Необычные мини-рассказы с загадками и пасхалками, которые понравились людям, но были заблокированы в «Дзыне» за «шок-контент». В рассказах отображены события наших или будущих дней разных миров. И каждый из нас сможет найти в текстах более глубокий смысл, чем он кажется изначально.
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Итак: «Боги удаляются друг от друга и начинают переговоры. Один из них, взяв меня за руку, ведёт к серому зданию. Из-за того, что мне на глаза надели повязку, я не вижу людей вокруг. Другой открывает передо мной дверь и заставляет войти внутрь. От страха я сорвал повязку. Через секунду, наконец, вхожу, и хотя я слышу чужой запах и вижу незнакомое освещение, мне не хочется оставаться внутри. Но вот я оказываюсь в небольшом помещении со множеством ...
Подарочное издание В книгу включены обе части, до этого опубликованные отдельно.В цикле «Вишнёвка» Ангел Смерти приобретает тело сибиряка из глухой деревеньки.«Ягоды ``Желание``» – стартовый роман.B «Судьбе Вишнёвки» Змей-Искуситель старается отомстить жителям, встретившим его более чем неприветливо.«Дела Людей» – продолжение и замыкает цикл «Вишнёвка». Книга содержит нецензурную брань.
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Meg's grandfather has been booked to give lectures on a cruise as part of the education/entertainment itinerary, and he's arranged for a passel of family members to join him. The passengers' vacation quickly becomes a nightmare when they wake up to find themselves broken down and in need of repairs. Things get even worse when a crew member announces to all that a woman has jumped overboard, leaving behind her shoes, shawl, and a n ...
Boston attorney Malachim Jerrod doesn't trust anyone. His father and his ex-fiance taught him that hard lesson. So when a beautiful stranger arrives on his doorstep his first reaction is to back away-far away. Danielle Warren wants a job, but his law business is falling apart, and her credentials are bare-bones at best. Still, there's something about her that, try as he might, he's unable to resist. The vulnerability in her soft v ...
When it comes to running a successful garage sale, Sarah Winston believes in doing her homework. She also believes in giving back. But when she agrees to manage an athletic-equipment swap, she doesn't bargain on an uncharitable killer. The day of the event, the school superintendent is found dead in the gymnasium. Suddenly, the murder suspects are the school-board members – including the husband of a very difficult client who's hired S ...
June Wright wrote this lost gem in the mid-1950s, but consigned it to her bottom drawer after her publisher foolishly rejected it. Perhaps it was a little ahead of its time? Because while it’s a tour de force of the classic ‘country house’ murder mystery, it’s also a delightful romp, poking fun at the conventions of the genre. When someone takes advantage of a duck hunt to murder publisher Athol Sefton at a ...
First published in 1948, when it was the best-selling mystery of the year in the author’s native Australia, Murder in the Telephone Exchange stars feisty young operator Maggie Byrnes. When one of her more unpopular colleagues is murdered — her head bashed in with a “buttinski,” a piece of equipment used to listen in on phone calls — Maggie resolves to turn sleuth. Some of her coworkers are acting st ...
Meet Billy Glasheen, a fresh voice in crime fiction. It’s Sydney, the 1950s, and Billy’s trying to make a living, any way he can. Luckily, he’s a likeable guy, with a gift for masterminding elaborate scenarios—whether it’s a gambling scam, transporting a fortune in stolen jewels, or keeping the wheels greased during a hair-raising tour by Little Richard and his rock ‘n’ roll ent ...
