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Nathaniel Wolfe and the Bodysnatchers
by Brian KeaneyThe dead cannot rest in peace. Bodysnatchers are plundering the graveyard and stirring up more than they bargained for. It's a job for a ghost hunter! But first Nathaniel Wolfe must take a terrifying journey to the Other Side and put right a terrible wrong...
Natural Beauty: A Novel
by Ling Ling HuangSly, surprising, and razor-sharp, Natural Beauty follows a young musician into an elite, beauty-obsessed world where perfection comes at a staggering cost. Our narrator produces a sound from the piano no one else at the Conservatory can. She employs a technique she learned from her parents—also talented musicians—who fled China in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. But when an accident leaves her parents debilitated, she abandons her future for a job at a high-end beauty and wellness store in New York City. Holistik is known for its remarkable products and procedures—from remoras that suck out cheap Botox to eyelash extensions made of spider silk—and her new job affords her entry into a world of privilege and gives her a long-awaited sense of belonging. She becomes transfixed by Helen, the niece of Holistik&’s charismatic owner, and the two strike up a friendship that hazily veers into more. All the while, our narrator is plied with products that slim her thighs, smooth her skin, and lighten her hair. But beneath these creams and tinctures lies something sinister. A piercing, darkly funny debut, Natural Beauty explores questions of consumerism, self-worth, race, and identity—and leaves readers with a shocking and unsettling truth.
Natural Causes (Detective Inspector McLean Series #1)
by James OswaldEdinburgh Detective Inspector Tony McLean is drawn into a set of cases separated by six decades, but connected by a macabre and brutal ritual killing in the first entry of the Detective Inspector MacLean mystery series.A young girl's mutilated body is discovered in a room that has lain sealed for the last sixty years. Her remains are carefully arranged in what seems to have been a macabre ritual. For newly appointed Edinburgh Detective Inspector Tony McLean, this baffling cold case ought to be a low priority, but he is haunted by the young victim and her grisly death. Meanwhile, the city is horrified by a series of bloody killings—deaths for which there appears to be neither rhyme nor reason, and which leave Edinburgh's police at a loss. McLean is convinced that these deaths are somehow connected to the terrible ceremonial killing of the girl, all those years ago. It is an irrational theory. And one that will lead McLean closer to the heart of a terrifying and ancient evil . . .
A Natural History of Hell
by Jeffrey FordPraise for Jeffrey Ford: "Outstanding. . . . Ford uses . . . incongruously lyrical phrases to infuse the everyday with a nebulous magic. "—Publishers Weekly, Best Books of the Year(Starred Review) "For lovers of the weird and fantastic and lovers of great writing, this is a treasure trove of disturbing visions, new worlds and fully realized craft. "—Shelf Awareness (Starred Review) "Properly creepy, but from time to time deliciously funny and heart-breakingly poignant, too. "—Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) Emily Dickinson takes a carriage ride with Death. A couple are invited over to a neighbor's daughter's exorcism. A country witch with a sea-captain's head in a glass globe intercedes on behalf of abused and abandoned children. In July of 1915, in Hardin County, Ohio, a boy sees ghosts. Explore contemporary natural history in a baker's dozen of exhilarating visions. Jeffrey Ford was born on Long Island in New York State in 1955 and grew up in the town of West Islip. He studied fiction writing with John Gardner at S. U. N. Y Binghamton. He's been a college English teacher of writing and literature for thirty years. He is the author of eight novels including The Girl in the Glass and four short story collections. He has received the World Fantasy, Nebula, Edgar, and Shirley Jackson awards. He lives with his wife Lynn in a century old farm house in a land of slow clouds and endless fields.
A Natural History of Hell: Stories
by Jeffrey FordEmily Dickinson takes a carriage ride with Death. A couple are invited over to a neighbor's daughter's exorcism. A country witch with a sea-captain's head in a glass globe intercedes on behalf of abused and abandoned children. In July of 1915, in Hardin County, Ohio, a boy sees ghosts. Explore contemporary natural history in a baker's dozen of exhilarating visions.Contains:-The Blameless-Word Doll-The Angel Seems-Mount Chary Galore-A Natural History of Autumn-Blood Drive-A Terror Rocket Ship to Hell-The Fairy Enterprise-The Last Triangle-Spirits of Salt: A Tale of the Coral Heart The Thyme Fiend-The Prelate's Commission
Natural Selection
by Dave FreedmanA shocking biological discovery. A previously unknown predatory species. Evolving just like the dinosaurs. Now. Today. Being forced out of its world and into man's for a violent first encounter. Weaving science and thriller in a way not seen since Jurassic Park, Natural Selection introduces a phenomenally dangerous new species that is rapidly adapting in a way never before seen .... A mystery. A chase. A vast expansive puzzle. A team of marine scientists is on the verge of making the most stunning discovery in the history of man. In their quest for answers, they engage a host of fascinating characters. The world's premier neurology expert. A specialist on animal teeth. Flight simulation wizards, evolution historians, deep sea geologists, and so many more. Along the way, the team of six men and women experience love, friendship, loyalty and betrayal. Together, they set off to exotic locales. Literally to the bottom of the ocean. To a vast and mysterious redwood forest. To an unknown complex of massive caves. When people start dying, the stakes are upped even further. Then the real hunt begins .... Loaded with astonishing action sequences, Natural Selection is that rare breed of thriller, filled with intricately layered research, real three-dimensional characters, and tornado pacing.
The Natural Way of Things: 'The Handmaid's Tale for our age' (Economist)
by Charlotte Wood'Savage: think Atwood in the outback' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train'An unforgettable reading experience' Liane Moriarty, author of Big Little Lies'Ferocious... recalls the early Elena Ferrante' NPR'A masterpiece' Guardian'Devastating' EconomistShe hears her own thick voice deep inside her ears when she says, 'I need to know where I am.'The man stands there, tall and narrow, hand still on the doorknob, surprised.He says, almost in sympathy, 'Oh, sweetie. You need to know what you are.'"Two women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in a brokendownproperty in the middle of a desert.Strangers to each other, they have no idea where they are or how they came to be therewith eight other girls, their heads shaved, guarded by two inept yet vicious jailers.Doing hard labour under a sweltering sun, the prisoners soon learn what links them: ineach girl's past is a sexual scandal with a powerful man.They pray for rescue but as the hours turn into days and the days into weeks and months,it becomes clear only the girls can rescue themselves. Winner, 2016 Stella PrizeWinner, 2016 Indie Book of the Year AwardWinner, Fiction Book of the Year, 2016 Indie Book AwardWinner, 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award for FictionWinner, Reader's Choice, 2016 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Shortlisted, 2016 Miles Franklin Literary AwardShortlisted, 2016 ABA Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice AwardLonglisted, 2017 International Dublin Literary Award
Naturals
by Tiffany TruittRipped away from those she loves most, Tess is heartbroken as her small band of travelers reaches the Isolationist camp in the mysterious and barren Middlelands. Desperate to be reunited with James, the forbidden chosen one who stole her heart, she wants nothing to do with the rough Isolationists, who are without allegiance in the war between the Westerners and Easterners. But having their protection, especially for someone as powerful as Tess, may come at a cost. When James returns, Tess's world once again feels complete-until she discovers her sister, Louisa, has taken up her old post at Templeton, the dangerous chosen ones training center and the site of Tess's loss of innocence. Tess will do anything to protect her loved ones-but will the price be more than she can give? This second book in Tiffany Truitt's dystopian series is a thought-provoking, thrilling story that asks who the true enemy really is-the chosen ones who are different, or the naturals...who are just like us.
The Nature of Monsters: A Novel
by Clare ClarkA pregnant teenager discovers her employer&’s sinister secrets in an eighteenth-century London that &“feels alive and intense, magnificently raw&” (The New York Times Book Review). 1666: The Great Fire of London sweeps through the streets and a heavily pregnant woman flees the flames. A few months later she gives birth to a child disfigured by a red birthmark. 1718: Sixteen-year-old Eliza Tally sees the gleaming dome of St. Paul&’s Cathedral rising above a rebuilt city. She arrives as an apothecary&’s maid, a position hastily arranged to shield the father of her unborn child from scandal. But why is the apothecary so eager to welcome her when he already has a maid, a half-wit named Mary? Why is Eliza never allowed to look her veiled master in the face or go into the study where he pursues his experiments? It is only on her visits to the Huguenot bookseller who supplies her master&’s scientific tomes that she realizes the nature of his obsession. And she knows she has to act to save not just the child but Mary and herself. This ebook includes a sample chapter of Beautiful Lies.
The Nature of Rare Things
by Derek WilsonWhen paranormal investigator and Cambridge lecturer Dr. Nathaniel Gye is commissioned at a séance to find a dead man's killer, he dismisses the incident as a clumsy fraud by a fake medium. But when Nathaniel's own wife disappears in Italy, an eventuality foretold by the same unquiet spirit, he is forced to look for connections between her predicament and the violent death of a man she never knew.In this dark and fast-paced mystery, the urgent search for answers takes Nathaniel far from his quiet university existence and into a labyrinth of hazardous twists and turns involving a stolen Renaissance painting and the love life of poets Robert and Elizabeth Browning.
The Nature of Rare Things
by Mr Derek WilsonWhen paranormal investigator and Cambridge lecturer Dr. Nathaniel Gye is commissioned at a séance to find a dead man's killer, he dismisses the incident as a clumsy fraud by a fake medium. But when Nathaniel's own wife disappears in Italy, an eventuality foretold by the same unquiet spirit, he is forced to look for connections between her predicament and the violent death of a man she never knew.In this dark and fast-paced mystery, the urgent search for answers takes Nathaniel far from his quiet university existence and into a labyrinth of hazardous twists and turns involving a stolen Renaissance painting and the love life of poets Robert and Elizabeth Browning.
Navidad Malvada
by Mark L'EstrangeCada Nochebuena tiene su ritual. En nuestra casa, la regla era que mis hijos podían disfrutar de un banquete de medianoche, si aún estaban despiertos a la hora de las brujas. Revisé mi reloj mientras me secaba las manos en la toalla de baño; Eran las 11.55 p.m. cuando vi a mis dos mayores arrastrarse por el rellano hacia mí. Caminé hacia el rellano y me agaché frente a ellos. Adam, mi primogénito ahora tenía ocho años, alto y delgado, ya estaba formando los anchos hombros de un nadador. Charlotte, su hermana, acababa de cumplir seis años y, como la mujer mayor de la casa, se tomó muy en serio sus deberes al cuidarnos a todos. "¿Qué están haciendo ustedes dos ya?" Pregunté, revolviendo el cabello de Adam y apretando la nariz de Charlotte entre mis dedos. Charlotte se echó hacia atrás, riendo. "Tenemos hambre papi", dijo, apenas por encima de un susurro. A mis hijos se les había enseñado desde una edad temprana a mantener siempre la voz baja cuando su papá tenía un invitado. "Hambriento", enfatizó Adam, casi lloriqueando. Me reí. "Morir de hambre, ¿verdad?" Los empujé a los dos juguetonamente en el vientre. ¿Como si nunca te hubieran alimentado antes, muerto de hambre? Ambos me miraron suplicantes. Justo en ese momento, vi a mi hijo más pequeño detrás de ellos. Melody tenía casi dos años y caminaba tambaleándose. Ella esquivó a sus hermanos, usándolos para estabilizarse antes de tratar de pasarme. La agarré por la cintura y levanté su pequeño cuerpo en brazos, levantándome mientras lo hacía. ¡Un padre no puede tener un favorito! Esa es una norma que me niego a comprometer. Amo a todos mis hijos de la misma manera y, sin embargo, había algo especial en mi pequeña Melody. Desde la primera vez que abrió sus penetrantes ojos azules y me miró sonriendo, sentí el dolor punzante de anticipación que todos los padres deben sufrir la primera vez que su hija aba
Navidades con un kelpie
by Estrella García Albacete Steve VernonEntonces, ¿qué hace este kelpie con una bibliotecaria y una asesina a sueldo vestida como Papá Noel en un callejón oscuro? ¿Qué secreto esconde el caldero del Ejército de salvación? Todas estas respuestas y más te esperan en este relato de romance paranormal, escrito para lectores que ODIAN leer romance. ¿QUÉ DICE LA GENTE DE STEVE VERNON? «Si Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson y Robert Bloch hicieran un trío en un jacuzzi y un equipo de científicos filtrara el agua para recuperar el ADN, el resultado genético del experimento sería Steve Vernon».―Bookgasm «Steve Vernon es una especia de anomalía en el mundo de la literatura de terror: es una de las voces más frescas del género aunque su carrera comenzó hace 20 años. En su escritura mezcla una confianza en sí mismo con un fanfarroneo poco común, y conduce al lector por toda una gama de emociones que van desde el miedo más profundo y aversión a la compasión y risa».―Cemetery Dance «Armado con un extraño sentido del humor, mucha originalidad, la habilidad de correr riesgos y unas fuertes descripciones, Steve tiene lo que hay que tener».―Dark Discoveries
Ndiyamasi
by Tololwa M. MollelDani is afraid of the Ndiyamasi! Despite his brother’s teasing, he knows the hairy, two-mouthed monster is real. After a scary walk home, will Dani be able to make Esto just as afraid of it as he is?
Neal Adams' Blood
by Neal AdamsFrom the visionary mind of living comics legend Neal Adams comes Blood! The deceptively simple-minded Lionel has been kidnapped and brutalized by a criminal syndicate with ties to the medieval Knights Templar. His only hope is his "friend" Jorge Maslow--the one-man army otherwise known as Blood! Flowing through Blood's veins is an arcane, unfathomable power whose origins stretch back to the very dawn of human history. An ancient struggle will come to a head in single fiery night of war! Collecting Neal Adams' original stories from Dark Horse Presents, this book features an incredible animated 3D lenticular cover.
Neanderthal: A Novel (Booket Ser.)
by John DarntonWhen a paleoanthropologist mysteriously disappears in the remote upper regions of the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, two of his former students, once lovers and now competitors, set off in search of him. Along the way, they make an astounding discovery: a remnant band of Neanderthals, the ancient rivals to Homo sapiens, live on. The shocking find sparks a struggle that replays a conflict from thirty thousand years ago and delves into the heart of modern humanity.
Near the Bone
by Christina HenryA woman trapped on a mountain attempts to survive more than one kind of monster, in a dread-inducing horror novel from the national bestselling author Christina Henry. Mattie can't remember a time before she and William lived alone on a mountain together. She must never make him upset. But when Mattie discovers the mutilated body of a fox in the woods, she realizes that they&’re not alone after all. There&’s something in the woods that wasn&’t there before, something that makes strange cries in the night, something with sharp teeth and claws. When three strangers appear on the mountaintop looking for the creature in the woods, Mattie knows their presence will anger William. Terrible things happen when William is angry.
Nearly Found
by Elle CosimanoThe sequel to the highly praised and intricately plotted Nearly Gone--a YA urban mystery that's perfect for fans of Bones, Numbers, and The Body FinderAfter Nearly Boswell starts working as an intern at a crime lab, a girl from her trailer park turns up dead. Then the corpse of a missing person is discovered, buried on a golf course, with a message for Nearly etched into the bones. When Nearly finds out the corpse is the father of Eric, a classmate of hers, she starts to worry that the body is connected to her father's disappearance five years ago. Nearly, Reece, and Nearly's classmates--Vince, Jeremy, and Eric--start a dangerous investigation into their fathers' pasts that threatens Nearly's fragile romance with Reece, and puts all them in the killer's path.
Nearly Gone
by Elle CosimanoBones meets Fringe in a big, dark, scary, brilliantly-plotted urban thriller that will leave you guessing until the very endNearly Boswell knows how to keep secrets. Living in a DC trailer park, she knows better than to share anything that would make her a target with her classmates. Like her mother's job as an exotic dancer, her obsession with the personal ads, and especially the emotions she can taste when she brushes against someone's skin. But when a serial killer goes on a killing spree and starts attacking students, leaving cryptic ads in the newspaper that only Nearly can decipher, she confides in the one person she shouldn't trust: the new guy at school--a reformed bad boy working undercover for the police, doing surveillance. . . on her.Nearly might be the one person who can put all the clues together, and if she doesn't figure it all out soon--she'll be next.
Nearly Gone
by Elle CosimanoBones meets Fringe in a big, dark, scary, brilliantly-plotted urban thriller that will leave you guessing until the very end Nearly Boswell knows how to keep secrets. Living in a DC trailer park, she knows better than to share anything that would make her a target with her classmates. Like her mother's job as an exotic dancer, her obsession with the personal ads, and especially the emotions she can taste when she brushes against someone's skin. But when a serial killer goes on a killing spree and starts attacking students, leaving cryptic ads in the newspaper that only Nearly can decipher, she confides in the one person she shouldn't trust: the new guy at school--a reformed bad boy working undercover for the police, doing surveillance. . . on her. Nearly might be the one person who can put all the clues together, and if she doesn't figure it all out soon--she'll be next.
Nebraska Nightcrawlers (American Chillers #15)
by Johnathan RandIT'S A NIGHTCRAWLER NIGHTMARE! There's a whole lot of trouble worming its way into a small village in Nebraska. Jim Newkirk makes extra money hunting nightcrawlers and selling them to fishermen. But Jim and his neighbor Brittany Olson are about to discover that the tables have been turned: for they won't be the hunters any longer. Giant nightcrawlers have suddenly appeared, and they're hungry. Where did they come from? Just how dangerous are they? And most importantly: can they be stopped? It's nonstop action and terror right from the start, as Jim and Brittany battle these giant beasts from the earth ... and one thing is certain: it's a fight to the finish, for these crawlers don't give up easily! American Chillers #15: NEBRASKA NIGHTCRAWLERS.
Necessary Evil
by David A. Van MeterYoung Billy McIlvain has faced the worst experience a child can face--the murder of his grandfather, the only person who had ever cared for him. When the killers not only get away with it, but profit from their crime, Billy's whole life changes. The making of a killer has begun. Abandoned by his violent father and neglected by his alcoholic mother, Billy starts down a path of destruction. He lashes out at the injustice of the world and winds up in jail as a teenager. Now, at 33, he is on the loose with only one thing on his mind--revenge. And all those responsible for his pain will pay dearly.
Necessary Evil
by Shaun HutsonIt was to be a routine job. Matt Franklin and his companions would rob the Securicor van. Simple. Until the job turned into a nightmare. Two of them are shot dead and another fatally wounded. But who is trying to wipe them out, killing not just them but their families too? How are the Government and the British army implicated? What lurks within a secret research establishment in the English countryside? Franklin has to find out. Finally the only one left alive, he tires of being the prey and decides to become the hunter. His quest will bring him into conflict with forces he cannot begin to imagine or understand but he is driven by a need for revenge that overrides his fear.Aided by a desperate detective, Franklin becomes embroiled in a series of events that lead to a terrifying climax in the London Underground where he comes face to face with the answers he has sought.Like all of us, Franklin was told monsters don't exist. He's about to find out someone was lying . . .
Necessary Evil
by Shaun HutsonIt was to be a routine job. Matt Franklin and his companions would rob the Securicor van. Simple. Until the job turned into a nightmare. Two of them are shot dead and another fatally wounded. But who is trying to wipe them out, killing not just them but their families too? How are the Government and the British army implicated? What lurks within a secret research establishment in the English countryside? Franklin has to find out. Finally the only one left alive, he tires of being the prey and decides to become the hunter. His quest will bring him into conflict with forces he cannot begin to imagine or understand but he is driven by a need for revenge that overrides his fear.Aided by a desperate detective, Franklin becomes embroiled in a series of events that lead to a terrifying climax in the London Underground where he comes face to face with the answers he has sought.Like all of us, Franklin was told monsters don't exist. He's about to find out someone was lying . . .
Necessary Evil: The Milkweed Triptych: Book Three (Milkweed Triptych)
by Ian TregillisThe history of the Twentieth Century has been shaped by a secret conflict between technology and magic. When a twisted Nazi scientist devised a way to imbue ordinary humans with supernatural abilities - to walk through walls, throw fire and see the future - his work became the prized possession of first the Third Reich, then the Soviet Army. Only Britain's warlocks, and the dark magics they yield, have successfully countered the threat posed by these superhuman armies. But for decades, this conflict has been manipulated by Gretel, the mad seer. And now her long plan has come to fruition. And with it, a danger vastly greater than anything the world has known. Now British Intelligence officer Raybould Marsh must make a last-ditch effort to change the course of history - if his nation, and those he loves, are to survive.