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The only survivors of a shipwreck off a Pacific island are Cambridge professor Edward Bowden and an orphaned baby girl. When Valentine Ryven is discovered 20 years later, Edward has recently died, and she is relieved and excited to be taken to England, where she believes her loving family awaits. Valentine is sure of a warm welcome because among the papers retrieved from the wreck is a letter from her Aunt Helena saying so. But in 20 years things change ... especially when money is involved.

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly magazine (January 27 - April 16, 1898). Classified as both gothic fiction and a ghost story, the novella focuses on a young governess sent to a remote country house to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a dark foreboding of menace within the house, she soon comes to believe that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. But is the threat to her young charges really a ghostly presence or something else entirely?

Phil Chenevert narrates this classic Edgar Allan Poe tale of mystery and suspense.

Hugo Ross is perfect for the job as irascible inventor Ambrose Minstrel’s new secretary: young, completely inexperienced, and with an occasional stutter that makes him seem somewhat dim—a mug, in fact. But from his first day, odd things begin to happen. A stranger offers him an absurd amount for an ordinary pair of field glasses; soon, the written offer is stolen from his room. A lovely girl he runs into in the dark one night outside his new employer’s house warns him not to take the job.

Deadly Secrets: A Magician’s Last Illusion When world-renowned magician Mason Drexel announces his final performance at the prestigious Magic Castle in Hollywood, magician Eli Marks and his famous uncle Harry can’t miss the show. But what begins as a spellbinding and exciting evening turns...

What comes after the honeymoon for Ivy and Mac? Looking for a good place to settle down and leave the nomadic life behind. No more dead bodies. No more killers. What do they find instead? Murder! Beginning with a runaway Miranda and a fiancée in a ruffled red bikini, continuing with a missing...

What if menopause gave you a superpower? Menopause unlocked a previously unknown superpower for Liv Wilde—psychic visions during hot flashes. While her visions rarely have life and death consequences, for the first time Liv sees a dead body in a premonition. When she comes face-to-face with...

The most chilling evidence isn’t found — it’s remembered. Seven-year-old Lewis had never been to Stonehenge until a school trip turned into a living nightmare, triggering terrifying visions, dark secrets, and the unbearable weight of a life he never lived. As Lewis begins to reveal details...

There is no doubt that Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of Holmes and Watson represents a milestone in crime fiction. "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" contains twelve stories, ostensibly written in the first person by his friend and companion, Dr Watson.

In "The Parasite," Arthur C Clarke explores the dark and unsettling world of "mental illness" through the eyes of Roy Connolly. But Roy knows he isn't crazy, he has been possessed by Omega, a creature of the very distant future where humanity exists primarily as intellect with severely emaciated bodies. And what fun is that? The solution is to travel back in time to a more physical era

Ernest Medhurst is unwittingly caught up in a minor political intrigue while second secretary to a small German Court. The Princess falls in love with him and to avoid the possibility of scandal affecting her forthcoming marriage her father ensures that Medhurst is duped into leaving the country.

In "Professor Jonkin's Cannibal Plant," listeners are taken on a thrilling journey into the world of botany and mutation. Follow Professor Jonkin as he turns a carnivorous plant that feeds on insects into a pet plant, like a large dog, that consumes three Porterhouse steaks per day. Is Jonkin's plant a pet or a monster?

Get ready for a thrilling listen with 'You Live Only Twice' by HB Hickey, narrated by the talented Mike Vendetti. Follow private detective Richard Ensign as he delves into a case that takes a supernatural turn when a seemingly ordinary man confesses to a murder with a chilling twist. As the investigation unfolds, the discovery of a machine capable of replicating human beings adds a new layer of mystery and danger. With a brilliant villain creating copies of himself at a rapid pace, Ensign must race against time to stop the sinister plot before it's too late.

Edmund Lester Pearson was a journalist, court reporter, and librarian. He’s considered by many to be the first real true crime author in the U.S. Here he writes about the Lizzie Borden murders, axe murders that happened at sea, the murder of a wealthy New York businessman, and two others. Several of these crimes remain unsolved. Although he meticulously researched these crimes and interviewed many witnesses, his accounts are entertaining and, at times, even humorous.

A man murders his friend for a reason you will discover in the audiobook. Now he is alone in the room with his now-dead friend, but he also feels a sinister presence in the room. When will the police arrive and take him and is now-dead friend away? Or will they?

As a newlywed couple settles into a lavish mansion, they soon discover they are not alone. With a curse lingering over the estate for centuries, they must unravel its haunting history before it's too late.

In this second installment of the Salty Sister Mystery series, antique store owner Patricia Schuster has her hands full, juggling her business and her mother’s eccentricities. Elsie’s Antiques is badly in need of inventory and mom is sneaking around residential neighborhoods distributing home-grown produce. But when the local postal carrier is run down, The Ladies, four women in their golden years, need Patricia’s help to catch the killer.

Mr Fortune Explains is HC Bailey's sixth collection of eight golden-age mysteries for the eclectic surgeon-detective Mr Reginald Fortune. Including a child kidnapped from a picnic; a milliner's assistant vanishing from home without a word to her friends; a strange visit, followed by a violent attack on Mr Fortune himself; a raid on a jeweler's shop, and the theft of a photograph; an ill-situated rock garden, and a haunted man; a rigidly saintly clergyman suspected of a trivial theft; a dead policeman and a broken bicycle lamp; and a curiously disturbing picture in the Paris salon.

Follow Charles Dennison, an inventor with a groundbreaking creation that could change the world. With so much at stake, Dennison must stay vigilant and protect his invention at all costs. But, are there larger forces at play here?

From Britannica, The Horla, by Guy de Maupassant, is considered a masterly tale of the fantastic. The story was originally published as "Lettre d'un fou" ("Letter from a Madman") in 1885 and was revised, retitled "Le Horla," and published again in October 1886; the third and definitive version was published in May 1887. It is presented in the form of a diary and energetically details the hallucinatory obsessions of a madman.