When a prestigious bank is rocked by the theft of a priceless beryl coronet, only Sherlock Holmes can untangle the web of familial betrayal and public scandal threatening to shatter a prominent gentleman's reputation.
When detention lands junior high detective Sammy Keyes in a church full of gossip, stolen relics, and a homeless girl in high tops, she discovers that even saints can be suspects and miracles are just mysteries waiting to be solved.
In a village plagued by the walking dead, a young man uncovers his enigmatic father's vampiric past and the destiny he must embrace to protect their isolated island home.
From a minor German princess to the formidable empress who embodied Russia's might, Catherine the Great masterfully navigated a court of seduction and intrigue, wielding men as instruments of power while condemning millions to serfdom.
Mysterious beans that skew human birth rates flood Eastern markets. A French entomologist uncovers a plot to disrupt global gender balance, threatening a social crisis.
A musicologist leaves modern Europe for the South American jungle, seeking primal rhythms and ancient mysteries, only to find he cannot truly escape time.
In the politically charged Cairo of 1981, a pious grandfather, his hapless grandson, and his headstrong fiancée navigate love and societal upheaval, all culminating in the shocking assassination of President Sadat.
A tormented Viennese musicologist, paralyzed by the impossibility of his grand academic task, instead meticulously chronicles his own spiraling descent into procrastination, despair, and the darkly humorous absurdities of his self-imposed literary prison.
A virtual reality bounty hunter must rescue the game developer's son, only to discover he's being held captive and their fight for freedom ignites a love that blurs the line between the real and the digital.
A tomboy sixth-grader navigates first love when her popular crush, sidelined by an injury, unexpectedly enters her world, leaving her to wonder if their connection will last beyond his recovery.
In a secluded Norfolk village, a lonely foster child's summer turns fantastical when she befriends a mysterious girl named Marnie, only to uncover a secret that links their pasts.
As her 18th birthday looms, a rebellious witch with a crush must uncover the terrifying truth behind her coven's initiation rites before she and her monster-hunting friends become the next victims.
In 1960s London, an intellectual woman's casual encounter leads to an unplanned pregnancy, forcing her to navigate single motherhood and discover an unexpected maternal devotion amidst societal judgment.
In the unforgiving 19th-century Australian outback, a German explorer's perilous journey across the continent mirrors the growing, telepathic obsession that binds him to a young Sydney woman he barely knows.
This collection blends cosmic horror with the fragile nature of reality, showing ancient terrors, forgotten gods, and the vastness beyond human understanding.
A celebrated novelist's firm belief about human cruelty to animals alienates her from family and colleagues, sparking an uncomfortable look at our moral duties to the non-human world.
A woman finds a chilling videotape from her childhood, revealing a dark secret about her estranged mother and a decades-old murder that makes her question everything she thought she knew about her past.
In Nadine Gordimer's "The Conservationist," a wealthy South African industrialist finds his privilege challenged as his relationships, his workers, and the land itself resist his control, leaving him isolated amid the ruins of his possessions and a changing world.
