For Inspector Roderick Alleyn, the trip was to be official; for his family, a Mediterranean romp. But a plot torn from the pages of a gothic novel soon engulfed them all. Alleyn’s son was kidnapped. A very wealthy spinster was murdered. And in an eerie chateau, carved out of the Riviera mountainside, Alleyn faced the ultimate jet-set cult.
An anthology of sixteen short stories in the Tales of Valdemar fantasy series by a variety of authors, including Mercedes Lackey.
Even down in New Zealand, war-fueled spy fever is running wild when strange lights and signals being sent out to sea are sighted. There must be a spy in their midst! More mystery arises when one of the health-seekers meets his demise in the mud baths.
There’s never a dull moment at the Vulcan, from the leading lady’s liaison to the harassment of an inadequate actress. But vanity and hysterics, suspicion and superstition, brandy and jealousy, are upstaged by a death on opening night.
The vampires are missing. An urban myth brought to life through a horror movie is stalking the Tri-Cities, murdering people, reaping their souls. And humans are questioning if the Pack is truly there to protect.
Red-hot jazz meets cold-blooded murder. It’s lucky that Inspector Roderick Alleyn is in the audience. Now Alleyn must follow a confusing score that features a chorus of family and friends desperate to hide the truth and perhaps shelter a murderer in their midst.
The killer sees himself as an artist and a preserver of youth and vitality through the medium of film. Now Lieutenant Eve Dallas is on his trail.
Fed up with criminals skating, a Purity group has come up with their own solution, delivered through a computer. No matter how you see it, Lieutenant Eve Dallas sees it as murder, and when it starts killing cops . . .
Flossie Rubrick, a highly opinionated and influential Member of the New Zealand Parliament, was last seen heading off to one of the storage sheds on her sheep farm. Three weeks later, she turned up dead and packed in a bale of her own wool. What happened on the night of her disappearance?
Lieutenant Eve Dallas discovers that a ritualistic serial killer’s victims are traced to New York’s most posh dating service, Personally Yours.