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This spine-tingling collection of spooky stories features over 20 feerie tales from across the globe.Discover bewitching retellings of ghost- and monster-filled myths regaled with ghoulish relish and journey continent-by-continent through this haunting book. With shocks and twists like you wouldn't believe - are you brave enough to read them all?Packed with mind-boggling mysteries, real unexplained enigmas and traditional stories that are sure to send shivers down your spine, Spooky Stories of the Worldis the ultimate feast for Halloween-loving kids and readers in search of a fright. Meet vampires, werewolves and fearsome monsters that hide in the shadows in this one-of-a-kind round-the-world collection of hair-raising tales.

The bestselling author of Good Girls Die First, It's Behind You and Tag, You're Dead is back with an entertaining, high-octane and read-in-a-single-sitting new thriller.Walking disaster Saffron and her perfectionist twin sister Georgia have only one thing in common-they are both obsessed with battle royale video game Sole Survivor.While working at a brand new, high tech escape room complex, Saffron poses a question to the resident AI: which high school stereotype would survive the longest in a real life version of Sole Survivor? She is convinced a rebel like her would beat a know-it-all like Georgia. Unbeknown to her, the AI decides to determine the answer to her question by testing it out for real. It invites Saffron and Georgia's gamer friends to a preview of the escape rooms, but then it locks the doors and turns the rooms into a life-or-death battle to be the last player standing.The rebel, the know-it-all, the princess, the jock, the geek, the weirdo, the star, the artist and the criminal. Just like in Sole Survivor, only one can survive the night...

I was mesmerised LAURA SHEPPERSON, Sunday Times bestselling author of The HeroinesThis gripping, vividly evoked novel takes the reader to the dark heart of the 16th century unforgettable' Tracy Borman, author of The Kings WitchNothing scares men like witchcraft1589. Scottish housemaid Geillis and Danish courtier Margareta lead opposite lives, but they both know one thing: when a man cries witch, no woman is safe.Yet when the marriage of King James VI and Princess Anna of Denmark brings Geillis and Margareta together, everything they supposed about good, evil, men, and women, is cast in a strange and brilliant new light.For the first time in history, could black magic or rumours of it be a very real tool for womens political gain?As the North Berwick witch trials whip Scotland and her king into a frenzy of paranoia, the clock is ticking. Can Margareta and Geillis keep each other safe? And once the burnings are over, in whose hands will power truly lie?Inspired by the incredible true story that set 16th-century Scotland and Denmark alight, The Burnings is 2023s most bewitching debut novel, by a multi-awardwinning new star of historical fiction.A beautifully written re-imagining clever and tantalising S.G. MacLean

From the New York Times bestselling author of My Dearest Darkest comes another incredible sapphic horror. When four best friends with a hunger for human flesh attend a music festival in the desert they discover a murderous plot to expose and vilify the girls and everyone like them. This summer is going to get gory.Five years ago, the melting of arctic permafrost released a pathogen of unknown origin into the atmosphere, causing a small percentage of people to undergo a transformation that became known as the Hollowing. Those impacted slowly became intolerant to normal food and were only able to gain sustenance by consuming the flesh of other human beings. Those who went without flesh quickly became feral, turning on their friends and family. However, scientists were able to create a synthetic version of human meat that would satisfy the hunger of those impacted by the Hollowing. As a result, humanity slowly began to return to normal, albeit with lasting fear and distrust for the people they''''d pejoratively dubbed ghouls.Zoey, Celeste, Valeria, and Jasmine are all ghouls living in Southern California. As a last hurrah before their graduation they decided to attend a musical festival in the desert. They have a cooler filled with hard seltzers and syn-flesh and are ready to party.But on the first night of the festival Val goes feral, and ends up killing and eating a boy. As other festival guests start disappearing around them the girls soon discover someone is drugging ghouls and making them feral. And if they can''''t figure out how to stop it, and soon, no one at the festival is safe.

A twisty, dark psychological thriller that will leave you guessing til the very end."Teen Vogue[A] riveting read"NPRThe line between best friend and something more is a line always crossed in the dark. Jess Wong is Angie Redmonds best friend. And thats the most important thing, even if Angie cant see how Jess truly feels. Being the girl no one quite notices is OK with Jess anyway. If nobody notices her, shes free to watch everyone else. But when Angie begins to fall for Margot Adams, a girl from the nearby boarding school, Jess can see it coming a mile away. Suddenly her powers of observation are more a curse than a gift. As Angie drags Jess further into Margots circle, Jess discovers more than her friends growing crush. Secrets and cruelty lie just beneath the carefree surface of this world of wealth and privilege, and when they come out, Jess knows Angie wont be able to handle the consequences.

¿Qué secreto guardan las Fragas del Eume? ¿Qué pasó allí hace doscientos años? Paloma, Paula y su primo Alex van a pasar las vacaciones con su amiga Uxía, hija de un marinero del pueblo de Aresá de Redes (A Coruña). Planean hacer excursiones e ir a la playa, pero el verano sera muy diferente a como los cuatro imaginaban. La familia de Uxia se enfrenta a una seria dificultad porque sus vecinos se han vuelto hostiles hacia ellos.Mientras piensan en como podrian ayudar a Uxia, los niños encuentran un libro en una antigua biblioteca con un extraño mensaje de ayuda que les conducira hasta las Fragas do Eume.En su investigacion, los chicos emprenderan un extraordinario viaje a traves del tiempo y conoceran la terrible historia de las personas que vivieron en la casa de Montenegro, donde pasan el verano con sus abuelos. Estos hallazgos pueden dar un giro radical a la investigacion policial de un crimen.Quizas quienes fueron perseguidos en el pasado puedan aportar una solucion a los problemas de la familia de Uxia.

Un pacto con el diablo…Unos sueños que no lo son…Inmuebles que esconden terribles historias…Un cadáver a cenar…Estas y otras historias forman parte de ANATOMÍA, una suerte de 20 relatos inquietantes

¿Qué ocurrió con la Tierra mientras estaban en Jembruk?Tras sobrevivir a los desafíos de un mundo mágico y ajeno, Eder, Anne y Hisk regresan a una Tierra irreconocible, devorada por la ruina y el silencio. Lo que fue hogar se ha convertido en un paisaje espectral.Con Anne embarazada, Hisk mas enigmatico que nunca y nuevas amenazas al acecho, el trio debera atravesar ciudades fantasmas, enfrentar los estragos de la Desolacion y desentrañar la verdad tras una luz misteriosa que sigue destruyendo lo poco que quedaSegundas oportunidades, alianzas inesperadas, viejos enemigos y un mundo que parece haberse rendido son solo el comienzo de Los misterios de Jembruk II: la Desolacion, una historia donde la magia, la ciencia y la esperanza colisionan.¿Podran redimir su mundo? ¿O descubriran que la verdadera batalla apenas comienza?

Infirmière, archéologue, musicienne, et surtout écrivaine, l'icône incontestée du polar s'appelle Agatha Christie.Dans sa petite ville du sud de l'Angleterre, au début du xxe siècle, la jeune Agatha

The queen of mystery is back with another chilling standalone Cosmopolitan An exciting single sitting thrillerish treat Guardian on One of Us Is Lying I could not put this book down The Sun on One of Us Is Lying Easily the YA thriller of the year Entertainment Weekly on One of Us Is Lying Utterly irresistible Heat on One of Us Is Lying The brand new mystery thriller from the author of the One of Us Is Lying series Karen M McManus For all of Kat s life it s been her and her mother Jamie except for 12 years ago when Jamie was married for two days and Kat had a stepbrother Liam But all that ended in a swift divorce Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight but she has one last job at a billionaire s 80th birthday party Neither Kat nor her mother know about two surprise guests Liam and his father a serial scammer with his own sights set on Ross Sutherland s family Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster and when someone dies the two teens realize they might be in the killer s crosshairs They can t trust anyone except each other Or can they Because if there s one thing both of them know it s how to lie Karen M McManus Sunday Times Bestseller August 2023

Cincuenta artículos de crítica social narrados con toques de humor e ironía ante el mundo actual donde el autor expone su punto de vista ante situaciones cotidianas y otras de carácter más global.

Berto es amigo de los primos Leo y Toni. Los tres son íntimos y comparten incluso los suspensos. Debido a un malentendido, los padres se marchan de viaje, y ellos se quedan solos; ellos y el perro Lukas, que les librara de no pocos problemas.La primera noche que se quedan solos, visitan el nautic...

Rosita Quer es una anciana que vive en la residencia para personas mayores El Forestal. La llegada de una nueva residente y su afirmación de que hay un tesoro escondido alteran la convivencia, pacífica en la mayoria de las ocasiones, de sus habitantes. Ro

Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-pounding collection of three novella-length tales that will keep even the bravest FNAF player up at night...Consumed by failure... Desperate to keep his kiddie pizzeria from bankruptcy, Jack lets his animatronics tech pitch him a new invention that might just give him some perspective. Frustrated by an unfair arcade game, Colton throws himself into re-engineering the device at any cost. Marley's best friend goes missing on a tour of the Freddy's Pizza Factory; she knows what really happened... but her guilt isn't the only thing threatening to eat her alive.In this ninth volume, Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length stories from different corners of his series' canon.Readers beware: This collection of terrifying tales is enough to unsettle even the most hardened Five Nights at Freddy's fans.

Twisty and unnerving' Holly Jackson, bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.From the author of the New York Times bestselling Wilder Girls comes a twisty thriller about a girl whose past has always been a mystery - until she decides to return to her mother's hometown, where history has a tendency to repeat itself . . .Ever since Margot was born, it's been just her and her mother. No answers to Margot's questions. No history to hold on to. Just the two of them, stuck in their run-down apartment, struggling to get along.But that's not enough for Margot. She wants family. She wants a past. And when she finds a photograph pointing her to a town called Phalene, she leaves. But when Margot gets there, it's not what she bargained for.Margot's mother left for a reason. But was it to hide her past? Or was it to protect Margot from what's still there?Burn Our Bodies Down is a blistering horror-thriller from Rory Power that will grip you from its very first page, and won't let you go until long after you've put it down . . .

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Una historia de suspense sobre una joven aspirante a periodista decidida a salvar a su hermana cueste lo que cueste. EL PROYECTO UNIDAD Después de un trágico accidente que acaba con la vida de prác

From its creepy town mascot to the story of its cursed waterfall, Burden Falls is a small town dripping with superstition. Ava Thorn knows this well - since the horrific accident she witnessed a year ago, she''s been plagued by nightmares.But when her school nemesis is brutally murdered and Ava is the primary suspect, she starts to wonder if the legends surrounding the town are more fact than fiction.Whatever secrets Burden Falls is hiding, there''s a killer on the loose, and they have a vendetta against the Thorns...

Una encantadora i sorprenent novel·la d'aventures, amor i viatges en el temps, que parla del destí i l'obsessió de l'esser humà per lluitar contra el temps i controlar el seu futur.William B. Huges,

Stephanie Perkins, una de les autores mes venudes de la literatura juvenil, ha creat una obra mestra del genere de terror.Hi ha res pitjor que perdre's al bosc?QUE T'HI TROBIN.Dues noies decideixen anar d'acampada al bosc, pero tot sortira malament. I llavors, el seu cami es creua amb el d'un assassi en serie...Un thriller ple de tensio que et mantindra enganxat al llibre, el company perfecte de Hi ha algu a casa teva, un dels best-sellers de laGaleraYoung."Els lectors dormiran amb un ull obert". Booklist"Perkins proporciona una falsa sensacio de seguretat al lector abans de retorçar el ganivet...". Publishers Weekly"Encen tots els llums abans de començar a llegir". Seventeen