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The Outsider
· 2026
"Today, Maman died. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know." Meursault, a minor clerk, lives an unvarying, ordinary life. At his mother's funeral, he does n…
Siddhartha
· 2026
Hermann Hesse, Nobel laureate in literature, spent his life looking inward, using a sharp pen to dissect the struggle, rupture, and awakening of human…
Narcissus and Goldmund
· 2026
What are we truly pursuing throughout our lives—truth, or a way home? In Hesse's hands, Goldmund spends a lifetime wandering, indulging, and suffering…
The Veil
· 2026
In 1920s London, Kitty, a beautiful but vain and empty-headed daughter of a wealthy family, marries Walter, a taciturn bacteriologist, in haste to esc…
The Albert Campion Series: Fashion on the Shroud
· 2026
Murder on the runway, fashion beneath the shroud. The fashion world wears finery and wraps itself in grave clothes. Bleached bones, an airplane cabin,…
Klingsor's Last Summer
· 2026
In poetic prose, Hesse sketches three psychological storms that reach the depths of the soul. Each records human bewilderment at a different stage of …
True Colors of the Four Seas
· 2026
The Four Seas paints a dark and brutal picture of London's Soho in the 1930s. The protagonist, Harry Fabian, is a small-time hustler who lives by lies…
The Albert Campion Series: Death of a Ghost
· 2026
This is a detective novel steeped in the atmosphere of classical art. The story revolves around an unusual will left by the late master painter Raffae…
The Albert Campion Series: The Crime at Black Dudley
· 2026
Young scholar Wyatt invites his friend Dr. Abbershaw and others to spend the weekend at his uncle's ancestral home, Black Dudley. During dinner, an an…
Wieland
· 2026
This is an early American Gothic psychological thriller. Told from Clara's point of view, it recounts the formerly peaceful life of the Wieland family…
The Only Witness
· 2026
A chance glimpse sets off a ruthless campaign of silencing. A lowly maid becomes the sole witness in a dark web of crime, only to die mysteriously bef…
The Yorkshire Moors Murder Case
· 2026
On the windswept Yorkshire moors, a foreign tycoon's corpse shatters the silence. This is no ordinary robbery-turned-murder, but a bloody contest spar…
The Murder in the Parlour
· 2026
Mayor Waringford of Hathersborough is found dead in mysterious circumstances inside the sealed mayor's reception room, the murder weapon a rapier from…
The Murder on the Squire's Bench
· 2026
In a quiet parish church, a puzzle within a case emerges. A fifteenth-century solid gold sacred vessel and rare ancient books vanish mysteriously from…
This Heart Is Bright: Wang Yangming's Legend and School of Mind
· 2026
He was a sage who appears once in five hundred years, and a "god of war" who achieved extraordinary feats. Banished to Longchang, he awakened at the e…
The Mill House Murder
· 2026
A wealthy mill owner plans to take a young bride, only to be found murdered in the wilderness the night before the detective is due to arrive. The loc…
Those Things About Anti-Fraud: 56 Real Scams Reconstructed
· 2026
This is more than an anti-fraud guide—it is a series of "murder mystery" scenarios tailored to you. From the sweet temptation of "monetizing your voic…
The Dangerous Crossroads
· 2026
The story opens with the sudden, gruesome death of retired statesman James Morley in a silent old quarry. With the emergence of a priceless Indian rub…
The Moon-Eye Mystery
· 2026
A respected mayor drops dead in City Hall, a glass of poisoned champagne shattering the quiet spring dawn. Why did the heir of a century-old jewelry s…
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation
· 2026
Three murders, two batches of missing treasure, and a criminal conspiracy stretching across England. When everyone assumes it is just another robbery-…