Murder and mayhem abound in three suspenseful stories by Edgar Allan Poe, whose nineteenth-century writing left a lasting impact on the gothic and horror genres.On board a ship, a man watches on as his old friend appears increasingly disturbed. What luggage could be so precious that Cornelius Wyatt would leave it in a locked cabin? ‘The Oblong Box’ is a masterclass in mystery writing. In ‘The Cask of Amontillado’, Italian carnival festivities are the perfect distra...

Everett Larkin works for the Cold Case Squad: an elite—if understaffed and overworked—group of detectives who solve the forgotten deaths of New York City. Larkin is different from others, but his deduction skills are unmatched and his memory for minute details is unparalleled.So when a spring thunderstorm uproots a tree in Madison Square Park, unearthing a crate with human remains inside, the best Cold Case detective is assigned the job. And when a death mask, like those prominent ...

Christopher Hughes is new to the small New England town of Lancaster, New Hampshire. He’s been hired to save an old library from closing, but his obstacles include not only fighting for state funding, but a Selectman who wants to tear the building down in favor of a shopping center. Christopher is introduced to Miles Sakasai, a charming tattooed repairman on site to restore the historical interior of the building. Working in close proximity has both men falling hard for each other. It also...

Edgar Allan Poe emerges here as one of America's most fascinating and controversial writers: a brilliant, intensely personal artist whose life and work are inseparable. From his orphaned childhood and adoption by John Allan to his difficult years in England, Richmond, the University of Virginia, West Point, and poverty-stricken literary struggle, the portrait follows a proud, solitary temperament shaped by loss, ambition, and dependence on the loving household of Virginia and Mrs. Clemm. I...

Every mystery hides a secret. Every clue brings you closer to the truth. 30 Mystery & Investigation Masterpieces brings together a collection of classic mystery and detective stories filled with intriguing crimes, clever investigations, suspicious characters, hidden clues, dangerous secrets, and unexpected revelations. From puzzling disappearances and mysterious deaths to elaborate schemes and seemingly impossible crimes, these stories challenge readers to follow the evidence, examine ever...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.This 2nd volume contains the following 50 works...

Enter a crumbling mansion where fear, madness, and the supernatural are impossible to escape. In The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe creates one of the most haunting stories in Gothic literature. A mysterious invitation brings the unnamed narrator to the isolated home of his troubled friend, Roderick Usher, whose family and mansion appear to be suffering from a strange and disturbing decline. As the narrator spends time inside the decaying House of Usher, he witnesses Roderick'...

It’s Christmas in New York City, and all antique shop owner Sebastian Snow wants is for his business to make money and to save his floundering relationship with closeted CSU detective, Neil Millett. But when Snow’s Antique Emporium is broken into and a heart is found under the floorboards, Sebastian can’t let the mystery rest.He soon finds himself caught up in murder investigations that echo the macabre writings of Edgar Allan Poe. To make matters worse, Sebastian’s sleuthing is ca...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names - Little Women [Louisa May Alcott] - Sense and Sensibility [Jane Austen] - Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy) [J.M. Barrie] - Cabin Fever [ B. M. Bower] - The Secret Garden [Frances Hodgson Burnett] - A Little Princess [Frances Hodgson Burnett] - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [Lewis Carroll] - The King in Yellow [Robert William Chambers] - The Man Who Knew Too Much [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] - The Woman in Whi...

Edgar Allan Poe's Eureka opens as a daring blend of poem, philosophy, and cosmic speculation, addressed to readers who feel rather than merely think. In this visionary preface, Poe frames the work as an inquiry into truth, beauty, and the material and spiritual universe, offering it with profound respect to Alexander von Humboldt and inviting judgment on artistic as well as intellectual grounds. The essay then pushes into bold metaphysical territory, probing the limits of reason, the contr...

En ĉi tiu malluma majstraĵo de Edgar Allan Poe, kaptito de la Hispana Inkvizicio vekiĝas al mondo de absoluta timo, kie memoro, korpa doloro kaj la malrapida alproksimiĝo de morto kunfandiĝas en unu el la plej memorindaj vizioj de psikologia hororo. La rakonto transformas unu solan ĉambron en universon de angoro, montrante kiel atendo, observado kaj necerteco povas esti pli teruraj ol rekta ago. Verkita en la romantika kaj gotika etoso de la 19-a jarcento, ĝi esploras la limojn inter racio...

Open the door to haunted houses, cursed portraits and creatures that changed horror forever. Gothic Shadows gathers fifteen complete classics including Dracula, Frankenstein, Carmilla, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Turn of the Screw and The Phantom of the Opera. Moving from elegant ghost stories to dark psychological terror, this carefully ordered collection reveals the many faces of the Gothic tradition. Clear book dividers and a detailed contents structure create a seamless reading exp...