The front door of the villa led directly into the living room where Duraid and Royan Al Simma had been talking. Duraid opened the door and looked outside. Royan looked over her husband`s shoulder. Suddenly she saw a man come out of the darkness. His face was covered with a scarf and he held a knife in his hand. He stabbed the knife into Duraid Al Simma`s chest. The oil lamp fell from Duraid`s hand. It broke and set fire to some of the papers on the floor. Immediately, bright flames began to burn across the room. Duraid only had time to say "Run!" to his wife, then he fell. Royan saw two more men appear outside the front door. She ran out of the back of the house and into the garden. "Leave her!" she heard one man shout to the other. "Get...

ISBN: 978-0-333-93450-0
Издательство: Macmillan
Дата выхода: июль 2011

"The Pit and the Pendulum": A prisoner wakes up to find himself in a dark cell with a deep pit. "The Gold Bug": A golden insect leads to an incredible discovery. "The facts in the case of Mr. Valdemar": A patient is hypnotised minutes before he dies. Is he really dead? "The Fall of the House of Usher": A man visits an old friend and finds himself in a house full of horrors! "Down in the Maelstrom": A sailor describes a terrifying trip though the maelstrom. "The Masque of the Red Death": No one can escape the red death-not even a prince! "The Oblong Box": A traveller boards a ship to New York. What does he carry in the oblong box? Retold by Stephen Colbourn.

ISBN: 978-1-4050-7535-0
Издательство: Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Seven Troop is Andy McNab`s account of the time he served in the company of a remarkable group of men - from the day, freshly-badged as a member of the SAS Regiment, he joined them in the Malayan jungle, to the day, ten years later, that he handed in his sand-coloured beret and started a new life.

ISBN: 978-0-552-15627-1
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

It is the biggest treasure hunt in history with contesting nations involved in a headlong race to locate the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 4500 years ago, a magnificent golden capstone sat at the peak of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was a source of immense power, reputedly capable of bestowing upon its holder absolute global power. But then it was divided into seven pieces and hidden, each piece separately, within the seven greatest structures of the age. Now it`s 2006 and the coming of a rare solar event means it`s time to locate the seven pieces and rebuild the capstone. Everyone wants it - from the most powerful countries on Earth to gangs of one daring coalition of eight small nations. Led by the mysterious Captain Jack West...

ISBN: 978-0-330-42657-2
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Giorgio Bramante, a Roman archaeology professor, was master of the hidden world beneath the earth – until the day he lost his young son, Alessio, to a group of students intent on re-creating a centuries-old ritual to a long-banished god. His rage knew no bounds and, in a frenzy, he beat one of the students to death. Released from prison fourteen years later, Giorgio is bent upon a terrifying revenge on all those he blames for the loss of his son. Inspector Leo Falcone, a member of the original investigating team, is one of his targets. And Nic Costa, watching Falcone move relentlessly into the man’s merciless grip, realizes the answer must lie in solving a cold case that, like the forgotten Alessio Bramante, has long been regarded as...

ISBN: 978-0-330-43595-6
Издательство: Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: август 2011

A brilliantly original high concept murder mystery from a fantastic new talent: Gosford Park meets Inception, by way of Agatha Christie`s Murder on the Orient Express One of Stylist Magazine`s 20 Must-Read Books of 2018 One of Harper`s Bazaar`s 10 Must-Read Books of 2018 One of Marie Claire, Australia`s 10 Books You Absolutely Have to Read in 2018 `Somebody`s going to be murdered at the ball tonight. It won`t appear to be a murder and so the murderer won`t be caught. Rectify that injustice and I`ll show you the way out.` It is meant to be a celebration but it ends in tragedy. As fireworks explode overhead, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young and beautiful daughter of the house, is killed. But Evelyn will not die just once. Until Aiden - one of...

ISBN: 9781408889510
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: март 2023

Reclusive tycoon Sir Oswald Coote and his melancholy wife, Lady Coote, have hit upon the ideal plan to spice up their quiet lives. They`ll host a lavish weekend party at Chimneys. their isolated estate, and invite only "bright young things". But the festive mood is clouded by doom. A practical joke involving seven clocks and a sleeping guest has ended in accidental death - and cause for alarm. For the guests may not be all that they appear. And as whispers of a strange club called Seven Dials echo through the halls of Chimneys, all hands will be pointing to

ISBN: 978-0-312-97977-5
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011