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Laiha mies
Vilho, Rudolf ja nuori pankkiiri Yrjö Kuusenkorpi viettävät railakasta iltaa Helsingin keskustassa. Viina virtaa ja uhkapelejä pelataan yön pikkutunneille saakka. Vilho puhuu kovaa ...
Kapkaupungin valot
Kanadalainen Ray Millington on vetänyt malminetsintäsafareja kartoittamattomassa Keski-Afrikassa jo vuosia. Nyt mies kaipaa vaihtelua, mutta ensin hänen on kuitenkin löydettävä vai ...
Punakaartin päällikön tytär
Helsingissä eletään sisällissodan aikaa. Hämärät hahmot yllättävät yksityisetsivä Haukan tämän omassa asunnossaan. Haukka saa kuulla, että paikalliselta rosvopäälliköltä on vohkitt ...
Jälleen hirmuinen Manta
Pekka Lipponen on viettämässä lomaa meksikolaisella rannalla uskollisen kumppaninsa Kalle-Kustaa Korkin kanssa. Korkki ei pidä paikasta alkuunkaan, sillä alueella vilisee pahamaine ...
Titus Andronicus
The great Roman general, Titus Andronicus, returns home after fighting Rome’s enemies for the last 10 years. He brings along his captives, Tamora, Queen of the Goths, her three son ...
Thou Art the Man
Poe is the master of unreliable narration and deceptive oratory. So, should we believe him when he professes to exonerate the innocent and illuminate the guilty?"Thou Art the Man" ...
The Oval Portrait
Perhaps fitting for a horror short story, the devil is in the details in Poe’s "The Oval Portrait" (1842).A benighted traveller finds shelter in an abandoned mansion in the Apennin ...
A Descent into the Maelström
When Poe takes us to sea, we get sucked in.In "A Descent into the Maelstrom" (1841) Poe’s narrator recounts his horrific experience when he and his brother’s boat get sucked down i ...
New Arabian Nights
A collection of Stevenson’s first published works, "New Arabian Nights" is divided into two volumes of loosely connected short stories. There is no Scheherazade this time, but Stev ...
The Old Nurse's Story and Other Tales
‘The Old Nurse’s Story and Other Tales’ is a collection of eleven short stories from the much-loved Victorian author, Elizabeth Gaskell. The title story follows the strange and sup ...
The Red Room
A superbly crafted psychological chiller with an ending to die for! Let H. G. Wells walk you through the fear and uneasiness that abounds at night in the Red Room in Lorraine Castl ...
I drakens spår
Ombord en isbrytare i Arktis hör en sonaroperatör ett märkligt oväsen. Hon inser snart att ljudet kommer från under istäcket. Och att det låter som mänskliga skrik. I Washington mi ...
Dränkt
»En imponerande debut.« Lotta Olsson »Griper långsamt tag i läsaren på samma subtila sätt som Näcken lurar sina offer med vackert fiolspel.« Litteraturmagazinet Unn blickar framåt. ...
M-ryhmä - Ojasta allikkoon
Toiset ansaitsevat rangaistuksen, toiset ansaitsevat kuolla Nora Feller on nähnyt M-ryhmän pimeän pelin eikä halua olla enää missään tekemisissä sen kanssa. Sen sijaan hän on aloit ...
Harhautus
Rikoskomisario Ingrid Bergman palaa uudessa tiheätempoisessa dekkarissa Kun 84-vuotias Elna Oskarsson löydetään kuolleena asunnostaan Göteborgissa, kaikki merkit viittaavat siihen, ...
Hearts of Three
An ancestors legacy. The promise of gold. The excitement of adventure. Who could resist? When young heir Francis Morgan receives an offer to hunt for the lost treasure of his ances ...
The Sea-Wolf
‘The Sea-Wolf’ is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London.The book's protagonist, Humphrey van Weyden, is a millionaire literary critic who is a survi ...
Prince Otto
Likened to Alexandre Dumas’ adventures and romances, this novel follows Otto and Serafina’s relationship as they navigate a web of political intrigues, murder conspiracies, and dec ...
The Viy
Three students. A deserted house. A witch. This horror novella boasts an abundance of supernatural encounters, dazzling effects, and folktale elements. Included in the cycle ‘Mirgo ...
A Terrible Vengeance
A sorcerer. Nightmares. Secrets. Not the usual components of a love story but Nikolai Gogol’s short horror story follows the love story of Danilo and Katerina as they deal with the ...
The Duke in the Suburbs
Dukes aren’t meant to be Texas Cowboys. But the Duc de Montevillier is just that. Having made his fortune in silver, he relocates to the leafy London suburb of Kymott Crescent—much ...
The Eustace Diamonds
‘The Eustace Diamonds’ is the third book in Anthony Trollope’s classic ‘Palliser’ series of novels. The story follows the beautiful but manipulative young Lizzie Eustace and her my ...
The Profiteers
First published in 1921, ‘The Profiteers’ by E. Phillips Oppenheim gives an intriguing glimpse into the mood at the start of the roaring twenties. A mysterious thriller revolving a ...
The Woman in White
It usually takes somebody already familiar with the piece or its author, or perhaps a bride-to-be who went a little too deep down the Google rabbit hole, to whip up much attention ...