18 类似书籍： The Magician
Paul Kelver
IN WHICH THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO CAST THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS STORY UPON ANOTHER.
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Lives of the Necromancers
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The Life of Samuel Johnson
Index term: English literature
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Lirael Daughter of the Clayr
A "work-in-progress" sneak preview of Abhorsen, the third book in the trilogy.Book Two of the Old Kingdom Trilogy.It is Lirael in whose hands the fate of the Old Kingdom lies. She must undertake a desperate mission under the growing shadow of an ancient evil -- one that threatens to break the very boundary between Life and Death itself. With only her faithful companion, the Disreputable Dog, to…
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Blood of the mantis
Sequel to Dragonfly Falling.
Achaeos the seer has finally tracked down the stolen Shadow Box. But he has only days before this magical artefact will be lost to him forever. Meanwhile, the Empire's dread forces are mustering for their next great offensive. Stenwold and his followers have only a short time to gather allies before the enemy's soldiers march again - to conquer everything in their…
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The Last Mrs. Summers
The Last Mrs. Summers
Lady Georgiana Rannoch is just back from her honeymoon with dashing Darcy O’Mara when a friend in need pulls her into a twisted Gothic tale of betrayal, deception and, most definitely, murder. . . .I am a bit at loose ends at the moment. My cook, Queenie, is making my new role as mistress of Eynsleigh something akin to constant torture as Darcy is off on another one of his top secret jaunts. And…
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Two Sisters
Originally published in 1970 this fairly short novel (174 pages) contains, according to the blurb on the dust jacket of the first edition, “Gore Vidal’s singular speculations on love, sex, death, literature and politics.”
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Thirteen Storeys
Thirteen Storeys
A haunted house tour-de-force from the creator of THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES podcast.GOING UP?A dinner party is held in the penthouse of a multimillion-pound development. All the guests are strangers - even to their host, the billionaire owner of the building. None of them know why they were selected to receive his invitation. Whether privileged or deprived, they share only one thing in common -…
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The House of the Witch
The House of the Witch
‘Totally gripping and atmospheric. This hypnotic timeslip about witches is compulsive reading. Breathtaking and beautifully written… Will stay with the reader long after the last page.’ Bestselling author of The Witch’s Tree, Elena CollinsNow: When Adrianna arrives at the small, run-down cottage, near the sea in rural Norfolk, she can’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Here she can forget her…
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Autobiography
Autobiography
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What They Knew
What They Knew
DI Clare Mackay starts the new year with a death It is the stroke of midnight on Hogmanay when Alison Reid admits a caller to her home. When her death is later reported, DI Clare Mackay attends the scene. The initial evidence does not rule out murder, but it's not possible to say for certain if foul play was involved. Yet when the pathologist informs Clare about a post mortem of a young woman…
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Marse Henry : An Autobiography
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In Plain Sight
In Plain Sight
A child's life is at stake. Which of the residents of St Andrews is hiding something and why? When a baby girl is snatched from the crowd of spectators at a fun run, the local police have a major investigation on their hands. DI Clare Mackay and her team are in a race against the clock when they learn that the child has a potentially fatal medical condition. As Clare investigates she realises…
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The House Next Door
The House Next Door
I live next to a haunted house.
I began to suspect something was wrong with the gothic building when its family fled in the middle of the night, the children screaming, the mother crying.
They never came back to pack up their furniture. No family stays long. Animals avoid the place.
Once, I thought I saw a woman’s silhouette pacing through the upstairs room… but that seems impossible; no…
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The Paris Apartment
The Paris Apartment
Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he’s not…
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See Them Run
See Them Run
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BLOODY SCOTLAND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT OF THE YEAR 2020 In a famous Scottish town, someone is bent on murder but why? On the night of a wedding celebration, one guest meets a grisly end when he's killed in a hit-and-run. A card bearing the number '5' has been placed on the victim's chest. DI Clare Mackay, who recently moved from Glasgow to join the St Andrews force, leads the…
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The Library of American Biography
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The Pursuit of William Abbey
The Pursuit of William Abbey
A hauntingly powerful novel about how the choices we make can stay with us forever, by the award-winning author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K."Gripping, bloody, and haunting." —Kirkus Reviews South Africa in the 1880s. A young and naive English doctor by the name of William Abbey witnesses the lynching of a local boy by the white colonists. As the child dies, his mother…
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