Resultados para: livros de terror e suspense

'Edgar Allan Poe é uma influência determinante em toda a nossa modernidade, o criador das histórias de detetive e das tramas de ficção científica, presente nas atualíssimas tendências fantásticas, góticas e underground(...)' – Eliane FittipaldiEsta...

Em cem anos Sherlock Holmes tornou-se um dos três personagens mais famosos da literatura inglesa. Hoje Sherlock é tão popular no mundo inteiro que a palavra é empregada até como um adjetivo, designando alguém que tem habilidade na arte de investigar....

In his sixth investigation, Lieutenant Billy Boyle finds himself in pursuit of a serial killer with a particularly frightening agenda. 1943: Billy Boyle is sent to Caserta, Italy, to investigate the murders of two American officers stationed there....

O personagem ficcional Sherlock Holmes tornou-se lendário e ainda hoje possui uma legião de admiradores. As histórias de Conan Doyle tiveram inúmeras adaptações no cinema e no teatro.Publicado pela primeira vez na Strand Magazine em 1914, e em livro...

The sensational novel which launched Collins' Detective Story Club in 1929 was by Edgar Wallace, who wrote more crime stories in the 1920s, and more films, than any other author. This new edition of The Terror, with its original jacket artwork, also...

The bestselling novel, 'a brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror' (Stephen King) is now a major TV series.The men on board the HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage. But what they don't expect...

Warning: The next attack on American soil will come from within. From coast to coast, our nation is witnessing a new wave of terror. Suicide bombers incite blind panic and paralyzing fear. A flight attendant tries to crash an airliner. A police...

The hush of the court, which had been broken when the foreman of the jury returned their verdict, was intensified as the Judge, with a quick glance over his pince-nez at the tall prisoner, marshalled his papers with the precision and method which old...

Excerpt from The Angel of Terror Another breathless pause and he groped beneath the desk and brought out a small square of black silk and carefully laid it over his white wig. Then he spoke. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of...

A narrative history details a deadly explosion that ripped through the offices of the Los Angeles Times in October 1910, part of a planned assault on one hundred American cities, the investigation--led by master detective William J. Burns--that...

Excerpt from A Marriage Under the Terror T was high noon on a mid-august morning of the year 1792, but Jeanne, the waiting-maid, had only just set the coffee down on the small table within the ruelle Of Mme de Montargis' magnificent bed. Great ladies...

Neste nono volume da coleção de livros policiais, o leitor vai se arrepiar com a história da paixão de uma 'cocotinha hippie' de Ipanema pelo traficante 1001. Com uma narração frenética e envolvente, José Carlos Oliveira descreve as ações de uma...

Everyone knows the name of Sherlock Holmes - the fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with his superhuman powers of observation and methodology for solving crimes. But could his 1800's tactics really work in the modern world to solve...

Excerpt from In the Name of Liberty: A Story of the Terror At the moment the concierge discovered the youthful adventurer, he was engrossed in the task Of slapping the dust from his garments, while his eyes, wandering along the streets, were...

Who could have guessed that British Security would be sending for someone from Australia to come and help them sort out their systems? But this is Mickey's problem. Melia has something far worse to deal with: an old friend has been sent to prison for...

This early work by Arthur Benjamin Reeve was originally published in 1912 and we are now republishing it with a brand new biography. ' The Terror In The Air' features Professor Craig Kennedy, who is sometimes referred to as 'The American Sherlock...

Spending a peaceful vacation on the charming Scottish island of Iona, Dorothy Martin's enjoyment is marred only by her fellow travelling companions, a bickering American church tour. When one of the group suffers a fatal fall from a cliff, everyone...

This early work by Arthur Benjamin Reeve was originally published in 1915 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. This mystery/detective novel features Professor Craig Kennedy who is sometimes compared to as 'The...

Former college All-American linebacker and Marine Force Recon officer, turned Milwaukee Police detective, teams up with an FBI agent to track down violent extremists setting off bombs and committing murders.

Tales of TerrorTale 1 - The Horror of the HeightsTale 2 - The Leather FunnelTale 3 - The New CatacombTale 4 - The Case of Lady SannoxTale 5 - The Terror of Blue John GapTale 6 - The Brazilian CatTales of MysteryTale 1 - The Lost SpecialTale 2 - The...

Synopsis: Lieutenant Commander John Graves and SEAL team four are sent to the Middle East in a covert operation to destroy three weapons of mass destruction stolen from the Israelis. Upon reaching their destination, only one 'quot;thermal...

'The hush of the court, which had been broken when the foreman of the jury returned their verdict, was intensified as the Judge, with a quick glance over his pince-nez at the tall prisoner, marshalled his papers with the precision and method which...

A burning summer'apos;s day explodes into violence. A murderous gang targets the exclusive south coast island of Terror'apos;s Reach, home to rival business tycoons Robert Felton and Valentin Nasenko. The residents are facing annihilation, and only...

O tão aguardado mar aberto era uma armadilha cruel.O Gelo não iria desistir de nós.E a criatura do gelo não iria permitir que escapássemos.A partir dos acontecimentos reais da mais trágica e lendária expedição da Marinha Britânica, Dan Simmons...

Synopsis:Terror in Black and White is writer Angelo Thomas Crapanzano's thrilling novel about what happens to an ordinary man when thrown into chaotic circumstances.Andrew Anderson, an electronics engineer, is driving home from a business meeting one...

In 1972 I was waiting patiently in Los Angeles airport for my plane. I sat gazing out at the northern sky then turned my attention to the other passengers as they fidgeted with their tickets and baggage. Now and again some would glance out at the...

Um segredo macabro habita o Hotel da Torre. Nos anos 1950, o hotel era a maior atração da pequena Londres, em Vermont. Hoje, está abandonado, vivo apenas na memória de três mulheres — as irmãs Piper e Margot e sua amiga, Amy Slater, filha da família...

Santa Fe, 1788. A map comes to light of incalculable value. Mighty Spain attacks unlikely sleuth, Nando, who's desperate to return it to New Mexico.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, mais conhecido pelas histórias de Sherlock Holmes, era um exímio escritor de terror e de suspense psicológico. Esta coletânea reúne quatro contos nos quais o mistério e o macabro andam lado a lado. 'O funil de couro', 'A nova...

Terrorism. Drug Trafficking. Black mail. These are just some of the things faced by the fictional, clandestine anti-terrorist group in Surgeons of Terror.First the team must be assembled from the best of the best. Once functional, projects take the...

Por que alguém colocaria um anúncio no jornal solicitando um médico de físico robusto e especialista em insetos? De onde vem a voz de mulher que os criados ouvem na velha mansão de Sir John Bollamore? Quem teria interesse em ver o médico mais querido...

Sherlock Holmes ainda hoje é um dos mais atraentes personagens dos romances policiais. Carismático e astuto, fez do método científico e da lógica dedutiva suas melhores armas. Sua habilidade para desvendar crimes aparentemente insolúveis, até mesmo...

David, sua filha Bia e seu irmão Beto sobreviveram ao que dizimou mais da metade da população mundial. Conviviam com os pesadelos dessa perda, quando foram surpreendidos com uma nova ameaça: alguns seres humanos se transformaram em monstros terríveis...

Desde os tempos mais remotos os seres humanos se debruçam sobre os mistérios da vida e da morte. Nessa investigação o sobrenatural se faz necessário para a aparente solução dos dilemas existenciais. É por essa trilha que caminha o escritor J. Athayde...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, mais conhecido pelas histórias de Sherlock Holmes, era um exímio escritor de terror e de suspense psicológico. Esta coletânea reúne quatro contos nos quais o mistério e o macabro andam lado a lado. “O funil de couro”, “A nova...