Evil Mystery

Recently, there had been some strange goings on at Styles St Mary. Evelyn, constant companion to old Mrs Inglethorp, had stormed out of the house muttering something about "a lot of sharks". And with her, something indefinable had gone from the atmosphere. Her presence had spelt security; now the air seemed rife with suspicion and impending evil.

Driven into hiding in the French Pyrenees by the advancing forces of a new one world government, Cardinal Leopold Amodeo receives a mysterious radio message from an unknown source in Northern Europe inviting him to a secret meeting. Fearful of a trap, and with time running out as a web of evil spreads across the globe, he must decide if he should leave the safety of his friends in an ancient Cathar sanctuary to travel alone into the far reaches of the north to meet with a man who may hold the key to their salvation.

Brooklyn Sloane has left her job as a consultant for the FBI to take on her first cold case in the private sector. Doing so allows her the freedom to work the one case she's never professionally been allowed to touch-a ruthless serial killer, who just so happens to be her own brother. Privately, she's hunting her only sibling, but alongside her team, she's seeking justice for those without a voice. But there is always the anomaly . . .

One year after the puzzling case that would go on to be known as The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street again finds himself confronted by a mystery surrounded by claims of preternatural events, when a young lady becomes caught in a living nightmare which began after her visit to a museum exposed her to the presence of a black marble sculpture of a Renaissance angel, tainted by a long and sinister history. Will this episode of unnatural torment in the heart of London prove the one instance out of an entire career in which cold logic may not triumph, and the diabolical...

The epic journey continues with perilous landscapes, newfound magic, and terrifying creatures for fantasy readers ages 13 to 100+. A storm gathers to the west as the enemy grows stronger. The orphan Chip and his companions flee eastward on the One Road. On their journey, the wizard Xander senses strange activity in Cave Mountain, the Unnamed One’s ancestral lair. The small party decides to brave Fang Forest to seek out the cause, but in so doing, they come face to face with an evil more profound than anyone could imagine. The mission turns to one of escape as they become hunted by a ...

Drake Woolf is the perfect throwaway agent - a deadly, invisible force able to handle the blackest of black-ops missions. No one's better when it comes to search and destroy. But his lethal drive feeds a relentless hunger. It's all his handlers at Task Force Orange can do to point him at the right targets. This time, he's up against a massive, global conspiracy. In his deadly crosshairs are a Venezuelan terrorist, hordes of elite Iranian assassins, and a beautiful and wily FBI counterintelligence agent.

Successful TV journalist Alison Reynolds' career comes to an abrupt end when top executives decide they need a "younger face". As if that's not enough, Ali discovers her media mogul husband is cheating on her: and her best friend from high school is missing.

Books 15, 16, and 17 in the international #1 bestselling "Vampire for Hire" series, including: VAMPIRE SIRE (Book #15) Sam’s been tormented by her own cold-case mystery―the elusive identity of her attacker. When Sam receives a shocking letter and an unexpected windfall, she teams up with Allison to check out a spooky estate. What she discovers there sends her hurtling down a path toward the unmasking of her vampire sire―he who turned her, twelve years ago. But the facts of a cold case are not always black or white. In shades of gray that astound her, Sam peels back the layers of her ...

The Devil's Bible. Once considered an eighth wonder of the world, the ancient book is shrouded in mystery. No one knows who wrote it or where it was written. Even dry-boned scholars whisper about the secrets hidden in the book: how it calls to the power-hungry. How it drives people mad. How it was written in the shadows by the hand of the devil himself. But no one knows the truth - no one except Mouse.

In this third title in the Father Gabriel Mystery series, the detective priest is less than pleased to find himself the reluctant guest at a wealthy local family's Christmas party. Only the excellent - and probably black-market - food softens the horror of meeting the odious Victor Gladstone, veteran reporter, ardent anti-clerical, and the only witness to a war-time massacre no one wishes to hear about. When Victor is found dead on the Martin estate the next morning, the apparent victim of an unfortunate accident, Gabriel once again finds himself drawn into the mystery.

Evil at Dead Woman Crossing Young Duke John Robinson might appear to be a greenhorn, but it is a fatal mistake to underestimate him. He has faced his share of gunplay and survived his enemies but when he arrives at Peace Valley hoping for a future as a rancher, he soon encounters the worst battles ever. With nothing left of his old life in Arkansas, Duke agrees to the plans of a mysterious stranger to build up a successful cattle operation and does not object when he is ordered to register for all the water rights in Peace Valley. Little does he know that he would enter a snake pit as soon ...

Detective Chief Inspector Freya Bloom and Detective Inspector Savage lead the investigation, discovering conflicting evidence. Albert Reilly suffered a heart attack, but has a single head wound. The back door is locked, but a little window beside it is broken, and there is no sign of a struggle.

J.R. Rain's Echo Park Book One of the Medium Mysteries by Elizabeth Basque Being psychic in Hollywood isn’t all red carpets and celebrity séances. Pauline Ocean, first introduced in J.R. Rain's The Body Departed, sees dead people—literally. And while she’d rather be doing tarot readings and sipping overpriced lattes in peace, the spirits of Echo Park have other plans. Especially the recently murdered ones. When a desperate ghost appears in her bungalow, begging for justice, Pauline finds herself pulled into a deadly mystery involving a missing actress, a powerful producer with ...

A troubled teenage girl has been charged with the grisly murder of her stepfather. The evidence is damning: Emily was found alone at the scene with blood on her hands, and an incriminating email she wrote outlines a murder plot identical to the method of the brutal slaying. But deputy district attorney Julia Chandler believes her niece is innocent, and she's determined to keep the promise she made to protect her dead brother's daughter - even if it means hiring private eye Connor Kincaid...the man who blames her for forcing his resignation from the police department.

The shadows of the past come alive. After twenty years of silence, Dina returns, driven by an insatiable hunger for power and revenge. Her eyes are fixed on the legendary scarab, the key to an ancient power that can reduce the world to ashes. Lillian and Roy Sawyer are the only ones who know Dina's true intentions. But as the swinging sixties are in full swing, Dina's next move remains a mystery. Will they uncover her plans before it's too late, or will Dina finally triumph and plunge the world into a new era of darkness?

I'd had less than a week to recover from an incident that left me half-dead. My body was battered and bruised in ways I can't even begin to describe. Dark magic use had consumed me, spat me out a husk of a man. I was little more than flesh and bone, weary to my very soul. So, of course, there was a knock at the door. My smile faded, happy face turning to tears, as Kate - a gorgeous vampire and the woman I lust over at every available opportunity - told me the news. Dark magic came to me as my eyes snapped to black and my tattoos felt fit to burst with energy.

Carl Kolchak was just your average reporter until the day he put two and two together and came up with evil. A reluctant paranormal investigator, Kolchak couldn't stop tripping over the unusual even if he wanted to. And for all of his efforts of seeking the truth... unemployment and ridicule have followed him like the plague. Someone, or something, is tearing people up into little pieces in small town West Virginia.

Imagine answering your cell phone one day to a male voice that gives you three minutes to confess your sin. If you don't, the madman, Slater, will blow your car to smithereens. You barely manage to exit heavy traffic and ditch the car when, precisely three minutes later, your car blows sky high. The media and police descend on the scene; your world has just changed forever.

Ex-police officer Sebastian Clifford had decided to limit his work as a private investigator, until Detective Constable Bird, aka Birdie, asks for his help.

Demons have always intrigued us humans. Do they really exist? What are they really like? Has someone already encountered them? Does true evil really walk the world? Is there really such a thing as demons? Discover multiple cases of demonic encounters. While this audiobook makes no claim to prove their existence, it certainly contains some riveting testimony from those who claim to know the answer to both of those questions.