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***PERSONNEL ET CONFIDENTIEL*** Pendant trois mois Ta peau contre ma peau Je ferai de toi tout ce dont tu rêveras Ton corps contre mon corps Tu feras de moi tout ce que tu voudras Nos souffles enchaînés Si tu veux toujours jouer... Je t'attends. Quand...

For centuries, the black image of Hecate has stood in the grounds of Thorswud Hall. It is said that when the statue closes its fist, terrible things will befall the Hurst family. Melicent Hurst has always found the old story enthralling and terrifying - but when the prophecy comes impossibly to pass,...

When a famous opera singer is killed on stage by an exploding bouquet the young lawyer Mark Tancred is convinced that the police are pursuing the wrong man. The signs point to a secret anarchist society, but Tancred is certain that a more personal motive lies at the heart of the mystery. Pursuing...

In the sleepy village of Hepworth, everyone knows the story of the Bally family curse. In each generation, the male heir is doomed to be born a deformed monster. Mark Bally, the current owner of the Bally's ancestral home is keen to dismiss the story, particularly the rumour that his younger brother...

When Mary Blythe is dismissed from her job as a shop assistant, she is overjoyed to discover that her long-lost Uncle Benjamin has left her a fortune in his will – not to mention a large London townhouse in which to reside. Her happiness turns sour, however, when she learns of the strange conditions...

On the night of his wife’s funeral, successful poet Mr Derwent leaves his house and disappears without a trace. Despite the assurances of Inspector Holt, Florence Derwent is convinced that her father has been murdered, and is determined to discover the truth, whatever it takes. Just what has become...

One summer night, Dr Everest of Tunbridge Wells is called to a house near his practice to tend to the dying Colonel Manningtree. But what he believes to be a routine case takes a turn for the sinister when the Colonel's daughter, Dora, visits him the following morning with a strange story. Claiming...

When Sir Gilbert Chelford accidentally intercepts a telephone call between his fiancee and another man, he little imagines the consequences that will ensue. For, the next morning, the man in question is found murdered in his study at Willow Cottage. Soon, deep-seated resentments and hidden passions...

Widely considered to be Firbank's finest novel, Valmouth (1919) is set in a fictional coastal town in the West of England, where the air is so glorious that the population is mainly composed of over-sexed centenarians. Among the colourful characters are the Catholic Mrs. Hurstpierpoint and her friend...

Robert Swan hates his job as a junior clerk in the office of Avery, Avery & Avery. But the murder of the wealthy Miss Alster, enables Swan to leave his hated position and set up on his own as executor of the rich lady's estate. At the same time he works to protect Miss Alster's wards from suspicion....

A woman is murdered at a Margate hotel. The police are certain that the culprit is William Bankes, her adulterous lover; but barrister and author Richard Lanward is convinced that the wrong man is to be tried for the crime. When Lanward sets out to prove Bankes's innocence, however, he can have no...

A collection of tales for Winter evenings, first published in 1885. Tales of love won and lost, of haunted houses and ghastly murder.  Authors include F. Marion Crawford, William Archer and Vernon Lee. The collection also features the first publication of Von Degen's vampire classic, "A Mystery of the Campagna".

This collection, by turns unsettling and darkly comic, was written by Edward Heron-Allen and published in 1921, under the pseudonym 'Christopher Blayre'. The collection consists of fictional papers deposited by members of the University of Cosmopoli, in which are recorded strange and weird phenomena....

Best known as the author of Tom Brown's Schooldays (1857), Thomas Hughes was immensely proud of his Berkshire roots. Riding on the success of his most famous creation, Hughes accepted an invitation to write a guidebook to the customs and traditions of his native region. Deciding that a straightforward...