. As the owner of a hot nightclub, she's more unconventional than most of her fellow vampires, and if some think her a little out of control, then so be it. But after three former employees filed a complaint about her temper, Vanda is sentenced to an anger management...

Brought to you by Penguin. A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition turns deadly in this dark supernatural thriller from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White, perfect for fans of Stephen King and SQUID GAME. The challenge: spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don't...

Brought to you by Penguin. #1 NYT bestseller Abigail Owen delivers The Bone Singer — The Inheritance Games meets Caraval in this propulsive, gothic, slow-burn thriller that will wreck your sleep schedule completely. Thalia Cross has spent eighteen years learning how to disappear. Homeschooled...